Last Laugh Productions

Rudy Jon Tanner was a poet of the vibrant Babarian Movement in 1980s San Francisco. Part of the circle around Julia Vinograd, Rudy spent a reclusive life composing and writing poetry. "Rudy Jon...

Care for a tour through the landscapes of a woman's heart? Here's your ride. Deborah Fruchey's "Shattered Windows" presents us with a chorus of women's voices: some hers, some imagined, some...

A 450 page blockbuster, this is Steve Arntson's exploration and description of a journey to something that almost didn't happen at all: the Burning Man festival of 2020. Only a few hardy souls came...

Poems by Benicia Poet Laureate Emerita Johanna Ely, reflecting on what still matters after the years of the Pandemic "This collection by Johanna Ely is an invitation into our natural world and all...

Johanna Ely is the sixth Poet Laureate of Benicia, California. This is her thoughtful take on what still matters after 3 years of Pandemic deprivation. Joahanna's poems are contructive and rooted in...