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LOBA POETRY SERIESMonthly Poet Features & Open MicSaturday, September 21 at 3 PM Join Ukiah Branch Library staff as we host poetry events in-person on the third Saturdays of each month at 3 p.m. This free event is open to both teens and adults. All are invited to share poems in any form or style or just listen to others.  On September 21, we welcome Ukiah Poet Laureate Emerita, Melissa…

If you have ever felt like you didn’t belong, this book is for you. Gutter Rainbows is about moving through trauma toward transformation. It’s about growing up in Brooklyn & forming alliances with sidewalks. About being a girl on the verge of something shattering. About the fur. These tender, gritty poems work with the language of rocks and minerals to tell a story of the relationship between…

My 2nd full-length poetry collection, Gutter Rainbows, is now available for preorder at Querencia! I started writing Gutter Rainbows while finishing my first book, field guide to autobiography in 2015, and it has been quite a journey to publication. It took years to brave the poems that wanted to come through, and during writing workshops with Bhanu Kapil & Hoa Nguyen, I began to muster the…

I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my 2nd full-length poetry collection, Gutter Rainbows! It has been a long road with this deeply personal book, & I feel fortunate that it travailed the necessary path to find its home with Querencia. It’s been a dream to work with Emily Perkovich, and I’m grateful to Emily and the other editors at Querencia. Never surrender the vision you have for your…