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Upcoming readings



Sunday, April 14, 7-9pm
Poetry World Series, with CJ Evans, Keith Ekiss, Rebecca Foust, Julie Bruck, and Dean Rader
Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA


More readings are in the works!

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Past Readings

2013

Thursday, January 10, 2013, 7pm
Why There Are Words, Anniversary Show 
with Matthew Zapruder, Dean Rader, Cary Tennis, Carolyn Cooke, Glen David Gold, Julie Bruck, and Lewis Buzbee
Studio 333, Sausalito, CA

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Friday, January 25th, 7pm
with Matthew Zapruder, Jesse Nathan, Jesus Castillo, and Evan Karp
San Francisco

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Thursday, March 7th, 7pm start
32 Poems Magazine Anthology Reading with 18 other fabulous poets!
Players' Lounge,
McGreevy's
AWP Conference, Boston, MA

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Saturday, March 9th, 4:30pm
Hating Your Writing: A Love Story (AWP panel)
with Richard Bausch, Molly Peacock, Daniel Nester, and Chad Sweeney
AWP Conference, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
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Wednesday, March 20,  7:30pm
Lyrics  & Dirges
Pegasus Books,  Berkeley, CA

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Thursday, March 21, 7:30pm
Poetry Writing Groups: Secrets of Success (Panel)
with  Robert Thomas, Idris Anderson, and Beverly Burch
Marin Poetry Center, Falkirk
Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA


2012

Tuesday, February 7, 7:30pm
126 Voorhies, University of California at Davis
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Friday, March 2, 1:30pm
First Things First: What It's Really Like to Win a Book Contest (AWP panel)
with Keetje Kuipers, Nick Lantz, J. Michael Martinez, and Iain Haley Pollock
Palmer House Hilton, 4th Floor, Red Lacquer Room,  Chicago
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Friday, March 2, 3:00pm
The APR/Honickman First Book Prize Celebration Reading
with Elizabeth Scanlon, Dana Levin, Gregory Pardlo, and Nathaniel Perry (AWP reading)
Waldorf, Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor, Chicago
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Sunday, April 22, 7-9pm
Poetry World Series with Daniel Handler, Gillian Conoley, Ada Limon, Troy Jollimore, Dean Rader, Robin Ekiss, and more!
Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley, CA
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Sunday, May 13, 4-6pm
with Susan Cohen
Valona Deli Poetry Series
1323 Pomona Street, Crockett, California
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Wednesday, July 11th, 8pm
Tin House Writers Conference, Portland, Oregon
with Elissa Schappell and Steve Almond
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Tuesday, July 31st, 12:30pm
Jessie Square,
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Litquake reading at Yerba Buena Gardens with Chana Bloch, Matthew Siegal, and Jacqueline Berger
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Wednesday, September 12, 7pm
Well-RED Series
Poetry Center San José, San José, CA
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Friday, October 26, 7pm
with Michael Medrano
Pinot Wine Bar and Bistro, Fresno, CA
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Sunday, December 9, 2pm
Performers Under Stress: You Need to Read Poetry
with Pireeni Sundaralingam
Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco


2011

Friday, January 28th, 7:30pm
Earshot Reading Series at Rose Live Music, Brooklyn
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Sunday, January 30th, 5pm
Polestar Poetry Series at Bruar Falls, Brooklyn
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Monday, February 7th, 7:00pm
Cafe Muse Literary Series, Chevy Chase, MD 
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Tuesday, February 8th, 9:30am
Community College of Philadelphia
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Thursday, February 24th, 7:30pm
with Matthew Zapruder
Mrs. Dalloway's, Berkeley
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Friday, February 25th, 2pm
The Moe Green Poetry Discussion Hosted by Tracy Darling,
blogtalkradio
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Monday, February 28th, 7:30pm
with Sharon Campbell

