City Lights Books presents poets Brandon Shimoda, Evening Oracle, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award, reading from his new collection, Hydra Medusa, and Emily Luan, reading from her new book, In / Return, both published by Nightboat Books, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
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)