Lit Crawl Sebastopol 2025

Brian R Martens has always been a poet, his first book Three Raven Gate, (2019) consists of Haiku and other favorite poems. His second manuscript is Merlin’s Wing. His podcast is The Spoken Symbol. He has a Masters in Organization Development. He offers workshops on Myth/Ancient... Read More →

Chuck Kensler is an award-winning author, storyteller, and infrequent actor. His short stories and essays have appeared in literary journals, newspapers, on stage, and radio. Many of his stories are based on Lakota Sioux oral traditions. He received the Ellen Meloy Scholarship Award... Read More →

Linda Loveland Reid …Is Past President of Redwood Writers, an author of two novels available on Amazon, and a Jack London Awardee. Her essays, poems and prose appear in over 30 publications. Linda teaches art history for SSU and Dominican Universities in the Osher Lifelong Learning... Read More →

Susan E. Gunter, Ph.D.,,, is a Professor of English Emerita. Her poems are published in journals in America, Bulgaria, England, Montenegro, and Sweden. Her poetry reviews have appeared in many journals. Her biography of William James’s wife Alice, Alice in Jamesland, received an... Read More →

Kim Winter earned her M.F.A. at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a BA in Art at Humboldt State University, Arcata, Ca. She also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.Kim is an artist and has won several awards and is on the Sebastopol Center... Read More →

Gary Weiner has been writing, playing, singing and recording music since fourth grade. He recorded Released at Last, a full-length album with the aid of master musicians including Nina Gerber for his 70th birthday. The album release was held at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts to... Read More →

Originally from NYC, Sheila spent her younger years in Music, art, and writing. A member of “The Group Image Ent. Inc.”, she was the singer in “The GI Band. 1968 released “A Mouth In the Clouds” on Community Records. Since 1969, She spent many years in Mexico and California... Read More →

Elizabeth Denison is an emerging poet and author, currently working on her memoir, Woman Walking in Two Worlds. An elder, horsewoman, yogini, therapeutic energy worker, nature enthusiast and fabric artist, her passion is weaving words to unite the visible and invisible worlds. Her... Read More →

Corinne Asturias is a former teacher, journalist and cultural anthropologist living in Sebastopol who is fascinated by the interconnectedness of humans, the animal kingdom and the natural world.

Now in her 70s, Judith Hardenbrook was raised on the east coast in an artistic family. She is a self taught fine artist, gardener and traveler. She lived in Maine and now California wine country is home. This year she was inspired to write poems, generally on the light side. Judith... Read More →

Sarah Paris is a Swiss-American poet, writer, photographer, editor, and former journalist.She is the author of two novellas, The Hermit, and The Traveler (as Chris Solano); Waywards, a collection of short stories; and the German-language novel Ahnenbeschwörung, published in Switzerland... Read More →

Gabriela Vannier’s work has appeared in several publications. She draws inspiration from authors such as Jeannette Walls and Mary Karr, appreciating their candid and vulnerable storytelling. Ms. Vannier is currently working on a memoir and a collection of poetry and short stori... Read More →

Judith Vaughn lives in Sonoma with Tim, her husband, and Louie, their Catahoula puppy. She has been published in several on-line literary journals and print anthologies, most recently Reverberations 3 – A Visual Conversation, 2024. Poetry, like food and drink, sustain her; but her... Read More →