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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Poetry Connection Meets Rainbow Connection
*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 […]
Poetry Connection | More than a Mentor: Connecting with Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
*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, […]
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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***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 […]
Women’s Literary Voices, Poetry Pairing Tickets
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Santa Barbara’s Poet Laureate
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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 […]