Daphne Kalotay, Kim Magowan, Valerie Neiman, Mike Smith, more
8 AUGUST 2019 — thursday
Why There Are Words presents six accomplished authors on the theme "Wilderness," featured novelist Daphne Kalotay, Blue Hours, novelist Kim Magowan, The Light Source, poet Valerie Neiman, To the Bones, poet and memoirist Mike Smith, And There Was Evening and There Was Morning, novelist Alex Tilney, The Expectations, and journalist Beth Winegarner, The Columbine Effect: How Five Teen Pastimes Got Caught in the Crossfire and Why Teens are Taking Them Back, cash bar, Studio 333, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, $10, doors open 7:00, reading 7:15 (Studio 333: 415/331-8272, whytherearewords@gmail.com, www.whytherearewords.com)
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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)event page
19 OCTOBER 2019 — saturday
20 OCTOBER 2019 — sunday
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)event page
22 OCTOBER 2019 — tuesday
23 OCTOBER 2019 — wednesday
24 OCTOBER 2019 — thursday
25 OCTOBER 2019 — friday
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)event page
- 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)event page
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)event page
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)event page
29 OCTOBER 2019 — tuesday
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