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Kazim Ali

LA Times Festival of Books: Kazim Ali, Victoria Chang, Tess Taylor, more

21 APRIL 2024 — sunday

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, hosted by the University of Southern California, is the largest free book festival in the Northern Hemisphere; this year's indoor and outdoor events will include over 200 conversations and performances, over 500 authors, with book signings, cooking demos, poetry readings, bilingual programming and more; POETRY STAGE SCHEDULE: 10:00 am: Victoria Chang, WITH MY BACK TO THE WORLD: Poems; 10:20 am: Kazim Ali, Sukun: New and Selected Poems; 10:40 am: Oliver de la Paz, THE DIASPORA SONNETS; 11:00 am: Tess Taylor, Leaning Toward the Light: Poems for Gardens & the Hands That Tend Them; 11:20 am: Cyrus Cassells, Is There Room for Another Horse on Your Horse Ranch?; 11:40 am: Jacqui Germain, Bittering the Wound; Noon: Megan Fernandes, I Do Everything I'm Told; 12:30 pm: Kaveh Akbar and Anahid Nersessian in conversation; 1:00 pm: Elizabeth Metzger, Lying In; 1:20 pm: Jubi Arriola-Headley, Bound: poems; 1:40 pm: Tennison S. Black, Survival Strategies; 2:00 pm: Lisa B. (Lisa Bernstein), God in Her Ruffled Dress; 2:20 pm: Diego Báez, Yaguareté White; 2:40 pm: Susan Rich, Blue Atlas; 3:00 pm: Saretta Morgan, Alt-Nature; 3:20 pm: Hélène Cardona, The Abduction; 3:40 pm: Mandy Kahn, Holy Doors; 4:00 pm: Jeremy Ra, Another Way of Loving Death; 4:20 pm: Jack Grapes, The Naked Eye; 4:40 pm: Poetry performance by Sofía Aguilar of WriteGirl; Poetry Flash (Booth 901), San Francisco's Manic D Press, and LA's Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center will be among more than 300 exhibitors at the outdoor event, University of Southern California, 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, general admission is free, the festival will also feature ticketed events with authors and celebrities, outdoor programming doesn't require a ticket, 10:00 pm to 6:00 pm PDT (For more information and to view the schedule of participants, visit: events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/schedule)




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16 MARCH 2025 — sunday

  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading featuring Dorianne Laux, Life on Earth, and Joseph Millar, Shine, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).

17 MARCH 2025 — monday

18 MARCH 2025 — tuesday

  • The workshop Queer Genre Fiction with fiction writer Johnny Alvarez will be held for five Tuesdays (March 18 to May 6, 2025) and cover short story craft such as sci-fi, fantasy, magical realism, and more, the course will include reading assignments, writing exercises, and group discussions, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/queer-genre-fiction-writing-with-johnny-alvarez)

19 MARCH 2025 — wednesday

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21 MARCH 2025 — friday

22 MARCH 2025 — saturday

23 MARCH 2025 — sunday

  • Nicholas Mirzoeff discusses his book, To See in the Dark: Palestine and Visual Activism Since October 7, exploring how images, and especially video, viewed outside Palestine enabled a dramatic switch in public opinion, in conversation with poet and scholar-activist Omar Zahzah, Terms of Servitude Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital/Settler-Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle, and individuals from the Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/nicholas-mirzoeff-to-see-in-the-dark-a-conversation-with-omar-zahzah-and-the-center-for-convivial-research-and-autonomy)
  • House concert poetry reading by Los Angeles poets Paul Vangelisti, Nemo, also a noted translator of experimental Italian poetry, and poet and novelist Dennis Phillips, Measures, known for many previous literary projects, such as former literary book review editor of Sulfur, poetry editor of the L.A. Weekly, former director of the Beyond Baroque Literary Art Center, and founding editor, along with Martha Ronk and Paul Vangelisti, of Littoral Books, $10 donation to attend the reading, payable via PayPal (harry@fullplatemedia.com) or Venmo (@harry-bernstein) All funds go to the poets, private Berkeley home address, 5:00 pm PDT (For more information email: harry@fullplatemedia.com)

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