On May 2, 2020, the Board of Directors of the California State Poetry Society voted to approve the addition of two new Directors at Large to our team, poets Ambika Talwar and Konrad Tademar Wilk. We welcome our new colleagues; their insights and creativity will be an asset for CSPS.
At the same time, the Board acknowledged receiving resignations from long-time Board Members and Editors of the California Quarterly, Pearl Karrer who served as Editor and Editorial Chair, and Nancy Cavers Dougherty who was one of the Editors. We thank the outgoing Board members for their years of dedicated service to the CSPS, working as Editors to make sure the California Quarterly contains only high quality poems and that it is produced without errors. We wish you all possible success in your future poetry endeavors.
AMBIKA TALWAR
Ambika Talwar is an India-born author, wellness consultant, artist, & educator whose
vision is to realize her sacred destiny and invite others to find their
brilliance. Insights gleaned through
life challenges have prompted her to make her poetry a call to action. Composed
in the ecstatic tradition, her poetry is a “bridge to other worlds.” She has
authored Creative Resonance: Poetry—Elegant Play, Elegant Change and
also 4 Stars & 25 Roses (poems for her father). She is published in various journals and
anthologies including Kyoto Journal, Inkwater Ink - vol. 3; Chopin with
Cherries; Meditations On Divine Names; VIA-Vision in Action; in Poets on Site
collections; St. Julian Press; Tower Journal; Enchanting Verses; Quill &
Parchment; California Quarterly; Life & Legends, and others. She has
also interviewed with KPFK and Human Frequency Radio, and recorded poems for
the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California.
Ambika's
works also appear in Grateful Conversations (2018), a collection of
poems, photos and essays by Westside Women Writers based in Southern
California. Her poem Sweet Fire Dance of Dissent (for Rilke's
Spanish Dancer) was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by the editors. In 2018,
she was one of 10 to earn Commendable Mention in The Great India Poetry Contest
spearheaded by On Fire Cultural Movement, and, has since been a judge
for their weekly poetry contest in 2019.
In
2016, Ambika published My Greece: Mirrors & Metamorphoses about her
travels through Greece in 2002. It is a poetic-spiritual travelogue that seeks
to discover our collective human purpose. She asserts it is time for creatives
to offer a new narrative to change our worldview, which has led to destructive
ways to one that arises harmony. A
grateful and willing performer, she has read at various venues in Southern
California and also at the Eden Hall, Chatham University, Pittsburgh. Ambika also
made a short film titled Androgyne in 2000 for which she earned the Best
Original Story Award at a festival in Belgium. She wrote, produced, and
directed this film. She has also written two original feature-length
screenplays.
Also a wellness, practitioner, Ambika practices IE:Intuition-Energetics™, a powerful fusion of modalities and
creativity principles for speedy recovery from ailments and practice being
whole again. “Both poetry and holistic practices work beautifully together, for
language is intricately coded in us. And we must be free of false beliefs and
confusions,” she notes. This process
achieves speedy and efficient results. An English professor at Cypress College,
California, Ambika makes her home in Los Angeles and in New Delhi, India.
Interviews: https://www.loispjones.com/taoli-ambika-talwar/
Human Frequency Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn8w5Tg2yVQ
Poetry Offerings: http://www.patreon.com/goldenmatrixvisions
KONRAD TADEMAR WILK
Konrad Tademar Wilk is an American poet living in Los Angeles. His works range from single sonnets to epic poems on themes including current events, myth, and philosophy. In addition to American subjects, his work is strongly informed by international events and history, especially those of freedom and oppression. Tademar's early childhood was spent in Poland where he was particularly influenced by the rise of the anti-communist Solidarity labor union.
Following his return to the U.S.,
he studied philosophy and literature at Los Angeles City College where he was
president of the Poet's Platform. He then went on to graduate from UCLA. His
poetry book Fifty Sonnets, titles like labels only get in the way... is
available for purchase on-line. Other
poetry chapbooks are out of print. He is currently working on two epic poems
"Prometheus" and "Trafficking In Time" - scheduled for
release in the near future. He has appeared in Los Angeles venues such as the Onyx,
Ground's Zero, Magicopolis Theater, Wilshire Art Gallery, Bolton Hall Museum, and
Pig and Whistle. In 1991, he founded the Witching Hour Poetry Gathering
which has met continuously for over 20 years.
Additionally, he is a founding
member of the Pecan Pie Organization, dedicated to artistic promotion and stage
performances. Mr. Tademar recently
served as the artistic director for Warsaw 80/75 performance of poetry,
dance and music, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of
WWII (German attack on Poland), and the 75th anniversary of the
Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The event was
held at the Santa Monica Playhouse in September 2019.
Some of his stories and poems are available on the internet.https://angiesdiary.com/stories/romantic-story/angel/
https://angiesdiary.com/stories/miranda-eithn/ http://www.scribd.com/doc/139129443/The-Lady-and-Her-Man-With-Images
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