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2 MARCH 2021 — tuesday

• Kepler's Literary Foundation presents novelist Cassandra Clare, reading from and discussing her latest, Chain of Iron, the much-anticipated second book in The Shadowhunter Chronicles, in conversation with best-selling author Holly Black, $31, online, 6:00-7:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/2021/3/2/cassandra-clare-with-holly-black)
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• Book Soup presents Dantiel W. Moniz, fiction writer and winner of the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction, discussing Milk Blood Heat, his debut collection of stories, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.booksoup.com/event/dantiel-w-moniz-discusses-milk-blood-heat)
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• The Bay Area Book Festival presents a discussion of The Committed by novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, a much-anticipated sequel to Nguyen's debut novel, The Sympathizer, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016, presented with City Lights Books and Grove Atlantic Press, $20, online, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.baybookfest.org/session/the_committed/#!event-register/2021/3/2/the-committed-viet-thanh-nguyen-on-betrayal-and-belonging)
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• Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet Hiram Sims, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PST (Zoom link here: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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• Westwood Branch Library in Los Angeles hosts this virtual poetry open mic, emceed by Wyatt Underwood, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (email wwood@lapl.org to receive an invitation, visit www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-open-mic-0 for more info)
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3 MARCH 2021 — wednesday

• Book Passage presents novelist Carol Edgarian discussing her new book, Vera, set in San Francisco at the time of the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, in conversation with novelist Tobias Wolff, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/book-passage-presents-carol-edgarian-tobias-wolff-vera)
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• Join essayist, editor, and sex worker Natalie West for a discussion of We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, featuring contributors Sonya Aragon, Vanessa Carlisle, April Flores, Milcah Halil, and Yin Q, presented by Skylight Books, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-we-too-essays-sex-work-and-survival-natalie-west-and-contributors-sonya-aragon)
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• City Lights Books presents short story writer Courtney Zoffness discussing her new memoir, Spilt Milk, in conversation with editor and translator Rita Bullwinkel and novelist Mat Johnson, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3745)
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4 MARCH 2021 — thursday

• Poet and translator Mary Jo Bang, whose works include A Doll for Throwing and Elegy, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, reads for this noontime reading series, Lunch Poems, hosted by UC Berkeley, free, online, 12:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/)
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• Vroman's Bookstore presents a discussion featuring two authors and their latest novels, Auriane Desombre (I Think I Love You) and Monica Gomez-Hira (Once Upon a Quinceñera), in conversation with writer and dancer Rachel Lynn Solomon, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.vromansbookstore.com/event/auriane-desombre-and-monica-gomez-hira)
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• The Poetry Center presents Cristina Rivera Garza, poet and novelist, and Kit Schluter, poet and translator, reading from and discussing their work, joined in conversation by novelist Carolina de Robertis, free, online, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: poetry.sfsu.edu/events/29186-cristina-rivera-garza-and-kit-schluter-reading-and-conversation)
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• PEN Out Loud presents a discussion with Nobel laureate novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, on his new novel, Klara and the Sun, in conversation with Jia Tolentino, staff writer for The New Yorker, presented in collaboration with the Asian American Writers' Workshop, $20, online, 6:00-7:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: pen.org/event/pen-out-loud-kazuo-ishiguro-with-jia-tolentino)
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• Litquake presents the Seismic Salon series, this week featuring a discussion with Alka Joshi about her debut novel, The Henna Artist, and the challenges and rewards of writing a historical novel, limited to 10 participants, $100, online, 5:00-6:15 pm PST (Register to attend: www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTA2NDkx)
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• Bookshop Santa Cruz presents activist Mikki Kendall discussing her latest book, Hood Feminism, a collection of essays about the often-overlooked women of color who play a huge part in the feminist movement, calling for a kind of feminism that recognizes and fights for those who are marginalized in society, free, online, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/event/virtual-event-mikki-kendall-hood-feminism)
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5 MARCH 2021 — friday

