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Adela Najarro's fifth poetry collection, Variations in Blue, was selected by the Letras Latinas/ Red Hen Collaborative for publication in March, 2025. The California Arts Council recognized her as an established artist for the Central California Region, appointing her as an Individual Artist Fellow. Her extended family left Nicaragua and arrived in San Francisco during the 1940s; after the fall of the Somoza regime, the last of the family settled in the Los Angeles area.Adela is the Board President for Círculo de poetas and Writers and works with the Latinx community nationwide, promoting the intersection of creative writing and social justice. Adelanajarro.comJoin the Hive Live! Tuesday, May 13, at Bookshop Santa Cruz, to hear Francisco Aragón and Adela Najarro.More about Letras Latinas here. 

Please join Julie Murphy as she chats with Santa Cruz County's new Poet Laureate, Nancy Miller Gomez, about poetry in the jails and her plans to bring poetry to our community. Nancy reads Ruth Stone's poem, Another Feeling, and talks about the importance of paying attention and how daily observations, memories and current events can ease the challenge of facing a blank page. Listen to Nancy read poems from her stunning debut collection Inconsolable Objects.Nancy Miller Gomez is the author of Inconsolable Objects (YesYes Books) and Punishment (Rattle Chapbook Series). Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, The Adroit Journal, LitHub, Rattle, New Ohio Review, Massachusetts Review, River Styx, Verse Daily, The Hopkins Review, and elsewhere. She received a special mention in the 2023 Pushcart Prize Anthology and is the recipient of a fellowship from the Jentel Foundation. Gomez co-founded Poetry in the Jails, an organization that provides writing workshops to incarcerated women and men and has taught poetry in Salinas Valley State Prison, the Santa Cruz County Jails, the Juvenile Hall and as part of Cornell University's Prison Education Program. She earned a B.A. from The University of California, San Diego, a J.D. from the University of San Diego and a Master in Fine Arts in Writing from Pacific University. Originally from Kansas she now lives with her family in Northern California and is thrilled to have recently been appointed Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County. She is currently working on a second collection of poems and a collection of personal essays.Don't miss the Poet Laureate Celebration at Bookshop Santa Cruz featuring Nancy Miller Gomez and Farnaz Fatemi. April 14, 7-9 PM.

With Julia Chiapella and Dion O'Reilly, Roxi Power discusses the just-published anthology she co-edited, Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election (Carbonation Press 2025) with 100+ amazing poets. This urgent, lightning-fast book was a collaborative effort by 8 editors between election and inauguration day to capture feelings about and implications of this critical election. The call asked for compassionate but courageous poems that transform readers through visionary rather than didactic language. Editors Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E. Nelson, allia abdullah-matta, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Robert Lashley, Roxi Power, CChristy White, and Theresa Whitehill spent long days over the holidays choosing a wide range of poems reflecting the editors' different poetics as well as national and international diversity of region, identity, style, and issues affected by this historic election including immigration, reproductive rights, climate change, white supremacy, and more. Publisher Greg Bem made the project happen fast. Along with our own poems, we discuss poems in the book written on election night “as the map turned red”, including “Election Night Blues” by Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington; a poem about self-care and healing, “the-bigger-picture” by Dana Teen Lomax; and a poem by Martín Espada about freedom-seeking children playing soccer in detention camps.  Order Winter in America (Again here.  Listen to readings from our 1/19 and 1/20 launches on KPFK Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles, on Bibliocracy with Andrew Tonkovich on 4 Thursdays at 2:30, starting Feb. 5.  Join us at our launch events in Seattle (Feb. 4, Seattle U.); Tucson (Feb. 15, Gallery of Food;  San Francisco (March 1, Et Al and summer TBA, City Lights Bookstore), Los Angeles AWP (March 27, CSU-Los Angeles); Santa Cruz (April 1, Bookshop Santa Cruz and April 15, Inter Act, Satori Arts), Lit Balm Interactive Livestream (April 26 & 27 2pm EST), & more.

Want to hear what it's like teaching poetry to Special Ops soldiers? Or how to delineate (or not) the space grief occupies? Tune in to hear poetry mining the vein of Robinson Jeffers and Theodore Roethke. George Lober's latest book, Rainbow Eucalyptus, New and Collected Poems, is available from ⁠Bookshop Santa Cruz⁠ and ⁠Amazon⁠.

