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12 NOVEMBER 2022 — saturday
- Book Passage presents a reading with poets Susan Cohen, Democracy of Fire, and Rebecca Foust, Only, celebrating their new collections, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 2:00 pm PST (More information here: www.bookpassage.com/event/2022-11)
- The Poetry Center presents the 37th annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, this year given by poet and scholar Ariel Resnikoff, Unnatural Bird Migrator, the title of the talk is "Among the Heaps of Brick and Plaster Lies: Toward a Poetics of Translingual Refuse", East Bay Media Center, 1939 Addison Street, Berkeley, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (More information here: poetry.sfsu.edu/event/ariel-resnikoff-george-oppen-memorial-lecture)
13 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday
- Bird & Beckett Books and Records presents poet and bookman Josiah Luis Alderete, co-founder of Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and author of Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos, in conversation with journalist Denise Sullivan, part of a monthly series of conversations with San Francisco activists, educators, and art and cultural leaders, online, free, 10:00 am PST (More information here: birdbeckett.com/denise-sullivan-11-13-22)
- Second Sundays Reading Series presents poet Elizabeth M. Castillo, Cajoncito: Poems on Love, Loss, y Otras Locuras, poet and novelist Jenn Givhan, River Woman, River Demon, New Mexico-Arizona Book Award finalist for Mystery & Thriller, and poet Jose Hernandez Diaz, The Fire Eater, hosted by Siân Killingsworth, free, online, 3:00 pm PST (Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcOirpz8oGd2D0HGfDDciWzm0BoKEvTey)
- The Green Arcade presents celebrates the launch of Why It Is I Choose to Be Alien, selected poems by Polish-American poet Laura Ulewicz (1930-2007), with featured guests novelist and poet Maxine Chernoff, New Faces of 1952, winner of the Carl Sandburg Award, writer Larry Felson, and other surprise guests, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00 pm PST (More information here: www.thegreenarcade.com)
- CANCELED - Celebrate the launch of two poetry collections by poets Susan Cohen and Rebecca Foust, reading from their new books, Democracy of Fire and Only, respectively, hosted by Sarah Kobrinsky, former Poet Laureate of Emeryville, Jered's Pottery, 5743 A Horton Street, Emeryville, free, 2:00-4:00 pm PST
- A night of poetry, with featured readers Tiff Dressen, Of Mineral, Alexandra Mattraw, Raw Anyone, and Brent Armendinger, Street Gloss, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 4:30 pm PST (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-night-poetry-tiff-dressen-alexandra-mattraw-and-brent-armendinger)
- Medicine for Nightmares presents a special film screening of Las Marimachas Fragments, a short poetry film by Lourdes Figueroa and Peggy Peralta, joining them for a night of storytelling and poetry are former San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, poet E.K. Keith, writer and editor Michelle Robles Wallace, artist Cinthia Marisol Lozano, and poet Karen Llagas, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
- Poetry Flash presents a reading by Rosanna Warren, So Forth: Poems, and Daniel Wolff, More Poems about Money, 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)
14 NOVEMBER 2022 — monday
- City Lights Books presents acclaimed writer, feminist, and gender theorist Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, discussing their new book, What World Is This? A Pandemic Phenomenology, an insightful look at how COVID-19 has challenged the way we look at our society and the world as a whole, in conversation with author and educator Gayle Salamon, Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality, winner of the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Studies, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
- The San Francisco Public Library presents Damien Linnane, artist, scholar, author, and formerly incarcerated, discussing his life and illustrations for This is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods; Linanne's illustrations for the book are on display at the San Francisco Main Library through December 2022; online, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/14/presentation-damien-linnane-illustrator-ear-hustle)
15 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday
- City Lights Books presents poet, artist, and musician Will Alexander, finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, celebrating his new book, Divine Blue Light (For John Coltrane): Pocket Poets Series No. 63, a powerful collection at the intersection between surrealism and afro-futurism, in conversation with San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heaven Is All Goodbyes, winner of the California Book Award for Poetry, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
- Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet C.C. Arshagra, The Open Mike Poems, Book 1. Scared Sacred, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
- Green Apple Books presents writer and editor Jennifer Lewis, discussing her debut collection of short stories, The New Low, in conversation with short story writer Anita Felicelli, Love Songs for a Lost Continent, winner of the 2016 Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-jennifer-lewis-anita-felicelli)
- Book Passage presents "The Thrill of Life's Next Chapter," a discussion and inspiring stories from She Writes Press authors, featuring Amy S. Peele, Cut, Patricia Grayhall, Making the Rounds: Defying the Norms in Love and Medicine, Linda Moore, and Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, Filling Her Shoes, Book Passage, 51 Tama Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 1:00 pm PST (More information here: www.bookpassage.com/event/thrill-lifes-next-chapter-amy-s-peele-patricia-grayhall-linda-moore-betsy-graziani-fasbinder)
