National Poetry Month reading, LA (4/29)

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National Poetry Month: Annual event, April 29, 2023 reading

ALTADENA POETS LAUREATE present Poetry & Cookies. Join fellow writers for readings by poets published in the Altadena Poetry Review. This program is made possible by the Friends of the Altadena Library:

• Event type: Author/Talks. Literature & Poetry
• Saturday, April 29, 2023, 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
• Audience: Free, all-ages welcome
• Home: Altadena Poetry Review
• Events: Altadena Libraries (altadenalibrary.org)
• Main Library Main Floor
• ​​​​​​​LIVESTREAMED at YOUTUBE.COM/ALTADENALIBRARY

Special Reading April 4

Who needs poetry in a post-literate world?

Join the Altadena Library and poets laureate for a special reading for National Poetry Month with guest poets Vickie Vértiz and Angela Peñaredondo.

This event is hosted by Poets Laureate Carla Sameth and Peter J. Harris livestreamed at youtube.com/altadenalibrary.

About the Poets

Native US poet laureate

Vickie Vértiz is the oldest child of an immigrant Mexican family. Her poetry and essays are featured in the New York Times magazine, Huizache, the Los Angeles Review of Books, KCET Departures, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among many publications. Her second book, Auto/Body, won the 2023 Sandeen Poetry Prize from the University of Notre Dame. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, VONA, CantoMundo, and Macondo. Prof. Vértiz teaches writing at UC Santa Barbara and lives in Los Angeles. vickievertiz.com

Erika L. Sanchez makes an impact.

Angela Peñaredondo (she/they) is a queer, nonbinary Filipinx writer and author of nature felt but never apprehended (Noemi Press, March 2023), All Things Lose Thousands of Times (winner of the 2016 Inlandia…

• Audience: Adults
• Event Type: Literature & Poetry. Performance
• Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
• Main Library Community Room