We believe that Anna Quindlen should be declared a national treasure. Her new novel, After Annie, is an intimate look at a family recovering from the loss of their matriarch. Taken too young, she dies suddenly of an aneurism while making dinner. It's funny, sad, and, like all of Anna's work, universal in its themes and depictions of family life. We pair her this week with the Bookshop Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California. Join us for some great conversations. Books mentioned in this week's episode: After Annie by Anna Quindlen Write for Your Life by Anna Quindlen Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen Miller's Valley by Anna Quindlen Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen Every Last One by Anna Quindlen Blessings by Anna Quindlen Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna Quindlen A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen Object Lessons by Anna Quindlen One True Thing by Anna Quindlen Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace Ablaze by Christopher Krovatin The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamaica Baldwin zooms into The Hive to talk about her new book, Bone Language. We read some Vievee Frances and talk about the radical acceptance that poetry can bring. Jamaica, a Santa Cruz native, will be in town to read at The HiveLive! on July 18th at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Reading with her, will be the fabulous Francesca Bell.  Jamaica Baldwin's debut collection is Bone Language (YesYes Books 2023). Her poetry has appeared in Guernica, World Literature Today, The Adroit Journal, Indiana Review, Poetry Northwest, and The Missouri Review, among others. Her accolades include a 2023 Pushcart Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a RHINO Poetry editor's prize, and a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award. Her writing has been supported by Hedgebrook, Aspen Words, Storyknife, Furious Flower, and the Jack Straw Writers program. Jamaica is currently the associate editor of Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln where she is pursuing her PhD in English with a focus on poetry and Women's and Gender Studies. She is originally from Santa Cruz, CA.

Episode 166 Notes and Links to Kai Harris's Work       On Episode 166 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Kai Harris, and the two discuss, among other things, her early reading, formative books like Anne of Green Gables and works she read later by Ernest Gaines and Toni Morrison, her current loves in terms of writers and writing, the power of flashback and juxtaposition, as well themes of grief, loss, racism, and many more from her book, and the interesting decision-making that went in to writing the book as she did.        Kai Harris is a writer and educator from Detroit, Michigan. She uses her voice to uplift the Black community through realistic fiction centered on the Black experience, and she is the author of What The Fireflies Knew, the first fiction title from Tiny Reparations Book. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Santa Clara University (GO BRONCOS!)          Buy What the Fireflies Knew   Kai Harris's Website   The New York Times “Shortlist” Features What the Fireflies Knew as Part of “The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad” At about 6:35, Kai shouts out places to buy her book (Keppler's and BookShop Santa Cruz, among others) and upcoming events, in addition to describing the exciting audiobook and paperback extra features   At about 8:20, Kai describes the playlist she made for the paperback edition   At about 10:50, Kai talks about her early reading habits, including how she often read beyond her age, much like her book's protagonists    At about 11:45, Kai connects her choice of using Anne of Green Gables in her book to themes and connections in the book   At about 13:40, Kai relates how reading A Lesson Before Dying and other books by Black authors changed her literary mindset and worldview   At about 16:00, Kai recounts the importance of discovering Toni Morrison's work   At about 17:00, Kai describes Jesmyn Ward (especially Salvage the Bones), as a writer who challenges and thrills her    At about 18:55, Kai compliments some favorites in Destiny Birdsong and Deesha Philyaw   At about 22:10, Pete cites Ecclesiastes and a famous quote on stories as cyclical and related   At about 23:10, Kai responds to Pete's questions about how Detroit has informed her and her writing, and she also describes how writing became a possibility for her   At about 25:45, Kai talks about working as a professor and how her different classes excite her in various ways   At about 29:10, Pete shares a meaningful quote from Kai's Acknowledgments and asks Kai about seeds for the book   At about 31:30, Pete cites the book as enjoyable for many ages and wonders about how Kai and her publishers see the book's place as young adult, etc.   At about 34:50, Pete lists some skillful use of childlike vocabulary and references that make the narrator's POV so powerful and successful   At about 36:10, Pete highlights the book's stunning opening line and the two discuss the importance of the book's setting as a cultural turning point   At about 37:20, Pete lays out early events in the book as the book's family grieves in different ways   At about 38:30, Pete asks Kai about the chronology of the book, as far as how she wrote it and how its flashbacks serve as strong juxtaposition; she gives background on different iterations of the book   At about 40:15, Kai details her thinking on depicting the father of KB in the book   At about 44:25, The two discuss the events surrounding a friendship and its implications; Pete highlights an especially moving scene involving Granddaddy   At about 46:30, Kai discusses the “lived realities” of racism that motivated her to write her book's characters and events as she did   At about 49:35, Kai describes her mindset after being the victim of racism at a young age    At about 51:00, Pete lays out the situation between Nia and KB and Kai responds to questions from readers about writing from Nia's perspective    At about 56:30, Kai talks about manifestations of grief shown by KB's mom and expands upon her struggles and shares how she made the mother's experience “radical”   At about 59:25, Pete and Kai discuss the fateful interactions between KB and Rondell and how she decided to write these scenes as they are   At about 1:03:25, Pete and Kai talk about Granddaddy and his life's arc and guilt that he feels, as well as some wise words that he shares    At about 1:05:30, Kai details her emotions in writing the ending   At about 1:07:10, Kai responds to Pete's questions about what feedback she's received regarding the book, as well as the ways in which her characters have become “people” of their own   At about 1:10:00, Kai outlines exciting future projects   At about 1:13:30, Kai describes exciting exposure for her book   You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode. Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl          Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content! This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. Please tune in for Episode 167 with Mai Der Vang is the author of Yellow Rain, winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets, an American Book Award, and a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, along with Afterland, winner of the First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets.  The episode will air on February 17.

