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17 AUGUST 2024 — saturday

• The 100,000 Word Weekend is a three-day writing challenge and event that occurs over sixty hours; the goal of the challenge is to complete 100,000 words toward the participant's writing project by the end of the weekend; the event features craft sessions, author panels, meditation, and community, hosted by former Marin Poet Laureate Albert Flynn DeSilver, Writing as a Path to Awakening, Location TBD, Corte Madera, $898, 9:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: 100kww.albertflynndesilver.com)
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• Black Women Write Book Fair at the 13th Annual Banana Festival features a book display by Black Women Write, they will read their poetry and stories, and lead conversation about the literary community, William Land Park on the Village Green, 3800 Land Park Drive, Sacramento, free, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/black-women-write-book-fair-at-the-13th-annual-banana-festival-tickets-937357620877?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
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• Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center welcomes poets Christina Lux,War Bonds, Kim McMillon, The Healing Book of Me, and Salvatore Salerno, After Thoughts, for a reading followed by an open mic, Carnegie Arts Center, 250 North Broadway, Turlock, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-poetry-on-saturday-featuring-christina-lux-kim-mcmillon-salvatore-salerno)
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• Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show will visit San Anselmo for an afternoon of poetry featuring readers: Gabrielle Rilleau, Laurel Feigenbaum, Matrimony, Angelica Quirk, Lucia Coppola, Talking With Trees, and Lynn Ireland, hosted by Dotty LeMieux, Viruses, Guns and War, San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Avenue, San Anselmo, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: marinpoetrycenter.org/programs/traveling-show-3)
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• Beyond Baroque welcomes all for their two-day (August 17 and August 24, 2024) poetry workshop, "Gathering Imagery from the Internal Well," focusing on writing poetry after guided meditation, led by poet Holaday Mason, Towards the Forest, Dissolve, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, starts at $118, 11:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/gathering-imagery-from-the-internal-well-a-workshop-with-holaday-mason-tickets-934712178287?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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• The Salt Eaters Bookshop welcomes poets and poetry lovers for "Resisting Death, Making Trouble: Writing Poems Under Patriarchy," a poetry reading and workshop hosted by writer, cultural worker and Inglewood native Bri Stokes, A Throat Full of Forest-Dirt; The Salt Eaters Bookshop, 302 East Queen Street, Inglewood, $12.51-$17.85, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/resisting-death-making-trouble-writing-poems-under-patriarchy-tickets-978492827387?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
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• The 28th Annual Tuolumne Meadows Poetry Festival takes place August 17 and 18, 2024, and will include morning workshops and afternoon readings with music featuring poets Nickole Brown, To Those Who Were Our First Gods, California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, In Praise of Late Wonder, Cintia Santana, The Disordered Alphabet, and musician Shira Kammen, Parsons Memorial Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, free, 10:00 am to 3:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=1AFD17B1-B4A7-1E02-40AC358AFF55823B)
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18 AUGUST 2024 — sunday

