Community Poetry Readings with UCSB Reads & Goleta Valley Library
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Join UCSB Reads and Goleta Valley Library for an afternoon of poetry readings in celebration of National Poetry Month!
The event will kick off with a reading by former Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Afterward, other participants will read their selected poems to the audience.
Inspired by UCSB Reads and this year’s selection, Crying in H Mart, the event highlights poetry as a creative practice that, like memoir, allows personal stories to take form through creative expression and be shared with others.
How to participate? Please complete this form with your name and the title and author of the published poem you’d like to read by April 13th. All genres and styles are welcome. You are also welcome to submit original work. Participants will be confirmed and notified by April 15th. Whether you're sharing a published work or something you've written yourself, we encourage a diverse range of voices and styles.
This event is free and open to all students, staff, faculty, and community members.
The event may be photographed or recorded.
