Resources
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BUSINESSES/VENUES
@Spacebar (La Mesa)
Barrio Logan Art District
Bluestocking Books (Downtown)
Che Cafe Collective (La Jolla Shores)
Claire de Lune (North Park)
Coronado Public Library
DeMi Cafe Cafe (University Heights)
Ducky Waddle's Emporium (Encinitas, CA)
Grassroots Oasis
hART Lounge
Java Joe's (Normal Heights)
La Jolla Library
La Paloma Theatre (Encinitas, CA)
Lestat's Coffee House (Normal Heights)
Malcolm X Library
Mystic Water Kava Bar (North Park)
Public Square Coffee House (La Mesa)
Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center (North Park)
Rebecca's Coffee House (South Park)
San Diego Art Institute's Museum of the Living Artist (Balboa Park)
The Grove (South Park)
Thumbprint Gallery (La Jolla)
Twiggs Coffeehouse (University Heights)
Upstart Crow Bookstore & Coffeehouse (Seaport Village)
Verbatim Books (North Park)
Whistle Stop Bar (South Park)
World Beat Center
FACEBOOK
Black Xpression
Elevated!
Full Moon Poets
Glassless Minds
The Living Writers Series
Magee Park Poets
NOW That's What I Call Poetry Reading Series - San Diego
Poetry in San Diego
Poetry and Art San Diego Events
Poetic Youth
Random Acts of Poetry
San Diego Writers
Soul Food Sessions
The Radvocate
The San Diego PoetrySLAM
SDSU MFA Creative Writing
So Say We All
Voz Alta Project
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES/ANNUALS/ZINES
1913 Journal
Alchemy: Journal of Translation (UCSD)
Aztec Literary Review (SDSU)
The Bizarre Assemblage
California Journal of Poetics
Cataclysm: A Journal of Dystopian Literature
Cider Press Review
Hinged: Journal of Converging Arts
pacificREVIEW (SDSU)
Poetry International (SDSU)
(Re) Vision: A Journal of Literary Transformation
San Diego Metropolitan Poetry Journal
San Diego Poetry Annual
San Diego Quarterly
San Diego's Write Way
Spit Journal
Sunshine/Noir
Synesthesia Literary Journal
The Unjournal of Children's Literature (SDSU)
Whale Road Review
MEETUPS
English/Language Arts Teachers Unite (San Diego CATE)
Open Mic Night East County San Diego
Poets Without Words
San Diego Poetry Meetup
San Diego Writers, Ink Not Dead Yet Poets' Society
MORE
Blog 4 Art
Copper Center for Creative Writing at USD
Cropper Writer Series at USD
Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series at SDSU
Lateral Revision App
My Poetics
Open Mic San Diego
Poetry Grove
Poetry in the San Diego Reader
Poet's World
San Diego's Write Way
SocioPoetix
Southern California Writers Conference - SD
The Poetry Bench
Vanguard Culture
ORGANIZATIONS/GROUPS
Border Voices
Colectivo Intransigente
Collective Purpose/Elevated!
Coronado Scribes
Full Moon Poets
Magee Park Poets
Poetic Youth
Poetry and Art San Diego
Ruthless Hippies
San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild
San Diego Great Books Council
San Diego Writers/Editors Guild
San Diego Writers, Ink
So Say We All
South Bay Scribes
Taco Shop Poets
Words Alive
PRESSES
1913 Press
Cider Press Review
Garden Oak Press
Locked Horn Press
Puna Press
San Diego City Works Press
San Diego State University Press
SAN DIEGO POETS
Sandra Alcosser
David Antin
Rae Armantrout
Chris Baron
Ella deCastro Baron
Malachi Black
Victor David
Adam Deutsch
Kendrick Dial (The Lyrical Groove)
Kevin Dublin
Rudy Francisco
Harry Griswold
Sonia Gutiérrez
Shadab Zeest Hashmi
Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Philip Dane Jerge
Ilya Kaminsky
Karen Kenyon
Michael Klam
Steve Kowit
Ali Liebegott
Viet Mai
Katie Manning
Seretta Martin
David Tomas Martinez
David Matlin
Carly Joy Miller
Patty Mooney
Jim Moreno
Jerome Rothenberg
Sunny Rey
R.T. Sedgwick
Gill Sotu
Quincy Troupe
Chris Vannoy
Ted Washington
SD WRITING/TEACHING PROGRAMS
Point Loma Nazarene University - Creative Writing
San Diego Mesa College Creative Writing Program
San Diego State University - MFA Creative Writing
Teaching Artist Institute of San Diego
UC San Diego - MFA Writing
UC San Diego - Ph.D. Literature
UC San Diego Extension - Creative Writing Courses
University of San Diego - Department of English, Awards and Workshops
University of San Diego - Department of English, Creative Writing Emphasis
SEARCH FOR POETRY EVENTS
San Diego City Beat: Poetry/Spoken Word, Submit Event
San Diego Reader: Poet, Spoken Word, Submit Event
Hey Event (Searches Facebook Events): Poetry in San Diego
SOUNDCLOUD
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Archive for New Poetry (UCSD)
Audio Recordings Archive - Living Writers Series (SDSU)
D. G. Wills Books
Lindsey J. Cropper Memorial Writers Series on iTunes U (USD)
UCSD Special Collections on Tumblr
YOUTUBE
Poetry In San Diego
Poetry International
Word Is Born TV
Write Out Loud San Diego
@Spacebar (La Mesa)
Barrio Logan Art District
Bluestocking Books (Downtown)
Che Cafe Collective (La Jolla Shores)
Claire de Lune (North Park)
Coronado Public Library
DeMi Cafe Cafe (University Heights)
Ducky Waddle's Emporium (Encinitas, CA)
Grassroots Oasis
hART Lounge
Java Joe's (Normal Heights)
La Jolla Library
La Paloma Theatre (Encinitas, CA)
Lestat's Coffee House (Normal Heights)
Malcolm X Library
Mystic Water Kava Bar (North Park)
Public Square Coffee House (La Mesa)
Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center (North Park)
Rebecca's Coffee House (South Park)
San Diego Art Institute's Museum of the Living Artist (Balboa Park)
The Grove (South Park)
Thumbprint Gallery (La Jolla)
Twiggs Coffeehouse (University Heights)
Upstart Crow Bookstore & Coffeehouse (Seaport Village)
Verbatim Books (North Park)
Whistle Stop Bar (South Park)
World Beat Center
Black Xpression
Elevated!
