Upwelling

Upwelling: Malcolm Macdonald and Joycelyn Trigg

Mendocino historian Malcolm Macdonald discusses his recent book, The Mendocino Outlaws, and local poet Joycelyn Trigg reads from her poetry collection Vital Records.  The Mendocino Outlaws chronicles a gang of outlaws who murdered and terrorized Mendocino coastal residents in 1879 and 1880, and the heroic locals, including Doc Standley, who pursued them and brought them to trial.  Vital Records melds the two worlds of the South and the Northern Pacific Coast. It explores family dynamics, tragedy, and the combination of two cultures.

Upwelling: A New Years Eve Special With Jean Hegland and Maggie Watson

Internationally known author Jean Hegland from Season 2, reading from her book Still Time.  Still Time is a book about a man and his family coming to terms with dementia and the end of life. And Fort Bragg fiduciary Maggie Watson from Season 4, about her end-of-life planning workbook, A Graceful Farewell.

Upwelling: Lori Pappas and Blake More

Lori Pappas and Blake More, two rebels with something to say.  Pappas reads from her inspirational memoir, The Magic of Yes, about childhood trauma, being an entrepreneur, and starting an NGO in Ethiopia. It's a book about finding the wise woman within you.  More explores the human condition with her poetry collection, Dystopia Unplugged, a collection of searing poems and imagery that capture the pandemic and the division of our times.

Upwelling : Alyssa Ballard, Frei Barty, Maggie Watson

Michelle Blackwell interviews Alyssa Ballard about her long-running video series on TikTok and YouTube, and her recent feature at the Mendocino Film Festival. Frei Barty, the Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate, will share some of his recent work. And Maggie Watson will talk about the workbook she published that helps people prepare for the end-of-life. Upwelling brings the richness of local literature to the airwaves.

Upwelling: David Holper and Maureen Eppstein

Two local authors David Holper and Maureen Eppstein tackle difficult subjects.  David Holper’s Church of the Very Last Chance combines political satire and magical realism.  It follows the rise of a middle-class Russian student from lost soul to international religious leader.  Maureen Eppstein’s most recent poetry collection, Daughter is memoir through poetry.  The three poems she’ll read are about the difficult and painful loss of a stillborn daughter.  Maureen grieves on the page, and we grieve with her.