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Fairfield California - Fairfield Poet Laureate announces two poetry events 04 January 2024 ( news )
Fairfield , state California ( By Press Release office)
Jan 04,2024
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Fairfield Poet Laureate Suzanne Bruce announced a “Dynamic Trio” poetry event featuring three poets on Saturday , January 20 , 2024 , at the Fairfield Cordelia Library , 5050 Business Center Drive , from 1:00 - 3:00 p . m .
The three poets being featured are: Marin County Poet Laureate Francesca Bell , the author of
Bright Stain
, and finalist for the Washington State Book Award , Connie Post , the first Poet Laureate of Livermore whose poetry awards include , the Liakoura Award
and Crab Creek Poetry Award
,
and Luke Johnson , author of
Quiver
, a finalist for the Jake Adam York Prize , the Vassar Miller Prize , and the Brittingham . This event is free and open to the public with an open mic session to follow .
And another poetry event is happening this month! Suzanne and the FSVAA invite the community to write a poem to an art piece from the exhibit , “Wild Thing , ” . Art can be viewed in person at the gallery Wednesdays - Sunday , from 11:00 a . m . to 6:00 p . m . starting January 10 , 2024 or online at
www . fvaa - arts . org
. Participants should send Suzanne their poems of 42 lines or less in a Word document with a picture of art on the poem by January 25 , 2024 , at 5:00 p . m .
There will be an art reception and poetry reading on Saturday , January 27 , 2024 , from 4:00 - 6:00 p . m . , at the Solano Town Center Gallery at 1350 Travis Boulevard , Suite D - 8 .
For more information on either event visit
www . fairfield . ca . gov/poet
or contact Suzanne at fairfieldpoetlaureate@gmail . com .
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