Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings, hosted by devorah major, with a special reading by San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima.
with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ignatius Mabasa, Zhai Yongming, Maram al-Massri, Alexander Skidan, Carol Muske-Dukes, Roy "Chicky" Arad, Daisy Zamora, Anna Lombardo, Cletus Nelson Nwadike, Menna Elfyn, Paul Flores, Diane di Prima
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings.
with Francis Combes, Ziba Karbassi, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra, Taslima Nasrin, Al Young, Ámbar Past, Tarek Eltayeb, Agneta Falk, Sasha Pimentel Chacòn, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Carla Badillo Coronado, Jack Hirschman
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
Join us for a documentary film about Poet-in-Residence for Friends of the SFPL, Jack Hirschman, directed by Matthew Furey.
Jack Hirschman will be present.
6:00 pm at Koret Auditorium, Main Library
Celebrate the kick off of the 2nd Biennial San Francisco International Poetry Festival with an outdoor party featuring poetry and music.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at Jack Kerouac Alley
Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings, hosted by devorah major, with a special reading by San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima.
with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ignatius Mabasa, Zhai Yongming, Maram al-Massri, Alexander Skidan, Carol Muske-Dukes, Roy "Chicky" Arad, Daisy Zamora, Anna Lombardo, Cletus Nelson Nwadike, Menna Elfyn, Paul Flores, Diane di Prima
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
Two-time winner of the American Book Award Alejandro Murguía joins poets Olivia Sears, Stephen Kessler, Judith Ayn Bernhard and Kareem James Abu Zeid in a conversation about the art and craft of translation in today’s works.
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Mission Branch Library
Join host Sarah Menefee and poets/authors Ámbar Past (Mexico), Jorge Argueta (El Salvador), Tony Robles (The Philippines), Cletus N. Nwadike (Sweden, translated by Agneta Falk) for a children’s story time and book reading, and a book giveaway.
with Ámbar Past, Cletus Nelson Nwadike
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Richmond Branch Library
Join host Anne Wintroub of Friends of the Library for a youth poetry reading with WritersCorps, moderated by California State Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes.
with Carol Muske-Dukes
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Western Addition Branch Library
Join Syrian/French poet Maram al-Massri and Friends Executive Director Donna Bero to explore this ancient and universal art form.
with Maram al-Massri
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Alliance Francaise
Featuring Zhai Yongming (China) reading with Jamie Proctor-Xu, Alexander Skidan (Russia) reading with Rebecca Bella and Nguyen Qui Duc (Vietnam) reading with Isabelle Pelaud.
with Zhai Yongming, Alexander Skidan, Nguyen Qui Duc
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm at Richmond Branch Library
Featuring Roy Arad (Israel) reading with Neeli Cherkovski, Menna Elfyn (Wales) reading with Maketa Groves, Paul Flores (USA) and San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima.
with Roy "Chicky" Arad, Menna Elfyn, Paul Flores, Diane di Prima
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm at North Beach Branch Library
Featuring Ignatius Mabasa (Zimbabwe) reading with Michael Warr, Maram al-Massri (Syria) reading with Tina Tarnoff and California State Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes.
with Ignatius Mabasa, Maram al-Massri, Carol Muske-Dukes
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm at Western Addition Branch Library
Readings by 2008 Poets 11 selected poets Melba Abela, Marty Campbell, Aja Couchois Duncan and David Menendez Alvarez.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm at North Beach Branch Library
Join French poet Francis Combes at the Alliance Francaise for a reading and Q & A session.
with Francis Combes
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm at Alliance Francaise
Featuring Anna Lombardo (Italy) reading with Olivia Sears, Daisy Zamora (Nicaragua) reading with George Evans, Cletus Nelson Nwadike (Nigeria) reading with Agneta Falk.
with Anna Lombardo, Daisy Zamora, Cletus Nelson Nwadike
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm at Mission Branch Library
Join us for a wide variety of international poetry readings.
with Francis Combes, Ziba Karbassi, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra, Taslima Nasrin, Al Young, Ámbar Past, Tarek Eltayeb, Agneta Falk, Sasha Pimentel Chacòn, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Carla Badillo Coronado, Jack Hirschman
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm at Palace of Fine Arts
1:30pm – 3:00 pm: Beat Museum
Ámbar Past (Mexico) reading with Alejandro Murguía, and Al Young (United States).
1:30pm – 3:00pm: Kerouac Alley
Ferruccio Brugnaro (Italy) reading with Jack Hirschman, and Carla Badillo Coronado (Ecuador) reading with Jessica Loos.
3:30pm – 5:00pm: Caffe Trieste
Ziba Karbassi (Iran) reading with Niloufar Talebi.
3:30pm – 5:00 pm: The Purple Onion
Francis Combes (France) reading with Matt Gonzales, and Agneta Falk.
5:30pm – 7:00 pm: Live Worms Gallery
Tarek Eltayeb (Sudan/Austria) reading with Kareem James Abu Zeid, and Sasha Pimentel Chacòn (The Philippines).
5:30pm – 7:00 pm: Kerouac Alley
Georges Castera/Joj Kastra (Haiti) reading with Boadiba, and Taslima Nasrin (Bangladesh) reading with Dotty Payne.
with Ámbar Past, Al Young, Ferruccio Brugnaro, Carla Badillo Coronado, Ziba Karbassi, Francis Combes, Agneta Falk, Tarek Eltayeb, Sasha Pimentel Chacòn, Georges Castera/Joj Kastra, Taslima Nasrin
1:30 pm - 7:00 pm at locations in North Beach
Hosted by Jack Hirschman, with Friends of the Library Executive Director Donna Bero, poets Carla Badillo Coronado and Jorge Molina, with music by the Vince Lateano Quartet.
7:30 pm at Washington Square Park














