To Give Life a Shape: Poems Inspired by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Compiled in celebration of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's 75th anniversary, this collection features work by 40 poets living in Santa Barbara and adjacent counties inspired by art in the museum's permanent collection. The book is the fouth in the Shoreline Voices Series, published by Gunpowder Press. Poets include Ron Alexander, Alison Bailey, Rick Benjamin, Gudrun Bortman, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Steve Braff, Mary Brown, Susan Chiavelli, John Chilcott, Natalie D-Napoleon, Fran Davis, Pamela Davis, Carol DeCanio, John Elliot, Kimbrough Ernest, Tessa Flanagan, Mary Freericks, Luci Janssen, Gabriella Klein, Perie Longo, Glenna Luschei, Kathee Miller, Delia Moon, Enid Osborn, Christina Pages, Melinda Palacio, Christine Penko, Peg Quinn, John Ridland, Sojourner Rolle, RBS, Linda Saccoccio, Susan Shields, David Starkey, Roslyn Strohl, Patti Sullivan, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Daniel Thomas, Emma Trelles, Paul J. Willis, George Yatchisin, and Chryss Yost.