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Fernando Albert Salinas

CalPoets Statewide Symposium: Fernando Albert Salinas, more

15 AUGUST 2025 — friday

California Poets in the Schools presents their annual Statewide Poetry Symposium, "The Future We Speak," a three-day event, Day 1 begins with Registration and a light dinner, 5:30, and an evening program with poet Fernando Albert Salinas at 7:15, both at San Benito Arts Council; this workshop is designed to bring together longtime members of the CalPoets network and new voices, offering a space to connect, collaborate, and spark creativity, Fernando Albert Salinas is an award-winning educator teaching poetry workshops to K-12 students and incarcerated youth, and is the California Poets in the Schools Program Manager; he is well-known for his leadership as an arts activist throughout California, especially in Ventura County, held at San Benito Arts Council, 35 5th Street, Hollister; participate in the entire Symposium or in individual events; Registration and Dinner 5:30-7:00, Evening Program 7:15-8:30 (Registration:www.cpits.org/events/full-event-the-future-we-speak-calpoets-symposium-2025)

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29 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers' Series at SDSU presents Blas Falconer in a poetry reading from his newest book Rara Avis, in-person at San Diego State University Library, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, in the Leon Williams Room, LL430, Love Library, Fourth Floor, free, 7:00 pm (library.sdsu.edu/events#event-details/49327f40-616e-4f1a-8ba1-a188dc054cb1)
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30 APRIL 2026 — thursday

The Altadena Library hosts their first ever Adult Literacy Book Club, a limited supply of books will be available on a first-come, first serve basis, Bob Lucas Memorial Library and Literacy Center, 2659 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena, adults nineteen or older, free, 10:30 am (altadenalibrary.libnet.info/event/15871103)
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Molly Crabapple, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund, in conversation with queer, jewish, poet and writer Sam Sax, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/molly-crabapple-in-conversation-with-sam-sax-tickets-1982664999385?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/molly-crabapple-here-where-we-live-is-our-country-the-story-of-the-jewish-bund)
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Poet and writer Eileen Myles in conversation with poet James Schuyler's biographer, Nathan Kernan, A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler, with additional discussion and reading of Schuyler's work by Tom Carey, Jason Morris, and Hannah Zeavin, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 pm (birdbeckett.com/events/)
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