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The yearly Fall Reading Series of this year contains highlights such as the celebration of books

that are banned. The event happens at Grossmont College and continues from the 12th of

September with a commencing reading. Examples of such readings are the former rock supporter

Pamela Des Barres along with an array of poetry crafted by renowned professor Joe Medina of

Grossmont College.

          The yearly Fall Reading Series displays award-winning authors, literature as well as others

that have a motivation to write. The events are usually funded by the college’s English

Department along with Creative Writing Program together with a range of other campus

programs and organizations. Daniel Sow, an English Professor, said they believed it was vital to

celebrate authors as well as writers of different genres and styles along with engaging the

aspiring authors within the society. The professor adds that there lies a certain power in listening

to various voices and experiences as well as reading. The Fall Reading Series commenced on

August 24th when the contributors of the most recent copy of Acorn Review which is a literary

journal produced by students of Grossmont College, had a look at their works.

Medina entered the Grossmont College faculty in the year 1987 and took part in

spearheading the first Puente project. In addition, he also launched the yearly celebration of book
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readings that are banned. He retired in 2012 during spring, and he set on working towards the

completion of his first collection of poetry of book-length. Part of a local reading tour meant to

promote Medina’s new book is the reading engagement by Joe in Griffin Gate at the Grossmont

College. Copies of the book will be availed for signing as well as purchasing. Medina’s poetry

records the sweet and sad music of humankind at once searing and magical. The work displays a

moving and innovative assortment of works of poetry by Medina who is a long-serving writing

instructor at the college. The art of risk-taking in theme, as well as form possessed by Medina,

will be compelling for lovers of poets along with poetry.

Medina, a former instructor at the Grossmont College, was born in Durango and the

Sierra Madre in particular. He was later raised in San Diego. In forging his poems, Medina

engages his rich background that is still unexplored as well as his roots in Chicago to make the

poems look original unique. For a long period, the English professor, Medina, has been offering

Composition classes and not forgetting Reading ones at Grossmont College. The various works

of poetry by Medina portrays an irrelevant perspective of the family at large, the confines of

sunshine as well as the different approaches towards self-medication. The latter are experiences

that the characters try to get through with each passing day such as a dysfunctional place of

work, strange relationships and antagonistic relatives of which the author portrays uncertainty in

making decisions. The author tries to convince the audience of the actions of some characters

since it helps in building an individual and making them stronger. However, the real intentions

are still unclear and lack some validity at the time they are undertaken. It brings the hope that

maybe the universe will come to help in intervening concerning the issue. Nevertheless, the

methods used by the author is quite effective to some degree when there is a necessity for
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impromptu decisions to be made with finality although considerations and keenness are essential

as part of the process.

To test the concept the waxy cuticle of the body of the scorpion can detect light is

highlighted by Doug Gaffin which exposed a lot of the arachnids to visible UV light. Doug must

have studied their behaviors before composing his poem. Therefore, this poem seems to be a

complementary contribution to the exclusive study of the scorpion and the entering lot of natural

creation. He said that the work deals with recognition as well as the determination of the nature

and representation of the love of all creatures as well their relationship with human beings.

Besides, this reveals the medically significant scorpions and those who are harmful, in essence,

is to sensitize people about such creatures.

The event was organized perfectly and rendition of every aspect of the topic of the day

was done as planned. Doug’s poem performed an essential role in a showing the perception of

the world. It shows that when there is a problem, and one has noticed the variation in different

aspects of the surrounding such as vision, it is so important to seek medication or assistance from

anyone close. There is so much much love in this collection, and I was struck by how Gaffin

collection is all inclusive which talks about why about how given life forms survive. He said, he

writes about what he finds to be beautiful as well as inspiring or may be inexplicable. The

natural world can be said to be everything to him. Hence that is what he seems to be focusing on.