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Jan Beatty
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LA Times Festival of Books: Jan Beatty, David St. John, Kim Dower, more

26 APRIL 2025 — saturday

The 30th annual LA Times Festival of Books presents indoor and outdoor events including over 200 author and celebrity panels, one-on-one conversations, music, film screenings, book signings, exhibitor booths, Children's Stage, food and cooking demos, bilingual programming and more, authors include poet Amanda Gorman, novelist Percival Everett, Pico Iyer, Chelsea Handler, Stacey Abrams, and many more; today's Poetry Stage features emcees Elena Karina Byrne and Marty L. Williams; 10:00 am: Airea D. Matthews, Bread and Circus; 10:20 am: Remica Bingham-Risher, Room Swept Home; 10:40 am: Cindy Juyoung Ok, Ward Toward; 11:00 am: Alison C. Rollins, Black Bell; 11:20 am: David St. John, Prayer for My Daughter; 11:40 am: Consuelo Wise, boy; Noon: Ariana Benson, Black Pastoral; 12:30 pm: LA Times Book Prize in Poetry Finalists Roundtable with Remica Bingham-Risher, Airea D. Matthews, John Evans, Cindy Juyoung Ok, and Alison C. Rollins; 1:00 pm: Danez Smith, Bluff; 1:20 pm: Kim Dower, What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria; 1:40 pm: Elizabeth Jacobson, There Are as Many Songs in the World as Branches of Coral; 2:00 pm: Mark Irwin, Once When Green; 2:20 pm: Louise Mathias, What if the Invader is Beautiful; 2:40 pm: Gabrielle Civil, In and Out of Place: Mexico/Performance/Writing; 3:20 pm: Callie Siskel, Two Minds; 3:40 pm: Jan Beatty, Dragstripping; 4:00 pm: Blas Falconer, Rara Avis; 4:20 pm: Michelle Bitting, Dummy Ventriloquist; 4:40 pm: Daniel Lawless, I Tell You This Now; 5:00 pm: Jose Hernandez Diaz, Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man; 5:20 pm: Poetry Art Performance, with poet Gail Wronsky and artist Gronk Nicandro; University of Southern California campus, admission is free, photo ID will be required to enter USC, tickets for panels come with a small reservation fee required for panel sessions in classrooms and campus theatres, event parking is $20, parking garages are credit card only, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, eventinfo@latimes.com, or visit: events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/schedule)




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20 SEPTEMBER 2026 — sunday

  • Petaluma Poetry Walk presents "Award-Winning Poets," with readings by Farnaz Fatemi, Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate Emerita; Ellen Kombiyil, Raleigh Review's Geri Digiorno Multi-Genre Prize-winner, and Claire Drucker, 2026-2028 Sonoma County Poet Laureate, with event host Kary Hess, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, free, 2:00 pm (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)
  • Petaluma Poetry Walk presents "Found Poets in The Round," with readings by Lorrie Chang, Mahrs Emerson Schoppman, mOody bLaCk, with event host Original Giotis, The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street, Petaluma, free, 1:00 pm (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)
  • The Freight presents Rumi's Caravan, an evening of spoken word with musical accompaniment in an improvised poetic conversation that meanders through moods of prayer and grief to humor and celebration, with words by poets from Rumi and Hafiz to Yeats, Rilke, Neruda, and Mary Oliver, benefitting the Middle East Children's Alliance, The Freight, 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, $30 advance, $35 at the door, 7:30 pm, doors open 7:00 pm (Tickets available: secure.thefreight.org/16039/16041-rumis-caravan-260920)
  • Petaluma Poetry Walk presents "Sixteen Rivers Press Poets," with poetry readings by Dane Cervine, Lenore Myers, and Carolyn Miller, with event host Terry Ehret, Hotel Petaluma, Ballroom, 205 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, free, 11:00 am (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)
  • Petaluma Poetry Walk presents "Taurean Horn and Friends," with readings by Donna Emerson, Jack Crimmins, and Dr. Jeanne Powell, with event host Bill Vartnaw, founder of Taurean Horn Press and Petaluma Poetry Walk director emeritus, Usher Gallery, 1 Petaluma Boulevard North, Petaluma, free, 4:00 pm (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)
  • Petaluma Poetry Walk presents "Tender Hearts Poets," with poetry readings by Maw Shein Win, Lourdes Figueroa, and Luisa Giulianetti, with event host Ingrid Keir, Jess Brown Design, 144 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, free, 5:00 pm (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)
  • Petaluma Poetry Walk and the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum present "Translator Poets," with readings by Pat Nolan, Adrian Arias, and Francesca Bell, with event host Jennifer Barone, The Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, 20 Fourth Street, Petaluma, free, 3:00 pm (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)
  • Petaluma Poetry Walk presents "Word Flights," with readings by Deyci Carrillo López, Wendy M. Thompson, and Cintia Santana, with event host Daedalus Howell, The Big Easy, 128 American Alley, Petaluma, free, 6:00 pm (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)
  • Petaluma Poetry Walk presents "Youth Poets," with readings by Elizabeth Foster, Nika Grajqevci, and Juno Phipps, with event host Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes, Keller Street CoWork, 140 Keller Street, Petaluma, free, Noon (petalumapoetrywalk.org/2026-schedule)

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