Thursday, January 17th:
POETS! All open mic
in the memory of Dan Harrington
7:00 p.m.

Poets! is an ongoing Bird & Beckett poetry series, hosted by Jerry Ferraz, which presents featured poets followed by an open mic.  We’re moving this series from its twice-a-month Monday schedule to a once-a-month “Third Thursdays” schedule.  So mark your calendars!  Click here for an overview of the series. 7:00 p.m.  Tonight’s reading in our ongoing…

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Sunday, January 20th:
Poets Mary Burger & Denise Newman

2:00 p.m. Mary Burger is a writer and artist living in Oakland. Her book Then Go On was published in 2012 by Litmus Press. Earlier books include Sonny (Leon Works, 2005) and A Partial Handbook for Navigators (Interbirth, 2008.) With Robert Glück, Camille Roy, and Gail Scott she co-edited the anthology Biting the Error (Coach…

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Poets Junior Clemens
and Meredith Stricker
read their work

Sunday, November 4th – 2:00 pm Poets Junior Clemens & Meredith Stricker read from recently published works. Junior Clemons received his MFA in Creative Writing at the California College of the Arts. His work can be found in Actually People, Zen Monster, the Newer York, and other fine publications. He was born, lives and writes…

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House of the Unexpected — poet Julie Rogers, together with David Meltzer

Sunday, October 14 – 2 p.m. A dual reading to celebrate the release of Rogers’ book, House of the Unexpected: Selected Poems, 1981-2012, from Wild Ocean Press. Julie Rogers began writing at age 12 and began reading her poetry in San Francisco cafes in the late 1970’s.  She’s self-published five chapbooks and has read on public…

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POETS!
Christopher Bernard & Philip Fried
open mic follows

Monday, October 15th at 7 p.m. POETS!  1st & 3rd Monday of Every Month Featured poets plus an open mic hosted by B&B’s resident troubadour, Jerry Ferraz. Philip Fried has published five books of poetry, the most recent being Early/Late: New and Selected Poems (Salmon, 2011). Publishers Weekly called that book “skillful and memorable,” and…

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Beat icon ruth weiss
with David Brinks & Megan Burns
poets!

Tuesday, October 16th at  7 p.m. A reading by the trailblazing beat icon and a key New Orleans poet/publisher couple. ruth weiss is returning from Europe, where she participated in the prestigious Sprachsalz Festival in Innsbruck, Austria, with three fresh books of her work in hand from German and Swiss publishers.  She’ll be joined in…

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