Why to these Rocks group poetry reading with Skylight Books
April 21, 2021 | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
*Please note: this event will take place on Crowdcast. Register here to attend live or watch the replay.
The Community of Writers celebrates fifty years of poetry with this collection of more than one hundred and forty works composed at its annual summer poetry workshop in Olympic Valley, California. Edited by workshop codirector Lisa Alvarez and introduced by longtime poetry director Robert Hass, the book is divided into three sections: place, process, and process in the place.
Why to These Rocks speaks to the special community nurtured in the valley’s inimitable setting, one that has inspired poets worldwide—many of whom developed significant bodies of award-winning work in its creative and generative atmosphere.
This reading will feature the following poets:
Lisa Alvarez
Francisco Aragón
Joan Baranow
Katie Ford
Jay A. Fernandez
Dorianne Laux
Lester Graves Lennon
Michelle Brittan Rosado
Vickie Vértiz
Sholeh Wolpé
Charles Harper Webb
Register HereAbout the Speaker
Lisa Alvarez
Lisa Alvarez is a professor of English at Irvine Valley College. Her poetry and prose has appeared in numerous literary journals. Alvarez coedited Writer’s Workshop in a Book: The Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction with Alan Cheuse and Orange County: A Literary Field Guide with Andrew Tonkovich. She codirects the annual Community of Writers summer conference in Olympic Valley, California, and lives in Modjeska Canyon.
