West Trestle Review received a three-month grant from Arts Council of Placer County to run a new literary series and open mic. Events will be live and in-person, streamed and recorded.
Details:
4 p.m., May 14: Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San Francisco. Her most recent book of poetry, Exile Heart, was published in 2021 by That Painted Horse Press.
4 p.m., May 21: Chloe Martinez is a poet and a scholar of South Asian religions. She is the author of the collection Ten Thousand Selves (The Word Works, 2021) and the chapbook Corner Shrine (Backbone Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, Shenandoah and elsewhere.
4 p.m., June 18: Claire Unis MD MFA is a board-certified practicing pediatrician whose creative nonfiction has been published in a number of journals including Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, Awakenings Review, and East Iowa Review. Her memoir, Balance, Pedal, Breathe: A Journey through Medical School, was published in April 2022.
4 p.m., July 23: Shelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books, May 2022), winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, and New England Review. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Kundiman, MacDowell, and Vermont Studio Center. She is an affiliate artist at Headlands Center for the Arts and lives in San Francisco.
When: 4 p.m., Saturdays, May 14, May 21, June 18
Where: City Council Chambers, 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn
Details: Free event, hosted by West Trestle founding editor, Patricia Caspers. Donations welcome. Masks Required.
Details:
4 p.m., May 14: Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San Francisco. Her most recent book of poetry, Exile Heart, was published in 2021 by That Painted Horse Press.
4 p.m., May 21: Chloe Martinez is a poet and a scholar of South Asian religions. She is the author of the collection Ten Thousand Selves (The Word Works, 2021) and the chapbook Corner Shrine (Backbone Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, Shenandoah and elsewhere.
4 p.m., June 18: Claire Unis MD MFA is a board-certified practicing pediatrician whose creative nonfiction has been published in a number of journals including Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, Awakenings Review, and East Iowa Review. Her memoir, Balance, Pedal, Breathe: A Journey through Medical School, was published in April 2022.
4 p.m., July 23: Shelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books, May 2022), winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, and New England Review. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Kundiman, MacDowell, and Vermont Studio Center. She is an affiliate artist at Headlands Center for the Arts and lives in San Francisco.
When: 4 p.m., Saturdays, May 14, May 21, June 18
Where: City Council Chambers, 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn
Details: Free event, hosted by West Trestle founding editor, Patricia Caspers. Donations welcome. Masks Required.
