By Doug Cox | bdougcox@gmail.com From Fresno to France, the bittersweet follows us everywhere. In this surprising and gritty poem, Michelle Patton, a widely published poet and professor at Fresno City College, employs a series…
The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets…
By Will Freeney | memo247365@gmail.com Fresno’s inaugural poet laureate and Fresno City College English professor, Lee Herrick, and Leah Silvieus, his co-editor, have wrought a thing of wonder. The wonder is in the reading –…
Travis Brooks: Hard Work Plays Off
By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com Travis Brooks is busy. The Central Valley native is currently part of three different music projects, teaches guitar lessons, and, most importantly, is a new dad. Any one of those…
Steven Sanchez: Flicks, Books, and Rock & Roll…
By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com I’m sitting at a table in Kuppa Joy’s Clovis location, enjoying the best iced coffee I’ve ever had when Steven Sanchez comes in. He walks up, greets me, and takes…
Día de Muertos Alive
By I. smiley G. Calderón | smileygcalderon@gmail.com For those of us who are not too familiar with Día de Muertos, or “Day of the Dead” - that seemingly mystical Mexican holiday that immediately follows our comfortably familiar…
Visiting Caminos
the Arte Américas Project and Exhibition in Downtown Fresno (part II) By I. smiley G. Calderón | smileygcalderon@gmail.com “Come on over, but just don’t live here,” chided Dr. Alex Saragoza, professor of history at the…