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4 JUNE 2022 — saturday

  • The Ina Coolbrith Circle presents the 95th Annual Poets' Dinner and Contest, where the winners of the poetry contest will be announced, guest speaker: poet devorah major, former San Francisco Poet Laureate and author of califia's daughter, where river meets ocean, and other books, your attendance is required to claim your prize if you submitted poems for the contest and are announced as a winner, $20 admission, Benicia City Park, 150 Military West, Benicia, Noon PDT (More information here: www.coolpoetry.org/meetings.html)
  • Dominican University's MFA in Creative Writing Program presents "Writing and Drawing Gender," a lecture with Maia Kobabe, a nonbinary, queer author and illustrator, author of Gender Queer: A Memoir, winner of an Alex Award and a Stonewall Honor from the American Library Association in 2020, and listed as one of the most banned or challenged books in 2021 by The American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom, the talk will explore their graphic novel, the process of writing, pitching, and marketing it, and the effects of the book in the past three years, online via Zoom, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/maia-kobabe-creative-writing-event-tickets-333084874827)
  • Santa Monica Cultural Affairs presents six, free, creative writing workshops, held at the Annenberg Community Beach House, offered over the weekend: Saturday features "Intro to Poetry with Christopher Soto," "Lyrical Transformations: Poetry as Image and Movement with Jennifer Espinoza," and "Science Fiction: Creating New Worlds, Manifesting Liberation with Davia Spain," each workshop limited to twelve students, limit two workshops per person, write in a beautiful beach setting, free, in person at the Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/o/santa-monica-cultural-affairs-199424266)

5 JUNE 2022 — sunday

  • Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents "Poetry Picnic in the Park," featuring poets Terry Moore, Brad Buchanan, The Scars, Aligned, Nancy Aide Gonzalez, and Vlad P. Vlad, followed by an open mic reading, McKinley Park, between the soccer pitch and tennis courts, near 33rd and Park Way, Sacramento, free, Noon PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/events/1305751316610470)
  • Dominican University's MFA in Creative Writing Program presents "Writing for Health and Healing," beginning with the presentation "Apocalypse chocolate and crossing the river: A meditation on infection, community, and grief in a changing world," by Lise Saffron, health humanities scholar and creative writer, author of the novel Juno's Daughters, followed by a panel featuring novelist and medical anthropologist Claudia Morales, No Habrá Retorno, poet Susana Praver-Pérez, Hurricanes, Love Affairs, and Other Disasters, and poet Eliot Schain, The Distant Sound, discussing writing as a healing process, and concluding with a reading featuring all four writers, online via Zoom, free, 3:00-8:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-for-health-and-healing-tickets-338472519417)
  • Santa Monica Cultural Affairs presents six, free, creative writing workshops, held at the Annenberg Community Beach House, offered over the weekend: Saturday features "Intro to Poetry with Christopher Soto," "Lyrical Transformations: Poetry as Image and Movement with Jennifer Espinoza," and "Science Fiction: Creating New Worlds, Manifesting Liberation with Davia Spain," each workshop limited to twelve students, limit two workshops per person, write in a beautiful beach setting, free, in person at the Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/o/santa-monica-cultural-affairs-199424266)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents a reading commemorating Sisters Across Oceans, an anthology of a poetry exchange between West Africa, Hawaii, and California, with poet and activist Karla Brundage, founder of West Oakland to West Africa, and various contributing writers published in the book, online, free, 11:00 am-1:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2022/06/05/performance-sisters-across-oceans)
  • Come celebrate beloved Berkeley street poet Julia Vinograd (1943-2018), known as The Bubble Lady of Telegraph Avenue, a name she gained for blowing bubbles at the People's Park demonstrations in 1969, with a tribute screening of an excerpt from the in-progress documentary of her life and work, Julia Vinograd: Between Spirit and Stone, readings from her poems, and giant bubble blowing, in person at Strawberry Creek Park in front of The Hidden Café, Berkeley, free, 7:30-9:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/groups/JuliaVinograd)

