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1 JUNE 2023 — thursday

  • Book talk with Tania Malik, Three Bargains, on her new novel, Hope You Are Satisfied, about a rinky-dink tour guide company in 1990s Dubai, as war looms from the first Gulf War, in conversation with novelist Ann Harleman, A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 La Salle Avenue, Oakland, free, 7:00 pm PDT (www.ggpbooks.com)
  • Bird & Beckett presents a reading with featured poets Bill Vartnaw, Kit Fox Blues, and Jack Crimmins, Sonoma County Poet Laureate emeritus and author of The Nile to the Milky Way, followed by an open mic, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: birdbeckett.com)

2 JUNE 2023 — friday

  • Beyond Baroque presents a What Books Press reading, featuring poet Gail Wronsky, author of The Stranger You Are, with art by Gronk, painter, printmaker, and member of the Chicano multimedia arts collective ASCO; ash good, us clumsy gods; and Jan Wesley, Only So Much, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm-9:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)

3 JUNE 2023 — saturday

  • Poetry Flash and Something About the Blue Organizing Committee presents "Something About the Blues: A Tribute to Al Young, (1939-2021)," featured presenters include Ishmael Reed, California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, RSVP required: info@poetryflash.org, in person, refreshments, Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, free, 2:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
  • Clearly Meant presents poet and essayist Linda Lancione, The Taste of Blood, reading her poems, followed by an interview and discussion, Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library, 2940 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, free, 2:00-3:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/events/clearly-meant-presents-linda-lancione-poetry-reading-interview)
  • Marin Poetry Center presents their Summer Traveling Show 2023, featuring poets Tobey Hiller, Kathryn Jordan, Sandy White, Carol Dorf, Collette Sell, Patti Trimble, Siân Killingsworth, hosted by Sandra Cross, Stinson Beach Library, 3521 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, free, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm PDT (More information here: marinpoetrycenter.org)
  • Rivertown Poets presents the 96th Annual Poets' Dinner, with featured speaker David Alpaugh, Seeing the There There, followed by award presentations, the poets' books will be for sale throughout the afternoon, hosted by poet Sandra Anfang, please bring your own lunch and a chair if you wish to sit, Benicia City Park, 1149 1st Street, Benicia, free, Noon-4:00 pm PDT (For more information, email: rivertownpoet@gmail.com)
  • Beyond Baroque presents "Dear Cairo…my dear Cairo," a multi-media performance by artist and children's book author Zeena M. Pliska, featuring photos, videos, a soundscape of Cairo, Egyptian pop music, and a reading of Egyptian Lullaby, a children's book by Pliska, free, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)

4 JUNE 2023 — sunday

  • Bazaar Writers Salon presents a poetry reading by Heather Bourbeau, Monarch, Jalen Eutsey, and Mukethe Kawinzi, saanens, nubians, one lamancha, winner of the Quarterly West Chapbook Contest, hosted by poet Peter Kline, Mirrorforms, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/BazaarWritersSalon)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents novelist Christopher Castellani, The Saint of Lost Things, discussing his new book, Leading Men, set in the literary and film circles of 1950s Italy, followed by a Q&A, Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial, 1 Jose Sarria Court, San Francisco, and online, free, 3:30-4:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2023/06/04/author-christopher-castellani-leading-men)
  • Skylight Books celebrates the launch of Issue VIII of Exposition Review, an independent, multi-genre literary journal, with a reading featuring contributors Ishan Dylan, Max Tachis, LaVie Saad, Lisa Eve Cheby, Vincent Terrell Durham, Bree Bailey, Zac Picker, and Kristen Huizar, free, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 5:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-exposition-review-launches-issue-viii)
  • Bird & Beckett presents a poetry reading by Katherine J. Williams, Still Life, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 3:00 pm PDT (More information here: birdbeckett.com)
  • California Writers Club presents "How to Write Punchy Dialogue," a workshop led by poet and novelist Terry Tierney, The Poet's Garage, The Bridge on Beer River, the workshop focuses on techniques to write dialogue and learn about topics such as oral tradition, revealing character and plot, and inner dialogue, online, $20 for members, $35 general admission, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-write-punchy-dialogue-tickets-607825100237?aff=erelpanelorg)