Join Julia Chiapella in conversation with award-winning Santa Cruz poet Charles Atkinson. We talk about his recent release, New and Collected Poems, life reflected in poetry, and his clear-eyed embrace of a diagnosis of lewy body dementia. You can purchase the book at Bookshop Santa Cruz or Two Birds Books. Chuck is joined in the conversation by his wife, writer and educator Sarah Rabkin.

Episode #46: An inside look at traumatic brain injury, or “TBI,” and how these injuries influence mental health. People of all ages get them in a variety of ways—from sports injuries, to car accidents, to domestic falls and many of these individuals develop mental health symptoms that can last for months or even years. This show was recorded in Santa Cruz, California, one of the surfing capitals of the country and while mild traumatic brain injuries such as concussions are common in many sports, head injuries are the most common injury among surfers, comprising one-fourth of the total. Children and youths are particularly susceptible and those who sustain even a mild brain injury (often referred to as a concussion), have a 40% increased risk of developing mental health symptoms. Because these issues can appear many months after the injury, doctors and care providers need to pay particular attention to the mental state of patients long after a traumatic brain injury of any severity. Our guest and author JoAnne Jones talks about her recovery from a severe traumatic brain injury that occurred when she was assaulted and robbed. Also with us is rehabilitation and physical medicine specialist Dr. Jennifer Yu who shares information about the mental health symptoms, treatment approaches, and recovery strategies associated with mild to severe traumatic brain injuries. Broadcast: 9/4/22 & 9/13/22 Special thanks  to Jeanne Baldzikowski for audio production, Jennifer Young for underwriting outreach, Lisa Herendeen for research, Leslie Nielsen for “In Your Voice” Coordination and Izzy Weisz for marketing. And thanks to acoustic guitarist Adrian Legg for composing, performing, and donating the use of our theme music. LISTEN ANYTIME or subscribe to get new or past episodes delivered to your listening device: Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher  / TuneIn JOIN EMAIL LIST Want to know our interesting topic each month? Simply  SIGN UP for our email list! FOLLOW US Facebook  @stateofmindksqd Instagram @state_of_mind.radio SUGGEST A TOPIC If you or someone you know has topic ideas for future shows or a story of mental health recovery to share, please email debra.stateofmind@ksqd.org SHARE YOUR STORY In Your Voice are short segments on the show where a listener gets to share their experience of the topic we are discussing. You can call us at 831- 824-4324 and leave a 1-3 minute message about: a mental health experience you've had, something that has contributed to your mental health recovery journey, or share a resource that has helped you. Alternatively, you can make a 1-3 minute audio recording right on your phone and email that file to debra.stateofmind@ksqd.org. Your voice may just become part of one of our future shows! SUPPORT OR UNDERWRITE If you like what you're hearing here on KSQD, also affectionately called K– Squid, you can become a “Philanthropod on the Squid Squad” by becoming a supporting member  and help keep KSQD surfing the air waves! Consider underwriting your business or agency and showing our listeners your support for State of Mind. RESOURCES * Indicates Santa Cruz Local Organizations & Websites Brain Injury Association of California - The Brain Injury Association collectively provides various resources for TBI survivors, caregivers, and professionals. This is the link to the California branch. The Centre for Neuro Skills — In Emeryville, CA has many comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs for patients recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries. Brain Injury of America – National organization providing various resources for TBI survivors, caregivers, and professionals. One Hit Away Foundation — Offers resources for healing and preventing sports-related brain injuries caused by a concussion, sub-concussive hits or a Traumatic Brain Injury. This Documentary shares the real-life stories from the surfing community about their relationship with OneHitAway Foundation. The power of being introduced to brain healing / brain health options is changing the way the surfing community views their current and long-term health. Local Santa Cruz Treatment Dominican Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation Center * — The primary provider of neurological rehabilitative