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The 2013 Texas Poetry Calendar Readings

Coffee Oasis, Seabrook, December 3, 2012
BookPeople, Austin, December 1, 2012
The Twig Book Shop, San Antonio, October 27, 2012
Georgetown Poetry Festival, Georgetown, October 6, 2012
Haiku Society of America’s Fall Meeting, Benbrook, September 14, 2012
Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, August 25, 2012

Coffee Oasis —
Seabrook, December 3, 2012

We closed out the season with a small but successful reading on the Gulf coast.

Poets Kay Cox, Jerry Hamby, & Larry Kelly.

Poets Jean Donaldson Mahavier, Michael Owens, Sandi Stromberg, & Patrick Allen Wright.

Book People —
Austin, December 1, 2012

This reading drew the largest number of poets yet for a Dos Gatos Press reading! Thirty-two poets joined us at BookPeople. Afterwards, approximately forty of us—poets, family members, and friends—gathered at Corazon for a fabulous meal and lots of animated conversation. We are grateful to Dave Wilson Photography for the photos included here.

Poets Gloria Amescua, Travis Blair, Donna Bowling, & Elzy Cogswell.

Poets Stan Crawford, Mary Dallas, C. Downs, & Sue Bartel Foster.

Poets Barbara Randals Gregg, Jerry Hamby, Ralph Hausser, & Joanne Holladay.

Poets Beth Honeycutt, Carie Juettner, Elizabeth Kropf, & Nikki Loftin.

Poets Anne McCrady, Katherine Durham Oldmixon, Michael Owens, & Michelle Paulsen, with daughter and poet.

Poets Laura Peña, Sherree Rabe, Margie McCreless Roe, & Shuh Bala Schiesser.

Poets Kelsey Erin Shipman, Mary Bryan Stafford, Sarah Webb, & Christine Wenk-Harrison.

Poets Allyson Whipple, Jill Wiggins, Debra L. Winegarten, & Robert Wynne.

The Twig Book Shop —
San Antonio, October 27, 2012

Seventeen poets joined us for one of our longest standing calendar readings. Afterwards, poets and friends gathered for a celebratory meal at Nao, the new restaurant of the Culinary Institute of America.

Calendar editor and event M.C. Scott Wiggerman; poets Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Patricia Spears Bigelow, & Travis Blair

Poets Sally Clark, Martha K. Grant, Susan Langan, & Jim LaVilla-Havelin

Poets Darla McBryde, Lianne Mercer, Sheila Tingley Moore, & Graham Oliver

Poets Barbara Green Powell, Carol Coffee Reposa, Gerard Robledo, & Gary S. Rosin

Poets Sandi Stromberg & Allyson Whipple; poets and friends at Nao

Georgetown Poetry Festival —
Georgetown, October 6, 2012

We had twenty-nine poets from the calendar for our reading at the Georgetown Poetry Festival, hosted by Joyce and Mike Gullickson. Calendar editors Cindy Huyser and Scott Wiggerman served as em-cees for the reading.

Texas Poetry Calendar editors Cindy Huyser & Scott Wiggerman; poet Gloria Amescua

Poets Travis Blair, Christine Boldt, Donna Bowling, & Elzy Cogswell

Poets C. Downs, Martha K. Grant, Mike Gullickson, & Joanne Holladay

Poets Ann Howells, Carie Juettner, Larry Kelly, & Elizabeth Kropf

Poets Susan Langan, Jim LaVilla-Havelin, Catherine L’Herisson, & Anne McCrady

Poets Graham Oliver, Jane Cocke Perdue, Sheree Rabe, & Elizabeth Raby

Poets Susan Rooke, Shubh Bala Schiesser, Jan Spence, & Mary Bryan Stafford

Poets Sarah Webb, Christine Wenk-Harrison, Allyson Whipple, & Debra L. Winegarten

Haiku Society of America’s Fall Meeting —
Benbrook, September 14, 2012

Poets Linda Banks, C. Downs, Barbara Gregg, & J. Todd Hawkins

Poets Linda Banks, C. Downs, Barbara Randals Gregg, & J. Todd Hawkins

Poets Ann Howells, Catherine L’Herisson, Katherine Durham Oldmixon, & Kelsey Erin Shipman

Poets Mary Tindall & Robert Wynne; an appreciative audience; two Hawkins poets, father & son

Blue Willow Bookshop —
Houston, August 25, 2012

Twenty poets joined us at the longest-running venue for the Texas Poetry Calendar. Blue Willow owner Valerie Koehler welcomed a substantial gathering of poets and poetry lovers. Calendar editor Scott Wiggerman served as M.C.

Poets Thomas Ames, Kay Cox, Stan Crawford, and Carolyn Dahl

Poets Thomas Ames, Kay Cox, Stan Crawford, & Carolyn Dahl

Poets Sue Foster, Dede Fox, Laura Guidry, & Jerry Hamby

Poets Katherine Horrigan, Ken Jones, Darla McBryde, & Liane Mercer. We were especially happy to have Lianne Mercer at the reading. Lianne is one of the Texas Poetry Calendar

Poets Laura Peña, Elena Radulescu, Gary Rosin, & Shubh Schiesser

Poets Sandi Stromberg, Allyson Whipple, Debra Winegarten, & Patrick Wright

The 2013 Texas Poetry Calendar Readings

Coffee Oasis — Seabrook, December 3, 2012

Book People — Austin, December 1, 2012

The Twig Book Shop — San Antonio, October 27, 2012

Georgetown Poetry Festival — Georgetown, October 6, 2012