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3 MARCH 2022 — thursday

  • Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host featured poets plus an open mic, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PST, (For more information: birdbeckett.com)
  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents a reading and discussion with fiction writer Teresa Carmody, Maison Femme: a fiction, poet Janice Lee, The Sky Isn't Blue, and novelist Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, The End of Peril, the End of Enmity, the End of Strife, a Haven; the writers will discuss nontraditional narrative forms, followed by a Q&A with the audience, online, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Come for an evening of poetry in celebration of Native American poetry for the Matwaala Poetry Festival, featuring poets Lucille Lang Day, Poetry and Science: Writing Our Way to Discovery, Lyla June, and Andrina Smith, free, online via Zoom, 5:00 pm PST (Register to attend: ncc-zoom.zoom.us/j/93878918727?pwd=N2pBZjY4MU9BSXY0YmRGZEw3Vjc4QT09)
  • Red Hen Press celebrates Kate Gale and the launch of her new poetry collection, The Loneliest Girl, in a reading with poets Francesca Bell, A Love That Hovers Like a Bedeviling Mosquito, Kim Dover, Ron Koertge, Yellow Moving Van, and Douglas Manuel, Testify, free, in-person, Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Avenue, Pasadena, 6:30-8:00 pm PST (More information here: www.facebook.com/events/675690577191346)
  • City Lights Books presents artist and poet Wayne Koestenbaum, reading from Ultramarine, the third and final book in his acclaimed trance poem trilogy, the first two books of the trilogy are Camp Marmalade and The Pink Trance Notebooks, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Lunch Poems reading series presents Paul Tran, author of the debut poetry collection All the Flowers Kneeling, hosted by UC Berkeley, free, online, Noon PST (Register to attend: lunchpoems.berkeley.edu)
  • The John Natsoulas Center for the Arts presents a reading with poets Michael Mlekoday, The Dead Eat Everything, All Earthly Bodies, and Spencer Rico, with open mic to follow, hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, former Poet Laureate of Davis, part of the Poetry Night reading series held on the first and third Thursdays of the month, in person, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.natsoulas.com/poetry-night)
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring poet and fiction writer Tobey Hiller, Flight Advice: a fabulary, Crow Mind, with open mic to follow, hosted by poet Phil Taggart, free, online via Zoom, 6:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.facebook.com/venturacountypoetry)

4 MARCH 2022 — friday

  • Nomadic Press presents a weekly, virtual open mic reading, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, three-minutes per reader, come join to read or to listen, all are welcome, free, with donations welcome, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/NomadicPress)
  • San Diego Writers, Ink, presents the workshop "Prose and Poetry in Forms," led by Ron Salisbury, inaugural Poet Laureate of San Diego and author of Miss Desert Inn, attendees of the workshop will read and discuss various forms of poetry, and learn about poetry book organization, runs five sessions, March 4-April 1, online, $180 for members, $216 for nonmembers, 1:00-3:45 pm PST (Enroll here: www.sandiegowriters.org/2022-03-04-fridays-poetry-iv-with-ron-salisbury)
  • Folio Books and Noe Valley Word Weekend present Judd Winick, best-selling writer of the comic books series Green Lantern, Star Wars, and the Hilo series, discussing his work, in person, Bethany United Methodist Church, 1270 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00-6:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/judd-winick-in-person-hilo-8-has-landed-tickets-245900684567)

