Do you ever feel like the only one? The only queer Armenian… cousin. Caregiver. Colleague. Community activist. Generational cycle-breaker. The list continues…

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Lincoln Poetry Slam! presented by the Nebraska Writers Collective continues its second year. Larksong Writers Place proudly hosts the Poetry Slam! on the second Thursday of...

Annie Bloom's Books welcomes Oregon poet Daniela Naomi Molnar for a reading from her new book, PROTOCOLS: An Erasure. Daniela will be in conversation with Rabbi Josh...

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What is poetry to me, and how is that reflected in the way I write?

Join award-winning poet and 2025 Mindful Poetry Moments curator Manuel Iris for a five week...

Remembering Pierre Joris -- a special open mic for writers & other members of the community to gather to read Pierre's poems, his translations, our own poems, to...

Join us for a reading by Eirinie Caron, author of The Dead are Gods, followed by a community ritual for those we've loved and lost.

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The Petaluma Poetry Walk is a free, day-long celebration of live poetry readings that brings together poets and community members in the heart...

Come join us for an afternoon of bold words, beautiful transformation, and unapologetic truth at the Butterfly Poetry Project’s summer installment!

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Celebrate the SF Main Library Open House with all-ages programming that brings the library to life. Explore the Main Library through performances, photo-booths and hands-on...

Climate action starts with talking about it, and the KQED Climate Book Club, led by journalist Danielle Venton, gives us something to talk about. You can read the book and join...

Lawyer and poet Jeffrey Graham, author of Elegy to a Surveyor and renowned educator and...