.Sally Ashton Book Launch in Saratoga

Mar 5, 2024

Sally Ashton in Saratoga — ZOOMING THROUGH SPACES: Sally Ashton's new collection of poetry explores space, from outer to inner (Photo Credit: F. Ashton)

The term “launch” takes on new meaning when it comes to Sally Ashton’s celestially inspired poetry collection Listening to Mars (Cornerstone Press). Editor-in-chief of DMQ Review and professor emerita of poetry at SJSU, Ashton is a generous force in Bay Area poetry. Her latest book takes on the turmoil of the past several years, zooming in on the microscopic world of a virus that stopped the world in its tracks and zooming out to consider the irony of space travel in an era of climate crisis. These wildly shifting perspectives could cause whiplash in another’s hands, but Ashton’s warmth, humor and enduring curiosity make for a lovely journey. (AM)

Sally Ashton Book Launch

Sat, 2pm, Pay What You Wish

Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga

https://www.youtube.com/live/xPdJwloMAqM?si=kPDZXqwZzLUgdckK

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.