We had a wonderful turn-out for the third reading of the Wom-ba Mini-Tour last Thursday at Bookshop West Portal. The Wom-ba Mini-Tour is a series of readings in bookstores and cafes that celebrate the plethora of books published by Word of Mouth Bay Area authors this year. All events are organized around a theme – [...]
It’s been a great week. My good friend, Karen Hildebrand gave an inspired reading at the “All Poets Welcome” series at Gallery Cafe; a woman, Carol Ann Duffy was named poet Laureate for the first time ever in England; the rhododendrons are blooming in profusion around the Bay Area, and the SF Chapter of the [...]
Two very complimentary reviews have been posted this month, the first at Poetica and Small Press Watch. Later this month we’ll watch for a mention on Ron Hogan’s Beatrice.com and Bay Area Women’s Business News Book Reviews. Also upcoming: Caesura and Sacramento Review and Betty’s List: Conversations with Kit Kennedy. And, if you’d like some [...]
“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