6 JUNE 2022 — monday

  • Dominican University's MFA in Creative Writing Program presents "Writing in the Self-Conscious Anthropocene," a creative writing lecture and reading featuring poet and scholar Lynn Keller, Recomposing Ecopoetics, with a lecture on contemporary poetry, focusing on environmental poetry, and poet Forrest Gander, Be With, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, reading from his recent work, online via Zoom, free, 4:30-6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-in-the-self-conscious-anthropocene-tickets-320240075687)
  • Rivertown Poets celebrates their ninth anniversary with a reading featuring poets Terry Ehret, Night Sky Journey, and Nancy J. Morales, both translators of Plagios/Plagiarisms by Ulalume González de León, and poet Abby Bogomolny, People Who Do Not Exist, reading from her own poems, followed by an open mic, three-minutes per reader, maximum of twenty readers, hosted by poet and artist Sande Anfang, Xylem Highway, online, free, 6:15 pm PDT (RSVP to attend/sign up for the open mic: aqus.com/rivertownpoets)

7 JUNE 2022 — tuesday

  • Join poet and radio host Jack Foley, with longtime activist and poet Nina Serrano, for their weekly celebration of poetry and prose, kicking off the month of June with ruminations of current events and reflections of previous writings, listen online or broadcast 94.1 KPFA, 2:00 pm PDT (Listen here: kpfa.org/program/cover-to-cover)
  • The Booksmith presents San Francisco Chronicle columnist and novelist Vanessa Hua, A River of Stars, celebrating the launch of her new book, Forbidden City, in conversation with Oscar Villalon, managing editor of ZYZZYVA, in person at Urban School, 1563 Page Street, San Francisco, $31 ticket includes a signed copy of the book, 7:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.booksmith.com/event/vanessa-hua)
  • Fabulosa Books presents a celebration for Toni Mirosevich, Pink Harvest, in conversation with fiction writer Miah Jeffra, The Violence Almanac, to launch Toni Mirosevich's new short story collection, Spell Heaven and Other Stories, Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.fabulosabooks.com/eventsart.html)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents a reading featuring revolutionary poets Alejandro Murguía, Stray Poems, and Matt Sedillo, City on the Second Floor, joined in conversation by poet Michael Warr, Of Poetry & Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/06/07/performance-revolutionary-poets-alejandro-murguia-and-matt-sedillo)
  • Point Reyes Books presents essayist Emily Ogden, discussing her new book, On Not Knowing: How to Love and Other Essays, in conversation with Stephen Sparks, writer and owner of Point Reyes Books, online, free, 5:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.ptreyesbooks.com/event/emily-ogden-and-stephen-sparks)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring artist and poet Linda Ravenswood, Hymnal, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)

8 JUNE 2022 — wednesday

9 JUNE 2022 — thursday

  • San Francisco Public Library presents Kim Shuck's Poem Jam, a monthly reading led by San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, Exile Heart, this month celebrating LGBTQIA authors, featuring Tommi Avicolli Mecca, defying you still, Elaine C Brown, EK Keith, Ordinary Villains, and Dena Rod, Scattered Arils, in person, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-7:15 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/05/12/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam)
  • Books Inc. Alameda presents award-winning journalist and poet Patricia Caspers, In the Belly of the Albatross, reading from her new book, Some Flawed Magic, followed by a Q&A and book signing, Books Inc., 1344 Park Street, Alameda, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.booksinc.net/event/patricia-caspers-presents-some-flawed-magic-alameda)

10 JUNE 2022 — friday

  • Medicine for Nightmares presents a special reading in celebration of Cipota Under the Moon, a new collection by poet Claudia Castro Luna, former Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow, joined in reading by artist and writer Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, The Easy Body, & La Movida, and poet MK Chavez, Mothermorphosis, hosted by Leticia Hernandez-Linares, part of the San Francisco International Flor Y Canto Festival, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)