5 MARCH 2022 — saturday

  • San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin brings together a dozen Bay Area poets to read their work in an afternoon-long celebration of the written and spoken word; readers include James Cagney, Don Carter-Woodard, Imani Cezanne, Alie Jones, Nia McAllister, Landon Smith, Tureeda Mikell, Zouhair Mussa, Olivia Peña, Darius Simpson, and Norman Zelaya, in-person event, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, event admission included with paid museum admission, 2:00 pm PST (510/642-0808, bampfa.org/event/bampfa-poetry-celebration)
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents Deepak Chopra, best-selling author and founder of the nonprofit, The Chopra Foundation, discussing his new book, Abundance: The Inner Path to Wealth, followed by an audience Q&A and meditation, $30, tickets include a copy of the book, online, 5:30 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/deepak-chopra-abundance)
  • Folio Books and Noe Valley Word Weekend present an afternoon of songs, spoken word, and poetry in celebration of Women's History Month, featuring former Poet Laureate of San Francisco Kim Shuck, Deer Trails, Poet Laureate of Alameda Kimi Sugioka, Wile & Wing, artist and writer Mimi Tempestt, the monumental misrememberings, poet Susana Praver-Pérez, Hurricanes, Love Affairs and Other Disasters, writer and director Chris Kammler, Bone Talk, and poet Susan Dambroff, Memory in Bone, with open mic to follow, in person, Bethany United Methodist Church, 1270 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, free, 4:00-5:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/her-stories-an-afternoon-of-songs-spoken-word-and-poetry-tickets-248924408607)
  • Green Apple Books presents Nobel Prize-winning novelist Olga Tokarczuk, discussing her latest book, The Books of Jacob, in conversation with translator Jennifer Croft, winner of the Man Booker International Prize in 2018 for her translation of Tokarczuk's Flights, hosted by Michael Holtmann, free, online via Zoom, Noon PST (Register to attend: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/virtual-event-olga-tokarczuk-jennifer-croft-and-michael-holtmann)

6 MARCH 2022 — sunday

  • Folio Books and Noe Valley Word Weekend present short story writer Leslie Kirk Campbell, discussing her latest collection, A Man with Eight Pairs of Legs, in conversation with nonfiction writer Allison Hoover Bartlett, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, in person, Bethany United Methodist Church, 1270 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.foliosf.com/leslie-kirk-campbell-conversation-allison-hoover-bartlett)
  • Oakland book launch celebration: Ruth Crossman reads from her new chapbook, All the Wrong Places, "flash memoir meets graphic novel," with featured readings by Kelly Landmine, Cassandra Dallett, and Natasha Dennerstein, presented by Naked Bulb Press, in-person, Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm PST
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Ralph Dranow, presenting At Work on the Garments of Refuge, his own poems with poems and art by the late Daniel Marlin, reading with poet Judy Wells, Dear Phebe: The Dickinson Sisters Go West, online via Zoom, free, 3:00 pm PST (Register to attend: please click here; you will receive an email with a link to join the reading)
  • Bazaar Writers Salon presents a reading featuring novelist Miah Jeffra, The Violence Almanac, American Gospel, playwright Sabina Piersol, Mother Nature's Winter Games, and poet Jacques Rancourt, Brocken Spectre, Novena, hosted by Peter Kline, in-person event, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (More information here: www.facebook.com/events/717788792523947)

7 MARCH 2022 — monday

  • Odd Mondays Reading Series presents a celebration of Irish and Irish-American literature, with a reading featuring novelist Kathleen Donohoe, Ghosts of the Missing, editor and educator Catherine Flynn, James Joyce and the Matter of Paris, and poet and novelist Bill Vlach, The Guns of Santa Muerte: A Tale of the San Patricios, online via Zoom, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (Email oddmondaysnoevalley@gmail.com for the Zoom link; more information here: www.facebook.com/OddMondays)
  • City Lights Books presents novelist and former criminal defense lawyer Joseph Matthews, Shades of Resistance, reading from his new novel, The Blast, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)

8 MARCH 2022 — tuesday

  • City Lights Books presents poet and novelist JJ Bola, Refuge, No Place Like Home, reading from his new novel, The Selfless Act of Breathing, free, online via Zoom, Noon PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Coastside Poetry presents a reading featuring poet and physician Abby Caplin, with open mic to follow, three-minutes per reader, online via Zoom, free, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend/sign up for the open mic: coastsidepoetry.org)
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents best-selling novelist Karen Joy Fowler, The Jane Austen Book Club, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, discussing her new book, Booth, in conversation with short story writer Elizabeth McKenzie, Stop That Girl, in-person, Cowell Ranch Hay Barn on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus, Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, $7, 6:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/karen-joy-fowler)
  • Skylight Books presents essayist Jill Gutowitz, discussing her newest book, Girls Can Kiss Now, a collection of personal essays exploring queerness, relationships, and pop culture, in conversation with standup comic and writer Cameron Esposito, Save Yourself, in-person at Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-jill-gutowitz-presents-girls-can-kiss-now-cameron-esposito)

