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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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