5 JUNE 2023 — monday

  • Odd Mondays presents a celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month with a reading by queer authors Ajuan Mance, Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Tell the Rest, and Miah Jeffra, The Violence Almanac, finalist for the Grace Paley Book Prize, Bethany Methodist Church, 1270 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm-8:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/OddMondays)
  • Rivertown Poets presents an in-person reading to celebrate their ten-year anniversary, featuring poets Rebecca Patrascu, Before Noon, and Gwynn O'Gara, Sonoma County Poet Laureate emerita and author of Sea Cradles, followed by an open mic, three-minutes per reader, Aqus Café, 189 H Street, Petaluma, free, 6:15 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/RivertownPoetsAMuseingMondays)

6 JUNE 2023 — tuesday

  • The Green Arcade presents a reading with The Page Poets of FMSBW Press, featuring Lauren Caldwell, Other Scavengers, Jesse Holwitz, Cueonia, and Cynthia Randolph, In the Museum of Hunting and Nature, all reading from new work, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet Sunayna Pal, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)

7 JUNE 2023 — wednesday

  • Book Passage presents poet, novelist, and essayist Luis Alberto Urrea, The Devil's Highway, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, discussing his new novel, Good Night, Irene, a powerful story about Red Cross women during World War II, Book Passage, 51 Tama Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.bookpassage.com/urrea23)
  • Alameda Island Poets presents a reading featuring youth poets Xander Timmons, 2022 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate finalist, 2023 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate finalists Nairobi Williese Barnes, Ella Gordon, Isabel Park, and Maya Raveneau-Bey, Miranda Massie, Poet Laureate of St. Joseph's of Notre Dame, Ellie Dodds, Alameda Community Learning Center high school poet laureate emeritus, and ACLC Poets Laureate emerita Olivia Siva, Truly Edison, Phoenix McCain-Novakowski, Mae Spiegel, and James Moore, followed by an open mic, hosted by Kimi Sugioka, Cathy Dana, and Betsy Norris, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/88484893144?pwd=anRqZStWcXpNNlVhRHpmaFp3SnloZz09)

8 JUNE 2023 — thursday

  • Beyond Baroque presents a reading of new work from contributors to ADI Magazine's inaugural issue, Omens, featuring K-Ming Chang, Gods of Want, Ruxandra Guidi, Cynthia Dewi Oka, A Tinderbox in Three Acts, Taz Ahmed, Mahtem Shiferraw, Your Body Is War, and Jason Magabo Perez, co-presented with Kaya Press, emceed by D'Lo, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (More information here: www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Alameda Island Poets presents a poetry workshop led by Emmanuel Williams, Senecio, the workshop will focus on generating poems through traditional literary techniques as well as playing with imagination and perspective, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/86792163258?pwd=Z0NlODEyTUtQNW53dys3K3BCVHRzZz09)
  • The Green Arcade presents a reading by poets Susan Gevirtz, Burns, Evan Kennedy, Metamorphoses: City Lights Spotlight No. 22, and Syd Staiti, Seldom Approaches, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)
  • Bird & Beckett presents "Beasts, McRedeye, and Homage to Ithaca," a poetry reading featuring Art Goodtimes, Dancing on Edge: The McRedeye Poems, Denise Low, Kansas Poet Laureate emerita and author of A Casino Bestiary, and Art Beck, Angel Rain, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: birdbeckett.com)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents the monthly Poem Jam, led by San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, What Unseen Thing Blows Wishes Across My Surface, featuring writers associated with Beast Crawl, Oakland's beloved literary arts festival, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-7:15 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2023/06/08/author-kim-shucks-poem-jam-celebrates-beast-crawl)
  • The San Francisco Public Library celebrates World Oceans Day with a reading by Bay Area poets, reading from recent work inspired by oceans and their connections to the sea, North Beach Library, Community Room, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 2:00-3:30 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2023/06/08/performance-poets-speak-world-oceans-day)

