Poetry in Parks Saturday, August 1st, 3-5 PM
Armstrong Redwoods Forest Theater
Poetry in Parks is a free event and a partnership with Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods in cooperation with CA State Parks. The program is sponsored by Arts in California Parks, a program by California State Parks and Parks California.
Featuring: Forrest Gander, Lee Herrick, Brenda Hillman, Robert Hass, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, and Zoe Ryder White
Iris Jamahl Dunkle is a poet, biographer, and scholar whose work challenges the malecentric narratives of the American West, amplifying the often-overlooked voices of women. Her books include the USA Today bestselling Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb (University of California Press, 2024) and her latest poetry collection, West: Fire: Archive (2021).
Forest Gander is the author of twenty books of his own and as many books of translations. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Best Translated Book Award, Gander has been a signal voice for environmental poetics. His latest books are Mojave Ghost and the translation, Even Time Bleeds: Selected Poems of Jeannette L. Clariond. A novel, The Weight of a Frozen Moment and a selected poems, Dune Lines, are forthcoming in April 2027.
Robert Hass is a professor emeritus of poetry and poetics at UC Berkeley. His most recent book of poems is Summer Snow from Harper Collins, which also published his recent book of Czeslaw Milosz translations, A Poet in the New World. Copper Canyon produced his recent essays, A Third Commonness.
Lee Herrick is the California Poet Laureate and the first to be officially reappointed to a second term. He is the author of four books, most recently In Praise of Late Wonder: New and Selected Poems. Born in Daejeon, Korea and adopted to the United States, he lives in Fresno, California.
Brenda Hillman was born in Tucson, Arizona and has been an active part of the Bay Area literary community since 1975. She has published twelve full-length collections with Wesleyan University Press, including Still House in the Desert: An ecocontemplation (forthcoming September, 2026),
Zoë Ryder White’s first full-length collection, The Visible Field, was published by River River Books in February 2026. A former elementary school teacher, she edits books for educators about the craft of teaching. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her family
Poetry in Parks is a free event and a partnership with Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods in cooperation with CA State Parks. The program is sponsored by Arts in California Parks, a program by California State Parks and Parks California. Call 707-869-9177 ex 2 if you have any questions about this event. Print this flyer!
Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods welcome individuals of all abilities. If you require accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us at 707-869-9177 ex 2 or at [email protected] at least 5 days in advance so we can make arrangements.
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