Bonus Post -- All the Poets who have read at Poetry Night in Davis since 2006

Almost 400 poets!

Dr. Andy Jones has been hosting the Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis since 2006. During that time, he has introduced over 400 featured poets, and hundreds of others at the open mic. The featured poets include the following:

Lisa Dominguez Abraham, Piri Ackerman-Barger, Kim Addonizio, Sasa Afredi, Francisco X. Alarcón (RIP), David Alpaugh, Heather Altfeld, Wendah Alvarez, Rasar Amani (RIP), John Amen, Alice Anderson, Frank Andrick (RIP), Jodi Angel, JoAnn Anglin, Joe Aponte, Francisco Aragón, Elana K. Arnold, Cathy Arellano, Mangai Arumugam, Kate Asche, Shawn Avenigo, Joe Bacchus, Amiri Baraka (RIP), Wendy Barker (RIP), Phillip Barron, Kacper Bartczak, Ellen Bass, Jason Bayani, Jane Beal, Gayle Beede, Richard Beban (RIP), John Bell, DeMisty D. Bellinger, Aaron Belz, Stella Beratlis, Laura Bertolini, Eve West Bessier, Rhony Bhopla, Jean Biegun, Michelle Bitting, Charles Curtis Blackwell, Chana Bloch (RIP), Coco Blossom, John Boe (RIP), Dave Boles, Alan Botsford, Nyeree Boyadjian, Aaron Bradford, John Brantingham, Dan Brenner (RIP), Paul Breslin, Katy Brown, Susan Browne, Brad Buchanan, Rita Bullwinkel, Richard Alan Bunch, Simmons Buntin, Beverly Burch, Crystal Anne Burns, Stephen Byrne, Rick Campbell, Stuart Canton, Bill Carr, Rosie Carrick, Jackie Carroll (RIP), Wolfgang Carstens, Greg Carter, Tricia Caspers, MK Chavez, Neeli Cherkovski (RIP), Maxine Chernoff, Matthew Chronister, Jabez Churchill, Todd Cirillo, Zinzi Clemmons, Victor Clevenger, Joshua Clover (RIP), Susan Cohen, Linda Collins, Julia Connor, Brendan Constantine, Al Cortez (RIP), Peter Coyote, Jordan Dahlen, Myah Daniels, Nicollette Daskalakis, Lucille Lang Day, Andru Defeye, Drew Dellinger, Brian Komei Dempster, James DenBoer (RIP), Howie Deutsch, Susan Kelly Dewitt, Bryan Dietrich, Lawrence Dinkins, John Dooley (RIP), John Dorsey, Sharon Doubiago, Trina L. Drotar, Tony Dumas, Iris Dunkle, Susanne Dyckman, Terry Ehret, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Keith Ekiss, Robin Ekiss, Chris Erickson, Scott Evans, Grant Faulkner, Anna Fenerty, Josh Fernandez, Joe Finkleman, Susan Finkleman, Molly Fisk, Gerald Fleming, Susan Flynn, JK Fowler, Jack Forbes (RIP), Jeanne Foster, Rebecca Foust, Diane Frank, Lauren Frausto, Lynn Freed (RIP), Lucas Frerichs, Carol Frith (RIP), Laverne Frith (RIP), Emma Fuhs, Augusta Funk, Bill Gainer, Michael Gallowglas, Albert Garcia, Frank Gaspar, Rachel Geier, Joan Gelfand, Len Germinara, Sandra Gilbert (RIP), Dana Gioia, Greg Glazner, Laurie Glover, Amy Glynn, Madeline Gobbo, Tom Goff, Alex Gonzalez, Xico González, Melissa Goodrum, Rae Gouirand, Traci Gourdine, Frank Dixon Graham, Taylor Graham, Steven Gray, Bill Green, Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Erin Grey, Patrick Grizzell, Robert Grossklaus, Anara Guard, Lara Gularte, Christian Gullette, Briony Gylgayton, Jan Haag, Judy Halebsky, Charles Halsted, Janelle Hanchett, Katherine Hastings, Amanda Hawkins, Brad Henderson, Meredith Herndon, Lee Herrick, Mario Ellis Hill, Jane Hirshfield, Kathryn Hohlwein, Laura Hohlwein, Jenny Holland, Paul Hoover, Pamela Houston, Lanser Howard, Emily Hughes, Bethany Humphreys, Tim Hunt, Mercedes Ibáñez, Ruby Ibarra, Lob Instagon, Anthony Xavier Jackson, Nick Jaina, Angela James (RIP), Elijah Jenkins, Dorine Jennette, Ted Joans (RIP), James Lee Jobe, Troy Jollimore, Valentine Louis Johnson, Laura Johnson-Bickford, Alice Jones, Andy Jones, Jordan Jones, Lois Jones, Oliver Jones, Julie Jose, James Kaelan, Megan Kaminski, Jordan Karnes, Evan Karp, Zoe Keithley, Penn Kemp, Maxwell Kessler, Christian Kiefer, Patricia Killelea, Penny Kline, B.L. Kennedy (RIP), Terri Kent, Maya Khosla, Sean L. King, Jeff Knorr, Sharon Campbell Knox, Vincent Kobelt, Jamil Jan Kochai, Susan Kolodny, Beverly Korenwaser, Dana Koster, Jessica Kristie, Gary Kruse, Mischa