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SB Stokes

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Poetry, Humor and Comedy, Contemporary

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SB STOKES writes, draws, designs, produces, and edits in the hills behind a lake in Oakland, California.

His first book of poetry, A History of Broken Love Things, was published by Punk Hostage Press in 2014.

A chapbook of SB's poems, DARK ENTRIES, was also published in 2014 as part of a joint project by Gorilla Press and The Pedestrian Press.

In 2018, he self published a chapbook called Let's Call This Nothing.

A fourth generation Californian, SB holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and is both the former poetry and art editor for Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review, as well as being a ten-plus year employee of SF State's legendary Poetry Center & American Poetry Archive.

His poems have been published both in prin ...more

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	Blood Music by Frank Reardon, SB Stokes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), John Dorsey (Introduction) 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Broken Love Things 4.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yeah, Well... by Joel Landmine (Goodreads Author), SB Stokes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), Joe Clifford (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sharp Piece of Awesome by Alexander Victoria (Editor), Jessica Ann Aquino, David Bailey 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Without Walls: "Intervention" May 2014 by Miquila Alejandre, Sandra Wassilie (Goodreads Author), SB Stokes (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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England's Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground

by David Keenan

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Twilight Language: A Compendium of the World of Coil

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Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

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SB’s Quotes

“If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life”
― Pablo Neruda

tags: attributed-to-neruda-no-source

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“The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

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Punk Hostage Press — 374 members — last activity Feb 19, 2020 09:45AM
Punk Hostage Press is a not-for-profit book publishing imprint that also acts as a an outreach program to connect writers and contemporary literature ...more

SFSU MFA/MA CW Students, Alumni and Faculty — 42 members — last activity Mar 14, 2012 03:33PM
Didn't see a school group so thought I'd start one; feel free to join and invite others! ...more

THE Group for Authors! — 12965 members — last activity 6 hours, 33 min ago
This is a group for authors to discuss their craft, as well as publishing and book marketing.

Words As Works — 135 members — last activity Sep 03, 2016 02:09PM
Words As Works With this non-profit venture we hope to coordinate with other publishers, authors, editors, promoters, journalists and further our ef Words As Works With this non-profit venture we hope to coordinate with other publishers, authors, editors, promoters, journalists and further our efforts to build a community with those who are also doing similar works. We also want to connect with more programs in schools, juvenile literacy programs, inpatient treatment centers, mental health facilities, detoxification units, homeless/housing shelters & programs, women's shelters, social service providers, city and county jails, state and federal prisons, halfway houses, outpatient programs, librarians, teachers, counselors, case managers, curriculum builders, creative writing programs for at risk youth or adult services. We are aware of many who are already engaged in this work and we want to reach and become connected to many more in order to grow a network for ourselves and for others to use freely in order to expand the reach of contemporary literature and enlarge its usefulness for those who benefit the most from this support. This effort comes from the heart and is founded in our personal experiences with literacy, books and literature being very strong guiding points on the road to recovery and rehabilitation as well as getting a better start in life for at risk youth. We hope to disseminate books from independent publishers and to set up and conduct readings with the authors that wrote these books in order to give not only the gift of the books themselves, but the personal interaction with the writers and publishers who produce the books. A future goal would be to conduct creative writing groups and hopefully allow participants to empower themselves into self-expression and learning their own creative process that is supported by their peers. Also, to encourage publishing opportunities for the works of these participants in chapbooks, anthologies and even support the beginning of publishing concerns that would become the participants own within these programs or outside of the support structure provided by Words As Works. ...more