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3 JUNE 2024 — monday

  • Berkeley Poetry Festival presents an online workshop on "writing a timeless poem" with poet Kevin Dublin, whose work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, online, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information and to sign up, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
  • City Arts and Lectures welcomes writer Percival Everett to discuss his new novel, James which reimagines Twain's Huckleberry Finn; his previous novel, Erasure was adapted into the hit film American Fiction, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/percival-everett)
  • Rivertown Poetry presents a poetry reading with Catharine Clark-Sayles, The Telling, The Listening, and Anita May, All of It, So Far followed by an open mic, Aqus Cafe, 189 H Street, Petaluma, free, 6:15 pm PDT (For more information, email: rivertownpoet@gmail.com)

4 JUNE 2024 — tuesday

  • Berkeley Poetry Festival presents several transgender poets reading at the oldest gay bar in the nation, featuring poets Eden Sugay, Syd Staiti, THE UNDYING PRESENT, Sequoia Bailey, and more, hosted by poet and athlete Cal Calamia, San Franshitshow, White Horse Bar, 503 66th Street, Oakland, 21+, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet Javeria Hasnain, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)

5 JUNE 2024 — wednesday

6 JUNE 2024 — thursday

  • Beyond Baroque presents a night of blues and poetry, featuring Detroit writers M.L. Liebler, Brooding in the Heartlands, Melba Joyce Boyd, Wrestling with the Muse, and Lolita Hernandez, Autopsy of an Engine and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant with music by Pat Thomas with the LA Coyote Monk Band featuring Willie Aron and David Soyars, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, $10, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/detroit-la-a-night-of-blues-poetry-tickets-908618651847)
  • Mechanics' Institute welcomes photographer/painter Claudia Marseille to discuss her memoir, But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World, and author/translator Zack Rogow, Irreverent Litanies, to discuss his new memoir, Hugging My Father's Ghost, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, $10, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.milibrary.org/events/two-memoirs-zack-rogow-and-claudia-marseille-jun-06-2024)

7 JUNE 2024 — friday

  • As part of the Berkeley Poetry Festival, there will be a Juneteenth celebration at Sway featuring readings by Nazelah Jamison, Joyce E. Young, How it Happens, Joshua Merchant, and Berkeley Slam 2024 Co-Grand Slam champion Reggie Edmonds-Vasquez, hosted by Kelechi Ubozoh, We've Been Too Patient: Stories from Radical Mental Health, SWAY, 290 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
  • Skylight Books presents an evening of poetry published by Red Hen Press and Alice James Books, with poets Phuong T. Vuong, A Plucked Zither, Douglas Manuel, Testify, Vandana Khanna, Train to Agra, and Kenji C. Liu, Monsters I Have Been, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-night-poetry-red-hen-press-and-alice-james-books)

8 JUNE 2024 — saturday

  • Berkeley Poetry Festival presents a Reading Against Genocide featuring readings by Dena Rod, Scattered Arils, Antony Fangary, HARAM, Nathalie Khankan, quiet orient riot, and Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem, How it Happens, hosted by Tongo Eisen-Martin, someone's dead already, South Branch Library, Tarea Hall Pittman, 1901 Russell Street, Berkeley, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
  • Berkeley Poetry Festival presents Dance + Poetry of Liberation and Resistance, a performance combining dance and poetry featuring performances/readings by Chloe Rosen (dancer/choreographer), Annalise Constantz (dancer/choreographer), Gwen Benitez (dancer/choreographer), Demi Vera (poet), Chantel Taite (poet), Jess Semaan (poet), hosted by Sharon Coleman, Berkeley Ballet Theater, 1370 10th Street, Berkeley, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
  • The Ina Coolbrith Circle presents the 97th Annual Poets' Dinner/Picnic Contest, the theme is "sugar and salt," feature guest speaker Francesca Bell, What Small Sound, Fernandez Park, 595 Tennent Avenue, Pinole, free, Noon PDT (For more information, visit: sites.google.com/site/poetsdinner)
  • Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show presents poets Judy Wells, Night at the Musée d'Orsay: Poems of Paris & Other Great European Cities; Dale Jensen; Kathe Jordan; Robin Michel, Things Will Be Better in Bountiful ; and Rafaella Del Bourgo. A Tune Both Familiar and Strange in a poetry reading, North Berkeley Library, 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/events/marin-poetry-centers-traveling-show-north)
  • The International Association of Sufism presents a day of music, dance, and poetry featuring Marin County Poet Laureate Francesca Bell What Small Sound, Sufi poet Tamam Kahn, Across The Difficult, With Rabia of Basra and Others, and indigenous poet Sara Moncada, The Dance of Caring; Westminster Presbyterian Church, 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon, $70-$90, 10:00 am-5:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.sfstation.com/babylon-salon-summer-2024-performance-e2472244)
  • Left Margin Lit presents a class on "Sonneting" with poet David Roderick, Blue Colonial; students will study historical context of the sonnet before practicing writing exercises to gain experience writing in the form; Left Margin Lit, 1543 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, $125, 9:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: leftmarginlit.org)

