Community Events

Tuesday, May 21, 8:00PM

Carriage House Poetry Series: Leslie Heywood and Maria Mazziotti Gillan

American Book Award winner and Paterson Literary Review editor Gillan (All That Lies Between Us) reads with poet, memoirist, and former track star Heywood (Lost Arts) at this art center in a 19th-century...

Wednesday, May 22, 6:00PM

Hadara Bar-Nadav, Lynn Emanuel, William Kulik, and Natalie Shapero

Philadelphia-based small press Saturnalia Books presents its annual reading at the Athenaeum museum and library, featuring Bar-Nadav (Lullaby (With Exit Sign)), Emanuel (Noose and Hook), Kulik (Nowhere...

Thursday, May 23, 7:30PM

Poetry Flash: Alex Dimitrov and Genine Lentine

The Poetry Flash Reading Series presents Academy of American Poets program coordinator Dimitrov (Begging for It) and writer and artist Lentine (Poses: An Essay Drawn from the Model).

Friday, May 24, 8:00PM

Todd Fredson, Louise Mathias, Sarah Vap, and Allison Benis White

Mathias hosts this reading featuring new books by Fredson (The Crucifix-Blocks), Vap (Arco Iris), White (Small Porcelain Head), and Mathias herself (The Traps).

Saturday, May 25, 7:00PM

Dennis Caswell and Jodie Marion

Caswell (Phlogiston) and Marion (Exile on the 45th Parallel) read to celebrate new books published by Seattle's Floating Bridge Press.

Sunday, May 26, 3:00PM

Laura Read and Maya Jewell Zeller

Spokane poets Read (Instructions for My Mother's Funeral) and Zeller (Rust Fish) read from their debut poetry collections.

Monday, May 27, 2:00PM

East Bay Poetry Summit

David Buuck's house is the venue for the closing BBQ of the five-day East Bay Poet Summit, which takes place in non-institutional spaces and features visiting poets Bhanu Kapil, Dolores Dorantes, Douglas...