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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Events
Upcoming Events
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Saturday, November 2, 3 PMReading: 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.
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Wednesday, November 20, 12:30 PMReading: 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.
Past Events
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Sunday, October 13, 1:30 PMReading: 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.
Programmed by Cole Solinger
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Sunday, September 29, 4 PMReading: Jheyda McGarrell, Vasiliki Ioannou, Ocean Escalanti
Readings by three artists whose work crosses and transcends disciplinary boundaries.
Programmed by Cole Solinger
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Saturday, September 28, 4 PMVisiting 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.
Programmed by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo
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Sunday, September 8, 4 PMReading: 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.
Programmed by Cole Solinger
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Saturday, June 1, 3 PMReading: Kimberly Reyes, Roberto F. Santiago, and Oscar Bermeo
Three poets read selections from their work.
Programmed by Raina J. Léon
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Saturday, May 4, 3 PMReading: Fish Vargas, Susana Praver-Pérez, and Rico Pabón
The second in a series of readings celebrating The Acentos Review’s tenth anniversary.
Programmed by Raina J. Léon
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Saturday, April 6, 3 PMReading: Alan Chazaro, Antonio López, and Leticia Hernández-Linares, with special guests Gala
The first in a series of readings celebrating the tenth anniversary of the influential journal The Acentos Review.
Programmed by Raina J. Léon
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Thursday, March 14, 5:30 PMReading: Allan deSouza
DeSouza introduces and signs his new book How Art Can Be Thought, which examines how we describe and evaluate if art is good, and if it is for the social good.
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Wednesday, January 30, 4:30 PMReading: Constance Lewallen, Dore Bowen, Ted Mann
Hear from the authors of the new publication Bruce Nauman: Spatial Encounters, the first book devoted solely to the artist’s architectural installations.