Come join us to celebrate the launch of my first full-length poetry collection, Secondary Inspections, at Underdog Bookstore in Monrovia. Let the folks know at Underdog Bookstore that you'll be coming through registering at Eventbrite. Please note that the price includes a copy of the book. However no purchase is necessary to attend! Of course, […]
Octavia's Bookshelf C E L E B R A T E S NATIONAL POETRY MONTH with THE PASADENA ROSE POETS Reading from their Anthology Reflection Resistance Reckoning Resurrection 2019 Not So Perfect Storm 2022 1365 N. HILL AVENUE, PASADENA CA THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2024 6:00-8:00 P.M. (626) 421-6222
http://nelapoetryfest.weebly.com/ Featured Readers Raffi Wartanian traci kato-kiriyama Carla Sameth
Saturday, May 4 at 2:00 P.M.Visible Wisdom: Lesbian Poets Over 60 Read and in Conversation Event Description: Consider this. What we didn’t know before, we’ve learned over time through lovers, through demonstrations, the nightlife, the bars. We’re butch and femme, dyke and crone, earthly and wild, and altogether queer. We are the memory and the future. […]
Reading by Pasadena Rose Poets 12:30-1:30 P.M.
Through origin and chosen families, bloodlines and battles, our roots have been watered by loving kin, and those who treasured or traumatized us. We've raised hell and raised ourselves and others, found refuge in women and the solace of strength in sisterhood. We bring you writings from these lives and will make spaces for you […]