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  • Uptown Fridays: Emji Spero + Shelley Wong

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featuring readings by Emji Speero and Shelley Wong, with music by Blowdryer Punk Soul (with Jennifer Blowdryer + Michelle Gonazales).

  • Omnidawn Reading

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    More info coming soon!

  • PADC Community Nite

    Impact Hub Oakland 2323 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United States

    Music and 'Together We Slam' performing.

    $65

  • Swan Day Feminist Showcase

    LIMINAL 3037 38th Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

    Bi-Monthly LIMINAL Showcase of 10-15 readers and performers.

  • Stories of Stranded Deportees

    LIMINAL 3037 38th Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

    Excerpts from journals kept through the deportation process, as well as a panel discussion about deportation within Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities in Oakland

  • Fresh & Best: Farid Matuk & Tonya Foster

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Farid Matyk and Tonya Foster as part of a Special Edition Fresh & Best poetry reading series.

  • Farid Matuk

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Mills College presents Farid Matuk.

  • Beast Crawl 2017 Hat Party Fundraiser

    Telegraph Beer Garden 2318 Telegraph, Oakland, CA, United States

    Uptown Oakland's free annual literary festival.

    $5

  • When April Showers Come…

    Spice Monkey 1628 Webster St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Featured readers and an open mic

  • Michael DeForge

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Join Michael DeForge for a live reading and book signing as he introduces the world to Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero.

  • Bassem Youssef

    Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Political Satirist Bassem Youssef discusses satire, politics, and propaganda in the U.S., and Middle East.

    $12.50 – $25

  • devorah major

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    devorah major served as San Francisco’s third Poet Laureate from 2002 to 2006.

  • Meredith May

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Publication party for Meredith May's book I, Who Would Not Die

  • Outburst

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    A political reading and screening event celebrating the right to free expression and assembly.

  • The Oracle Speaks: Dreams from the Dreamers

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Reading and book release of writing from young black girls.

  • Siel Ju, Brynn Saito, + Andrew Lam

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Siel Ju discusses and signs "Cake Time" with Brynn Saito and Andrew Lam

  • Poetry Flash: Martha Rhodes + Bruce Willard

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore hosts another installment of Poetry Flash featuring Martha Rhodes and Bruce Willard.

  • Mills MFA Alumni Reading

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    MFA Alumni Reading featuring Christine Hyung Oak-Lee and others

  • National Poetry Month Open Mic

    Albany Library 1247 Marin Ave, Albany, CA, United States

    National Poetry Month Open Mic and Lynne Knight Reading

  • Douglas Kearney

    Hearst Field Annex Hearst Field Annex, Berkeley, CA, United States

    The Holloway Series in Poetry presents a reading with Douglas Kearney.

  • Oakland Noir

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore is pleased to welcome contributors of Oakland Noir to the store to celebrate this new release.

  • Yrsa Daley-Ward

    DUENDE 468 19th St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Readings done by Yrsa Daley-Ward and Christian Johnson

    $15 – $22

  • Joyce Carol Oates

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Joyce Carol Oates presents A Book of American Martyrs

  • Shanthi Sekaran

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Shanthi Sekaran reads at the Morrison Library.