Alpha Index: Jackson to Kyger

Alphabetical index of programs by author surname, subject surname, or program title, Ja–Ky. • Index photo: Joanne Kyger, November 20, 1974, reading with Thom Gunn and Nathaniel Tarn, at the home of Margot Patterson Doss and John Doss, Bolinas, CA (video still).

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

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

Brontez Purnell and Friends: Cisco Guzman, Mason J., Melissa Merin: April 8, 2021

The Poetry Center presents Brontez Purnell and Bay Area friends Cisco Guzman, Mason J., and Melissa Merin,...

Date: 2021-04-08

Darius James and Val Jeanty: April 18, 2019

The Poetry Center presents Darius James and Val Jeanty in a first-ever collaboratiive "workshop performance" at...

Date: 04/18/19

Darius James and Val Jeanty: April 19, 2019

The Poetry Center presents novelist-writer Darius James, and Val Jeanty, Haitian electronica composer-percussionist, in...

Date: 04/19/2019

Darius James: April 21, 2019

The Poetry Center and City Lights Books co-present Darius James, reading and in conversation. James reads excerpts from...

Date: 04/21/2019

Randall Jarrell: October 3, 1956

The Poetry Center presents Randall Jarrell reading from his poetry.

Date: 10/03/1956

Robinson Jeffers Memorial Program: December 4, 1962

The Poetry Center presents a two-part program dedicated to Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962). In part one, actor Joseph Miksak...

Date: 12/04/1962

Juliana Delgado Lopera and Monique Jenkinson, aka Fauxnique: April 27, 2019

The Poetry Center presents "an afternoon of literary drag," with Spring 2019 Mazza Writer in Residence Juliana...

Date: 04/27/2019

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

LeRoi Jones: March 4, 1965

The Poetry Center presents LeRoi Jones (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka) reading poems from The Dead Lecturer , Sabotage , Target...

Date: 03/04/1965

LeRoi Jones, A Jazz Symposium on Blues People: March 4, 1965

The Poetry Center presents a Jazz Symposium on Blues People, featuring LeRoi Jones (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka), Philip Elwood,...

Date: 03/04/1965

June Jordan: April 20, 1977

The Poetry Center presents June Jordan reading her poetry, from the collection Things That I Do in the Dark: 1954-1977...

Date: 04/20/1977

June Jordan: April 15, 1993

The Poetry Center presents June Jordan reading her essay "Requiem for the Champ" (written in response to boxer...

Date: 04/15/1993

June Jordan: August 20, 1998

The Poetry Center co-presents June Jordan, acclaimed poet, essayist, political activist, and professor of Afro American...

Date: 08/20/1998

Pierre Joris on Paul Celan: March 18, 2015

The Poetry Center and City Lights Books co-present Pierre Joris, reading his translations and discussing the work and...

Date: 03/18/2015

Pierre Joris and Nicole Peyrafitte: March 19, 2015

The Poetry Center presents poet and translator Pierre Joris reading, primarily, from his collection Barzakh: Poems...

Date: 03/19/2015

Julie Carr and Andrew Joron: September 11, 2014

The Poetry Center presents Andrew Joron and Julie Carr, reading and in conversation. Joron reads from  Trance...

Date: 2014-09-11

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

Diane di Prima and Lenore Kandel: March 17, 1976

The Poetry Center presents Diane di Prima and Lenore Kandel, together on stage reading their work and engaging in...

Date: 1976-03-17

James Kass and Paul S. Flores: May 3, 2018

The Poetry Center presents James Kass and Paul Flores, reading and in conversation, to celebrate the 21st anniversary of...

Date: 05/03/2018

Florencia Castellano, Luis Felipe Fabre, and Pablo Katchadjian: October 9, 2016

The Poetry Center and Small Press Traffic co-present poets and translators published in the first two years of the...

Date: 10/09/2016

Vincent Katz and Jane Gregory: February 4, 2016

The Poetry Center presents Jane Gregory and Vincent Katz reading and in conversation. Gregory reads new poems from an...

Date: 02/04/2016

Tom Clark and Vincent Katz: February 5, 2016

The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark reading and commenting on his poetry, from various works and from manuscript, and...

Date: 02/05/2016

Bob Kaufman's Collected Poems, a Celebration AFTER His 95th Birthday: October 29, 2020

The Poetry Center presents Bob Kaufman's Collected Poems, a celebration taking place six months following the...

Date: 2020-10-29

Guy Davis, Shirley Kaufman, and Daniel Moore: October 22, 1963

The Poetry Center presents Guy Davis, Shirley Kaufman and Daniel Moore reading their poetry, in the Poetry Center's...

Date: 10/22/1963

Douglas Kearney and Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: September 21, 2017

The Poetry Center presents Douglas Kearney and Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, reading and in conversation. Douglas Kearney...

Date: 09/21/2017

The New Talkies — Douglas Kearney and Nicole McJamerson: September 22, 2017

The Poetry Center in collaboration with Artists' Television Access co-presents a program of seven...

Date: 2017-09-22

Claudia Keelan and Rusty Morrison: April 30, 2015

The Poetry Center presents Rusty Morrison reading from Beyond the Chainlink (Ahsahta Press) and new works, along with...

Date: 04/30/2015

John Keene: October 29, 2015

The Poetry Center presents John Keene reading his story "Cold" from his book Counternarratives (New Directions,...