therapy in Santa Cruz. The Stroke Center at Cabrillo College * –Serves adults with acquired disabilities including, but not limited to, TBI. JoAnne's Recommended Resources Yoga. I take classes two days a week. The formal structure and direction is essential. I also try to do yoga poses throughout the day to stay aware of my posture, abdominal muscles and breathing. Yoga and meditation with Karen Zelin * AM Yoga with Rodney Yee Mindful meditation for stress reduction, the model pioneered by Jon Kabat-Zinn Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindful Website — Everyday mindfulness practices Jon Kabat-Zinn on YouTube Writing — Any form of writing that allows me to let my imagination take over Check out writing courses through Cabrillo College * & Cabrillo College Extension * Writing Classes with Laura Davis * When Covid 19 allows more indoor programming, check out London Nelson Community Center / Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Classes * Regular exercise: As I age, I don't run as much or lift heavy weights or do as many push-up or mountain climbs. I do walk a few miles each day, try to spend as much, or more time, standing and doing things as I so sitting, and walk my dog or take her to the beach every day Rest. TBI and PTSD exact an energy toll. I've learned to accept the fact that I need to rest each day, in a quiet space. Books & Articles Headstrong: Surviving a traumatic brain injury — by JoAnne Joans. SheWritesPress (2019). Headstrong tells the story of how she learned to live with the daily challenges of TBI. Also available at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out —by Claudia Osborn. Andrews McMeel Publishing. (1997). Locked inside a brain-injured head looking out at a challenging world is the premise of this extraordinary autobiography. Aftermath: Violence and the remaking of the self — by Susan J. Brison, Princeton University Press. (2002). A personal narrative of recovery and an illuminating philosophical exploration of trauma. Big thrills, dangerous spills: Local nonprofits provide treatment options for surfers who suffer brain injuries — by Jim Seimas | Santa Cruz Sentinel. PUBLISHED: February 13, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. | UPDATED: February 16, 2021 at 10:37 a.m. Mental Health Disorders Common Following Mild Head Injury — NIH-funded study identifies risk factors for neuropsychiatric conditions after concussion. NIH News Release / January 30, 2019. Caregiver Support Del Mar Caregiver Support *—  A Program of Health Projects Center, dedicates their attention and service to caregivers, advocating for public recognition of their worth and value to society while providing low- or no-cost consultations, education, support groups, and respite to caregivers in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties. Family Caregivers Alliance  — Provides services to family caregivers of adults with physical and cognitive impairments, such as Parkinson's, stroke, Alzheimer's and other types of dementia. Services include assessment, care planning, direct care skills, wellness programs, respite services, and legal/financial consultation vouchers. Ongoing support available with FCA, also now on a digital service platform. FCA is a longtime advocate for caregivers in the areas of policy, health and social system development, research, and public awareness, on the state, national and international levels. Offers support groups, classes, resources and events for caregivers and the people who receive their care. AARP Resources to Help Caregivers  — A rich source of educational articles and information to help support caregivers. The National Alliance for Caregiving — An organization dedicated to improving quality of life for friend and family caregivers and those in their care, by advancing research, advocacy, and innovation. Provides research, advocacy and information on resources on caregiving. Contact Guests Jennifer Yu, M.D. (831) 462-4444, Email: jennifer.yu@commonspirit.org Website: Dignity Health JoAnne Joans Phone: (413) 387-3152 Email: joanne.jones1@comcast.net Website: https://joannejonesauthor.com/

Hear Tim Fitzmaurice talk about and read from his book of poems, The Things We Take With Us: New and Selected. We talk about writing, poodle personas, Santa Cruz, and community in poetry. Bonus tracks: Tim singing and playing guitar! The Things We Take With Us is available in Santa Cruz at Bad Animal Books and Bookshop Santa Cruz and by contacting him at timfitz@ucsc.edu. That way the book is free with a contribution to the Prison Arts Project at williamjamesassociation.org. You can find Tim on IG @tim.fitzmaurice1 and on Facebook