11 JUNE 2022 — saturday

  • Writers With Drinks presents a reading with best-selling novelist Kirstin Chen, Counterfeit, nonfiction writer and activist Julia Serano, Sexed Up: How Society Sexualized Us, and How We Can Fight Back, short story writer Jonathan Papernick, There Is No Other, and novelist and editor Shelly Oria, I Know What's Best for You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom, come for an evening of amazing writers tackling reproductive rights, consent, polyamory, and more, all proceeds will benefit a local nonprofit, The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, $5 to $20 sliding scale, no one turned away, 7:30-9:30 pm, doors open 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.writerswithdrinks.com)
  • Dominican University's MFA in Creative Writing Program presents "Editorial Vision and Making Books," a panel discussion with three editors on their work and the books they publish, featuring JK Fowler of Nomadic Press, CJ Evans of Two Lines Press, and Jennifer Joseph of Manic D Press, online via Zoom, free, 4:30-6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/editorial-vision-and-making-books-tickets-347442849917)
  • Speaking Axolotl, one of the Bay Area's longest running monthly Chicano/Latinx reading series, features Flor Y Canto poets Monica Zarazua, Yaccaira Salvatierra, Hector son of Hector, Fer De La Cruz, Jose-Hector Cadena, Ricardo Tavarez, Lourdes Figueroa, and Josiah Luis Alderete, curator and host of Speaking Axolotl, with open mic to follow, five open slots, sign ups available five minutes before the reading starts, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00-6:30 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents a reading featuring poets Stan Zumbiel, Hat Full of Leaves, and Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Alice in Ruby Slippers, finalist for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Book Awards, The Library of Musiclandria, 1219 S. Street, Sacramento, free, 4:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/events/314797550699128)

12 JUNE 2022 — sunday

  • Sausalito Books by the Bay presents a reading of short stories and recent poems by Tobey Hiller, Flight Advice: A Fabulary, and poet Kathleen McClung, A Juror Must Fold in on Herself, 2020 Rattle Chapbook Prize-winner, come for a wonderful afternoon of poems and stories, in person, Sausalito Books by the Bay, 100 Bay Street, Sausalito, 4:00 pm PDT (415/887-9967)
  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Rusty Morrison, Beyond the Chainlink, John Sibley Williams, Scale Model of a Country at Dawn, Cider Press Review Book Award-winner and The Drowning House, Elixir Press Poetry Award-winner, with Alexis Sears, Out of Order, Donald Justice Poetry Prize-winner, 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 Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium presents a reading with poets Nathan Xavier Osorio, The Last Town Before the Mojave, winner of the 2020 Poetry Society of America's 30 and Under Chapbook Fellowship, and Daniel B. Summerhill, Divine, Divine, Divine, Mausoleum of Flowers, online via Zoom, free, 2:00 pm PDT (Email: jfellguth@scbglobal.net for the Zoom link; more information here: www.facebook.com/events/1189333675157227/?ref=newsfeed)
  • Second Sunday Poetry Series presents a reading with poets Erin Redfern, No Ruined Stone, finalist for the 2022 Rilke Prize, Leonora Simonovis, Study of the Raft, winner of the Colorado Prize for Poetry, and Nancy Miller Gomez, Punishment, online, free, 3:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: secondsundayreadings.com)
  • Avenue 50 Gallery celebrates the launch of Dear Traveler, a new collection of poems, and a new edition of Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California, a history equal parts science and mythology, both by Susan Suntree, joining Suntree in a reading are poets Briana Muñoz, Everything is Returned to the Soil, Tom Laichas, Three Hundred Streets of Venice California, and A.K. Toney, in person, Avenue 50 Gallery, 151 North Avenue 50, Highland Park, Los Angeles, free, 2:00-4:00 pm PDT
  • Bird & Beckett Books and Records presents poet, novelist, and songwriter Lucien Zell, an expatriate American living in Prague, reading from his new poetry collection, Tiny Kites, joined by San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, Deer Trails, followed by Q&A, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, refreshments, free, 8:00-9:30 pm PDT (More information here: birdbeckett.com)

