Dear Literary Folk,
Writers in Need
This has been a difficult, anxious time for us all in Sonoma County, but our hearts go out especially to those in our community who have lost their homes in the fires. Jo-Anne and I would like to get a list of those of you who could use help of any kind. Please e-mail us at sonomacountyliteraryupdate@gmail.com if you or someone you know is in need. Let us know specifically how the community can help you.
Rising from the Ashes Reading
Some of us in the literary community (Susan Lamont, Iris Dunkle, Larry Robinson, Katherine Hastings, and myself) are interested in organizing a “Rising from the Ashes” reading to share your stories and poems. Date, time, and location are all still in the works. Those of us on the Poet Laureate Selection Committee are also trying to think of some way that we can help the community come together in these extraordinary times. Please stay tuned for details as the plans evolve. Let us know if you’d like to be part of this.
Redwood Writers Extends Its Anthology Deadline
To our dear Sonoma poets, our hearts are heavy. In these short days so much has happened. So very much is changed forever. We feel the anthology would not fully represent Sonoma without poems that speak to these days.
We would like to open the anthology with a section devoted to poems that will be a testimony to what we all have experienced. You may have lost everything or you may have been fortunate to live where the fires did not reach. Yet somehow we all must try to find comfort and equanimity.
We invite you to send up to 3 additional poems per poet.It is fine if you have already submitted. Please feel free to submit these additional poems. We have extended the submission date to November 15th.
With love,
Les Bernstein, Fran Claggett , and Linda Loveland Reid
Feathers on Fire/ Pirka v Ohni
My niece Andrea, who lives in Prague, is offering an original work of art she painted in response to the Northern California fires. If you’d like to help, one way to do this is to bid on the painting. She will donate all the money to us to help our writers in need, and she will ship the painting anywhere in the world. It’s called “Feathers on Fire/ Pirka v Ohni,” 100x70cm , mixed media on canvas 2017.
The painting is for sale, and the money will go directly to help those in our immediate community in need. Currently the bidding is at $200. If you are interested in bidding, click here to e-mail the artist, or you can contact her through her website. She will ship the painting anywhere in the world. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213827039687200&set=rpd.1143713547&type=3&theater.
While the immediate danger from the fires seems to have passed, the work of rebuilding homes, lives, communities is just beginning.
Our hearts are with you,
Terry Ehret
Jo-Anne Rosen
Co-editors, Sonoma County Literary Update
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