Join host Ronnie Lipschutz in this Blast from the Past (originally broadcast on May 23, 2021) as he speaks with Dr. Suzanne Simard, Professor of Forestry and Conservation Sciences about the social life of trees. Her 2021 book, Finding the Mother Tree--Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, has just been published. According to Simard, communication between trees happens not in the air but deep below our feet in an incredibly dense, complex network of roots and chemical signals. ... “In a single forest, a mother tree may be connected to hundreds of other trees.” Here is what Bookshop Santa Cruz wrote about Simard: “Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel Carson, hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound…. Simard writes—in inspiring, illuminating, and accessible ways—how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved, how they perceive one another, learn and adapt their behaviors, recognize neighbors, and remember the past; how they have agency about the future; elicit warnings and mount defenses, compete and cooperate with one another with sophistication, characteristics ascribed to human intelligence, traits that are the essence of civil societies—and at the center of it all, the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them.” You can learn more about Simard's work in "The Social Life of Forests," New York Times Magazine, Dec. 2, 2020, and at The Mother Tree Project. If you search for "Suzanne Simard" on You Tube, you will turn up a dozen videos, including a TED talk, about her work. The articles referred to in the show are: Lincoln Taiz, et al, "Plants Neither Possess nor Require Consciousness," Trends in Plant Science 24, #8 (August 2019): 677-87 Michael Pollan, "The Intelligent Plant," The New Yorker, December 23, 2013. Sustainability Now! is underwritten by the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation and Environmental Innovations.

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Join host Ronnie Lipschutz as he speaks with Dr. Suzanne Simard, Professor of Forestry and Conservation Sciences about the social life of trees. Her new book, Finding the Mother Tree--Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, has just been published. According to Simard, communication between trees happens not in the air but deep below our feet in an incredibly dense, complex network of roots and chemical signals. ... “In a single forest, a mother tree may be connected to hundreds of other trees.” Here is what Bookshop Santa Cruz wrote about Simard: “Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel Carson, hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound…. Simard writes—in inspiring, illuminating, and accessible ways—how trees, living side by side for hundreds of years, have evolved, how they perceive one another, learn and adapt their behaviors, recognize neighbors, and remember the past; how they have agency about the future; elicit warnings and mount defenses, compete and cooperate with one another with sophistication, characteristics ascribed to human intelligence, traits that are the essence of civil societies—and at the center of it all, the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful forces that connect and sustain the others that surround them.” You can learn more about Simard's work in "The Social Life of Forests," New York Times Magazine, Dec. 2, 2020, and at The Mother Tree Project. If you search for "Suzanne Simard" on You Tube, you will turn up a dozen videos, including a TED talk, about her work. The articles referred to in the show are: Lincoln Taiz, et al, "Plants Neither Possess nor Require Consciousness," Trends in Plant Science 24, #8 (August 2019): 677-87 Michael Pollan, "The Intelligent Plant," The New Yorker, December 23, 2013.

1987 proved to be a year of major change for me. It was the year I worked with the exceptional David Bowie as the stylist on the music video Day in, Day Out, directed by Julian Temple, and after a lot of coaxing, I joined Bowie and the rest of the crew on the Glass Spider Tour. I left the tour after a few months for a variety of reasons, some related to incidents that occurred on the road, the stress of which did little to maintain my recent sobriety.  1987 was also the year I met my husband, Brian Beverly. We met on the set of an Eddie Money music video—an all-nighter, well, two actually, shot in an alley Downtown LA, with, of course, a rainmaker and fog machine…lots of fog. This was, after all, a David Fincher shoot where the atmosphere is crucial.So how does my story relate to this episode of The Bookshop Podcast? How did I get from music videos to bookshops, books, and authors? Well, you'll need to listen to find out.Join me in Santa Cruz, California, while I chat with Casey Coonerty Protti at Bookshop Santa Cruz and local author Jill Wolfson.Here's a list of links, authors, and books mentioned in this podcast.·      Bookshop Santa Cruz·      Instagram·      KEEP KIDS READING FUNDRAISER·      Ibram X. Kendi How to be an anti-racist·      Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet·      Jill Wolfson·      The Beat Within·      Somebody Else's Children The Courts, the Kids, and the Struggle to Save America's Troubled Families·      What I Call Life·      Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies·      Cold Hands, Warm Heart·      Furious·      Dear Concerned Mother·      Lucas And Sarah This American Life·      Bay Area Parent Jill Wolfson editor ·      Brian Beverly Music   Support the show (https://paypal.me/TheBookshopPodcast?locale.x=en_US)

