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17 NOVEMBER 2024 — sunday

• Join Celeste Tyrna, Bay Area inspirational writer, healer, and poet, for the book launch of her debut poetry collection, Water Moon: Poetry of a Soul's Awakening, event includes poetry reading, book signing, and prizes, The Vortex, 619 1st Street, Benicia, free, 2:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/water-moon-book-launch-signing-poetry-reading-tickets-1012422873067)
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• The final day of the Southern California Poetry Festival features generative workshops and readings curated by DSTL Arts, Writ Large Projects, Da Poetry Lounge, and Four Way Books; a panel on Central American identity and poetics features Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Adela Najarro, Maya Chinchilla, and Janel Pineda, followed by an evening reading, "Poetics of Grief and Liberation," by Roda Avelar, 2023 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellow, alongside San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez, and others; the festival closes with a reading by California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick from his new poetry collection, with David St. John and Allison Hedge Coke, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 11:00 am-7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/southern-california-poetry-festival-2024-sunday-nov-17-tickets-1047701472307?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
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• San Francisco Public Library welcomes author Jing Li, The Red Sandals: a Memoir, to lead a workshop on "How to Write a Memoir, Short Story and Essay," Jing Li will discuss how to form your idea or theme in the context of nonfiction and fiction writing, San Francisco Main Library, Martin Paley Conference Room, Third Floor, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 2:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/11/17/workshop-how-write-memoir-short-story-and-essay)
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• San Francisco Public Library presents "Echoes of Maya: A Celebration of Voice and Verse," a discussion by historian Dorothy Lazard on poet and writer Dr. Maya Angelou's impact followed by a reading featuring poetry from Avotcja, Tureeda Mikell, Darius Simpson, and Raymond Nat Turner, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 2:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/11/17/performance-echoes-maya-celebration-voice-and-verse)
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• Native American Poetry Celebration with San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests, San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/11/17/author-native-american-poetry-celebration)
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18 NOVEMBER 2024 — monday

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19 NOVEMBER 2024 — tuesday

• This pop-up poetry making lab will occur over three dates (November 12, 19, and 26) with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez, the exhibit takes visitors through the creative process of writing poetry and explores poetry-making techniques like ekphrasis, cut-up, documentary, and collage, Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, San Diego, included with museum admission, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.jasonmagaboperez.com/event/sdpf24-poetry-making-labs-at-museum-of-us)
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20 NOVEMBER 2024 — wednesday

• Nonfiction author Alison Owings, Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich, in conversation with Del Seymour, founder of Code Tenderloin, on Owings's new biography, Mayor of the Tenderloin, an insightful book about Del Seymour, his struggles with addiction, and his work to improve his community, African American Center, Third Floor, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/11/20/author-alison-owings-conversation-del-seymour)
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21 NOVEMBER 2024 — thursday

• Poetry reading with Dorianne Laux, Life on Earth, Kim Addonizio, Exit Opera, and Joseph Millar, Shine, all reading from their new poetry collections, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.pegasusbookstore.com/laux-addonizio-millar)
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• The Poetry in Davis Reading Series is an ongoing series, every first and third Thursday, tonight featuring poet/translator/editor Francisco Aragon, Glow of Our Sweat, Gerald Fleming, The Bastard and the Bishop, and bilingual poet Florencia Milito, Ituzaingó: Exiles and Reveries/exilios y ensueños, an open mic follows, limited to four minutes or two pieces, whichever is shorter, open mic sign up list usually fills by 6:45, hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, Davis Poet Laureate emeritus, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/groups/2290130152/events)
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• The Break Room is a monthly poetry open mic hosted by poet Hieu Minh Nguyen, Not Here, Jason Bayani, Locus, and poet/novelist Sam Sax, Pig, there is an occasional poetry workshop before sign-up, Gilman Brewing, 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, free, sign-up for the open at 6:30 pm, show at 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: gilmanbrew.com/event/copy-the-break-room-poetry-open-mic-2024-11-21)
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• CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER - Writers Read Ukiah presents Mendocino County Poet Laureate Devreaux Baker, Hungry Ghosts, an hour-long open mic session follows the featured poet, six minutes maximum time for each reader, this monthly poetry reading series usually takes place on the last Thursday of each month, 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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• The Brown Bag Poetry Reading Series features San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez with special guest poets Ron Salisbury, Miss Desert Inn, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Ghazal Cosmopolitan, and Sonia Gutierrez, Paper Birds: Feather by Feather, San Diego Civic Center Concourse, 202 C Street, San Diego, free, Noon PST (For more information, visit: www.jasonmagaboperez.com/event/sdpf24-brown-bag-poetry-series-at-civic-center-plaza)
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• City Lights welcomes poet Maw Shein Win to launch her new poetry collection, Percussing the Thinking Jar, with poet and educator MK Chavez, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, also online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information and the full schedule of events, visit: citylights.com/events/maw-shein-win-launch-party-for-percussing-the-thinking-jar)
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22 NOVEMBER 2024 — friday

• Beyond Baroque welcomes poet Cynthia Good for the LA book launch of her new poetry collection, In the Thaw of Day, with poets Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux, and Michelle Bitting, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-in-the-thaw-of-day-by-cynthia-good-tickets-1018542276367?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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23 NOVEMBER 2024 — saturday

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24 NOVEMBER 2024 — sunday

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25 NOVEMBER 2024 — monday

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26 NOVEMBER 2024 — tuesday

• This pop-up poetry making lab will occur over three dates (November 12, 19, and 26) with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez, the exhibit takes visitors through the creative process of writing poetry and explores poetry-making techniques like ekphrasis, cut-up, documentary, and collage, Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, San Diego, included with museum admission, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.jasonmagaboperez.com/event/sdpf24-poetry-making-labs-at-museum-of-us)
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27 NOVEMBER 2024 — wednesday

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28 NOVEMBER 2024 — thursday

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29 NOVEMBER 2024 — friday

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30 NOVEMBER 2024 — saturday

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