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15 OCTOBER 2019 — tuesday

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16 OCTOBER 2019 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Lyrics and Dirges monthly reading series features emerging writers to highlight the diverse literary community in the Bay Area, hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/649-1320, pegasusbookstore.com)
  
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NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center reading by Margaret Gibson, Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, Poet Laureate of Connecticut, and poet and fine letterpress printer Lisa Rappoport, Penumbra, Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, free, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
  
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17 OCTOBER 2019 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Lola Haskins, Asylum: Improvisations on John Clare, and Colby Gillette, Hymn Underground, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, wheelchair accessible, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
  
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SOUTH:
• Poetry Center San Jose presents Third Thursdays at Willow Glen Library, featuring a poetry reading by Darrell Dela Cruz, Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, free and open to the public, 7:00 (408/808-3045, 408/266-1361, www.pcsj.org)
  
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18 OCTOBER 2019 — friday

NORTH:
• Lewis Hyde, author of The Gift, reads from his new book of scholarship, autobiography, and social criticism, A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past, on the question of forgetfulness as a pathway to rebirth and peace via art and writing from ancient times to our present moment, Point Reyes Books, 11315 CA-1, Point Reyes Station, free, 7:00 (415/663-1542, www.ptreyesbooks.com)
  
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19 OCTOBER 2019 — saturday

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20 OCTOBER 2019 — sunday

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21 OCTOBER 2019 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Express presents a featured poetry reading by Georgette Howington, open mic before and after featured reading, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, back room, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
  
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22 OCTOBER 2019 — tuesday

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23 OCTOBER 2019 — wednesday

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24 OCTOBER 2019 — thursday

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25 OCTOBER 2019 — friday

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26 OCTOBER 2019 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Saturday Night Special presents featured poets, hosted by Holly Hardy, three-minute maximum open mic on the theme of exploring boundaries between public and private, all creative work welcomed, must be twenty-one, Nick's Lounge, 3218 Adeline Street, Berkeley, free but one drink minimum, 7:00-9:30 (510/652-6425, nickslounge.com)
  
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• Marin Poetry Center reading by Deborah Landau, Soft Targets, director of the Creative Writing Program at New York University, and Matthew Zapruder, Sun Bear and Why Poetry, Tara Hall Pittman South Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1901 Russell Street, Berkeley, free, 4:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
  
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27 OCTOBER 2019 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Barbara Berman, Currents, and poet and translator Zack Rogow, Irreverent Litanies, East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, wheelchair accessible, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com)
  
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28 OCTOBER 2019 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Express presents a featured poetry reading by Grace Marie Grafton, open mic before and after featured reading, hosted by Gary Turchin, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, back room, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free but donations appreciated, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
  
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29 OCTOBER 2019 — tuesday

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30 OCTOBER 2019 — wednesday

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31 OCTOBER 2019 — thursday

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