Geraldine Connolly and Dion O'Reilly 1/25, Berkeley more info
Juan Felipe Herrera
Litquake: Juan Felipe Herrera and Jericho Brown
10 OCTOBER 2020 — saturday
Litquake presents Juan Felipe Herrera, Every Day We Get More Illegal, the twenty-first U.S. Poet Laureate and first Latino to hold the position, with 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry-winner Jericho Brown, author of three collected works, including The Tradition, co-presented by City Lights Books, free, online, 5:00-6:15 pm PDT (Register here: litquake2020festival.sched.com/event/djDE/every-day-we-get-more-illegal-juan-felipe-herrera-with-jericho-brown)
Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Geraldine Connolly, Instructions at Sunset, and Dion O'Reilly, Limerence, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
Omnidawn's next season online Book Launch presents their authors reading from their brand new books: Jason Bayani, Everyone I Love, Alive; Molly Bendall, Turncoat; jason b crawford, YEET!; fabulist fiction writer Arria Deepwater, Descent; John Yau, Diary of Small Discontents, New & Selected Poems 1974-2024; Rodrigo Toscano, Whitman. Cannonball. Puebla., poetic fables; Steven Seidenberg, Coda; and Shane McCrae, Two Appearances After the Resurrection; event hosted by Evan Karp and Quiet Lightning via Zoom, 1:00 PST (Required: You must register and RSVP before the event begins to attend at: app.gopassage.com/events/omnidawn-fall-2025)