Lenore Weiss

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Avatar Creator Drinks Coffee

01/12/2017

Doctor said I’m supposed to start my day with a good breakfast. Last visit, my daughter had deposited a ten-pound bag of French roast beans on the kitchen table. Sweet

The Avatar Talks

01/10/2017

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that story plus the parts about his being an alcoholic. When you’re somebody’s avatar, you get to know her more than

Introducing the Avatar

01/09/2017

For the first time in years I could see veins on leaves and recognize moles on faces, which was well worth wearing a patch and completing a month-long regimen of

Not sure what else to say except it was too much, couldn’t be the tough everyone wanted, no blood coursing through my veins like humans tinkered together by He Who Shall Not Be Named, the same ones who called

Coda of Christmas Humbugs

12/24/2016

I’ll be answering to myself while I look for him, he who left the premises so long ago, but now when I stand inside the parking lot scanning roofs to

Promissory Note from Golem

12/23/2016

To tell the truth, bleeding has never gone over big in my family; golems are of a more solitary silicone nature, but then there’s the human spigot running full blast

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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