Tom Hedt and Tom Goff || Monday, November 12, 7:30 pm || Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St || Host Stuart Canton || Free Event

November 7, 2018

Tom Hedt Tom Goff Tom Hedt Originally from Washington State, Tom Hedt lives with his wife Nina, in Woodland, California. He has worked professionally in natural resource conservation since in the mid-80’s, a journey that has taken him to Alaska, Arizona, Washington state, and California. He enjoys the outdoors, and took up poetry while hiking […]

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Escritores Del Nuevo Sol / Writers of the New Sun || Monday, November 5, 7:30 pm || SPC, 1719 25th St || Host Wendy Williams || Free Event

November 3, 2018

Escritores Del Nuevo Sol / Writers of the New Sun: A literary community, established in 1993, especially honors the literary and artistic cultures and traditions of the Chicano, Latino, Indigenous and Spanish-language peoples. Members write in Spanish or English, or both. Nancy Aidé González Is a Chicana poet, educator, and activist. Her work has appeared in Huizache: The […]

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Witches, Warlocks & Weenies – Halloween Reading with Janna Marlies Maron, 7:30 pm, Host Frank Graham, Free Event

October 29, 2018

Witches, Warlocks, and Weenies: A Special Halloween Reading with Janna Marlies Maron @ The Sacramento Poetry Center 1719 25th St. in Sacramento! *On a night when good and evil are certain to collide* Come in costume. Come to celebrate. Donations will support Sacramento Poetry Center! This event is mostly for the adults. Bring a scary-funny […]

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Beth Spencer and Mary Mackey || Monday, October 22, 7:30 pm || SPC, 1719 25th St || Host Tim Kahl || Free Event

October 21, 2018

Beth Spencer was born in Portland, Oregon. She is the founder of Bear Star Press (www.bearstarpress.com), which publishes poetry and short fiction by writers in western states. Her own poetry and fiction can be found on- and offline at Winning Writers, Split This Rock, Lodestone Journal, Tin House, River Styx, Litro, Empty Mirror, and elsewhere. She has […]

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Jeff Knorr and Sandra Simonds || Monday, October 15, 7:30pm || Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St || Host Tim Kahl || Free Event || Open Mic

October 9, 2018

Jeff Knorr and Sandra Simonds Monday, October 15, 7:30pm Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St Host Tim Kahl Free Event   Open Mic Jeff Knorr is the author of the four books of poetry, The Color of a New Century (Mammoth Books), The Third Body (Cherry Grove Collections), Keeper(Mammoth Books), and Standing Up to the Day (Pecan Grove Press). His other works include Mooring Against […]

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Russian-American poets – Kim Golubev, Yuri Korotkov, Nadezhda Garkusha & Rustem Galiev || Mon, Oct 8, 7:30pm || SPC 1719 25th St || Free Event

October 5, 2018

Monday, October 8 Hosts Stuart Canton and Bob Stanley present Russian-American poets featuring Kim Golubev, Yuri Korotkov, Nadezhda Garkusha and Rustem Galiev Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St 7:30 pm Kim Golubev, co-host and translator Kim Golubev is a graduate student, working on his MA in English Literature. The focus of Kim’s academic study is the Long 18th […]

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Stan Zumbiel and Laura Rosenthal || Monday, October 1, 7:30 pm || SPC, 1719 25th St || Host Wendy Williams || FREE Event

September 19, 2018

Stan Zumbiel and Laura Rosenthal Monday, October 1, 7:30 pm  Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St Host: Wendy Williams Stan Zumbiel taught English in middle and high school for thirty-five years and has had a hand in raising four children. He first tried to turn his thoughts into poetry in 1967 while serving in the Navy. […]

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Portland, Oregon poets – Leanne Grabel and John Dooley || Monday, September 17 at 7:30 pm || SPC, 1719 25th St || Free Event || Open Mic || Host Penny Kline

September 12, 2018

Sacramento Poetry Center Presents Leanne Grabel & John Dooley, two Portland poets. Mere pictures can’t do their words justice. Leanne Grabel is a writer, illustrator, performance poet, semi-retired special education teacher, and co-founder of Portland’s poetry fount of the 90s, Cafe Lena. Grabel’s collection of illustrated prose poems, Gold Shoes, was just published by Finishing […]

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Hot Poetry in the Park featuring Traci L. Gourdine and Patrick Grizzell || Monday, September 10, 6:30 pm || Fremont Park, 15th & Q || Free Event || Open Mic || Host Stuart Canton

September 5, 2018

Traci Gourdine’s poetry and stories have been published in numerous literary magazines, and she has been anthologized within Shepard and Thomas’ Sudden Fiction Continued (Norton Publishing). Traci and Quincy Troupe were paired in a year long exchange of letters for the anthology Letters to Poets: Conversations about Poetics, Politics, and Community (Saturnalia Books). She is co-editor of Night is Gone, Day […]

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Labor Day Reading – featuring Todd Boyd & Kae Sable! || Monday, September 3, 6 – 8 pm || SPC, 1719 25th Street

September 3, 2018
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