Geraldine Connolly and Dion O'Reilly 1/25, Berkeley more info
Farnaz Fatemi
Farnaz Fatemi and Nancy Miller Gomez
14 APRIL 2025 — monday
Former Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate Farnaz Fatemi and Santa Cruz County's new Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez celebrate Gomez's 2025-26 appointment with wine, food, lively conversation, and poetry, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: bookshopsantacruz.com/poet-laureate-2025)
Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Geraldine Connolly, Instructions at Sunset, and Dion O'Reilly, Limerence, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
Omnidawn's next season online Book Launch presents their authors reading from their brand new books: Jason Bayani, Everyone I Love, Alive; Molly Bendall, Turncoat; jason b crawford, YEET!; fabulist fiction writer Arria Deepwater, Descent; John Yau, Diary of Small Discontents, New & Selected Poems 1974-2024; Rodrigo Toscano, Whitman. Cannonball. Puebla., poetic fables; Steven Seidenberg, Coda; and Shane McCrae, Two Appearances After the Resurrection; event hosted by Evan Karp and Quiet Lightning via Zoom, 1:00 PST (Required: You must register and RSVP before the event begins to attend at: app.gopassage.com/events/omnidawn-fall-2025)