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The Calendar features a comprehensive schedule of City of West Hollywood meetings and City-sponsored events. In order to ensure accuracy, only listings for the current month appear on the Calendar. (Past events remain listed, as well.) The following month's Calendar listings are typically added during the last week of the month prior.

WeHo Reads: Poets Laureate Across America

  • Date: October 05, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM  
  • Location: Online Event
    www.weho.org/wehoreads

Cost: Free, No Reservation Needed  

In 2020, the Academy of American Poets awarded over $1 million to 23 poets laureate as part of a year-long Fellowship to support their creative and organizing work. One of these awards went to our West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace who also serves as this event’s host. This reading brings together a group of these Fellows from across the country in the aftermath of their Fellowships to share what they did, read their writing, and reflect on the state of poetry across the United States. Readers include:
• Semaj Brown, Poet Laureate of Flint, MI
• Magdalena Gomez, Poet Laureate of Springfield, MA
• Chastity Gunn, Poet Laureate of Elgin, IL
• Luisa Igloria, Poet Laureate of Virginia
• Georgina Marie, Poet Laureate of Lake County, CA
• Lloyd Schwartz, Poet Laureate of Somerville, MA
• Hosted by: West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace

WeHo Reads is a literary series presented by the City of West Hollywood and produced by BookSwell. More information and events at www.weho.org/wehoreads

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