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Friday, October 13 • 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Exalted Verse: Poets at Grace Cathedral

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Litquake returns at last to this beautiful French Gothic-style Episcopal church atop Nob Hill, for a special evening of exalted verse from a sterling lineup of poets. With readings from Jason Bayani, William Brewer, Victor Hernández Cruz, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Grace Cathedral Artist in Resident Sarah Kay, San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, and Jen Siraganian. FREE
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Jason Bayani

Jason Bayani is the author of Amulet from Write Bloody Publishing. He's an MFA graduate from Saint Mary's College, a Kundiman fellow, and works as the Artistic Director for Kearny Street Workshop. Jason performs regularly around the country and recently debuted his solo show, "Locus... Read More →
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William Brewer

William Brewer is the author of I Know Your Kind (Milkweed Editions, September 2017), winner of the National Poetry Series, and Oxyana, selected for the Poetry Society of America's 30 and Under Chapbook Fellowship. His poetry has appeared in Boston Review, The Iowa Review, Kenyon... Read More →
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Victor Hernández Cruz

Victor Hernández Cruz is the author of several collection of poetry including most recently, Beneath the Spanish and The Mountain in the Sea. Featured in Bill Moyers' The Language of Life series, Cruz's collection Maraca was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall and Griffin Poetry Prizes... Read More →
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Tongo Eisen-Martin

Tongo Eisen-Martin was born in San Francisco, California, and received an MA from Columbia University. He is the author of someone’s dead already (Bootstrap Press, 2015), which was nominated for a California Book Award. Also a human rights activist and educator, he has taught... Read More →
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Sarah Kay

Sarah Kay is a New Yorker. a poetry writer and reader. a spoken word poetry teacher. the founder and co-director of Project VOICE. a witty banter enthusiast. a postcard lover. a documentary filmmaker. a foodie. a playwright. a singer. a songwriter. a photographer. a best-selling author... Read More →
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Kim Shuck

Kim Shuck is a poet, weaver, educator, doer of piles of laundry, planter of seeds, traveler and child wrangler. Born in San Francisco in 1966, Ms. Shuck attended San Francisco State University where she received both a Bachelor's (in art) and a Master's in Fine Arts (in textiles... Read More →
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Jen Siraganian

Jen Siraganian is a Bay Area poet and author of the chapbook Fracture. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has received scholarships from the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley and Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies such as Best New... Read More →


Friday October 13, 2017 7:30pm - 9:30pm PDT
Grace Cathedral 1100 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108
  Tickets: Free   Wheelchair Accessible

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