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Camille Dungy

Camille Dungy, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Major Jackson, more

23 JUNE 2022 — thursday

Community of Writers presents a benefit poetry reading featuring an incredible lineup of award-winning poets: Camille Dungy, Suck on the Marrow, winner of the Northern California book award, Robert Hass, Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005, winner of the 2007 National Book Award, Brenda Hillman, White Dress, Major Jackson, The Absurd Man, Ada Limón, The Carrying, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, Sharon Olds, Strike Sparks, and Matthew Zapruder, The Pajamaist, reading from published and unpublished work, books will be available for sale and signing after the reading, all proceeds benefit the 2023 Scholarship Fund, $25 general admission, $30 at the door, $15 student ticket with ID, $20 without ID, proof of vaccination required for entry, in person at Bar One at The Olympic House-Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, also available to watch as a live stream online , 7:30 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: www.wildboundlive.com/events/poetryreading)




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24 MAY 2025 — saturday

25 MAY 2025 — sunday

  • Michelle Tea celebrates the release of Witch: Anthology, which she edited, with readings and rituals featuring Lily Burana, Kathe Izzo, Molly Larkey, Shelley Marlow, Brooke Palmieri, Mia Tsang, and Sarah Yanni, limited seating; Secret location will be emailed to you after registration, San Francisco, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/michelle-tea-and-friends)

26 MAY 2025 — monday

27 MAY 2025 — tuesday

  • Director, actor, essayist, playwright and screenwriter Ralph Remington reads from his book, Penetrating Whiteness: What Racism Really Is and What We Can Do About It, both onsite and online, see website for Zoom registration, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/ralph-remington)

28 MAY 2025 — wednesday

  • Nonfiction author Sophie Lewis reads from her book, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation, both onsite and online, see website for Zoom registration, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/sophie-lewis)

29 MAY 2025 — thursday

  • Poetry Flash presents a book launch for Dan Alter, who will read from his new collection Hills Full of Holes; he'll be joined in the celebration by Judy Halebsky, Spring and a Thousand Years (Unabridged), and Maw Shein Win, Percussing the Thinking Jar, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).

30 MAY 2025 — friday

31 MAY 2025 — saturday

  • Sixteen Rivers Press presents a poetry reading with Rosa Lane, Called Back, and Camille Norton, A Folio for the Dark: Poems, Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, 3:00-5:00 pm PDT (sixteenrivers.org)

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