Humboldt Stories: Jerry Martien

Nearly twenty years after studying poetry with Jerry Martien at HSU, I invited Jerry to sit down and explore the relationship of poetry, value, and the Art of living. Our conversation begins discussing one of my all time favorite collections of poetry, Pieces of Place. Many of the poems in this series end with a particular location, Humboldt Bay, Trinidad Bay, Elk River. I’ve always been curious if these poems were written in those specific places or rather documented an ongoing relationship with the land. —Therese FitzMaurice
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HUMBOLDT ARTIST COLLECTIVE was created to promote the essential role of art in composing a life worth living.  We promote high-quality work created with the mindful intention to call artist and audience into the everyday miracle of being alive. Collectively, we host performance events, festivals and workshops, and offer an expansive array of inspired music, poetry, and visual art. 

Humboldt’s breath-taking, Northern California landscape is home to a vibrant underground music, poetry and art scene. Here you’ll find poetry is not a luxury and music is not a vocation, rather the story and pulse of a soulful community, alive with joyful possibility.

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