Sacramento Poetry Center
, Sacramento 
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Sunday, March 6th, 2pm
with Rebecca Foust and Dean Rader
Bird & Beckett Books and Records, San Francisco
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Saturday, March 19th, 7:30pm
Writers With Drinks, The Make-Out Room, San Francisco
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 8-9pm
J.P. Dancing Bear's
"Out of Our Minds" radio show, KKUP 91.5 FM
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Monday, April 4th, 7pm
Quiet Lightning w/ Litquake's Epicenter, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco
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Wednesday, April 6th, 7pm
with Joan Gelfand and Mary Mackey
Sunset Poetry by the Bay at Studio 333, Sausalito
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Saturday, April 23rd, 7pm
with Paul Hoover and Pui Ying Wong
WordTemple Poetry Series, Sebastopol, CA
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Thursday, April 28th, 7pm
with Nava EtShalom
Big Blue Marble Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA
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Saturday, April 30th, 6pm
with Mark Doty and Pascale Petit
Cornelia Street Cafe, New York City
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Sunday, May 15th, 3pm
The Exquisite Reading
with Shane Book, Jennifer L. Knox, Jeffrey McDaniel, and Ada Limon (
exquisitereading.com)
Moonstone Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Monday, May 16th, 7pm
louderARTS reading at Bar 13, New York City
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Tuesday, May 24th, 7pm
Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show
with Robert Thomas, Catlyn Fendler, Daniel Polikoff, Julia Vose, and Claire Blotter
Mill Valley Public Library, Mill Valley, CA
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Tuesday, June 14th, 7:30pm
with Lisa Allen Ortiz
Poetry Santa Cruz, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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Friday, August 12th, 4:15pm
with Benjamin Hale and Caitlin Horrocks
Little Theatre, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Ripton, VT
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Wednesday, August 17th, 7pm
Katherine Hastings's
WordTemple radio show on KRCB, 90.9 FM; streaming at krcb.org/wordtemple
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Sunday, September 11th, 4pm
with Thirteen Ways poetry group (Robert Thomas, Diane Martin, Lisa Gluskin-Stonestreet, Beverly Burch, George Higgins, Zack Rogow)
The Booksmith, San Francisco, CA
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Friday, September 23rd, 7pm
with Katherine Hastings and Lee Slonimsky
Rebound Bookstore, San Rafael, CA
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Saturday, September 24th, 7pm
with Helen Benedict and Chella Courington
Bernal Yoga Literary Series, San Francisco
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Tuesday, September 27th, 7pm
with Camille Dungy and Marie-Elizabeth Mali
The Depot Bookstore & Cafe, Mill Valley, CA
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Wednesday, October 5th, 6pm
The First Annual Poetry World Series with Matthew Zapruder, Ada Limon, Troy Jollimore, Robin Ekiss, and Dean Rader...with special guests Michael Krasny, Daniel Handler, and Michelle Tea!
Latino Room, San Francisco Public Library
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A New Cadence Poetry Series, Santa Cruz, CA
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Saturday, October 15th, 8:30pm
Poetpalooza, with Dilruba Ahmed, Derek Mong, Ingrid Browning Moody, Lisa Allen Ortiz, and Joshua Rivkin
Lit Crawl,
Love & Luxe, San Francisco

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Sunday, October 23rd, 4pm
with John Beer
Powell's Books on Hawthorne, Portland, OR
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Monday, October 24th, 8pm
Poetrynight, The Amadeus Project, Bellingham, WA
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Wednesday, October 26th
with Peter Mountford
Everett Community College, Everett, WA
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Friday, October 28th, 7:30pm
with Carl Adamshick
Open Books, Seattle, WA
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Saturday, October 29th, 6pm
Long Talking Bad Conditions Blues Reading Series, with Matthew Nienow, Carter Sickels, Ed Skoog, Melissa Stein, Urban Waite, Zachary Watterson
Faire Cafe, Seattle, WA


2010

Sunday, September 12th, 4pm
BOOK RELEASE PARTY!

The Booksmith
, San Francisco
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Saturday, September 18th, 7:30pm
with Diane K. Martin and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet
Pegasus Books Downtown, Berkeley
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Saturday, September 25th, 3pm
Sonoma County Book Festival, Santa Rosa
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Saturday, October 2nd, 12-1pm
Litquake event: "Off the Richter Scale"
Variety Preview Room Theatre, San Francisco
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Sunday, October 17th, 7:30pm
with Dean Rader and Jonathan Silverman
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
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Monday, October 18th, 7pm
with John Fox
California State University, Fullerton
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Thursday, October 28th, 6pm
with David Moolten

Kelly Writers House
, Philadelphia
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Saturday, October 30th, 7:30pm
with Gregory Pardlo
Unnameable Books, Brooklyn
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 12:45pm
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

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Thursday, November 4th, 7:30pm
with Chad Sweeney
Poetry Flash at Moe's Books, Berkeley
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Thursday, November 11th, 7pm
with Ada Limon
Green Apple Books, San Francisco, CA
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Sunday, December 19th, 9-10pm
The Poetry Show, KSUP, 88.9FM (central CA coast)





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