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    February 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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    February 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Raina J. León on Inviting Poetry into Your Life in All Ways

Raina J. León on Inviting Poetry into Your Life in All Ways

January 31, 2016
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Columns, Interview, The Write Stuff

An interview with Raina J. León, from The Write Stuff series over at SF Weekly: Raina J. León, Cave Canem graduate fellow (2006), CantoMundo fellow, and member of…

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CHEMICAL WEDDING: Jayinee Basu, Jesús Castillo, Billy Banks, Mauro Javier Cardenas, Raina León + Ari Lindo

June 17, 2015
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Readings by Jayinee Basu, Jesús Castillo, Mauro Javier Cardenas, and Raina J. León, w/music by Billy Banks and Ari Lindo for the sixth Chemical Wedding, a collaboration between Quiet Lightning, Name Drop Swamp Records,…

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE: jon sindell, rex leonowicz, lael gold, elizabeth feder + raina j. leon

January 19, 2015
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Evan Karp + Lapo Guzzini hosted the 22nd installment of Under the Influence, a performance series held on the third Thursday of every month at The Emerald Tablet in North…

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