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EVENTS

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7/20/25

Reading with Mia Malhotra: SMOTHER x MOTHERSALT

Poetry Flash Series 

Art House, 2905 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA

3 pm; free

6/18/25

Reading with Matthew Zapruder and Keith Ekiss

Green Apple Books on the Park

1231 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 

7 pm; free, RSVP here

6/6/25

Reading with Yuki Tanaka and Patrick Donnelly

The Frost Place (ZOOM)

7 pm EST; free but register for Zoom link 

5/31/25

Poetry Stage: Rachel Richardson, Lynne Thompson, and others

Bay Area Book Festival

Harold Way at Kittredge Ave, Berkeley, CA 

1:30 pm; free

5/31/25

Our Beautiful, Burning World: Obi Kaufmann, Lauren Markham, Leora Kava, and Rachel Richardson in conversation with Vijaya Nagarajan

Bay Area Book Festival

The Marsh Theatre, Berkeley, CA 

12:15 pm; free

4/26/25

Reading with Alexandra Teague and Bill Carty

Common Area Maintenance, 2601 1st Ave, Seattle, WA

4 pm; tickets here 

4/25/25

Reading with Alexandra Teague, in conversation with Elaina Ellis

Village Books, Bellingham, WA

6 pm; tickets here 

4/23/25

Grace Notes: LitQuake Presents Poets at Grace Cathedral, with Armen Davoudian, Maw Shein Win, and Matthew Zapruder

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 

7:30 pm; tickets required 

4/17/25

Reading with Lena Moses-Schmitt

Womb House Books, Oakland, CA 

7 pm

4/1/25

Rachel Richardson and Matthew Zapruder in Conversation 

Book Society, Berkeley, CA 

7 pm; tickets required

3/29/25

A Tribute to Brenda Hillman: Meditations on a Radical Poet & Advocate (AWP Panel)

AWP Conference, Los Angeles, CA  

10:35-11:50 am 

3/27/25

New Books Reading with Sarah Green, Wayne Miller, Emily Bludworth de Barrios, Weijia Pan, Eileen G'Sell, Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers, and Chris Santiago.

Hello Stranger, 320 E 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 

7-9 pm

3/27/25

Norton Poets Reading with Callie Siskel, Major Jackson, Dorianne Laux, Sandra Lim, Anders Carlson-Wee, and Jill Bialosky.

Good Clean Fun, 868 S Olive Street, Los Angeles, CA 

5-7 pm

3/27/25

Not Cue Cards or Assignments: The Magic of Prompts in Poetry Workshops (AWP Panel) 

AWP Conference 

12:10-1:45 pm

3/20/25

Rachel Richardson and Forrest Gander in Conversation 

Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, CA 

6 pm; tickets required

3/20/25

Rachel is interviewed by Alexis Madrigal on KQED Forum 

San Francisco, CA

9 am; listen to the recording here

3/12/25

 

 

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