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Dorianne Laux

Sierra Poetry Festival: Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, Lee Herrick, Maw Shein Win, more

15 APRIL 2023 — saturday

The seventh annual Sierra Poetry Festival is an international festival marking National Poetry Month from the foothills of California's Gold Country to the High Sierra, celebrating the spoken word with readings, workshops, an activity fair for all ages, and youth performances, preceded by a month of pre-festival pop-up poetry events throughout the community; the Festival mainstage features readings by California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, and poets Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, Jamaica Baldwin, Judith Nangala Crispin, Doc Dachtler, Gail Rudd Entrekin, Rita Hosking, singer songwriter Rita Hosking, Australian poet Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello, Rooja Mohassessy, Indigo Moor, storyteller Petronella Petander, Australian poet Mark Tredinnick, Maw Shein Win, with Poetry Place, a selection of literary organizations exhibiting, Poetry Flash will be there; the all-day event concludes with a Community Open Mic hosted by Michael Clarity, The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, a full pass for workshops and readings is $45, Nevada County Arts Council members $35, general admission featured readings only $25, Nevada County Arts Council members, students with ID, and military discounts apply, 8:30 am-5:30 pm PDT (More information here: www.sierrapoetryfestival.org)




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22 JUNE 2025 — sunday

23 JUNE 2025 — monday

24 JUNE 2025 — tuesday

  • Leila Mottley reads from her new novel, The Girls Who Grew Big, joined in conversation by Ingrid Rojas Contreras; Leila Mottley is the winner of the Northern California Book Award for her previous novel, Nightcrawling, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

25 JUNE 2025 — wednesday

  • Journalist Megan Greenwell reads from her new book, Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, joined in conversation by Mike Isaac, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

26 JUNE 2025 — thursday

  • Adam Becker reads from and presents his new book, More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

27 JUNE 2025 — friday

28 JUNE 2025 — saturday

  • Book Launch for Spirit of Place: Mendocino County Women Poets Anthology, a celebration with a reading by many of the contributing poets; the anthology features one hundred women poets from across Mendocino County, the anthology is a special project of Mendocino County's first Poet Laureate, Devreaux Baker; Spirit of Place was edited by Devreaux Baker, Kate Dougherty, Maureen Epstein, Georgina Marie Guardado, Karen Lewis, and Blake More; Gallery Books will be on hand to sell copies; Main Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, 45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino, free, 4:00-6:00 (For more information, email: dbaker@mcn.org)

29 JUNE 2025 — sunday

  • Café Frida Gallery presents a Poetry Festival, readers TBD, see website calendar, Café Frida, 300 South A Street, Santa Rosa (www.cafefridagallery.com)
  • Café Frida Poetry Festival presents Jack Crimmins, Lisa Shulman, Dave Holt, Melissa Eleftherion, readings from Phyllis Meshulam's new book by her daughter Audrey, John Duran, Briahn Kelly-Brennan, and Timothy Williams, hosted by Gwynn O'Gara, Café Frida, 300 South A Street, Santa Rosa, free, 1:00-3:00 (www.cafefridagallery.com)

30 JUNE 2025 — monday


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