13 JUNE 2022 — monday

14 JUNE 2022 — tuesday

  • Coastside Poetry presents a reading featuring poet and musician Maxima Kahn, founder of Brilliant Playground and author of Fierce Aria, finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, online, free, 6:00-8:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: coastsidepoetry.org/current-features)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring T.A. Niles, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • Book Passage presents writer and actor Ryan O'Connell, star and writer of TV shows Special and Queer as Folk, discussing his new novel, Just by Looking at Him, a darkly comic and touching story about a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he grapples with addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly ableist world, in conversation with columnist Karley Sciortino, Slutever, online, free, 5:30 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/ryan-oconnell-karley-sciortino-just-looking-him-online-event)

15 JUNE 2022 — wednesday

  • Point Reyes Books presents a reading by contributors to Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology, featuring poets Tory Adkisson, Kazim Ali, Jenny Factor, Rae Gouirand, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Jason Wong (for Jim Nawrocki), Jacques J. Rancourt, Sam Sax, Ruth Schwartz, and Vanessa Angelica Villarreal, moderated by Michael Walsh, editor of the anthology, online, free, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.ptreyesbooks.com/event/queer-nature)
  • City Lights Books presents essayist Lars Horn, discussing their new collection, Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay, in conversation with novelist Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras, online, free, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)

16 JUNE 2022 — thursday

  • Join Catamaran in celebration of its Summer 2022 edition, the 37th issue of the quarterly magazine, featuring live readings from poets and writers published in the new edition, including Judith Barrington, Devika Brandt, Gregory Dunne, Peter Ferry, Gary Griggs, Kathryn Jordan, Eve Kahn, Jacob Anthony Moniz, Dion O'Reilly, Anele Rubin, Sonya Schneider, Zora Skelton, Christine Sneed, Christine Stroud, and Bill Zavatsky, enjoy an evening of incredible writers from all over the world, online, free, donations welcome, 5:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.crowdcast.io/e/catamaran-issue-37/register)
  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center celebrates a book launch for I Don't Think I Did This Right, a new anthology from the Thursday Night Poets of Wisconsin, a group of authors currently living with Aphasia and Traumatic Brain Injuries, co-founded by the Communication Sciences and Disorders department of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and poet Brendan Constantine, Bouncy Bounce, Dementia, My Darling, the reading and discussion will be hosted by Brendan Constantine and Dr. Jerry Hoepner, online via Zoom, free, 6:00-8:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry presents a reading featuring poet and novelist Diane Frank, While Listening to the Enigma Variations, Canon for Bears and Ponderosa Pines, with open mic to follow, hosted by blake more, Poet Laureate of Point Arena, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PDT (Email blake@snakelyone.com for the Zoom link, or to sign up for the open mic)
  • San Francisco Writing Institute presents "Generative Poetry," led by poet Hollie Hardy, How to Take a Bullet, and Other Survival Poems, winner of the annual Poetry Center Book Award in 2016, the workshop will meet for six-weeks, each week attendees will write together and take away multiple writing prompts, with the opportunity to share, for poets of any level who want to make time to write and are looking for community, runs June 16-June 21, online, $395, 5:30-7:30 pm PDT (Sign up here: sfwriting.institute/events/generative-poetry-class)
  • Come join the Poetry Night Reading Series at John Natsoulas Gallery, held every first and third Thursday of the month, with readings by featured authors, followed by an open mic, bring your poems, short stories, and songs to share, or come to listen, limit five-minutes per performance, hosted by Davis Poet Laureate Dr. Andy Jones, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First Street, Davis, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.natsoulas.com/poetry-night)
  • Mechanics' Institute presents "Bloomsday-Ulysses 100," a city-wide celebration of the 100th anniversary of James Joyce's acclaimed novel Ulysses, a two-part event, beginning at Noon with a virtual literary tribute by Catherine Flynn, author of The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes, in conversation with Judith Gurewich and Joan Tarrida, co-publishers of Ulysses: An Illustrated Edition, featuring illustrations by Spanish neo-figurative artist Eduardo Arroyo (1937-2018), followed in the evening by a community celebration of performances, music, and live readings, featuring musicians Anne Bingham, Eamonn Flynn, and Jason Pollack, and actors Bruce Bierman, John Ilyin, Esther Mulligan, and Simon Winheld, the literary tribute is free and online, the in-person evening performances are $15 members, $20 general admission, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, Noon PDT, 5:00-7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.milibrary.org/events/bloomsday-ulysses-100-celebration-two-events-1200-virtual-literary-tribute-500-pm-onsite-jun)