9 JUNE 2024 — sunday

  • As part of the Berkeley Poetry Festival, there will be an award ceremony honoring Tureeda Mikell, Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2024, featuring readings by Donté Clark, Psalms, Jessica Hairston, Power of Our Wombs, and of course, Tureeda Mikell, Dharma College, 2222 Harold Way, Berkeley, free, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
  • Second Sunday Poetry Series presents a reading from Judith Terzi, Now, Somehow, hosted by Alex M. Frankel; The Studio Theatre at St. Denis Building,

10 JUNE 2024 — monday

11 JUNE 2024 — tuesday

12 JUNE 2024 — wednesday

  • Poetry Flash co-presents a book launch with Rusty Morrison, Risk, and Steven Rood, Music from Behind a Stone Wall, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org, Pegasus: 510-649-1320, www.pegasusbookstore.com)

13 JUNE 2024 — thursday

  • Chevalier's Books presents a a poetry reading and discussion with writer/actor Christian Weissmann, Her, Him & I, in conversation with writer Jen Winston, GREEDY: NOTES FROM A BISEXUAL WHO WANTS TOO MUCH, Chevalier's Books, 133 North Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-reading-and-talk-with-christian-weissmann-tickets-906993841997?aff=oddtdtcreator)
  • Litquake and KQED Live present a night with "SongWriter," a podcast that turns stories into songs; in this special live recording event, bestselling author Susan Orlean, The Orchid Thief, shares a story from her recent collection, On Animals , and local songwriter Diana Gameros will play a brand new song written in response, The Commons, 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, $29, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.litquake.org/upcoming-events.html)

14 JUNE 2024 — friday

15 JUNE 2024 — saturday

  • Babylon Salon presents a reading featuring Katie M. Flynn, Island Rule, Grace Loh Prasad, The Translator's Daughter, Elizabeth Stix, Things I Want Back from You, and Sasha Vasilyuk, Your Presence is Mandatory; The Sycamore, 2140 Mission Street, San Francisco, free, 5:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: ias.org/songsofthesoul)
  • Benicia Literary Arts presents a launch party for the release of their new anthology, Carquinez Review 2024, featuring readings from several poets who contributed to the anthology, Arts Benicia, Commanding Officer's Quarters, 1 Commandant's Lane, Benicia, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: benicialiteraryarts.org)

16 JUNE 2024 — sunday

17 JUNE 2024 — monday

  • Left Margin Lit presents a two-day (June 17 and June 24) writing course, "Finding Your Voice on the Page," with author Lauren Aliza Green, The World After Alice, students will study narratives with strong voices then use the techniques to create voice in their own writing, virtual on Zoom, $195, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: leftmarginlit.org)

18 JUNE 2024 — tuesday

  • Left Margin Lit presents a two-day (June 18 and June 25) writing course as a part of their "Blank Page Series," with emerging author Rhea Bryce, day one will debunk writing myths and day two will discuss how writers can find inspiration when confronted with the blank page; Left Margin Lit, 1543 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, $60, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: leftmarginlit.org)

19 JUNE 2024 — wednesday

20 JUNE 2024 — thursday

  • Book Passage's course on "Crafting Compelling Characters & Dialogue," with Anoop Judge, The Rummy Club, takes place on two Thursdays, June 20 and 27, and will teach students how to craft compelling characters and dialogue for any genre (fiction, essays, nonfiction, or memoir), online, $125, 5:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/event/crafting-compelling-characters-dialogue-anoop-judge)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by poet and translator Carolyn Tipton, The Poet of Poet Laval, and Sandra Yannone, The Glass Studio, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).

21 JUNE 2024 — friday

  • Community of Writers hosts its annual Benefit Poetry Reading featuring poets Blas Falconer, Forgive the Body this Failure, Brenda Hillman, In a Few Minutes Before Later, Major Jackson, Razzle Dazzle, Patricia Spears Jones, The Beloved Community, Brynn Saito, Under a Future Sky, and Matthew Zapruder, Why Poetry; All proceeds benefit the 2025 Poetry Program scholarship fund; Palisades Tahoe Ski Area, 1990 Olympic Valley Road, Olympic Valley, free or $25 donation, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: communityofwriters.org/events/event/online-and-in-person-join-us-for-a-benefit-poetry-reading)
  • As part of the San Francisco Flor Y Canto International Literary Festival, Poetry in the Window presents Better Ancestors hosting a poetry reading featuring poets Christine No, Whatever Love Means, Connie Zheng, Kevin Dublin, How to Fall in Love in San Diego, and Michael Warr, The Armageddon of Funk, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/poetry-in-the-window-curated-by-better-ancestors)

