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Attend a free (donations appreciated!) Zoom workshop where editors share their different aesthetics and provide prompts and advice for submitting to our second edition. The next workshop will occur Sunday, October 19, 12-2pm on Zoom.  Please contact us if you are interested using the form below:

Poets Respond to the 2024 Election at Symposium Books

Readers:

• allia-abdulla matta

• Judith Hoyer

• Katie Sarah Zale

Symposium Books

Arizona Poetry Society

Much of today’s poetry is motivated by anger and despair about the direction of this country. Four editors from the anthology Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election, presently on a U.S.-Canadian tour, discuss the value of reflective rather than reactive language. Their anthologia, “a gathering of flowers,” assembled between election day and inauguration day, represents the struggle to be inclusive of diverse aesthetics. They will each choose a poem from the anthology and discuss what they are looking for in the sequel. This workshop will also help for entries to the ASPS Annual Contest category Winter in America.

Arizona State Poetry Society Workshop - Winter in America (Again

August 9, 2025

Video from the Winter in America (Again workshop for the Arizona State Poetry Society and featuring Katie Sarah Zale, allia abdullah-matta, Roxi Power and Paul E Nelson.

In Person and via Zoom

The Sacramento Poetry Center
1719 25th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816

More information:

• Theresa Whitehill Events

• Sacramento Poetry Center Events

From Theresa Whitehill – Winter in America (Again – reading, Sacramento Poetry Center

A Hybrid Reading Featuring Readers from the Anthology
The readers — some of whom are editors and editorial board members for the book as well as contributors — include Greg Bem, Francisco Dominguez, Lara Gularte, Lorin Medley, Paul Nelson, William O’Daly, Roxy Power, Beverly Parayno, Theresa Whitehill, Cathleen Williams, Katie Sarah Zale, and Patrick Grizzell

Monday, July 21, 2025
7:30 to 9:30 pm Pacific Time
Format: in person and via Zoom (Zoom link below)

Sacramento Poetry Center
1719 25th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
https://www.sacpoetrycenter.org/
admin@sacpoetrycenter.org
(916) 968-0304

Program:
– Introduction by Patrick Grizzell, president, Sacramento Poetry Center
– 12 poets reading, 6 in person and 6 via Zoom
– Event will end with time for questions and discussion

About the Reading:
The Sacramento Poetry Center is grateful to be able to host a reading featuring contributors to the important anthology, Winter In America (Again — Poets Respond to 2024 Election (Carbonation Press, Spokane, 2025). They will be joined by local poets who will also read selections from the book. As we already see dire consequences to the results of the election, it is imperative that all of us work toward actions that will help mitigate the damage. Poets are often at the forefront of such action — talking back and speaking to the heart of the issues. So it is with this collection.Many thanks to all of the contributors and local participants. Special gratitude is offered to poet and translator (and anthology contributor) William O’Daly for his efforts to make this event possible.

About the Anthology, Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election
Poets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the destruction of the environment, the unbridled use of power, the pervasive narrative that Black lives do not matter, patriarchy, reproductive injustice for women, silent support for the US prison-industrial complex, and the lack of compassion for diverse gender identity, immigrants, the indigenous, and unsheltered populations. The editorial team worked tirelessly for six weeks to publish this anthology before the January 20, 2025 inauguration.
– Lead Editors: Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E. Nelson
– Editorial Board: allia abdullah-matta, CChristy White, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Robert Lashley, Roxi Power & Theresa Whitehill

Saturday, July 12, 2 PM
Columbia City Gallery
4864 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118

Readers include: Roxi Power, allia abdullah-matta, Paul E Nelson, Katie Sarah Zale, Zach Charles, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Catalina Cantú, Dion O’Reilly, Matt Trease, Robert Lashley, Terran Campbell and other poets. Reading from the book and Q&A about creative resistance. Link to Columbia City Gallery.

Thursday, July 10, 6:30 PM
Finnriver Farm & Cidery
124 Center Road
Chimacum, WA 98325

Readers include: Roxi Power, Holly Hughes, allia abdullah-matta, Paul E Nelson, Katie Sarah Zale, Roxi Power Anna Linzer.

Lopez Island Library
2225 Fisherman Bay Road
Lopez Island, WA 98261

Readers include: allia abdullah-matta, Roxi Power, Paul E Nelson, Katie Sarah Zale, others. 2225 Fisherman Bay Rd, Lopez Island, WA 98261. Link to Lopez Island Library.

Trident Booksellers & Cafe
940 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302

Mari Brown, Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Paul E. Nelson, Roxi Power, and Andrew Schelling.

Link to Trident Booksellers

Artful: The Gallery
526 Cumberland Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 2C7, Canada

Ann Graham Walker, Carla Stein, Daphne Marlatt, Dion O’Reilly, Lorin Medley, Paul E. Nelson, Robert Lashley, Scott Lawrence, and more! Link to Artful: The Gallery

Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

Editors, Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E Nelson, Publisher Greg Bem, Tetsuzen Jason Wirth, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Matt Trease, Robert Lashley, Zach Charles, Stacey Jones, Terran Campbell, Catalina Cantu. Link to Elliott Bay Book Company.

Lit Balm Interactive Livestream Reading Series.
https://litbalm.org/

allia abdullah-matta, Petra Kuppers, Bill Lavender, Roxi Power, Fred Wah

Lit Balm Interactive Livestream Reading Series.
https://litbalm.org/

Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Paul E. Nelson, Mark Nowak, Rodrigo Toscano

Inter Act Poetry at Satori Arts
Santa Cruz, CA

Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Veronica Eldredge, Dane Cervine, Julia Chiapella, Roxi Power, Dion O’Reilly, David Sullivan.

Bookshop Santa Cruz
https://bookshopsantacruz.com/winter-in-america

Paul E. Nelson, Matt Trease, Dane Cervine, Julia Chiapella, Dion O’Reilly, Roxi Power. Audio: 4.1.2025 Bookshop Santa Cruz Winter in America (Again reading audio

Off-site AWP at Cal State
5151 State University Dr
Los Angeles, CA
L.A.Music Hall, Theater Building. (Uber Drop off at Circle Drive).

Readers included: Rodrigo Toscano, Elizabeth Robinson, Cynthia Manick, J.P. Howard, M.A. Nicholson, Susanne Dyckman, Mark Scroggins, Angelica Recierdo, Mark Scroggins, Katie Sarah Zale, Roxi Power, Paul E Nelson, Dion O’Reilly, Holly Hughes, Matt Trease and Brenda Hillman Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election (Carbonation Press, 2025).

Et Al. Books
2831A Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Maxine Chernoff, Susanne Dyckman, Paul Hoover, Roxi Power, Elizabeth Robinson & Kit Robinson (FLYER)

Chernoff, Hoover, Dyckman, E. Robinson, K. Robinson