9 JUNE 2023 — friday

  • Blue Light at the Gallery presents a reading of southern California poets, featuring Phil Taggart, Walking the Dog in a Time of Rage, Marsha de la O, Antidote for Night, winner of the 2015 Isabella Gardner Award, and Christopher Buckley, One Sky to the Next, winner of the Longleaf Press Book Prize, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com for the Zoom link)
  • Village Well presents an open mic reading, open mic performances must be family-friendly, part of a monthly reading series every second Friday of the month, Village Well Books and Coffee, 9900 Culver Blvd., Culver City, free, 7:00 pm PDT

10 JUNE 2023 — saturday

  • Marin Poetry Center presents their Summer Traveling Show 2023, featuring poets Dale Jensen, Judy Wells, Peter N. Carroll, Angie Minkin, Judy Bertelsen, Deborah Dashow Ruth, John Hart, hosted by Ann Huang, online, free, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm PDT (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/85944694781; More information here: marinpoetrycenter.org)
  • Left Margin LIT presents "Craft and the Creative Life: How to Find Your Writing Community," a panel discussion focusing on San Francisco's rich literary community and the importance of finding your own writing community for inspiration and feedback, featuring poet Kelliane Parker, Down the Foggy Streets of My Mind; poet David Roderick, Blue Colonial; winner of the APR/Honickman Prize; Shizue Seigel, director of Write Now! SF Bay; poet and playwright Aimee Suzara, Souvenir; novelist Shruti Swamy, The Archer, winner of the California Book Award; moderated by short story writer Olga Zilberbourg, Like Water and Other Stories, part of San Francisco's literary festival Litquake, The American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, $20 ticket includes one complimentary drink at Craft and the Creative Life Happy Hour, 11:00 am-12:30 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.litquake.org)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents "Day Dreamers Poetry Showcase," from RichOak Events, the organizing body behind the Berkeley Slam and the Oakland Slam, featuring Ashley Pugh, Esperanza Cabrales, and Michael "Mic" Ting, Novelty, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • Beyond Baroque presents a live reading and interpretation of "What is Power" from The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey, a former director of Beyond Baroque, facilitated by artist Renée Petropoulos, Among Nations (Mostly), the third of a series of Table Readings which Dewey directed for over twelve years; part of the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project, no prior knowledge of the text is necessary for the event, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 11:00 am PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/table-reading-what-is-power-tickets-648328226177?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)

11 JUNE 2023 — sunday

  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Mary Mackey, Creativity: Where Poems Begin, and Judy Wells, Night at the Musée d'Orsay: Poems of Paris & Other Great European Cities, in person, 2727 California Street, a Cooperative Art Gallery, Berkeley, free, 3:00 pm PDT (www.2727.today).
  • Second Sunday Readings presents poets Amanda Moore, Requeening, and Chloe Martinez, Corner Shrine, hosted by curator Siân Killingsworth, online via Zoom, registration is free and required for attendance, 3:00 pm PDT (More information here: secondsundayreadings.com)

12 JUNE 2023 — monday

13 JUNE 2023 — tuesday

  • Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake, a twice monthly reading series, featuring Paul Corman-Roberts, Bone Moon Palace, Cassandra Dallett, Wet Reckless, Jenny Qi, Focal Point, winner of the 2020 Steel Toe Books Poetry Prize, Shilpa Kamat, Saraswati Takes Back the Alphabet, finalist for the Gloria Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, and Sara Biel, Prescribed Burn, curated by poet Karla Brundage, Swallowing Watermelons, Jessie Square, Yerba Buena Gardens, 760 Mission Street, San Francisco, free, 12:30 pm-1:30 pm PDT (More information here: ybgfestival.org/events)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet George Bilgere, The White Museum, winner of the Autumn House Poetry Prize, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)

