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19 JULY 2023 — wednesday

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20 JULY 2023 — thursday

• Speaking Axolotl, a monthly Latinx/Chicanx reading series every third Thursday of the month, with featured reader Maurisa Thompson, followed by an open mic, ten-slots available, hosted by poet Josiah Luis Alderete, Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, and online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
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• Third Thursday Poetry and Jazz Reading Series presents Bart Schneider, poet, novelist, playwright, and author of numerous books including Blue Bossa, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Morning Opera, online via Zoom, free, 7:15 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/85692398733?pwd=YzExNy9TQ01LT3hyVjhkVHl6bmxBQT09)
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• Green Apple Books presents short story writer Jamil Jan Kochai, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak, winner of the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize and finalist for the National Book Award, and novelist Ingrid Rojas Contreras, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, both celebrating the paperback release of their books, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-dorothy-tse-natascha-bruce)
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• Beyond Baroque presents Skulls and Stairs, a new reading series featuring poets Ingrid M. Calderón-Collins, Zenith, Alan Sobrino with artist Steph Smith in a duo performance, and Tauri, chief editor of Acid Verse Literary Journal; Calderón-Collins's video poem An American Exorcism will be screened before and after the readings, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm-8:30 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)
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21 JULY 2023 — friday

• Medicine for Nightmares presents spoken word artist and poet Aideed Medina, celebrating her new book, 31 Hummingbird, with a launch party featuring music, poetry, and food, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30 pm-8:30 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
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• Beyond Baroque presents "Exiled Joy," a reading and conversation with authors Ghayath Almadhoun, Randa Jarrar, Love is an Ex-Country, and scholar Sarah Yanni; their conversation will explore how Arab diasporas experience joy in a world where their identity and culture is often antagonized and persecuted, from the perspective of writers living in exile due to political conflicts in the Middle East, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• CalPoets' 2023 Statewide Symposium kicks off with a dinner and creative writing workshop led by Cesar Avelar, Poet Laureate of Pomona and author of God of the Air Hose; come for a weekend of poetry readings and workshops, open to the public and aimed at literary teaching artists, both new and experienced, workshops will focus on the theme "The Poetics of Connection," and how poetry can bring communities together and encourage growth, overnight lodgings are available but limited, ticket prices vary $65-$395, depending on lodgings and meals, with special pricing for active poet-teachers, Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 W. Temple Avenue, Pomona, 2:00 pm-8:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.californiapoets.org/events/the-poetics-of-connection-calpoets-2023-statewide-symposium-with-lee-herrick)
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22 JULY 2023 — saturday

• The San Francisco Public Library presents Eric C. Gray, job trainer for the Department of Labor, reading from his new book, Backyards to Ballparks: More Personal Stories from the Stands and Beyond, the second installment of stories collected from people's personal memories of afternoons at the ballpark, Bernal Heights Meeting Room, Bernal Heights, 500 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, free, 3:00-4:00 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2023/07/22/presentation-personal-stories-baseball-stands-and-beyond)
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• Fourth Saturdays presents a poetry reading Jerry Garcia, Trumpets in the Sky, and Lucia Galloway, Some Words for Meanwhile, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave, Claremont, free,, 2:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry)
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• CalPoets' 2023 Statewide Symposium continues with a day of workshops and readings, featuring "Songs of the Self: Hip Hop in Social Emotional Learning," a workshop led by Stacie Aamon Yeldell, award-winning vocalist and music psychotherapist, breakout sessions led by CalPoets' Poet-Teachers Jessica Wilson, Johnnierenee Nelson, Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl, and more, a creative writing workshop led by Lee Herrick, California Poet Laureate, author of Scar and Flower, and a poetry reading and book signing with Lee Herrick in the evening, followed by an open mic, overnight lodgings are available but limited, ticket prices vary $65-$395, depending on lodgings and meals, with special pricing for active poet-teachers, Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 W. Temple Avenue, Pomona, 2:00 pm-8:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.californiapoets.org/events/the-poetics-of-connection-calpoets-2023-statewide-symposium-with-lee-herrick)
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• Marin Poetry Center presents their Summer Traveling Show 2023, featuring poets
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• Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents a reading featuring D.R. Wagner, prolific author and visual artist, author of The Order of Events, and Dave Boles, publisher of Cold River Press and author of Visions of a Merciful Land, Sacramento Poetry Alliance, 1169 Perkins Way, Sacramento, free, 4:00 pm PDT
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23 JULY 2023 — sunday

