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Barry Gifford

Barry Gifford, Julie Lindow, Peter Maravelis, Michael Ray, more

4 MAY 2023 — thursday

City Lights Books presents a reading to celebrate the paperback release of Writers, by poet and fiction writer Barry Gifford, a collection of portraits of famous writers caught in imaginary vulnerable moments in their lives, including Kerouac, Nelson Algren, Rimbaud, Proust, James Joyce, Hemingway, and more; joining Gifford in the reading and discussion are editor Julie Lindow; Peter Maravelis, event director for City Lights Books; Anne Ray, founding editor at American Zoetrope, and screenwriter Michael Ray, with special musical performance by Sheldon Brown, Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, (seating is first-come, first serve; although this event will not be broadcast live, an audio recording will be made and later posted on the City Lights Podcast Site), free, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: citylights.com/events)




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7 DECEMBER 2024 — saturday

8 DECEMBER 2024 — sunday

  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading featuring Kathleen McClung, Questions of Buoyancy, Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep in, and Maw Shein Win, Percussing the Thinking Jar, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).

9 DECEMBER 2024 — monday

10 DECEMBER 2024 — tuesday

11 DECEMBER 2024 — wednesday

  • Poetry Second Wednesdays at the Newbury Park Library presents Mary Kay Rummel, Little River of Amazements, former Poet Laureate of Ventura County, share your poem with the group afterwards, hosted by poet Ron Fullerton, Newbury Park Library Meeting Room, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park, and Virtual on Zoom, free, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: libcal.tolibrary.org/event/12621402)

12 DECEMBER 2024 — thursday

  • San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep In, hosts "Poem Jam," featuring poetry from poet/essayist Wanda Sabir, poet/educator Karla Brundage, Blood Lies: Race Trait(or), and poet/social worker Sara Biel, Prescribed Burn, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A and B, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/12/12/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam)

13 DECEMBER 2024 — friday

14 DECEMBER 2024 — saturday

  • Poetry on Eighth at the Blanchard Library takes place second Saturdays monthly, share a poem with the group, hosted by artist Anita McLaughlin, Blanchard Library, 119 N. 8th Street, Santa Paula, free, Noon to 2pm PST (For more information, visit: blanchardlibrary.libcal.com/event/11797749)

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