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2 APRIL 2026 — thursday

• Beyond Baroque and Public Works Improvisational Theater co-present "Earth Day Cabaret: a day of poetry in celebration of the planet," featuring Gregory Bell, Lee Boek, Paul Fleisher, Genie Nakano, Anika Paris, Jeff Rogers, Elena Secota, Susan Suntree, and Gloria Vando, livestreamed on YouTube and in-store, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, registration required for in-person attendance, free, doors open at 7:00 pm, reading starts 7:30 pm (Registration for in-person attendance required: www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-day-cabaret-tickets-1985647639542?aff=ebdsoporgprofile; Livestream on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos)
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• First Thursdays monthly POETS! event, with featured readers David Holper and Kimi Sugioka, hosted by Michael Koch and Jerry Ferraz, followed by an open mic, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm (birdbeckett.com/events)
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• City Lights presents Sunnylyn Thibodeaux reading from and celebrating her new collection, Lucky Charms: New & Selected Poems, 2000-2025, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/sunnylyn-thibodeaux-launch-party-for-lucky-charms-new-selected-poems-tickets-1979898079453?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/sunnylyn-thibodeaux-launch-party-for-lucky-charms-new-selected-poems)
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• UC Berkeley Library and the Lunch Poems series present Tonya Foster, A Swarm of Bees in High Court and La Grammaire de Os, in a poetry reading, Morrison Library (inside Doe Library), 101 Library Ct., University of California Berkeley campus, free, 12:10 pm (www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/lunch-poems)
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3 APRIL 2026 — friday

• Beyond Baroque presents "El peso de las palabras que llevamos/The weight of the words we carry": a reading and conversation featuring Juana M. Ramos, Adriana Briff, Carolina Rivera Escamilla, Susana Marcelo, Margarita Drago, and Alicia Partnoy, livestreamed on YouTube and in-person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, $10, registration required for in-person attendance, doors open at 7:00 pm, event at 7:30 pm (In-person: www.eventbrite.com/e/el-peso-de-las-palabras-que-llevamos-the-weight-of-the-words-we-carry-tickets-1983042164496; Livestream on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos)
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4 APRIL 2026 — saturday

• The San Fernando Valley branch of the California Writers Club welcomes Karen Gorback as its keynote speaker on the topic of "Ekphrastic Poetry for Everyone," in celebration of National Poetry Month, in person at The Saban Center, 23388 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills and online on Zoom, registration required for virtual attendance, $10, 1:00 pm PDT (www.cwc-sfv.org)
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5 APRIL 2026 — sunday

• Sunnylyn Thibodeaux reads from and celebrates the publication of her new collection, Lucky Charms: New & Selected Poems, 2000-2025, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm (birdbeckett.com/events)
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6 APRIL 2026 — monday

• City Lights, Center for the Art of Translation, and Deep Vellum co-present a celebration for The Beginnings by Antonio Moresc, with the translator Max Lawton, and the writer of the introduction, novelist Francesco Pacifico, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/antonio-morescos-the-beginnings-with-max-lawton-francesco-pacifico-tickets-1979911607917?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/antonio-morescos-the-beginnings-with-max-lawton-francesco-pacifico)
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7 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

• Khiara M. Bridges, Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans, in conversation with Jyesha Wren, certified nurse-midwife, on Zoom, free, registration required, 6:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/khiara-m-bridges-in-conversation-with-jyesha-wren-tickets-1979936806286?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/khiara-bridges-in-conversation-with-jyesha-wren)
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8 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

• Altadena Library hosts "Saved by a Story: Altadena Wildfire Survivor Writing Group," a prompt-driven community writing group for survivors of the Altadena wildfire, bring a notebook and a pen, arrive five or ten minutes early, Altadena Community Center, Community Room, 730 East Altadena Drive, Altadena, free, 2:00 pm (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/16065520)
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• The Poetry Center presents a poetry reading by Tyehimba Jess, 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winner in poetry, and Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco Poet Laureate 2021-2024, co-sponsored by the Undisciplining the Fields Series (San Francisco State University Creative Writing), Small Press Traffic, and Black [Space] Residency, takes place at the Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota Street, Minnesota Street Project Atrium, San Francisco, free, reception from 6:00 pm-6:30 pm, readings and Q&A 6:30 pm-8:00 pm (www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/tyehimba-jess-tongo-eisen-martin)
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• The Poets Collective, in partnership with the Temecula Valley Writers & Illustrators, hosts a monthly Poets Meet-Up at the Temecula Entrepreneurial Resource Center, 43200 Business Park Drive, Second Floor, Temecula, free, 6:30 pm (www.facebook.com/tvwicreatives/posts/what-better-way-to-celebrate-national-poetry-month-this-april-than-with-our-next/122222570768281480)
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9 APRIL 2026 — thursday