• Poets in the Park presents a reading with Kevin Dublin, Eulogy, Heather Saunders Estes, All in Measure, Robin Michel, Beneath a Strawberry Night Sky, and Angie Minkin, Balm for the Living, followed by an open mic, and magic performance by Magic Dan, books will be available for purchase and signing, the event includes poetry activities for kids of all ages, Tunnel Top Park, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, San Francisco, free, 1:00-3:00 pm PDT (More information here: tunneltoppark.org)
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• City Lights Books celebrates its 70th anniversary with a poetry reading by some of the Bay Area's best poets, featuring Josiah Luis Alderete, James Cagney, Meilani Clay, soledad con carne, Donna de la Perrière, Forrest Gander, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Juba Kalamka, Joseph Lease, D.A. Powell, Jenny Qi, Dean Rader, Barbara Jane Reyes, Kim Shuck, Maw Shein Win, and Matthew Zapruder, musical accompaniment TBA, come celebrate the landmark bookstore and its history of poetry and publishing, Kerouac Alley, next to City Lights Books, between Grant and Columbus Avenues, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm PDT (More information here: citylights.com/events)
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• CalPoets' 2023 Statewide Symposium concludes with breakout sessions led by CalPoets' Poet Teachers Dawn Trook and more TBA; come for a weekend of poetry readings and workshops, open to the public and aimed at literary teaching artists, new and experienced, workshops will focus on the theme "The Poetics of Connection," and how poetry can bring communities together and encourage growth, overnight lodgings are available but limited, ticket prices vary $65-$395, depending on lodgings and meals, with special pricing for active poet-teachers, Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 W. Temple Avenue, Pomona, 2:00 pm-8:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.californiapoets.org/events/the-poetics-of-connection-calpoets-2023-statewide-symposium-with-lee-herrick)
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• Clarion Performing Arts Center presents an open mic music and talent showcase, bring songs or poems to share and enjoy the talents of the other participants, Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Place, San Francisco, pay what you can, 4:00-6:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.theclarionsf.org/events/open-mic-music-talent-showcase-13)
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24 JULY 2023 — monday

• Blue Light at the Gallery presents a reading with poets from the Blue Light Press Summer Workshop, featuring Jennifer Hawthorne, Anna Kodama, Grace Ocasio, Lisha Adela Garcia, Jean Hackett, Kay Barnes, Nancy Lee Melmon, Pat Barone, Jennifer Lagier, Claudia Reder, Mary Kay Rummel, MJ Moore, Melissa Hobbs, Robin Gabbert, Mylo Schaaf, and Diane Frank, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com to receive the Zoom link)
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25 JULY 2023 — tuesday

• Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading by featured poet Catherine Daly, DaDaDa, Vauxhall, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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• Poetic License Sonoma, a quarterly reading, features Gwynn O'Gara, We Who Dream, with poets Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Joseph Cutler, Kusum Jain, Susanne Arrhenius, and Leo McCloskey, and guest student poets from SRJC, this reading's topic is Science, Q&A; online via Zoom, $10 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:00 pm-8:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.sebarts.org/classeslectures/p/poetic-license-sonoma-gwynn-ogara-science)
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• Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD presents a reading by poet and spoken word artist Dazié Rustin Grego-Sykes, Black Faggotry, poet Christell Victoria Roach, Bluesing, performing artist Tossie Long, poet Jessica Ke'mani, Power of Our Wombs, and interdisciplinary artist Troy Rockett, Jessie Square, Yerba Buena Gardens, 760 Mission Street, San Francisco, free, 12:30 pm-1:30 pm PDT (More information here: ybgfestival.org/event/poetic-tuesdays-moad-072523)
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26 JULY 2023 — wednesday

• Left Margin LIT presents novelist Hannah Mitchell, The Defections, discussing her new book, Excavations, in conversation with David Roderick, co-founder of Left Margin LIT, the book will be available for purchase at the event, Berkeley Public Library, North Branch, 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, free, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm PDT (More information here: www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/events/author-talk-hannah-michell-north)
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27 JULY 2023 — thursday

• Beyond Baroque presents poet, screenwriter, and translator Kenneth Reveiz, celebrating their debut collection, MOPES: A Book of Poems in Three Acts, winner of the Fence Modern Poets Series Prize, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)
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28 JULY 2023 — friday

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29 JULY 2023 — saturday

• Second Sundays presents a special reading, "Pride & Joy,' to finish out Pride Month, featuring queer poets griffin epstein, Nicole Tallman, Lannie Stabile, Andrea Deeken, Ben Kline, and Dior J. Stephens; come hear poetry that celebrates queer joy, online via Zoom, free, 5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: secondsundayreadings.com)
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• Marin Poetry Center presents their Summer Traveling Show 2023, featuring poets Carol Sheldon, Morgan Reed, Barry Peterson, Ella Eytan, Angelika Quirk, Simona Carini, hosted by Sandra Cross, Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, free, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm PDT (More information here: marinpoetrycenter.org)
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• Beyond Baroque presents poet and visual artist Mahtem Shiferraw, Fuchsia, winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, reading from her newest book, Nomenclatures of Invisibility, joined by poet Jessica Abughattas, Strip, winner of the 2020 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize, book signings will follow the reading, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)
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30 JULY 2023 — sunday

• Fabulosa Books presents "Queer Poetry Night," featuring Daniel WK Lee, Anatomy of Want, Octavio R. González, Limerence, and Yume Kim, Reserve the Right, Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro Street, San Francisco, free, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-poetry-daniel-wk-lee-octavio-r-gonzalez-and-yume-kim-tickets-668375297507?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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• Poetry of the Sierra Foothills presents poet Chris (J.C.) Olander, Twilight Roses, and Beverly Parayno, Wildflowers, stories, open mic follows, at a boutique winery, Chateau Davell, 3020 Vista Tierra Drive, right off Highway 50, four miles from Placerville, in Camino, free, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm PDT
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31 JULY 2023 — monday

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