9 MARCH 2022 — wednesday

  • The Center for the Art of Translation celebrates the fifth installment of the Calico series, This Is Us Losing Count, a bilingual collection of poetry by eight contemporary Russian authors, this event features translators Elina Alter, Il'ia Karagulin, and Eugene Ostashevsky, joined by writer Alina Stefanescu, Ribald, Every Mask I Tried On, discussing their translations in the collection, online, free, 4:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.catranslation.org/event/this-is-us-losing-count-eight-russian-poets)
  • Bird & Beckett Book Club, meets second Wednesday of each month, in person, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (For more information: birdbeckett.com)

10 MARCH 2022 — thursday

  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and Urban Word present the California Youth Poet Laureate Series, with a reading and discussion featuring poets Mahogany L. Browne, I Remember Death By Its Proximity to What I Love, Kissing Caskets, and Tonya Ingram, How to Survive Today, online, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • The Center for Literary Arts of San Jose presents novelist and essayist Esmé Weijun Wang, The Collected Schizophrenias, winner of the Northern California Book Award for Creative Nonfiction 2020, discussing her work, free, in-person at San Jose State University, Student Union Theatre, 149-157 S. 9th Street, San Jose, 7:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.clasanjose.org/esme-weiju-wang)
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring poets Kaaren Kitchell, Ariadne's Threads, and Chryss Yost, Mouth and Fruit, with open mic to follow, hosted by poet Phil Taggart, free, online via Zoom, 6:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.facebook.com/venturacountypoetry)
  • The Poetry Center presents a reading and conversation featuring the Mazza Writer in Residence and poet erica lewis, mary wants to be a superwoman, and poet Divya Victor, Curb, reading from their work, followed by a discussion with each other and the audience, free, online, 5:00-6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: poetry.sfsu.edu/mazza-writer-residence-erica-lewis-and-divya-victor-reading-and-conversation)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents the monthly Poem Jam, hosted by San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, Deer Trails, featuring HERstory poets Susan Dambroff, Conversations with Trees, Natasha Dennerstein, Seahorse, About a Girl, devorah major, Brown Glass Windows, and Maw Shein Win, Storage Unit ffdor the Spirit House, free, online, 6:00-7:15 pm PST (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2022/03/10/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam-0)
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents award-winning poet Sandra Lim, The Curious Thing, The Wilderness, reading from and discussing her work, part of the Living Writers Series hosted by the University of California Santa Cruz, free, online, 5:15 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/event/living-writers-series-sandra-lim)

11 MARCH 2022 — friday

12 MARCH 2022 — saturday

  • Writers with Drinks returns with a reading featuring novelist Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, poet and novelist Khan Wong, The Circus Infinite, poet and speculative fiction writer Betsy Aoki, Breakpoint, novelist Sumiko Saulson, Within Me Without Me: A Book of Dark Poetry and Prose, writer and performer Kar Johnson, and special guest host Celeste Chan, founder and director of Queer Rebels; the series is emceed by award-winning novelist Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky, all proceeds go to the nonprofit Trans Lifeline, in-person, The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, $5-$20, 7:30-9:30 pm PST, doors open at 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.writerswithdrinks.com)

13 MARCH 2022 — sunday

14 MARCH 2022 — monday

15 MARCH 2022 — tuesday

  • Nomadic Press presents virtual Get Lit #82, emceed by Dior J. Stephens, celebrate twelve to fifteen writers reading never-before-read work within a three-minute time limit, plus live music, all ages are welcome, Zoom, donations accepted, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.nomadicpress.org/events)

