After some deliberation, we decided it might feel really good to catch up on our neglected projects this last week of December. We’re anticipating a busy January with Adam’s work, rounding the corner of the last revision of my novel and ramping up the Hunger/Poetry Project. In addition to his full time job as VP/Product, [...]
Just back from a lovely reading in Davis at the beautiful John Natsoulas Gallery on 1st and E streets. Jenny Hollander and I performed to a great crowd of poets and locals – the only folks left in town since school had gotten out earlier this week. Thanks to Andy Jones for the invitation – [...]
http://occupypoetry.org/ On December 7th, OccuPoetry published “Good Morning America, Where Are You?” Can you sing it to the tune of Arlo Guthrie’s “The City of New Orleans?” Good morning America, Where Are You? Now that the buck has stopped The jig is up The well done run Dry your eyes. You’re done. The party’s over [...]
“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