Walkin' with Joaquin

Join us for an afternoon of conversation about the Poet of the Sierras, Joaquin Miller. This event will be hosted by Dale Risden and Patrick LoChiatto at their home near Joaquin MIller Park. Bring something sweet or savory to nibble or sip! We'll have a special musical guest this year... Amazingly, Espen Langbråten from Norway will be in town! When: May 31, 2026, 2pm-6pm Where: Dale and Patrick's, 3424 Crane Way, Oakland Rsvp here!

Please join the Ina Coolbrith Circle on Saturday, March 21, at 2:00 p.m. for our monthly meeting.  This month's topic is  INA COOLBRITH AND JOAQUIN MILLER by Kristen Caven California Writers Club in Residence  at Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, CA Meeting hosted by Denise Barney Kristen  is currently working on a new book about Joaquin Miller, who was one of Ina Coolbrith’s most successful mentees. So much has been written about his surface level eccentricities and foibles that his depth of thought, uplifting themes and passion for artists—shared with his lifelong friend and parenting partner Ina Coolbrith—have gotten lost in the reflection. She’ll be reading the first chapter, Building the City Beautiful,  about his love for Ina, at our March meeting. Caven is a multi-genre literary artist whose poems, cartoons, plays, lyrics, essays, short stories, articles and choreography have been published in  Oakland Unseen, The Oakland Tribune, The Monthly,   Rud...

Imagine my delight when I got the most wonderful email the other week, out of the blue. The subject line was,  "Fellow Miller Enthusiast." Hi Kristen, I stumbled over your page completely by chance, and so glad I did. There are not many people any more who cherish and even know who Joaquin Miller was. This is probably a bit strange, but my name is Espen and I am a Norwegian singer-songwriter who have a project called Miller Sessions. We put music to some of Millers poems and I am travelling across Europe and playing them.  I have no other intentions than saying hi to a fellow Miller enthusiast. There are of course a lot of wierd and funny stories connected to why a Norwegian would take on such a project, but I will leave it here for the moment :-) If you are interested in hearing the music you find us on your favourite streaming platform as Miller Sessions. Any how, thanks for remembering him and spreading his stories. All the best Espen Langbråten Well of course, I immediate...