San José Poetry Festival 2021
7th Annual San José Poetry Festival
September 11-19, 2021
Online thru Zoom
Join us for the seventh annual San José Poetry Festival with an exciting series of events this week! Register to attend a workshop, only a few seats left! You can find individual event tickets, workshop tickets, or a full festival pass at bit.ly/pcsjtix.
Tonight is Day 4 of the festival presenting Well-RED featuring Carlos Andrés Gomez & Rachel McKibbens, co-sponsored by Works/San José;
Day 5 - Wednesday, September 15, 7-9pm: Cultura Poetry Night featuring Josiah Luis Alderete and Cynthia Alessandra Briano;
Day 6 - Thursday, September 16, 7-9pm: Third Thursdays featuring Jeanine U-C co-sponsored by Willow Glen Public Library;
Day 7 - Friday, September 17, 7-9pm: Yuki Teikei Haiku Society featuring Carolyn Fitz and Linda Papanicolaou;
Day 8 - Saturday, September 18, 10am-Noon: Workshop “Palabras & Poetry: Love is Empathy” led by Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo;
Day 8 - Saturday, September 18, 2-4pm: Workshop “अन्वेषण /Anveshan (Discovery)” led by Anshu Johri;
Day 8 - Saturday, September 18, 7-9pm: Festival Keynote with Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Janice Lobo Sapigao, SCC Youth Poet Laureate Anouk Yeh and SCC Youth Vice Poet Laureate Mahder Aklilu;
Day 9 - Sunday, September 19, 10am-Noon: Workshop “On Embracing Your Inner and Outer Monster(s)” led by Rachel McKibbens;
Day 9 - Sunday, September 19, 1-3pm: Poetry Exchange with Venus Jones;
Day 9 - Sunday, September 19, 5-8pm: Veterans of life Write featuring Nick Butterfield, Carol Steele, Craige Edgerton, Emilio Gallegos, Doug Nelson, Carol Coughlin and Amy Meier followed by the Small Press Book Fair!
Please note: festival passes do not include workshops, which require separate tickets in order to participate. To register for workshops or individual events, check out the full festival lineup.
Poetry Center San José
1650 Senter Road
San Jose, CA
info@pcsj.org
www.pcsj.org
San José Poetry Festival 2021 is presented by Poetry Center San José and is sponsored in part by: Festival and Cultural Affairs grants from the City of San José; a grant from SVCreates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council; funding from Poets & Writers; and with support from Anne & Mark's Art Party, Applied Materials Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation and The Center for Literary Arts. We would like to acknowledge and offer our deepest gratitude to past venues we hope to return to next year: Art Boutiki, Books Inc., Caravan Lounge, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, History/San José, Recycle Bookstore, and Works/San José.
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