16 MARCH 2022 — wednesday

  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents novelist Robbie Arnott discussing his new book, The Rain Heron, a story of myth, eco-disaster, and friendship, free, online, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/rain-heron)
  • Join poet and musician Maxima Kahn, Fierce Aria, for this eight-week creative writing workshop, "Freedom to Write," open to writers of any genre and experience, attendees will write together each week, responding to different prompts and exercises, share their work, and receive feedback, runs March 16-May 4 (eight Wednesdays), online via Zoom, $397, $198 for BIPOC scholarship, 3:30-5:30 pm PDT (Enroll here: brilliantplayground.com/freedom-to-write)

17 MARCH 2022 — thursday

  • The John Natsoulas Center for the Arts presents a reading with Jabez W. Churchill, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Ukiah, open mic to follow, hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, former Poet Laureate of Davis, part of the Poetry Night reading series held on the first and third Thursdays of the month, in person, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.natsoulas.com/poetry-night/)
  • Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry presents a reading featuring poet Kathy Evans, Hunger and Sorrow, Imagination Comes to Breakfast, with open mic to follow, hosted by Blake More, Poet Laureate of Point Arena, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PDT (Email: blake@snakelyone.com for the Zoom link, or to sign up for the open mic)
  • Temple Beth El presents Marcia Falk, poet, painter, and Judaic scholar, reading and discussing her new Haggadah, Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah, in person, Temple Beth El, 2675 Central Avenue, Riverside, free, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.tberiv.org)
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring poet traci kato-kiriyama, Navigating With(out) Instruments, with open mic to follow, hosted by poet Phil Taggart, free, online via Zoom, 6:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.facebook.com/venturacountypoetry)
  • Join poet Sally Love Saunders, Fresh Bread, Pauses, for a one-hour Poetry Conference Call; she will read her poetry, with audience comments welcome, free, virtual, 10:00 am -11:00 am PDT (Register by calling 877-797-7299, emailing connections@frontporch.net, or visiting covia.org/programs/well-connected and registering online)
  • Pre-Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival event with Kate Marianchild, author of Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals among California's Oaks, presenting a talk, "The Plants and Animals of Bay Area Oak Woodlands: An Intimate Overview," presented and sponsored by POST, Peninsula Open Space Trust, online via Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (See www.katemarianchild.com/walks-talks-classes)

18 MARCH 2022 — friday

  • The Poetry Center presents a reading and conversation with poets Nathalie Khankan, Quiet Orient Riot, Saretta Morgan, Plan Upon Arrival, and Sarah Riggs, Pomme and Granite, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PDT (More information here: poetry.sfsu.edu/nathalie-khankan-saretta-morgan-and-sarah-riggs-reading-and-conversation)
  • Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival weekend opens with a reading from California Fire & Rain: A Climate Crisis Anthology, with editor Molly Fisk and contributing poets Lisa Alvarez, Lee Herrick, Devi Laskar, Denise Low, and George Yatchisin, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For Zoom registration link, see: www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=watershed_2022)

