Launch of Winter in America (Still
Tue, Aug 25
|Bookshop Santa Cruz
Poets, Writers, and Artists, Respond to a Fractured World
Time & Location
Aug 25, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
About the event
Register HERE to celebrate the release of Winter in America (Still, a sequel anthology that includes a range of voices responding to this moment in history. Bookshop’s event will feature some of our favorite local poets: Vicky Bañales, Julia Chiapella, Farnaz Fatemi, Nancy Miller Gomez, Julie Murphy, Dion Lissner O'Reilly, Roxi Power, and Ken Weisner. Don’t miss this inspiring gathering of literary resistance and hope!
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The first Winter in America anthology sought to be reflective rather than reactive, and to promote compassion in the face of division. With Winter in America (Still, we continue that spirit—calling for work that looks deeply into the aftermath of the 2024 election and its ongoing social, cultural, and personal consequences.
This anthology is not about headlines, but about the quieter reverberations of political life in our daily…