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From quarter-long creative and nonfiction writing courses to the acclaimed Tomales Bay Workshops, UC Davis Extension’s writing program gives you the tools, techniques and writing community you need to take your writing to the next level. And as a Sutterwriters member, you can save 10% off your enrollment fee! Some restrictions apply – Contact Kate Asche at 530.757.8625 or kasche@ucde.ucdavis.edu for details. |
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Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA). Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for your art - the foundation is the same: the claiming of yourself as an artist/writer and the strengthening of your writing voice through practice, study, and helpful response from other writers. Visit their website to see the many services they offer. |
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Pat Schneider, author of nine books, poet, playwright, librettist, Workshop and Retreat Leader, Founder and Director Emeritus of Amherst Writers & Artists. People who have never thought of themselves as writers find they are able to produce poems, stories, plays and books that reflect their imaginings and their experience of the world with vividness and emotional accuracy. Beginning writers in her groups grow in confidence and start to feel ready to offer their writing to the world. Experienced writers find after working with her that they can more readily catch the cadence of their creativity, producing more, trying new forms, taking risks as they move deeper into the territory. |
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Since 1979, the Sacramento Poetry Center has been a major force for literary artists in Northern California. Though primarily serving as the literary center for the greater Sacramento metropolitan area, SPC's publications are recognized nationally for their quality and literary content and its annual writers' conference has featured some of the most important poets of our time, including Pulitzer Prize winners Gary Snyder and Philip Levine, former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, and other poetic luminaries such as Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Robert Creely, Diane DiPrima, Carolyn Forche, Lucille Clifton, Anne Waldman, Jack Hirschman, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Dorianne Laux, Kim Addonizio, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Jose Montoya, Robert Creeley, Robert Peters, and many others. |
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Ellen Bass
Ellen Bass' most recent book of poetry, Mules of Love, was published by BOA Editions and is the winner of the 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry. Ellen co-edited the groundbreaking book, No More Masks!: An Anthology of Poems by Women and has published four previous volumes of poetry, I’m Not Your Laughing Daughter, Of Separateness and Merging, For Earthly Survival, and Our Stunning Harvest. In 2007 her next book of poetry, The Human Line, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press. |
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Luis Rodriguez
Jose Montoya, former Sacramento Poet Laureate and co-founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force, inspired Luis Rodriguez in the 1970s. Writing led Rodriguez out of the barrio and a life headed toward crime to become the best-selling author of books like Always Running. Montoya and Rodriguez, although generations apart, continue to set the standard for using poetry as a tool of Chicano history and education for young people. |
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The Book Collector
1008 24th Street (Between J and K Street) Sacramento, CA 95816 (916) 442-9295 bookcollector@sacfreepress.com The Book Collector offers a wide selection of used and out-of-print books at reasonable prices. Rachel Hansen opened the store in 1995 with help from her husband, Richard. In 1998, they added their daughter, Ruhiyyih, to the staff. With a stock of around 15,000 volumes, The Book Collector buys, sells, and trades books in most subjects. |
 Mark Bittner |
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
The true story of a Bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable relationship with a flock of wild red-and-green parrots. Mark Bittner, a dharma bum*, former street musician in San Francisco, falls in with the flock as he searches for meaning in his life, unaware that the wild parrots will bring him everything he needs. *Dharma bum (per Gary Snyder): "A homeless seeker of truth" |