The way I find out about cool stuff: When I have time and I’m in the mood for jazz or art, I trust that the venue I frequent will have good curating skills and not waste my time/money. Most of time this strategy works out and I find something cool that I wouldn’t have known [...]
“Poetry Scene” hosted by Stephen Kopel, 1/30/09: Reading From “A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams” Listen here
Retreat. “A period of withdrawal, a place of refuge, seclusion.” Since I’m retreating, I won’t go on long, but for those who read my blog, here’s the story: The reason for the withdrawal and seclusion was to get back in control of my writing projects, primarily, but also my time and my focus. For the [...]
“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