Upcoming Events
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Excited to be reading at:
Davis, CA
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Live Oak Park
Picnic Area #2
1275 Walnut Street
Berkeley, CA
(on the east side of Walnut in front of the Berkeley Art Center)
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October brings us to the
MAMMAL TOUR 2023
…huh wha?
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a slo-mo whirlwind to deliver
the posthumanist word of Mammal
to the unsuspecting East Coast
of the United States of America
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woo-hoo!
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FIRST STOP: CAMBRIDGE
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Open mic @ 8 <—————- c’est moi
Featured reading follows
$4 cover
What’s goin on in Boston? Gonna find out.
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SECOND STOP: WOODSTOCK
Saturday, October 7, 2023
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6 Hillcrest Ave/Sgt. Richard Quinn Drive
(up Neher St from Tinker St, next to the American Legion, in the back)
Woodstock, NY
The Ashram says: “It’s our usual community garden poetry party with featured reader, bonfire, open mic sharing circle, & a vegetarian potluck.” Sounds yum all around!
Click here for the FB event page, which has more info and a decent map if you wanna find the joint.
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THIRD STOP: NEW YORK CIT-AY: Appetizer
Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Yeah, I know I’m not on the flyer, so you’re just gonna have to trust me.
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FOURTH STOP: NEW YORK CIT-AY: The Main Course
Saturday, October 21, 2023
door at 4:30
Admission: $5
Proceeds go directly to the readers.
Event starts promptly! Arrive early to catch the art exhibits.
This reading is curated and hosted by Nightboat Books.
It will be live-streaming on Zoom.
Look for more info here closer to the date.
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FIFTH AND FINAL STOP (THAT I KNOW OF): PHILADELPHIA
Friday, October 27, 2023
(between Bainbridge & Monroe Sts)
Philadelphia, PA
MAMMAL TOUR 2023
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Past Events
(for a full list of readings prior to 2023, click here)
Saturday, July 22, 2023
BEAST CRAWL
3:30 – 10:30 in Downtown Oakland
at which I will be hosting #we, a reading based on the queer talk series that paused with the pandemic,
AND reading for Beasts of the Apocalypse, the event sponsored by Collapse Press.
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#we will be at
Awaken Cafe
1429 Broadway
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Since this is part of a festival, the reading will definitely start on time.
#wewill proudly feature trans and intersex poets:
Dena Rod
Julian Mithra
LD Green
and
Tom Odegard
at
Oaklandish
1444 Broadway
(right across the darn street from Awaken Cafe)
Oakland, CA
Juba Kalamka
Taneesh Kaur
Lynn Alexander
Propaganda Poet
Missy Church
and
Richard Loranger (that’s me)
Booty will be kickéd.
I’ll link Facebook pages and other info for these events once I have them.
And of course, there’s all the rest of
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1428 Poets
AfroSurreal Writers Workshop of Oakland
All Gender Reading Group
Black Freighter Press
Black Lawrence Press
Cal Poets in the Schools (Laney)
California Writer’s Club (Berkeley)
Chapter 510
Collapse Press
Colossus Press
El Martillio Press
Happy Endings
Kearny Street Workshop
La Palabra Musical
Lower Grande Radio
Lyrics & Dirges
Make Gold Showcase
Milvia Street Journal
Moondrop Productions
Naked Bulb
Oakland Youth Poet Laureate (OYPL)
Oakstop
Paper Press Books
Pochino Press
Poetry Flash
SF Creative Writing Institute
Speaking Axolotl
Starting Points Open Mic
Synchronized Chaos Magazine
The Throwback
To Live and Write
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
7:00 PM
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Thursday, June 8, 2023
in the lower level of the Main Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
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Kim Shuck
Richard Loranger
Ryan Nakano
and
Sprinkle Rodgers
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Saturday, May 20, 2023
Venice, CA 90291
2 pm – 6 pm Pacific
Iris Berry
Elisabeth Adwin Edwards
Kevin Ridgeway
Don Kingfisher Campbell
Susan Hayden
Bill Mohr
Jerome Dunn
Luke Johnson
Kim Dower
Brendan Constantine
Richard Modiano
Nelson Gary
Michael C. Ford
K.R. Morrison
Pam Ward
Conney Williams
Steve Abee
Cassandra Dallett
Harry Northup
Nicelle Davis
Milo Martin
David Ulin
Sarah Maclay
Kathryn deLancellotti
A.K. Toney
Henry Mortensen
King Daddy
A. Razor
Matt Sedillo
Luivette Resto
Majid Naficy
Bucky Sinister
Pegarty Long
Bob Branaman
and, apparently, myself
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Hosted by Lead Editor Rich Ferguson and Editor-In-Chief Eric Morago of Moon Tide Press.
Each reader will perform their poem from this fabulous anthology. I was added last minute so you won’t see me mentioned in promo materials, but I will read my piece as well. I promise.
If you can’t join us in-person, you can view it livestreamed on Beyond Baroque’s YouTube channel.
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Saturday, April 29, 2023
Ellyn Maybe
Paul Corman Roberts
Marc Olmsted
Suzi Kaplan Olmsted
Natasha Dennerstein
Richard Loranger
Chris Tannahill
Harry Northup
Kimi Sugioka
Kathryn De Lancelotti
Nicelle Davis
Aruni Wijesinghe
Alexis Rhone Fancher
and
S.A. Griffin
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Saturday, April 8, 2023
Intersection for the Arts
1446 Market St.
San Francisco, CA
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7 pm
live and in person!
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Life-bringing readers include:
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Tureeda Mikell
Youssef Alaoui
Richard Loranger
Missy Church
Andrew J. Thomas
K.R. Morrison
Kim Shuck
and
Paul Corman-Roberts
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Hosted by Charisel Parla.
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With live open mic to follow!
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You can find the Facebook event page here.
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Admission is free but it is a benefit. There will be books by each reader to purchase, with all proceeds going to funding the Beast Crawl, plus I’m sure a hat you can throw extra inta.
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We are not foolin around.
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