Upcoming Book Launch Events
As you can see from the flyer, the next two weeks will be very exciting for me!
Here’s the schedule for March 2011:
featured reading
Tues. 3/15 7:30p
with Danika Dinsmore; open mic follows; bring 3:15s!
Artists Union Gallery, 330 So California, Ventura, CA
free but they pass the hat!
“impressions” art show, broadsides, books
Thurs. 3/17 5-7p
en theos press St Patrick’s Day Party Read more…
This is not an eyeball.
Instead, this is the eye of the Pacific Ocean after the 8.9 earthquake in Japan on Friday March 11, 2011.
It does look a bit bloodshot. But those red lines show the intensity of the tsunami that rocked and rolled the coastlines around the Pacific Rim all day today. Read more…
The San Buenaventura ArtRiders Bicycle & Social Club invites you to join us in the St Patrick’s Day Parade tomorrow, Saturday March 12. Meet us on Santa Clara between Ventura Avenue and Figueroa by 9:30 am in your tweedy leprechaun best!
Keep reading for more details about the St Pat’s Day Parade Ride and other cycling news and to see photos from last Friday’s ArtRide.
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Please join me Tuesday March 15, 2011 at 7:30pm in the Artists Union Gallery for the first reading from my new poetry collection Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son (en theos press 2011). This is the paperback book edition of the chapbook I produced for the 2010 Women’s Conference.
Pictured is a broadside that was published in ArtLife Limited Editions in November 2003; it’s also on the inside cover of Middle of the Night. The original painting of my pregnant belly by Alan Sailer (with some manipulation by me) is a recurring motif in the book; it’s pictured in color on the back of the book (see below).
After Alan painted the clock, my belly was photographed by Tim Timmermans and I then used an ink printer in blue then copied the poem on top in black. Broadsides were signed and numbered and published in ArtLife Limited Editions in November 2003. I still have some for sale if you are interested.
The shooting star photograph we used for the cover of Middle of the Night is also by Alan Sailer. (Search for him by name on this site to see some of his other amazing photographs!)
As these are poems I wrote for the 3:15 Experiment from 2002-2010, I am excited to share the night with Danika Dinsmore, who began the 3:15 Experiment in 1993. She and I co-edited between sleeps the collection of 3:15 poetry by 24 international participants from the years 1993-2005 (en theos press 2006). I am also excited to hear work from other 3:15 poets in the open mic after my featured reading.
I look forward to seeing you for the reading at the AUG or at one of the other events around my book launch: St Patrick’s Day party at El Jardin Courtyard on Main in downtown Ventura March 17, Ojai WordFest Book Fair March 19 on Matilija Street, and the Ojai Wordfest Well Red event March 25 at Los Caporales outdoor patio by Libbey Park.
The following is from the new revised back cover of Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son: Read more…
Register now for “Message in a Bottle: Ocean to Ojai” Writing Workshop Thurs. March 24
Here are more details about the day of writing adventures “Message in a Bottle: Ocean to Ojai –Whales, Wines, Words” I am co-leading with Danika Dinsmore! You can get your tickets for the complete day of adventure now or sign up “a la carte” options at http://ocean2ojai.eventbrite.com. You can also get tickets direct from me at my poetry reading next Tuesday at the Artists Union or at the Book Fair at Ojai’s WordFest Saturday March 19. Early bird specials are on until midnight, March 19.
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Today is 3/8! Which means it’s International Women’s Day
and I just realized when I looked at my stats that I’m only 800 page views away of hitting 300,000 total page views on this here Art Predator blog since I started in November 2007.
That’s a lot of eyeballs for an eclectic blog such as this one!
Please help me celebrate by leaving a comment! Since I average 300 page views a day, I’ll hit that magic number soon!
What have you all been reading so voraciously? What are you clicking on? What have been YOUR favorite posts and reads?
When I look at the top posts according to my site stats, I see a little bit about wine, a little poetry, some art, some tech, a lot about Burning Man and astronomy and astrology. Really an eclectic mix when you think about it. What brings you here? What brings you back? (and how can I convince you to subscribe??)
Today, for your reading pleasure (or your curiosity!) here are the top 25 blog posts of all time on Art Predator as of today. Thank you for reading! Please subscribe!
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Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment: ant ant ant
Tuesday August 2, 2005
3:15am home
ant ant ant he says
bal la la ba la la ba la la
flow-er flow-er flow-er
more ants butterflies and flowers
are on the back
of the journal too
flipping it over
there they are on the front again
inside broke broke broke
he says about a torn page
when he comes across
my entry he says drawing
drawing drawing
he is 20 months and then some
sighing moaning groaning
thrashing out of his blankets
whimpering
it is hard not to live
hovered over him
constantly checking on him
but there he is
huddled into a corner
of his crib in his
truck jammies
his head butting the stiles
his side against the top
his feet tucked up
more blankets under him
than on top of him
I had never seen
a child in child’s pose
before I had a
child of my own
I never saw how completely
they can pull themselves
up into themselves all tucked in
never saw how tortoise like
they retract their arms their legs
the soles of the feet
slipping in under the torso
only a few toes poking out
With his froggie blanket
covering from his ears to his toes
he quiets now
no need for hovering
I gaze at him anyway
store his image up
until morning again
time to hold him and kiss him
feel his sweet warmth again
One day he will know
how to pull the blankets up
onto his shoulders
about the time he stops
wanting to wear his truck jammies
with powerful diesel engines
too soon he will know
how to wrap his tongue
around butterfly and there will be
no more bal la la la las
Robert Peake inspired me to post this poem by using an excerpt of it in his wonderful review of my poetry collection, “Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son” coming out in a paperback edition on 3/15 from en theos press. I’ll have the book that night at my featured reading at the Artists Union Gallery, 330 So. California St. Ventura CA 93001 as well as at the book launch party on St Patrick’s Day at the El Jardin Courtyard on Main in downtown Ventura, and at Ojai’s WordFest on March 19 and 25.
