Alpha Index: Wagner to Zurita

Alphabetical index of programs by author surname, subject surname, or program title, Wa–Zu. • Index photo: Frank B. Wilderson III, February 14, 2019, talking with the audience after reading from the manuscript of his book Afro-Pessimism, a year before that book's release (video still)

Catherine Wagner, Dana Ward, Tyrone Williams: October 23, 2014

The Poetry Center presents Catherine Wagner, Dana Ward, and Tyrone Williams reading at Ruth's Table, in the Mission...

Date: 2014-10-23

Diane Wakoski: May 9, 1969

The Poetry Center presents Diane Wakoski reading from The George Washington Poems, The Magellanic Clouds , and The...

Date: 05/09/1969

Judy Grahn and Diane Wakoski: October 2, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Judy Grahn and Diane Wakoski, appearing at the San Francisco Museum of Art, each reading from...

Date: 1974-10-02

Bill Berkson, Jim Carroll, Anne Waldman: October 10, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Bill Berkson, Jim Carroll, and Anne Waldman, reading their work at San Francisco State...

Date: 1974-10-10

Alice Walker at San Jose State University: April 10, 1976

The Poetry Center presents Alice Walker, reading from her short prose and poetry, at the Conference on Inter-American...

Date: 1976-04-10

Alice Walker on Zora Neale Hurston: October 2, 1980

The Poetry Center presents Alice Walker, talking about the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston and reading from...

Date: 1980-10-02

Jackie Wang and Lily Hoang: March 1, 2018

The Poetry Center presents Jackie Wang and Lily Hoang, reading and in conversation. This event is one of many programs...

Date: 03/01/2018

Lily Hoang and Jackie Wang: March 3, 2018

The Poetry Center presents Jackie Wang and Lily Hoang reading at The Green Arcade. This event, debuting Jackie...

Date: 03/03/2018

Wang Ping and Ava Koohbor: November 11, 2021

The Poetry Center presents Wang Ping and Ava Koohbor, reading from their poetry, in what is the first formal event at the...

Date: 2021-11-11

Gary Snyder with Wang Ping: November 13, 2021

Gary Snyder, after reading from his Cold Mountain (Han Shan) Poems and his poem "Axe Handles," with Wang Ping...

Date: 2021-11-13

Alli Warren and Laura Moriarty: February 19, 2015

The Poetry Center presents Alli Warren reading from her Poetry Center Book Award winning book, Here Come the Warm Jets...

Date: 05/19/2015

Feliz Lucia Molina with Alli Warren: April 11, 2019

The Poetry Center presents Feliz Lucia Molina, reading and in conversation with Alli Warren. Feliz Lucia Molina reads...

Date: 04/11/2019

Alli Warren and Feliz Lucia Molina: April 12, 2019

The Poetry Center presents Alli Warren and Feliz Lucia Molina, reading from their work, at The Green Arcade in San...

Date: 04/12/2019

Priscilla Wathington and Sam Sax: April 11, 2024

The Poetry Center presents Priscilla Wathington, Mazza Writer in Residence for Spring 2024, reading and in conversation...

Date: 2024-04-11

Priscilla Wathington with Colette Ghunim and Sara Maamouri: April 14, 2024

The Poetry Center and Artists' Television Access co-present Mazza Writer in Residence Priscilla Wathington, together...

Date: 2024-04-14

Anthony Cody and Chaun Webster: December 3, 2023

The Poetry Center presents Anthony Cody and Chaun Webster, in conjunction with the Howard Zinn Book Fair, held at City...

Date: 2023-12-03

In Honor of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker—featuring Judy Grahn, Jewelle Gomez, Avotcja, Arisa White, Leila Weefur, Angela Hume: November 5, 2020

The Poetry Center, in conjunction with the  Poetry Coalition , presents one in a series of programs organized across...

Date: 2020-11-05

Trans* Temporal Resistances — Emji Saint Spero, Leila Weefur and friends: Mason J., Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Rowan Powell: April 25, 2024

The Poetry Center, together with the Tenderloin Museum, co-present Emji Saint Spero and Leila Weefur, co-curators of the...

Date: 2024-04-29

James Welch and Dennis Schmitz: April 18, 1974

The Poetry Center presents James Welch and Dennis Schmitz, each presenting their poetry at San Francisco State...

Date: 1974-04-18

Lew Welch: November 9, 1959

The Poetry Center presents Lew Welch reading from and discussing his poetry.

Date: 11/09/1959

Reading at Six Gallery Re-Creation: March 11, 1956

The Poetry Center presents the March 1956 Berkeley re-creation of the famed October 1955 Six Gallery reading, introduced...

