Events
Joan Gelfand’s poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous national literary journals and anthologies. She received the Chaffin Fiction Award for her story, “Paris Blues Redux.”
“Seeking Center: A Collection of Poems,” was published in 2006 by Two Bridges Press, and “A Dreamer’s Guide to Cities and Streams,” is published by San Francisco Bay Press.
Of “A Dreamer’s Guide…” California State Poet Laureate Al Young writes:
“…In that space between day and night/Romance and expectation loiter.’ Loiter. Yes. On such smooth and well-charged turns, Joan Gelfand’s poems vibrate, shudder or take flight, roaring and purring to safe and not so safe landings in the heart, in the gut. Readers, beware. This is powerful stuff.”
Joan currently serves as President of the Women’s National Book Association. In 2000, she founded Salon CIEL, an interdisciplinary group of artists working in the Bay Area.
Joan earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Mills College in Oakland, California.
Please join Joan at these upcoming events!
- January 7th: Cartwheels in the Sky, internet poetry radio show with Blake More.
- January 24th San Pancho, Mexico Location Café del Mar
- February 23rdh: mysticbablylonpodcast Cable TV Featured reader
- February 12-14 Poetry Liaison SF Writers Conference, two workshops and “Ask An Ex-pert” panel www.sfwriters.org
- March 6th: Collected Works Bookstore: Sante Fe with Kelly Sullivan Walden “I Had the Strangest Dream” 6PM
- March 13th: Poetry Reading to Benefit Haiti Earthquake Victims – Oakland Public Li-brary, Oakland, CA
- March 26: Washington, D.C. Location TBD
- April 17 & 18: Adult Poetry Judge: Pleasanton Poetry, Prose and the Arts Festival
- April 19th: Café Greco/Columbus/North Beach: Sponsored by “The Poets Gallery” Fea-tured reader w/Mary Hower, Host: Philip Hacker: 7PM
- July 26th: Women’s Voices Radio with Blake More
- Sunday, May 2: An Afternoon of Poetry about Mom: Ravenswood Historic Site, 2647 Arroyo Road, Livermore 2-4PM
- October 5th: Word Painters: SF Public Library: Noe Valley Branch, 7pm Host: Stephen Kopel
Previous events
October 22 | Jewish Community Library
October 25 | The Beat Museum
December 13 | Valona Deli, Crockett CA 4 PM
September 4 | Poetry and Pizza
September 11 | Stories Bookstore, Los Angeles
September 20 | Petaluma Poetry Walk
September 29 | Marin Poetry Center
October 5 | Gallery Cafe, 7 PM, Washington & Powell, San Francisco
October 10 | Southern Festival of Books – Nashville, Tennessee
October 17 | LitCrawl with Zeek Magazine, 7:15 The Corner Bar
June 3 | Nashville Public Library www.wnba-books.org
June 21 | Afikomen Books http://www.afikomen.com/
June 25 | WOM-BA mini-tour, Books Inc.
April 16 | WNBA – Author’s Showcase www.wnba-sfchapter.org
Feb 4 | Parkplace Books First Wednesday Poetry Series
Feb 13- 15 | Speaking on “Submission Strategies That Work”, Reading at the 1st Annual Poetry Cafe: San Francisco Writers Conference: Mark Hopkins Hotel Nob Hill
Feb 16 | Moe’s Books, 7:30PM With Geri Digiorno, 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
March 3 | Poetry Center San Jose, Poetry First! 7 PM Art Object Gallery 592 North Fifth Street, San Jose CA 95112
March 11 | Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour: KDVS/UC Davis http://www.kdvs.org/shows/view/show_id/610/date/2006-04-19/
March 12 | Randall Museum Theater/Poetry Series: “Passion Unveiled”7PM Featured with Stephen Kopel, Jari Bradley & Christopher Bernard, Hosted by Ana Elsner http://august2008.blogspot.com/2009/02/ana-elsner-shows-poetry-as-theater.html
March 19 | 7:30 PM: Avid Reader: Davis, California 617 2nd Street. www.avidreaderbooks.com
March 22 |4PM NBC Interview with Janice Edwards: Bay Area Vistas
March 25 | Gallery Bookshop 7PM, 45098 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, with Becky Foust
April 1 | Bowery Poetry Club 6:00 with Slim Russell
April 8th | Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA. Reading with Ann Harleman