• Chaucer's Books presents a poetry reading featuring Stephanie Barbé Hammer, Rich Ferguson, Kathleen Florence, and Melinda Palacio, Chaucer's Books, 3321 State Street, Santa Barbara, free, 6:00 pm (chaucersbooks.com/event/2026-04-09/poetry-month-celebration-featuring-stephanie-barbe-hammer-rich-ferguson-kathleen)
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• Bird & Beckett presents a poetry reading by Jerry Martien, Hilton Obenzinger and Steve Vincent, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm (birdbeckett.com/events)
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• City Lights, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and Beacon Press present Rainey Reitman to celebrate the publication of Transaction Denied: Big Finance's Power to Punish Speech, in-store and on Zoom, free, registration required for the Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/rainey-reitman-tickets-1979938380996?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com)
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• San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck presents Robert Pesich and special guests to present at Poem Jam, San Francisco Public Library's monthly poetry reading; Poem Jam poetry reading series takes place on the second Thursday of each month at the Main Library, unless otherwise noted, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/09/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam)
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• Beyond Baroque presents a poetry reading with Tim Seibles, Poet Laureate of Virginia 2016-2018, With No Hat, and Suzanne Lummis, reading from her new book, Crime Wave, livestreamed on YouTube and in-person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, registration required for in-person attendance, free, doors open at 7:00 pm, reading 7:30 pm (Registration for in-person attendance required: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-poetry-reading-with-tim-seibles-suzanne-lummis-tickets-1985876764862?aff=ebdsoporgprofile#location; Livestreamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos)
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10 APRIL 2026 — friday

• Poet Zack Rogow and chanteuse Pamela Rose present "Love Songs/Love Poems" 7:30-9:00 pm at The Back Room in Berkeley. Zack will read from his new book of poems, The Kama Sutra for Senior Citizens and Other Poems on Aging; Pamela Rose, of Wild Women of Song fame, will perform ballads from the American Songbook, The Back Room, 1984 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley, $30 admission includes Zack Rogow's book, one of Pamela Rose's CDs, and refreshments, 7:30 pm (For tickets: collections.humanitix.com/the-back-room-calendar)
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11 APRIL 2026 — saturday

• Celebrate National Poetry Month with Jay Baldwin, Santa Monica's new Poet Laureate, by crafting a community poem with a special reception to mark the beginning of their two-year term, Santa Monica Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, free, 11:00 am (www.santamonica.gov/events/4tred3rxgdxy9s889797ba745v/202604111100
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• Beyond Baroque presents artist, poet, and freelance writer Judy Kleinberg to lead "Accident and Intention: found words/fresh poems," a workshop focused on found poetry techniques, in-person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, $90, 11:00 am (Register in advance: www.eventbrite.com/e/accident-and-intention-found-words-fresh-poems-tickets-1985846609667)
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• Beyond Baroque presents a reading and reception featuring Nikki Ochoa, 2026 fellow winner and more TBA; in celebration of the third annual Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship in honor of poet and performance artist, Linda J. Albertano; livestreamed on YouTube and in-person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, registration required for in-person attendance, free, 2:00 pm (Registration required for in-person attendance: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2026-linda-j-albertano-poetry-fellowship-reading-celebration-tickets-1986038967013?aff=ebdsoporgprofile; Livestreamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos)
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12 APRIL 2026 — sunday

• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Jesse Nathan, Eggtooth, and Diana Arterian, Agrippina the Younger: Poems, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm (poetryflash.org).
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• Bird & Beckett celebrates the release of Salvadoran poet and children's author Jorge Argueta's new children's picture book, Tay Naja Nitajtaketzki Achtu Tik Nawat/My First Words in Nahuat, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 3:00 pm (birdbeckett.com/events)
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13 APRIL 2026 — monday

• The Altadena Library and Callisto Tea House co-present an open mic night, all ages and genres welcome, Callisto Tea House, 1359 N Altadena Drive, Pasadena, free, 6:00 pm (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/16032317)
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14 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

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15 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

• The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers' Series at SDSU presents poet and translator Piotr Florczyk in a reading of recent work, in-person at San Diego State University Library, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, in the Leon Williams Room, LL430, Love Library, Fourth Floor, free, 7:00 pm (library.sdsu.edu/events#event-details/39de4769-1762-4f55-88e2-29c0fc4bb18a)
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16 APRIL 2026 — thursday

• The Altadena Library hosts their first ever Adult Literacy Book Club, a limited supply of books will be available on a first-come, first serve basis, Bob Lucas Memorial Library and Literacy Center, 2659 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, adults 19 or older, free, 10:30 am (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/15871101)
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• With beguiling stories and images Peter Maravelis explores the multilayered histories of legendary City Lights Bookstore; renowned for its role in the cultural and literary life of San Francisco and the nation, as both bookstore and a publisher, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/16/presentation-insurgent-beatitudes-history-city-lights)
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17 APRIL 2026 — friday

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18 APRIL 2026 — saturday

• Join "Last Days Poet" to share your poetry, write a poem during a poetry movement exercise, and meet other poets, Robbie Waters Library Meeting Room, 7336 Gloria Drive, Sacramento, free, 1:30 pm (Registration via email simone@lastdayspoet.com)
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• Join poet Jamie Asaye FitzGerald for a generative workshop: "World Within a Poem: From Micro to Macro and Back Again," hosted by Sehba Sarwar and Lester Graves, Bob Lucas Memorial Library and Literacy Center, 2659 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, free, 11:00 am (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/16133533)
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• Walker Brents III talks on topics TBA, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm (birdbeckett.com/events)
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19 APRIL 2026 — sunday

