
upcoming events
September
September 14, 4-6 PM - “The Art of Biography” Writing workshop on writing mini-biography at Pond Farm Pottery, Guerneville, CA.
September 20, 10:00 AM - “Out of the Shadows” Iris Jamahl Dunkle in conversation with Holly Baggett, author of Making No Compromise at the Kansas Book Festival. Topeka, KS
September 23, 10:00 AM - Western Literature Association Keynote: "Sanora Babb, and the Importance of Telling the Stories About Women Who Have Been Forgotten to Understand the Past, the Present and the Future" OKANA Resort & Indoor Waterpark, Oklahoma City, OK
October
October 4, 11:30 - 12:30 PM-North Bay Poetry Fest Print and Poetry Festival - I’ll be reading with four other writers.
October 4, 1:00 - 4:00 PM- A Roundtable at the Sitting Room, Cotai, CA, about my visit to Sylvia Plath’s Grave in Heptonstall, England.
October 11, 9:00 AM - “Echoes of the Sierra: A Poet Laureate Conversation” with Karen Terrey (Nevada County), Jesse James Ziegler (Reno), Moira Magnessen (El Dorado), Melinda Palacio (Santa Barbara), Iris Jamal Dunkle (Sonoma Co. emerita), and Lara Gularte (El Dorado emerita)at the Tahoe Art Haus in Tahoe City as part of the Tahoe Literary Festival.
Tuesday, October 14 at 7pm - “Scribbling Women” Strike Back: How Long-Silenced Voices Have Fueled a New Resistance” — with Emily Van Duyne (Loving Sylvia Plath), Jessica Ferri (Womb House Books), Kim Askew and Amy Helmes (Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast) Mimi Pond ( Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me) and Jessi Haley (Cita Press) at Mrs. Dalloway's,2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, as part of Litquake.
Tuesday, October 21 at 7 pm - “The Who, What, When & How of Literary Prizes” — with May-Lee Chai, Jane Chiabattari, Iris Jamahl Dunkle and Oscar Villalon, at Page Street Writers, 297 Page Street, San Francisco, as part of Litquake.
**An audiobook of Riding Like the Wind: the Life of Sanora Babb will be released in September!