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Upcoming Reading Dates

Upcoming reading dates from my new book, The Golem: March 7, Spice Monkey, 1628 Webster Avenue, Oakland, 6:30 to 9pm, Open Mic March 10, Nefeli Cafe, 10th Anniversary reading, 1854

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Breaking out of Jail

LPW NEWS FLASH: Found out today that I won second place in the Browning Society Dramatic Monologue Competition for my piece, “Drive to Denny’s.” Award ceremony will be held in

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Transcendentalist

She thought a person should reserve black for funerals, unsuitable for making appearances on a young girl’s hands, just like Vaneeta’s in her Sophomore English class, and certainly unsuitable for

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The Half & Half

Earl’s Half & Half was located at the border between Louisiana and Arkansas. The liquor half was in the state of Louisiana, and the grocery half, in Arkansas. Customers joked

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Learning to Walk

I sat in the li-roo-roo and rubbed my step-outs against the bumps of the rug until they got warm. It had been cold in the walls, the sound of much tallers waving their

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Upcoming Events
 Thursday, Feb 19, 2026

Collaborative Zoom Reading: Maw Shein Win, Lenore Weiss, Alex Mattraw & Tiff Dressen
7-8pm

Thursday, March 26, 2026Clio’s Books, 353 Grand Avenue,  7pm to 9pm Influence, Reinvention & Work that EnduresLenore Weiss, Lee Rossi & Paul Corman-Roberts

Friday, April 17, 2026
National Poetry MonthSF Writers Grotto, 5-7 pm1663 Mission Street, #602
San Francisco, CA