Poetry readings can be fun. Repeat. Poetry readings… These 2 upcoming events are guaranteed. On September 29, I’ll read with a few other poets from the Marin Poetry Center at the Mill Valley Library. 375 Throckmorton, 7pm. What’s fun about this? If the poetry and being in bucolic Mill Valley doesn’t move you, it’s the [...]
Did you know that Jack London was a pioneer in sustainable farming? When he bought his acerage in Valley of the Moon in the early 20th century his goal was to restore the land and repair the wholesale damage done by careless pioneers.
On our visit to “Beauty Ranch” in Sonoma, I spent some time absorbing [...]
“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