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SUMMARY:Community Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an evening dedicated to poetry! \nAuthor of the multi-award winning book\, earthshine\, local author Chuck Brickley will read excerpts from his latest collection\, downhill home. Chuck will also be discussing what ‘free-verse haiku’ is\, and why it’s a perfect medium of expression for our times. \n\nChuck will be joined by other local poets\, who will read their work. \nAbout Chuck:\nChuck Brickley is a Westmoor High School alum and Westlake resident who has been writing free-verse haiku for over 60 years. His haiku\, senryu\, haibun and hay(na)ku have been published\, awarded and translated in journals and anthologies worldwide. \n\nVisit his author website at: www.chuckbrickley.com
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/community-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Ellie Lopez\, author of Chillona
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an evening celebrating the debut poetry collection\, Chillona\, by local author Ellie Lopez! In Chillona\, Ellie Lopez discusses their personal experience as the eldest daughter in a Mexican American family and navigating life in the Bay Area. Their book covers many themes such as identity\, healing\, and family. Lopez will be joined by other performers listed down below. \nList of performers opening for Ellie Lopez: \n\nTara Rico\nMia Catherine\nDina Klarisse\nStephanie Hernandez Jarvis\n\nEllie Lopez (she/her) is a storyteller from Tracy\, CA. Her poetry has been featured in numerous publications most recently Mobile Data Mag and KALW BAY POETS. Ellie has released a BuiLit Zine “While in Mourning” via Sampaguita Press. “Chillona” is her first full length poetry collection and was released October 2025.
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/author-talk-with-ellie-lopez/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event,Meet the Author,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250926T183000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry night with local writers Katrina Benedicto & Jade Zora Dean  \nKatrina Benedicto (they/she) is a Filipino-American writer and educator. Born in the Bay Area\, they lived in Romblon and Manila before moving to San Francisco. They later studied at SFSU\, where they hold an MFA in Creative Writing. Their writing often taps into topics of folklore\, the body\, and the fleeting nature of home. \nJade Zora Dean is a queer\, trans poet\, writer\, and poetry editor for Fourteen Hills: The S.F.S.U. Review. She was born in the Rocky Mountains where she received her B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado Boulder. Now\, she has made her home in the beautiful Bay Area. Her poem “Not Hiding Unseen” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and she is currently pursuing her MFA in creative writing at San Francisco State University.
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/poetry-night/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250719T160000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Night at Peninsula Books
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an hour with Peninsula poets Amanda Saeed and MJ. They will share their poetry with the community\, friends\, and family. Come and listen to their work and don’t forget to buy a book! Amanda’s books are available and signed. 
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/poetry-night-at-peninsula-books/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Junk Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Words\, scraps\, a bit of glue\, and magic! \nInspired by blackout poetry and mixed media collage\, junk poetry is all about finding and creating meaning out of scraps. Join local poet Dina Klarisse for an evening of creating poems from the unexpected! \nMaterials will be provided\, but feel free to bring and share collage material. \nAbout the presenter: \nDina Klarisse is a Bay Area-based writer and editor whose work delves into the intersections of language\, history\, and identity. Her writings have appeared in publications such as ASU’s Canyon Voices\, The Daily Drunk Mag\, Chopsticks Alley\, and Kalopsia Literary Journal. She is the author of the poetry chapbook Handspun Rosaries (2022). Beyond her writing\, Dina serves on the Board of Directors for Philippine American Writers and Artists\, Inc. (PAWA) and is a member of the organizing committee for the Filipino American International Book Festival.
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/junk-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event,Poetry Reading,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:POETRY READING WITH LOCAL ARTISTS\nELODIE TOWNSEND & KIRSTEN DUALAN\nElodie Townsend (she/her) is a writer born and based in San Francisco. Her work has been featured in The Ana\, Two-Headed Press\, The Berkeley Fiction Review\, and more\, and has been described as surreal\, absurdist\, and “mildly concerning”. She holds a BA in English Literature from UC Berkeley and an MA in Creative Writing from SFSU. \nWebsite: elodietownsend.com \nKirsten Ann Dualan is a queer Filipino American poet and fiction writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. They hold a BA and MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Their work explores the intersections of sexuality\, class\, and gender under neoliberal capitalism. Kirsten’s work has been featured in Transfer Magazine. They live in San Francisco.