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6 MARCH 2021 — saturday

• The Center for Literary Arts of San Jose offers the workshop "Using Invented and Foreign Languages as Tools for World Building: A Fiction Workshop," led by Rita Bullwinkel, short-story writer, editor, and translator, workshop runs six weeks (March 6 to April 10), $250, 10:00 am-Noon PST (Enroll here: www.clasanjose.org/writers-workshop)
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• The Green Arcade presents a poetry reading featuring Katharine Harer, Charlie Pendergast, Stan Stone, Garrett Caples, Mary Julia Klimenko, Tamsin Smith, and Jason Morris, part of the The Page Poets Series and The Divers Collection, free, online, 5:00-6:15 pm PST (Register to attend: meet.google.com/vne-woki-ytq; for more information: fmsbwpress.com)
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• San Diego Writers, Ink, offers the workshop "Prose and Poetry in Forms," led by Ron Salisbury, inaugural Poet Laureate of San Diego, attendees study different forms of poetry and analyze a book of poetry to present to the class, runs for five weeks (March 6 to April 3), $180 members, $216 nonmembers, online, 2:30-4:45 pm PST (Enroll here: www.sandiegowriters.org/prose-poetry-forms-ron-salisbury)
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7 MARCH 2021 — sunday

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8 MARCH 2021 — monday

• PEN Out Loud presents a discussion with Isabel Allende, The Soul of a Woman, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in conversation with New York Times reporter Concepión de León, with a reading by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, novelist and finalist for the PEN/Bingham Prize, $35, online, 8:00-9:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: pen.org/event/pen-out-loud-isabel-allende-with-concepcion-de-leon)
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• Word Week Noe Valley presents feminist author and journalist Naomi Wolf, discussing her book Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love and the ways the feminist movement has altered over the years and where it stands today, in conversation with Maxine Einhorn, free, online, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3jA6xjx, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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9 MARCH 2021 — tuesday

• Skylight Books presents Sam Cohen discussing his new collection, Sarahland, stories that diverge from traditional narrative by having every story feature a protagonist named Sarah, twisting worlds and personas that challenge the way stories are told, in conversation with writer and artist Nikki Darling, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-sam-cohen-discusses-her-collection-stories-sarahland-nikki-darling)
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• Coastside Poetry presents a reading featuring Bay Area poet David Cummings, free, online via YouTube Live, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (Livestream link here: coastsidepoetry.org/current-features)
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• Word Week Noe Valley presents historian and writer Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz discussing her upcoming book, Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion, examining how the simplistic claim that the United States is a "nation of immigrants" ignores the violent and racist history at its foundation, in conversation with journalist Mary Jo McConahay, free, online, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3tLhnYl, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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• City Lights Books presents a book launch for novelist Joshua Mohr, Model Citizen: A Memoir, in conversation with best-selling novelist Lidia Yuknavitch, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3746)
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• Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet Amber Moss, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PST (Zoom link here: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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• Marcus Books and KPFA Radio 94.1 FM present musician and writer Sister Souljah discussing her latest book, the much-anticipated sequel to the best-selling novel The Coldest Winter Ever, in conversation with Sabrina Jacobs, radio host of "A Rude Awakening" on KPFA, suggested donation $5-$20, online, 5:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/sister-souljah-and-sabrina-jacobs-life-after-death-tickets-135779284495)
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10 MARCH 2021 — wednesday

• Word Week Noe Valley presents the panel, "Black Literature, Black Lives," featuring readings and discussions with nonfiction writer Julie Lythcott-Haims, poet Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, and novelist Maurice Ruffin, moderated by novelist Gar McVey-Russell, free, online, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3jGdorI, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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11 MARCH 2021 — thursday

