Join us Saturday, April 16, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd. Pleasanton, as Kevin Gunn, guest speaker, presents a Poetry Workshop for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch.
Kevin Gunn is the current Poet Laureate of Livermore. He curates the Ravenswood Poetry Series. He works with elementary school students and gives workshops in local schools. He also started a Teen Poet of the Month contest program. Kevin is a retired teacher who formed a long-standing poetry club at Livermore High School in 1991. He has won a number of awards in various local contests, including first place in the annual Ina Coolbrith contest. He has been published in Song of the San Joaquin, California Quarterly, Chiron Review, and many local publications. Kevin’s chapbook “Hey Yard Duty, Johnny Said the F Word” will be coming out from Finishing Line Press in early 2016.