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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)
  • The Ina Coolbrith Circle presents a poetry reading featuring poet Connie Post, hosted by Deborah Schmidt, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 2:15 pm PDT (Email deborahbschmidt@gmail.com with your screen name and email address for the Zoom link; if participating in the open mic, send a copy of your poem by 8:00 pm PDT on Friday, March 19)
  • The Poetry Center presents a reading featuring poets Denise Riley (Marxism for Infants, Mop Mop Georgette) and Jennifer Soong (Near, At), emceed by Brandon Brown, co-sponsored with New York Review Books (NYRB) and Futurepoem, free, online, Noon PDT (Register to attend: poetry.sfsu.edu/events/29188-denise-riley-and-jennifer-soong-reading-and-conversation)

21 MARCH 2021 — sunday

  • Poetry Flash presents a virtual poetry reading by Brian Komei Dempster, Seize, and Lee Herrick, Scar and Flower, 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)
  • The Henry Miller Memorial Library presents a reading featuring poets Carl Dennis (Night School, Callings and Practical Gods, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry), Gustavo Hernandez (Flower Grand First, Form His Arms), Dorianne Laux (Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected Poems, The Book of Men), and Sandra Lim (The Curious Thing, The Wilderness), part of a monthly virtual poetry series at the Henry Miller Library, free, online via Zoom, 4:00 pm PDT (Email lschulkind@yahoo.com for the Zoom link)
  • 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)
  • 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)

22 MARCH 2021 — monday

  • Blue Light at the Gallery celebrates a book launch featuring photographer and poet Jeffrey Bartfeld (A Poet's Portrait of Point Reyes), poet Rayne O'Brien (Living on a Song a Day), and poet and artist Steve Trenam (An Affront to Gravity), free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PDT (RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com for the Zoom link)

23 MARCH 2021 — tuesday

  • Join Poetic License Sonoma every fourth Tuesday for an evening of poetry readings featuring the nine poets that make-up Poetic License Sonoma, Susanne Arrhenius, Jeffrey Bartfeld, Joseph Cutler, Paul DeMarco, Kusum Irene Jain, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, and Jaime Zukowski, tonight's theme is "epiphany," free, with donations welcome, 7:00-8:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: poeticlicensesonoma.com/events)
  • 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)

24 MARCH 2021 — wednesday

  • Roof Books presents a poetry reading featuring poets Rodrigo Toscano, The Charm and The Dread, Kit Robinson, Thought Balloon, and Rodger Kamenetz, Dream Logic, moderated by poet Jessica Kinnison, donations welcome and will benefit UNITY, an organization helping the homeless in New Orleans, free, online via Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (Register for the Zoom meeting here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-upqj8pH9H32f47gpMg3-h0SHUtpG-a)

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)
  • Vroman's Bookstore presents essayist Courtney Zoffness reading from and discussing her debut collection of essays, Spilt Milk, in conversation with novelist Edan Lepucki (California and Woman No. 17), free, online, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.vromansbookstore.com/event/courtney-zoffness)

26 MARCH 2021 — friday

27 MARCH 2021 — saturday

28 MARCH 2021 — sunday

  • The Village Poets presents a reading featuring Terry Ehret, Poet Laureate emeritus of Sonoma County and co-founder of Sixteen Rivers Press, followed by two open mic readings, part of the Village Poets Monthly Reading series, free, online via Zoom, 4:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: villagepoets.blogspot.com/p/calendar-of-readings.html)
  • Poetry Flash presents a virtual poetry reading by Barbara Hamby, Holoholo, and Barbara Ras, The Blues of Heaven, 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)
  • VCP SoCal presents a poetry reading featuring Brian Sonia Wallace, Poet Laureate of the City of West Hollywood, and poets Linda Ravenswood and Bryn Wickerd, free, online, 3:00 pm PDT (Go to www.vcpsocal.org)

29 MARCH 2021 — monday

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

31 MARCH 2021 — wednesday

  • Left Margin Lit presents "The Art of Revision: Fiction and Nonfiction," a workshop focusing on various tools of revision, led by Lauren Markham, Berkeley-based essay writer and literary journalist, runs five weeks (March 31-April 28), $295, online via Zoom, 6:00-8:00 pm PDT (Enroll here: www.leftmarginlit.org/the-art-of-revision-markham)

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