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The Poetry Center presents Hannah Kezema, reading from the manuscript of her forthcoming book Case Files, and Angel Dominguez, reading from Black Lavender Milk, RoseSunWater, and the manuscript. of DESGRACIADOS (The Collected Letters), followed by the writers responding to questions from the audience. As The Poetry Center's 7th Mazza Writer in Residence, Dominguez was guest writer in classes across the SF State campus during the week of October 11, 2021. They also presented two public events, this first along with Kezema, an early afternoon reading and conversation at The Poetry Center. The Mazza Writer in Residence program is supported by the Sam Mazza Foundation.
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The Poetry Center presents Angel Dominguez and Ronaldo V. Wilson, in conversation with one another then followed by each poet reading work from forthcoming books—Dominguez from DESGRACIADO (The Collected Letters) and Wilson from Virgil Kills. As The Poetry Center's 7th Mazza Writer in Residence, Dominguez was guest writer in classes across the SF State campus during the week of October 11, 2021, and presented two public events, of which this is the latter. The Mazza Writer in Residence program is supported by the Sam Mazza Foundation.
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The Poetry Center presents David Henderson reading a retrospective selection of poems, from his earliest published works to the present, and in conversation with the audience. Henderson reads from Felix of the Silent Forest (Poets Press, 1967), De Mayor of Harlem (E.P. Dutton, 1970), The Low East (North Atlantic Books, 1980), Neo California (North Atlantic Books, 1998), and newer work from manuscript, including a work-in-progress “For Gil Scott-Heron.” His reading is followed by a conversation with the audience.
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The Poetry Center, in collaboration with giovanni singleton and Nocturnes Review, presents Jayne Cortez and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. Each poet reads briefly from their work and then engages in a conversation, moderated by singleton. The event, in tandem with an unrecorded performance the prior night at The Victoria Theatre, in San Francisco, by Jayne Cortez and The Firespitters (Denardo Coleman, Al McDowell, Bern Nix), with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Matana Roberts opening, took place at the César Chavez Student Center on the SF State campus as part of a multi-program project funded in part by the San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Initiatives grant program.
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The Poetry Center presents Layli Long Soldier and Truong Tran reading and in conversation. Layli Long Soldier reads from Whereas (Graywolf Press, 2017), along with unpublished work. Truong Tran reads new poems in manuscript. The readings are followed by a conversation with the audience. During March 2017, all Poetry Center programs were dedicated to the theme "Because We Come from Everything: Poetry and Migration," shared with 30+ organizations across the US engaged in the Poetry Coalition.
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The Poetry Center presents Lee Ann Brown and Rod Smith reading and in conversation. Lee Ann Brown reads new work as well as poems from her book In the Laurels, Caught (Fence Books, 2013). Rod Smith reads from his book Touché (Wave Books, 2015) as well as from unpublished work. The readings are followed by a conversation with the audience.
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The Poetry Center presents Maryam Ivette Parhizkar, reading and in conversation with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle. Parhizkar reads published work from Social Text Online, Poem-A-Day (Academy of American Poets, 2018), Precipice: Writing on the Edge (Counterpath Press, 2018), and Omniverse (2018), as well as unpublished work from manuscript. Her reading is followed by an extended conversation between Parhizkar, Hinkle, and the audience. This event is the first of a two-evening program in The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series, supported by a grant from the Walter & Elise Haas Fund.
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The Poetry Center presents Tim Z. Hernandez, reading and in conversation with Marguerite Muñoz and René Juarez-Vazquez. Hernandez tells several stories and reads from All They Will Call You (The University of Arizona Press, 2018), sharing with his audience some of the research that went into the making of his documentary novel. After his presentation, Hernandez, Muñoz, and Juarez-Vazquez engage in conversation with one another and with the audience. This event is the first of a two-event program in The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series, supported by a grant from the Walter & Elise Haas Fund.