Upcoming Events
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Saturday, November 9, 2024
I’ll be hosting After Math,
a nice relaxing reading
under a big old oak tree
at
Live Oak Park
Picnic Area #2
on Walnut Street between Rose St and Eunice St
by the Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley, CA
12 – 4 pm
with readers:
Tim Xonnelly
Colleen Shoshana McKee
Larry Beresford
Rose Mark
Richard Hack
Mary-Marcia Casoly
Gary Turchin
Cassandra Dallett
Alex Bryant
Kimi Sugioka
and Kirk Lumpkin
a collusion with Steve Arntson
Free of charge. Beverages provided. Feel free to bring a snack to share but not required.
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Saturday, November 16, 2024
Collapse Press Second Wave!
Please join us at a RELEASE PARTY for Thawing by Taneesh Kaur and Unit of Agency, 2nd Edition by, um, moi
at
Mercury 20 Gallery
475 25th St
Oakland, CA
5 pm
Taneesh and I will read selections from our books, which will be available for purchase.
The new Second Edition of Unit of Agency, which was first released by Collapse Press in 2021, contains five additional poems, a new preface, and a reduced price. What more could you ask for?
Hosted by Paul Corman-Roberts of Collapse Press
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Sunday, December 8, 2024
It’s time for DADA at
SF DADA DO, the San Francisco Release Party
for
Three Rooms Press‘
MAINTENANT 18: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art
Yippie-kai-ai! say we.
at
SPEC’S Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
12 William Saroyan Place
North Beach
San Francisco, CA
6 pm (and we mean pm)
Please expect the usual madness with:
Youssef Alaoui
Mahnaz Badihian
Allison Davis
Carol Dorf
D. L. Lang
Jon Longhi
Richard Loranger
Robyn Mallory
Marina Solé
Rich Stone
Barbara Vos
and Lorene Zarou-Zouzounis
Hosted graciously and with hats by Three Rooms Press co-founders and MAINTENANT editors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges
Bring a tarp.
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Past Events
(for a full list of readings prior to 2024, click here)
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Celebrating Beacon Radiant, great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology of poetry and short fiction
on ZOOM
at
1 pm PST
with:
James Butler-Gruett
Philip Fried
Jeffrey Hecker
Nafisa A. Iqbal
Richard Loranger (that’s me)
Giorgia Pavlidou
Celeste Ramos
and Carla Schwart
Hosted by the lovely genius of David Lawton of great weather for MEDIA Press
I’ll be reading my story “The Extraction” that’s either very scary or very not scary. 🙂
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Saturday, September 28, 2024
and what better day than a Saturday to feature at The Saturday Series
coming at ya from Poetry Promise out of Las Vegas
on ZOOM
at
2 pm PST
Hosted by Bruce Isaacson of Poetry Promise and Zeitgeist Press
plus an excellent open mic
I am very excited to read at this one. Thank you, Bruce!
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
Celebrating the launch of Natasha Dennerstein’s Apps Poetica (yay!)
at
Jered’s Pottery
5743 A Horton St
Emeryville, CA
7 pm
I’ll be reading with
Sarah Kobrinsky
Khalifa Mitchell
and of course the fabulous Natasha Dennerstein
Copies will be available.
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Friday, August 11, 2024
It’s a LAUNCH PARTY for 
Letters for the End Times, Volume 2
just out from Collapse Press
on ZOOM
6:30 pm PST / 9:30 pm EST
There’s gonna be 20 insane peops reading including myself. Check out the flyer above!
Hosted delightfully by Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts of Collapse Press
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Sunday, August 11, 2024
It’s a Word Pie Par Tea
at
East Bay Media Center
1939 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA
1 – 4:30 pm
I’ll be reading with
Tureeda Mikell
Deborah Fruchey
Dale Jensen
Judy Wells
Maw Shein Win
Jan Steckel
Steve Arntson
James Cagney
and Glenn Ingersoll
in a book party and hosted by Steve Arntson
I hear there will be snacks. (Yay snacks!)
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SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, July 27 is Beast Crawl in downtown Oakland, CA
You want to be there
with
#we: queer perspectives
featuring
Edward Gunawan
Julia Serano
Shilpa Kamat
and myself, once again hosting and reading briefly.
7 – 8 pm (sharp)
at
at Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make / Believe
546 9th St @ Clay
Oakland, CA
Oh yes, and also
!
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
I’ll be leading a free poetry workshop for the North Beach Poets Society
at
North Beach Public Library
Community Room
850 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA
6 – 7:30 pm (be on time!)
Please bring a poem of your own that you’d like to discuss with the group. We’ll plan to do that, and will also chat about what poetry is (or might be) and how to best critique another’s work. Oh, and we’ll be doing some writing as well so you’ll have something fresh to take home with you!
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Saturday, July 13, 2024
It’s a
Poetry Brain Party!
at
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Medicine for Nightmares Books
3036 – 24th Street
San Francisco, CA.
with:
K.R. Morrison
E.K. Keith
Paul Corman-Roberts
Milo Starr Johnson
and Dee Allen
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Saturday, June 15, 2024
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I’ll be reading at the California Writers Club’s Annual Book Launch and Local Author Showcase
Hayward, CA
• Every Man, Woman and Child + Every Living Soul by Kristen Caven;
• The Cosmos is Alive by Keith Gaboury;
• The Bridge on Beer River by Terry Tierney;
• Diminished, Resolving to Major by Bob Haus;
• Ghosts and Oceans by Jan Steckel; and
• Mammal by Richard Loranger
Hosted by Jordan Pastor
Woo-hoo!
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Sunday, May 5, 2024
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Gonna be reading with Zeitgeist Press at
Berkeley, CA
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A Memorial Reading with books by Zeitgeist authors who have passed into the spirit realm, including new books by Eli Coppola (Make of Me Many Miracles) and Julia Vinograd (the complete version of The Book of Jerusalem, with sixty poem more than the 1984 original – wow).
Reading pieces from these books, along with work by Andy Clausen and David Lerner, will be
Jan Steckel
Deborah Fruchey
Paul Corman-Roberts
Anita May
David West
and myself.
We’ll each likely read some of our own work as well.
This reading will celebrate the release of two new books by Cafe Babar writers Eli Coppola and Julia Vinograd. Since both have passed into the spirit realm, their friends and compadres will be reading from their works.
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
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I’m honored to be reading with the California Writers Club at
Poets on Earth: Earth Day Salon
in Joachin Miller Park
in the gorgeous East Oakland Hills
Nanette Deetz
and myself
What an honor to read with those two wordwinds.
Followed by an open reading
Hosted by Kristen Caven and the California Writers Club
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Sunday, February 25, 2024
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Hitting the road and reading in Los Ankeles!
Los Angeles, CA
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NOTE the time has been changed to NOON.
Come join us for an LA release and book party for Mammal!
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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I’ve been asked to read at the North Beach First Friday Poetry Crawl. Yay! Our event is at
Ingrid Keir
Michael Koch
Kimi Sugioka
Richard Loranger
and music by Elisa Rodriguez
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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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This is the “official” West Coast book party for Mammal, my latest book released this fall from Roof Books. Yay!
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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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Saturday, January 6, 2024
San Francisco, CA
with:.
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