19 MARCH 2022 — saturday

  • Beyond Baroque celebrates the opening of 7x7.LA: Artists & Writer collaborations, featuring readings by essayist Wendy C. Ortiz, Bruja, Hollywood Notebook, fiction writer Deirdre Danklin, Catastrophe, and short story writer Lisa Teasley, Glow in the Dark, in person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 4:00 pm PDT gallery viewing and reception, 7:00 pm PDT readings (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • The Presidio Theatre presents a performance of the play Colette Uncensored, about the life, loves, and work of French novelist and activist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), best known for her novella Gigi; the play is a one-woman show performed by actor and playwright Lorri Holt, co-written by Holt and playwright Zack Rogow, and inspired by Rogow's translation of Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island, a new collection of Colette's work; the play runs two days, March 19-20, at the Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center, 99 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, $30, 7:00 pm PDT on Saturday, 2:00 pm PDT on Sunday (Purchase tickets here: www.presidiotheatre.org/show/2022colette)
  • The Sims Library of Poetry presents this two-part show, beginning with a "Women of World Stage Press" reading, featuring poets Alex Petunia, Ravina Wadhwani, Heather Parker, Nadia Hunter Bey, Queen Ex, Lisbeth Coiman, and more, followed by a book release for poet and performance artist Lynda La Rose celebrating her new collection, Sunshine and Concrete, $10 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds, Sims Library of Poetry, 2702 W Florence Avenue, Los Angeles, 6:00 pm PDT (RSVP to attend: www.simslibraryofpoetry.org/event-details/women-of-world-stage-press-lynda-la-roses-new-book-release)
  • Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival presents Kirk Lumpkin and Chris Olander, author of River Light, poets, environmentalists, and longtime Watershed organizers, read poetry by Strawberry Creek in Berkeley, with talk on Bearshit on the Trail: Essential Poems of Earth First! Anthology, edited by Dennis Fritzinger, (armedwithvisions.com), plus creeks, native plants, environmental activism, and more; Sharon Coleman performs "EcoDance," her choreography to the poetry of Alison Hawthorne Deming, online via Zoom, free, Noon-1 pm PDT (For Zoom registration link, see: www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=watershed_2022)
  • Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival presents 'On Trees & Poetry," arborist, environmental activist, writer Joe Lamb, founder of the Borneo Project, in conversation with poet Benjamin Gucciardi, West Portal founder of Soccer Without Borders, online via Zoom, free, 1:30-2:30 pm PDT (For Zoom registration link, see: www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=watershed_2022)
  • Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival presents "Watershed: Writers, Nature, & Community: Photo Montage," California Poets in the Schools K-12 students, with poet-teachers Maureen Hurley and Brennan DeFrisco; Lucille Lang Day, editor of Poetry & Science: Writing Our Way to Discovery, with readings by celebrated contributing poets Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Look at This Blue, Elizabeth Bradfield, Toward Antarctica, Ann Fisher-Wirth, The Bones of Winter Birds, The Ecopoetry Anthology, and Alison Hawthorne Deming, Stairway to Heaven, hosted by Joyce Jenkins, online via Zoom, free, 3 pm-5 pm PDT (For Zoom registration link, see: www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=watershed_2022)

20 MARCH 2022 — sunday

  • The Presidio Theatre presents a performance of the play Colette Uncensored, about the life, loves, and work of French novelist and activist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), best known for her novella Gigi; the play is a one-woman show performed by actor and playwright Lorri Holt, co-written by Holt and playwright Zack Rogow, and inspired by Rogow's translation of Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island, a new collection of Colette's work, Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center, 99 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, $30, 2:00 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.presidiotheatre.org/show/2022colette)
  • The California Writers Club presents "Editing Your Manuscript: The Whys, Whats, and Hows," a talk led by editor and book coach Ericka McIntyre about different types of editing, as well as professional publishing and self-publishing, part of a monthly speaker series, online via Zoom, $5 for members/$10 for nonmembers, 1:45 pm PDT (Register to attend: cwc-berkeley.org/editing-ericka-mcintyre)
  • Skylight Books presents poet Garrett Hongo, Coral Road, discussing his latest book, The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo, in conversation with novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer, in-person event, Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-garrett-hongo-presents-perfect-sound-viet-thanh-nguyen)
  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Los Angeles Spoonie Collective present the reading "The Future Lives in Our Bodies: Poetry and Disability Justice," featuring poets Kyle Johnson, Drawing a Blank, Joshua Corwin, Becoming Vulnerable, and L.A. Youth Poet Laureate Jessica Kim, L(EYE)GHT, with open mic to follow, online, free, 2:00-4:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Small Press Traffic presents "The Writing on the Wall: The Abolitionist Poetics of Bob Kaufman and Pat Parker," a talk on the poetry and activism of Bob Kaufman (1925-1986) and Pat Parker (1944-1989) and the poetry protests of 1950s-1970s San Francisco, celebrating the recent publication of new collections of their poetry, led by scholar and archivist Joan Lubin, Pulp Sexology: Paperback Revolution, Gay Liberation, online, free, 11:00 am PDT (RSVP to attend: www.smallpresstraffic.org/upcomingevents/bob-kaufman-pat-parker)
  • Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival presents "We Are Nature" Open Reading, with host blake more, Point Arena Poet Laureate, who will also read from her poetry; a featured ecopoetry presentation by Santa Clara University EcoLiterature Senior Seminar students, Shenir Dennis, Jaden Fong, Mac Mann-Wood will open the program; three-minute reading spots, please sign up in advance by emailing watershed@poetryflash.org; write "WATERSHED OPEN READING" in the subject line; there may be "first come, first serve" last-minute sign-up opportunities in the Zoom Chatbox; poems on environmental justice, nature, eco-poetics, and more are welcome, online via Zoom, free, 1 pm-2 pm PDT (For Zoom registration link, see: www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=watershed_2022)
  • Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival presents "Watershed: Writers, Nature, & Community: Photo Montage," archival photographs by Steven C Wilson, followed by a poetry reading by Linda Hogan, A History of Kindness, Barbara Jane Reyes, Letters to a Young Brown Girl, Marsha de la O, Every Ravening Thing, Patti Trimble with musician Peter Whitehead, Lisa Rosenberg, A Different Physics, Caroline Goodwin, Old Snow, White Sun, hosted by Joyce Jenkins, online via Zoom, free, 3 pm-5 pm PDT (For Zoom registration link, see: www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=watershed_2022)

