Calendar of Readings and Workshops
Fall 2025
Forthcoming publication of Facing South by Giant Claw Press, an imprint of What Books
September 15 and 22, 2022, 7:30-9:00 p.m. (Two Thursdays)
Workshop: Exploring Political Poetry
Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Blvd., Venice
In two generative workshops we’ll examine strategies poets use in political work like metaphor, diction, and poetry of witness; do close readings of Carolyn Forche, Anna Akhmatova, Langston Hughes, Audre Lorde and others. Included is a packet of 40 poems by 40 poets and a bibliography.
August 5, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (Friday)
Beyond Baroque (with Holaday Mason and Mariano Zaro)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
please register to attend 310-822-3006
January 19, 2020, 11:00 a.m. (Sunday)
KPFK Poets’ Cafe Podcast
Tune in online here at Soundcloud
October 13, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (Sunday)
Reading and party at a private home
Address & directions when you reply.
September 29, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (Sunday)
Diesel Bookstore
Brentwood Country Mart, 224 26th Street #33, Santa Monica [map]
September 27, 2019 (Friday), 7:30 p.m.
Tebot Bach
Golden West College, Huntington Beach [map]
Use campus entrance on Gothard near the corner of Gothard & Edinger
Parking is free.
September 12, 2019, 7:30 p.m. (Thursday)
Ventura Artists Union
Thursday Night Poetry Series with host Phil Taggart
E.P. Foster Library in the Topping Room
651 E. Main Street, Ventura, 93001
[map]
June 4, 2019, 6:30 p.m. (Tuesday)
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
Dock Street Theatre Courtyard, Charleston SC
April 20, 2019, 4:00 p.m. (Saturday)
Beyond Baroque (with B.H. Fairchild)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
March 20, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (Wednesday)
The Ugly Mug
261 North Glassell Street, Orange [map]
July 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (Friday)
Beyond Baroque (with Steve McDonald)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
September 9, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (Friday)
Beyond Baroque (with B.H. (Pete) Fairchild)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
October 9, 2010 (Saturday), 2:00 p.m.
Ocean Park Library (with William Archila)
2601 Main Street, Santa Monica [map]
October 24, 2010 (Sunday), 2:00 p.m.
The Ruskin Art Club (with Dorothy Barresi)
800 S. Plymouth Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90005
October 29, 2010 (Friday), 8:00 p.m.
Tebot Bach
Golden West College, Huntington Beach [map]
Use campus entrance on Gothard near the corner of Gothard & Edinger
Parking is free.
November 13, 2010 (Saturday), 7:30 p.m.
Beyond Baroque (with David St. John)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
December 8, 2010 (Wednesday), 8:00 p.m.
The Ugly Mug
261 North Glassell Street, Orange [map]
January 6, 2011 (Thursday), 7:00 p.m.
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque
Info: 505.344.8139
January 13, 2011 (Thursday), 8:00 p.m.
Loyola Marymount University
(with Mark Miller) 1 Loyola Marymount University Drive
Los Angeles, 90045
February 14, 2011 (Monday), 7:30 p.m.
Moonday at Village Books
1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades [map]
March 16, 2011 (Wednesday), 7:30 p.m.
Carnegie Art Museum
424 South C Street Oxnard, CA 93030 (with Glenna Luschei)
Info: 805. 385. 8158
March 27, 2011 (Sunday), 2:00 p.m.
La Palabra at Avenue 50 Studio Celebration of Women (with others)
131 North Avenue 50, Highland Park [map]
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series, (with Jan Wesley)
5500 Grossmont Center Drive, Suite 331
La Mesa, CA 91942
Past readings:
Small Press Book Festival at The Church in Ocean Park
Ocean Park Library, Santa Monica
The Ugly Mug
Sierra Madre Books
Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Moonday, with Tony Barnstone
Beyond Baroque, with B.H. Fairchild
The L.A. Public Library's Mark Taper Auditorium (Newer Poets Series)
The Ocean Park Library
The Venice Public Library
Tebot Bach at Golden West University
FIG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
The World Stage
Sedona, Arizona at the Creative Arts Center (Poetry at the Center)
Forthcoming publication of Facing South by Giant Claw Press, an imprint of What Books
September 15 and 22, 2022, 7:30-9:00 p.m. (Two Thursdays)
Workshop: Exploring Political Poetry
Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Blvd., Venice
In two generative workshops we’ll examine strategies poets use in political work like metaphor, diction, and poetry of witness; do close readings of Carolyn Forche, Anna Akhmatova, Langston Hughes, Audre Lorde and others. Included is a packet of 40 poems by 40 poets and a bibliography.
