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Upcoming Events

  1. “Chan Family Picnic”—Reading by Eugenie Chan Theater Projects

    December 14 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  2. photo from the launch of Mimi Lok's Last of Her Name, held at The Bindery on 10/22/19, by Evan Karp

    Instead of Your Office Party: Quiet Lightning’s 10 Year Anniversary

    December 14 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  3. Writers With Drinks

    December 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  4. A Holiday Impeachment Party

    December 15 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  5. Claire Rudy Foster / Shine of the Ever

    December 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  6. Get Lit #54

    December 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  7. Music Release Party and Solstice Celebration with Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore

    December 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  8. PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month

    December 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  9. Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    December 19 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  10. The Southeast Asian Diaspora in Poetry & Memoir

    December 20 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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Frances Richard, courtesy of the artist

A poet examines the place of politics in art

December 16, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, NEWS, Out Loud

In the midst of a feud with the poet Denise Levertov about the possibilities of politically motivated art, George Oppen wrote his only essay, “The…

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Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) + Write of Way Literary Festival

Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) + Write of Way Literary Festival

April 21, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Out Loud

Awarded a Creative Work Fund grant for the third time since 2004, The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University has partnered with Barbara Jane…

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Special night with poets Fred Moten and Nathaniel Mackey

Special night with poets Fred Moten and Nathaniel Mackey

March 3, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, Out Loud

It was early, but Fred Moten had no problem talking poetry. “I don’t know what the most important thing is, but I know what I…

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ANNE WALDMAN AT THE POETRY CENTER: excerpts from the iovis trilogy, thoughts on the occupy movement, and the long poem

ANNE WALDMAN AT THE POETRY CENTER: excerpts from the iovis trilogy, thoughts on the occupy movement, and the long poem

December 2, 2011
Evan Karp
Playlists, Week in Preview

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