BAY AREA POETS SEASONAL REVIEW
About Us
Just a boy and a girl covering both sides of the Bay, but we have been in this scene for along time and got it covered. 
MARVIN R. HIEMSTRA
A jubilant Leo born to a pride of Dutch lions on the Iowa Prairie and polished at the Iowa Writers Workshop by Donald Justice, Marvin R. Hiemstra's triumphs include Dream Tees- Pulitzer Prize in Poetry nominee; "In Deepest USA"-a droll CD; and "A Turquoise Coyote Under Your Pillow-three weeks of laughter at the Edinburgh Festival.
Filmed in three whimsical San Francisco locations Marvin's most recent product is a poetry/humor DVD called "French Kiss Destiny" (see Services page for more detail). Marvin teaches artistic focus and performance technique to a wide range of performing artists.
As Editor-in-Chief of the BAY AREA POETS SEASONAL REVIEW, Marvin writes the much-anticipated column, "Poetry in Spite of Itself." Contact: drollmarv@aol.com
Turtle on a log at Jewel Lake, Berkeley,
May 2009. Photo by Jannie M.Dresser
JANNIE M. DRESSER left her hometown of Fresno, California-where she grew up across the county road from a turkey ranch-to the Bay Area in 1979. She went to work as a typesetter for many of the Left Coast's premier counter-culture political and literary zines. Eventually she found her way into bookselling, book promotion, editing and teaching. In 1988, she began teaching poetry writing and founded the Fresh Ink Poetry Workshop-one of the longest-running poetry support groups in the Bay Area. Many of her former students carry on "Fresh Ink."
In 2003, Jannie left her managerial position at a Bay Area publishing house when new CEOs decided to change the corporate culture from one honoring artisan workmaship to one asking her to "find workers' breaking points." She launched BAY AREA POETS SEASONAL REVIEW with Marvin R. Hiemstra instead, and continues to work as a freelance editor, book production project manager, and writing teacher.
No defeat, no surrender.
