Green Apple Books presents poet Francesca Bell, author of Bright Stain, finalist for the Washington State Book Award, reading from and discussing What Small Sound, in conversation with poets Benjamin Gucciardi and Amanda Moore, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-francesca-bell-benjamin-gucciardi-amanda-moore)
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)