17 JUNE 2022 — friday

18 JUNE 2022 — saturday

  • California Writers Club, Berkeley Branch, honors its members who have published new titles in the past year, featuring Francine Howard, Scattered Seeds, Amarjit Kaur Pannu, Splintered Waters, Terry Tierney, Lucky Ride, Jessi Honard and Marie Parks, Unrelenting, Randall McNair, Last Call: Book Three of the Bar Poems Series, Cecilia Johansen, The Captain and the Lady, Vivian Pisano, Living in Two Worlds, Gary Durbin, Sentient, Kristen Caven and Dr. Louise Hart, The Winning Family: Where No One Has to Lose, and Lily MacKenzie, A Canadian Girl Grows Up, come join this celebration of insightful and engaging writers, showcasing a variety of literary genres, including historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, nonfiction, and poetry, each author will read from their work and answer one question, moderated by Sandy Bliss, online via Zoom, free, 2:00 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81524698089)
  • Beyond Baroque presents poet Carol Potter, celebrating the launch of her new book What Happens Next is Anyone's Guess, winner of the 2021 Pacific Poetry Series, in conversation with poets Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge, Mariano Zaro, Decoding Sparrows, and Suzanne Lummis, Open 24 Hours, winner of the Blue Poetry Prize, in person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:00-10:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)

19 JUNE 2022 — sunday

  • Book Passage presents a special presentation of Black writers and activists sharing their reflections on Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the emancipation of those enslaved in the United States, featuring readings by award-winning actor and author Brian Copeland, Not a Genuine Black Man, playwright and novelist Kia Corthron, The Moon and the Mars, artist and writer Anita Gail Jones, The Peach Seed, novelist Aya de León, A Spy in the Struggle, educator and nonfiction writer Jarvis R. Givens, Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching, novelist Robert Jones, Jr., The Prophets, finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction, nonfiction writer Julie Lythcott-Haims, How to Raise an Adult, law professor and writer Rhonda V. Magee, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness, author Anna Malaika-Tubbs, The Three Mothers, novelist Jason Mott, Hell of a Book, activist Zach Norris, Defund Fear, minister and essayist Danté Stewart, Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle, activist Larry Ward, America's Racial Karma, and physician and writer September Williams, Chasing Mercury, moderated by Paula Farmer, online, free, 4:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/special-juneteenth-panel-event-book-passage-online-event)
  • Marin Poetry Center presents their 2022 Traveling Show, a multi-reading summer poetry event where members perform their own work, this Part 2 features poets Dale Jensen, Some Coffeehouse Poems, Judy Wells, Dear Phebe: The Dickinson Sisters Go West, Raphael Block, D. Jayne McPherson, Orphan at the Well, and Tracy Jones, online via Zoom, free, 3:00-4:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: marinpoetrycenter.org/events)

20 JUNE 2022 — monday

21 JUNE 2022 — tuesday

  • Loose Lips Reading Series presents poets Carl Marcum, Cue Lazarus, A Camera Obscura, and David Oliveira, Still Life with Coffee, talented poets read at this quarterly reading series, with the support of the Ventura County Poetry Project, online via Zoom, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (More information here: www.pw.org/literary_events/loose_lips_poetry_reading_1)

