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Annie Stenzel

Annie Stenzel and Patricia Caspers

13 OCTOBER 2024 — sunday

Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading featuring Patricia Caspers, The Most Kissed Woman in the World, and Annie Stenzel, Don't misplace the moon, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).


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MORE ABOUT THE READERS

Patricia Caspers's new book of poems is The Most Kissed Woman in the World. Chloe Martinez says, "In each 'Portrait of God,' Caspers finds the sacred somewhere unexpected: a ginkgo tree; an assisted living facility; a dysfunctional family; the self in all its gorgeous imperfections. These lyrical, surprising poems look at the world with a hard-won clarity and tenderness, embracing joy without turning away from suffering." Her two previous collections are In the Belly of the Albatross and Some Flawed Magic. The founding Editor-in Chief of West Trestle Review, she won the Nimrod-Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, was the recipient of a Hedgebrook residency, and was named the best columnist and education reporter in the state by the California Newspapers Association. Caspers is a librarian and a Unitarian Universalist.

Annie Stenzel's new book of poems is Don't misplace the moon. Francesca Bell says, "Though 'being alive is a wound that won't heal,' the poems in Don't misplace the moon nudge us toward joy and wonder, and linger long after we finish reading, like 'a whisper / as if bliss were stirring.'" Annie Stenzel's first collection is The First Air After Absence. Widely published in such journals as Chestnut Review and One Art, she has been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. A poetry editor/reader for the online journals Right Hand Pointing and West Trestle Review, she lives on unceded Ohlone land in walking distance of the San Francisco Bay and pays a voluntary tax to help restore indigenous life.




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  • Award-winning author and paramedic Joanna Sokol reads from her new book, A Real Emergency: Stories From the Ambulance, joined in conversation by Kevin Fagan, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

9 JULY 2025 — wednesday

10 JULY 2025 — thursday

  • Poem Jam: Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita presents contributing poets reading from their new anthology, Colossus: Water, Poem Jam takes place on the second Thursday of each month unless otherwise noted, San Francisco Main Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 (415/557-4400, on.sfpl.org/07-10-25)

11 JULY 2025 — friday

12 JULY 2025 — saturday

13 JULY 2025 — sunday

14 JULY 2025 — monday

15 JULY 2025 — tuesday

  • Jackie Thomas-Kennedy reads from her new novel, The Other Wife, joined in conversation by Carol Edgarian, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

16 JULY 2025 — wednesday

  • Crystal Haryanto presents her new book, The Glory of Giving Everything: The Taylor Swift Business Model, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

17 JULY 2025 — thursday

  • Poetry Night Reading Series presents Dane Cervine, Nine Volt Nirvana, and Adela Najarro, with host Dr. Andy Jones, air-conditioned venue, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, 7:00 (www.poetryindavis.com)
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18 JULY 2025 — friday

19 JULY 2025 — saturday

20 JULY 2025 — sunday

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21 JULY 2025 — monday

22 JULY 2025 — tuesday

23 JULY 2025 — wednesday

  • Bridget A. Lyons reads from and presents her new book, Entwined: Dispatches from the Intersection of Species, joined in conversation by Leigh Marz, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

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26 JULY 2025 — saturday

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29 JULY 2025 — tuesday

30 JULY 2025 — wednesday

31 JULY 2025 — thursday

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