#Deborah Vinograd

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Please share widely: We are trying to save Debbie Vinograd's wonderful paintings and put them in storage till we can find homes for them. Debbie is losing her home due to some horrible circumstances. The man that she took into her home to love became abusive and put her in the hospital. It is no longer safe for her to go home, and she has gone into a long-term care facility due to cognitive decline. She is losing her apartment, where the paintings have been stored. Government funds will pay for her care but will not do anything to save the amazing paintings she spent her lifetime creating. We need to spend about $500 a month to store them in a clean, safe space for 18 months, which should give us time to find homes for the hundreds of pieces of art, and to take photos of all of them for posterity and make them into a beautiful book for Debbie and those who want to remember her work. Funds will go only to this storage and the making of the book.

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Come hear my buddy Steve Arntson play Mozart, Chopin and Schubert to raise money for the Steckel Legal Fund to protect my mom Julie's care. Saturday, October 5, 2-5 PM, at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA 94707.

An unscrupulous fiduciary got control of the Steckel Family Trust and refused to move my parents, who both had Alzheimer's, to a higher level of care when they needed it. My Dad died of a possibly preventable accident, and now the fiduciary is trying to prevent my mother from seeing doctors. The concert is pay-what-you-can, and every dollar buys you a raffle ticket for prizes, including a seminude painting of me in my 40s by Deborah Vinograd; a necklace hand-beaded by Julia Vinograd; and a copy of my debut fiction collection GHOSTS AND OCEANS.

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NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Leavings From My Table by Charlene Stegman Moskal

PREORDER NOW: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/leavings-from-my-table-by-charlene-stegman-moskal/

This chapbook is intended to share the aftermath that attends the departure of loved ones. There are poems that speak to memory as well as those that address the immediacy of grief and the affirmation that love is resilient, precious, brave and permanent. I hope that this book of poetry resonates with the readers as it pays tribute and honors those who have left. In order to heal there must be the acceptance of life, death and love in all its manifestations.

Charlene Stegman Moskal is a Teaching Artist with The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project under the auspices of the Poetry Promise Organization of Las Vegas. She is a visual artist, a performer, a voice for NPR’s Theme and Variations as well as a writer.

Charlene has been published in Humana Obscura, Connecticut River Review, The Pensive Journal, Southwestern American Literature, Dash, TAB and numerous other anthologies, magazines, and online. Her first chapbook is “One Bare Foot”, (Zeitgeist Press, 2018). This chapbook has been written as a memorial to those loved and who have left her life table.

She can be found mostly at home in her studio, or with friends in coffee shops and on Zoom workshops sharing writing and stories.

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR Leavings From My Table by Charlene Stegman Moskal

Beautifully lyrical and deeply elegiac, Charlene Stegman Moskal’s Leavings from My Table is an exquisite exploration of the body as vessel and emotion. These poems remind us that grief is an excruciating – as “imaginary spaces shimmer, / fade in a moment’s breath” – yet brilliant form of palpable love: “the empty passenger seat of my car / that still bears your shadow,” “the twigs of abandoned birds’ nests,” a gentle note that “None of us are the sun.” Moskal reminds us that our bodies, our hearts, and our minds are radiant and failing, substantial but never quite decipherable. They might be best understood as living verbs and imagistic metaphors, “neurotic pieces” hanging “marionette-like on nerve strings, on loose raw tendons,” which can become strong and steady – solid as “cinder block,” “fierce and protective,” “insulated by structure and hope” – when we allow ourselves to exist within the conditions of profound and time-tested love, that of one’s self, one’s friend, one’s partner.

–Heather Lang-Cassera, author of Gathering Broken Light, Clark County, Nevada Poet Laureate Emeritus

Charlene Stegman Moskal explores the fraught territory of grief in images both vivid and physical. “There is a hairline crack / in the bone o my heart,” she writes; “my palm is an empty cavity.” She mourns the loss of permanence, “an improbable house sitting in a field of sand.” She knows the moments when the simplest actions become ambushes: “I open a drawer/ and my heart falls into it.” Anyone who has experienced loss – and that is all of us – will find resonance in these poems.

–Deborah L. Fruchey, author of Three Kinds of Dark Editor, Our Lady of Telegraph Avenue: A Tribute o Julia Vinograd

These Leavings aren’t castoffs or scraps as much as they are farewells. In these poems, Charlene Stegman Moskal speaks to that part of us that wonders how to keep going when so much of us – and those we’ve loved – have been left behind.

–Will Everett, Author of We’ll Live Tomorrow NPR Documentarian and Journalist

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Nos dejaron en la música….

