Sacramento Poetry Center Socially Distant Verse: Coast to Coast

Richard Hoffman is author of the memoirs Half the House and Love & Fury.

Charles Coe poet, prose writer, teacher of writing and a musician (vocals and didgeridoo). After eighteen years, Charles retired in the spring of 2015 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the state agency that funds arts and culture, he now spends his time writing, teaching writing, and making music. Author of two books of poetry: “All Sins Forgiven: Poems for my Parents” and “Picnic on the Moon,” both published by Leapfrog Press. Charles has also written “Spin Cycles,” a novella published by Gemma Media. “Peach Pie,” a short film by filmmaker Roberto Mighty based on his poem “Fortress,” it has been shown in film festivals nationwide.

Charles received a fellowship in poetry from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and was selected by the Associates of the Boston Public Library as a “Boston Literary Light in 2014.” He is currently an Artist Fellow for the St. Botolph Club, an organization that supports arts and the humanities in Greater Boston and spent 2017 as an Artist-in-Residence for the city of Boston.