California poet, gardener & playwright. Upcoming podcast @gettymuseum, Intimate Addresses. Out now @StoreyPub: Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens
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8 Sep 2023
Robert Frost got famous because his book was tucked into the luggage of every US soldier going to WWI. People need poetry in the toughest places, they need it in the moments they have to excavate their humanity on hard days. I love this idea. I am all for it.
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9 Apr 2024
Poetry Month ✒️📜
Leaning Toward Light edited by Tess Taylor @Tessathon
In this anthology, Taylor brings together a range of contemporary voices to offer poems that celebrate that joyful connection to the natural world.
Available through our library at tinyurl.com/3njv42cu
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15 Feb 2024
At the @GettyMuseum, NBCC member @Tessathon records a bonus episode of her award-winning podcast "Intimate Addresses" which follows untold stories of artists from the Getty Archives through letters: getty.edu/recordingartists/
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Poet/TELEPHONE @art_telephone artist Tess Taylor @tessathon shares a poem from her book LAST WEST: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange
Learn more about LAST WEST in Tess’s talk @ Sonoma Valley Museum of Art: vimeo.com/474028261
tess-taylor.com/
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5 Feb 2024
So much goodness coming up, like this panel "Poet to Playwright, On the Dramatic Joy of Changing Hats." See you on Friday, at 1:45 in Room 2104B. #awp2024
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26 Jan 2024
Readers, gardeners, caretakers, and stewards of the earth are invited to join us for a magical night to celebrate Tess Taylor’s new poetry anthology, Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them. REGISTER: bit.ly/4aF2sER
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19 Jan 2024
I keep trying to text about @awpwriter @awp24 and all my texts autocorrect to “awl” or “awol” which is kind of funny-
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14 Jan 2024
AWP Off-Site Gathering with @TianaClarkPoet @OurLadyOfNod @fjaragon1965 @MayaCPopa @Tessathon @cionar and @jasonpmyers ! February 9th - mark your calendars!
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5 Jan 2024
Join us for a night of poetry cultivating our collective urge to grow, tend, and heal, and to launch @Tessathon’s new poetry anthology Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them. REGISTER: bit.ly/4aF2sER
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4 Jan 2024
On Jan 27, join @Tessathon, Pietro Rigolo, and @mayabinyam at the @GettyMuseum for a conversation and live podcast recording about some of the 20th century's most influential artists as told through their private correspondence. getty.edu/visit/cal/events/e…
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1 Jan 2024
Is it just us, or does a daily writing challenge sound like... like a really good idea?! 🤔
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26 Dec 2023
As each year nears an end, CNN Opinion asks some of our fearless contributors to predict the outcomes of the biggest events in the year ahead. Read their predictions for 2024 here. edition.cnn.com/interactive/…
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22 Dec 2023
Here are some photos sent by listeners of their gardens. Pic 1 is from Trish in Redwood City/San Carlos and Pic 2 is from Stephanie in Oakland.
❓What are your gardens looking like this winter?
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25 Dec 2023
We’re celebrating the trees and plants all around us this holiday season by pairing THANK YOU, TREE with @Tessathon’s LEANING TOWARD LIGHT.
Follow along for book recommendations and learn more here: hachettebookgroup.com/storey…
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22 Dec 2023
FRI at 9AM PT w/ @alexismadrigal:
We’ll talk about the wonders of the winter garden with @Tessathon, @FloraGrubb and Maya Blow, owner of Soul Flower Farm in Sobrante.
❓What is happening in your garden this winter?
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28 Nov 2023
Enter to win a personalized message from the voice behind NPR's poetry reviews, Tess Taylor!
@Tessathon is also the author of award-winning poetry collection RIFT SONG.
Click below to learn more and place your bid!
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ALT The cover of RIFT ZONE, which shows an outlined map of California against a burnt orange background.
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16 Nov 2023
You may know Tess Taylor as the voice behind poetry reviews on NPR's Fresh Air or as the author of Rift Zone (2020), named by the Boston Globe as one of the year's best books. Don't miss your chance to win a personalized message from @Tessathon!
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ALT Taylor's headshot.
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8 Nov 2023
Friends, in the interest of spending less time on this space and more time in real dialogue and work, I’m moving some of what I share to substack- AND: if you’d like to see the first one— open.substack.com/pub/tessta…
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