SONOMA'S FRIDAY WRITERS READ ORIGINAL WORKS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
MICHAEL MILEY, HOST
"All Power to the Imagination"
JANET WENTWORTH
"Contract for a Lifetime"
STEVE BAKALYAR
"The Day the Circus Folded"
WANDA HUOT-MORGAN
"Jubilation"
"coming Back from the Gate"
"Goat/Roof/Moon"
DAVE LEWIS
"The Professor"
ROBYN MAKARUK
"When the Cowboy Fell"
"Mr. Jones, Car, Apple"
JOHN FIELD
"Blueprints for the Deconstruction of Poetry"
"An Unnatural Thirst"
HELEN ROWNTREE
"Burial in El Salvador"
TALIBAH CHIKU
"Are We There Yet?"
JOAN SHEPHERD
"All Tied Up"
LUCILLE HAMILTON
"Rumors"
"Crumbs"
"Seasons"
"Mysteries"
JEAN WONG
"Diversions"
"On the Other Hand"
META STRAUSS
"Farnsworth's Truck Stop"
DONNA CAMPBELL
"Era of Choice"
The evening of essays, short stories, memoir and poetry selections read by each author was enjoyed by a packed Reader's Book Store." The crowd shared Sonoma wine and cheese, visited with the authors and heard their latest creations. Host, Michael Miley began the evening speaking about Sonoma's Friday Writers and their fifteen year history.
Helen Rowntree told about a childhood experience in "Burial in El Salvador". John Field read his coming-of-age poem, "An Unnatural First". Steve Bakalyar's piece, "The Day the Circus Folded" was an entertaining political statement in poetry. The audience was delighted with the variety of talent displayed. Emotions went from wild laughter to tears. Sonoma Friday Writers will continue writing weekly and will present their work again later in 2012.