22 JUNE 2024 — saturday

  • ALOUD and the Library Foundation of Los Angeles present a poetry reading in connection with Hyde Park's "Miriam's Garden" series, featuring poet and novelist Sesshu Foster, City of the Future, and local poets, Hyde Park Branch Library, 2205 West Florence Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: lfla.org/event/miriam-garden/)
  • The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University presents Mexican poets Minerva Reynosa,Lo mejor que damos. Antología personal, Indira Isel Torres Crux, and Aziz Córdova, Como siempre llego tarde (o me vengo muy pronto), in ¡INTER-RANCHO-NAL! a Flor y Canto Literary Festival event, hosted by poet Josiah Luis Alderete, Baby Axolotls & Old Pochos, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: poetry.sfsu.edu/event/inter-rancho-nal-flor-y-canto-reading-three-mexican-poets-minerva-reynosa-indira-isel-torres)

23 JUNE 2024 — sunday

  • Sierra Nevada Field Campus at San Francisco State University presents "Gathering Stones: Writing Poetry by the River," a generative workshop led by Emilie Lygren, What We Were Born For, attendees will read the work of other poets as well as take inspiration from the outdoors and natural surroundings to inform their own writing, each day will include two writing sessions, plus time for hiking, swimming, and relaxing, all levels of experience are welcome, $500, runs six-days, June 23-28, near Sierra City in the Sierra Nevada (More information here: sierra.sfsu.edu/gathering-stones-writing-poetry-river#:~:text=Course%20Description,put%20words%20on%20the%20page)

24 JUNE 2024 — monday

  • Left Margin Lit presents a two-day (June 17 and June 24) writing course, "Finding Your Voice on the Page," with author Lauren Aliza Green, The World After Alice, students will study narratives with strong voices then use the techniques to create voice in their own writing, virtual on Zoom, $195, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: leftmarginlit.org)
  • Science Fiction in San Francisco presents science fiction authors Robin Sloan, Moonbound, Rudy Rucker, Software, and Clara Ward, Be the Sea, for a reading and Q&A moderated by author Cliff Winnig, The American Bookbinders Museum, 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, $10, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.sfinsf.org/?p=2740)

25 JUNE 2024 — tuesday

  • Left Margin Lit presents a two-day (June 18 and June 25) writing course as a part of their "Blank Page Series," with emerging author Rhea Bryce, day one will handle debunking writing myths and day two will discuss how writers can find inspiration when confronted with the blank page, Left Margin Lit, 1543 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, $60, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: leftmarginlit.org)
  • City Arts and Lectures welcomes novelists Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Rebecca Handler, Edie Richter Is Not Alone, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $36, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/gabrielle-zevin)

26 JUNE 2024 — wednesday

  • Afikomen Judaica welcomes poet Anna Goodman Herrick for a celebration of her new release, A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken to Whole, Afikomen Judaica, 3042 Claremont Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.afikomen.com/upcoming-events/anna-goodman-herrick)

27 JUNE 2024 — thursday

  • Writers Read Ukiah presents a reading featuring Steve Hellman, followed by an open mic, six-minutes per reader, emceed by Michael Riedell, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, $5 suggested donation, 7:00 pm PDT (Email: innisfreeriedell@gmail.com for more information)

28 JUNE 2024 — friday

29 JUNE 2024 — saturday

  • City Arts and Lectures welcomes memoirist, essayist, and critic Claire Dederer, Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses in conversation with filmmaker Brit Marling, A Murder at the End of the World, discussing Dederer's new book, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, an interrogation of art in the age of #MeToo and an elaboration of her essay, "What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?" Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $39, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/claire-dederer)
  • Writing from Your Soul, created and hosted by Fairfield Poet Laureate Suzanne Bruce, Her Visions—Her Voices, presents poetry and music by poet and cellist, Diane Frank, While Listening to the Enigma Variations, and an open mic, Fairfield Cordelia Library, 5500 Business Center Drive, Fairfield, free, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: allevents.in/fairfield/writing-from-your-soul-poetry-event/200026579054320, or email fairfieldpoetlaureate@gmail.com)

30 JUNE 2024 — sunday

  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Lucille Lang Day, Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place, Stephen Meadows, Winter Work, and Kurt Schweigman, Confluences of Solitude, Jered's Pottery, 5743 A Horton Street, Emeryville, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org, jeredspottery.com).

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