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20 APRIL 2026 — monday

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21 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

• Join local poets reading their contributions to the poetry anthology Catching Fire: The Los Angeles Wildfires, featuring Susan Auerbach, Mary Anne Berry, Teresa Mei Chuc, Spencer Griffin, Richard Modiano, Riot Renwick, Maryrose Smyth, Loma Alta Park Gymnasium, Multipurpose Room, 3330 Sunset Ridge Road, Altadena, free, 6:00 pm (Registration required at altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/16123059)
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22 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

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23 APRIL 2026 — thursday

• The Altadena Library hosts their first ever Adult Literacy Book Club, a limited supply of books will be available on a first-come, first serve basis, Bob Lucas Memorial Library and Literacy Center, 2659 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, adults nineteen or older, free, 10:30 am (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/15871102)
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• City Lights and University of California Press present Scott Kurashige to celebrate the publication of American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism, in conversation with journalist Jeff Yang, in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for the Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/scott-kurashige-american-peril-tickets-1979945436098?aff=oddtdtcreator, and )
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• San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests celebrate the publication of poet Jeffrey Bryant's The Catacombs of Vanished Lovers at SFPL's monthly poetry reading, San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/23/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam-celebrates-catacombs-vanished-lovers)
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24 APRIL 2026 — friday

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25 APRIL 2026 — saturday

• Small Press Traffic presents Terrence Arjoon, Sophia Dahlin, and Ronaldo V. Wilson with introductions by Ebti, Jacob Kahn, and Kristen Nelson, event takes place at Et al., 2831 a Mission Street, San Francisco, free, doors open at 6:30 pm, reading starts at 7:00 pm (Registration required: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/terrence-arjoon-sophia-dahlin-ronaldo-wilson)
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• In celebration of twenty years of the Altadena Libraries' Altadena Poets Laureate Program, and as the Closing Event for the After the Fire Series, the Altadena Library presents "Poetry & Cookies," a reading with an open mic, featuring writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, poets published in Altadena Poetry Review 2026, indie publishers and their poets, with art activities by the Altadena Library and Armory Center for the Arts, and the announcement of the Altadena Poets Laureate 2026–2028, hosted by Sehba Sarwar and Lester Graves Lennon, Bob Lucas Memorial Library and Literacy Center, Bob Lucas Parking Lot, Bob Lucas Reading Court, 2659 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, adults nineteen or older, free, 3:00 pm (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/16132810)
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26 APRIL 2026 — sunday

• San Francisco's 9th Poet Laureate Genny Lim hosts a special program featuring San Francisco's first Youth Poet Laureates: SF Youth Poet Laureate Karan Gupta, Vice SF Youth Poet Laureate Aisha McCulloch and Tika Zahiri, SF Youth Poet Laureate Cohort Member, with butterfly harp music performed by Harriet Lim, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/26/performance-sf-poet-laureate-genny-lim-and-sf-youth-poet-laureates)
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27 APRIL 2026 — monday

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28 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

• Bird & Beckett hosts Jeanne Carsten to discuss her new book, A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm (birdbeckett.com/events)
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• Book Society presents "Motherhood, Adoption, Inheritance: A Conversation," with Kate Shatz, Where the Girls Were, and Tracy Clark-Flory, My Mother's Daughter, exploring the stories we inherit from our mothers, Book Society, 2945 College Avenue, Berkeley, $45, members $30, 6:00 pm (Purchase tickets online: www.booksociety.social/event-details/motherhood-adoption-inheritance-a-conversation-with-kate-schatz-tracy-clark-flory)
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• City Lights and HarperCollins present Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff celebrating the publication of their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff-tickets-1979948819217?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff)
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29 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

• The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers' Series at SDSU presents Blas Falconer in a poetry reading from his newest book Rara Avis, in-person at San Diego State University Library, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, in the Leon Williams Room, LL430, Love Library, Fourth Floor, free, 7:00 pm (library.sdsu.edu/events#event-details/49327f40-616e-4f1a-8ba1-a188dc054cb1)
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30 APRIL 2026 — thursday

• The Altadena Library hosts their first ever Adult Literacy Book Club, a limited supply of books will be available on a first-come, first serve basis, Bob Lucas Memorial Library and Literacy Center, 2659 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, adults nineteen or older, free, 10:30 am (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/15871103)
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• Molly Crabapple, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund, in conversation with queer, jewish, poet and writer Sam Sax, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/molly-crabapple-in-conversation-with-sam-sax-tickets-1982664999385?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/molly-crabapple-here-where-we-live-is-our-country-the-story-of-the-jewish-bund)
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• Poet and writer Eileen Myles in conversation with poet James Schuyler's biographer, Nathan Kernan, A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler, with additional discussion and reading of Schuyler's work by Tom Carey, Jason Morris, and Hannah Zeavin, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm (birdbeckett.com/events/)
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