Bob Stanley, Autumn Newman, and Maria Steinhauser

On the 6/19/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Bob Stanley elaborates on how his ventures inspire his poetry and shares a poem about his travels with his wife Joyce. Autumn Newman explains how curating personal challenges through an Instagram poetry community has helped her as a writer. She then reads a poem titled “Shame.” Maria Steinhauser describes the process of running a 100 mile race and how running has granted her time to wander amidst the natural environment. She reads a poem called “Old Growth Redwood Groves.” She closes out the podcast by discussing her runs with students during PE and the inspiration she draws from Louise Glück and Ada Limón.

Bob Stanley studied poetry at Caltech and UCLA, and taught English and Creative Writing at Solano College, Sac City College, and Sacramento State University before retiring in 2021. President of Sacramento Poetry Center for a record 12 years, Bob has organized hundreds of poetry events, and he served as Sacramento Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2012. He has edited two anthologies: Late Peaches (2013), and Sometimes in the Open (2009). Bob’s poetry collections include Walt Whitman Orders a Cheeseburger (Rattlesnake Press, 2009), Eleven Blue Strings (little m press, 2012), Miracle Shine (CW Books, 2013) and the e-chapbook November Sun (Random Lane Press, 2022). Bob lives in Sacramento with his wife, Joyce Hsiao, and they run online poetry seminars that help support small nonprofits. Bob’s newest collection of poems, Language Barrier, has just been published by CW Books in June 2024.

Autumn Newman writes poetry and book reviews. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Colorado Review, CALYX Press, Pleiades and River Heron Review, among others. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her chapbook, A Flower Burst Open, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. 

Maria Steinhauser is a middle school English and History teacher and has an MFA in poetry. She spends her free time running on trails and in wilderness backcountry, which she uses as inspiration for her poetry. She has also recently been enjoying reading her poetry and listening to other poets read at open mics such as Poetry in Davis and the Silver Lining in Sacramento.

The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature an evening with Sacramento poet laureate Bob Stanley at 7 PM on Thursday, June 20th, 2024, on the first floor of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street in Davis. On the release of his new book, Language Barrier, Bob Stanley will be reading with Sacramento poets Autumn Newman and, a fan favorite, Lawrence Dinkins.

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