On Sunday, May 8 from 3 to 5:30 p.m., I’m delighted to read again with author Joe Milosch at Spacebar Cafe & Wine Bistro, 7454 University Ave, Suite A, La Mesa, CA 91942: 2nd Sunday–Jihmye Poetry-Open Mic in person and on Zoom. Jim Moreno hosts, and Alfred Williams provides tech support for Zoom. Meeting ID: 990 814 5215 and Password: poetvoices

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Then on Tuesday, May 10 at 7 p.m., I’m honored to feature at Poets Underground for the host with the most, Sunny Rey, in the Acid Vault downtown at Amplified Ale Works, 1429 Island Ave., East Village. Open mic to follow. More details at Poets Underground FB and Instagram!

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CWP! Check out professor, poet, reviewer, and all-around epic mom Katie Manning in the latest episode of Central Library’s Conversations with Poets (CWP) here on YouTube. Katie Manning is the founding editor-in-chief of Whale Road Review and a professor of writing at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. She is the author of Tasty Other (Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award, 2016). Her writing has been published in American Journal of Nursing, The Lascaux Review, New Letters, Poet Lore, So to Speak, Verse Daily and more.