Poetic Legacy feat. Adam Greenfield (6/28), SDPA Veterans @ SDWI (6/29) w/ Veterans Billiekai Boughton + Jim Moreno

June 28, 3-5pm, Poetic Legacy hosted by Christophver R and Pat Andrus, featuring SDPA editor Adam Greenfield in person at The Senior Lounge, 1650 El Prado, Suite 105, (in the Casa Del Prado Building, next To The Reflection Pond). Poetic Legacy workshops focus on a single poet’s work, Adam Greenfield’s this time. After listening, reading, reciting… participants have…

SDPA Readings with Poets Underground (5/2) and Poets INC (5/5) + National Poetry Month (in review)

Our Poetry to the People outreach events over the 2023-24 year were made possible with generous support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org. We are grateful for their work on behalf of the local arts community! *Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily…

SDPA 2023-24 Events + Cover Art + Margarita Pintado Book Launch

Feb. 27, Tues., @ 4 pm in the Fermanian Conference Center at Point Loma Nazarene University: Margarita Pintado has published another beautiful book. Katie Manning and I have been invited to read a few poems from Ojo en Celo / Eye in Heat, University of Arizona Press, 2023. I’m honored to be part of the…

SDPA @ Spacebar w/ Jim Moreno + Imagine Bilingual SDPA Zoom w/ Olga Garcia

September 10, 3-5PM, Spacebar, *Poetry to the People Event*: SDPA Reading + Open Mic – with Jim Moreno, 7454 University Ave A, La Mesa, CA 91942. East County, here we come! FREE and open to all. Priority at the Mic for SDPA published poets. Thank you for your support, California Humanities! _______________________________ September 18, 7-9PM, Zoom, *Poetry to the People Event*: Imagine SDPA Bilingual Volume…

April Poetry in SD? Poets Laureate, Kowit Prize Winners + SDPA 2022-23

Friday, Apr 7 @ 6:30: Meet California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick and San Diego’s new Poet Laureate, Jason Magabo Perez. The poets laureate will be on hand at Central Library for The Steve Kowit Poetry Prize Ceremony. Register HERE. Details: Instagram @sdpoetryannual and SDPA website. Want to read? After-party poetry takeover open reading info: Poets…

San Diego Poetry Annual 2022-23 Out Now!

Join us for celebration readings and events, starting in March. SAVE THESE DATES! These gatherings will feature readings, prizes, and surprise guests of honor. Watch our socials (@sdpoetryannual) and read our newsletters for more information on how to sign up to read soon. Hope to see you there! All three volumes of the San Diego Poetry…

Poetry in Ocean, Author Panel + Open Reading @ Central Library, March 21

Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea (Library registration HERE). The ocean inspires, connects, sustains us. Artists, poets, musicians, surfers… beach-goers the world over share a deep admiration and respect for the sea. Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea panel and open reading was born of the…

Jimmy Jazz: New Book, CWP Audio Interview + Reading @ Twiggs

Jimmy Jazz is a writer from San Diego. Jimmy Jazz has written several books. Pirate Enclave Books is releasing his complete works. M-Theory (PE 2020) is a short story collection. His novels include The Sub (incommunicado 1996), House of the Unwed Mother, The Cadillac Tramps, Rube Goldberg Suicide Machine & Where Life is Inappropriate. His “magnum opus” The Book…

Annual SDPA Open Reading Hosted by Jim Moreno at Spacebar (9/11) + “Good Trouble” Book Release (9/8)

Sunday, Sept. 11 from 3-5:30 p.m.: San Diego Poetry Annual open reading, hosted by author Jim Moreno and sponsored by SDPA and Spacebar. All authors, fans of lit arts, and poets looking to publish are welcome. Come to watch, share, and celebrate. Sign up to read on the day of the event or by email at mkklam@gmail.com or text (619) 957-3264. Please indicate in your message whether…

Festival of Books 2022 w/ Swift & Sparrow Press (8/20)

Festival of Books (FOB) 2022 at USD this Saturday! Author Bethel Swift and I (and Klam fam) will be at Table #AA26 in the Kroc Peace and Justice Courtyard with our publications by Swift & Sparrow Press, Puna Press, San Diego Poetry Annual, and Cheeky Cat Paper. Thanks to Bethel for letting us join her! FOB…

SDPA Open Reading @ Mission Hills Library w/ Curran Jeffery & Bluestocking Books, Aug. 6

Saturday, Aug.6 from 1-2:30 p.m.: San Diego Poetry Annual reading, hosted by author Curran Jeffery and sponsored by SDPA and Bluestocking Books. All authors, fans of lit arts, and poets looking to publish are welcome. Come to watch, share, and celebrate. Sign up to read by email at mkklam@gmail.com or text (619) 957-3264. Please indicate in your message whether or not you’ve previously…