Lit Crawl Sebastopol 2025

We are a group of MFA alumnus from Dominican University. Last year, I participated in two readings, one with alumni and professors at Dominican University and had a wonderful time. This year, I am proposing an interactive reading inspired by an interview I heard on Rattle with poet Hayden Saunier. Our interest as the Mount Tam Writers is to give the experience of poetry/reading as playful, fun, inspiring, reflective and interactive. In other words, to restore and kindle a relationship between reader and writer by using our common experience and language as a bridge. The proposed interacting reading will begin with a reading of a poem. I will then ask the audience for a word or phrase that resonated with them, something they liked. The next reader will choose a piece of writing based on the audiences' response. For example: the first poem is read, and the audience says the word "frogs" one of our writers will locate and recite a piece they have written with or related "frogs". We will then continue back and forth for the duration of the time allotted. Meanwhile, I will be collecting the words or phrases chosen by the audience to possibly create a short poem that will be shared at the end of the event to commiserate our experience together. We have a wonderful group of writers from different genres that includes poetry, flash-fiction, essay and short stories that are sure to delight and intrigue our audience, as well as offering something of interest for everyone.