• The 100,000 Word Weekend is a three-day writing challenge and event that occurs over sixty hours; the goal of the challenge is to complete 100,000 words toward the participant's writing project by the end of the weekend; the event features craft sessions, author panels, meditation, and community, hosted by former Marin Poet Laureate Albert Flynn DeSilver, Writing as a Path to Awakening, Location TBD, Corte Madera, $898, 9:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: 100kww.albertflynndesilver.com)
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• Black Women Write Book Fair at the 13th Annual Banana Festival features a book display by Black Women Write, they will read their poetry and stories, and lead conversation about the literary community, William Land Park on the Village Green, 3800 Land Park Drive, Sacramento, free, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/black-women-write-book-fair-at-the-13th-annual-banana-festival-tickets-937357620877?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
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• USA National Beat Poet Laureate Rich Ferguson presents "POET FILM STAGE," recurring live poetry performances and film screenings, featuring New York poetry impresario Bob Holman, United States of Poetry, with performances from S.A. Griffin, Duckwalking Thru The Apocalypse, and Matt Sedillo, Mowing Leaves of Grass, and a screening of We Are the Dinosaur by director H. Paul Moon; Wacko Soap Plant, 4633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.pw.org/literary_events/poet_film_stage_featuring_bob_holman)
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• An evening of readings in support of East Bay Booksellers's fire recovery, featuring readings from: Mac Barnett, Jasmine Guillory, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, José Vadi, and Carvell Wallace; raffle with items from Farley's Coffee, Pegasus Books, McSweeney's, Spectator Books, Transit Books, Two Lines Press, University of Texas Press, and more, hosted by Kar Johnson; Gilman Brewing Company, 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, free, Donation recommended, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/literary-fundraiser-for-east-bay-booksellers-tickets-981990860097?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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• The Lost Church presents an evening of poetry featuring TedX poet mOody bLaCk, San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, Blood in the Fog, Joseph Jason Santiago LaCour, DOPE POET LOVE Mixtape Vol. 1, Lorriechange, Original Giotis, Daybreak, Anastasia DiFonzo, A Certain Serenity, and Gregory "Greg" Speed, Sr., The Lost Church, 988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, $15, 4:45 pm PDT (For more information, visit: thelostchurch.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/instances/a0FTU000008HEUz2AO)
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• Sebastopol Center for the Arts along with the Poet Laureate Selection Committee invite the public to a reception honoring their outgoing Poet Laureate Elizabeth Herron, In the Cities of Sleep, and their new Laureate Dave Seter Don't Sing to Me of Electric Fences; Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 South High Street, Sebastopol, $10, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.sebarts.org/classeslectures/p/soco-poet-laureate-inauguration-dave-seter)
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• Strong Words welcomes poets for a summer celebration, Voices of the City presents "Endless LA Summer," featuring readings from poets Roy Cruz, Jimmy Walsh Doyle, Marlene Nichols, Brett Paesel, Lynne Thompson, and a performance by special musical guest Jason Luckett, Central Library, Taper Auditorium, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-made-presents-strong-words-endless-la-summer-tickets-951735505517)
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• The 28th Annual Tuolumne Meadows Poetry Festival takes place August 17 and 18, 2024, and will include morning workshops and afternoon readings with music featuring poets Nickole Brown, To Those Who Were Our First Gods, California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, In Praise of Late Wonder, Cintia Santana, The Disordered Alphabet, and musician Shira Kammen, Parsons Memorial Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, free, 10:00 am to 3:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=1AFD17B1-B4A7-1E02-40AC358AFF55823B)
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19 AUGUST 2024 — monday

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20 AUGUST 2024 — tuesday

• City Lights Bookstore welcomes Eugene Lim, Search History, to discuss his latest novel, Fog & Car, in conversation with poet, translator and musician Ian Drieblatt, barishonah, virtual on Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/eugene-lim)
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21 AUGUST 2024 — wednesday

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22 AUGUST 2024 — thursday

• Warwick's welcomes author Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun, reading from and discussing her new novel, A Great Marriage, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/mayes-2024)
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• Litquake presents an intimate dinner with journalist/author Annalee Newitz, Autonomous, private residence, Berkeley, $250-$500, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MjA4MjU1)
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• Et al. etc presents a celebration for the launch of issue 3 of TURKOSLAVIA, an online journal of literary translation from Turkic and Slavic languages, Editors Ena Selimović and Sabrina Jaszi and contributor Donohon Abdugafurova will read from their translations, Et al., 2831a Mission Street, San Francisco, Free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: etaletc.com/events)
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23 AUGUST 2024 — friday

• As a part of the SF Fringe Festival, "Happened Change" is a three-evening performance of food, wine, song, and improv featuring poetry from Tobey Kaplan, Across the Great Divide, with dancer/choreographer Nan Busse as mover and maker, and musical improv from Heikki Koskinen and Cindy Webster, Cutting Ball Theater, 277 Taylor Street, San Francisco, $10, 8:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/happened-change-tickets-912242761657)
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24 AUGUST 2024 — saturday

