Geraldine Connolly and Dion O'Reilly 1/25, Berkeley more info
Katie Farris
Katie Farris with Ilya Kaminsky
27 APRIL 2023 — thursday
City Lights Books presents poet and translator Katie Farris, A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving, winner of the 2020 Chad Walsh Poetry Award from Beloit Poetry Journal, reading from her new collection, Standing in the Forest of Being Alive, in conversation with poet Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
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)