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Literary Events Calendar

The Literary Events Calendar is a nationwide calendar of readings, workshops, and other literary events. If you're interested in attending events featuring any of the writers listed below, please be sure to get in touch with the contact person listed to confirm the time and place for the event.

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				1	2	3 Brenda Cardenas Poetry Reading Richard Hugo House Seattle, WA Contact: Shin Yu Pai E-mail: shinyu.pai@gmail.com Brenda Cardenas Roberto Harrison Poetry Reading Richard Hugo House Seattle, WA Contact: Shin Yu Pai E-mail: shinyu.pai@gmail.com Roberto Harrison Joe Smith Poetry Reading Mendocino Hotel, Media Building Mendocino, CA Contact: Devreaux Baker E-mail: dbaker@mcn.org Joe Smith
4 Mary O'Gara Poetry/Fiction Workshop New Year's Journaling Albuquerque, NM Contact: Mary O'Gara Phone: 505-872-4990 www.iowapoet.com Mary O'Gara	5 Rashida Merritt Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective Brooklyn, NY Contact: Benita Miller Phone: (718) 596-7074 This event is not open to the public. Rashida Merritt	6	7 Kimberly A. Cavanagh Poetry Workshop Northern Regional Ctr for Independent Living Lowville, NY Contact: Kimberly Cavanagh Phone: 315-376-2106 Kimberly A. Cavanagh Terry Ehret Poetry Reading Bistro 33 in Davis Davis, CA Contact: Andy Jones E-mail: aojones@ucdavis.edu www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis/ Terry Ehret Azar Nafisi Creative Nonfiction Reading Los Angeles Central Library Los Angeles, CA Contact: ALOUD E-mail: programs@lapl.org www.aloudla.org Azar Nafisi C. D. Wright Poetry Reading Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA Contact: City Box Office Phone: 415-392-4400 www.cityarts.net C. D. Wright	8 Liz deNiord, Art & Poetry in Motion Poetry Reading Mocha Maya's Shelburne Falls, MA Contact: Lea Banks E-mail: Lbanks14@comcast.net www.collectedpoets.com Liz deNiord, Art & Poetry in Motion Lori Desrosiers Poetry Reading Bart's Cafe of Greenfield Greenfield, MA Contact: Larry Fader Phone: 413-475-3321 www.bartshomemade.com/html/retail_stores.shtml Lori Desrosiers Patrick Donnelly Poetry Reading Mocha Maya's Shelburne Falls, MA Contact: Lea Banks E-mail: Lbanks14@comcast.net www.collectedpoets.com Patrick Donnelly UC Berkeley Extension Editing Professional Sequence Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop UC Berkeley Extension Berkeley, CA Contact: UC Berkeley Extension Editing Professional Sequence Phone: (510) 642-4111 www.unex.berkeley.edu/writing UC Berkeley Extension Editing Professional Sequence Jeffrey Levine Poetry Reading Mocha Maya's Shelburne Falls, MA Contact: Lea Banks E-mail: Lbanks14@comcast.net www.collectedpoets.com Jeffrey Levine See All	9	10
11 Charles Jense Poetry Reading The Writer's Center Bethesda, MD Contact: Sunil Freeman Phone: 301-654-8664 www.writer.org Charles Jensen Geoffrey O'Brien Poetry Reading The Ruskin Art Club Los Angeles, CA Contact: Caroline Casey redhenpress6@verizon.net Geoffrey O'Brien	12 Neil Aitken Poetry Reading Village Books Pacific Palisades, CA Contact: Katie Phone: 310-454-4063 www.pavillagebooks.com Neil Aitken Poets & Writers Magazine Party Poetry Reading Galapagos Art Space Brooklyn, NY Contact: Linda Rondinelli E-mail: lrondinelli@pw.org www.galapagosartspace.com/ Mike Cirelli, Matthea Harvey, and Patricia Smith Rashida Merritt Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective Brooklyn, NY Contact: Benita Miller Phone: (718) 596-7074 This event is not open to the public. Rashida Merritt Debbie Yee Poetry Reading/Workshop Kearny Street Workshop San Francisco, CA Contact: Ellen Oh E-mail: info@kearnystreet.org Debbie Yee	13 Reginald Cabico Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop De Anza College, Writing & Reading Center Cupertino, CA Contact: Karen Chow E-mail: chowkaren@deanza.edu Reginald Cabico Azar Nafisi Creative Nonfiction Reading Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA Contact: City Box Office Phone: 415-392-4400 www.cityarts.net Azar Nafisi	14 John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs Poetry Performance Mac's Backs Cleveland Heights, OH Contact: John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs E-mail: jc@crisischronicles.com www.macsbacks.com John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs Reginald Cabico Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop De Anza College, Writing & Reading Center Cupertino, CA Contact: Karen Chow E-mail: chowkaren@deanza.edu Reginald Cabico Kimberly A. Cavanagh Poetry Workshop Northern Regional Ctr for Independent Living Lowville, NY Contact: Kimberly Cavanagh Phone: 315-376-2106 Kimberly A. Cavanagh