• AFRAM and Community Literature Initiative welcome poets and poetry lovers for "A Night of Poetry: Celebrating Black Labor", an evening of verse, spoken word, and heartfelt performances focused on honor of hard work and dedication, Sims Library of Poetry, 2702 West Florence Avenue, Los Angeles, or virtual, $15-$20, 5:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of-poetry-celebrating-black-labor-tickets-978835763117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
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• The Claremont Library presents their Fourth Saturdays poetry reading featuring poets Sara Ellen Fowler, Two Signatures, and Nancy Miller Gomez, Inconsolable Objects, Claremont Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry)
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• The Lamorinda Arts Council welcomes writers and poets for "Art Embraces Words,"
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• Point Reyes Books welcomes Joel Whitney, Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World's Best Writers, to discuss his latest genre-defying nonfiction work, Flights: Radicals on the Run, Dance Palace Church Space, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, free, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.ptreyesbooks.com/event/joel-whitney)
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• Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show will visit Stinson Beach for an afternoon of poetry featuring readers: Carol Dorf, Francesca Bell, Bright Stain, Martin Hickel, Joshua Lubin, and Kathe Jordan, hosted by Sandra Cross, Stinson Beach Public Library, 3521 Shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: marinpoetrycenter.org/programs/traveling-show-3)
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• Medicine for Nightmares welcomes poet and novelist Patrick Fontes, Blood in the Fog, for a reading from and discussion on his Latino vampire novel, Blood Set (The Vampiros Cholos), Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/patrick-fontes-reads-from-his-new-book-blood-setthe-vampire-cholos)
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• The Women's National Book Association, Los Angeles chapter, welcomes writers of all genres for "Pitching and Querying your Book," a workshop designed to help writers refine their pitch and craft a compelling query letter that will grab the attention of industry professionals, includes an opportunity to meet agents and publishers; 18700 Sherman Way, Suite 112, Reseda, starting at $34, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/pitching-and-querying-your-book-workshop-tickets-921742977057h)
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25 AUGUST 2024 — sunday

• Heather Buchanan hosts a book signing and reading for the Black Fire—This Time, Volume 2 anthology, readers include novelist/playwright Judy Juanita, Virgin Soul, poet Michael Warr, poet Tureeda Mikell, The Body: Oracle of Memory, Sheila Smith McKoy, The Bones Beneath, Mark Allan Davis, Lakiba Pittman, Bread Crumbs From The Soul: Finding Your Way Back Home, and Thurman Watts, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/08/25/author-black-fire-time-volume-2-reading-and-book-signing)
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• The Community of Writers welcomes writers of all genres for a seven-week course (ongoing Sundays, August 25 to October 6, 2024) exploring James Joyce's Ulysses, led by fiction writer and essayist Peter Orner, Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin, virtual on Zoom, starting at $360, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: communityofwriters.org/warm-fullblooded-life)
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• Poet Lyn Patterson welcomes poets for an immersive workshop, "Dreaming Into Being: Exploring Afro-futurism Through Black Poetics," participants will explore the intersection of Black speculative work, social impact, and the visionary principles of the Black Panther Party, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, by donation, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/dreaming-into-being-exploring-afro-futurism-through-black-poetics-tickets-956547518377?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
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• As San Diego Writers, Ink celebrates its 20th anniversary, they will collaborate with Poetry at the Grove for a special event, hosted by Deborah Ramos, Michael Klam, Anything for a Dull Moment, and Karla Cordova; Cypress Grove Picnic Area, Balboa Drive (near 6th Avenue and Quince Street), San Diego, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: writeyourstorynow.org/readings-events/prose-and-poetry-at-the-park)
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• Marcus Books welcomes author Virtual Murrell, In Pursuit of America's Promise: Memoir of a Black Panther, for a discussion, reading, and book signing, Marcus Books, 3900 Martin L King Jr Way, Oakland, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.instagram.com/marcus.books/?hl=en)
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26 AUGUST 2024 — monday

