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18 MAY 2021 — tuesday

• Cobalt Poets presents poet Judith Camann, 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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• Book Passage presents novelist Chris Whitaker (Tall Oaks), discussing his new novel, We Begin at the End, free, online, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/book-passage-presents-chris-whitaker-we-begin-end-online-event)
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19 MAY 2021 — wednesday

• City Lights Books presents novelist Aminatta Forna (Ancestor Stones, The Memory of Love) discussing her new book, The Window Seat: Notes From a Life in Motion, a collection of new and previously published essays about displacement, community, and how humanity co-exists (or not) with the non-human world, in conversation with nonfiction writer Eula Biss (Having and Being Had), free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3790)
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• Red Hen Press presents a reading and conversation featuring poets Judy Grahn, Touching Creatures Touching Spirit, Kim Stafford, Singer Come From Afar, and Gary Lemons, Original Grace, discussing their new collections from Red Hen Press as well as their long careers as poets and writers in their respective communities, free, online, 4:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/redhenpress)
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• Point Reyes Books presents Noah Warren, winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, reading from and discussing his collection of poems, The Complete Stories, joined by poets Armen Davoudian (Swan Song), Randall Mann (Propriety), and Katie Peterson (A Piece of Good News), free, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.ptreyesbooks.com/event/noah-warren-complete-stories)
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20 MAY 2021 — thursday

• Join the You're Going to Die team for this open mic, "Poetry, Prose, and Everything Goes," performance time five-minutes maximum, bring poetry, prose, music, dance, artwork to perform in this online community space, sign up during the Zoom meeting, with Ned Buskirk, free, with suggested donation, online via Zoom, 6:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.facebook.com/events/784477869113153)
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• Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry Series presents a reading featuring former Poet Laureate of Vallejo Diana Lang, This Festival of Dreams, open mic to follow, with host Blake More, free, online via Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (Email: blake@snakelyone.com for Zoom information, and if you would like to participate in the open mic)
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21 MAY 2021 — friday

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22 MAY 2021 — saturday

• Skylight Books presents poet Rosie Stockton, reading and discussing their new book, Permanent Volta, a collection of love poems about queer intimacies amid our modern world of politics and capitalism, in conversation with artist and writer Hannah Black, Dark Pool Party, free, online, 2:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-rosie-stockton-reads-their-new-collection-permanent-volta-hannah-black)
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23 MAY 2021 — sunday

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24 MAY 2021 — monday

• Skylight Books presents novelist and essayist Lyndsey Ellis discussing her debut novel, Bone Broth, in conversation with poet F. Douglas Brown, ICON, and Zero to Three, free, online, 6:30-7:30 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-lyndsey-ellis-reads-debut-novel-bone-broth-f-douglas-brown)
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• City Lights Books presents acclaimed novelist and nonfiction writer Sarah Schulman discussing her new book, Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP in New York, 1987-1993, an insightful examination of the grassroots coalition that took on the AIDS epidemic and fought for treatment for all, in conversation with nonfiction author Marc Stein, Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly Activism, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3791)
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25 MAY 2021 — tuesday

• The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents the Poetry on Sunday series, featuring a reading by poet Josiah Luis Alderete (Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos), Sacramento Poet Laureate Andru Defeye, and spoken word poet Angela Drew, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 2:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-5-2021)
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• Book Passage presents novelist Eric Nguyen, discussing his debut novel Things We Lost to the Water, a poignant story of an immigrant Vietnamese family settling in New Orleans, free, online, 5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/book-passage-presents-eric-nguyen-things-we-lost-water-online-event)
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• Copperfield's Books presents Dr. Jen Gunter, gynecologist and best-selling author of The Vagina Bible, discussing her new book, The Menopause Manifesto, a much-needed guide to menopause in a world filled with misinformation and shame around women's bodies; this book offers practical advice while affirming that menopause is a body change, not a disease, and can even be something to celebrate, free, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.copperfieldsbooks.com/event/dr-jen-gunter-online)
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• City Lights Book presents writer and activist Cynthia Kaufman, Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope, discussing her new book, The Sea Is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook, in conversation with Francesca Caparas, Fulbright Scholar to the Philippines for 2020-21, free, online, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3765)
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• Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring Prince A. McNally, 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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• Book Passage presents Jan-Philipp Sendker, novelist and former correspondent for Stern, discussing his new novel, The Heart Remembers, the final book in the bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats trilogy, free, online, Noon PDT (Register to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/book-passage-presents-jan-philipp-sendker-heart-remembers-online-event)
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26 MAY 2021 — wednesday

• City Lights Books presents poet Nathaniel Mackey (Blue Fasa, Splay Anthem) discussing his new poetry collection, Double Trio, a three-book lyric exploration of poetry and jazz, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3798)
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• The Library Foundation of Los Angeles presents novelist Vendela Vida, discussing her new book, We Run the Tides, a poignant story of a mysterious disappearance set in pre-tech boom San Francisco, in conversation with photographer and film director Autumn de Wilde, free, online, 5:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: lfla.org/event/we-run-the-tides-a-novel/)
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27 MAY 2021 — thursday

• The Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents poet Lucille Lang Day, Bird of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place, discussing traditional Native American poetry and songs, with a presentation including a reading of poems from the anthology that she co-edited, Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California, part of the Literary Lectures series, free, online, 7:30 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/events/965954774208166)
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• The Ukiah Library presents Loba Poetry Series, an open mic poetry reading, held on the last Thursday of each month, open to both teens and adults, free, online via Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (Email: carrm@mendocinocounty.org for Zoom link)
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28 MAY 2021 — friday

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29 MAY 2021 — saturday

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30 MAY 2021 — sunday

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31 MAY 2021 — monday

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