Jesus Crisis Poetry Performance Mac's Backs Books Cleveland Heights, OH Contact: Jesus Crisis E-mail: jc@crisischronicles.com www.macsbacks.com Jesus Crisis	15 Maureen Eppstein Poetry Reading CITYART Gallery Point Arena, CA Contact: Blake More E-mail: blake@snakelyone.com Maureen Eppstein Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing from UC Berkeley Extension Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop UC Berkeley Extension SOMA South of Market Center San Francisco, CA Contact: UC Berkeley Extension Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing Phone: (510) 642-4111 www.unex.berkeley.edu Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Writing from UC Berkeley Extension Clara Sala Poetry Workshop JASA Shorefront Senior Center Brooklyn, NY Contact: Karen Sussman Phone: (718) 646-1444 Clara Sala	16	17 Neil Aitken Poetry Reading Oxnard Carnegie Art Museum Oxnard, CA Contact: Jackson Wheeler Phone: (805) 483-1905 Neil Aitken Christina Donnell Creative Nonfiction Reading Bodhi Tree Books West Hollywood, CA Contact: Jo Carey Phone: 310 659-4428 www.bodhitree.com Christina Donnell Stewart O'Nan Fiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Stewart O'Nan Dorothy Skiles Poetry Reading Sunland-Tujunga Public Library Tujunga, CA Contact: Elsa S. Frausto E-mail: esfrausto@hotmail.com Dorothy Skiles Mary Torregrossa Poetry Reading Sunland-Tujunga Public Library Tujunga, CA Contact: Elsa S. Frausto E-mail: esfrausto@hotmail.com Mary Torregrossa See All
18 Michelle Bitting Poetry Reading dA Center for the Arts Pomona, CA Contact: Wendy Herbert Phone: (909) 625-4337 Michelle Bitting Laurel Ann Bogen Poetry Reading Tarzana Cultural & Community Center Tarzana, CA Contact: Claudia Handler Phone: (818) 342-5655 Laurel Ann Bogen Peter Meinke Poetry Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Peter Meinke Majid Naficy Poetry Reading Tarzana Cultural & Community Center Tarzana, CA Contact: Claudia Handler Phone: (818) 342-5655 Majid Naficy Les Standiford Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Les Standiford	19 Oliver de la Paz Poetry Reading River Styx: River Styx at Duff's Reading Series St. Louis, MO Contact: E-mail: odlp@earthlink.net Oliver de la Paz Ann Hood Creative Nonfiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Ann Hood Rashida Merritt Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective Brooklyn, NY Contact: Benita Miller Phone: (718) 596-7074 This event is not open to the public. Rashida Merritt Sterling Watson Fiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Sterling Watson Debbie Yee Poetry Reading/Workshop Kearny Street Workshop San Francisco, CA Contact: Ellen Oh E-mail: info@kearnystreet.org Debbie Yee	20 Dianne Borsenik Poetry Performance Lix and Kix Poetry features C. Allen Rearick and Elise Geither Cleveland (Tremont District), OH Contact: Dianne Borsenik E-mail: dborsenik@gmail.com www.myspace.com/lixandkix Dianne Borsenik Reginald Cabico Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop De Anza College, Writing & Reading Center Cupertino, CA Contact: Karen Chow E-mail: chowkaren@deanza.edu Reginald Cabico Jesus Crisis Poetry Performance Lix and Kix features C. Allen Rearick and Elise Geither Cleveland (Tremont district), OH Contact: Jesus Crisis E-mail: jc@crisischronicles.com www.myspace.com/lixandkix Jesus Crisis Tom Perrotta Fiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Tom Perrotta Scott Ward Poetry Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Scott Ward	21 Reginald Cabico Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop De Anza College, Writing & Reading Center Cupertino, CA Contact: Karen Chow E-mail: chowkaren@deanza.edu Reginald Cabico Terry Wolverton Poetry Performance Los Angeles Central Library Los Angeles, CA Contact: ALOUD E-mail: programs@lapl.org www.aloudla.org Terry Wolverton	22 Kelle Groom Poetry Reading Fifth Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival Delray Beach, FL Contact: Palm Beach Poetry Festival E-mail: coordinator@palmbeachpoetryfestival.org www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/ Kelle Groom Denise Hamilton Fiction Reading Barth Community Room, Crowell Public Library San Marino, CA Contact: Denise Dobbs E-mail: ddobbs@ci.san-marino.ca.us Denise Hamilton Naomi Hirahara Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading South Pasadena Public Library South Pasadena, CA Contact: Steve Fjeldsted E-mail: sfjeldsted@ci.south-pasadena.ca.us Naomi Hirahara Nahid Rachlin Creative Nonfiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Nahid Rachlin Judith Roche Poetry Reading Moe's Books Berkeley, CA Contact: Joyce Jenkins E-mail: editor@poetryflash.org Judith Roche See All	23 Michael Koryta Fiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Michael Koryta Laura Lippman Fiction Reading Eckerd College's Miller Auditorium St. Petersburg, FL Contact: Christine Caya E-mail: cayacr@eckerd.edu www.writersinparadise.com Laura Lippman Niloufar Talebi Poetry Reading National University La Jolla, CA Contact: Aria Fani E-mail: aria1357@yahoo.com Niloufar Talebi Garland Thompson Poetry Reading/Workshop Workshop: College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA Mount Shasta, CA Contact: Carly Furry E-mail: furry@siskiyous.edu Garland Thompson	24 Robin Beeman Fiction Workshop Petaluma Senior Center Petaluma, CA Contact: Karen Batchelor E-mail: klbatchelor@sbcglobal.net Robin Beeman John Bennett Poetry Reading Luna's Caf Sacramento, CA Contact: B.L. Kennedy Phone: (916) 452-5493 John Bennett Linda Dini Jenkins Creative Nonfiction Reading The Salem Athenaeum Salem, MA Contact: Jean Marie Procious Phone: 9787442540 www.salemathenaeum.net Linda Dini Jenkins Sharon Doubiago Poetry Reading Luna's Caf Sacramento, CA Contact: B.L. Kennedy Phone: (916) 452-5493 Sharon Doubiago Jack Hirschman Poetry Reading Luna's Caf Sacramento, CA Contact: B.L. Kennedy Phone: (916) 452-5493 Jack Hirschman See All
25 Linda Dini Jenkins Creative Nonfiction Reading The Old South Church in Boston Boston, MA Contact: Front Desk Phone: 6175361970 www.oldsouth.org Linda Dini Jenkins Independent Writers of Southern California Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Reading Barnes & Noble Booksellers Los Angeles, CA Contact: Matt Lohr E-mail: crm2089@bn.com www.bn.com Independent Writers of Southern California Nancy Pearson Poetry Reading The Bowery Poetry Club New York, NY Contact: Cathy Mc Arthur E-mail: cathmc@earthlink.net Nancy Pearson	26 Lea Banks Poetry Reading Deja Brew Cafe and Pub Wendell, MA Contact: Jess Mynes Phone: 978-544-BREW www.dejabrewpub.com Lea Banks Adam Gopnik Creative Nonfiction Reading Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA Contact: City Box Office Phone: 415-392-4400 www.cityarts.net Adam Gopnik Rashida Merritt Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction Workshop Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective Brooklyn, NY Contact: Benita Miller Phone: (718) 596-7074 This event is not open to the public. Rashida Merritt Kerry O'Keefe Poetry Reading Deja Brew Cafe and Pub Wendell, MA Contact: Jess Mynes Phone: 978-544-BREW www.dejabrewpub.com Kerry O'Keefe Debbie Yee Poetry Reading/Workshop Kearny Street Workshop San Francisco, CA Contact: Ellen Oh E-mail: info@kearnystreet.org Debbie Yee	27 Reginald Cabico Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop De Anza College, Writing & Reading Center Cupertino, CA Contact: Karen Chow E-mail: chowkaren@deanza.edu Reginald Cabico	28 Colette LaBouff Atkinson Poetry Reading Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens San Clemente, CA Contact: Lorene Delany-Ullman E-mail: ldullman@cox.net Colette LaBouff Atkinson Reginald Cabico Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Reading/Workshop De Anza College, Writing & Reading Center Cupertino, CA Contact: Karen Chow E-mail: chowkaren@deanza.edu Reginald Cabico Stephanie Brown Christiansen Poetry Reading Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens San Clemente, CA Contact: Lorene Delany-Ullman E-mail: ldullman@cox.net Stephanie Brown Christiansen Mike Maggio Poetry Reading Kensington Row Bookshop Kensington, MD Contact: Mike Maggio E-mail: mikemaggio@aol.com www.kensingtonrowbookshop.com Mike Maggio Page Stegner Creative Nonfiction Reading Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium Los Angeles, CA Contact: Lillian Fleer Phone: (510) 549-3564 x316 Page Stegner	29 Steve Kowit Poetry Reading Pharmaka Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA Contact: Sarah Maclay Phone: (310) 313-5262 Steve Kowit	30 Dunes Review Poetry Reading Horizon Books Traverse City, MI Contact: Michigan Writers E-mail: info@michwriters.org Dunes Review	31 Anastasia Clark Poetry Reading The Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts Plantation, FL Contact: Anastasia Clark Phone: 954-536-8311 www.smofa.com Anastasia Clark Jean Hegland Fiction Workshop Petaluma Senior Center Petaluma, CA Contact: Karen Batchelor E-mail: klbatchelor@sbcglobal.net Jean Hegland Jose Kozer Poetry Reading/Workshop Richard Hugo House Seattle, WA Contact: Paul Nelson E-mail: pen@splab.org Jose Kozer Shelley Singer Fiction Workshop Petaluma Senior Center Petaluma, CA Contact: Karen Batchelor E-mail: klbatchelor@sbcglobal.net Shelley Singer Patrice Vecchione Poetry Workshop Monterey Public Library, Community Room Monterey, CA Contact: Jeanne McCombs E-mail: mccombs@ci.monterey.ca.us Patrice Vecchione