Andrea Cohen
Andrea Cohen and Katie Peterson
22 FEBRUARY 2024 — thursday
Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Andrea Cohen, The Sorrow Apartments, and Katie Peterson, Fog and Smoke: Poems, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
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MORE ABOUT THE READERS
Katie Peterson's new book of poetry is Fog and Smoke. Booklist wrote in a starred review, "Each line shines in the sun like stained glass. Fog and Smoke is a triumph of observation and intimacy that invigorates the reader to act for the natural world." Poems from the collection have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, The New York Review of Books, and Yale Review, among other publications. Katie Peterson's previous book, winner of the Omnidawn Open Book Prize, is Life in a Field, with photographer Young Suh, "a comedy about climate change, in which a girl and a donkey become friends, then decide to marry time." Other previous collections include This One Tree; Permission; The Accounts, winner of the Rilke Prize; and A Piece of Good News, finalist for the Northern California Book Award. Her work has appeared in Journal of Alta California, Literary Imagination, and Poetry Northwest. She teaches at the University of California, Davis.
Andrea Cohen's new book of poetry is The Sorrow Apartments. Christian Wiman says of her poems, "One is caught off guard by their cumulative force. This is work of great and sustained attention, true intelligence, and soul." She is the author of eight collections of poetry; her previous books include Everything and Nightshade. Publishers Weekly said of Everything, "…A master stylist, Cohen uses em dashes and commas with an exactness that allows each poem to become elliptical and self-contained. These poems take no 'thing' for granted, not even the concept of eternity, as Cohen declares in 'Openings': 'I didn't want// forever forever.' It is the wit that astounds here, and an intelligence that sees the world anew." Andrea Cohen's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Threepenny Review, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, and elsewhere. Her awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and several residencies at MacDowell. She directs the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge, Massachusetts and teaches poetry at Boston University.
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20 SEPTEMBER 2024 — friday
- Santa Barbara Public Library and the Santa Barbara Poetry Series present an afternoon poetry reading by celebrated poets Mariano Zaro, Decoding Sparrows, Christine Penko, Thunderbirds, and B.D. Salvas, hosted by Laure-Anne Bosselaar, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf; Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov/event/santa-barbara-poetry-series-reading-16527)
21 SEPTEMBER 2024 — saturday
- Beyond Baroque welcomes novelist and memoirist Terry Wolverton, Season of Eclipse, and Jaime Balboa, Missing Possibilities, 826LA executive director and short story author, for a discussion on their newest releases, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afternoon-of-fiction-with-terry-wolverton-jaime-balboa-tickets-962483934357?aff=oddtdtcreator)
22 SEPTEMBER 2024 — sunday
- Marcus Books welcomes Code Tenderloin founder Del Seymour and author Alison Owings, Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich, for a discussion and reading from their book, The Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco, followed by a book signing, Marcus Books, 3900 Martin L King Jr Way, Oakland, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.instagram.com/marcus.books/?hl=en)
23 SEPTEMBER 2024 — monday
24 SEPTEMBER 2024 — tuesday
25 SEPTEMBER 2024 — wednesday
- Gilman Brewing Company welcomes Anastasia DiFonzo, for a celebration of her new poetry collection, Girl, in conversation with artist Natalie Kaye Gunn and writer Joshua Peralta, Gross Americana, Gilman Brewing Company, 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/girl-anastasia-difonzo-book-launch-tickets-926333056107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
26 SEPTEMBER 2024 — thursday
- Warwick's welcomes historical and contemporary fiction author Aimie K. Runyan, The Memory of Lavender and Sage, to discuss her latest book, Mademoiselle Eiffel, in conversation with historical fiction author Kate Quinn, Empress of Rome Saga, Virtual on Zoom, free, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/runyan-2-2024)
- Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore welcomes poet Matthew Zapruder, Come on All You Ghosts, for a discussion and reading from his new poetry collection, I Love Hearing Your Dreams, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.mrsdalloways.com/events/matthew-zapruder-presents-his-new-poetry-collection-i-love-hearing-your-dreams)
- Sebastopol Center for the Arts welcomes all writers for their September Writers' Salon, each reader will have five minutes; Any type of writing is welcome including prose, poetry, essay, etc., Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 South High Street, Sebastopol, $10, 3:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.sebarts.org/classeslectures/p/writers-salon-sept-2024)
27 SEPTEMBER 2024 — friday
- Love Language Events presents "Mental Penetration: Erotic Poetry Night," a poetry reading focused on the depths of desire, intimacy, and passion through the art of poetry; VV LUXE Events, 3698 San Pablo Dam Road, El Sobrante, $28, 9:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/love-language-events-presents-mental-penetration-erotic-poetry-night-tickets-951797992417?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
- Beyond Baroque presents "Anyhow, I Love You," a celebration exploring the soundtrack in author Susan Hayden's lyrical, hybrid memoir, Now You Are a Missing Person; Susan Hayden will share these songs and discuss how they accompanied the writing of the book, in conversation with her husband, music journalist Steve Hochman, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/anyhow-i-love-you-susan-hayden-in-conversation-with-steve-hochman-tickets-978844208377?aff=oddtdtcreator)
28 SEPTEMBER 2024 — saturday
- Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library monthly poetry reading presents featured poets Tiffany K. Elliott, Bones Awaiting the Blaze, and Scott Noon Creley, Digging a Hole to the Moon, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/events/1797746840635833/?ref=newsfeed)
- Left Margin Lit welcomes writers of all experience levels for their workshop, "Speaking from Experience: Writing Personal Narrative," runs over four Saturdays (September 28 to October 19, 2024), the workshop explores elements of craft pertinent to personal writing: voice, narrative distance, detail, characterization, using writers's personal lives and experiences to generate new writing, work toward a draft of one personal essay by the end of the month, hosted by Jaclyn Moyer, On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family from Punjab to California, virtual on Zoom, $275, 10:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.leftmarginlit.org/speaking-from-experience-moyer)
29 SEPTEMBER 2024 — sunday
- In this "line break" poetry workshop, "Poetry of the Sixth Sense," participants will use dreams, tarot, the powers of sensory and textual associations, and several generative prompts to help them unblock and access new images and narrative, hosted by poet Alex Mattraw, Raw Anyone, private garden location, South Berkeley, $90-$180, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.alexmattraw.com/linebreakworkshops)
30 SEPTEMBER 2024 — monday
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