Readings

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Meet the authors of new books and hear poets and other literary lights read their work.

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Upcoming Events

  • Sunday, September 8, 4 PM

    Reading: Trisha Low, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Elaine Kahn

    Readings by East Bay poet and performer Trisha Low, author Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, and Los Angeles–based writer Elaine Kahn.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Cole Solinger

  • Saturday, September 28, 4 PM

    Visiting Lou Sullivan with Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma

    Join artists Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma in a celebration of queer ancestor Lou Sullivan—arguably the first publicly gay trans man to medically transition—featuring readings from We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

  • Sunday, September 29, 4 PM

    Reading: Jheyda McGarrell, Vasiliki Ioannou, Ocean Escalanti

    Readings by three artists whose work crosses and transcends disciplinary boundaries.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Cole Solinger

     

  • Sunday, October 13, 1:30 PM

    Reading: Eric Dolan, Fego Navarro, Tongo Eisen-Martin

    Readings by Bay Area Poetry Marathon curator Eric Dolan, Salvadoran-American rapper/actor Fego Navarro, and award-winning poet, movement worker, and educator Tongo Eisen-Martin.

    BAMPFA

    Programmed by Cole Solinger

  • Saturday, November 2, 3 PM

    Reading: Jori Finkel

    Arts journalist Jori Finkel introduces her new book It Speaks to Me, in which fifty celebrated artists talk about the eye-opening and thought-provoking art that has inspired them.

    BAMPFA
  • Wednesday, November 20, 12:30 PM

    Reading: Jacquelynn Baas

    Former BAMPFA director Jacquelynn Baas presents her groundbreaking new book Marcel Duchamp and the Art of Life with an illustrated introduction and reading.

    BAMPFA

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