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Meryl Natchez

Dean Rader and Meryl Natchez

19 MARCH 2023 — sunday

Poetry Flash presents a reading and a conversation in poems by Meryl Natchez, Catwalk, and Dean Rader, Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry, in person, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).

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"In this reading and conversation in poems, the poets will read poems that seem to speak to each other's work—from tales of the inimitable Frog and Toad children's books, the scenes from Reservoir Dogs, to the standard territory of love, sex, death and most everything else, except taxes."

Meryl Natchez's fourth book, Catwalk, received an Indie Best Book 2020 Award from Kirkus Reviews. Jericho Brown says, "Meryl Natchez casts the kind of spells that amount to a more precise definition for the "changing same" of what lyric poetry really is. Yes, these poems show a gift for formal dexterity with haibuns and cinquains and nonce verse, but what I love about them is how much of the world—how much of a life—Natchez conjures in the space of a few lines. From the biology of earthworms to the pitfalls of a forty-year love affair, there is no place this poetry won't touch." Meryl Natchez's work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, LA Review of Books, Hudson Review, Poetry Northwest, Literary Matters, The American Journal of Poetry, Tupelo Quarterly, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. For more see www.merylnatchez.com.

Dean Rader's most recent poetry collection is Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry, a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award. ZYZZYVA wrote of it, "By writing honestly about the difficulties of self-representation, Rader represents himself as a writer who cares deeply about his audience and his craft." His previous collection, Works & Days, won the T.S Eliot Prize. Eric Weinstein wrote of it, "his poems ask the difficult questions in accessible ways, ways rendered all the more effective via wry humor and an eye for the darkly poignant." Writer, scholar, and critic as well as a poet, Dean Rader also writes about Indigenous studies, modern and contemporary art, and visual culture. He is a professor at the University of San Francisco and a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry.

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6 APRIL 2026 — monday

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7 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

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8 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

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9 APRIL 2026 — thursday

City Lights, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and Beacon Press present Rainey Reitman to celebrate the publication of Transaction Denied: Big Finance's Power to Punish Speech, in-store and on Zoom, free, registration required for the Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/rainey-reitman-tickets-1979938380996?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com)
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San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck presents Robert Pesich and special guests to present at Poem Jam, San Francisco Public Library's monthly poetry reading; Poem Jam poetry reading series takes place on the second Thursday of each month at the Main Library, unless otherwise noted, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/09/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam)
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Beyond Baroque presents a poetry reading with Tim Seibles, Poet Laureate of Virginia 2016-2018, With No Hat, and Suzanne Lummis, reading from her new book, Crime Wave, livestreamed on YouTube and in-person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, registration required for in-person attendance, free, doors open at 7:00 pm, reading 7:30 pm (Registration for in-person attendance required: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-poetry-reading-with-tim-seibles-suzanne-lummis-tickets-1985876764862?aff=ebdsoporgprofile#location; Livestreamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos)
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10 APRIL 2026 — friday

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11 APRIL 2026 — saturday

Beyond Baroque presents artist, poet, and freelance writer Judy Kleinberg to lead "Accident and Intention: found words/fresh poems," a workshop focused on found poetry techniques, in-person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, $90, 11:00 am (Register in advance: www.eventbrite.com/e/accident-and-intention-found-words-fresh-poems-tickets-1985846609667)
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Beyond Baroque presents a reading and reception featuring Nikki Ochoa, 2026 fellow winner and more TBA; in celebration of the third annual Linda J. Albertano Poetry Fellowship in honor of poet and performance artist, Linda J. Albertano; livestreamed on YouTube and in-person, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, registration required for in-person attendance, free, 2:00 pm (Registration required for in-person attendance: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2026-linda-j-albertano-poetry-fellowship-reading-celebration-tickets-1986038967013?aff=ebdsoporgprofile; Livestreamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos)
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12 APRIL 2026 — sunday

Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Jesse Nathan, Eggtooth, and Diana Arterian, Agrippina the Younger: Poems, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm (poetryflash.org).
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13 APRIL 2026 — monday

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14 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

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15 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers' Series at SDSU presents poet and translator Piotr Florczyk in a reading of recent work, in-person at San Diego State University Library, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, in the Leon Williams Room, LL430, Love Library, Fourth Floor, free, 7:00 pm (library.sdsu.edu/events#event-details/39de4769-1762-4f55-88e2-29c0fc4bb18a)
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16 APRIL 2026 — thursday

With beguiling stories and images Peter Maravelis explores the multilayered histories of legendary City Lights Bookstore; renowned for its role in the cultural and literary life of San Francisco and the nation, as both bookstore and a publisher, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/16/presentation-insurgent-beatitudes-history-city-lights)
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17 APRIL 2026 — friday

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18 APRIL 2026 — saturday

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19 APRIL 2026 — sunday

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20 APRIL 2026 — monday

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21 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

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22 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

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23 APRIL 2026 — thursday

City Lights and University of California Press present Scott Kurashige to celebrate the publication of American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism, in conversation with journalist Jeff Yang, in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for the Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/scott-kurashige-american-peril-tickets-1979945436098?aff=oddtdtcreator, and )
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San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests celebrate the publication of poet Jeffrey Bryant's The Catacombs of Vanished Lovers at SFPL's monthly poetry reading, San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/23/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam-celebrates-catacombs-vanished-lovers)
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24 APRIL 2026 — friday

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25 APRIL 2026 — saturday

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26 APRIL 2026 — sunday

San Francisco's 9th Poet Laureate Genny Lim hosts a special program featuring San Francisco's first Youth Poet Laureates: SF Youth Poet Laureate Karan Gupta, Vice SF Youth Poet Laureate Aisha McCulloch and Tika Zahiri, SF Youth Poet Laureate Cohort Member, with butterfly harp music performed by Harriet Lim, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm (sfpl.org/events/2026/04/26/performance-sf-poet-laureate-genny-lim-and-sf-youth-poet-laureates)
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27 APRIL 2026 — monday

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28 APRIL 2026 — tuesday

City Lights and HarperCollins present Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff celebrating the publication of their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff-tickets-1979948819217?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff)
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29 APRIL 2026 — wednesday

The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers' Series at SDSU presents Blas Falconer in a poetry reading from his newest book Rara Avis, in-person at San Diego State University Library, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, in the Leon Williams Room, LL430, Love Library, Fourth Floor, free, 7:00 pm (library.sdsu.edu/events#event-details/49327f40-616e-4f1a-8ba1-a188dc054cb1)
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30 APRIL 2026 — thursday

Molly Crabapple, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund, in conversation with queer, jewish, poet and writer Sam Sax, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/molly-crabapple-in-conversation-with-sam-sax-tickets-1982664999385?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/molly-crabapple-here-where-we-live-is-our-country-the-story-of-the-jewish-bund)
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