• Kim Shuck's Poetry Night at the San Francisco Public Library features readings by poets Elaine Brown aka Poet E Spoken, Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu, Connie Post, and Jacki Rigoni, this reading inspired by the memoir Know My Name by Chanel Miller, the selection for this year's One City One Book event, free, online, 6:00-7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2021/03/11/performance-kim-shucks-poetry-night-one-city-one-book-edition)
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• Join translators Jessica Cohen, Allison Charette, and Brian Bergstrom for a discussion of Elemental: Earth Stories, latest book in the Calico Series, a collection of translated fiction from around the world, published by Two Lines Press, presented by Point Reyes Books, in conjunction with the Center for the Art of Translation, free, donations welcome, online, 5:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.ptreyesbooks.com/event/elemental-earth-stories)
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• The Community of Writers, in conjunction with the Marin Poetry Center and the Mill Valley Public Library, celebrates the launch of Why to These Rocks: 50 Years of Poetry from the Community of Writers, with a reading and discussion featuring poets Cornelius Eady, Brenda Hillman, Evie Shockley, Forrest Gander, Robert Hass, Sharon Olds, Gregory Pardlo, and many more, hosted by editor Lisa Alvarez, emceed by Meryl Natchez, with music by Cornelius Eady and his CE Trio, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (Register to attend: communityofwriters.org/events/event/book-launch-50th-anniversary-poetry-anthology)
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• KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents poet and translator Martín Espada, in conversation with Dennis Bernstein, poet and investigative journalist, with a reading from and discussion of Floaters, Espada's new collection of poetry, suggested donation $1-$20, online, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-espada-and-dennis-bernstein-floaters-tickets-130079233489)
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• Bookshop Santa Cruz presents novelist Joe Ide, discussing his new book Smoke, the latest in his IQ series, following unlicensed detective Isaiah Quintabe and his sidekick Juanell Dodson, free, online, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/joe-ide)
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• Word Week Noe Valley presents poet Jeffrey Thomas Leong reading from his book Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island, translations of poems written in Chinese on walls at Angel Island, with original poems from his latest book, Writ, free, online, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/2ZaCyoC, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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• Copperfield's Books presents investigative reporter Michael Moss discussing his book Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions, free, online, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.copperfieldsbooks.com/event/michael-moss-online)
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• Litquake presents Lysley Tenorio, novelist and short story writer, discussing his latest novel The Son of Good Fortune, part of the Seismic Salon series, an intimate setting with an author and a small audience, $100, limit ten participants, online, 5:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.litquake.org/seismicsalons.html)
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12 MARCH 2021 — friday

• Skylight Books presents Teresa Carmody discussing The Reconception of Marie, her novel that challenges the traditional bildungsroman coming-of-age form, in conversation with photographer Connie Samaras, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-teresa-carmody-discusses-her-novel-reconception-marie-connie-samaras)
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• Word Week Noe Valley presents San Francisco Chronicle columnists Leah Garchik and Ruthe Stein, discussing their work and their experiences with over forty years at the paper, in conversation with Maxine Einhorn, free, online, 7:00-8:15 pm PST (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3pe5OFB, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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13 MARCH 2021 — saturday

• Word Week Noe Valley presents "Noir NOT at the Bar," an online version of Word Week's popular event "Noir at the Bar," featuring four mystery novelists: Cara Black, Jasmine Almaq, Naomi Hirahara, and Rachel Howzell Hall, reading from and discussing their newest books, free, online, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3qf3UGa, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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• The Poetry Center presents a reading and conversation with poet Momtaza Mehri and writer and photographer Zoé Samudzi, part of the Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series, emceed by alex cruse, free, online, Noon PST (Register to attend: poetry.sfsu.edu/events/29187-tripwire-cross-cultural-poetics-series-momtaza-mehri-and-zo%C3%A9-samudzi)
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• Word Week Noe Valley presents novelists Colm Toibin (The Magician) and Michelle Gallen (Big Girl, Small Town), and poet Paula Meehan (As If By Magic), reading from new work, free, online, 11:00 am PST (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3rIL8Ya, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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14 MARCH 2021 — sunday

• The Claremont Library presents Fourth Sundays, a special poetry event featuring poets Ariana Reines (A Sand Book, 2019) and Tiana Clark (I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood, 2018), both winners of the 2020 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Award, reading from their work and answering questions after, free, online via Facebook Live, 2:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/fourthsundayspoetry)
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• Word Week Noe Valley presents six Noe Valley poets: San Francisco Laureate emeritus Kim Shuck, Kristen Belshaw, Susann Dambroff, Jeff Doleman, Eveline Kanes, and MaryLee McNeal reading poems about experiences of life during the pandemic, free, online, 7:00-8:30 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: bit.ly/3rSZZ27, or for Zoom information, email: wordweeknoevalley@gmail.com)
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15 MARCH 2021 — monday

