Ray A. March's Blog

• Surprise Valley Writers' Conference

  October 15, 2009

  • I invite you to take a look at www.modocforum.org -- especially all poets -- where you will find two exceptional lectures that were presented at the recent Surprise Valley Writers' Conference in Cedarville, CA. The lectures are by William O'Daly, the premeir translator of Pablo Neruda; and Julia Connor, immediate past poet laureate of Sacramento. Just go the site and click on Surprise Valley ...
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• Surprise Valley Poetry Prize

  January 8, 2009

  • After nearly a year's absence from this blog space because of preoccupation with the Common Ground Symposium and Surprise Valley Writers' Conference -- both great successes and covered by the S.F. Chronicle among others -- I would like to let all poets know that the Modoc Forum, a 501c3 non-profit, is holding the Annual Surprise Valley Poetry Prize. Final judge is Julia  Connor, Sacramento poet ...
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• Blog-Modoc

  February 6, 2008

  • Save-the-Date: Modoc Forum presentsthe Common Ground Symposium June 5-7, 2008“Nestled in Surprise Valley in the northeastern corner of California lives a powerful organization filled with a will that explores the nexus between the arts and the environment.”-- Sierra Business Council Gary Snyder, Pulitzer Prizing-winning poet , has written, "Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and ...
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• Blog-More

  February 5, 2008

  • There is no chance this is addicting, is there? I guess I shouldn't fear, after far too many years of TV, I managed to clean myself of that habit, although from time to time I do watch free library movies on the set. Now, I am finding actual content, like Belle Yang's whimsical art and Steve Hauk's memoir-istic passages back in time.
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• Blog-on

  January 23, 2008

  • I can kick this any time I want. Dropped in on www.newwest.net, a site Kittredge put me on to late last year. I like the book section, but now I don't know. There across the page was a head "Blogvertorial."
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• Blogging

  January 20, 2008

  • Blog: whatever that is, I have never felt a particular affinity to or for, but I feel obligated to a dear, longtime friend, Belle Yang, to continue my journey into the 21th century. I once considered writing a piece about writers' relationships or friendships for Robert Sward down in Santa Cruz, but I've hesitated because it seemed too self-serving. Now, I see all these great writers blogging ...
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