Literary Site Type: Reading Venue

Located inside the Mill Valley Library in downtown Mill Valley, the mission of Marin Poetry Center is to nurture the enjoyment of poetry and the craft of writing throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Most of their events, meetings, and other programs will take place within one of the library’s many welcoming rooms. The Library is a fantastic resource with convenient parking and access to public transportation.

The Sanctuary aims to offer a creative space where people can grow, create, and build, not just physical things, but memories and experiences. This venue works to provide supplies and spaces dedicated to creation. They offer printmaking labs, textile supplies, a ceramics studio, metal works, and more. As a venue for transitory art shows and frequent music performances, the Sanctuary showcases examples of creativity, including poetry readings.

Collected Works is an independent and locally-owned business, located on the corner of Galisteo & Water Streets in downtown Santa Fe, just blocks from the historic Plaza. It is a full-service general bookstore with a huge inventory of titles, including a large selection of local travel, Southwest and Native American history, art and architecture, poetry, and children’s books. 

Founded in 1973, and directed by poet Andrea Cohen, the award-winning Blacksmith House Poetry Series brings established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction to Harvard Square. The series is sponsored by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and holds readings at the Blacksmith House, site of the village smithy and spreading chestnut tree of Longfellow’s 1839 poem “The Village Blacksmith.”