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J.C. OLANDER
Poet Chris Olander has been writing poetry since
1984, “articulating artistic words through music, spoken word and
gestures: poetry experiences of energized body language.” Olander’s
poetry arises from land-based ethics rooted in science, observation and
reflection. “I explore human horrors and beautiful auras of mystical
revelations and all that is possible in being here now. What we make of
life is what we get. I create an action art poetry: musical image
phrasing to dramatize relative experiences—a poetry from oral and bard
traditions, a sound poet exploring meanings and ideas in rhythm
patterns.”
He has worked as a Poet/Teacher with California Poets in Schools (CPITS),
since 1984. He teaches and reads his work throughout California and in
Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. He has been published in many
anthologies, magazines and specialty publications; has an M.A. in
Creative Writing CSUS 1984; has taught in 34 elementary schools and 25
high schools in 17 N. Ca. counties and elementary schools in Hawaii and
Washington states.
Olander was a founding director of Poet’s Playhouse of Nevada City,
1988-99 and the Nevada County Poetry Series of Grass Valley, 2000-12. He
has worked as an organizer and featured reader for the Berkeley
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival since 2001, as a Poetry Coach
for California Arts Council’s Poetry Out Loud program since 2006 and was
the California State Poetry Coach Champion in 2007, third place coach in
2013 and 2014; second place in 2015.
His three chapbooks, “Mass Man’s Epiphanies”, “December Birds” and
“Iris” have each gone to press for a second printing.
Published two poetry books: “River Light”, Poetic Matrix Press, 2017;
“Twilight Roses”, R. L. Crow Publications, 2021.
Olander completed four solo CD’s of his poetry in April 2013 to
complement his pre-released CD Mass Man’s Epiphanies and his chapbooks.
Two more CD’s with musical accompaniment, “Wild Women Wake” and “J. C.
and the Apostles” were released in August 2014; “Silent Motif:
Conference of Poets” a CD anthology of six poets with electronic music
accompaniment was released in April 2015.
Olander, was poet laureate of Nevada County, CA 2017-2019, and was a
founding member of Sierra Poetry Festival, 2015. He has read his work
accompanied by improvisation, modern, ballet and Middle East belly
dancers since 1996 at special events and dance recitals and has read
with many musicians with various instruments for 30 years. He can be
reached at jcjb@nccn.net.
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J.C. Olander's newest work, WHO ARE WE.
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