City Lights Books presents poet James Cagney, Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory, reading from his new book, Martian: The Saint of Loneliness, published by Nomadic Press and winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)