14 JUNE 2023 — wednesday

  • College of Marin presents "Poetry Writing Master Class," a workshop led by poet Thomas Centolella, Almost Human, winner of the Dorset Prize, attendees will discuss notable poems and examine poetic forms, including revision, $119, runs six sessions, June 14-July 19, online via Zoom, 2:10 pm-5:00 pm PDT (Enroll here: marincommunityed.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=5811&int_category_id=2&int_sub_category_id=10&int_catalog_id=0)
  • A poetry reading by Stewart Florsheim, Amusing the Angels, Gail Newman, Blood Memory, and reader and host Richard Silberg, The Horses: New and Selected Poems, refreshments, Temple Sinai, Albers Chapel, entrance is on Webster Street, just north of 28th Street beside the parking lot, "2808 Summit" is written above the door, several blocks east of Telegraph Avenue, no driving entry from Broadway, Oakland, free, 7:00 PDT (Phil Rubin, 510/547-8080; www.oaklandsinai.org)
  • Beyond Baroque and Gagosian Gallery present a reading and conversation between poets Jerome Rothenberg and Charles Bernstein, two prominent figures at the forefront of radical poetics, they will explore themes inspired by the work of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, such as Jewish mysticism and global poetics in response to the Holocaust, while inside Kiefer's exhibition Exodus, Gagosian at Marciano Art Foundation, 4357 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 6:30 pm PDT (More information here: www.beyondbaroque.org)

15 JUNE 2023 — thursday

  • Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz presents a reading by Mark Sanford Gross, poet, radio host, and former Washington Post journalist, the reading will begin with improv jazz, followed by an open mic with musical accompaniment, Point Arena Community Center, 40 School Street, Point Arena, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.artsmendocino.org/event/third-thursday-poetry-jazz-at-shindig)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents "Speaking Axolotl," a monthly Latinx/Chicanx reading series every third Thursday of the month, this month featuring writers from the Flor y Canto Literary Festival, with special guests Colectivo CalleSon, ten-slot open mic, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, and online via Zoom, free, 8:10 pm-10:10 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)

16 JUNE 2023 — friday

  • The Mechanics' Institute invites you to celebrate Bloomsday, an annual world-wide celebration of James Joyce's groundbreaking novel Ulyssess, set entirely on one day, June 16, 1904, the evening will feature Irish music, open mic readings, and musical interludes and songs by Anne Bingham Goess and Ellen Hoffman, with singers and actors John Ilyin, Esther Mulligan, and Simon Winheld, a Bloomsday Dessert will be served and drinks will be available for purchase, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, $10 for members, $15 general admission, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.milibrary.org/events/bloomsday-2023-jun-16-2023)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents a reading by the poets who put together this year's Flor y Canto Festival, featuring Yaccaira Salvatierra, Maria Guerrero, Lourdes Figueroa, Vuelta, Josiah Luis Alderete, Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos, and hector son of hector, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00 pm-5:55 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • Medicine for Nightmares, with the Before Columbus Foundation, presents a reading by poet Victor Hernández Cruz, one of the founders of the Before Columbus Foundation and author of numerous collections including Guayacan and Red Beans, part of the San Francisco Flor y Canto Literary Festival, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 8:00 pm-9:30 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)

