As a published author, Michael has written several books and hosted or facilitated poetry groups. Keynote poetry being his primary purpose, he has use his skills to maneuver with young rappers and college professors. His latest endeavor is Directing a Theater play called When I get free, that is poetry driven. Like Hamilton, there are scenes that have lines but the Poems are the powerful parts of the story.
Topics Discuss:
Poet‘s Origin
Poetry: his escape
His books
His new persona: Inkcredible Poet
Keynote Poets
Page vs. Stage
His admiration towards Tupac
Theater poetry defined
Being a Director
Mathematics of poetry
Word wizzards affiliation
Event and Social media
Check out the theatrical debut: When I get free at Ooley Theater on February 8 at 7pm 2007 28th Street.
Nena is a publish Poet & Author, Educator and Mother of 4 children. A Central Florida native that moved to Stockton, California. She released her first book, Activistic(2012), that is a collection of poems and prose of her past. Nena is working on her next Masters degree at University of Pacific. She, now, lives in Sacramento, works with 916 Ink, and is working on her next books: Chronicle of a Broken Childhood and the Sea also rise.
We discuss:
Her poetry origin
Her first Sacramento Feature
Her book: Activistic
Living in Central Florida
Living in Stockton
Her family past
Her latest books
Her poem: Our way through
Poem Excerpt: Stand your ground, Dear America, and Be Accountable. All poems written and performed by Nena Larieze
I talk to Sacramento Renaissance man, AndYes. His work is pretty extensive: 9 chapbooks, full length Book, 2 albums, 3 one man shows. His media presence on Good day Sacramento, NPR radio, Sac News and Reviews, Submerge. We discussed:
The life of his late brother, Frank
how Wrestling helped his persona
Professional Improv love
manage major Depression & mental health
why he started doing poetry?
Page & Stage poetry comparison
his name origin
Grand Slam Champion & the belt to prove it.
being a circuit Poet (praise to Brandon Leake)
his hosting time
operations FreeSoul
Spoken word Federation (my victory against Marvin)
I visited Len Germinara’s home to conduct an interview for Iambic Podcast due to Gallery portrait additions being placed at Sacramento Poetry Center for Second Saturday. Beside his dog’s infatuation for attention., we discuss about several topics:
It is the year 2020. I have been hosting at Sacramento Poetry center for 1 year now. It has definitely been a interesting experience. I thank Wendy Williams for asking me to do it. I bring local and distance poets to share their poetry and sell their merchandise. But I do recall when I also had a zine to give to people. My literary zine called Iambic. So, what happen to Iambic? Well, I ran out of money. From printing cost and no sponsorship, it did not take long to see diminishing returns. So, I stopped the presses after the one year anniversary. Evil. Iambic was not being utilize so, I donated a volume of zines to Sacramento Public Library and maintained the website.
Podcast Prequel
But in January 2019, I became the new Poetry reading host at Sacramento Poetry Center. This action brought me back into having an outlet to introduce poets and rappers into the Sacramento Poetry Community which was the mission of Iambic. So, Iambic became a show pamphlet but it was hard to maintain. But I still hosted shows under the Iambic moniker. Then I realize that I could make a podcast instead. So I had recorded a podcast introduction episode with the help of BYLO podcast group in August 2019 but I released the first two episodes in January.
Iambic the Podcast
So I started a podcast to give more depth to my feature Poets who have graced Sacramento Poetry Center. I started to notice that a lot of poets are not given an in depth interview after performing at Sacramento Poetry center. They sell books and talk to people but it is a short time. I figured I have the opportunity give them as much exposure before they say their first poem. Plus, it is what Iambic was about: making people aware of local poets. So, my first episodes will introduce Auntie Vice and Jorge Quintana:
Jorge QuintanaAuntie Vice
But check out the new Iambic Podcast. The link is the Logo in the Sidebar.
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