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26 FEBRUARY 2023 — sunday
- Valley Contemporary SoCal Poets Reading, featuring Laurel Ann Bogen, Washing a Language, Michael C. Ford, Emergency Exits, nominated for a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, Rick Lupert, I am not Writing a Book of Poems in Hawaii, E Amato, Swimming Through Amber, Beth Ruscio, Speaking Parts, Robert Krut, Watch Me Trick Ghosts, and Ashaki Jackson, Language Lesson, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 2:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
- Book Passage presents criminal justice journalist Graham Rayman, The NYPD Tapes, reading from Rikers: An Oral History, about Rikers Jail told by those whose lives have been changed by injustice, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 1:00 pm PST (More information here: )
- Poetry Flash presents a reading by Genny Lim Kra!, Maya Khosla All the Fires of Wind and Light, Chris Olander, River Light, John Curl, Rainbow Weather, 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)
27 FEBRUARY 2023 — monday
28 FEBRUARY 2023 — tuesday
- Book Passage presents author and activist Lesley-Ann Brown, Decolonial Daughter: Letters from a Black Woman to her European Son, discussing her new book, Blackgirl on Mars, a profound memoir that follows the author's two years of travel in search of "home," in conversation with actor Elisa Donovan, who starred in the movie Clueless and authored the memoir Wake Me When You Leave, online, free, 1:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/lesley-ann-brown-elisa-donovan-blackgirl-mars-online-event)
- Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet George Hammons, Hungry to Bed/Love Poems, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
- Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore presents award-winning novelist Amy Poeppel, reading from and discussing her new book, The Sweet Spot, in conversation with editor and writer Anika Streitfeld, book signing to follow, free, Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (More information here: www.mrsdalloways.com/events)
- City Lights Books presents poet, essayist, and activist Margaret Randall, reading from two new books, Lupe's Dream and other stories, her first collection of fiction, and Vertigo of Risk: poems, joined in conversation by Garrett Caples, poet and editor at City Lights Books, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
- Medicine for Nightmares presents Earth Sessions, an eco-poetry reading and workshop, featuring readings from poets Leah Thomas, The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet, and Diandra Marizet, with a workshop led by Kiana Kazemi, environmental activist and storyteller, Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
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