17 JUNE 2023 — saturday

  • Come celebrate Hi-Desert Pride with the Desert Split Open Mic reading, share beautiful and bold words from LGBTQ+ writers, either your own or a writer you admire, six-minutes per reader, Beatnik Lounge, 61597 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, free, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm PDT (More information here: susanrukeyser.com/the-desert-split-open)
  • Green Apple Books and San Francisco Botanical Garden present "Books on the Garden, In Our Nature: Queer Work in the Garden," featuring poets Amanda Gunn, Dan Lau, Lauren Parker, Dena Roda, sam sax, and Mimi Tempestt, a Pride Month reading celebrating the rich and beautiful intersection of nature and queer identity, Garden of Fragrance, San Francisco Botanical Garden, 1199 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm PDT (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com)
  • SOLD OUT: Beyond Baroque presents Susan Hayden, host of the award-winning monthly literary series Library Girl, celebrating the launch of her new book, Now You Are a Missing Person, a lyrical memoir about the disappearing landscape of the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles, and how they influenced her life and writing, joined in reading by poets S.A. Griffin, Pandemic Soul Music, and Michael C Ford, Populated Wilderness, and musical performance by The Prickly Pair, an angsty Americana duo consisting of Irene Greene and Mason Summit, book signing to follow the reading, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 7:00-8:30 pm PDT (More information here: www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Marin Poetry Center presents their Summer Traveling Show 2023, featuring poets Dotty LeMieux, Tamam Kahn, Katherine Crawford, Raphael Block, Patricia Nelson, Francesca Bell, Jeanne Santangelo and MPC Youth Ambassador Cade Palmer, hosted by Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş, Novato Library, 1720 Novato Blvd., Novato, free, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm PDT (More information here: marinpoetrycenter.org)
  • Saint Mary's College of California Creative Writing Program presents the "Odes to Our Undoing Reading Series," celebrating Odes to Our Undoing: Writers Reflecting on Crisis, an anthology conceived and edited by MFA students during the height of the pandemic, featuring Siavash Saadlou, Carol Dorf, Julie L. Moore, Klein Voorhees, Maya Alexandria, L.A. Johnson, and Elizabeth Riley, Zoom, free, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm PDT (More information here: tinyurl.com/SMCMFA-odes-to-our-undoing)
  • 3rd Saturday Poetry features a reading by Nina Serrano and Scott Bird, plus open mic, Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Place, Chinatown neighborhood, San Francisco, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm PDT (www.theclarionsf.org)

18 JUNE 2023 — sunday

  • The San Francisco Public Library presents historian Louis Niebur, Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, discussing his new book, Menergy: San Francisco's Gay Disco Sound, which follows the birth of high energy dance music in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood and its influence on gay liberation, in conversation with sociologist James Gamson, Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys of Kinship, James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00-3:00 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2023/06/18/author-louis-niebur-discusses-menergy-san-franciscos-gay-disco-sound)

19 JUNE 2023 — monday

20 JUNE 2023 — tuesday

  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet Elyse Hart, Poems for Squares, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents Zinething, a monthly LGBTQ zine-making meetup, come to make and learn about zines, co-presented by SF Zine Fest and the Hormel LGTQIA Center, open to new and experienced zine-makers, every third Tuesday of the month, Martin Paley Conference Room, San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2023/06/20/activity-zinething)

21 JUNE 2023 — wednesday

22 JUNE 2023 — thursday

  • Poetry Flash presents a reading celebrating the publication of Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master, readers include poets Eric Gudas, David Shaddock, and Anat Silvera, the poet's daughter, in person, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
  • Beyond Baroque presents a reading by Sun & Moon Press authors, featuring Rebecca Goodman, Forgotten Night, Wendy Walker, The Camperdown Elm, Stacey Levine, The Girl with Brown Fur, and Martin Nakell, Consciousness, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Green Apple Books, in partnership with the Center for the Art of Translation, presents novelist Dorothy Tse, celebrating the English language release of her novel Owlish, a stunning exploration of life under an oppressive regime, joined by Natascha Bruce, who translated the book from the Chinese, 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)

23 JUNE 2023 — friday

  • Beyond Baroque presents poet Alice Fulmer, celebrating her debut collection, Faunalia, joined by poets jimmy vega and Doris Rubio, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.beyondbaroque.org)

