Jerome Rothenberg, 1975, "The Pearl" (Tree Books, 1974) —The Poetry Center SF State youtu.be/tYPScjJWXHg?si… #poetrycenterarchivegoeslive #jeromerothenberg

Lawrence Ferlinghetti — from USA: Poetry NET Outtakes: February 13, 1965 —The Poetry Center SF State youtu.be/WrcxdVrdAzg?si… #poetrycenterarchivegoeslive #lawrenceferlinghetti

Thurs FEB 29 Major Jackson , reading + in conversation w Tonya M. Foster, MFA, PhD, 7pm at City Lights Books The latest in Foster's series co-organized with The Poetry Center, "Undisciplining the Fields," onsite at City Lights + on zoom poetry.sfsu.edu

Wednesday MAR 6 Gillian Conoley + Rodrigo Toscano 7pm. Join us in the Mission at @ Medicine for Nightmares for this WEDNESDAY night set of poetry! poetry.sfsu.edu

Thurs MAR 21, 1:00 pm Pacific Time. // Chris Martin + Imane Boukila: On Poetry, Autism and Our Neurodivergent Future // Please join us in person or online for this exciting program! Co-presented w Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. Longmore Institute on Disability SF State Milkweed Editions

Thursday APRIL 8, #MazzaWriterinResidence Priscilla Wathington with Sam Sax, reading and in conversation. 2pm at The Poetry Center Humanities 512 SF State details poetry.sfsu.edu/event/mazza-wr…

Sunday APRIL 14 2pm at ATA #MazzaWriterinResidence poet Priscilla Wathington with filmmakers Colette Ghunim and Sara Maamouri previewing their work-in-progress film Traces of Home, exploring the impact of exile (from Palestine and Mexico). details poetry.sfsu.edu

Friday APRIL 19 Safaa Fathy, poet + filmmaker: TRIPWIRE journal Series 7pm at ATA, 992 Valencia Street, SF • Egypt-born francophone poet (Al Haschiche Pamenar Press ; Where Not to Be Born Litmus Press ) + filmmaker, her only West Coast appearance, reading + film screening.

Lynn Xu and Jacob Kahn: Poetry Center Book Award Reading this Thursday MAY 2, 6pm PT webinar (online only) register here to attend: sfsu.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @WavePoetry Roof Books #poetrycenterbookaward for Xu's book, And Those Ashen Heaps That Cantilevered Vase of Moonlight. <3

First rapper to show up and speak at a student encampment wins the battle

RIP poet David Shapiro, pictured here smoking one of the president's cigars during the 1968 occupation of Low Library at Columbia University. Thanks to Lucy Sante for sharing this.

Thursday MAY 9 6pm New Voice Series: feat. Jennifer S. Cheng, Karla Myn Khine, Evelyn Jo + music by Neblinas del Pacífico live The Poetry Center #newvoiceseries linktr.ee/thepoetrycenter

"readings by the organizers of hundreds of readings," Elise Ficarra and Steve Dickison, followed by The Cake Part (as Stacy Doris calls it), "in honor of The Poetry Center as we have known it for decades." Et al., 2831a Mission Street, on Saturday afternoon June 1, 4– 6pm

The Poetry Coalition is seeking paid, part-time fellows for 2024-25 at CantoMundo, @in_na_po, Letras Latinas, Mass Poetry, @omiamifestival, The Poetry Center, & Urban Word. Deadline to apply: 7/3. Learn more: poets.org/applications-a…