Updated March 8, 2025.
Poets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the destruction of the environment, the unbridled use of power, the pervasive narrative that Black lives do not matter, patriarchy, reproductive injustice for women, silent support for the US prison-industrial complex, and the lack of compassion for diverse gender identity, immigrants, the indigenous, and unsheltered populations. The editorial team worked tirelessly for six weeks to publish this anthology before the January 20, 2025 inauguration.
Lead Editors: Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E. Nelson
Editorial Board: allia abdullah-matta, CChristy White, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Robert Lashley, Roxi Power & Theresa Whitehill
UPCOMING READINGS
Thursday, March 27, 2025, Off-site AWP at Cal State – 5151 State University Dr, Los Angeles, CA
L.A.Music Hall, Theater Building. (Uber Drop off at Circle Drive). Across from the Luckman Theater there’s a parking structure with pay stations. 1A is the Music Hall on the map (see below), so people can park in the structure across Circle Dr. (and pay at the pay station) or be dropped off on Circle Drive between 29 and 29B.
Join poets Rodrigo Toscano, Elizabeth Robinson, Susanne Dyckman, Mark Scroggins, Dana Teen Lomax, Dion O’Reilly, Holly Hughes, Matt Trease and more for our gala launch of an anthology of 100+ poets assembled between the election and inauguration day– Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election (Carbonation Press, 2025). We will gather in creative non-violent resistance and compassionate community in the beautiful Music Hall with hosts and co-editors Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E. Nelson, Roxi Power, and Robert Lashley. Doors 6:30. Reception to follow with book sales and signing.
April 1, 7pm Bookshop Santa Cruz. https://bookshopsantacruz.com/winter-in-america Robert Lashley, Paul E. Nelson, Matt Trease, Dane Cervine, Julia Chiapella, Dion O’Reilly, Roxi Power.
April 15, 7pm Inter Act Poetry at Satori Arts, Santa Cruz. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Veronica Eldredge, Dane Cervine, Julia Chiapella, Roxi Power, Dion O’Reilly, David Sullivan.
April 26, 2pm PST. Lit Balm Interactive Livestream Reading Series: https://litbalm.org/
Ad will be posted soon. Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Paul E. Nelson, Mark Nowak, Rodrigo Toscano
April 27, 2pm PST. Lit Balm Interactive Livestream Reading Series. https://litbalm.org/
allia abdullah-matta, Petra Kuppers, Bill Lavender, Roxi Power, Fred Wah
Thursday, May 1, 7pm
Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
Editors, Katie Sarah Zale, Paul E Nelson, Publisher Greg Bem, Tetsuzen Jason Wirth, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Matt Trease, Robert Lashley, Zach Charles, Stacey Jones, Terran Campbell.
Cal State L.A. campus map
February 15, 2025 Tucson Readers
Past Readings:
Saturday, March 1, 7pm, Et. Al. Books
2831A Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Maxine Chernoff, Susanne Dyckman, Paul Hoover, Roxi Power, Elizabeth Robinson & Kit Robinson (FLYER)
Photos, Chernoff, Hoover, Dyckman, E. Robinson, K. Robinson:
Audio from KPFK-FM Bibliocracy Radio March 6
Audio from KPFK-FM Bibliocracy Radio Feb 27
Audio from KPFK-FM Bibliocracy Radio Feb 20
Audio from KPSK-FM Bibliocracy Radio program Feb 13
