Writers Helping Writers
Hosted by Palo Alto Public Library
3rd Thursday of most months (check back for updates)
Produced by the San Francisco Peninsula branch of the California Writers Club
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Writers Helping Writers
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Kate Adams
The Song Beyond
Kate Adams leads us through an experience of poetry, what she calls “The Song Beyond.” By listening for the music behind a particular poem, she invites us to enter that space where the Muse appears, where we allow “dolphin” words to arise in response, to “come up for air.” Taking poetry as the foundation of literature—both historically and linguistically—we’ll experience a poem’s distillation of language; that experience can open us to our own flow in fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose.
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Born in San Francisco and now living in Mountain View, Kate Adams has won awards from the Massachusetts Artists’ Foundation in poetry and in fiction. She has maintained a daily writing practice for over forty years, and sings the praises of poetic form, especially
sonnets and ballads. She has served as the editor-in-chief of Fault Zone and is currently serving as its poetry editor. Poets of influence include Petrarch, Matthew Arnold, and Wallace Stevens. More work appears at www.MadManorWoman.com.
Attend these free events at the Palo Alto Rinconada Library..
Upcoming presenters:
May 21, 2026 - TBD
Presentations are the third Thursday of the month.
Kate Adams
The Song Beyond
Thursday,
April 16, 2026
6:30 - 7:45 pm
1213 Newell Road
Palo Alto 94303
As you enter the library on the right off Newell Road, there is ample parking. The library is to your left opposite the Palo Alto Art Building. The Embarcadero Room is immediately to your right as you enter the building.
Palo Alto Public Library Events
Hosted by Cynthia McCarthy, Writers Helping Writers is offered jointly by CWC's San Francisco Peninsula branch and the Palo Alto Public Library.
Please join us the third Thursday of the month (except June, July, August, and December) at 6:30 pm. Meetings are in-person only.
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Each month, CWC SF Peninsula branch members share learned techniques and experiences in our craft. From scoping out your memoir to finding inspiration for a poem to plotting your novel to learning the ins and outs of blogging—we teach what we’ve learned. This is an opportunity for all writers to meet and share their experiences.
Our purpose? To pass on what we’ve discovered to help other writers.
Anyone can attend, free of charge.