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Poetry Connection: A Lesson in Resilience and the teachings of Poetry

Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate. Blog 2. *This post was originally published in the Santa Barbara Independent National Poetry Month May be over but Santa Barbara continues to bring the best of the laureates to our town. United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón closed out poetry month. Last Thursday, UCSB hosted Joy Harjo, 23rd […]

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Poetry Connection Blog

***Poet Laureate Blog 1. This post was previously published in the Santa Barbara Independent By Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate When I told my dental hygienist that I was going to be Santa Barbara’s Poet Laureate, she wasn’t sure what that meant. The instruments in my mouth didn’t help either. She was confused behind […]

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May 15 Women’s Literary Voices, Tickets

Women’s Literary Voices, Poetry Pairing Tickets  

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Santa Barbara Independent The Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Santa Barbara Independent Lompoc Record Santa Maria Sun Santa Barbara Independent edhat Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Public Library Voice Magazine The University of Arizona: Poetry Center National Book Critics Spotlight Los Angeles Review of Books Santa Maria Sun The Latino Author    

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Santa Barbara’s Poet Laureate

Read the article in the Santa Barbara Independent

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Past Events Santa Barbara 2010-2022

2010     Speaker: Santa Barbara City College Chicano Studies 2010     Featured Poet Santa Barbara Poetry Series: along with Phil Taggart and Marsha de la O. 2010    Featured Poet: Creative Community Channel: Poetry inspired by the Mission. 2011    Panelist: UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center 2011      Poet: Carnegie Museum, Oxnard. Arcade Poetry Series. 2011    Poet: Sullivan Goss: An […]

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The Paterson Poetry Prize

In Paterson, I enjoyed my fifteen (or more) minutes of fame. I’m still feeling the glow of being including in the finalists for the Paterson Poetry Prize. I had the pleasure of meeting three poets with varying and powerful styles, including our winner, 5th Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco of Beyoncé and Anderson Cooper fame, and […]