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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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10 JUNE 2026 — wednesday

11 JUNE 2026 — thursday

  • Skylight Books welcomes Mary H.K. Choi presenting Pool House, in conversation with writer and podcast host Yasi Salek, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm (RSVP recommended: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-mary-hk-choi-presents-pool-house-w-yasi-salek)
  • San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests present at SFPL's Monthly poetry reading, Poem Jam, the Main Library's poetry reading series takes place on the second Thursday of each month, unless otherwise noted, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm (on.sfpl.org/06-11-26)

12 JUNE 2026 — friday

  • Indigenous Voices Literary Series presents Elise Paschen, Osage author of Blood Wolf Moon, poems, in conversation with Denise Low, Kansas Poet Laureate Emerita and the event curator; Paschen will read her poems and share stories about her famous mother, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, travels in Europe, and Osage culture; the film Killers of the Flower Moon takes its title from Paschen's poem "Wi'-gi-e," which references late springtime frosts in the Osage lunar cycle; Paschen is the former Director of The Poetry Society of America, raised in Chicago, she returns to Oklahoma's Osage reservation for annual dances; The 222 Series in the Paul Mahder Gallery, 222 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg, $20, 7:00 pm (For more information, contact Erin Partridge, 707-473-9150, the222.org/product/indigenous-voices-series-elise-paschen)
  • Skylight Books welcomes UC Riverside MFA Program presenting a night of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction celebrating graduating Creative Writing students, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 6:30 pm (RSVP recommended: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-uc-riverside-mfa-reading-0)

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15 JUNE 2026 — monday

16 JUNE 2026 — tuesday

17 JUNE 2026 — wednesday

18 JUNE 2026 — thursday

19 JUNE 2026 — friday

20 JUNE 2026 — saturday

21 JUNE 2026 — sunday

22 JUNE 2026 — monday

23 JUNE 2026 — tuesday

24 JUNE 2026 — wednesday

25 JUNE 2026 — thursday

26 JUNE 2026 — friday

27 JUNE 2026 — saturday

  • 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)

28 JUNE 2026 — sunday

29 JUNE 2026 — monday

30 JUNE 2026 — tuesday


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