22 JUNE 2022 — wednesday

  • Medicine for Nightmares hosts Pride in Words, an LGBTQ+ reading and open mic, featuring artists and poets LD Green, Caleb Luna, Revenge Body, Roberto F. Santiago, Like Sugar, James J. Siegel, The God of San Francisco, and Mimi Tempestt, the monumental misrememberings, followed by an open mic, eight available slots, three-minutes per reader, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • The Green Arcade presents San Francisco poet and bookseller Beau Beausoleil, co-editor of Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, reading from his new book, Another Way Home, a beautiful collection that is, from the author, "an interior re-orientation of my personal landscape and a fragmentary meditation on my own mortality," in person, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30 pm PDT (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)

23 JUNE 2022 — thursday

  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Lubna Safi, Your Blue and the Quiet Lament, Walt McDonald First Book Poetry Prize-winner, and Leila Chatti, Deluge and , The Mothers: Poems in Conversation & A Conversation, co-authored with Dorianne Laux, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: please click here; you will receive an email with a link to join the reading)
  • Community of Writers presents a benefit poetry reading featuring an incredible lineup of award-winning poets: Camille Dungy, Suck on the Marrow, winner of the Northern California book award, Robert Hass, Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005, winner of the 2007 National Book Award, Brenda Hillman, White Dress, Major Jackson, The Absurd Man, Ada Limón, The Carrying, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, Sharon Olds, Strike Sparks, and Matthew Zapruder, The Pajamaist, reading from published and unpublished work, books will be available for sale and signing after the reading, all proceeds benefit the 2023 Scholarship Fund, $25 general admission, $30 at the door, $15 student ticket with ID, $20 without ID, proof of vaccination required for entry, in person at Bar One at The Olympic House-Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, also available to watch as a live stream online , 7:30 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.wildboundlive.com/events/poetryreading)
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents best-selling author Nina LaCour, winner of the Michael L. Printz award and author of Watch Over Me, among others, discussing her new book, Yerba Buena, a love story centered around two women as their pasts collide and threaten to pull them apart, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, free, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/nina-lacour)
  • Mechanics' Institute Library, in conjunction with City Lights Books, presents Leila Mottley, 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate, discussing her debut novel, Nightcrawling, a dazzling story about a young Black woman living in Oakland as she clashes against the failures of its justice system, in conversation with novelist Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, The Revisioners, winner of the 2020 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, sliding scale admission, no one turned away due to lack of funds, in person, Mechanics' Institute Library, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • City Lights Books, in conjunction with the Mechanics' Institute Library, presents Leila Mottley, the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate, discussing her debut novel, Nightcrawling, a dazzling story about a young Black woman living in Oakland as she runs up against the failures of its justice system, in conversation with novelist Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, The Revisioners, winner of the 2020 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, in person at the Mechanics' Institute Library, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, sliding scale admission, no one turned away due to lack of funds, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Writers Read presents artist and poet Annette Makino, Water and Stone: Ten Years of Art and Haiku, followed by an open mic reading, Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events)

24 JUNE 2022 — friday

  • Beyond Baroque presents the exhibition Telepathic Evanescence: Collaborative Artworks by Will Alexander and Byron Baker, a series of paintings featuring the spontaneous creative exchange between Los Angeles multidisciplinary artists Will Alexander and Byron Baker, the opening includes the exhibition, a reading of Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry collection by Will Alexander, and a panel discussion with Alexander, Baker, poet Carlos Lara, The Green Record, and poet and prose writer Harold Abramowitz, Dear Dearly Departed, in person, Mike Kelley Gallery, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 6:00-10:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)

25 JUNE 2022 — saturday

26 JUNE 2022 — sunday

  • Bay Area Poets Coalition presents a special Zoom reading featuring poet Sally Love Saunders, Fresh Bread, and friends, hosted by John Rowe, online, free, 11:00 am PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/84108139221?pwd=TkNrR0srbHh6SUZiZk1zOE1KenNHZz09)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by short story writer James M. Lecuyer, Duck Lessons, Richard Silberg, Associate Editor of Poetry Flash, and Steven Rood, Naming the Wind, Omnidawn Publishers, 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)
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring poet and editor Christopher Buckley, Naming the Lost: The Fresno Poets), with open mic to follow, hosted by poet Phil Taggart, free, online via Zoom, 6:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.facebook.com/venturacountypoetry)

