Patti Trimble

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Petaluma, CA
California US
Email: 
pmtrim@aol.com
Website: 
www.pattitrimble.com

Author's Bio

Patti Trimble is a published poet, essay writer, and performance poet. She has performed at many venues and environmental conferences; at the Tuolumne Poetry Festival for ten years. She is professor of creative writing in Siracusa, Sicily, is writing a book on her apprenticeship with the first generation of abstract expressionist painters, and is currently performing "The Loom and the Ship", spoken poems from Penelope's point of view.

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthologies:
Turning a Train of Thought Upside Down (Scarlet Tanager Books, 2012)
,
Petaluma Poetry Walk Anthology (Taurean Horn Press, 2008)
,
To the Thrush, Letterpress Broadside (Yosemite Association, 2005)
,
Saltwater, Sweetwater; Women Write from the North Coast (Floreant Press, 1998)
Chapbooks:
On the Backbone of Things Underfoot (Red Fruit Press, 2001)
,
When you Dip Your Head Under Water: Poems from Dreams (Running Wolf Press, 2001)
Journals:
Carquinez Poetry Review
,
Stickman Review
,
Word Wrights

Spoken Word

Performances:
Nevada City Poetry Series (2008)
,
The Loom and the Ship, Exit Theater - San Francisco, CA (2008)
,
Ortigiafest, Siracusa, Sicily (2006)
,
Tuolumne Meadows Poetry Festival - Yosemite National Park (2006)
,
Club Majazze, Catania, Sicily (2005)
,
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival - Berkeley, CA (2002)
,
Carmel Performing Arts Festival (2001)
,
New York Open Center - New York, NY (1999)
,
nomumbling.com (1998)
,
Petaluma Poetry Walk, Andresen's Tavern - Petaluma, CA (1998)
Prizes won: 

nomination Pushcart Prize, finalist California Poetry Contest, finalist Glimmer Train short story

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
CA
California
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Last update: Jan 10, 2013