University of San Francisco Reading Series presents a reading by poet and essayist Aaron Shurin, a pioneer in both LGTBQ studies and innovative verse, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, 2497 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm PST (More information here: usfca.edu/arts-sciences/programs/graduate/writing-mfa/reading-series)
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)