
Patricia Smith
LA Times Festival of Books: Patricia Smith, Kate Gale, Michelle Bitting, more
24 APRIL 2022 — sunday
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage presents Kate Gale, The Loneliest Girl; Tommy Pico, Feed; Jos Charles, A Year & Other Poems; Peter Campion, One Summer Evening at the Falls; Sholeh Wolpé, Abacus of Loss-A Memoir in Verse; Jonathan Wells, Debris; Patricia Smith, Incendiary Art; Marty Williams, Game; Elena Karina Byrne, If This Makes You Nervous; Luis J. Rodriguez reading from selected works; Jerry Garcia, Trumpets in the Sky; Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Look at This Blue; Daniel Tiffany, Cry Baby Mystic; Steven Reigns, A Quilt for David; LA Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, Fretwork; Jane Wong, How to Not Be Afraid of Everything; Suzanne Roberts, Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties; Paul Tran, All the Flowers Kneeling; Maureen Alsop, Pyre; Michelle Bitting, Nightmares and Miracles; WriteGirl presents Kai Adia reading from her work, University of Southern California campus, Los Angeles, free, 10:00 am-5:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks)


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24 JANUARY 2026 — saturday
- Sixteen Rivers Press presents a poetry reading by James Cagney, Ghetto Koans: A Personal Archive, and Glenn Ingersoll, Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, free admission, 3:00 to 5:00 (sixteenrivers.org/readings-events)
25 JANUARY 2026 — sunday
- Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Geraldine Connolly, Instructions at Sunset, and Dion O'Reilly, Limerence, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
- Omnidawn's next season online Book Launch presents their authors reading from their brand new books: Jason Bayani, Everyone I Love, Alive; Molly Bendall, Turncoat; jason b crawford, YEET!; fabulist fiction writer Arria Deepwater, Descent; John Yau, Diary of Small Discontents, New & Selected Poems 1974-2024; Rodrigo Toscano, Whitman. Cannonball. Puebla., poetic fables; Steven Seidenberg, Coda; and Shane McCrae, Two Appearances After the Resurrection; event hosted by Evan Karp and Quiet Lightning via Zoom, 1:00 PST (Required: You must register and RSVP before the event begins to attend at: app.gopassage.com/events/omnidawn-fall-2025)
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