Kuczynski, Izzy Lala, Linda Lancione, Rosa Lane, Shayne Langford, Phillip Larrea (RIP), David Lazar, Nick LeForce, John Lescroart, Julia Levine, Kitty Liang, Denise Platt Lichtig, Jared Ibe Liebenberg, Nina Lindsay, Cynthia Linville, Richard Loranger, Jesse Loren, Iven Lourie, Terry Lucas, Peter Ludwin, Rick Lupert, Kathleen Lynch, Marit MacArthur, Mary Mackey, Melanie Madden, Roy Magat, Ray Manzarek (RIP), Clarence Major, Art Mantecon, Laura Martin, Roy Mash, Matt Mason, Michael McClure (RIP), Bill McDonald, Jemi McDonald, Joshua McKinney, Sarah McKinstry-Brown, Sandra McPherson (RIP), David Meltzer (RIP), Bella Merlin, David Merson, Susie Meserve, Jade Meshew, Philip Metres, Natachi Mez, Joseph Millar, Keith Miller, Florencia Milito, Joseph Mills, Miles Miniaci, Holly Mitchell, Kenya Mitchell, Matthew Mitchell, Michael Mlekoday, Rooja Mohassessy, Bill Mohr, Maceo Montoya, Indigo Moor, Mary Moore, Terry Moore, CJ Morello, Tamer Mostafa, Pos Moua (RIP), John Murillo, Gabrielle Myers, André Naffis-Sahely, Geoffrey Neil, Crawdad Nelson, Janis Cooke Newman, Camille Norton, Timothy Nutter, William O’Daly, Cindy Juyoung Ok, Fallon O’Neill, Camila Ortiz, Pablo Ortiz, April Ossman, Bob Ostertag, Jenny Overman, Mike Owens, Pieter Pastoor, Don Paul, Jennifer O'Neill Pickering, Sarah Page, Norelyn Parker, Tony Passarell (RIP), Molly Peacock, Katie Peterson, Teresa Pham-Carsillo, Eskimo Pie, Tzynya Pinchback, Shawn Pittard, Aaron Poochigian, Randy Prunty, Peg Alford Pursell, Connie Post, Ann Privateer, Brianna Lea Pruett (RIP), Jorge Quintana, Zara Raab, Dean Rader, Kellie Raines, Brett Eugene Ralph, Graciela B. Ramirez, April Ranger, Vanessa Rapatz, Rick Rayburn, Yosefa Raz, Candice Reffe, Henry 7 Reneau, Jr., Carlos Reyes, Spencer Rico, Arielle Robbins, Richard Robbins, Kim Stanley Robinson, Virginia Robinson, Anthony Robles, Erin Rodoni, Gilberto Rodriguez, Danny Romero, Margaret Ronda, Jake Rose, Judith Rose, Betsy Rosenberg, Lisa Rosenberg, Laura Rosenthal, Andrea Ross, Michael Rothenberg (RIP), Cami Rothmuller, David Rowe, Jeanette Rowe, Rob Roy, Lauren Rudewicz, Carrie Rudzinski, Leslye Layne Russell (RIP), León Salvatierra, Barbara Ruth Saunders, Linda Scheller, Dennis Schmitz (RIP), Don Schofield, Edythe Haendel Schwartz (RIP), Ruth Schwartz, Jeanette Sem, Yuyutsu Sharma, Kim Shuck, Scot Siegel, Emmanuel Sigauke, Allegra Silberstein, Wendy Silk, Murray Silverstein, SimplyE, Christopher Sindt, Austin Smith, Landon Smith, Gary Snyder, Viola Spencer (RIP), Michael Spurgeon, Nancy Gonzalez St. Clair, Meri St. Mary, Bob Stanley, Heidy Steidlmayer, Hannah Stein, Melissa Stein, Jill Stengell, Annie Stenzel, Jeanine Stevens, Monica Storss, Mo Stoycoff, Wesley Sughrue, Beth Suter, Lauren Swift, Tess Taylor, Karen Terrey, Damieka Thomas, Robert Thomas, Sandy Thomas, Fong Tran, Myra Traugot, Quincy Troupe, Lauren Norton Tuite, Norma Liliana Valdez, Oswaldo Vargas, Patrice Vecchione, Jen Vernon, Carolyn Waggoner (RIP), Jeanne Wagner, DR Wagner (RIP), Valerie Wallace, Karma Waltonen, Noah Warren, Spring Warren, Phoebe Wayne, Gillian Wegener, Viola Weinberg, Tana Jean Welch, Joe Wenderoth, Barbara West, Amos White, Arisa White, Elyssa White, Evan White, Randy White, Leonore Wilson, Naomi Williams, Wendy Williams, Alan Williamson, Al Winans, Susan Wolbarst, Matt Woodman, Christopher Yu, Jihyun Yun, Matthew Zapruder, Mary Zeppa, Stanley Zumbiel.

We are grateful to all these writers and continue to remember fondly those whom we have lost.

You are welcome to join us on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM at the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) in Davis. Find details at the website poetryindavis.com.

If you have published two poetry books with spines, you may contact Dr. Andy at aojones at gmail dot com about the possibility of featuring at a future Poetry Night. We schedule at least six months in advance.

Poetically yours,

Dr. Andy