MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20th | 6:30-7:30 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CONFERENCE ROOM) SIGN UP HERE Read and discuss a book of poems with others who appreciate poetry and like to take a closer look at form, structure, and craft. Discussions will be lively and interactive, and participants will have a chance to share thoughts and ask… Continue reading Building Bridges Book Club
MPC and The Marin Shakespeare Company present Pandemic-Published Poets & Costume Celebration THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26th | 7-9PM MARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE - 514 FOURTH STREET, SAN RAFAEL Join us in celebrating just a few of many MPC members (and writers everywhere!) who published books and chapbooks during the pandemic… Continue reading Pandemic-Published Poets & Costume Celebration
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16th | 6:30-7:30 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CONFERENCE ROOM) SIGN UP HERE Building Bridges Book Club is an opportunity to read and discuss a book of poems with others who appreciate poetry and would like to take a closer look at form, structure, and craft. Discussions will be lively and interactive, and participants… Continue reading Building Bridges Book Club
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19th | 6:30-8:00 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CREEKSIDE ROOM) CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP This event will feature readings by five Bay Area authors recently or about to be published by Four Way Books (FWB), an independent publisher celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. FWB is comprised of a literary press, Pay a Book Forward, a… Continue reading In a New York Minute: Readings by Bay Area Four Way Books Authors
APRIL 2023 MILL VALLEY LIBRARY Stay tuned! Details for this event presented by our collaborators at the library are forthcoming. Registration available soon at millvalleylibrary.org
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room Anthony Cody is the author of Borderland Apocrypha (Omnidawn). His debut has been awarded a 2021 American Book Award, a 2020 Southwest Book Award and a 2022 Whiting Award, as well as was recognized as a finalist for the National Book Award. He is from… Continue reading Anthony Cody and Mai Der Vang
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her third full-length poetry collection, O, was published by Penguin Books in July 2022. Her collection Louder than Hearts won the 2016 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize. She’s also the author of 3arabi Song, winner of… Continue reading Zeina Hashem Beck and Lynne Thompson
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room Iris Jamahl Dunkle's latest poetry collection is West : Fire : Archive (The Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University, 2021). She is also the author of Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer (The University of Oklahoma Press, 2020). Dunkle teaches… Continue reading Iris Jamhal Dunkle and Dana Levin
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room *With special guests Francesca Bell, Susan Cohen, and Meryl Natchez.* Join us as we celebrate the work of poetry translation by hearing from some exciting Bay Area translators. The evening will feature Olivia Sears, who will read from her new translation of Ardengo… Continue reading An Evening of Translation featuring Olivia Sears and Terry Ehret & Nancy J. Morales
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH | 7PM Mill Valley Public Library | Creekside Room Join us as members of the Marin Poetry Center read from recent work and celebrate the return to in-person programming at the Mill Valley Library! In addition to great poems, enjoy this moment of community and togetherness, buy a few new books from… Continue reading Fall Poetry Reading Series Launch
