Your host, the man to blame,

the twisted world of Steve Ramirez.

Currently resides in Southern California where he works too many jobs for too little money.  Is the host at the weekly reading held by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, at the Ugly Mug Caffe in Orange.  He was a member of the 2000  Laguna Beach Slam Team, has published two chapbooks (Howls from a Bloodless World, and A Gathering of Pages), and is the Fundraising Director for  the BIG DAMN POETRY SLAM in Long Beach (we take donations!).  Also recently published in the Spring issues of the Comstock Review and Limestone Circle.  Upcoming publications include Incidental Buildings & Accidental Beauty (an anthology of Orange County & Long Beach poets published by Tebot Bach Press). Also, recent member of the Five Penny Poets and Tebot Bach.    He is a graduate of the Professional Actor's Conservatory, and has stage-managed throughout Orange County and parts of LA.

An avid hockey fan, he also has a very... eclectic... taste in music.

Upcoming Readings

• Thursday, March 21st, Laguna Brew Pub, with Ben Trigg, 8:00 PM, 422 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA (upstairs near the back)

• Tuesday, April 2nd, Redondo Poets, with Ben Trigg, 8:00 PM at Coffee Cartel in Redondo Beach, CA (directions and map). Open sign-up begins at 7:45 PM, Redondo Beach, CA

• Monday, April 15th, La Habra Public Library, with Ben Trigg, 8:00 PM 221 E. La Habra Blvd. La Habra, CA (near the corner of Euclid in the La Habra City Hall complex)

Past Readings

• San Diego Art Institute, with Jane Cassady, San Diego CA (02/02)

• Poets' Night, Borders bookstore at the Block, Orange, CA (01/02)

• BIG DAMN POETRY SLAM, with Ben Trigg, Long Beach (01/02)

• Jordan High School, Workshop, Long Beach, CA (11/01)

• Poetry Nitro, San Francisco, CA (11/01)

• Claire de Lune, San Diego, CA (09/01)

• Cafe Espresso Roma along with RAC and Ben Trigg, Las Vegas, NV (07/01)

• The Room For Poetry, Alhambra, CA (07/01)

• BIG DAMN POETRY SLAM, Long Beach (06/01)

• Austin International Poetry Festival, (including Austin International Poetry Slam, and Ruta Maya's), Austin, TX (04/01)

• Poetic License at the Zen Restaraunt, Los Angeles, CA (01/01)

• Hi-Steaks, Las Vegas, NV (12/00)

• Laguna Poets, Laguna Beach, CA (12/00)

• Laguna Brewing Co., Laguna Beach, CA (8/00)

• Penguins Hooked on Macaronics, Santa Ana, CA (8/00)

• KoffeHowc, Hesperia, CA  (8/00)

• Deidrich's Coffee (as part of Laguna Slam Team) (8/00)

• Redondo Poets (as part of Laguna Slam Team), Redondo Beach, CA (7/00)

• Factory Readings (as part of Laguna Slam Team), Costa Mesa, CA (7/00)

• Poets' Night, Borders bookstore, Orange, CA (4/00)

• Lutheran High School, Orange, CA (3/00) (along with performance workshop)

• Riverside Public Library, Riverside, CA (11/99)

• McClain's Coffee, Fullerton, CA (9/99)