In coordination with the first annual Sierra Poetry Festival happening April 1st in Grass Valley, we will explore "The Soul of Place."  

Our readers this month are featured poets at the Sierra Poetry Festival - join us of an intimate reading and discussion and get a taste for the diverse celebration of poetry planned for the festival! Our theme this month is Soul of Place.

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This month's reading will feature the poetry of: 

 

Oakland based writer, MK Chavez is the author of several chapbooks, including Mothermorphosis. Dear Animal, her first full collection was released in October 2016 by Nomadic Press. Chavez is co-founder/curator of the reading series Lyrics & Dirges, curator of Uptown Friday Readings in Oakland, and co-director of the Berkeley Poetry Festival. In 2016 she received an Alameda County Arts Leadership Award. Recent and upcoming publications include Heavy Feather Review, Story Magazine, and Medium for a 100 days of Action.