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28 SEPTEMBER 2021 — tuesday

• Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet Chen Chen, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, winner of an A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, 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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• Two Lines Press presents Carl de Souza discussing his novel, Kaya Days, newly translated from French into English, in conversation with Jeffrey Zuckerman, translator of the book, and poet and essayist Kei Miller, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, online via Zoom, free, 4:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: catranslation.org/event/kaya-days-carl-de-souza-and-jeffrey-zuckerman-in-conversation-with-kei-miller)
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29 SEPTEMBER 2021 — wednesday

• City Lights Books presents a reading of Project 1521, a collection of Southern California poets, artists, and scholars, featuring poets Gloria Enedina Alvarez, Yago S. Cura, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Arminé Ikandossian, Darren J. de Leon, Diana Magaloni, Linda Ravenswood de Montaño, and visual artist Sandy Rodriguez, hosted by Josiah Luis Alderete, poet and host of the reading series "Speaking Axolotl", reading from their new collection, You Will Not Be Forgotten, the debut volume of poetry from the group, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
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• Bookshop Santa Cruz presents novelist and filmmaker Ruth Ozeki, My Year of Meats, All Over Creation, discussing and reading from her new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, online, $34, ticket includes a copy of the book, 6:00 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ruth-ozeki)
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30 SEPTEMBER 2021 — thursday

• San Francisco Public Library presents poet Brian Komei Dempster, Topaz, reading from his new collection of poetry, Seize, winner of the Julie Suk Award and finalist for both the Eric Hoffer Book Award and the National Indie Excellence Award in Poetry, free, online, 6:00-7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2021/09/30/author-brian-komei-dempster-seize)
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• The Poetry Center presents a reading of Coronavirus Haikus, a selection of poems written by frontline workers during the Covid 19 pandemic, featuring poet and essayist Mark Nowak, Coal Mountain Elementary, and the Worker Writers School, a school founded by Nowak that represents New York City's least-heard population, low-wage workers, including Thomas Barzey, Kerl Brooks, Estabon Chimilio, Nimfa Despabiladeras, Lorraine Garnett, Davidson Garrett, Seth Goldman, Christine Lewis, Doreen McGill, Alando McIntyre, Kelebohile Nkhereanye, Alfreda Small, and Paloma Zapata, emceed by Tanya Hollis, online, free, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: poetry.sfsu.edu/events/29200-mark-nowak-and-worker-writers-school-coronavirus-haiku-reading-and-conversation)
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• Diesel Bookstore presents best-selling science writer Mary Roach, Stiff, Gulp, discussing her new book, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, in conversation with L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison, online, free, 5:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.dieselbookstore.com/event/virtual-event-thursday-september-30-530pm-mary-roach-joins-la-times-ideas-exchange-discuss)
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• Come join this German-English Translation Slam, an event where translators Didem Uca and Jon Cho-Polizzi independently translate a German poem by poet Keça Filankes into English, read their translations, and discuss their choices as well as the cultural and linguistic impact of the original poem, followed by an audience Q&A, moderated by David Gramling, online, free, 10:00-11:00 am PDT (Register to attend: www.pw.org/literary_events/germanenglish_translation_slam_one_text_two_translators_and_no_wrong_answers)
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