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19 JANUARY 2025 — sunday

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20 JANUARY 2025 — monday

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21 JANUARY 2025 — tuesday

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22 JANUARY 2025 — wednesday

• This event will honor Steve Lawton and Otter B Books's remarkable contributions to Santa Cruz readers and writers, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: bookshopsantacruz.com/steve-lawton)
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23 JANUARY 2025 — thursday

• The Community of Writers welcomes writers of all genres for a four-week course (ongoing Thursdays, January 23 to February, 2025) on the poetry of Lucille Clifton, led by Kazim Ali, The Far Mosque, virtual on Zoom, starting at $235, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: communityofwriters.org/more-on-the-poetry-and-poetics-of-lucille-clifton)
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24 JANUARY 2025 — friday

• Fiction author Nancy Miller Gomez, Inconsolable Objects, poet Lynne V.E. Crawford, Washing Water, and 2021-2022 Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, Blue on a Blue Palette, read from and celebrate their latest books, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/nancy-miller-gomez-lynda-ve-crawford-lynne-thompson-tickets-1118331051279?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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25 JANUARY 2025 — saturday

• Mobile Data Mag, a literary journal released exclusively on Substack, will feature five Los Angeles-based poets for an in-person reading: Pam Concepcion, Daryl Gussin, Jennifer "Miss B' Baptiste, Mauricio "Soul on Fire" Moreno, and Laura Sermeño, hosted by lead editor and author, Jesse Tovar, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 1:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/mobile-data-mag-a-reading-with-la-authors-tickets-1104979145369?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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26 JANUARY 2025 — sunday

• The fundraiser for City Dream, a program directly benefiting undocumented Community
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• The wine bar, Golden Sardine, celebrates its first anniversary, featuring poetry by San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim, Agneta Falk Hirschman, Josiah Luis Alderete, Angel Dominguez, Daphne Gottlieb, Mimi Tempestt, Charlie Getter, and "roots, rock, and reggae" music by Jumpin' Toads, wine and crab served all day, Golden Sardine, 362 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 2:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.instagram.com/p/DEuwz46PD5l)
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• The Laminations: An Experimental Fiction Workshop, will occur over four Sundays (January 26, February 9, 23, March 9), exploring how to manage layers of formal complexity with plot complexity, and when these laminations overload and opacify the truth, led by Angie Sijun Lou, fiction editor at FENCE, Virtual on Zoom, sliding scale $60-200, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/laminations-experimental-fiction-workshop)
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27 JANUARY 2025 — monday

• City Lights Live! presents novelist Craig Clevenger, Dermaphoria, in conversation with Claire Phillips, Black Market Babies, in celebration of the re-publication of his novel, The Contortionist's Handbook, online only, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information,register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/craig-clevenger-in-conversation-with-claire-phillips-tickets-1076168441779?aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail&ref=eemail&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite)
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28 JANUARY 2025 — tuesday

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29 JANUARY 2025 — wednesday

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30 JANUARY 2025 — thursday

• Former City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood Kim Dower will read from and discuss her latest poetry collection, What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria, with poet Blas Falconer, Rara Avis, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/dower-2025)
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• Misha Crafts celebrates her recently-published poetry chapbook, Beef Cherries, joined by Raul Ruiz, E Conner, and Joni Flint-Gonzales, Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro Street, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.fabulosabooks.com/events.html)
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• Writers Read Ukiah presents a reading by Chris Olander, Nevada County Poet Laureate emeritus, Open Mic follows the featured poet with six-minute slots for each participant, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events)
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31 JANUARY 2025 — friday

• Poet and filmmaker Perry Janes celebrates his poetry book, Find Me When You're Ready, joined Jackson Burgess, author of Atrophy, with a moderated conversation by Elena Karina Byrne, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, $12, 8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/find-me-when-youre-ready-perry-janes-jackson-burgess-elena-karina-byrne-tickets-1209237775739?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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• The Lunar New Year Celebration will feature readings from acclaimed novelist Maxine Hong Kingston, novelist Kathryn Ma, The Year She Left Us, and novelist and educator Aimee Phan, moderated by Mina Kim, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, $15, 6:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.milibrary.org/events/celebrating-lunar-new-year-jan-31-2025)
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