Date: 03/11/1956

Philip Whalen: December 12, 1956

The Poetry Center presents Philip Whalen reading from his poetry. This event also featured poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Date: 12/12/1956

Philip Whalen: September 14, 1965

Philip Whalen reading from his poetry.

Date: 9/14/1965

Philip Whalen — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes: November 10, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Philip Whalen, reading and talking in regards to his poetics, and considering among other...

Date: 1965-11-10

Philip Whalen: March 11, 1968

The Poetry Center presents Philip Whalen reading from selected works.

Date: 03/11/1968

Clark Coolidge and Philip Whalen: May 5, 1976

"The Poetry Center is insanely pleased to present the brilliant word theoretician and poet, CLARK COOLIDGE, in...

Date: 1976-05-05

Kim Shuck and Hataałiinez Wheeler: February 22, 2024

The Poetry Center presents Hataałiinez Wheeler and Kim Shuck, reading their poetry and talking with one another and...

Date: 2024-02-22

Hazel White and Sabrina Dalla Valle: April 24, 2014

The Poetry Center presents Hazel White and Sabrina Dalla Valle, reading from their poetry and engaging in...

Date: 2014-04-24

Ariel Goldberg and Simone White: April 13, 2017

The Poetry Center presents Ariel Goldberg and Simone White reading and in conversation in celebration of the 50th...

Date: 04/13/2017

Arisa White and Raina J. Léon: April, 9 2015

The Poetry Center presents Arisa White reading from Post Pardon (Mouthfeel Press) and A Penny Saved (Aquarius Press,...

Date: 04/09/2015

Orlando White and Patrick James Dunagan: April 27, 2017

The Poetry Center presents Orlando White, recipient of the Poetry Center Book Award for LETTERRS (Nightboat Books, 2015)....

Date: 04/27/2017

John Wieners: June 21, 1959

The Poetry Center presents John Wieners reading from an unpublished manuscript and The Hotel Wentley Poems .

Date: 06/21/1959

John Wieners — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: July, 1965

The Poetry Center presents John Wieners, reading his poems from Ace of Pentacles  (James F. Carr and Robert A....

Date: 1965-07-XX

Robert Creeley and John Wieners: November 15, 1973

The Poetry Center, in one of several special programs marking its 20th anniversary with celebratory readings at the San...

Date: 1973-11-15

Robert Dewhurst and Michael Seth Stewart on the Life and Works of John Wieners: September 10, 2015

The Poetry Center presents poet-scholars Robert Dewhurst and Michael Seth Stewart reading from and discussing the works...

Date: 09/10/2015

Richard Wilbur — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 8, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Richard Wilbur, reading from and commenting on his poetry and work in translation and...

Date: 1966-03-08

Frank B. Wilderson III: February 14, 2019

The Poetry Center presents Frank B. Wilderson III reading from the manuscript to his forthcoming book, provisionally...

Date: 02/14/2019

D.S. Marriott and Frank B. Wilderson III: February 16, 2019

The Poetry Center presents D.S. Marriott and Frank B. Wilderson III reading their poetry. Marriott reads from his...

Date: 02/16/2019

Joshua Marie Wilkinson and Sandy Florian: April 17, 2014

The Poetry Center presents a reading and conversation with Joshua Marie Wilkinson and Sandy Florian. Wilkinson, reads...

Date: 2014-04-17

Tyrone Williams, The George Oppen Memorial Lecture: December 6, 2019

Tyrone Williams presents the 34th annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, at the Unitarian Center, San Francisco. The...

Date: 2019-12-06

William Carlos Williams: May 19, 1955

The Poetry Center presents William Carlos Williams reading and talking about his poetry.

Date: 05/19/1955

Angel Dominguez and Ronaldo V. Wilson: October 16, 2021

The Poetry Center presents Angel Dominguez and Ronaldo V. Wilson, in conversation with one another then followed by each...

Date: 2021-10-16

Undisciplining the Fields — Ronaldo V. Wilson with Tonya M. Foster: October 20, 2022

The Poetry Center presents Ronaldo V. Wilson, reading from his written work and sharing images of his visual art, and...

Date: 2022-10-20

Yvor Winters: February 14, 1958

The Poetry Center presents Yvor Winters reading from his poetry.

Date: 02/14/1958

Ugly Duckling Presse — Bay Area Reading, featuring Cedar Sigo, Brent Cunningham, Micah Ballard, Dodie Bellamy, John Sakkis, Clark Coolidge, Sarah Wintz, Patrick Dunagan, and Tom Comitta: March 7, 2014

The Poetry Center, together with The Green Arcade, presents a reading in celebration of Ugly Duckling Presse, based in...