27 JUNE 2022 — monday

  • Skylight Books presents nonfiction author Ada Calhoun, St. Marks Is Dead, discussing her latest book, Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me, a memoir exploring her father's unfinished biography of the poet Frank O'Hara, blending literary history with her own complicated relationship with her father, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-ada-calhoun-presents-also-poet)
  • Independent Writers of Southern California present a discussion about the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion for writers, featuring a panel of writers and publishers including screenwriter and author Sherly Benko, The Last of Will, best-selling author William Bernhardt, Primary Justice, poet and educator M.J. Fievre, Badass Black Girl: Questions, Quotes, and Affirmations for Teens, actor Mikki Hernandez, activist and writer Angela Shanté Johnson, The Noisy Classroom, and literary agent Amanda Orozco, moderated by Desireé Duffy, founder of The BookFest, Books That Make You, and Black Château, free for members, $20 for nonmembers, online via Zoom, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: iwosc.org/events/what-todays-writers-need-to-know-about-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-writing-and-reading-communities/?mc_cid=50be774e4e&mc_eid=e06ddcb7e3)
  • San Diego Writers, Ink, presents a reading from A Year in Ink, Volume 15, the latest edition of the annual anthology of San Diego County writers, featuring numerous genres of writing, including short stories, novel excerpts, poetry, creative nonfiction, and satire, come for a celebration of local writers in the San Diego community, in person, Lightbox Theater at Liberty Station, 2590 Truxtun Road, #205, San Diego, $10, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.sandiegowriters.org/2022-06-27-in-person-a-year-in-ink-volume-15-anthology-reading)

28 JUNE 2022 — tuesday

  • Come join the 2021-22 Poets Underground/San Diego Poetry Annual open reading, all authors, fans of literary arts, and poets looking to publish are welcome, with special guests poet and novelist Kazim Ali, Inquisition, poet Alana Contreras-Rodríguez, and publicist and poet Susan J. Farese, hosted by SDPA publisher Anthony Blacksher, sign up for the open reading by email at mkklam@gmail.com or by text (619) 957-3264, in person, Amplified Ale Works, East Village, 1429 Island Avenue, San Diego, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: poetryandartsd.com/2022/06/13/sdpa-anthology-open-reading-special-guests-kazim-ali-ant-black-susan-j-farese-and-alana-contreras-rodriguez)
  • Lyrics & Dirges, a monthly reading series featuring both prominent and emerging poets in the Bay Area, presents poets Julian Trinetizen and Keith Donnell Jr., The Move, hosted by poets MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, online via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 7:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/lyricsdirges)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring BJ Ward, Jackleg Opera: Collected Poems, 1990-2013, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)

29 JUNE 2022 — wednesday

30 JUNE 2022 — thursday

  • Skylight Books presents fiction writer and cartoonist Lydia Conklin discussing their new book, Rainbow Rainbow, a collection of stories celebrating queer and trans experience through uncertain identities and queer joy, in conversation with short story writer Claire Vaye Watkins, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, in person, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-lydia-conklin-presents-rainbow-rainbow-claire-vaye-watkins)
  • City Lights Books presents translators Ali Kinsella and Zenia Tompkins, celebrating the book Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories, a rich collection of contemporary Ukrainian literature, edited by Kinsella and Tompkins, all proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Green Apple Books presents best-selling novelist Lidia Yuknavitch, The Book of Joan, discussing her new book, Thrust, a story of a girl living in the late twenty-first century who has the ability to travel through time with the power of meaningful objects, with essayist Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias, winner of the Whiting Award for Nonfiction and the Northern California Book Award, in person, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-lidia-yuknavitch-esm%C3%A9-weijun-wang)

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