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Connecting with Ancestors and Día de los Muertos

Previously published in the Independent During a day-long celebration of the Day of the dead, Santa Barbara came to life. The community celebration and Oaxacan Calenda (procession with music and dancers and larger than life puppets) was something we had never experienced before as a community. I am very grateful to have participated in the […]

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Communing with Art: Writing in the Galleries

Poetry Connection Meets Rainbow Connection

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Answering An Age-Old Question About Poetry

*This essay first appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent One question that I’m often asked is Why Poetry or What Does Poetry Contribute? Last week’s typewriter poetry event helped me offer an answer. Simply put poetry is the best friend you didn’t know you needed or have had all your life. Poetry allows you to […]

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Connecting with Sojourner Kincaid Rolle (repost from Indy)

Poetry Connection | More than a Mentor: Connecting with Sojourner Kincaid Rolle

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Poetry Connection: Boost Your Creativity with a Collaboration

      *This column originally appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent Last month, I wrote about my twenty-year journey at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. What I didn’t talk about was the team-teaching I do with mystery writer Lida Sideris. A few years before the pandemic, Lida and I started offering a workshop titled, […]

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Poetry Connection: The Laureate Series

Poetry Connection Column: previously published in the Santa Barbara IndependentBy Melinda Palacio, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate   Last week’s Laureate Series at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Paseo Nuevo was the first event I’ve hosted in a while. That it was on a First Thursday, meant there was a built-in audience. People know that […]

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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’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 […]