On the 9/19/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Denise Hofffner and Sol Valdes call in to discuss their upcoming educational workshop “Pride in the Workplace.” As a former lawyer herself, Hoffner joins the Davis Phoenix Coalition to provide legislative aid and informational resources to LGBTQIA+ persons facing workplace discrimination. Valdes discusses the goals of their organization, which are to engage community, and to eliminate intolerance and hate-related violence. Poetry Night feature Tim Kahl then joins the show to discuss his new book Drips, Spills, Bursts, Tangles, and Washes, which is composed mainly of ten line poems. Kahl shares the inspiration behind all of the sound companion CD’s to his collections, and shares a poem called “The New Electricity.” He then details some of his many creative processes, such as taking newspaper strips, and making poems that talk to each other. Eve Imagine and her husband Paul Imagine are the next guests on the show. Eve shares the lengthy process of writing her debut book Body In Script, which she started drafting in 1999. She then reads an excerpt from the first chapter of the book titled “A Way a Woman Eats.”

Denise Hoffner is an outreach coordinator at the Davis Phoenix Coalition’s CCWOP (California Covid Worker Outreach Project). Sol Valdes is the Office Coordinator for the Davis Phoenix Coalition, and works closely with the organization’s youth group.

Tim Kahl is the author of Possessing Yourself (CW Books, 2009), The Century of Travel (CW Books, 2012), The String of Islands (Dink, 2015), Omnishambles (Bald Trickster, 2019) and Drips, Spills, Bursts, Tangles, and Washes (Cold River Press, 2024). His work has been published in many journals in the U.S. and abroad. He is also editor of Clade Song. He is the vice president and events coordinator of The Sacramento Poetry Alliance. He plays flutes, guitars, ukuleles, charangos and cavaquinhos. He currently teaches at California State University.

Eve Imagine is a UC Davis MFA graduate and has been teaching as an adjunct English professor at Sacramento City College since 2004. She is a former high school teacher and also serves as a mentor for students at SCC, along with her teaching.

The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature an evening with poets Tana Jean Welch and Tim Kahl at 7 PM on Thursday, September 19th, 2024, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis.

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