[Arts and Culture El Dorado]
Saturday, March 26, at 2:00 pm
LOVE BIRDS COFFEE & TEA CO.
4181 Hwy 49, Suite 100
Diamond Springs, CA 95619
Featured Poets: Dianna MacKinnon Henning and Lara Gularte
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Taking place Saturday, March 26, at 2 pm, Lara and Dianna will be at Love Birds Coffee & Tea Co. (4181 Hwy 49, Suite 100, Diamond Springs) launching their latest poetry books and reading excerpts from them. An open mic will follow where you can read your own poetry.
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Dianna MacKinnon Henning has taught through California Poets in the Schools, received several California Arts Council grants and taught poetry workshops through the William James Association’s Prison Arts Program – including in Folsom Prison. Diana has been published in MacQueen’s Quinterly, Artemis Journal, The Adirondack Review, Memoir Magazine, The Plague Papers (edited by Robbi Nester), Pacific Poetry, and New American Writing. In 2021 Diana received a nomination by The Adirondack Review for a Pushcart Prize. Her fourth poetry book, entitled Camaraderie of the Marvelous is published by Kelsay Books, Sept. 2021.
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Lara Gularte is the El Dorado County Poet Laureate for 2021-2023. Her book of poetry, Kissing the Bee, was published by The Bitter Oleander Press, in 2018. Nominated for several Pushcart Prizes, Gularte has been published in national and international journals and anthologies. Her poetry depicting her Azorean heritage is included in the The Gávea-Brown Book of Portuguese-American Poetry, and in Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States and Canada. She is affiliated with the Cagarro Colloquium: Azorian DiasporaWriters, at the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI), California State University-Fresno. Gularte is a creative writing instructor for Arts in Corrections at Mule Creek prison.
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c’s mission to promote, connect, and empower arts and culture throughout the county is achieved by targeted programs and services, a vibrant gallery exhibition series,
and a focus on initiatives which support and sustain the cultural life of the region.
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