- Center for the Art of Translation presents novelist Li Zi Shu, discussing her novel The Age of Goodbyes, winner of the China Times Open Book Award, joined by YZ Chin, translator of the book and author of Though I Get Home, winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, and psychologist and novelist Ipek Burnett, The Ruby in San Francisco, exact location information will be sent after registration, free, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.catranslation.org/event/the-age-of-goodbyes-li-zi-shu-yz-chin-and-ipek-burnett)
- The University of San Francisco presents the Fall Faculty Reading, featuring essayist and novelist Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, winner of the silver medal in First Fiction from the California Book Awards, novelist K.M. Soehnlein, Army of Lovers, and poet Maw Shein Win, Storage Unit for the Spirit House, nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry, this reading is part of the MFA in Writing Program Reading Series, University of San Francisco, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, 2497 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:45 pm PST
16 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday
- City Lights Books presents journalist and war correspondent Anna Badkhen, discussing her new book, Bright Unbearable Reality, a collection of essays connected by themes of communion and longing, online, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
- Book Passage presents short story writer Oscar Hokeah, discussing his debut novel, Calling for a Blanket Dance, a deeply moving story of a young Native American man finding strength through his family heritage and identity, online, free, 5:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/oscar-hokeah-calling-blanket-dance-online-event)
17 NOVEMBER 2022 — thursday
- Green Apple Books presents poet and essayist Sarah Heady, Niagara Transnational, 2013 Michael Rubin Book Award-winner, celebrating her latest collection, Comfort, joined by essayist Amy K. Bell, poet Tanya Holtland, Requisite, fiction writer Maia Ipp, and poet Laura Walker, psalmbook, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-sarah-heady-amy-k-bell-tanya-holtland-maia-ipp-and-laura-walker)
- 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 featuring poet and editor Tom Mandel, To the Cognoscenti, online via Zoom, free, 5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsceyrrDwrEtHr06pb8qItOsP9H6jP2mvq)
18 NOVEMBER 2022 — friday
- Beyond Baroque presents the Southern California Poetry Festival, an annual celebration of poetry and diverse voices within Southern California, beginning with an opening reception celebrating the work of poet Sesshu Foster, with a reading and discussion by Foster, joined by poets Amy Uyematsu and Angel Dominguez, and fiction writer Carribean Fragoza, moderated by Neelanjana Banerjee, managing editor for Kaya Press, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 7:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
- The Green Arcade presents poet and translator Vincent Katz, reading from his new collection Broadway for Paul, joined by poets Norma Cole, Fate News, and Aaron Shurin, The Blue Absolute, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30 pm PST (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)
- Small Press Traffic presents a reading by poets Ted Rees, Dog Day Economy, Thanksgiving: a Poem, finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and Danielle LaFrance, Just Like I Like It, Rees and LaFrance will read their work alongside shorts by legendary underground filmmaker Curt McDowell, Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.smallpresstraffic.org/upcomingevents/ted-rees-danielle-lafrance-curt-mcdowell)
19 NOVEMBER 2022 — saturday
- The Southern California Poetry Festival continues with workshops by Errant Press and poet Brendan Constantine, a showcase of independent presses featuring Moon Tide Press, with Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Gustavo Hernandez, and Ellen Webre; Nightboat Books with Angel Dominguez, Carlos Lara, and Jackie Wang; and Kundiman with Kien Lam, Cynthia Dewi Oka, and Dorothy Chan; a reading by poets Anthony Cody, Omar Pimienta, Vanessa Angélica Villareal, and Sehba Sarwar, examining the poetics of borders and migrations, and a special reading with Pulitzer Prize finalist Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain, joined by National Poetry Series winner Jos Charles and poet Kazim Ali, co-presented by Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Poetry Foundation, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 11:00 am-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
- Small Press Traffic presents a reading to celebrate artist Amy Trachtenberg's solo exhibition, "The Violet June of Autumn," joining Trachtenberg are artist Cliff Hengst, poet Vincent Katz, Broadway for Paul, author and artist Yedda Morrison, Darkness, and essayist Anton Stuebner, Catharine Clark Gallery, 248 Utah Street, San Francisco, free, 4:00 pm PST (More information here: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/the-violet-june-of-autumn-amy-trachtenberg)
- Catamaran Literary Reader celebrates the launch of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife, a new poetry collection by Vincent Rendoni and winner of the 2022 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets, with an introduction by poet Dorianne Laux, judge for the 2022 prize and author of books including What We Carry, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, book signing to follow, San Francisco Historical Society Museum, 608 Commercial Street, San Francisco, $20, ticket includes a copy of the book and museum tour, 5:00-7:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2022/2022/11/19-poetryprizebooklaunch)
