When I think of all the untold stories stagnating in the suburbs of Southern California, where I attended high school — in Santa Ana and Garden Grove — it saddens me that popular TV Shows like “The O.C.” and the “The Real Housewives of Orange County” have overshadowed the true Read More…
The book: “You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense” by Charles Bukowski Suggested for: Anyone who’s tired of reading cryptic poetry that requires extensive analysis (and people who avoid poetry because of that) Clog Rating: While poetry isn’t usually people’s first choice for recreational reading, especially Read More…
Jack Gilbert lived a life as fierce and unconventional as his poetry. The poet died Tuesday in a Berkeley nursing home after a prolonged battle with dementia. He was 87. Read More…
At the Aurora Theatre in downtown Berkeley, amidst a motley congregation of people, a trembling poet from Hampton Roads, Virginia walked up to a microphone. She was here for the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, put on by Youth Speaks. The poet began her poem with a Read More…