Oliver Knussen, Dieter Schnebel, David DiChiera, Glen Roven, Martin Dalby, Milko Kelemen, Bo Nilsson, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Matt Marks, Daniel Barkley, Claudio Scimone, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Jesús López Cobos, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Harold Farberman, George Walker, Edward Simons, Wanda Wilkomirska, Levine Andrade, Anshel Brusilow, Francis Lai, Herman Krebbers, Michael Tree, Didier Lockwood, Nina Beilina, Philip De Groote, Jean Grout, Nelson Cooke, Ivan Davis, Lívia Rév, Johannes Goritzi, Theodore Antoniou, Renaud Gagneux, Alan Stout, Patrick Williams, Milan Krizek, Gian Paolo Mele, Eitan Avitsur, Juan Hidalgo Codorniu, Thomas Pernes, Milko Kelemen, Alain Kremski…

Montserrat Caballe, Inge Borkh, Sylvia Geszty, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Michel Senechal, Huguette Tourangeau, Kristine Ciesinski, Barry McDaniel, Maria Orán, Maya Kuliyeva, Carlo Cava, Claudio Desderi, Maxim Mikhailov, Teo Maiste, Carlos Feller, Alexander Vedernikov, Valentina Levko, Arthur Davies, Virgilio Noreika, Ariel Bybee, Otoniel Gonzaga, Antonio Barasorda, Tamara Nizhnikova, Kjerstin Dellert…

Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, Charles Aznavour, Maria Dolores Pradera, Bill Hughes, Enrico De Angelis, Lucho Gatica, Marlene Verplanck, Johnsy Cowell, Billy Hancock, Dolores O´Riordan, Preston Shannon, Carmela Rey, Heli Lääts, Little Sammy Davis, Didier Lockwood, Jerry González, Richard Hundley, Joseph Vella, Antonia la Negra, Morgana King, Xiomara Alfaro, Audret Morris, Nathan Davis, Cecil Taylor, Jacques Higuelin, Charlie Rice, Max Berry, Tony Cucchiara, Angela Maria, Kim Larsen, Celeste Rodrigue, Francois Budet…

Jose Antonio Abreu, Paul Taylor, Lindsay Kemp, Kazimierz Gierzod, Irwin Gage, Igor Zukhov, Vera Dmitrievna Nyrkova, Carolyn Brown, Nelson Cooke, John Hsu, Livia Rev, Robert Mann, Luigi Bianchi, Colin Bumbry, Blandine Verlet, Richard Weiner, Konrad Ragossnig, Dennis Kam, Aldo Parisot, Robert Turnbull,  Dame Gyllian Lynne, France Gall, Denisse Lasalle, Claude Gingras, Charles Hamlen, Lee Lamont, Olimpia Gineri…

Artes escénicas y cinematográficas

John Gavin, Dorothy Malone, Dame June Whitefield, Burt Reynolds, Stephanie Audran, Penny Marshall, Barbara Harris, Tab Hunter, Margot Kidder, Benny Fredricksson, Oleg Anofriyev, Novello Novelli, Bella Emberg, Montse Perez, Bradford Dillman, Peter Groeger, Anna Campori, Connie Sawyer, Bob Smith, Yves Afonso, Mark Salling, Ilse Petri, Rolf Zacher, Marie Gruber, Pier Paolo Capponi, Sonia Graham, Emma Chambers, Tatyana Karpova, Colin Campbell, Beth Morris, Maria Rubio, Andres Labarthe, Siegfried Rauch, Sir Ken Dodd, Oleg Tabakov, Anna Lisa, Martha Wallner, Isabella Biaghini, Kevin Colson, Nina Doroshina, Verne Troyer, Kristin Nelson, Javier Aller, Ken Berry, Ennio Fantastichini, Maria Pace, Philip Bosco, Marisa Porcel, Klaus Hagerup, Umberto Borso, Horst Schultze, Caroline Charriere, Francoise Adret, Iris Acker, Raven Wilkinson, Carlo Giuffre, Sondra Locke, Peter Armitage, Ed Kenney, Jean Piat…

Bernardo Bertolucci, Milos Forman, Vittorio Taviani, Nicolas Roeg, Claude Lanzmann, Petr Weigl, Joel Antoni, Michael Anderson, Hugh Wilson, Mathieu Riboulet, Folco Quilici, Judy Blame, Stan Lee…

Artes visuales y literatura

Guillermo Trujillo, Elmar Rojas, Robert Indiana, Eduardo Arroyo, Ed Moses, Arnaldo Roche Rabell, Anders Aberg, Boaz Arad, Armando, Nat Neujean, Bernard Koura, Jef Geys, Napoleón Abueva, Forges, Getulio Alviani, Gillo Dorfles, James Luna, Joy Laville, Gillian Ayres, Theo Ramos,  Lothar Baumgartner, José Sacal, Mel Ramos, Harold Stevenson, Ralph Kotai, Fernando del Paso, Miguel Angel Campano..

