Laura Bertolini, Dave Boles, Tim Kahl, Vicki Carroll

On the 7/31 of Dr.Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Italian poet Laura Bertolini makes her return to Davis and discusses publishing her book in which she describes the people and experiences from her life in Davis. She then reads a poem titled “Breaths of The Night” in Italian and its English translation. Dave Boles joins to discuss the publication of this year's VOICES anthology. He describes the process of collecting poems for this specific issue to commemorate the late DR Wagner. Tim Kahl dials in to share how he went about deciding to submit a poem to this year's VOICES Anthology. He gives praise for the independent publisher Cold River Press, the Dave Boles press. Vicki Carroll describes how she went about crafting a poem to honor her late friend DR Wagner. She then shares her approaches to her various poetic projects and a poem titled “Nothing Is Perfect.”

Laura Bertolini was born in Cecina, Tuscany, Italy. She lived in Davis from 2009 to 2020. She dedicated a collection to her life in California, published by Mds Editore in 2019. Today, she lives in Italy; she first lived in Tuscany and then moved to Turin. She has won poetry awards both in Italy and abroad. She has published with Italian publishers as well as through self-publishing. Today, she is working on her new poetry book E i sassi e i fiori (And the Stones and the Flowers). 

Dave Boles is a Publisher, Writer and Designer. Founder of the magazine Primal Urge, he also created the anthology Voices, which he publishes through his press, Cold River Press. He has published, designed, edited and written numerous books, articles, and periodicals, both nationally and internationally. 

Tim Kahl is the author of six books of poems, most recently Omnishambles (Bald Trickster, 2019), California Sijo (Bald Trickster, 2022) and Drips, Spills, Bursts, Tangles, and Washes (Cold River Press, 2024). He is also an editor of Clade Song [http://www.cladesong.com]. He builds flutes, plays them and plays guitars, ukuleles, charangos and cavaquinhos as well. He currently teaches at California State University, Sacramento, where he sings lieder while walking on campus between classes.

Vicki Carroll, a Sacramento native enjoys poetry and the spoken word. She has been involved in workshops at Laguna Creek Valley High Library, and James Lee Jobe’s workshop in Davis, Tuesday night at Ethel Hart Senior Center, Nick La Force Friday afternoon workshop. Vicki has also been featured at Sac Poetry Center and published in Medusa’s Kitchen, Sacramento Voices 2018, and Sacramento Voices 2020-2024. She wrote a chapbook, Half a Chap, Vicki Carroll’s Bakers Dozen, and also joined The Sacramento Storytelling Guild in 2021. 

Authors from journal VOICES will be reading on August 1st at the John Natsoulas Gallery to honor and celebrate the life of D.R. Wagner. The Poetry Night Reading Series, taking place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, by John Natsoulas, and by Thea and the other members of the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. This event is made possible by Kater-ina Hanks, producer of The Poetry Night Reading Series.

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