Chris Hedges: The Culture of Despair
onlinePresented by KPFA Radio 94.1FM and Project Censored Hosted by Mickey Huff With the election over, it's the perfect time to get the reliably candid...
$5 – $20.
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Get Lit #66 (Music by: TBA)
Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...
You’re Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020 6:30 PM 9:00 PM GLOBALLY (map) You're Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2020 an ONLINE Open Mic & Listening Space for communal...
Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CAA Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...
Saturday Night Special presents: Silver Linings
Well friends, 2020 has been a hell of a year. And here we are, almost at the end of it. Join me this traditional season...
Berkeley Lunch Poems: Yusef Komunyakaa
onlineBerkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
Free
Danez Smith and Patricia Smith | Readings + Conversation
YouTubeJoin Danez Smith and Patricia Smith for a joint reading and conversation. This reading is generously funded by the Engaging the Senses Foundation, and part of...
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Learn Deep Revision Techniques
VirtualDr. Laurel Yourke will speak on the heart of revision-it's not just polishing or substituting one word for another. Instead, look at revision as viewing...
$5 – $10
Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event: Floaters
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event Floaters MARTIN ESPADA, a poet who stirs our social consciousness, has...
$1 – $20
Claire Wasserman & Her Father, Steve Wasserman: ‘Ladies Get Paid’
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a Zoom Event: Claire Wasserman & Her Father, Steve Wasserman "Ladies Get Paid" Claire Wasserman is an author, public speaker,...
$5 – $20
Jerald Walker & Kevin Cartwright: Zoom Event: How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Jerald Walker and Kevin Cartwright: A Zoom Event How to Make a Slave Finalist, 2020 National Book Award in Nonfiction...
$5 – $20
Berkeley Lunch Poems: Kiki Petrosino
onlineBerkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
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Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross: Black Women’s History of the US
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Marcus Books present: Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross A Black Women's History of the United States With Sabrina...
$5 – $20
Elizabeth Kolbert & Mark Hertsgaard: Under a White Sky
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents an exceptional Zoom event: ELIZABETH KOLBERT + MARK HERTSGAARD Under a White Sky, The Nature of the Future Elizabeth Kolbert,...
$20 – $35
Rashid Khalidi & Nora Barrows-Friedman: Hundred Years War on Palestine
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a unique Zoom Event: RASHID KHALIDI & Nora Barrows-Friedman THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR ON PALESTINE A History of...
Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #57
online90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...
Free – $200
Ismail Muhammad & Marie Mutsuki Mockett
onlineWednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ismail Muhammad is the reviews editor for The Believer, a staff writer at the Millions, a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, and a board member at...
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Berkeley Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang
onlineBerkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...
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Melissa Valentine
onlineFriday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...
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Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #49
online90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...
Free – $200
Celebrating the Arrival of Black Freighter Press
onlineJoin us as we celebrate the arrival of Black Freighter Press! With readings by Josiah Luis Alderete, Alie Jones, Tongo Eisen-Martin reading QR Hand, Jr.,...
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Sister Souljah and Sabrina Jacobs: A Zoom Event: Life After Death
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Marcus Books present: Sister Souljah and Sabrina Jacobs: A Zoom Event Life After Death by the bestselling author of...
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“What it Means to Love America”: Dan Rather on What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel
onlineLimited copies of What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel with signed bookplate available with your ticket purchase! Information and “the news” have become contested territories, with more...
$20 – $40
Social Listening #4: Nathaniel Mackey & Fred Moten
onlineAcclaimed poets and scholars, Nathaniel Mackey and Fred Moten will read from their poetry in the return of the We Are the Voices “Social Listening”...
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Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event: Floaters
VirtualKPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event Floaters MARTIN ESPADA, a poet who stirs our social consciousness, has...
$1 – $20
Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #50
online90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...
Free – $200
Virtual Get Lit #70
onlineWe're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...
Free – $200
Poetry Reading featuring Terrance Hayes and Simone White
YouTubePlease join the Arts Research Center in welcoming two of America’s most compelling poets, Terrance Hayes and Simone White, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at...
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Lyrics & Dirges in Translation
onlineLyrics and Dirges returns with a fabulous reading focusing on literary translation. We have three translators who are also poets and writers to present their...
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Patricia Engel joined by Roberto Lovato, Jean Guerrero, Juliana Delgado Lopera
Patricia Engel is joined by Roberto Lovato, Jean Guerrero, Juliana Delgado Lopero celebrating the launch of her new novel Infinite Country published by Simon and Schuster ---------- This is...