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24 FEBRUARY 2023 — friday

• Skylight Books presents novelist Jac Jemc, My Only Wife, finalist for the 2013 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award, discussing her new book, Empty Theatre, in conversation with fiction writer and essayist Amelia Gray, Isadora, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-jac-jemc-presents-empty-theatre-w-amelia-gray)
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25 FEBRUARY 2023 — saturday

• Medicine for Nightmares presents poet and fiction writer Leticia Del Toro, reading from her debut chapbook, All We Are Told Not to Touch, in conversation with Norma Liliana Valdez, founder of the Xingona Collective and author of Preparing the Body, joined by guest poet Yaccaira Salvatierra and singer and jarana player Maria de la Rosa, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
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• Book Passage presents H.H. Leonards, founder of The Mansion on O Street in Washington D.C., discussing her new book, Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: Life, Lessons, and Leadership, a collection of memories and stories gathered from the decade that Rosa Parks was a guest in H.H. Leonards' home, in conversation with Dr. LaDonna Boyd, president of R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, online, free, 4:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/hh-leonards-dr-ladonna-boyd-beyond-bus-online-event)
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26 FEBRUARY 2023 — sunday

• Valley Contemporary SoCal Poets Reading, featuring Laurel Ann Bogen, Washing a Language, Michael C. Ford, Emergency Exits, nominated for a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, Rick Lupert, I am not Writing a Book of Poems in Hawaii, E Amato, Swimming Through Amber, Beth Ruscio, Speaking Parts, Robert Krut, Watch Me Trick Ghosts, and Ashaki Jackson, Language Lesson, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 2:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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• Poetry Flash presents a reading by Genny Lim Kra!, Maya Khosla All the Fires of Wind and Light, Chris Olander, River Light, John Curl, Rainbow Weather, online, via Zoom, free, 3:00 pm PST (Register to attend: please click here; you will receive an email with a link to join the reading)
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27 FEBRUARY 2023 — monday

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28 FEBRUARY 2023 — tuesday

• Book Passage presents author and activist Lesley-Ann Brown, Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son, discussing her new book, Blackgirl on Mars, a profound memoir that follows the author's two years of travel in search of "home," in conversation with actor Elisa Donovan, who starred in the movie Clueless and authored the memoir Wake Me When You Leave, online, free, 1:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/lesley-ann-brown-elisa-donovan-blackgirl-mars-online-event)
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• Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet George Hammons, Hungry to Bed/Love Poems, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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• Medicine for Nightmares presents Earth Sessions, an eco-poetry reading and workshop, featuring readings from poets Leah Thomas, The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Diandra Marizet, with a workshop led by Kiana Kazemi, environmental activist and storyteller, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
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