Jovina Navarro, Juanita Tamayo Lott, Estella Habal
19 FEBRUARY 2022 — saturday
The San Francisco Public Library celebrates the work of poet, artist, and community worker Joaquin Legaspi (1896-1975), with readings from a newly printed collection of his work, Manong Joaquin, featuring community organizer and psychologist Jovina Navarro, compiler of this collection; Juanita Tamayo Lott, author of Golden Children: Legacy of Ethnic Studies and A Memoir, a poem written to Legaspi; and Dr. Estella Habal, activist, scholar, and author of San Francisco's International Hotel: Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement; free, in person at the African American Center Exhibit Space, Third Floor, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 2:00-3:30 pm PST (For more information: sfpl.org/events/2022/02/19/celebration-book-release-manong-joaquin-collected-verse-joaquin-legaspi)
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24 JANUARY 2026 — saturday
- Sixteen Rivers Press presents a poetry reading by James Cagney, Ghetto Koans: A Personal Archive, and Glenn Ingersoll, Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, free admission, 3:00 to 5:00 (sixteenrivers.org/readings-events)
25 JANUARY 2026 — sunday
- 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)
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