LOGOS BOOKS. Stunning photography and introspective haiku merge into a thoughtful melange of art and ideas. Free
LOGOS BOOKS. Join artist John Lisle during ArtAbout to see how his stunning photography and introspective haiku merge into a thoughtful melange of art and ideas. 5p—7:30p. Free
JOHN NATSOULAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. First & third Thursdays. Each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. 7p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Julia B. Levine’s poetry has won many awards, including a 2021 Nautilus Award for her fifth poetry collection, Ordinary Psalms, (LSU press, 2021), as well as the 2015 Northern California Book Award in Poetry for her fourth collection, Small Disasters Seen in Sunlight, (LSU, 2014). Currently she serves as Poet Laureate of Davis. Rebecca Foust’s fourth book, ONLY (Four Way Books, 2022) earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly and was recently reviewed by Mark Jarmon in The Hudson Review. 7p—9p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer. He is the author of about twenty books, including the internationally bestselling Mars trilogy, and more recently Red Moon, New York 2140, and The Ministry for the Future. Laurie Glover’s poems have appeared in journals such as Terrain, Woman’s Studies, and California Quarterly, and her essays have appeared in journals such as Zyzzyva and Boom. 7p—9p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Maceo Montoya’s first novel, The Scoundrel and the Optimist (Bilingual Review, 2010), was awarded the 2011 International Latino Book Award for Best First Book, and Latino Stories named him one of its “Top Ten New Latino Writers to Watch.” León Salvatierra is a poet from Nicaragua who migrated to the U.S. at the age of 15. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Davis (June 2020) and a Ph.D. in Latin American Literatures with an emphasis on U.S. Latinx literature from UC Berkeley (2014). 7p—9p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Cami Rothmuller is an undergraduate at UC Davis, pursuing a degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing, and a favorite contributor to Poetry Night. Iris Jamahl Dunkle is an award-winning poet and biographer whose work challenges the American West’s male-oriented recorded history by researching the lives of women. 7p—9p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. With the help of named and unnamed supporters, Wenderoth will be reading poems, singing songs, and weaving spells. This will be his last reading in Davis. Parental discretion is advised. 7p—9p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Featuring poets Elana K. Arnold and Mischa Kuczynski. Open mic list typically fills by 6:50 PM, so arrive early if you would like to perform during the 8 o’clock hour. 7p—9p. Free
NATSOULAS GALLERY. Poet, editor, publisher, scholar, and critic, Bill Mohr is widely recognized as one of the leading literary activists in Southern California in the past 40 years. Rhony Bhopla is a poet, emerging book critic, and visual artist. 7p—9p. Free
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