Beyond Baroque presents a celebration of Marsha de la O's new poetry collection, Creature, featuring readings by poets Kim Young, Night Radio, and Holaday Mason,Towards the Forest, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-creature-by-marsha-de-la-o-tickets-882799255337?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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)