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More Than Soil

Modesto Has Poets

April 14, 2013 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

Although it was a signal event in Modesto’s cultural history, last year’s publication of More Than Soil, More Than Sky gave only a hint of the rich vein of literary art our local poets have fashioned into a growing monument to regional culture. Though it contained the work of some fifty-one poets, the book, like all anthologies, was as remarkable for the superb poetry that was left out as for […]

Filed Under: Arts, Featured Tagged With: Barkin' Dog, Mark Nicoll-Johnson, Modesto/Stanislaus Poetry Center, More Than Sky, More Than Soil

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