“Hallelujah Town… Liberation and Ecstasy.” That’s the full title of the upcoming afternoon of poetry and music at Henry Miller Memorial Library, which brings four California poets – led by Jerome Dunn, aka jerry the priest – to the literary destination in Big Sur. They will read their works,…

Being aware that April is National Poetry Month is one thing, but keeping up with all the poetry events in Monterey County this month requires quite a bit of stamina. For example, the two biggest multi-day celebrations are coming up: The nine-day-long International Poetry Week 2026, which st…

Spells are one of many ways in which the power of language manifests itself. To name things means to be in control of them, to define the world, to impregnate it with one’s politics and wishful thinking – through prayers at night, casting a love spell to secure someone’s feelings or insistin…

Rob Somers didn’t want to write this book, but the spirit that directs his life kept saying: “You have to do this.”

Golf began to cause Peter Melton a lot of frustration. That nagging thorn led to a book.