21 MARCH 2022 — monday

  • Left Margin LIT presents the workshop "Building Your Poetry Foundations," led by poet Jason Bayani, Locus, Amulet, attendees will explore the concept of voice in poetry through a different set of writing principles each week, runs four weeks, March 21 to April 11, $265, online via Zoom, 6:00-8:00 pm PDT (Enroll here: www.leftmarginlit.org/building-your-poetry-foundations-bayani)

22 MARCH 2022 — tuesday

23 MARCH 2022 — wednesday

  • City Lights Books presents poet and novelist John Elizabeth Stintzi, Vanishing Monuments, Junebat, reading from their new novel, My Volcano, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)

24 MARCH 2022 — thursday

  • The Hammer Museum presents a reading featuring poet Henri Cole, author of Middle Earth, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and Blizzard, hosted by poet and critic Stephen Yenser, in-person, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-henri-cole-tickets-269164417017)
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring poet Millicent Borges Accardi, Only More So, Through a Grainy Landscape, with open mic to follow, hosted by poet Phil Taggart, free, online via Zoom, 6:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.facebook.com/venturacountypoetry)
  • Come join the open mic reading "You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose, and Everything Goes…," live and in-person for the first time in two years, hosted by Ned Buskirk, with music by The Singer and the Songwriter, open mic sign up at the event, The Lost Church, 427 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, $12, 7:30 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.facebook.com/yergoingtodie/?fref=tag)

25 MARCH 2022 — friday

  • Beyond Baroque presents poet and historian Marjorie Becker, Dancing on the Sun Stone: Mexican Women and the Gendered Politics of Octavio Paz, Body Bach, reading from her latest collection, The Macon Sex School: Songs of Tenderness and Resistance, introduced by poet David St. John, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00-10:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Youth Speaks presents the 2022 Teen Poetry Slam Semifinals, where Bay Area youth poets perform their best original poems, a unique event that showcases young poets, performers, and storytellers in competition, in-person event, Bayview Opera House, 4705 3rd Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: youthspeaks.org/teen-poetry-slam-2/?mc_cid=b783b99f21&mc_eid=460acd26e0)

