When I thought “A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams” was going to have a publication date in October, I quickly got on the phone with my friend, local bookstore owner Neal Sofman. Neal and his wife own “Bookshop West Portal” a beautiful shop and community center over here west of Twin Peaks. I didn’t [...]
The WNBA Award last Saturday was a hit! The Century Club of California is a hidden gem behind an inconspicuous awning on super busy Franklin Street. Re-modeled by the architect Julia Morgan, the mansion once housed the California State Senate. In these elegant surroundings, we had a San Francisco style grand time. Kathi Kamen Goldmark [...]
Paris restaurants are so tiny that it is not very difficult to overhear a conversation – especially when English is spoken. So last week in Montmartre I was interested to hear a young man telling his companion that his uncle is working in Abu Dabai to open a branch of the Louvre. The angle was, [...]
“A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities” San Francisco Bay Press, Virginia/San Francisco: 2009
In her second full-length poetry collection, Joan Gelfand explores the poignancy of living in a world that is war-torn and environmentally damaged. With a nod to the humorous paradox of modern life, Gelfand writes from the vantage point of a mother, an artist, and a Zen meditator. “A Dreamer’s Guide…” looks beyond the surface of our lives at the connections that make live worth living, and the sensual details that color it. Read More
Seeking Center: A Collection of Poems by Joan Gelfand, Two Bridges Press, Richmond CA: 2006
In Seeking Center, Joan Gelfand joins the reader in a free-wheeling discussion, beyond the poems themselves, regarding what is poetry today, here at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Read More