Listen to the buzz of the Morton Marcus annual event! Award-winning poet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker will be the featured guest at the 11th annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading, which takes place this year as a virtual event on November 12. Danusha Lameris and Dion O'Reilly dive deep into Morgan Parker's poetry. The Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading is held each year to honor poet, teacher, film critic, and Santa Cruz cultural icon Morton Marcus (1936-2009). It was created to continue Marcus's tradition of bringing acclaimed poets to Santa Cruz County, to acknowledge the significant role poetry has played in the community's history, and to help preserve poetry's influence in the county's culture. This community event is presented by the The Humanities Institute and co-sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, the Cabrillo College English Department, Cowell College, the Living Writers Series, Ow Family Properties, Poetry Santa Cruz, the Porter Hitchcock Modern Poetry Fund, and Porter College.

In an online Bookshop Santa Cruz event, host Ryan Coonerty talks with Jesse Wegman about his new book "Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College", a thoroughly researched call for major electoral reform.

Danusha Laméris talks to Dion O'Reilly about her new book, Ghost Dogs which is available for pre-order from Bookshop Santa Cruz also available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon. The rainy night conversation includes tasty tidbits about compost piles, waking up with a new face, and the parables of Jesus Christ! Learn more about Dion O'Reilly, including upcoming appearances and ongoing workshops at her website.

K.M. Rice is a national, award-winning Screenwriter and Author. She's worked for both Magic Leap and Weta Workshop. Weta create special effects for tv and film and are known for their work on The Lord of the Rings. On the episode, Kellie discusses the difference between Writers and Storytellers and shares her advice for overcoming writer's blocks. We talk about Creativity and how as adults we need to give ourselves the freedom to play. And play we did. On the show our conversation jumps around between Crowdfunding, Female Heroes, and Creative Manias. Kellie is the producer of the web series Happy Hobbit, where she brings a bit of Middle Earth into your daily life. We talk about how J. R. R. Tolkien's work carried environmentalist and anti-industrial messages and Kellie talks about her favorite Gothic Fiction books. Rice resides on a ranch in Santa Cruz Mountains of California where she lives in a beneficial relationship with the animals and the land — like a true Happy Hobbit. Her first novel, Darkling, is a young adult fantastical thriller that now has a companion novel titled The Watcher. Several years in the making, her Afterworld series debuted with the first book, Ophelia. Her novella The Wild Frontier is an ode to the American spirit of adventure and seeks to awaken the wildish nature in all of us. Both Darkling and The Wild Frontier are now available on audiobook narrated by Gail Shalan. Her short story and poetry collection The Country Beyond the Forests showcases a range of genres and styles. You can also check out her author vlog and find her books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in-store at Bookshop Santa Cruz. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/DreamNation/support

Evolve! Nurturing the New in Consciousness, the Arts, and Culture hosted by : Robin White Turtle Lysne, M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D. Evolve! brings you people and ideas on the cutting edge of change opening the shells of the past to move our culture into the now. We are all in great need of sustainable ideas for change. The arts and evolving consciousness are how we are bringing that change to the culture at large. This show will bring you the wise, the foolish and the heart-based to help us meet the challenges of the times we are in. Bookshop Santa Cruz and Poetry Santa Cruz presented this reading with Garrett Hongo and Robin Lysne on Tuesday, March 13th, at 7:30 p.m. in Bookshop Santa Cruz. Garrett Hongo was born in Volcano, Hawai'i and grew up on the North Shore of O'ahu, and Los Angeles. He went to the University of Michicah, and UC Irvine where he received and M.F.A. His work includes, Coral Road, Vovano: A Memoir of Hawai'i and The Mirror Diary, Selected essays. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fullbright Fellow, with two NEA Grants, and won the Lamont Poetry Prize. He teaches at the University of Oregon, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences. Author Robin Lysne is the author of six books an artist and Energy medicine Practitioner, medium and psychic. She has been published in North American Review, Rattle, Porcupine, Monterey Poetry Review, Phren-Z, Porter Gulch Review, and other magazines. Her latest book, Mosaic New and Collected Poems, spans 30 years of her poetry.

