Our outgoing Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate Sidney Regelbrugge has released her first collection of poetry: Questions Asked in the Midst of Midnight. Entering senior at Point Arena High School, Sidney has plans to continue writing and plans to help mentor the new poet laureate when they are chosen in November 2023…Stay tuned for her book reading announcements and more…

On Saturday, December 3, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More features Anchor Bay writer/poet/teacher and radio host Mark Stanford Gross. We’ll will be discussing Gross’s writing and how he inspires others to find the impetus to explore and express themselves through creative writing…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, December 1 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino County writer/poet/teacher and radio host Mark Stanford Gross. We’ll will be discussing Gross’s writing and how he inspires others to find the impetus to explore…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, Oct 6 when host Blake More will interview the Anchor Bay poet John Allen Cann. They will be discussing Cann’s poetry and how it expresses itself in his life and community. Topics include being in the moment, finding one’s voice, inspiration and lots of lots of poetry…

On Saturday, Oct 1, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More features Anchor Bay Poet John Allen Cann. They will be discussing Cann’s poetry and how it expresses itself in his life and community. Topics include being in the moment, finding one’s voice, inspiration and lots of lots of poetry….

On Saturday, September 3, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features bi-coastal NYC/SF Jazz performance poet and longtime Town Crier Raymond Nat Turner. The show will look at the placement of poetry in community, finding one’s voice and fearless expression, which a number of very good poems sprinkled among it all…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, Sept 1 when host Blake More will interview the bi-coastal NYC/SF Jazz performance poet and longtime Town Crier Raymond Nat Turner. They will be discussing the placement of poetry in community, finding one’s voice and fearless expression, which a number of very good poems…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now show at 7pm on Thursday, August 4 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino County treasure, writer/performer Sherry Glaser. Their conversation is a mix of comedy and philosophy, activism and linguistics, as she discusses her latest creative offering, a book entitled: Mama’s 1st Pocket Chicktionary: Taking…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, June 2 when host Blake More celebrates the successful end of the 2021-22 school year with a show featuring the literary voices of K-8 students at Manchester Elementary School in Manchester, CA. The last school year has not been without its ups and downs…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, May 5 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino County muralist Lauren Sinnott. They will be discussing her recently completed “Community History Mural” covering an entire block of Ukiah, including the inspirations and challenges…

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, April 7 when host Blake More hosts a special poetry show to honor poetry’s April distinction as “Poetry Month”. You will hear recitations from the Poetry Out Loud and the Poetry In Voice programs, which feature high school youth reciting award wining poets from memory…

On Saturday, April 2, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features Elk poet, filmmaker, fiction writer and teacher Thomas Roberdeau. Thomas Roberdeau is a filmmaker and writer living in Elk, and has been living on the the Mendocino coast on and off since the late 1970’s…