Taurean Horn Poets: Jack Crimmins, Melissa Eleftherion & Bill Vartnaw
Jack Crimmins is the Sonoma County-based author of seven poetry collections, including his latest trilogy, “The Light in California” (Taurean Horn Press). In her introduction to his first book, “Kit Fox Blues,” Diane di Prima wrote, “Jack Crimmins weaves together the music of the city streets and the urgent, fragile sounds of wilderness.”
Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn, she is the author of four poetry collections: field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), gutter rainbows (Querencia Press, 2024), Suture (Cooper Dillon, 2026) & Malocchia (White Stag, 2026) as well as twelve chapbooks including abject sutures (above/ground press, 2024). Her work has been widely published, & recently appeared/is forthcoming in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, DIAGRAM, & Sixth Finch. Melissa served as Poet Laureate for the City of Ukiah (2021-2024), and lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah Branch Library and curates the LOBA Reading Series. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.
Sonoma County Poet Laureate Emeritus Bill Vartnaw has been the publisher of Taurean Horn Press for 50+ years. Author of two books & 4 poetry chapbooks. After moving back to Petaluma from SF, he worked with Petaluma Poetry Walk, founded by Geri Digiorno, for 25 years. His latest, The Nile & The Milky Way, is on sharpgiving.com.