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  • Bay Area Writing Project – Teachers as Writers at Expressions Gallery

    October 27, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    Sunday, October 28, 2018 3 – 4:30 pm Teachers as Writers Bay Area Writing Project –  BAWP Expressions Gallery 2035 Ashby Avenue at Adeline Berkeley, CA 94703 Open mic Expressions Gallery Bay Area Writing Project

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  • The Octopus Literary Salon Wednesday 10/3/18

    September 30, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    I am on a roll with readings of late. And that’s a good thing because I really enjoy lit events – being featured, reading with other writers and being in the audience. This week, I’ll be reading at: Pandemonium Press Presents Hot! New! Books! Wednesday October 3, 2018 at 7:00 pm The Octopus Literary Salon…

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  • New Book. Who’s the lizard?

    September 12, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    My book baby is almost in my hands and it can soon be in yours as well. You can preorder signed or unsigned copies of my book here: HOW IT HAPPENS BY JOYCE E. YOUNG The book launch will be on Saturday September 22, 2018 at 7 pm at the Oakland Peace Center, 111 Fairmount Avenue, Oakland,…

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  • Photos from Well-RED at Works/San Jose

    September 3, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    I enjoyed being featured with David Denny. There were lots of poems, a great open mic, yummy munchies and a poetry-loving audience. And we were surrounded by the exhibit Infinite Memes at Works/San Jose. Thanks to Poetry Center San Jose for a fun evening!

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  • Proofing the Manuscript

    August 27, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    This is how I spent my Sunday afternoon….in awe and earnestness

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  • Well-RED Reading Series at Works/San Jose this evening

    August 14, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    Well-RED Reading Series Tuesday, August 14, 7:00pm features: Joyce E. Young and David Denny open mic follows at Works/San José 365 South Market Street  in downtown San José  doors open 6:30pm

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  • WELL-RED Reading Series at Works/San Jose Tuesday August 14th

    July 14, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    Joyce Young and David Denny Tuesday August 14th 7:00 pm WELL-RED at Works/San Jose Sponsored by Poetry Center San Jose

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  • Elephant on the Sidewalk

    May 10, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    I was recently chatting with a white male neighbor who suddenly launched into talking about a book he had begun to read for his book club. The book focused on race and racial issues in the United States. I had not read the book and was not familiar with it, so I could not speak…

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  • Authors, Readers and Books

    April 29, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    The People’s Republic of Berkeley, my current home, is such a hodge-podge and mix-mash of people. I went to the Bay Area Book Festival this weekend and mingled in that hodge-podge and mix mash of people. And I heard authors of different genres, backgrounds, ages, geographical locations talk about their work and about writing in…

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  • Conversation

    April 1, 2018
    This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!

    Today is Easter, April Fool’s Day and the first day of National Poetry Month. What a convergence. Should I write a trick poem? Or invoke the Easter Bunny? Or write about the the Phoenix who burned to death and later rose from her ashes? I’m thinking of trying the poem a day for 30 days…

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Joyce E. Young

Writer and Teacher

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