The Desert Split Open welcomes writer Ivy Pochoda, Wonder Valley, to read from her Amazon Original story, "Jackrabbit Skin," from the collection, Never Tell; Beatnik Lounge, 61597 29 Palms Highway, Joshua Tree, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.susanrukeyser.com/desert-split-open)
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)