26 MARCH 2022 — saturday

  • The Kaplan Center presents Marcia Falk, poet, painter, and Judaic scholar, discussing her new Haggadah, Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah, in conversation with liturgy scholar Eric Caplan, part of the B'Yachad: Reconstructing Judaism Together convention, online via Zoom, ticket prices begin at $72, Noon PDT (Register to attend: na.eventscloud.com/website/23440/agenda)
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents a reading featuring poets Maggie Paul, Scrimshaw, Borrowed World, Stephen Kessler, Last Call, Garage Ellegies, and Christina Waters, Inside the Flame, co-presented by phren-Z and The Hive Poetry Collective, free, online via Zoom, 4:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/event/zoom-forward-maggie-paul-stephen-kessler-christina-waters)
  • Book Passage presents nonfiction writer and novelist Lee Kravetz, Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves, discussing his new novel, The Last Confessions of Sylvia P., a multigenerational story that blends fiction and biography, inspired by the life and work of the poet Sylvia Plath, in conversation with novelist Janis Cooke Newman, A Master Plan for Rescue, free, in-person at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera, 1:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.bookpassage.com/event/lee-kravetz-janis-cooke-newman-last-confessions-sylvia-p-corte-madera-store)
  • Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery presents an evening of art, photography, poetry, and music, featuring artist Joi Ward, short story writer Monica Zarazua, Slide, and poet Christian Martinez, all part of Latitude 37.8, a high school with an emphasis on Project-Based Learning, arts, and technology, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events/memory-1)

27 MARCH 2022 — sunday

  • The Richmond Literary Arts Center presents a Truchas Gathering of Poets, featuring readings by Robin S. Chapman, The Only Home We Know, Susan Sonde, In the Longboats with Others, and Abegunde, facilitated by Rob Lipton, free, with donations welcome, this reading will raise money for writers in Odessa, Ukraine, online via Zoom, Noon PDT (RSVP to attend: us02web.zoom.us/j/84386746223?pwd=RFFjNko1c1dzZ3laSWdreE5LbGxZdz09)
  • The Claremont Library's Fourth Sundays Reading Series features poets Tim Hatch, Wild Embrace, and Hari B., She Speaks to the Birds at Night While They Sleep, in-person event, Louise Roberts Room, Guild Hall, at the Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 W. Harrison Avenue, Claremont, 2:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/fourthsundayspoetry)
  • Bird & Beckett Books and Records presents a reading in celebration of the posthumous publication of Rock Tao by David Meltzer, featuring poets Julie Rogers, Marina Lazzara, Micah Ballard, Garrett Caples, Neeli Cherkovski, Gene Berson, Agneta Falk Hirschman, Sarah Menefee, and Genny Lim, in-person, Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00 pm PDT (More information here: birdbeckett.com/rock-tao-3-27-22)

28 MARCH 2022 — monday

29 MARCH 2022 — tuesday

  • City Lights Books presents Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout, Wobble, Entanglements, reading from and discussing her latest book, Finalists, which includes Armantrout's two most recent projects combined in one book, including the long form poem Threat Landscape, in conversation with poet and translator Lyn Hejinian, My Life, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Join poet and radio host Jack Foley, along with Nina Serrano, Jovelyn Richards, and Jennifer Stone, for a weekly celebration of poetry and prose; this week with a tribute to the late poet Robert Sward (1933-2022), author of Uncle Dog & Other Poems, God is in the Cracks, and more, available to listen to online 94.1 KPFA, free, 2:00 pm PDT (Listen here: kpfa.org/program/cover-to-cover)

30 MARCH 2022 — wednesday

  • Diesel, A Bookstore presents a talk by Kenneth Kales, founder and publisher of Kales Press, for "How Publishing Works for Independent Publishers," including discussion on the book In the Shadows of Paris: The Nazi Concentration Camp That Dimmed the City of Light by Anne Sinclair, a finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Nonfiction, in conversation with John Evans of Diesel, A Bookstore, online, free, 4:00-5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.dieselbookstore.com/event/kale-2022)
  • The Center for the Art of Translation presents Spanish poet Elena Medel, My First Bikini, discussing her debut novel, The Wonders, in conversation with translator Lizzie Davis and writer Anna Solomon, online, free, 4:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.catranslation.org/events)

31 MARCH 2022 — thursday

  • Writers Read presents Ukiah poet Mark McGovern, When My Hat, Loose Dogs on the Freeway, with open mic to follow, free, with suggested donation of $5, in-person, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, 7:00 pm PDT

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