Shellback

SHELLBACK poems JEANNE-MARIE OSTERMAN ISBN 978-1-7344965-3-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2020935102 Pages: 82 Price: $16.00 Distributors: Ingram (wholesale), Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, or purchase directly from the publisher, editor@palomapress.net Paloma Press is pleased to announce the release of Jeanne-Marie Osterman’s second poetry collection, Shellback. “A not-untroubled tribute and a difficult elegy, Shellback traces the…

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I Have a Dream: Inaugural Poems for a New Generation

In honor of MLK Day 2021 and Inauguration Day, San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, in collaboration with the San Mateo County Arts Commission and local teacher Mr. Jim Ward, has announced the release of the anthology, I Have a Dream: Inaugural Poems for a New Generation by San Mateo County Youth. The idea…

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Reading & Conversation with Jeanne-Marie Osterman & Fred Foote

You are cordially invited to a virtual Reading & Conversation featuring Dr. Frederick Foote, author of Medic Against Bomb, and Jeanne-Marie Osterman, author of Shellback, on Friday, January 29th at 2pm PST / 5pm EST. Join here. About the featured readers: Frederick O. Foote, MD, is the author of Medic Against Bomb: A Doctor’s Poetry…

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MiGoZine Year in Poems

MiGoZine Winter 2020/January 2021 Issue: Year in Poems is live! Featuring work by Barbara Berman, Tamiko Beyer, Scott Bird, Karla Brundage, Brian Komei Dempster, Johanna Ely, Paul Fericano, Eugene Gloria, Heath Hyun Houghton, Jenna Le, Timothy Liu, Karen Llagas, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Hilary Cruz Mejia, Cordelia Naumann, Carol Park, Robert Pesich, Elmer Omar Pizo, Jenny…

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Event Program: Reaching for Joy, Four Poets Read

Four poets — Jeanne-Marie Osterman, Janice N. Harrington, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, and Christopher X. Shade — read from their recent books to honor loss and grief, and at the same time celebrate hope and healing. Join us on Sunday January 24, at 3p PST / 6p EST (see other timezones) for this virtual poetry reading co-hosted…

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Eat, Drink & Speak Poetry in San Mateo County!

A Holiday Poetry Reading and Community Virtual Gathering presented by San Mateo County Libraries, hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto. Featuring poetry by San Mateo County Poets Laureate Emerita Caroline Goodwin and Lisa Rosenberg, San Mateo County Commissioner Virginia Chang Kiraly, local poets Megan Brown, Joe Cottonwood, Hilary King, Phyllis Klein, Monica…

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