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California Poets at 60 and Beyond
Edited by Diana Raab and Chryss Yost, Women in a Golden State includes poems and micro-essays from across California, ranging from awarded Poets Laureate to emerging writers who are finding new forms of expression. The collection examines the mythology and reality of being a woman of a certain age, especially in youth-obsessed California, inviting its readers to reconsider aging not as an end, but as an ongoing journey—one filled with beauty, strength, and boundless possibilities. Cover artwork by Mary Heebner.
Contributors: Lisa Alvarez . Lori Anaya . Cynthia Anderson . Joan Annsfire . Debby Arrin . Virginia Barrett . Ellen Bass . Amy Bates . Donna Becker . Laurel Benjamin . Cynthia Bernard . Emily Bernhardt . Les Bernstein . Doreen Beyer . Kim Birdsong . Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte . Lisa Black . Amrita Skye Blaine . Lavina Blossom . Laure-Anne Bosselaar . Beverly Boyd . Susan Brandes . Lynne Bronstein . M.L. Brown . Susan Browne . Martha Browning . Julie Bruck . Valerie Anne Burns Elena Karina Byrne . Mary Camarillo . Jina Carvalho . Susan Chiavelli . Carolyn Chilton . Casas . Sally Churgel . Susan Cohen . Jean Colonomos . Marie Connors . Ann Conradsen . Susan Read Cronin . Carol V. Davis . Fran Davis . Pamela Davis . Lucille Lang Day . Marsha de la O . Carol Dorf . Rebecca Dougherty Lynn Downey . Terri Drake . Kimbrough Ernest . Alexis Rhone Fancher . Laurel Feigenbaum . Molly Fisk . Rebecca Foust . Nancy Fowler . Diane Funston . Catherine Gewertz . Delores Gilmore . Terri Glass . Valentina Gnup . D.R. Goodman . Caroline Goodwin . Celeste Goyer . Arabella Grayson . Tammy Greenwood . Susan Gubernat . Kathleen Gunton . Joell Hallowell . Stephanie Barbé Hammer . Jan Hanson . Dianna Henning . Leslie Hodge . Catherine Abbey Hodges . Karen Lee Hones . Elizabeth Iannaci . Johanna Jenkins . Bonnie S. Kaplan . Bonnilee Kaufman . Lorelei Kay . Peggy Kelly . Susan Kelly-DeWitt . Ellen Girardeau Kempler . Teri Ketchie . Joyce Kiefer . Blair Kilpatrick . Veronica Kornberg . Jennifer Lagier . Sharon Langley . Sheree La Puma . Diane Lefer . Lucia Lemieux . Mari L’Esperance . Lori Levy . Karen K. Lewis . Shirley Geok-lin Lim . Andrea Lingenfelter . Perie Longo . Lisa Loop . Suzanne Lummis . Glenna Luschei . Alison Luterman . Ronna Magy . devorah major . Eileen Malone . Ruthie Marlenée . Seretta Martin . Lake McClenney . Kathleen McClung . Mary Ann McFadden . Anita McLaughlin . Nancy L.Meyer . Robin Michel . Amy Michelson . Kathee Miller . Susan Miller . Elaine Mintzer . Penelope Moffet . Leslie Monsour . Ruth Gunn Mota . Sharanya Naik . Robbi Nester . Gail Newman . Kathy O’Fallon . Jennifer O’Neill Pickering . Dion O’Reilly . Enid Osborn . Dairine Pearson . Christine Penko . Ronna Perrin . Penny Perry . Lois Phillips . Evelyn Jean Pine . Kathy Pon . Connie Post . Sharon Pretti . Anita S. Pulier . Peg Quinn . Kathryn Ridall . Lisa Rosenberg . Mary Kay Rummel . Beth Ruscio . Sue Sesnon Salt . Renée M. Schell . Linda Scheller . Carla Schick . Claire Scott . Anna Scotti . Linda Serrato . Joanne Sharp . Mara Teitel Sheade Joan Jobe Smith . Dale Griffiths Stamos . Jan Steckel . Jeanine Stevens . Patti Sullivan . Stephanie Taylor . Nancy Weaver Teichert . Lynne Thompson . Carine Topal . Terra Trevor . Alison Turner . Georgette Unis . Patrice Vecchione . Erie Vitiello . Charlotte Ward . Wendy Watson . Florence Weinberger . Hilda Weiss Carol Ann Wilburn . KA Wiley . Sharon M. Williams . Maw Shein Win . Terry Wolverton . Susan Wooldridge . Gail Wronsky . Andrena Zawinski
Diana Raab, MFA, Ph.D., is a poet, memoirist, workshop leader, and award-winning author of 14 books and the editor of three anthologies. Her work has been widely published and anthologized, and she’s been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net. She frequently speaks and writes on writing for healing and transformation. Her work has been published in Rattle, Verse-Virtual, Vox Populi, New York Quarterly, SALT, and others. Her latest book is Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors (2024). Raab writes for Psychology Today, The Good Men Project, Sixty and Me, Medium, and is a guest writer for many others.
Chryss Yost, Ph.D.,is co-editor of Gunpowder Press and a Santa Barbara Poet Laureate. Her collection Mouth & Fruit was one of the books that launched Gunpowder Press. She is one of the editors of California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present, published by Heyday Books. Her poems have been widely anthologized and published in journals including Solo, SALT, Tule Review, Hudson Review, among others. A SCAD heart attack survivor, she encourages everyone to be sure they recognize the signs of a heart attack.