Where Mindfulness Meets the Muses!
Slow Lightning Lit is somatic meditation and daily community writing practice online, out of which publishing and fine literary events are imagined,
Welcome to Slow Lightning Lit, where somatic meditation and synaptic engagement, merge with
Dobreer’s passion for poetry and publishing a few exceptional books of poetry.
Slow Lightning Lit invites you to visit and offers online memberships for daily practice.
“Dobreer’s approach is magical.” - Janet Fitch, Chimes of a Lost Cathedral
We foster a mindful, whimsical, committed community of poets and writers who engage actively as their schedules allow, united by a passion for listening, expression, and connection through guided silence, prompts for writing, and gentle feedback.
“Peggy not only deepens our craft, but helps us deepen our understanding of why we write.”
- Arthur Kazakian, Book of Redacted Paintings
M-F one hour daily online, 8:30am-9:30am PST,
in the comfort of your home, our Zoom room.
About the Founder
Peggy Dobreer
Peggy Dobreer is Founder and Curator of Slow Lightning Lit, and editor of Slow Lightning: Impractical Poetry and Slow Lightning: Astonished Poetry. She is best known as Lena's mom, a Los Angeles poet, former dancer, four-time pushcart nominee, and author of three published collections: Forbidden Plums 2021, Glass Lyre Press, Drop and Dazzle 2018 and In the Lake of Your Bones 2012, with Moon Tide Press.
Bookstore Spotlight
NEW RELEASES OUT NOW
“Lamenting While Doing Laps in the Lake” by Bill Ratner
“Living Poetry” by Murray Mednick
“As Man Is to God: A Poem on the Making of Werner Herzog’s FITZCARRALDO” by Andrew Nicholls
“Slow Lightning Lit Anthology III: SLANT, Folio Edition”
w/Jacinta Camacho Kaplan, Celia Chavez, Mandy Rae Hartz, Esther Cohen, Lorraine Despres, Peggy Dobreer, Darothy Durcak, Janet Fitch, Ruthie Marlenée, Roberta Martínez, Murray Mednick, Andrew Nicholls, Colleen O’Mara Diamond, Simon Petty, Amy Raasch, Bill Ratner, Georgia San Li, June Stoddard, Nancy Lynee Woo, and Guy Zimmerman.
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AWP Conference & Slow Lightning Lit Conference Readings
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AWP Slow Lightning Lit: Off-Site Event
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11/16/24 - Slow Lightning Lit - Live Music, Poetry, Champagne & Cake
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The 1st Annual Belmont Shore Book Festival