Last Sunday, we drove my 90 year old father-in-law Ralph up to the 5,000′ pass at Pine Mountain in the Los Padres National Forest to see all the fresh snow, which fell unusually low for our area the previous day–snow actually dusted the streets of Ojai Valley as well as the San Fernando Valley.
Then on our way to Boccalli’s for dinner, we swung by Robert Peake’s place in Ojai and he and I exchanged our new poetry books.
Robert’s book is part of The Lost Horse Press New Poets series edited by Marvin Bell. Volume V “New Poets and Short Books” features three books by California poets: Robert Peake’s “Human Shade,” “What’s Truly Feral” by Valentine Freeman, and “On the Murder of Juan de la Cruz” by Jensea Storie.
The book is beautifully produced and Robert also offers a CD of him reading his poems. I’ll be reviewing the book more completely soon once I’ve had a chance to read all of it–not just Robert’s part which I read immediately and found to be exceptional!
You can order Robert’s book directly from him and he’ll send you a free copy of the CD also but you’ll have to wait a week or so–he’s out of books right now!
Robert’s review means a lot to me because I admire his writing so much and enjoy reading his blog. I also asked him to review my book because it talks about love and loss, something that he knows something about and has written about eloquently, including in his own book.
I especially love how he says this about my book:
Robert also quotes from several poems so for tomorrow’s Monday Poetry Train, I will post the whole of the one from August 2, 2005.
At en theos press, you can order copies of the signed and numbered chapbook (in an edition of 108) that I made of my book for the Women’s Conference. Or you can wait until March 15 and get a regular paperback edition which I’d be happy to sign for you! I’m also feeling inspired to do a cd of some of the poems, perhaps one from every year that I plan to read at my feature on Tuesday March 15 at the Artists Union Gallery, 330 S. California St, Ventura.
You’ll also find me and my new poetry collection at a St Patrick’s Day party in the El Jardin Courtyard on Main in downtown Ventura on Thursday March 17, I’ll be at the Ojai Book Fair Saturday March 19, and I’ll be reading and signing at WordFest’s Well Red event in Ojai Friday March 25. On Tuesday March 29, I’ll be reading in the 7 minute open mic at the Cobalt in the San Fernando Valley where the Accidental Novelist, Danika Dinsmore, the woman who got the experiment going back in 1993, is featuring startting at 9pm.
See you soon–on the stage or on the page!
The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow: Leprechaun & Tweed Rides March 4 & 12 (via Bikergo Gal)
Calling all ye lively lads & lasses, lovely ladies & jolly gents! Join us for a jaunt on our two wheeled steeds down Main Street today March 4 and on March 12 as part of the St Pat’s Parade! Leprechauns, fairies & children are welcome; ride at your own risk, however. No jeans, lycra & modern garb, please.
ArtRide meets at 5:30; we ride at 6pm. It’s dark! Remember lights!
Parade starts at 10am; we’re supposed to show up at 8am but as long as people start trickling in between 9 and 930am, we’ll will be fine. We’d love to see lots of kids! Unlike the ArtRides where kids under 8 need to be on a trailer bike or a burley etc, kids under 8 can ride on their own bicycles for this daytime ride.
Our line up area is on Santa Clara St between Ventura Ave and Junipero St. (that’s one block east of Ventura Ave.) Get there as soon as you can: we’re in line up area “C” and our line place is # 70. Parade entry fee of $25 donated by Daniel Boggs. Thank you!
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What’s Happening This Weekend? Lots!
Back in January, I knew that there would be some tough decisions about what to do the first weekend in March.
Leprechauns & Tweed ArtRide Friday March 4?
Bell Arts Women’s March Show opening (Borbala Arvai’s Cave-woman pictured) Friday March 4?
LA’s Natural History Museum FF Friday March 4?
Ventura’s Fashion Week Fairy Tales like Rapunzel pictured Friday & Saturday March 4 & 5?
LA’s Edwardian Ball Sat March 5?
Ojai Mardi Gras Sat March 5?
So what’s a gal to do–even with a fun bike, a fast car, and a press pass? Read on to find links and to learn more about these events:
Read about Leprechauns & Tweed ArtRide March 4 here.
Read about our last ArtRide, Pink Panther Rides Again, and see photos by Lis Schwitters, here. Read more…
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