Denise Low
Denise Low and Lucille Lang Day
1 DECEMBER 2024 — sunday
Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading featuring Lucille Lang Day, Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place, and Denise Low, House of Grace, House of Blood: Poems, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
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MORE ABOUT THE READERS
Lucille Lang Day is the author of four poetry chapbooks and seven full-length collections, most recently Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place. Left Margin LIT's David Roderick says, "Very few poets possess the acute observational power on display in Lucille Lang Day's Birds of San Pancho. In lyric, narrative, and meditative forms, Day's curiosity and love for the world radiate from every page. The life affirming vision in this book makes it a perfect read for our fraught time." She edited the anthology Poetry and Science: Writing Our Way to Discovery, coedited Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California and Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California, and authored two children's books and a memoir. Her honors include the Blue Light Poetry Prize, two PEN Oakland, Josephine Miles Literary Awards, the Joseph Henry Jackson Award, and eleven Pushcart Prize nominations. The founder and publisher of Scarlet Tanager Books, she is of Wampanoag, British, and Swiss/German descent.
Denise Low's new book of poems is House of Grace, House of Blood. Mihku Paul says "House of Grace, House of Blood moves far beyond the personal narrative to create an experience that clearly identifies the blade edge that is so-called American history, and invites the reader to consider how exclusion and connection hone it." Low's previous collections include Shadow Light: Poems, The Turtle's Beating Heart: One Family's Story of Lenape Survival, and A Casino Bestiary, among others. The 2007-2009 Poet Laureate of Kansas, she founded the Creative Writing Program at Haskell Indian Nations University and is a past board president of the AWP/Association of Writers and Writing Programs. She currently is literary co-director for The 222, a nonprofit performing arts center in Healdsburg, California, and is on the advisory board of Write On Door County, a Wisconsin retreat with residencies for writers. She is of Northern European and Lenape/Munsee (Delaware) heritage.
Daily Listings
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20 NOVEMBER 2024 — wednesday
- Nonfiction author Alison Owings, Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich, in conversation with Del Seymour, founder of Code Tenderloin, on Owings's new biography, Mayor of the Tenderloin, an insightful book about Del Seymour, his struggles with addiction, and his work to improve his community, African American Center, Third Floor, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/11/20/author-alison-owings-conversation-del-seymour)
21 NOVEMBER 2024 — thursday
- Poetry reading with Dorianne Laux, Life on Earth, Kim Addonizio, Exit Opera, and Joseph Millar, Shine, all reading from their new poetry collections, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.pegasusbookstore.com/laux-addonizio-millar)
- The Poetry in Davis Reading Series is an ongoing series, every first and third Thursday, tonight featuring poet/translator/editor Francisco Aragon, Glow of Our Sweat, Gerald Fleming, The Bastard and the Bishop, and bilingual poet Florencia Milito, Ituzaingó: Exiles and Reveries/exilios y ensueños, an open mic follows, limited to four minutes or two pieces, whichever is shorter, open mic sign up list usually fills by 6:45, hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, Davis Poet Laureate emeritus, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/groups/2290130152/events)
- The Break Room is a monthly poetry open mic hosted by poet Hieu Minh Nguyen, Not Here, Jason Bayani, Locus, and poet/novelist Sam Sax, Pig, there is an occasional poetry workshop before sign-up, Gilman Brewing, 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, free, sign-up for the open at 6:30 pm, show at 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: gilmanbrew.com/event/copy-the-break-room-poetry-open-mic-2024-11-21)
- CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER - Writers Read Ukiah presents Mendocino County Poet Laureate Devreaux Baker, Hungry Ghosts, an hour-long open mic session follows the featured poet, six minutes maximum time for each reader, this monthly poetry reading series usually takes place on the last Thursday of each month, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events)
- The Brown Bag Poetry Reading Series features San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez with special guest poets Ron Salisbury, Miss Desert Inn, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Ghazal Cosmopolitan, and Sonia Gutierrez, Paper Birds: Feather by Feather, San Diego Civic Center Concourse, 202 C Street, San Diego, free, Noon PST (For more information, visit: www.jasonmagaboperez.com/event/sdpf24-brown-bag-poetry-series-at-civic-center-plaza)
- City Lights welcomes poet Maw Shein Win to launch her new poetry collection, Percussing the Thinking Jar, with poet and educator MK Chavez, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, also online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information and the full schedule of events, visit: citylights.com/events/maw-shein-win-launch-party-for-percussing-the-thinking-jar)
22 NOVEMBER 2024 — friday
- Beyond Baroque welcomes poet Cynthia Good for the LA book launch of her new poetry collection, In the Thaw of Day, with poets Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux, and Michelle Bitting, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-in-the-thaw-of-day-by-cynthia-good-tickets-1018542276367?aff=oddtdtcreator)
23 NOVEMBER 2024 — saturday
24 NOVEMBER 2024 — sunday
25 NOVEMBER 2024 — monday
26 NOVEMBER 2024 — tuesday
- This pop-up poetry making lab will occur over three dates (November 12, 19, and 26) with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez, the exhibit takes visitors through the creative process of writing poetry and explores poetry-making techniques like ekphrasis, cut-up, documentary, and collage, Museum of Us, 1350 El Prado, San Diego, included with museum admission, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.jasonmagaboperez.com/event/sdpf24-poetry-making-labs-at-museum-of-us)
27 NOVEMBER 2024 — wednesday
28 NOVEMBER 2024 — thursday
29 NOVEMBER 2024 — friday
30 NOVEMBER 2024 — saturday
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