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The Poetry Center presents Bob Kaufman's Collected Poems, a celebration taking place six months following the poet's 95th birthday—with video contributions and online appearances by a myriad of mostly Bay Area poets, musicians, and artists in honor of the poet Bob Kaufman (1925–1986) and the recent publication of The Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman by City Lights Books, edited by Neeli Cherkovski, Raymond Foye, and Tate Swindell. Contributing musicians for the event: Bruce Ackley and Aurora Josephson (performing Steve Lacy’s songs to Bob Kaufman's poems), Brittany Biala, David Boyce, Lewis Jordan, Hafez Modirzadeh, and Francis Wong. Contributing poets and artists: Josiah Luis Alderete, Will Alexander, Arlene Biala, James Cagney, MK Chavez, Neeli Cherkovski, Dewey Crumpler, Kwadwo Duane Deterville, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Raymond Foye, C.S. Giscombe, Leticia Hernández-Linares, Jack Hirschman, Genny Lim, Sarah Menefee, Alejandro Murguía, Jevohn Tyler Newsome, Kim Shuck, Tate Swindell with Parker Kaufman, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, and Michael Warr.
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The Poetry Center presents Nellie Wong and Genny Lim reading and in conversation. Wong reads works from Breakfast Lunch Dinner (Meridian Press Works, 2012), The Death of Long Steam Lady (West End Press, 1986), Stolen Moments (Chicory Blue Press, 1997), and Speaking for Myself (Chicory Blue Press, 2014). Lim reads new work along with poems from Kra! (Omerta Publications, 2016) and Paper Gods and Rebels (Ishmael Reed Publishing Co., 2013). The readings are followed by an extensive conversation in response to questions from the audience.