Amos Oz, Vidihadar Naipaul, Stephen Hawking, Dasa Drndic, Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe, Neil Simon, Pablo Garcia Baena, Nicanor Parra, Diana Der Hovanessian, Claribel Alegría, José Triana, Victor Heringer, Tom Griffin, Clement Rosset, Sergio Pitol,  Irina Tokmakova, Efrain Jara Idrovo, Pavel Srut, Jane Langton,  Julia Vinograd, Tom Leonard, Rob Hiaasen, Vicente Verdu, Inge Feltrinelli…

Jon Paul Steuer, Frank Buxton, Johann

es Brost, Anthony Bourdin, Sister Wendy Beckett, Paul Bocuse, Josep Fontana, Erling Mandelmann, David Austin, Robin Leach, Hubert de Givenchy….

Argentina

Osvaldo Bayer, Hermenegildo Sabat, Augusto Fernandes, Irene Gruss, Hugo Santiago, Horacio Molina, Elvira Orphee, Antonio Pujia, Tito Capobianco, Alicia Berdaxagar, Esteban Peicovich, Violeta Rivas, Jaime Torres, Jorge Demirjian, Gustavo Tambascio, Poldy Byrd, Maria Concepción César, Guillermo Bredeston, Alba Arnova, Emilio Disi, German Garcia, Juan Jose Stagnaro, Iris Alonso, Norma Bessouet, Julio Blanck, Juan Carlos Mastrángelo, Carlos Garaycochea, Betty Elizalde, Victor Buchino, Majo Okner,Tomas Maldonado, Elsa Bloise, Roxana Darín, Noemi Lapzeson, Deborah P. Volpin, Emilio Urdapilleta, Francisco Romero, Choly Berreteaga, Julio Llinas…

  Los Adioses 2018 Nos dejaron en la música.... Oliver Knussen, Dieter Schnebel, David DiChiera, Glen Roven, Martin Dalby, Milko Kelemen, Bo Nilsson, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Matt Marks, Daniel Barkley, Claudio Scimone, …

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SWWIM Every Day just published my ekphrastic poem "Ride a Red Horse" at https://www.swwim.org/ as their poem of the day for May 3, 2019. The poem was inspired by Deborah Vinograd's painting at http://bit.ly/2vB7pw7 and by "Copper Kettle" sung by Joan Baez, which you can hear at http://bit.ly/2Lmsc17

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I'm reading with Deborah Fruchey tomorrow night (Fri., 9/20/19, 7-9 PM) at Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby at Adeline near Ashby BART. Open Mic & Refreshments! 

Deb's got her new Vampyre Mike Kassell collection for sale. I’ve got poems about the Vinograd sisters, Vampyre Mike, and other Zeitgeist friends. 

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Sat., Feb. 9, 2019, 6:30-10:15 PM. I'll read from my new poetry book Like Flesh Covers Bone (Zeitgeist Press) at Works in Progress, An Open Mic for Women (a WOMEN-ONLY event, all women welcome) @ Plymouth Jazz & Justice Church, 424 Monte Vista, Oakland, CA, USA. 6:30 potluck, 7:30 performance, $7-$10 suggested donation. To reserve your open mic slot, please email your host Linda Zeiser at ZeiserpoetMC at aol dot com or call her at (510) 701-1022‬.

We will be remembering Berkeley poet Julia Vinograd. Host Linda Zeiser and I will read from Julia’s last book Between the Cracks (Zeitgeist Press). I’ll read poems about Julia and other topics from my new book. Our favorite song stylist will sing a couple of songs in Julia’s memory. Deborah Vinograd will show her portraits of Julia and other acrylic paintings. I’m bringing chocolate cake.

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Thanks to Cassandra Dallett for chatting with me in her podcast. We shout out to Bruce Isaacson, Elle Aviv Newton, Dirty Old Women, Octopus Literary Salon, J Skingle Spagnolo, Poets Reading the News, Babar in Exile, Norma Smith, Gertrude Press, Zeitgeist Press, Hasta Muerte, Oakland Pride, Deborah Fruchey, Vampyre Mike Cassell, Julia Vinograd, Missy Church, Works in Progress Women's Open Mic, Jesse Amina Wolf, Linda Zeiser, SF BiCon, Bay Area Bi/Pansexuals Network, Martuni's, James Siegel, High Street Station, Resistance SF, Close the Camps, Solidarity Lake Merritt, Never Again Action, Raices, Families Belong Together, Hispanic Caucus, Rapid Response, SURJ, Berkeley BiFriendly, Dena Rod, Alvin Orloff, Richard Loranger, Juba Kalamka, Richard May, Perfectly Queer, Dog-Eared Books, Legionnaire's Saloon, Meghan Elison, and others.