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25 AUGUST 2022 — thursday

  • Writers Read Ukiah presents a reading featuring Lake County Poet Laureate Georgina Marie Guardado, The Length of Trauma Covets, followed by an open mic, six minutes per reader, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events)
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring Diana Raab, An Imaginary Affair: Poems Whispered to Neruda, followed by an open mic, in-person, E.P. Foster Library, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free, 6:30-10:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.vencolibrary.org/library-events/thursday-night-poetry-0818221830)
  • Grand Piano TV presents a series of live readings and performances, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the final volume of The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography/San Francisco 1975-1980, a series of autobiographical writings centered on ten Bay Area poets, this week features Barrett Watten, founder of the Grand Piano reading series in 1976 and author of The Constructivist Movement: From Material Text to Cultural Poetics, winner of the 2004 René Wellek Prize, online via Zoom, free, 5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsceyrrDwrEtHr06pb8qItOsP9H6jP2mvq)

26 AUGUST 2022 — friday

  • The Friday Collapse Virtual Series presents a reading featuring spoken word artist and activist The Propaganda Poet, Terraform, and spoken word artist Aideed Medina, hosted by Paul Corman Roberts and E. Lynn Alexander, followed by an open mic, streaming on Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 6:30 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/84117144354)
  • Poetry at Bell Arts presents a reading featuring Dian Sousa, The Marvels Recorded in My Private Closet, and Patty Seyburn, Threshold Delivery, followed by an open mic, hosted by Jeanette Clough, in-person, Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, as well as on Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PDT (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/9607501600)

27 AUGUST 2022 — saturday

  • Medicine for Nightmares presents "Borrowed Tongues, New Writings from Filipinx and Latinx Poets," a reading featuring Josiah Luis Alderete, curator of the reading series Speaking Axolotl and author of Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos, Aileen Cassinetto, The Pink House of Purple Yam Preserves and Other Poems, Alice De Parres, Keana Aguilar Labra, Virga, and Kevin Madrigal Galindo, Hell/a Mexican, sponsored by the Filipino American Center at the San Francisco Public Library, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • Blue Light at the Gallery presents a reading featuring poet George Wallace, first Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, New York and author of numerous collections including I Feed the Flames and the Flames Feed Me, joining Wallace are poets Francine Witte, Helga Kidder, KB Ballentine, Chris Wood, Etain Scott, E.D. Watson, Nancy Lee Melmon, Jennifer Lagier, Claudia Reder, Melanie Gendron, MJ Moore, Melissa Hobbs, Karen Marker, Susan Murray, Paula Nichols, marilyn dykstra, Judy Bebelaar, Elinor Gale, and Diane Frank, from Wallace's Blue Light Press Improv Poetry Workshop, a one-day workshop where poets brainstorm their own prompts and focus on imagination-based poetry, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com for the Zoom link)
  • Poets in Conversation presents translators and founders of Dutch Poet Press, Joel Katz, Erase / Endure, and Robert Perry, hosted by poet Phyllis Klein, The Full Moon Herald, online via Zoom, free, 4:00-5:30 pm PDT (More information here: phyllispoetry.com)
  • "Poetry for Haiti," an afternoon of poetry and music to benefit the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, featuring readings and performances by poet devorah major, califia's daughter, San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heaven Is All Goodbyes, award-winning poet and musician Avotcja, singer-songwriter Francisco Herrera, and poet Shanga Labossiere, followed by an open mic, co-sponsored by Haiti Action Committee, Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, and St. John's Presbyterian Church Mission and Justice Commission, online via Zoom, suggested donation $10-$50, 3:00-5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-for-haiti-a-benefit-for-haiti-emergency-relief-fund-registration-394847057177)
  • Fourth Saturdays presents a poetry reading featuring Cati Porter, Novel, The Body at a Loss, and Jonathan Maule, This Side of Fire, winner of the 2020 Hillary Gravendyk Regional Poetry Prize, in-person, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/FriendsoftheClaremontLibrary)

28 AUGUST 2022 — sunday

  • Women's National Book Association returns with their signature Literary Teas, a brunch-time event with readings and conversations with authors, this month featuring novelists Elise Bryant, Happily Ever Afters, nominated for the NAACP Image Award, and Nicola Harrison, The Show Girl; there will be an online component for those not yet comfortable with in-person events at this hybrid event; each in-person ticket comes with $10 store credit to be used at Bel Canto Books, event will be held at Bel Canto Books, 2122 E. 4th Street, Long Beach 11:00 am PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/wnba-la-literary-tea-tickets-391917294177)
  • Bird & Beckett presents Story Makers, a reading featuring three fiction writers, Andrena Zawinski, Plumes & other flights of fancy, Judy Juanita, The High Price of Freeways, and Joan Gelfand, Extreme, followed by an open mic, emceed by fiction writer and poet Claire Ortalda, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 4:00-6:00 pm PDT (More information here: birdbeckett.com/fiction-8-28-22)

29 AUGUST 2022 — monday

30 AUGUST 2022 — tuesday

31 AUGUST 2022 — wednesday


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