Date: 10/29/2015

John Keene with Tân Khánh Cao: October 30, 2015

The Poetry Center presents John Keene reading his story "Acrobatique" from his book Counternarratives (New...

Date: 10/30/2015

James Keilty, Two Plays: January 25, 1959

The Poetry Center presents live performances of James Keilty's two plays Ways of Spending Money and Genji and...

Date: 01/25/1959

A Tribute to Jayne Cortez — Robin D.G. Kelley with Justin Desmangles: November 14, 2013

The Poetry Center presents Robin D. G. Kelley with Justin Desmangles, in a tribute to poet Jayne Cortez (May 10,...

Date: 2013-11-14

Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, and Paul Blackburn: April 11, 1969

The Poetry Center presents Clayton Eshleman, Robert Kelly, and Paul Blackburn reading from their works.

Date: 04/11/1969

Angel Dominguez and Hannah Kezema: October 14, 2021

The Poetry Center presents Hannah Kezema, reading from the manuscript of her forthcoming book Case Files , and Angel...

Date: 2021-10-14

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

Ai and Faye Kicknosway: November 14, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Ai and Faye Kicknosway, reading from and commenting on their poetry. Ai reads from...

Date: 1974-11-14

Kevin Killian and Andrew Durbin: November 6, 2014

The Poetry Center presents Kevin Killian and Andrew Durbin, each reading generously from new work and engaging in...

Date: 2014-11-06

May-lee Chai and Junse Kim: November 8, 2018

The Poetry Center presents May-lee Chai and Junse Kim, reading and in conversation. May-lee Chai reads excerpts from her...

Date: 11/08/2018

Galway Kinnell: November 15, 1965

The Poetry Center presents Galway Kinnell reading various works by other poets and selections from his second book,...

Date: 11/15/1965

Carolyn Kizer: February 27, 1967

The Poetry Center presents Carolyn Kizer reading other poets' works as well as her own poems and Classical Chinese...

Date: 02/27/1967

Josephine Miles and Carolyn Kizer: October 18, 1973

The Poetry Center presents Josephine Miles and Carolyn Kizer, reading their poems at San Francisco State University....

Date: 1973-10-18

Michael Kleber-Diggs and Cynthia Parker-Ohene: November 16, 2023

The Poetry Center presents Michael Kleber-Diggs and Cynthia Parker-Ohene, each reading from their recent books of poetry....

Date: 2023-11-16

Audre Lorde and Etheridge Knight: September 26, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Audre Lorde and Etheridge Knight, both reading from their work as published by Dudley...

Date: 1974-09-26

Kenneth Koch — USA: Poetry, NET Outtakes Series: March 2 & 3, 1966

The Poetry Center presents Kenneth Koch, speaking of his life and work, in response to questions from poet-filmmaker...

Date: 1966-03-03

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

Bill Brown and James Koller: October 18, 1967

The Poetry Center presents Bill Brown reading from his novel, The Way to the Uncle Sam Hotel and James Koller reading...

Date: 10/18/1967

Yusef Komunyakaa with Hafez Modirzadeh: October 18, 2013

The Poetry Center, in collaboration with The Green Arcade and with gratitude to our hosts, McRoskey Mattress Co.,...

Date: 2013-10-18

Brandon Shimoda and Aisuke Kondo: March 7, 2019

The Poetry Center presents Brandon Shimoda and Aisuke Kondo, featuring a reading, an art presentation, and conversation....

Date: 03/07/2019

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

José Kozer: November 10, 2016

The Poetry Center and the Departments of Modern Languages and Literatures, and Jewish Studies, present José Kozer...

Date: 11/10/2016

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

John Hawkes, Herbert Kubly, Wright Morris: March 12, 1965

The Poetry Center, in association with the Contemporary Arts Festival, presents novelists John Hawkes, Herbert Kubly, and...

Date: 03/12/1965

Madeline Gleason, Rosalie Moore, Maxine Kumin: December 11, 1974

The Poetry Center present Madeline Gleason, Rosalie Moore, and Maxine Kumin, reading their poetry. The reading takes...

Date: 1974-12-11

Stanley Kunitz: July 17, 1956

The Poetry Center presents Stanley Kunitz reading from his poetry.

Date: 07/17/1956

Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) Opening Reading: April 21, 2016

The Poetry Center presents the opening event of the three-day Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) residency, featuring poets Barbara...

Date: 04/21/2016

Kuwentuhan (Talkstory): April 23, 2016

The Poetry Center, in collaboration with the DocFilm Institute, co-presents Kuwentuhan (Talkstory), a short film produced...

Date: 2016-04-23

R.O. Kwon and Nona Caspers: March 20, 2019

The Poetry Center presents R.O Kwon and Nona Caspers, reading and in conversation. Nona Caspers introduces then reads...

Date: 03/20/2019

Joanne Kyger and David Meltzer: October 23, 1968

The Poetry Center presents Joanne Kyger and David Meltzer reading their poems.

Date: October 23, 1968

Thom Gunn, Joanne Kyger, Nathaniel Tarn: November 20, 1974

The Poetry Center presents Thom Gunn, Joanne Kyger, and Nathaniel Tarn, each presenting substantial readings of what was...

Date: 1974-11-20

Joanne Kyger and Robert Adamson: March 6, 2015

The Poetry Center presents Joanne Kyger and Australian poet Robert Adamson, reading primarily from new works:...

Date: 03/06/2015