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event,Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250315T180000
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SUMMARY:The Balikbayan Artist & Other Chismis in the Filipino Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:The Balikbayan Artist and Other Chismis in the Filipino Diaspora\n \nSaturday\, March 15th\n6-7:30pm \nJoin us for a book party to celebrate the U.S. launch of Eileen R. Tabios’ The Balikbayan Artist hosted by the Peninsula Book Collaborative with PAWA & friends: Edwin Lozada\, Beverly Parayno\, Dina Klarisse\, Aileen Cassinetto\, & Melinda Luisa de Jesús \n  \nPanelist bios:\nEileen R. Tabios loves books and has released over 70 collections of poetry\, fiction\, essays\, and experimental biographies from publishers in 11 countries. She is the author of two novels\, The Balikbayan Artist (Penguin Random House SEA\, 2024) and DoveLion: A Fairy Tale for Our Times (AC Books\, New York\, 2021)\, as well as an autobiography\, The Inventor (Marsh Hawk Press\, 2023). She has also edited\, co-edited or conceptualized 15 anthologies of poetry\, fiction and essays which has involved hundreds of writers and artists around the world. \n  \nEdwin Lozada is an author and translator\, and the editor of Field of Mirrors: An Anthology of Philippine American Writers (2008). An educator in the California public school system for over 30 years\, he is also a member of the Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española correspondiente a la Academia Real Española\, President of Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA) Inc.\, Executive Director of the Filipino American International Book Festival\, and Co-Founder of The Hinabi Project\, a Bay Area nonprofit which seeks to educate and foster appreciation for indigenous Philippine textiles. \n  \nBeverly Parayno is the author of the story collection WILDFLOWERS (PAWA Press\, 2023)\, which was shortlisted for the 43rd Annual Northern California Book Awards; winner of a 2024 IPPY Bronze Medal and a 2024 National Indie Excellence Award for Asian American & Pacific Islander Fiction; and finalist for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards and 2024 American Fiction Awards. She serves on the board of PAWA and the Munster Literature Centre in Cork\, Ireland. She lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills and co-facilitates the Cameron Park Library Writers Workshop. \n  \nDina Klarisse Dugar is the author of Handspun Rosaries (2022). Her work has been published in ASU’s Canyon Voices\, The Daily Drunk Mag\, Chopsticks Alley\, and Kalopsia Literary Journal\, among others. She serves on PAWA’s Board of Directors\, and is a member of the Filipino American International Book Festival’s organizing committee.  \n  \nAileen Cassinetto is a 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow and San Mateo County’s poet laureate from 2019 to 2022. The co-founder of Paloma Press\, she serves on PAWA’s advisory board and the Filipino American International Book Festival’s advisory committee as well as the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women. \n  \nDr. Melinda Luisa de Jesús is former Chair and Associate Professor of Diversity Studies at California College of the Arts. She writes and teaches about Filipinx/American cultural production\, girl culture\, monsters\, and race/ethnicity in the United States. She edited Pinay Power: Peminist Critical Theory\, the first anthology of  Filipina/American Feminisms (Routledge\, 2005). Her first collection of poetry\, peminology\, was released by Paloma Press in March 2018. 
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/balikbayanartist/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Art Event,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading with Amanda Saeed
DESCRIPTION:Join us in April for Poetry month with a reading and discussion by local poet and artist\, Amanda Saeed. She is a lyrical poet from San Francisco\, with her poetry centering on hurt\, processing\, and healing in today’s tech-addicted\, vain age.
URL:https://peninsulabooks.org/event/poetry-reading-with-amanda-saeed/
LOCATION:Peninsula Books\, 441 Westlake Center\, Daly City\, 94015\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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