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EPHIT Memorial Day: Michael Klam, Samira Hassan, Jim Moreno, Margaret Dilloway
May 26, 7-8:30pm, EPHIT Memorial Day reading with host Adam Greenfield and featured readers Margaret Diloway, SDPA editor and veteran Jim Moreno, SDPA’s Michael Klam, and special guest, Samira Hassan! Samira will join us this time for a poem or two, then she’s the feature in June. Samira Hassan is an activist, poet, writer, and… Read More
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San Diego Poetry Annual 2024-25, Cantos, Events
5, 9am-6pm: Featured Poets Reading and SDPA Open Mic at San Diego Writers Festival! Join us for two inspiring events hosted by Michael Klam and Carly DeMento. Plan to meet us in the community room at 3:30pm. This year’s Featured Poets Reading will include 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner, Brandon Som, Kumeyaay Nation and American Book Award winner, Tommy Pico, outgoing and incoming San… Read More
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Verbatim Books Poetry Harvest + Craxioms Not to Miss, Bob Kaufman SDPF24
Sat, Sept 21, 7:15 pm, Verbatim Books because… well, Verbatim and Daniela Sow, The Jane, Amelia Rodriguez. Carly Marie DeMento?! Where’s my sea foam? @verbatim.books, @sdpoetryannual —————————- Past Extraordinary Event. Klam fell ill. Tues, Sept. 10, 6-8 pm, SDPL University Branch, 4155 Governor Drive, poetry and a movie about Bob because… Bob Kaufmanpromised and JMP‘s San Diego Poetry Futures promises. With Kassy Lee, Adrian Aracibia, Jason Magabo Perez… @sdpoetryfutures, @sdpoetryannual Read More
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Poetry in Ocean SDPA Featured Poets Panel, Open Mic, and Hank Warner Surfboard Opportunity Drawing and More (Aug. 6)
August 6th: Poetry in OceanCelebrate the sunset, surf, and sea with a night of poetry! On Tuesday, August 6th at the Central Library Shiley Special Events Suite from 6-7:30PM, local artists and authors will come together for a panel, music, and refreshments, all hosted by SDPA’s Michael Klam. There will also be an ocean-themed open mic for all to join! Click to… Save your spot… Read More
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Poets at the Grove/SDPA Reading, Feria de Libros, Wandering Words and More…
May 19, 4 pm, CECUT, Elixir, 2024 Bilingual Edition of SDPA, Feria del Libro at the Tijuana Cultural Center, hosted by Olga García, Mónica Morales. Elizabeth Cazessus, and Michael Klam. Instagram: @sdpoetryannual and Tijuana Book Fair. May 26, 2-4pm, last Sunday, Poets at the Grove in Balboa Park (see map below), SDPA and community reading with hosts Deborah Ramos and Michael Klam. (Sign up… Read More
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New Music/Performance Project
In November my friend Jovi asked if I would be down for starting a music/performance project with he and Jason. Both are great musicians with a deep history in the San Diego indy music scene. I was hesitant after the suspension of Pruitt Igoe but here we are in March and we’re going for it.… Read More
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Imagine/SDPA on Zoom (9/18) and @ Libélula Books & Co. (9/27)
September 18, 7-9PM, Zoom (click ZOOM for registration/link), *Poetry to the People Event*: Imagine SDPA Bilingual Volume Reading, co-hosted by SDPA Executive Editor, Michael Klam, SDPA Bilingual Volume Editor, Olga Garcia, and SDPA Marketing Coordinator, Alana Rodriguez. Spanish/English poets and works from the SDPA will be presented. Contact Michael at sdpoetryannual@gmail.com to be added to the lineup. Free and… Read More
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Poetry In Ocean, Mar 21!
Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea (Library registration HERE). The ocean inspires, connects, sustains us. Artists, poets, musicians, surfers… beach-goers the world over share a deep admiration and respect for the sea. Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea panel and open reading was born of the same gusto… Read More
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Nocturne Premier Wednesday, December 14th!
You never know who you know. I had met Chloe Becky when she worked at Border X, a tap house and brewery in Barrio Logan that I would frequent after Palabra when it was at La Bodega Gallery. One night she came to the Casbah when I was working the front door. At first I… Read More
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Author Jon Wesick, Artist Perry Vazquez + Nov. Events: Wandering Words, Poetry Karaoke, Year In Ink, Summation 14
I love Jon Wesick! He is a regional editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual. He has published hundreds of poems and stories in journals such as the Atlanta Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, New Verse News, Paterson Literary Review, Pearl, Pirene’s Fountain, Slipstream, Space and Time, and Tales of the Talisman. Jon is the author of the poetry collections Words of… Read More