23Oct
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- Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Reading Series: Tureeda Mikell & Sharon Coleman
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, | 6:30- 8:00 pm | Location: Mill Valley Public Library (Creekside Room) | 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941
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Let’s fall into a new season of poetry with a luminous reading by Maxine Chernoff and David Watts. Come out for the poems and cool conversation.
Tureeda Mikell, Story Medicine Woman, is a poetic powerhouse who uses storytelling to push back against injustice. She is a cultural activist, Black Panther Party Alum, and has served as Poet-in-Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora, Randall Museum, De Young Museum, and Oakland Museum. In 2024, the City of Berkeley awarded her its Lifetime Achievement Award. Her book, Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine, was nominated for the California Book Award, and her newest book is titled The Body: Oracle of Memory.
Sharon Coleman is a fifth-generation Northern Californian with a penchant for languages and entangled word roots. Her hard-edged, sparely told narratives twist suggestively in the mind. She co-curates the Berkeley Poetry Festival and Lyrics & Dirges reading series. Her books include Paris Blinks (micro-fiction) and Half Circle (poetry). In 2022, she received the Maverick Award from the Ruth Weiss Foundation for her poetry. sharoncolemanpoetry.com
