Carla Rachel Sameth

Sister Flowidarity Women's Herstory Month Poetry Reading
2021-03-27 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom, see registration link in description
An incredible line-up of dynamic women reciting poetry!
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Featured Reader, Canyon Poets
2021-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom, see registration link in description
Topic: The Canyon Poets
Time: March 11, 7-9 pm
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The Pasadena Rose Poets: African American Poets
2021-02-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom, see registration link in description
The Pasadena Rose Poets will present the poetry of African American poets past and present, along with some of their own poetry. Presented by Teresa Mei Chuc, Kate Gale, Hazel Clayton Harrison, Gerda Govine Ituarte, Shahé Mankerian, Toni Mosley, Carla Sameth and Annette Wong.
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The Pasadena Rose Poets: African American Poets

This event is sponsored by The Friends of the Pasadena Public Library.

Reading for In Isolation: An Anthology
2021-01-03 12:00 - 14:00 | CA
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Alternative Field presents “In Isolation, Book Launch Reading”
Poets featured in the anthology will read their work responding to the virus, quarantine, and isolation.
Instagram Live @Alternative Field

Virtual Launch Party: Unspoken Anthology
2020-10-08 16:00 - 17:30 | CA
To see reading, go to: https://www.facebook.com/lifein10minutes
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Virtual Launch Party: Unspoken AnthologyVirtual Launch Party: Unspoken Anthology
Join Life in 10 Minutes for the Virtual of Unspoken: Writers on Infertility, Miscarriage, and Stillbirth.
Gathering the voices of 29 writers who have been affected by infertility and childbearing loss, Unspoken is written as an invitation to connection where silence and isolation has so often prevailed.
Joining is as simple as tuning into the Life in 10 Minutes Facebook page from 7-8:30 pm EST. Writers will be sharing the following pieces from the anthology:
“We Have Pets,” Carla Sameth
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Miscarriage,” Erin Pushman
“Emmanuel” by Paula Michelle Gillison
Poems, by Alison Blevins
“The Trauma of Miscarriage,” by Arden Cartrette
“Unable to Speak,” by Dana Arlien
“Rainbow Baby” – Karen Olshanksy
“Thistle’s Story” – Jennifer Jurlando

Help us welcome and celebrate these stories of loss and resilience.
Books may be pre-ordered at: https://www.lifein10minutes.com/unspoken-anthology

homo-centric Reading Series
2020-01-28 19:30 | Stories Books and Cafe, 1716 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles,, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Featuring: Sarahmay Griffin, Carla Sameth and Hank Henderson, homo-centric Reading Series

San Francisco Public Library, James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center Author Reading
2020-01-16 18:00 - 19:30 | San Francisco Public Library James C Hormel LGBTQIA Center, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 94102, United States
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays, Author Reading with Carla Sameth

Pasadena Rose Poets Poetry Collection 2019 Launch
2019-11-15 18:30 - 20:15 | Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Pasadena Rose Poets Poetry Collection 2019
Reflection, Resistance. Reckoning. Resurrection.
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edited by Gerda Govine Ituarte
Release November 15, 2019
First Book Launch
Friday, November 15, 2019
6:30 – 8:15 p.m.
Venue: Red Hen Press
1540 Lincoln Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
​Published by Shabda Press

The Pasadena Rose Poets:
Teresa Mei Chuc, Mel Donalson, Kate Gale, Damian Gonzalez, Hazel Clayton Harrison, Gerda Govine Ituarte, Shahé Mankerian, Toni Mosley, Carla Sameth, and Annette Wong.

Reading and Book Launch Celebration with the Pasadena Writing Posse and Pasadena Rose Poets
2019-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50, Highland Park, CA, 90042, United States
Carla Sameth will read from her memoir, One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays along with members of the Pasadena Writing Posse, The Pasadena Rose Poets and other local writers including: Gerda Govine Ituarte, Manuela Gomez, Gale Cohen, Maria Elena Fernandez, Annette Wong, Hazel Clayton, Thelma Reyna and Toni Mosley. They will read their original work and there will be an opportunity for Q & A, discussion and celebration.

Reading at Montana Book Company in Helena
2019-10-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Montana Book Company, 331 N Last Chance Gulch, Helena, CA, 59601, United States
Reading and Signing: One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays

LitCrawl LA "It's a Book Party" presented by Women Who Submit
2019-10-06 15:30 - 16:15 | CA
Women Who Submit presents:

It’s a Book Party! Publishing a book can take years of work filled with countless revisions, submissions, and rejections. A trial of perseverance, when a writer finally holds a published book in their hands, it’s a day worth celebrating. Help us welcome the newest titles from the women and nonbinary writers of Women Who Submit into the world with a raucous book bash.
Authors Carla Sameth, Noriko Nakada, Colette Sartor, Michelle Brittan Rosado, and Jenise Miller.

Open Door Poetry Reading at Battery Books in Pasadena
2019-09-26 20:00 - 22:00 | The Battery Books and Music, 26 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Open Door Poetry Reading at Battery Books, Carla Rachel Sameth reads with Gerda Govine Ituarte.

