Spring 2024

On David Melnick: Benjamin Friedlander, Jo Aurelio Giardini, J. Gordon Faylor • Kim Shuck + Hataałiinez Wheeler • Hataałii + Colectivo CalleSon • Major Jackson with Tonya M. Foster • Gillian Conoley + Rodrigo Toscano • Chris Martin + Imane Boukaila • Maia Ipp + Michael David Lukas • Priscilla Wathington + Sam Sax + with Colette Ghunim + Sara Maamouri • Safaa Fathy • Trans Temporal Resistances: Emji Saint Spero, Leila Weefur + friends • Lynn Xu + Jacob Kahn • New Voice Series: Jennifer S. Cheng, Karla Myn Khine, Evelyn Jo + Neblinas del Pacífico • ¡INTER-RANCHO-NAL! (more)

On David Melnick — Benjamin Friedlander, Jo Aurelio Giardini, J. Gordon Faylor: February 15, 2024

The Poetry Center and Small Press Traffic co-present an evening devoted to the life and work of David Melnick, to help...

Date: 2024-02-15

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

Hataałii and Colectivo CalleSon: February 22, 2024

The Poetry Center presents singer/songwriter Hataałii (a.k.a Hataałiinez Wheeler) joining us from...

Date: 2024-02-22

Undisciplining the Fields — Major Jackson with Tonya M. Foster: February 29, 2024

The Poetry Center in conjunction with City Lights Books co-presents Major Jackson, reading from his poetry amid a...

Date: 2024-02-39

Rodrigo Toscano and Gillian Conoley: March 6, 2024

The Poetry Center presents Gillian Conoley and Rodrigo Toscano, reading from their work in San Francisco, at Medicine for...

Date: 2024-03-06

Chris Martin and Imane Boukaila — On Poetry, Autism and Our Neurodivergent Future: March 21, 2024

The Poetry Center, together with the  Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability  at San Francisco State,...

Date: 2024-03-21

Maia Ipp and Michael David Lukas: April 2, 2024

The Poetry Center presents a reading by Maia Ipp and Michael David Lukas at Medicine for Nightmares. Maia Ipp reads an...

Date: 2024-04-02

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

Safaa Fathy: April 19, 2024

The Poetry Center, together with Tripwire journal and Artists' Television Access (ATA), co-presents Egyptian...

Date: 2024-04-19

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

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

New Voice Series, featuring Jennifer S. Cheng, Karla Myn Khine, Evelyn Jo, and music by Neblinas del Pacífico: May 9, 2024

The Poetry Center presents poets Jennifer S. Cheng, Karla Myn Khine, and Evelyn Jo, each reading their work. This is the...

Date: 2024-05-09

Elise Ficarra and Steve Dickison: June 1, 2024

Friends of The Poetry Center present Elise Ficarra and Steve Dickison, "a reading by the organizers of hundreds of...

Date: 2024-06-01

¡INTER-RANCHO-NAL! — Minerva Reynosa, Aziz Córdova, Indira Isel Torres Crux, with Lourdes Figueroa and Josiah Luis Alderete: June 22, 2024

The Poetry Center, joining forces with San Francisco International Flor y Canto Literary Festival and our...

Date: 2024-06-22