Poetry

Presentation: 100 Thousand Poets for Change

Monday, 9/30/2024
11:00 - 1:00
North Beach Library Community Room
North Beach

850 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States

415-355-5626

Join us for a special poetry reading by local poets as they share their latest work and reading in building a world of peace, justice and sustainability. The reading will be dedicated to the late Michael Rothenberg, co-founder and inspiration for 100 000 Poets for Change. 
 

Featured poets: Mahnaz Badihian, Lisbit Bailey, Dan Brady, Wendy Wolters, Kristina Brown, John Curl, Lucille Lang Day, Carol Denney, Agneta Falk Hirschman, D.L. Lang, Tommi Aviccoli Mecca, Karen Melander-Magoon, Sarah Menefee, Barbara Paschke, Antoinette Vella Payne, Dorothy Payne, Roarschock, Alice Rogoff, Sally Love Saunders, Nina Serrano,Raymond Nat Turner and others. 

 

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