Full Moon Poets
Glassless Minds
The Living Writers Series
Magee Park Poets
NOW That's What I Call Poetry Reading Series - San Diego
Poetry in San Diego
Poetry and Art San Diego Events
Poetic Youth
Random Acts of Poetry
San Diego Writers
Soul Food Sessions
The Radvocate
The San Diego PoetrySLAM
SDSU MFA Creative Writing
So Say We All
Voz Alta Project
JOURNALS/MAGAZINES/ANNUALS/ZINES
1913 Journal
Alchemy: Journal of Translation (UCSD)
Aztec Literary Review (SDSU)
The Bizarre Assemblage
California Journal of Poetics
Cataclysm: A Journal of Dystopian Literature
Cider Press Review
Hinged: Journal of Converging Arts
pacificREVIEW (SDSU)
Poetry International (SDSU)
(Re) Vision: A Journal of Literary Transformation
San Diego Metropolitan Poetry Journal
San Diego Poetry Annual
San Diego Quarterly
San Diego's Write Way
Spit Journal
Sunshine/Noir
Synesthesia Literary Journal
The Unjournal of Children's Literature (SDSU)
Whale Road Review
MEETUPS
English/Language Arts Teachers Unite (San Diego CATE)
Open Mic Night East County San Diego
Poets Without Words
San Diego Poetry Meetup
San Diego Writers, Ink Not Dead Yet Poets' Society
MORE
Blog 4 Art
Copper Center for Creative Writing at USD
Cropper Writer Series at USD
Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series at SDSU
Lateral Revision App
My Poetics
Open Mic San Diego
Poetry Grove
Poetry in the San Diego Reader
Poet's World
San Diego's Write Way
SocioPoetix
Southern California Writers Conference - SD
The Poetry Bench
Vanguard Culture
ORGANIZATIONS/GROUPS
Border Voices
Colectivo Intransigente
Collective Purpose/Elevated!
Coronado Scribes
Full Moon Poets
Magee Park Poets
Poetic Youth
Poetry and Art San Diego
Ruthless Hippies
San Diego Entertainment & Arts Guild
San Diego Great Books Council
San Diego Writers/Editors Guild
San Diego Writers, Ink
So Say We All
South Bay Scribes
Taco Shop Poets
Words Alive
PRESSES
1913 Press
Cider Press Review
Garden Oak Press
Locked Horn Press
Puna Press
San Diego City Works Press
San Diego State University Press
SAN DIEGO POETS
Sandra Alcosser
David Antin
Rae Armantrout
Chris Baron
Ella deCastro Baron
Malachi Black
Victor David
Adam Deutsch
Kendrick Dial (The Lyrical Groove)
Kevin Dublin
Rudy Francisco
Harry Griswold
Sonia Gutiérrez
Shadab Zeest Hashmi
Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Philip Dane Jerge
Ilya Kaminsky
Karen Kenyon
Michael Klam
Steve Kowit
Ali Liebegott
Viet Mai
Katie Manning
Seretta Martin
David Tomas Martinez
David Matlin
Carly Joy Miller
Patty Mooney
Jim Moreno
Jerome Rothenberg
Sunny Rey
R.T. Sedgwick
Gill Sotu
Quincy Troupe
Chris Vannoy
Ted Washington
SD WRITING/TEACHING PROGRAMS
Point Loma Nazarene University - Creative Writing
San Diego Mesa College Creative Writing Program
San Diego State University - MFA Creative Writing
Teaching Artist Institute of San Diego
UC San Diego - MFA Writing
UC San Diego - Ph.D. Literature
UC San Diego Extension - Creative Writing Courses
University of San Diego - Department of English, Awards and Workshops
University of San Diego - Department of English, Creative Writing Emphasis
SEARCH FOR POETRY EVENTS
San Diego City Beat: Poetry/Spoken Word, Submit Event
San Diego Reader: Poet, Spoken Word, Submit Event
Hey Event (Searches Facebook Events): Poetry in San Diego
SOUNDCLOUD
ken10
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Archive for New Poetry (UCSD)
Audio Recordings Archive - Living Writers Series (SDSU)
D. G. Wills Books
Lindsey J. Cropper Memorial Writers Series on iTunes U (USD)
UCSD Special Collections on Tumblr
YOUTUBE
Poetry In San Diego
Poetry International
Word Is Born TV
Write Out Loud San Diego