August 5, 2022, 8:00 p.m. (Friday)
Beyond Baroque (with Holaday Mason and Mariano Zaro)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
please register to attend 310-822-3006
January 19, 2020, 11:00 a.m. (Sunday)
KPFK Poets’ Cafe Podcast
Tune in online here at Soundcloud
October 13, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (Sunday)
Reading and party at a private home
Address & directions when you reply.
September 29, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (Sunday)
Diesel Bookstore
Brentwood Country Mart, 224 26th Street #33, Santa Monica [map]
September 27, 2019 (Friday), 7:30 p.m.
Tebot Bach
Golden West College, Huntington Beach [map]
Use campus entrance on Gothard near the corner of Gothard & Edinger
Parking is free.
September 12, 2019, 7:30 p.m. (Thursday)
Ventura Artists Union
Thursday Night Poetry Series with host Phil Taggart
E.P. Foster Library in the Topping Room
651 E. Main Street, Ventura, 93001
[map]
June 4, 2019, 6:30 p.m. (Tuesday)
Piccolo Spoleto Sundown Poetry Series
Dock Street Theatre Courtyard, Charleston SC
April 20, 2019, 4:00 p.m. (Saturday)
Beyond Baroque (with B.H. Fairchild)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
March 20, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (Wednesday)
The Ugly Mug
261 North Glassell Street, Orange [map]
July 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (Friday)
Beyond Baroque (with Steve McDonald)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
September 9, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (Friday)
Beyond Baroque (with B.H. (Pete) Fairchild)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
October 9, 2010 (Saturday), 2:00 p.m.
Ocean Park Library (with William Archila)
2601 Main Street, Santa Monica [map]
October 24, 2010 (Sunday), 2:00 p.m.
The Ruskin Art Club (with Dorothy Barresi)
800 S. Plymouth Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90005
October 29, 2010 (Friday), 8:00 p.m.
Tebot Bach
Golden West College, Huntington Beach [map]
Use campus entrance on Gothard near the corner of Gothard & Edinger
Parking is free.
November 13, 2010 (Saturday), 7:30 p.m.
Beyond Baroque (with David St. John)
681 Venice Blvd., Venice [map]
December 8, 2010 (Wednesday), 8:00 p.m.
The Ugly Mug
261 North Glassell Street, Orange [map]
January 6, 2011 (Thursday), 7:00 p.m.
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque
Info: 505.344.8139
January 13, 2011 (Thursday), 8:00 p.m.
Loyola Marymount University
(with Mark Miller) 1 Loyola Marymount University Drive
Los Angeles, 90045
February 14, 2011 (Monday), 7:30 p.m.
Moonday at Village Books
1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades [map]
March 16, 2011 (Wednesday), 7:30 p.m.
Carnegie Art Museum
424 South C Street Oxnard, CA 93030 (with Glenna Luschei)
Info: 805. 385. 8158
March 27, 2011 (Sunday), 2:00 p.m.
La Palabra at Avenue 50 Studio Celebration of Women (with others)
131 North Avenue 50, Highland Park [map]
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Poetry Series, (with Jan Wesley)
5500 Grossmont Center Drive, Suite 331
La Mesa, CA 91942
Past readings:
Small Press Book Festival at The Church in Ocean Park
Ocean Park Library, Santa Monica
The Ugly Mug
Sierra Madre Books
Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood
Moonday, with Tony Barnstone
Beyond Baroque, with B.H. Fairchild
The L.A. Public Library's Mark Taper Auditorium (Newer Poets Series)
The Ocean Park Library
The Venice Public Library
Tebot Bach at Golden West University
FIG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
The World Stage
Sedona, Arizona at the Creative Arts Center (Poetry at the Center)
