Archive Events

VIDEO + AUDIO Okey Ndibe, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

AUDIO Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton, reading at The Lab


The Lab, 2948 16th Street, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Duncan McNaughton and Bill Berkson, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Robert Adamson, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Joanne Kyger and Robert Adamson, at Unitarian Center


Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Pierre Joris on Paul Celan, at City Lights Books


City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Pierre Joris and Nicole Peyrafitte, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Stacy Szymaszek and Peter Culley, reading and in conversation

Thursday April 2, 2015
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Arisa White and Raina J. Léon, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO The Tahrir of Poems: Maged Zaher reads Egyptian Poets

Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 4:30am
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Claudia Keelan and Rusty Morrison, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Prageeta Sharma and Thomas Devaney, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Ernesto Cardenal, reading at Brava Theater

Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 4:00pm
Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Robert Dewhurst and Michael Seth Stewart on the Life and Work of John Wieners

Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 4:30pm
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center

VIDEO + AUDIO David Meltzer: Two-Way Mirror, solo reading and in conversation

Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 4:30pm
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center

VIDEO + AUDIO Katy Bohinc and Paul Ebenkamp, reading and in conversation

Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 4:30pm
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center

VIDEO + AUDIO Michael Gizzi's Collected Poems, a Celebration, at The Green Arcade

Friday, October 2, 2015 at 7:00pm
The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Lucia Berlin's A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories, a reading with Stephen Emerson, Gloria Frym, August Kleinzahler, and Mimi Pond, at the Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 7:00pm
The Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 2222 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

VIDEO + AUDIO Tonya M. Foster and David Buuck, reading and in conversation

Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 4:30pm
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center

VIDEO + AUDIO John Keene, Counternarratives: Prose at The Poetry Center

Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 4:30pm
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center

VIDEO + AUDIO John Keene, Counternarratives: reading and in conversation with Tân Khánh Cao, at Green Apple Books on the Park

Friday, October 30, 2015 at 7:30pm
Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Avenue, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Poet | Artist | Activist: Let’s Make A Plan: Christopher Higgenbotham, Christian Nagler, Cassie Thornton, at the Labor Archives and Research Center

Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 4:30pm
Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460 - 4th floor, SFSU

VIDEO + AUDIO Adjunct Action | Poets in Action: Jessica Beard, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, David Buuck, Stephanie Young, at Howard Zinn Book Fair

Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 1:45pm
Howard Zinn Book Fair, City College of San Francisco, Mission Center, 1125 Valencia Street, in the Tillie Olsen Room

VIDEO + AUDIO Leticia Hernández-Linares and Lee Herrick, reading and in conversation

Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 4:30pm
Humanities Building 512, The Poetry Center

VIDEO + AUDIO Stephen Rodefer, a Memorial Tribute, at Berkeley Arts Festival

Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 6:00pm
Berkeley Arts Festival 2133 University Avenue (at Shattuck), Berkeley

VIDEO + AUDIO Gregory Pardlo, solo reading, 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 12:30pm
Humanities Symposium Room, HUM 587, SFSU

VIDEO + AUDIO Roberto Tejada, The George Oppen Memorial Lecture: "Assault on the Quiet Continent: Oppen in Mexico," at Unitarian Center

Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 7:00pm
Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Vincent Katz and Jane Gregory, reading and in conversation

Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 4:30pm to at 6:00pm
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Tom Clark and Vincent Katz, reading new work at The Green Arcade

Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:00pm to at 9:00pm
The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Annie Finch, solo reading and conversation

Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 4:30pm to at 6:00pm
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Clarence Major and Patricia Spears Jones, reading and in conversation

Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 4:30pm to at 6:00pm
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Fred Moten and Nathaniel Mackey, with Hafez Modirzadeh, at McRoskey Mattress Co.

Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 7:00pm to at 10:00pm
The 3rd Floor, McRoskey Mattress Co., 1687 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

AUDIO Ed Pavlić and David Lau, reading and in conversation

Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 3:30pm to at 5:00pm
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Elaine Kahn and Trisha Low, reading and in conversation

Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 4:30pm to at 6:00pm
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) Collective Performance at McRoskey Mattress Co.


3rd Floor, McRoskey Mattress Co. 1687 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Hollie Hardy and Mukta Sambrani, Poetry Center Book Award Reading


The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Tongo Eisen-Martin and Jasmine Gibson, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Samantha Giles and Angela Hume, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Bill Berkson Memorial Tribute, at McRoskey Mattress Co.


