Spring 2022

David Swallow Jr. • Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora • Matthew Clark Davison, Stacy D. Flood, Patrick Earl Ryan • Krip-Hop Nation: Toni Hickman, Keith Jones, Leroy F. Moore Jr., DJ Quad, Wheelchair Sports Camp • erica lewis + Divya Victor • erica lewis + Christine No • Nathalie Khankan, Saretta Morgan, Sarah Riggs • Stefano Harney + Fred Moten • Tinker Greene + Norman Fischer • Gabrielle Daniels + Hung Q. Tu • New Voice Series: Raul Ruiz, Zêdan Xelef, Alexis Angel Romero, Bianca White • Etel Adnan, a Memorial Tribute: Zaina Alsous, David Buuck, Naz Cuguoğlu, (more)

David Swallow Jr., Lakota Sun Dance Chief: February 4, 2022

The Poetry Center presents David Swallow Jr., Lakota spiritual teacher and veteran AIM (American Indian Movement)...

Date: 2022-02-04

Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora: February 12, 2022

Co-presented with the  Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies  and  Diaspora Arts Connection , this...

Date: 2022-02-12

Matthew Clark Davison, Stacy D. Flood, and Patrick Earl Ryan: February 24, 2022

For this Prose at The Poetry Center event, three friends and SF State alums: Matthew Clark Davison, Stacy D. Flood,...

Date: 2022-02-24

Krip-Hop Nation: March 5, 2022

The Poetry Center, together with the  Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability , presents Krip-Hop Nation, a...

Date: 2022-03-05

erica lewis and Divya Victor: March 10, 2022

The Poetry Center presents erica lewis, Poetry Center Mazza Writer in Residence for Spring 2022, joined by Divya...

Date: 2022-03-10

erica lewis and Christine No: March 12, 2022

For the concluding event in erica lewis's weeklong Mazza Writer in Residence program for Spring 2022,...

Date: 2022-03-12

Saretta Morgan, Natalie Khankan, and Sarah Riggs: March 18, 2022

The Poetry Center presents Saretta Morgan, Nathalie Khankan, and Sarah Riggs, reading and in conversation, at Medicine...

Date: 2022-03-18

Stefano Harney and Fred Moten: April 6, 2022

After an introduction by their friend and comrade Manolo Callahan, of the Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy ,...

Date: 2022-04-06

Tinker Greene and Norman Fischer: April 14, 2022

The Poetry Center presents Norman Fischer and Tinker Greene, reading from their poetry at The Greene Arcade, San...

Date: 2022-04-14

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

Gabrielle Daniels and Hung Q. Tu: April 30, 2022

The Poetry Center, together with  Dogpark Collective , presents a celebration of two new works from this...

Date: 2022-04-30

Etel Adnan, a Memorial Tribute: May 14, 2022

The Poetry Center, in conjunction with the Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series, presents a Memorial Tribute to Etel...

Date: 2022-05-14