Dane Cervine, Carolyn Miller, Lenore Myers 3/29, Berkeley more info
Molly Fisk and Francesca Bell 5/17, Berkeley more info
Desert Split Open Mic
17 JUNE 2023 — saturday
Come celebrate Hi-Desert Pride with the Desert Split Open Mic reading, share beautiful and bold words from LGBTQ+ writers, either your own or a writer you admire, six-minutes per reader, Beatnik Lounge, 61597 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, free, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm PDT (More information here: susanrukeyser.com/the-desert-split-open)
Poetry Flash presents a Sixteen Rivers Press Book Launch poetry reading by Dane Cervine, Children of Obscura: This Mysterious Human, Carolyn Miller, Random Universe, and Lenore Myers, Afterimages, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
University of San Francisco's MFA Writing Program Reading Series hosts poet Derrick Austin, reading from This Elegance, his forthcoming collection, he is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Cave Canem Fellow, USFCA's McLaren Complex 252, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, free, 7:45 pm (www.usfca.edu/event/mfa-writing-program-reading-series-derrick-austin/13057164)