20 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday
- Blue Light at the Gallery presents a reading with poets Gary Young, Red Cedar, Red Pine, Beau Beausoleil, Another Way Home, and Joe Zaccardi, The Weight of Bodily Touches, all reading from new work, online via Zoom, free, 6:30 pm PST (RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com for the Zoom link)
- Medicine for Nightmares presents an afternoon of spoken word by experimental poet and jazz musician Clark Coolidge, author of collections including Sound as Thought, New American Poetry Series, and This Time We Are Both, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
- The Southern California Poetry Festival continues with workshops led by poets Douglas Manuel and Sarah Maclay, and "Indigenous Poets Across the Americas," a reading featuring Tommy Pico, Kinsale Drake, Jessa Calderon, and Moncho Ollin Alvarado, a showcase of independent presses, featuring "The Offing" with Michael Reyes, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and Gabrielle Civil; What Books Press with Mariano Zaro, Elena Karina Byrne, and Carolie Parker; and LA Review of Books with Elizabeth Metzger, Allison Hedge Coke, and Anna Journey; a reading to celebrate the release of Best American Poetry 2022, featuring Prageeta Sharma, Alexis Sears, Amy Gerstler, and Matthew Zapruder, and lastly a reading featuring Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Lynne Thompson and Poet Laureate of San Francisco Tongo Eisen-Martin, joined by poets Shonda Buchanan, bridgette bianca, and Conney Williams, co-presented by Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Poetry Foundation, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 10:00 am-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
- Poetry Flash presents a reading by Jose Antonio Villarán, Open Pit, and Sesshu Foster, City of the Future, 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)
- Medicine for Nightmares celebrates the release of Person, Perceived Girl, a new collection of poetry by A.A. Vincent, joining Vincent in a reading are poets and writers Kevin Madrigla Gallindo, Randy James, Shah Noor, and Joseph Rios, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30-8:30 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
21 NOVEMBER 2022 — monday
- City Lights Books presents political scientist and activist Dr. Clarence Lusane, The Black History of the White House, discussing his latest book, Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice, which examines the debate over the twenty-dollar bill as a lens for the country's ongoing fight against racism and white supremacy, in conversation with Justin Desmangles, chairman of the Before Columbus Foundation and administrator of the American Book Award, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
22 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday
- Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet and novelist Ruth Madievsky, Emergency Brake, All-Night Pharmacy, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
23 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday
24 NOVEMBER 2022 — thursday
25 NOVEMBER 2022 — friday
26 NOVEMBER 2022 — saturday
- Fourth Saturdays presents "Poets About Town," an annual open mic reading, bring either two poems or two pages to read, sign up starts at 1:50 pm, readers are welcome to bring copies of newly published work to sell or trade, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm PST
27 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday
28 NOVEMBER 2022 — monday
- City Lights Books presents poet and artist Courtney Faye Taylor, celebrating her debut collection Concentrate: poem, which explores the history of Latasha Harlins, a fifteen-year-old Black girl who was killed by Korean shop owner Soon Ja Du after she was falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice, in conversation with Chantz Erolin, writer and editor at Graywolf Press, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
29 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday
- City Lights Books presents award-winning poet Eileen Myles, celebrating their new collection, Pathetic Literature, joined by writers Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts, Camille Roy, Honey Mine, Laurie Weeks, Zipper Mouth, winner of the Lambda Literary Award, Simone White, House Envy of All the World, and Frank Wilderson, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
- Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring Rawle James, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
- The San Francisco Public Library presents a special workshop with poets Zachary Zan and Hanson Lee, discussing and analyzing the famous Chinese poem "Cold Mountain", free, at the North Beach Library Community Room, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 6:30-7:30 pm PST (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/29/panel-poetry-reading)
30 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday
- Book Passage presents acclaimed writer and musician Patti Smith, Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award, celebrating her new book, A Book of Days, a collection of over 365 images and reflections that reflect the artist's life and unique aesthetic, Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, $40, tickets include a copy of the book, 7:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.bookpassage.com/abookofdays2022)
- The San Francisco Public Library presents a special workshop with poets Zachary Zan and Hanson Lee, discussing and analyzing the famous Chinese poem "Cold Mountain", free, at the North Beach Library Community Room, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 6:30-7:30 pm PST (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/29/panel-poetry-reading)
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