3rd Floor, McRoskey Mattress Co. 1687 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Julia Bloch and erica lewis, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Rod Smith and Lee Ann Brown, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Prose at The Poetry Center: Carolina De Robertis and Micah Perks


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO José Kozer, a bilingual reading and conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Alice Notley reads The Descent of Alette, two nights at The Lab


The Lab, 2948 16th Street (at Capp St), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Barbara Jane Reyes and Oscar Bermeo + Video Debut Screening


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Working With Others: Convivial Research (Revisited), Manolo Callahan, Stefano Harney, and Tonika Sealey Thompson, at the Howard Zinn Book Fair


Lucy Parsons Room, City College of San Francisco Mission Campus, 1125 Valencia Street (at 22nd), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Charles Alexander and Susan Thackrey, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Benjamin Hollander, a Memorial Tribute, at Unitarian Center


The Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Oki Sogumi and Wendy Trevino, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Hank Lazer and Andrew Maxwell, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Layli Long Soldier and Truong Tran, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Asya Abdrahman, Faith Adiele, Tonya M. Foster: Navigating Space for Women, at Museum of the African American Diaspora


Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), 685 Mission Street (at 3rd Street), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO David Boyce, Hafez Modirzadeh, Marshall R. Trammell and Friends at Bird & Beckett


Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street (Glen Park), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Margaret Randall, Only the Road ⁄ Solo el Camino: Eight Decades of Cuban Poetry

Thursday March 21, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Poetry Center Chapbook Exchange, a group reading and conversation

Thursday, April 6, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Ariel Goldberg and Simone White, Giant Night: The Poetry Project at 50, a reading and conversation

Thursday, April 13, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Janice Lowe plays Leaving Cle, Poetry and Groove, with Yohann Potico and Kevin Carnes

Thursday, April 20, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Orlando White and Patrick James Dunagan, Poetry Center Book Award Reading

Thursday, April 27, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO CLIPS David Brazil, Sara Larsen, Andrew Schelling

Thursday, May 4, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Nellie Wong and Genny Lim, reading and in conversation

Thursday August 31, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Martha Ronk and Paul Vangelisti, reading and in conversation

Thursday September 14, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Douglas Kearney and Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, in performance and conversation

Thursday September 21, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

The New Talkies: Live Film Narrations at Artists' Television Access

Friday September 22, 2017
Artists’ Television Access 992 Valencia Street (at 21st), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Camille T. Dungy and Javier Zamora, reading and in conversation

Thursday September 28, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Mazza Writer in Residence Tongo Eisen-Martin, solo performance and conversation

Thursday October 5, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Tongo Eisen-Martin with Marshall Trammell, duo performance at The Green Arcade

Saturday October 7, 2017
The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Dennis Cooper and Eileen Myles, reading at McRoskey Mattress Co.

Sunday October 15, 2017
McRoskey Mattress Co., 1687 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO William Rowe and Helen Dimos, reading and in conversation

Thursday October 26, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Trace Peterson and Max Wolf Valerio, reading and in conversation

Thursday November 2, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO alex cruse and Kevin CK Lo, in performance and in conversation

Thursday November 9, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

AUDIO: David Meltzer Memorial Tribute

Sunday November 12, 2017
Humanities Auditorium, HUM 133, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Jerome Rothenberg, solo reading and in conversation

Tuesday November 14, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO David Hobbs, The George Oppen Memorial Lecture, "Oppen and His Early Others," at Unitarian Center

Saturday December 2, 2017
The Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Lewis Jordan Trio, for Langston Hughes on his Birthday

Thursday, February 1, 2018
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Dale Smith, on Robert Duncan and Charles Olson, and reading his own poetry

Thursday, February 8, 2018
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Julian Talamantez Brolaski and Garrett Caples, reading and in conversation

Thursday February 15, 2018
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Lily Hoang and Jackie Wang, reading and in conversation

Thursday March 1, 2018
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Jackie Wang, Carceral Capitalism, with Lily Hoang, A Bestiary, a reading and book party at The Green Arcade

Saturday March 3, 2018
The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Solmaz Sharif, solo reading and reception

Wednesday March 7, 2018
Humanities Symposium Room, HUM 587, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO David Henderson, solo reading and in conversation

Thursday March 15, 2018
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

NO VIDEO NoViolet Bulawayo, Gina Berriault Award for Fiction, reading

Monday, April 9, 2018
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, SF State University

VIDEO + AUDIO The Black Aesthetic, in performance and in conversation

Thursday, April 26, 2018
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, SF State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Forrest Gander, solo reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Tommy Pico and Brontez Purnell, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO MK Heather June Gibbons and Chavez, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: John Pluecker and Jen Hofer, reading from their poetry at E. M. Wolfman Bookstore


E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, 410 13th Street (near 12th Street BART), Oakland

VIDEO + AUDIO “I have decided to wholeheartedly consecrate myself to my art” —Mazza Writer in Residence, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta


Various locations: The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, and The Green Arcade

VIDEO + AUDIO Mazza Writer in Residence Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta with special guest Daisy Zamora, reading and in conversation


The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Steven Seidenberg and Jared Stanley, reading and in conversation