Date: 2014-03-07

Monique Wittig and Jayne Cortez: April 12, 1985

The Poetry Center presents Monique Wittig and Jayne Cortez, reading their work on the opening night of the three-day...

Date: 1985-04-12

Legacy of Forugh Farrokhzad, with Sholeh Wolpé, Jasmin Darznik, and Shabnam Piryaei: December 3, 2020

The Poetry Center and the  Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies , San Francisco State University, co-present...

Date: 2020-12-03

Nellie Wong and Genny Lim: August 31, 2017

The Poetry Center presents Nellie Wong and Genny Lim reading and in conversation. Wong reads works from Breakfast Lunch...

Date: 08/31/2017

Lucia Berlin and Douglas Woolf: February 24, 1984

The Poetry Center presents Lucia Berlin and Douglas Woolf, each reading from their work, with introductions by...

Date: 1984-02-24

Mark Nowak and Worker Writers School: September 30, 2021

Co-presented by The Poetry Center and the Labor Archives and Research Center , Mark Nowak is joined by six poets...

Date: 2021-09-30

World War II Conscientious Objectors, Their Legacy of Art and Peace: October 15, 2014

The Poetry Center and City Lights Books co-present an evening devoted to the history presented in Steve...

Date: 2014-10-15

James Wright: April 26, 1965

The Poetry Center presents James Wright sharing his favorite poetry and reading from The Branch Will Not Break .

Date: 04/26/1965

James Wright: April 17, 1968

The Poetry Center presents James Wright, reading poems from his collections The Branch Will Not Break and Shall We...

Date: 04/17/1968

New Voice Series, featuring Raul Ruiz, Zêdan Xelef, Alexiz Angel Romero, and Bianca White: May 5, 2022

The Poetry Center presents the New Voice Series, in its second annual iteration. The series features a poet...

Date: 2022-05-05

Lynn Xu and Jacob Kahn: May 2, 2024

The Poetry Center presents Lynn Xu and Jacob Kahn, reading their work and engaging in conversation with one another and...

Date: 2024-05-02

Mitsuye Yamada's 100th Birthday: September 23, 2023

The Poetry Center presents a poets' reading and tribute in honor of Mitsuye Yamada's 100th birthday,...

Date: 2023-09-23

Julien Poirier and Matvei Yankelevich: March 6, 2014

The Poetry Center presents a reading and conversation with Julien Poirier and Matvei Yankelevich. Poirier and Yankelovich...

Date: 2014-03-06

Al Young: May 25, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Al Young, reading from his poetry and fiction. Young reads poems from The Song Turning Back...

Date: 1974-05-25

Geoffrey Young, Stephen Rodefer, Larry Goodell: May 8, 1975

The Poetry Center presents Geoffrey Young, Stephen Rodefer, and Larry Goodell, in that sequence, reading and,...

Date: 1975-05-08

Nobuyuki Yuasa: November 15, 1966

The Poetry Center presents renowned Japanese scholar-translator Nobuyuki Yuasa talking on Basho and the haiku tradition,...

Date: 11/15/1966

Maged Zaher reads Egyptian Poets: April 23, 2015

The Poetry Center presents poet, editor, and translator Maged Zaher reading from The Tahrir of Poems: Seven Contemporary...

Date: 04/23/2015

Maged Zaher and Rodney Koeneke: April 24, 2015

The Poetry Center presents Maged Zaher, reading recent work from manuscript, interwoven with his translations from...

Date: 04/24/2015

Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta and Daisy Zamora: October 4, 2018

The Poetry Center, with support by the Sam Mazza Foundation, presents Mazza Writer in Residence Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta...

Date: 10/04/2018

Camille T. Dungy and Javier Zamora: September 28, 2017

The Poetry Center presents Camille T. Dungy and Javier Zamora, reading and in conversation. Camille Dungy reads poems...

Date: 09/28/2017

Louis Zukofsky: July 2, 1958

The Poetry Center presents Louis Zukofsky reading from his poetry. Note: Zukofsky taught at San Francisco State College...

Date: 07/02/1958

Louis Zukofsky — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 16, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Louis Zukofsky, March 16, 1966, speaking of his work and its background, of literary...

Date: 1966-03-16

Raúl Zurita and William Rowe, with Nuri Gené-Cos: April 9, 2009

The Poetry Center presents renowned Chilean poet Raúl Zurita, together with poet, scholar of Latin American...

Date: 2009-04-09