Thursday, November 30th, 2023 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm on Zoom This Zoom class considers how we might combine historical research with our own personal poetic expressions and experimentations. During this 1 1/2 hour course, we will discuss what docupoetry entails, look at some examples, and discuss their conventions and how they incorporate outside texts, then […]
FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH | 6:30-8:00 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY Virtual workshop on Zoom. Click the link below to register. SIGN UP HERE In this virtual Round Table Workshop, attendees share an original poem-in-progress and receive positive feedback and craft suggestions from fellow participants. Calvin Ahlgren, longtime Marin poet and workshop facilitator, will continue […]
SUNDAY, DECEMBER, 3rd | 2:00 - 4:45 pm MILL VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY - CREEKSIDE ROOM SIGN UP HERE Join us to celebrate the release of the Marin Poetry Center’s twenty-sixth members’ anthology. The poets will read from this year’s volume, Con/Form—which showcases an array of responses and voices. Enjoy the array: established poetic forms, inventive use of shape and space on […]
Join Anders Carlson-Wee and Douglas Manuel as they read from their new collections, Disease of Kings and Trouble Funk. The reading will be followed by an in-depth conversation moderated by Marin County Poet Laureate Francesca Bell centering on disparities of income and opportunity, living with deprivation, and how artists can survive late-stage capitalism in America. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1st | 3:00-5:00 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (SMART GARDEN) SIGN UP HERE: https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/10977846 Host: Emilie Lygren This series of three generative poetry workshops will focus on writing about place. To spark ideas for poems, we will explore the local environment, make use of scientific observation skills, call on our memories, and consider historical […]
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th | 6:30-8:00 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CREEKSIDE ROOM) SIGN UP HERE: https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/11074356 Host: Francesca Bell Perhaps you’ve always wondered what people see in poetry. Maybe you’re already a practicing poet in need of some camaraderie and outside inspiration. Either way, this free, generative, welcoming poetry workshop is for you. In each session, […]
