Readings - Events - Workshops -
Raves - Summer & Fall, 2008
Ruth Nolan, M.A. is Associate Professor of English
at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA. There,
and elsewhere, she teaches and lectures in:
creative writing, poetry, desert literature and
Native American literature, all with a focus on
the California desert regions. She has recently
founded a new desert literary magazine,
Phantom Seed, and is also editing an anthology of
California desert literature to be published by
Heyday Books in 2009 (www.heydaybooks.com)
(in addition to the below listings, stay tuned for updates
and for "desert poetry writing workshops" to be led by
Ruth Nolan this fall, winter and spring at exotic and
unique locations throughout the California desert, including:
The Living Desert Preserve; Bubbling Wells Ranch;
Desert Studies Center at ZZYZX Springs; China Ranch;
Whitewater Preserve; Deep Canyon; and more!)
Saturday, August 23, 2008, 1:00 p.m.
Chaffey Art Museum - Poetry & the WWII Art of Milford Zornes
http://www.ccaamuseum.org/
Sunday, August 24, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Performance Reading and Book Signing
Above the Tree Line:
The 2008 Anthology of Southern California Haiku Study Group,
featuring haiku and haibun from 30 southern California haiku poets.
Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA
2:00 p.m. - for more information:
http://www.naia01.com/abovethetreeline
Tuesday, August 26
Blankety Blank Poetry Workshop
Riverside Art Museum
6-8 pm, free and open to all poets
Workshop leader: Ruth Nolan
this month's focus: poetry cartooning - visual poetry
(we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month)
http://www.riversideartmuseum.org/
Thursday August 28th
Riverside Library - Inlandia Writers Workshop!
6:30-8:30 p.m, free and open to all writers.
Workshops will culminate in regional writing project.
Come and join us! Only three weeks left!
Workshop leader: Ruth Nolan
September 2 - December 9, 2008
Creative Writing class - open to the public
Tuesday evenings, 6:50-9:55 p.m.
College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
writers from the community as well as traditional students
are welcome to take the class for credit (3.0 units) or audit.
Writers will be encouraged to develop original works in the
areas of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction with a focus
on the local desert region; class will culminate in a reading
at Barnes and Noble, Palm Desert, December 5th, 2008.
for more information contact Ruth Nolan, instructor,
at runolan@aol.com (760) 964-9767
visit College of the Desert/admissions at
www.collegeofthedesert.edu
September 10, 2008 7-9 p.m.
Reading and chapbook release of the collection
Slouching Towards Mt. Rubidoux Manor
featuring Inland Empire Writers' poetry, fiction, and essays
from the Summer, 2008 Inlandia Center-Riverside Library
Riverside Library, 6:30-8:30
free and open to the public
September 27-28, 2008
Sun Runner Magazine Desert Writers Weekend!
Reading and workshop -
For more information: see flyer posted at
http://www.thesunrunner.com/
Tuesday, August 26
Blankety Blank Poetry Workshop
Riverside Art Museum
6-8 pm, free and open to all poets
Workshop leader: Ruth Nolan
this month's focus: poetry cartooning - visual poetry
(we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month)
http://www.riversideartmuseum.org/
September 28, 2008
Claremont Public Library, 2 pm
Featured Poets: Ruth Nolan + Lisa Ann LoBasso
http://www.colapublib.org/libs/claremont/
Trap Door Monthly
Poetry Reading Series: 2008-09 Season
Palm Springs Art and Wine
begins September 14, 2008,
6:00 pm open mike; featured reading 6:30 pm
your hosts - Ruth Nolan and Steve Petersen
www.trapdoorpoetry.com
see website for directions to Palm Springs Art & Wine
+ information on featured readers!
September 14
deli selection of readers from 2007-08 season!
Maureen Alsop, Lee Balan, Louisa Castrodale, Patricia D'Alessandro,
Jeff Green, Randolph Maxted, Ruth Nolan, Dessa Reed
October 12
Mary Sojourner
November 16
readers TBA
December 14
Joshua Tree Poets/Rangers: Caryn Davidson, Mike Cipra
October 2-4, 2008
California Indian Conference
UCR-Palm Desert Campus
Ruth Nolan, M.A., presents a talk/discussion on
Indian women's autobiographies -the works of
Katherine Siva Sauvel and Dorothy Ramon
for more information - directions - registration
http://ccnn.ucr.edu/cic2008/
October 4, 2008
"Desert Noir- An Inland Empire Literary Event"
release reading, panel discussion featuring local contributors
from Phantom Seed #2, "Slash X, a Novella," and more....
Riverside Public Library, downtown branch
times & directions: www.
October 27, 2008
Phantom Seed Release - Issue #2
Contributor Reading
Palm Springs Library 6:30 p.m.
http://www.palmspringslibrary.org/
November 1 & 2, 2008
California Desert Indian Literature:
Indigenous People of the Mojave Desert
Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park
lecture-workshop taught by Ruth Nolan
includes hike and lecture
more information coming soon!
http://www.joshuatree.org/
December 5, 2008
Barnes and Noble, Palm Desert
College of the Desert creative writers - reading
of original works, 6:00 p.m., free and open to public
December 13, 2008
Desert Literature - Lecture and Slide Show
The Living Desert University, Palm Desert, CA
Ruth Nolan, lecturer/photographer
http://www.livingdesert.org/education/ld_university.asp
January 6, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Palms to Pines Birding & Nature Trail
lecture with Ruth Nolan & Kurt Leuschner
Palm Springs Library
http://www.palmspringslibrary.org
runolan@aol.com
February 16, 2009, 1-4 p.m.
Desert Poetry Writing Workshop
The Living Desert University, Palm Desert, CA
Ruth Nolan, workshop leader
http://www.livingdesert.org/education/ld_university.asp
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