From Bill O’Daly:

Dear Friends and Family,

A reading based on Winter in America (Again, an anthology developed in response to the 2024 election by poets Katie Sarah Zale, president of the Arizona State Poetry Society, and Paul E. Nelson, founding director of the Cascadia Poetics Lab, will take place in-person and via Zoom on Monday, July 21, 2025, 7:30 p.m. PDT, at the Sacramento Poetry Center (SPC). Greg Bem, founder of Carbonation Press in Spokane, WA, published the anthology last January. Patrick Grizzell, president of SPC, will be our host, and a discussion will follow the reading by 12 poets, each reading two poems from the anthology. Given the number of readers and the discussion period, there will not be an open mic for this event.

I have attached a write-up of the anthology, excerpted from SPC’s July newsletter, Poet News. Here is a list of the scheduled readers, the Zoom info, and SPC’s address:

(1)      William O’Daly (In-person)
(2)      Katie Sarah Zale (Zoom)
(3)      Francisco Dominguez (In-person)
(4)      Roxi Power (Zoom)
(5)      Lara Gularte (In-person)
(6)      Paul E. Nelson (Zoom)
(7)      Beverly Parayno (In-person)
(8)      Theresa Whitehill (Zoom)
(9)      Cathleen Williams (In-person)
(10)     Greg Bem (Zoom)
(11)     Lorin Medley (Zoom)
(12)     Patrick Grizzell (In-person)

Info to join on Zoom:

Time: Jul 21, 2025, 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada); join between 7:00–7:30.

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7638733462?pwd=dXVHQTR4RGkrRnQrQ0M1VmVBbGpPZz09&omn=85264956395

If needed: Meeting ID: 763 873 3462 / Passcode: s@cp0etrY

Sacramento Poetry Center
1719 25th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816

We would love for you to join us, either in-person or on Zoom. We hope you’re enjoying summer and staying cool!

Love and Poetry,

–Bill

William O’Daly