Since I spend a fair amount of time talking to writers about the submission process I thought it might be time to start sharing some of the tips. As a leader at the helm of a national organization, as a poet and writer who is out in the community several times a month, I hear [...]
When I first heard about Slumdog Milionaire, I knew the plot had my name on it. Dev is a good kid with bad circumstances. He loses him mom as a child, comes up from poverty, keeps his ears and eyes open until all that he’s learned comes to bear on his destiny. Oh, and then [...]
Meeting new friends, old friends and like minded souls at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference. During what the news tells us is a dire time, here comes the fiery energy of 300+ writers with dreams and plans. Our projects range from big to small, from poetry collections to screenplays, from rhyming young adult stories to [...]
“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