Jerome Rothenberg, poet, translator, performance artist and anthologist reads from In the Shadow of a Mad King and A Book of Infernos to the bass accompaniment of bassist, improviser, and composer Mark Dresser; this reading/performance will take place in a private Berkeley home with limited seating, 4:00 pm PST (To attend, email the event host at: Harry@fullplatemedia.com)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)