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27 AUGUST 2024 — tuesday

• College of Marin welcomes writers of all levels for their "Creative Prose Writer's Workshop", Occurring over six Tuesday sessions (August 27, 2024 to October 8, 2024), Participants will practice blending the structural elements of narration, summary and scene with fictive elements such as sensual detail, dialogue, conflict and structure to build clearer and more marketable prose, Hosted by fiction/nonfiction writer Denize Springer, Virtual on Zoom, $70, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: marincommunityed.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=6409&int_category_id=2&int_sub_category_id=10&int_catalog_id=0)
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• College of Marin welcomes writers of all levels for "Creative Prose Writer's Workshop," runs for six Tuesday sessions (August 27, 2024 to October 8, 2024); Participants will practice blending the structural elements of narration, summary and scene with fictive elements such as sensual detail, dialogue, conflict and structure to build clearer prose, hosted by fiction/nonfiction writer Denize Springer; virtual on Zoom, $70, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: marincommunityed.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=6409&int_category_id=2&int_sub_category_id=10&int_catalog_id=0)
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28 AUGUST 2024 — wednesday

• Medicine for Nightmares welcomes novelist Gina María Balibrera for a celebration and reading from her new book, The Volcano Daughters, in conversation with poet Leticia Hernández-Linares, Mucha Muchacha, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: medicinefornightmares.com/events/cfodgs2u0iey4cxstn94mjdil54bdn)
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• The New Short Fiction Series presents Pushcart Prize nominee Lindsey Crittenden for a reading from Foragers and other stories, hosted by spoken word poet Sally Shore and featuring guest cast Jessica Hopper and Allison Walter, virtual on Crowdcast, $15, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.crowdcast.io/c/h1faps9unrbk)
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• Pegasus Books presents Lyrics and Dirges, a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning poets and writers, hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.pegasusbookstore.com/ld-august24)
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29 AUGUST 2024 — thursday

• Gilman Brewing presents poet Sam Sax, PIG, to celebrate the release of his debut novel, Yr Dead, in conversation with R.O. Kwon, Exhibit, a benefit for East Bay Booksellers, whose Oakland bookstore recently burned down, Gilman Brewing, 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/yr-dead-book-launch-tickets-934968113797?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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• Sebastopol Center for the Arts welcomes all writers for their August Writers' Salon, each reader will have five minutes; Any type of writing is welcome including prose, poetry, essay, etc.; Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 South High Street, Sebastopol, $10, 3:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.sebarts.org/classeslectures/p/writers-salon-aug-2024)
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30 AUGUST 2024 — friday

• Linden Tree Books welcomes Randy Ribay to celebrate the launch of his new novel, Everything We Never Had, in conversation with author Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over, Linden Tree Books, 265 State Street, Los Altos, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.lindentreebooks.com/events-calendar)
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31 AUGUST 2024 — saturday

• Alibi Bookshop welcomes poet Amy Lee to celebrate the release of her new collection, Bird with a Bright Object, Alibi Bookshop, 624 Marin Street, Vallejo, free, 4:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: allevents.in/vallejo/alibi-bookshop-presents-an-afternoon-with-poet-amy-lee/200026815956241)
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• "Late to the Party," a poetry reading with Brendan Constantine, Arthur Kazakian, Beth Marquez, and Valentina Gnup, reception and signing to follow, "lots of books and easy parking," The Book Jewel, 6259 W 87th Street, Westchester, 5:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.thebookjewel.com)
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• Village Well Books & Coffee welcomes poet Elena Pinnen for a celebration of her new poetry collection, On a Breaking Wave, Village Well Books & Coffee, 9900 Culver Boulevard #1b, Culver City, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-book-launch-on-a-breaking-wave-by-elena-pinnen-tickets-970815835297?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
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• Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show will visit Mill Valley for an afternoon of poetry featuring readers: Claire Blotter, Expanding.Water.Ways., Gail Entrekin, Walking Each Other Home, Elizabeth Underwood, Janis Rader, Bonnie Thomas, and Tobey Hiller, Crow Mind, hosted by Simona Carini, Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: marinpoetrycenter.org/programs/traveling-show-3)
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