David Roderick
The story behind "State Lines":
In early 2017, John McMurtrie (Former Books Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle) invited to me to write a weekly poetry column for the paper titled "State Lines."
The column ran for almost two years and focused exclusively on California poets. 99 poets were featured in the Sunday print and digital versions of the paper.
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This is an attempt to catalogue the entire series. Please forgive the web designer if some of the links no longer work! (Many of the poems are behind the Chronicle's pay wall.)
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COLUMNS
March 12, 2017: Juan Felipe Herrera
March 19: Solmaz Sharif
March 26: Jenny Johnson
April 2: Chiyuma Elliot
April 9: Dana Gioia
April 16: Chinaka Hodge
April 23: Joanne Kyger
April 30: Nan Cohen
May 7: C. Dale Young
May 14: Tommy Pico
May 21: Mai Der Vang
May 28: Jacques Rancourt
June 4: Arisa White
June 11: Randall Mann
June 18: MK Chavez
June 25: Noah Blaustein
July 2: Brynn Saito
July 9: Bruce Snider
July 16: Douglas Kearney
July 23: Cheryl Dumesnil
July 30: Rebecca Gaydos
August 6: Maw Shein Win
August 13: Ari Banias
August 20: David St. John
August 27: Luis J. Rodriguez
September 3: Caroline Goodwin
September 10: Rick Barot
September 17: Tongo Eisen-Martin
September 24: Javier Zamora
October 1: Lynne Thompson
October 8: Kristin Robertson
October 15: Brittany Perham
October 22: Morgan Parker
October 29: Frank Bidart
November 5: Zubair Ahmed
November 12: D. A. Powell
November 19: Victoria Chang
November 26: August Kleinzahler
December 10: June Jordan
December 17: Susan Gubernat
December 31: Keith Ekiss
January 7, 2018: Kim Shuck
January 14: David Hernandez
January 21: Iris Jamahl Dunkle
January 28: Barbara Jane Reyes
February 4: Vincent Guerra
February 11: Lynn Melnick
February 18: Kathy Fagan
February 25: Vandana Khanna
March 4: Austin Smith
March 11: Shara Lessley
March 18: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
March 25: Indigo Moor
April 1: Lisa Rosenberg
April 8: Elena Karina Byrne
April 15: Brenda Hillman
April 22: Sophie Klahr
April 29: Sylvia Chan
May 6: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
May 13: Megan Levad
May 20: Rohan DaCosta
May 27: Carol Muske-Dukes
June 3: Joseph Rios
June 10: Melissa Stein
June 17: Natalie Graham
June 24: Charif Shanahan
July 1: Gillian Wegener
July 8: Rudy Francisco
July 15: Christine Kitano
July 22: Muhammad Umar J. Salimi
August 5: Lucille Lang Day
August 12: David Tomas Martinez
August 19: Vickie Vertiz
August 26: Gary Soto
September 2: Tom Clark
September 9: Susie Meserve
September 16: Kyle Dargan
September 23: Blas Falconer
September 30: Ada Limon
October 7: Tiffany Higgins
October 15: Alan Chazaro
October 22: Anna Journey
October 29: James Cagney
November 4: Dean Rader
November 11: Vanessa Angelica Villarreal
November 18: Sara Mumolo
November 25: Rachelle Cruz
December 2: Katie Ford
December 16: Forrest Gander
December 30: Heather June Gibbons
January 7, 2019: Mia Ayumi Malhotra
January 13: Jennifer Elise Foerster
January 20: Michelle Brittan Rosado
January 27: Douglas Manuel
February 3: Lee Rossi
February 10: Hannah Dow
February 17: Matthew Siegel
February 24: Katie Peterson
March 3: Julian Talamantez Brolaski
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