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At the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara 
Saturday, September 12, 2026 \/ 3:30\u20134:30 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event is supported by the Santa Barbara Poetry Series and Gunpowder Poetry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join us under the oaks at the historic Coggeshall Bowl<\/a> for a powerful afternoon of poetry. Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin will introduce two celebrated poets published by Gunpowder Press: Crystal AC Salas, and Catherine Abbey Hodges (accompanied by Rob Hodges on cello). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crystal AC Salas<\/strong> is the author of the bilingual poetry chapbook,\u202fGrief Logic,<\/em>\u202fwhich is the co-winner of the inaugural Alta California Prize from Gunpowder Press (2022). She has work in\u202fThe Kenyon Review, Alta Journal, Northwest Review,<\/em>\u202fand others. She holds an M.F.A. from University of California, Riverside and is the recipient of a 2021\u20132022 California Arts Council Established Individual Artist Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catherine Abbey Hodges<\/strong> is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Empty Me Full<\/em> (Gunpowder Press, 2024), and two chapbooks. Her first full-length collection, Instead of Sadness<\/em>, won the 2015 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. Recent poems appear in Birmingham Poetry Review<\/em>, Plume<\/em>, SALT<\/em>, Plant-Human Quarterly<\/em>, RockPaperPoem<\/em>, Tar River Poetry<\/em>, and CALYX<\/em> among other venues. English professor emeritus at Porterville College, Catherine writes, teaches privately, and collaborates with musician Rob Hodges on ancestral Yokuts land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rob Hodges<\/strong> is a cellist and singer with extensive performance experience in the United States and abroad. Following several years of living and teaching in Indonesia, he earned his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UCSB, where his research focused on lament singing in North Sumatra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coggeshall Bowl\u2019s amphitheater-style seating is stone. For optimal comfort, bring a cushion.  
 
Included with Museum admission<\/a> (free for Members<\/a>), no additional RSVP or registration required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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