Episode Forty Three Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Windham Campbell Awards – See the 2018 winners: http://windhamcampbell.org/recipients Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. – Currently Reading/Listening – Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide Open Heart – Scott Stabile (EF) Chicago Poems – Carl Sandburg (CW) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) Broken Girls – Simone St. James (CW) Read Chris’s review of the book and enter a giveaway to win the book here. Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook – Ina Garten (EF) “16 Bean” Pasta Fagioli recipe here *Changes made by Emily: Did not puree any of the beans, drained all of them and threw them into the soup whole. Cooked pasta separately and added to each bowl of soup as it was devoured. Put cooked pasta into the individual servings that were put into freezer. Delish – enjoy! – Just Read – Tangerine – Christine Mangan (CW) The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas (EF) The Light We Lost – Jill Santopolo (EF) – Biblio Adventures – On March 12th, Emily went to see Chloe Benjamin author of The Immortalists and Jill Santopolo author of The Light We Lost at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT. Chris saw the play Murder on the Orient Express at Hartford Stage for her birthday. Chris visited the Peterborough Town Library in New Hampshire touts itself as the first tax supported library in the country. Literary Monadnock – Peterborough is known as a literary mecca. Read about it here. Toadstool Bookshop – Peterborough, NH – Upcoming Jaunts – University of Nebraska live stream on Our Cather Heritage: Willa Cather’s Modern Relevance. March 20th – Emily is heading to Providence, RI for the Point Street Reading Series. Laura & Emma – Kate Greathead Start Without Me – Joshua Max Feldman Girls Burn Brighter – Shobha Rao Only Child – Rhiannon Navin The Cloister – James Carroll Emily is heading to Bookshop Santa Cruz on March 26th to see Luis Alberto Urrea discuss his book The House of Broken Angels and on March 28th to see Leslie Karst discuss her book Death Al Fresco April 4th – Jeff Kinney’s bookstore An Unlikely Story Bookstore & Cafe to see Michael Finkel discuss his book Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit – Upcoming Reads – The Dog Healers: A Novel – Mark Winik (CW) Eats of Eden – Tabitha Blankenbiller (EF) Wedding Date – Jasmine Guillory (EF) Goodbye, Vitamin – Rachel Khong (EF) The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future and The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World – Chris Guillebeau (EF) – Also Mentioned – Check out Ryan Ludman: This Charming Rant Newsletter /// Instagram: my.books.my.shelf His Maurice read along cocktail can be found here East of Eden – John Steinbeck All Things Pat Conroy Live by Night (Coughlin #2) – Dennis Lehane Chris Guillebeau's podcast is called Side Hustle School The Readers Podcast How Reading Changed My Life – Anna Quindlin i like my body when it is with your by E.E. Cummings i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your body. i like what it does, i like its hows. i like to feel the spine of your body and its bones,and the trembling -firm-smooth ness and which i will again and again and again kiss, i like kissing this and that of you, i like, slowly stroking the,shocking fuzz of your electric furr,and what-is-it comes over parting flesh….And eyes big love-crumbs, and possibly i like the thrill of under me you so quite new

Bookshop Santa Cruz, a locally owned and independent bookstore, has organized a series of events this past year as part of a new program called Words to Act On: Education, Empathy, and Action. This Fall 2017, Santa Cruz Bookshop has organized a series of events and campaign addressing the topic of immigration.  Casey Coonerty Protti is a second generation owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz and has run daily operations since 2006. We discussed the events, the history of this established family business, and about the challenges facing independent bookstores in today's market. Read a letter from Casey about why she started the program.

