John Koetzner - bio
John Koetzner, a resident of Healdsburg, has been an educator, freelance writer and winery worker. He has taught secondary school, community college, and university levels, teaching with a focus on creative writing, critical thinking and basic literacy. His short stories, poetry and reviews have appeared in numerous publications over the past thirty years including journals such as Lactuca, Brushfire, California English, The Dickens, Modern Haiku, The Poet, Poetry Journal, City Miner, New Age Journal, Reno News & Review, Pacific Sun, Frogpond, and numerous others. His CD Four Stories & Poetry was recorded in 2009. Additionally, he was a music critic for Blues Access and was a contributing author for the book, Musichound Guide to the Blues. He co-authored a wine column for the Healdsburg Tribune called Wine Tributaries that eventually moved to Wines.com and then its own domain. Currently, he is Head Librarian at Mendocino College where he created a literary event called Litfest that completed its sixth year. He is a listed poet and fiction writer with Poets & Writers, and he makes his home in Healdsburg along with two Miniature Schnauzers, a cat, and a small vineyard. He even makes time to read great writers from all over the world.
John was the Literary Laureate for Healdsburg 2012- 2013. Visit the Healdsburg Literary Guild for more events and literary news in the Redwood Empire. Jennifer Lynn Alvarez is the Healdsburg Literary Laureate for 2019-2020.
As of 2017, John has launched an editorial cartoon, titled New Dark Ages, that captures part of the political times. It is posted on Twitter.
Some works by John Koetzner
2019
2018
2017
Judah and the Amazing, Amazing Day
Poetry
November 2016
October 2015
September 2015
- A Simple Beauty
- Foggy City Walk
- Yet Another Season
- Clouds Again
- Maybe Buddha Was a Winemaker
- Sucker Punch
August 2015
- Heartsong (audio file)
- Comfortable Night
- Standing at the Sink (audio file)
- Heart Song
- Swinging the Lamb
- Looking at Leaves
- Artifacts (audio file)
- Why We Pause for Beauty
- Late Night with Jack Hanna (audio file)
- On The Beach (audio file)
- I Am Torn(pdf file)
- No One Fights Alone
- Something About Syrah
- Mysterious Merlot
- At the Moment
Fiction
- Jingle Jangle (audio file)
- Night Womb (audio File)
- The Urn
Videos
- John Koetzner on YouTube (Thanks to Ann Carranza)
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Healdsburg Literary Guild Members
Two of the Healdsburg Literary Guild Board Members have received silver medals for their works: Waights Taylor Jr. has received it for his nonfiction work Our Southern Home, and Jeane Slone has won for her historical fiction, She Flew Bombers.
