“Afternoon” by Ellery Akers
Past Events
Poetry Ping-Pong with Marybeth Holleman and Ellery Akers
Thursday, September 15 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm online
Trustees for Alaska presents a reading and discussion on poems connected to Alaska's remote land and seascapes. Ellery Akers will join Marybeth Holleman in a "poetry ping-pong".
Register here
Poetry Reading—online via zoom
“Swerve” Reading and Discussion with Ellery Akers
Wednesday, May 18 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm online
In partnership with City of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs and City of Davis in honor of National Poetry Month
Donations are gratefully accepted with a suggestion of $5 to $25 sliding scale.
Register here - link is under the event description
email: coolsolutions@cooldavis.org
Poetry Workshop—online via zoom
The Poet as Nature Writer: Poetry Writing Workshop with Ellery Akers and Julia B. Levine
Sunday, May 22 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm online
In partnership with City of Davis Arts & Cultural Affairs and City of Davis in honor of National Poetry Month
Donations are gratefully accepted with a suggestion of $30 to $200 sliding scale.
Register here - link is under the event description
email: coolsolutions@cooldavis.org
2021
Point Reyes Books
Online Zoom poetry reading with Gerald Fleming and Julia Levine
Tuesday, October 26, at 7 p.m.
Register in advance for this reading.
email: ptreyesbooks@gmail.com
(415) 663-1542
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival:
Featured Readings, 25 Years of Writing, Nature & Community
Saturday, January 30, 3pm-6pm PST
Register in advance for this meeting
Event info: http://poetryflash.org/programs/?p=watershed_2021
2020
Blue Light at the Gallery
Zoom reading with Maxine Chernoff and Rebecca Foust
Friday, November 6, 6pm
RSVP to Blue Light Press to attend: bluelightpress@aol.com
San José Poetry Festival—online via zoom
Well-RED featuring Michelle Lin, Ellery Akers, Donnelle McGee
Tuesday, September 8, 7pm
co-presented with Works/San José
$15 general, $10 members of PCSJ or Works and students
http://pcsj.org/festival
Moe’s Books
Reading with Ellery Akers and Barbara Berman
Thursday, January 9th, 2020 at 7:30pm
2476 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, California
510-849-2087
info@moesbooks.com
www.moesbooks.com
2019
Poems in Defense of Our Planet
Benefit for the Sierra Club
Reading with Jane Hirshfield
Tuesday, November 5 at 6:30pm
Sierra Club Headquarters
2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300
Oakland, California
415-977-5500
Purchase Tickets Here
Reading at the ASLE Conference
with Julia Levine and Maya Khosla
Friday, June 28
Conference Center, UC Davis
550 Alumni Ln
8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m, Session 6
530-752-2043
www.asle.org
2018
Dominican University Writing Conference
June 8
3:00-4:00 Nature Connection Through Creativity: Ellery Akers
4:30-5:30 Poetry and Visual Expression: Ellery Akers, Kate Peper, Giovanni Singleton
7:00-8:00 Reading: Ellery Akers, Kate Peper, Giovanni Singleton
Garden Room, Edgehill Mansion, Dominican University
Drop in fee of $30 for the class and the panel, reading is free
June 2018 MFA Public Event Schedule
National Poetry Month Reading at the Bolinas Library
with Austin Smith, Stephen Radcliffe, and David Bailey
Tuesday, April 23
Bolinas Library
16 Wharf Road, Bolinas
415-868-1171
7-8:30 p.m.
Workshop
Let’s Write Now: The Poet as Memoirist and Nature Writer, a generative workshop
February 10, 10-4:30, Santa Rosa Junior College Community Education, $68
To register, call SRJC Community Education at 707-527-4372, or add the class online.
Email: community@santarosa.edu
Jumpstart your poetry in this playful, supportive workshop. We’ll do a lot of breakthrough exercises—childhood memories, surrealism, persona—and have fun coming up with pages of new material. We’ll also explore craft, language, voice, rhythm, and repetition.
2016
Fall Poetry Workshop at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts
October 29, November 5, November 12, December 3, 2-4:30
Let’s Write Now
Fireside Room, Sebastopol Center for the Arts
282 South High Street, Sebastopol, CA
$200, limited to 15 students
Registration through the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 707-829-4797.
Saturday June 3, Dominican University
Lecture and reading at Dominican University Writing for Renewal MFA program
Craft Talk: How to Get More Heat in Your Poetry
2:30-3:45, Garden Room, Edgehill Mansion
$30 day fee for the MFA event includes this lecture as well as the Louis B. Jones craft talk, Standing at the Threshold of the Literary-Industrial Complex, 4-5:30.
Reading, with Louis B. Jones, author of Ordinary Money, Radiance, and other novels, 7-8 p.m. Garden room, Edgehill Mansion. Free.
To register for a one day ($30) or week long pass ($200) for the Dominican University Writing for Renewal MFA program events, please contact Joan Baranow at joan.baranow@dominican.edu or call 415-485-3264.
Download the Campus Map.
Awards Ceremony
Sunday, May 15
35th Annual Northern California Book Awards
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA
1:00 p.m.
poetryflash.org
Saturday, April 9
Reading at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara
with Christopher Buckley
653 Paseo Nuevo, Upper Arts Terrace
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-565-7174
7:00 p.m.
pauljwillis.com