Epigraph Oh hai, friends. Remember us? Sorry for the hiatus, but we’re back! For episode 10, we’re thrilled to be chatting with Amy Stewart and Scott Brown of Eureka Books in Eureka, CA. Get psyched. We apologize for the extended delay in episodes, and promise to post more often now that Emma has completed her cross-country move. Apparently moving across the country is time-consuming and stressful. Who knew? This episode is sponsored by Books & Whatnot, the daily newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk. Brought to you by Beth Golay. Check out the newsletter archive here. Follow on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot. Introduction In Which There Will Be Cats. And Gin. And Books. Amy Stewart is the author of (among other things) Drunken Botanist, Girl Waits with Gun, Lady Cop Makes Trouble. She and her husband, Scott, are co-owners of Eureka Books in Eureka, CA. We’re drinking Girl Waits with Gin (gin & tonic). Amy recommends using tonic syrup (available at your local fancy liquor store), but Fever-Tree tonic is a solid backup.   Emma is reading: I’ll Tell You In Person by Chloe Caldwell, Joyride by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Marcus To, and Irma Kniivila Scott is reading: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez  Amy is reading: The Gypsy in the Parlour by Margery Sharp (who, fun fact, wrote the Rescuers!) and Rules of Civility by Amor Towles   Kim is reading: On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moore, You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson New & Forthcoming Books We’re Excited About Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers by Bob Eckstein The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook, edited by Natalie Eve Garrett and illustrated by Amy Jean Porter The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis (pubs 6 Dec 2016) Also mentioned: Legs Get Led Astray by Chloe Caldwell, So Sad Today by Melissa Broder, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman  Chapter I [22:25] In Which We Learn About Fake Harry Potter Books, Bullshit California Laws, and LITSY! Eureka Books is really pretty. Check it: Antiquarian books are weird to booksellers in the new book world. Here’s a primer from the ABAA. A first edition signed copy of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is apparently worth shit. Kim’s annoyed at herself for failing to monetize her book collection. More on the California Autograph Law You guys. Fake Harry Potter books are a thing and they are... weird. LOOK AT THIS SHIT:   You’d think weed folk would dig Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations by Warren Bobrow. Sorry, Amy. Litsy is great. It’s Instagram for books. Come experience the internet sans trolls. The internet isn’t just trash, y’all. Check out #getindie for all the fuzzy bookstore feels. Join the Out of Print t-shirt club. We just made that up organically. It’s cool. We’re cool. You can be cool too. Chapter II [36:40] In Which We All Have Too Many New Yorkers Piled Up In Our Apartments/Houses, Junot Diaz is the New Shakespeare, and You Can Learn to Craft Vagina Ornaments Amy’s desert island picks: Charles Dickens: David Copperfield or Great Expectations. Or all of those New Yorkers that pile up in your house that you keep meaning to read. Scott’s Station Eleven picks: The Road by Cormac McCarthy, The Walking Dead series, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Junot Diaz = Shakespeare   Scott’s Go to handsell: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt The epic LOL/OMG Display: Crap Taxidermy by Kat Su, books by The Oatmeal, Crafting with Feminism: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy by Bonnie Burton, How to Talk to Your Cat about Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives by Zachary Auburn  Scott’s impossible hand sell: A Void by Georges Perec Bookseller confession: Once again, they haven’t finished Harry Potter.    Favorite bookstores (other than Eureka): Powell’s, natch. Also, all the feels for Bookshop Santa Cruz. Favorite lit media: Amy. Also, RIP Bookslut & The Toast. You can find Amy all over the internet: Website: Amystewart.com Facebook Twitter: @Amy_Stewart Goodreads Eureka Books can be found IRL across from the gazebo. Obvi. Epilogue You can find us on Twitter at @drunkbookseller. Unsurprisingly, we tweet more than we post episodes. But not by, like, that much, so don’t get your hopes up. We’re v clever tho. Emma tweets @thebibliot and writes nerdy bookish things for Book Riot. Her most recent post, 25 Picture Books that Promote Empathy and Respect, is really important... particularly right now. Kim tweets occasionally from @finaleofseem, but tries to focus her social media energy on @drunkbookseller and playing nerdy #BookGames on the @ElliottBayBooks account when the store is slow.

About K.M. RICE is a national award-winning screenwriter and author who has worked for both Magic Leap and Weta Workshop, the latter being responsible for such cinematic epics as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Her first novel, Darkling, is a young adult fantastical thriller. Her novella The Wild Frontier is an ode to the American spirit of adventure and seeks to awaken the wildish nature in all of us. As the producer of the webseries Happy Hobbit, she was also a contributor to J.W. Braun's book Middle-earth Madness. Her work has recently been featured in the literary journal Passing Through: Stories and Art About the Road Less Traveled. In the past, she has had her work published in the literary journal Reed Magazine and was also the focus of a feature article in the August 2009 issue of Script Magazine. Her most recent release, The Country Beyond the Forests, is a short story and selected poetry collection showcasing a range of genres and styles. When not working on her novels or hiking in the woods, she can be found enjoying the company of the many animals on her family ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Her books can be found online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and in-store at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Several years in the making, her upcoming Afterworld series is set to debut with the first book, Ophelia.

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