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Jack Hirshman, San Francisco poet laureate emeritus, welcomes kindred spirits from abroad.
Daisy Zamora ~~~~~ Ziba Karbassi ~~~~~ devorah major
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Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings, hosted by devorah major.
with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ignatius Mabasa, Zhai Yongming, Maram al-Massri, Alexander Skidan, Carol Muske-Dukes, Roy “Chicky” Arad, Daisy Zamora, Anna Lombardo, Cletus Nelson Nwadike, Menna Elfyn, Paul Flores
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings.
with Francis Combes, Ziba Karbassi, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra, Taslima Nasrin, Al Young, Ámbar Past, Tarek Eltayeb, Agneta Falk, Sasha Pimentel Chacòn, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Carla Badillo Coronado, Jack Hirschman
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
Documentary Film on Poet-in-Residence for Friends of the SFPL, Jack Hirschman.
with Jack Hirschman
6:00 pm at Koret Auditorium, Main Library
Celebrate the kick off of the 2nd Biennial San Francisco International Poetry Festival with an outdoor party featuring poetry and music.
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at Jack Kerouac Alley
Join City Librarian Luis Herrera, San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima, Jack Hirschman and festival poets for a special and intimate lunch in San Francisco’s historic City Hall.
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at City Hall
Tickets: $25.00 or $20.00 for members
Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings, hosted by devorah major.
with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ignatius Mabasa, Zhai Yongming, Maram al-Massri, Alexander Skidan, Carol Muske-Dukes, Roy “Chicky” Arad, Daisy Zamora, Anna Lombardo, Cletus Nelson Nwadike, Menna Elfyn, Paul Flores
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
12pm – 2pm: Two-time winner of the American Book Award Alejandro Murguía joins poets Olivia Sears, Stephen Kessler, Judy Bernhard and Kareem James Abu Zeid in a conversation about the art and craft of translation in today’s works.
2:30pm – 4:30 pm: Readings by Anna Lombardo (Italy) reading with Olivia Sears, Daisy Zamora (Nicaragua) reading with George Evans, and Georges Castera (Haiti) reading with Boadiba.
with Anna Lombardo, Daisy Zamora, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra
12:00 pm – 4:30 pm at Mission Branch Library
12pm – 2pm: Join host Sarah Menefee and poets/authors Ámbar Past (Mexico), Jorge Argueta (El Salvador), Tony Robles (The Philippines), Cletus N. Nwadike (Sweden, translated by Agneta Falk) for a children’s story time and book reading.
2:30pm – 4:30pm: Readings by Zhai Yongming (China) reading with Jami Proctor-Xu, Alexander Skidan (Russia) reading with Rebecca Bella.
with Ámbar Past, Cletus Nelson Nwadike, Zhai Yongming, Alexander Skidan
12:00 pm – 4:30 pm at Richmond Branch Library
Featuring Anna Lombardo (Italy) reading with Olivia Sears, Daisy Zamora (Nicaragua) reading with George Evans, Cletus Nelson Nwadike (Nigeria) reading with Agneta Falk.
with Anna Lombardo, Daisy Zamora, Cletus Nelson Nwadike
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm at Mission Branch Library
Featuring Zhai Yongming (China) reading with Jamie Proctor-Xu, Alexander Skidan (Russia) reading with Rebecca Bella, and Paul Flores (United States).
with Zhai Yongming, Alexander Skidan, Paul Flores
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm at Richmond Branch Library
Featuring Roy Arad (Israel) reading with Neeli Cherkovski, Menna Elfyn (Wales) reading with Maketa Groves and Diane di Prima.
with Roy “Chicky” Arad, Menna Elfyn
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm at North Beach Branch Library
Featuring Ignatius Mabasa (Zimbabwe) reading with Michael Warr, Maram al-Massri (Syria) reading with Tina Tarnoff and California State Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes.
with Ignatius Mabasa, Maram al-Massri, Carol Muske-Dukes
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm at Western Addition Branch Library
Youth poetry reading with WritersCorps, moderated by California State Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes.
with Carol Muske-Dukes
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm at Western Addition Branch Library
1pm – 2pm: Readings by 2008 Poets 11 selected poets Melba Abela, Marty Campbell, Aja Couchois Duncan and David Menendez Alvarez.