• Rivertown Poets presents a poetry reading featuring Susana Praver-Perez and Terri Glass, Being Animal, open mic to follow, hosted by Sande Anfang, free, online, 6:15 pm PDT (Sign up for the open mic/Zoom link: aqus.com/rivertownpoets)
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16 MARCH 2021 — tuesday

• City Lights Books presents a book launch for Kim Addonizio's Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems, she will be joined by poets Brittany Perham, Peter Kline, and Tracey Knapp, free, online, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3747)
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• Point Reyes Books presents a discussion of Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water, a nonfiction work by poet and essayist Kazim Ali, about the Pimicikamak community in Manitoba, Canada, and the environmental damage caused by the Jenpeg dam in the area, in conversation with poet and National Book Award finalist Natalie Diaz, free, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.ptreyesbooks.com/event/kazim-ali-and-natalie-diaz)
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• Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring Mike Hickey, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PDT (Zoom link here: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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17 MARCH 2021 — wednesday

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18 MARCH 2021 — thursday

• City Lights Books presents a book launch for novelist Patricia Engel, Infinite Country, she will be joined by journalists Roberto Lovato and Jean Guerrero, and writer and historian Juliana Delgado Lopera, free, online, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3748)
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19 MARCH 2021 — friday

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20 MARCH 2021 — saturday

• City Lights Books presents Pola Oloixarac in a reading and discussion of Mona, her new novel, with a conversation with John Freeman, founder of the literary journal Freeman's, free, online, Noon PDT (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3749)
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21 MARCH 2021 — sunday

• Omnidawn Publishing offers the workshop "Prosody and Revision", led by poet David Koehn, where attendees will focus on revision and workshopping their own poems each week, with a guest poet each week giving a short talk and Q&A, runs for 6 weeks (March 21 – April 25), with two sections, enrollment is first come, first serve, tuition is $1100-1400, some partial scholarships available, email rusty@omnidawn.com for more info, online, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm PST (Enroll here: bit.ly/2MjLRA8)
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• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Maxima Kahn, Fierce Aria, and Indigo Moor, Everybody's Jonesin' for Something , online via Zoom, free, 3:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: please click here; you will receive an email with a link to join the reading)
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22 MARCH 2021 — monday

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23 MARCH 2021 — tuesday

• Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring Linda Singer, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PDT (Zoom link here: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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24 MARCH 2021 — wednesday

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25 MARCH 2021 — thursday

• Copperfield's Books presents journalist Katherine Seligman reading from and discussing her novel At the Edge of the Haight, a story of homeless youth living in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, free, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.copperfieldsbooks.com/event/katherine-seligman-online)
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26 MARCH 2021 — friday

• Small Press Traffic presents the High Dawn Reading Series, this month featuring readings from poets Bahaar Ashan and Lara Mimosa Montes, introduced by poet Trisha Low, with musical performance by Ryanaustin Dennis, free, online, 6:00-7:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.smallpresstraffic.org/upcomingevents/bahaar-ahsan-lara-mimosa-montes)
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27 MARCH 2021 — saturday

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28 MARCH 2021 — sunday

• VCP SoCal Poets presents a reading featuring poets Brian Sonia Wallace, Linda Ravenswood, and Bryn Wickerd, part of a reading series held on the last Sunday of every month, free, online via Zoom, 3:00-4:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.vcpsocal.org/schedule.html)
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29 MARCH 2021 — monday

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30 MARCH 2021 — tuesday

• Bookshop Santa Cruz presents poet and writer Kim Addonizio reading from and discussing her latest poetry collection, Now We're Getting Somewhere, in conversation with Danusha Laméris, Poet Laureate emeritus of Santa Cruz County, free, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/kim-addonizio)
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• Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet Ramón García, The Chronicles, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PDT (Zoom link here: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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• Famed actress and activist Sharon Stone joins Book Passage and the Dominican University's Institute for Leadership Studies to discuss her new memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, an intimate and moving look at her life in films as well as her humanitarian work, $40, ticket includes a complementary copy of the book, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.bookpassage.com/SharonStone)
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31 MARCH 2021 — wednesday

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