Thursday November 30, 2017
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO “Stop Sweeping Us, We Are Not Trash”: Leroy F. Moore Jr. and Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia

Thursday November 1, 2018
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Prose at The Poetry Center: May-lee Chai and Junse Kim

Thursday November 8, 2018
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Janice Lee, reading and in conversation with Brenda Iijima

Thursday November 29, 2018
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Janice Lee and Brenda Iijima, reading at Alley Cat Books

Saturday December 1, 2019
Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco

CANCELLED In Common Writers Series: Kiese Laymon, reading and in conversation with Tongo Eisen-Martin

Thursday December 6, 2018
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco

CANCELLED In Common Writers Series: Kiese Laymon and Tongo Eisen-Martin, reading their work

Thursday December 6, 2018
Marcus Books Oakland, 3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (one block west of MacArthur BART), Oakland

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Jasmine Gibson, reading and in conversation with Juliana Spahr

Thursday, February 7, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Jasmine Gibson and Juliana Spahr, reading at Moe's Books

Friday, February 8, 2019
Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

VIDEO + AUDIO Black Study Series: Frank B. Wilderson III, reading and in conversation

Thursday, February 14, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Poetry Center Book Award Reading: Lauren Levin and Melissa Mack, reading and in conversation

Thursday, February 21, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Morgan Parker and Charif Shanahan, reading and in conversation

Thursday February 28, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Brandon Shimoda with Aisuke Kondo, reading, art presentation, and conversation

Thursday March 7, 2019
Ruth Asawa Garden of Remembrance, and The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Maryam Ivette Parhizkar, reading and in conversation with Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle

Thursday March 14, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Prose at The Poetry Center: R.O. Kwon and Nona Caspers, reading and in conversation

Wednesday March 20, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Feliz Lucia Molina, reading and in conversation with Alli Warren

Thursday April 11, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Feliz Lucia Molina and Alli Warren, reading at The Green Arcade

Friday April 12, 2019
The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Darius James and Val Jeanty, workshop performance and conversation

Thursday April 18, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO West Coast Premier: Darius James and Val Jeanty, in performance at The Lab

Friday April 19, 2019
The Lab, 2948 16th Street (at Capp), San Francisco

AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Darius James, solo reading from Negrophobia at City Lights Books

Sunday April 21, 2019
City Lights Bookshop, 261 Columbus Avenue (at Broadway), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Mazza Writer in Residence Juliana Delgado Lopera with Joseph Cassara, reading and in conversation

Thursday May 2, 2019
The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Neeli Cherkovski and Jim Dunn, reading and in conversation

Thursday, September 5, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO Trisha Low and Syd Staiti, reading and in conversation

Thursday, September 26, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Fay Victor and Myra Melford, workshop performance and conversation

Thursday, October 3, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Fay Victor and Myra Melford, in performance at Center for New Music

Thursday, October 3, 2019
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street (near Market), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Caren Beilin and Amy Berkowitz, reading and in conversation

Thursday, October 17, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Amy Berkowitz and Caren Beilin, at E.M. Wolfman Books

Friday, October 18, 2019
E. M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore, 410 13th Street (near 12th St. BART), Oakland

VIDEO + AUDIO Mazza Writer in Residence Peter Nachtrieb + Guests, reading of a new play-in-progress at Z Space

Monday, October 21, 2019
Z Space, 450 Florida Street (at 17th), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Mazza Writer in Residence Peter Nachtrieb, a playwriting workshop and conversation

Thursday, October 24, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

NO VIDEO Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Cartonera Collective in San Francisco, a bookmaking workshop

Friday, November 8, 2019
Alley Cat Books & Gallery, 3036 24th Street (near Harrison), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO The Poetry Center Book Award: Bao Phi with Sarah Menefee, reading and in conversation

Thursday, November 14, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and Raquel Salas Rivera, reading and in conversation

Thursday, November 21, 2019
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Raquel Salas Rivera and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, reading at Moe's Books

Friday, November 22, 2019
Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue (btw Haste and Dwight Way), Berkeley

VIDEO + AUDIO The George Oppen Memorial Lecture: Tyrone Williams, at Unitarian Center

Friday, December 6, 2019
Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin (at Geary), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Josiah Luis Alderete and James Cagney, reading and in conversation

Thursday, February 6, 2020
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

In Common Writers Series: Jennifer Bartlett and Denise Leto, reading and in conversation

Thursday, February 20, 2020
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

VIDEO + AUDIO In Common Writers Series: Denise Leto and Jennifer Bartlett, at The Green Arcade

Friday, February 21, 2020
The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street (at Gough), San Francisco

VIDEO + AUDIO Suzanne Stein and Anne Lesley Selcer, reading and in conversation

Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University

The George Oppen Memorial Lecture: Erica Hunt

Saturday December 12, 2020
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