Pasadena Central Library Author Series
2019-09-19 19:00 | Pasadena Central Library, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA, 91101
Featured Author Talk and Reading from One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays

Yves' Jewelry & Judaica, Author reading/signing, Carla Sameth One Day on the Gold Line (Berkeley)
2019-09-11 19:00 | Yves’ Jewelry & Judaica, 1865 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, 94707, United States

Vroman's Bookstore, Reading and In-Conversation with Kevin Uhrich, editor at The Pasadena Weekly
2019-08-29 19:00 | Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
In-conversation Carla Sameth (author One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays) with Pasadena Weekly editor, Kevin Uhrich.

Seattle book reading and signing at Third Place Books in Seward Park
2019-08-25 19:00 | Third Place Books in Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S,, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Seattle book reading and signing for One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays. Come celebrate!

Contributing Authors Summer Reading Event with Carla Sameth and Rena Priest
2019-08-24 16:00 | Tacoma Arts Community Center, 1102 South 11th Street, Tacoma, WA, 98405, United States
Rena Priest is a Lummi Tribal Member and author of Patriarchy Blues and Sublime Subliminal.
Carla Sameth is a 2019 West Hollywood Pride Poet and author of One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays (July 2019)

Hugo House Panel "Writing Motherhood" featuring: Carla Sameth, Anne Liu Kellor, Mary Pan and Samantha Updegrave
2019-08-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, Seattle, CA, 98122, United States
Panelists Anne Liu Kellor, Mary Pan, Samantha Updegrave and Carla Sameth will read from their work and discuss themes and questions related to “Writing Motherhood.”

NYC book reading and signing at Bluestockings Bookstore
2019-08-06 19:00 | Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen Street, New York, CA, 10002, United States
Book Reading and Signing with Authors Marina DelVecchio and Carla Sameth. Carla Sameth will be reading from her memoir, One Day on the Gold Line (Black Rose Writing, 2019), which tells the story of a lesbian Jewish single mother raising a black son in Los Angeles.
Based on her adoption and teen years, Marina DelVecchio’s Dear Jane (Black Rose Writing 2019) tells the story of a suicidal teen whose letters to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre give her the courage she needs to overcome the abuses of her childhood and the silences of her new life as a Greek-American adoptee.

Why There are Words, Los Angeles
2019-08-04 18:30 | KaffeBaren, 1000 S Olive St,, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Why There are Words (WTAW), Los Angeles: Literary Reading Series

LA Book Launch, Reading and Signing at The Last Book Store
2019-07-17 19:30 | The Last Bookstore, 453 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013, Los Angeles, CA, 90013, United States
Los Angeles book launch of One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays at The Last Bookstore! Celebration continues afterwards at location TBA in DTLA.
No ticket necessary to attend but please consider buying a book in advance (use link below) so they know you’ll be there.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-day-on-the-gold-line-with-carla-sameth-tickets-60386129539

Roar Shack Reading Series
2019-07-14 16:00 - 17:30 | Echo Park Time Travel Mart, 1714 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90026, United States
Featured Reader at July Roar Shack Reading Series

Joshua Tree Reading and Benefit for mil-tree.org
2019-07-13 18:30 | The Country Kitchen, 61768 29 Palms Hwy., Joshua Tree, CA, 92252, United States

Influx Collectiv: A Queer Poetry Reading Series
2019-06-22 19:30 | Poetic Research Bureau, 951 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
A Queer LA Reading Series organized by Influx Collectiv at various locations throughout Los Angeles in order to promote the voices of queer writers.

LitFest Pasadena Panel Discussion & Reading, Queer, Adoptive, and Nontraditional Configurations of Families: Writing Our Truth, Making/Remaking Boundaries
2019-05-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Pasadena Playhouse Library, 39 South El Molino Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Whether writing about child rearing or very much not on the topic of babies, parenthood intersects at every level of the professional author experience. Queer parents are often intentional in creating their families and in how they position their identities as writers. This interdisciplinary program features diverse authors who have published in multiple genres and define themselves as other than a “traditional” mother.
Panel participants include:
Carla Sameth, Cheryl Klein, Pat Alderete, Nefertiti Austin, Caroll Sun Yang
Sunday, May 19, 6-7 p.m. Playhouse library

LitFest Pasadena Panel: YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE: Traversing Pain, Pleasure and Everything in Between in the Queer Memoir
2019-05-18 16:30 - 17:30 | Pasadena Playhouse Friendship Center, 39 South El Molino Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, 91101
This lively and thought-provoking panel discussion will feature an eclectic and electric group of LGBTQ authors discussing their recent memoirs, the writing process, inspiration(s) and much more.
Panelists featuring Alex Espinoza, Ali Liebegott, Jacob Tobia, Carla Rachel Sameth
The panel will take place in the Friendship Center space at the Pasadena Playhouse on Saturday, May 18 as part of LitFest Pasadena

Book Show Reading from One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays
2019-05-14 08:00 - 17:00 | BookshowLA, 5503 North Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA, 90042, United States
Carla Sameth will read from her new memoir, One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays, along with special guest writers TBA.

Pasadena Celebration of Black History Month
2019-02-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Pasadena Central Library, 285 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA, 91101
The Pasadena Rose Poets will honor and celebrate past and present African American poets who have and continue to impact this genre in the US and Beyond.