2:30pm – 4:30 pm: Readings by Roy Arad (Isreal) reading with Neeli Cherkovski, Menna Elfyn (Wales) reading with Maketa Groves and Paul Flores (United States).
with Roy “Chicky” Arad, Menna Elfyn, Paul Flores
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm at North Beach Branch Library
Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings.
with Francis Combes, Ziba Karbassi, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra, Taslima Nasrin, Al Young, Ámbar Past, Tarek Eltayeb, Agneta Falk, Sasha Pimentel Chacòn, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Carla Badillo Coronado, Jack Hirschman
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
Hosted by Jack Hirschman, with Friends of the Library Executive Director Donna Bero, poets Carla Badillo Coronado and Jorge Molina, with music by the Vince Lateano Quartet.
8:00 pm at Washington Square Park
2pm – 3:30 pm: Beat Museum
Ambar Past (Mexico) reading with Alejandro Murguía, and Al Young (United States).
2pm – 3:30: Kerouac Alley
Ferruccio Brugnaro (Italy) reading with Jack Hirschman, and Carla Badillo Coronado (Ecuador) reading with Jessica Loos.
4pm – 5:30: Caffe Trieste
Ziba Karbassi (Iran) reading with Niloufar Talebi.
4pm – 5:30 pm: The Purple Onion
Francis Combes (France) reading with Matt Gonzales, and Agneta Falk.
6pm – 7:30 pm: Live Worms Gallery
Tarek Eltayeb (Egypt) reading with Kareem James Abu Zeid, and Sasha Pimentel Chacòn (The Philippines).
6pm – 7:30 pm: Kerouac Alley
Georges Castera/Joj Kastra (Haiti) reading with Boadiba, and Taslima Nasrin (Bangladesh) reading with Dotty Payne.
with Ámbar Past, Al Young, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Carla Badillo Coronado, Ziba Karbassi, Francis Combes, Agneta Falk, Tarek Eltayeb, Sasha Pimentel Chacòn, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra, Taslima Nasrin
2:00 pm – 7:30 pm at locations in North Beach
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Taj Mahal revisits his North Carolina origins to explain to Al Young why, unlike most of his musical colleagues, he wasn’t held spellbound when he first heard the classic, now sacred recordings of blues legend Robert Johnson.
Taj Mahal listens to Al’s comments on poetry as a spoken force and its links to song and dance and the world-altering power of sound.
Poet and novelist Owen Hill (The Incredible Double) captured by Carl Martineau’s cell/cam following a mid-June reading with fiction writer Summer Brenner (Crime, Transport and Sex) at Moe’s Books, now celebrating its 50th year. In the background Brenner autographs a book while guitarist Howard Barkan makes music.
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© Al YoungFriday night full moon, early June, L.A.
Al YoungSome twilight salsa jazz
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© ConneyAl with poet Saria Idana
Five poets (left to right): Syama Sundara Das, Al Young, Andrew M. Lopas, Douglas Kearney, Rafael Alvarado
© Veronica RiveraDouglas Kearney delivers “Live/Evil,” his poem about Miles Davis’ dark side.
© Veronica RiveraCorrie Greathouse in full poem bloom at Leimert Park Village Book Fair.
Al still in action while the Polyester Players jam band sets up.
© Rafael AlvaradoPoet-book reviewer Veronica Rivera enjoying with Al the retro-funk of G Mack & the Polyester Players – (“We play all the hood festivals”) — at Leimert Park.
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Sarafina Brown and Steve Webber perform Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg‘s (“It Is Only) A Paper Moon” | Al Young
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Al YoungThe unflappable Luis García, another Berkeley native, reads some of his new politically vibrant poems at Art House Gallery & Cultural Center.
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