24 JUNE 2023 — saturday

  • Beyond Baroque presents "Pyroclastic Divination," a reading with poets Madhur Anand, Parasitic Observations, and Will Alexander, Divine Blue Light, both will read new and selected work, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • "A Bert Meyers Tribute," part of Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library, the reading, by poets Amy Gerstler, co-editor Dana Levin, Maurya Simon, and Bert Meyer's son Daniel Meyers, celebrates the publication of Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master, edited by Dana Levin and Adele Elise Williams, Claremont Helen Renwick Public Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, Claremont, 2:00 pm PDT (909/621-4902, lacountylibrary.org/claremont-library)
  • Marin Poetry Center presents their Summer Traveling Show 2023, featuring poets Robin Lee, Lucia Coppola, Kimberly Nunes, Karen Poppy, Dave Holt, Linda Enders, Carol Griffin, Sandy White, Elaine Fletcher Chapman, Sandy Scull, hosted by Dotty LeMieux,
  • Saint Mary's College of California Creative Writing Program presents the "Odes to Our Undoing Reading Series," celebrating Odes to Our Undoing: Writers Reflecting on Crisis, an anthology conceived and edited by students in the MFA program during the height of the pandemic, readers to be announced, Zoom, free, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm PDT (More information here: tinyurl.com/SMCMFA-odes-to-our-undoing)

25 JUNE 2023 — sunday

  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Gail Rudd Entrekin, Walking Each Other Home, and Elizabeth C. Herron, In the Cities of Sleep, in person, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
  • Village Poets presents a reading by poets Lois P. Jones, Night Ladder, finalist for the Julie Suk Award and the Lascaux Poetry Prize, and William O'Daly, The New Gods, with two open mic segments, Bolton Hall Museum, 10110 Commerce Ave, Tujunga, Los Angeles, suggested donation of $5 per person, 4:30 pm PDT (More information here: villagepoets.blogspot.com)
  • Beyond Baroque presents "Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master," featured readers include Dana Levin, Adele Williams, Ari Sherman, and Bert Meyers's son Daniel Meyers, register through Eventbrite, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm PDT (More information here: beyondbaroque.org)
  • LA Artcore presents "Water Remembers," a poetry performance featuring artist and poet Cindy Rinne, The Feather Ladder, joined by poets Toti O'Brien, Pages of a Broken Diary, Lois P. Jones, Night Ladder, William O'Daly, The New Gods, Alicia Viguer-Espert, Out of the Blue Womb of the Sea, and Thelma T. Reyna, Dearest Papa: A Memoir in Poems, LA Artcore, 120 Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles, free, Noon-1:30 pm PDT (More information here: laartcore.org)
  • Poetry at Bell Arts presents a reading by Jan Wesley, Only So Much, and Alís Morris Soto, the undoing, followed by an open mic, hosted by Jeanette Clough, Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, and online via Zoom, free, 4:00 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600)

26 JUNE 2023 — monday

27 JUNE 2023 — tuesday

  • Poetry reading by Sean Colletti, Saeculum and Caleigh Tupy, followed by an open mic, hosted by Phil Taggart, EP Foster Library, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, and online via Zoom, free, 6:30 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet David Judah Oliver, inaugural Poet Laureate of Pomona, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • A special poetry reading by Jerry Garcia, Trumpets in the Sky, and Fernando Salinas, Toxic Masculinity, part of Harry's Poetry Hour, hosted by acclaimed actor and poet Harry Northup, online via Zoom, free, 1:00 pm PDT (Zoom link here: mptf.zoom.us/j/86032964290?pwd=UjNSMnhJMjNQekVZcHV1WUpacDJLdz09)
  • Beyond Baroque presents "Begin at the Palace of Zero," an reading with featured poets Dana Levin, Now Do You Know Where You Are, F. Douglas Brown, ICON, and Natalie Graham, Poet Laureate of Orange County and author of Begin with a Failed Body, all three will read from recent collections and new work, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org)

28 JUNE 2023 — wednesday

  • Skylight Books presents "Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master," featured readers include Dana Levin, Victoria Chang, Amy Gerstler, and Bert Meyers's son Daniel Meyers, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: skylightbooks.com)

29 JUNE 2023 — thursday

  • Bird & Beckett presents a reading with featured poets Angie Minkin, Balm for the Living, Kevin Dublin, Eulogy: A Poem Composed While Feeding My Father During Gunsmoke, Heather Saunders Estes, All In Measure: A Book of Hours 2020-2022, and Robin Michel, Beneath a Strawberry Night Sky, forthcoming from Raven & Wren Press, with special guest Magic Dan, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm PDT (More information here: birdbeckett.com)

30 JUNE 2023 — friday


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