sb-stokes
SB STOKES writes, draws, designs, produces, and edits in the hills behind the lake in Oakland, California. / / His first book of poetry, A History of Broken Love Things, was published by Punk Hostage Press in January 2014. / / A chapbook of SB's poems, DARK ENTRIES, was also published in October 2014 by Gorilla Press and The Pedestrian Press. / / A fourth generation Californian, SB is one of the founding producers of Oakland's free, annual literary event, Beast Crawl, which will be happening for its sixth year in July 2017. / / He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and is both the former poetry and art editor for Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review. / / His poems can be found in print and online in/at many quality publications. / / He often asks for water, but, so far, has never been given gasoline.
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