Poetry World Series 2024: Litquake Edition
Schedule
Sat Oct 19 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
Make-Out Room | San Francisco, CA
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We're back! Two teams of award-winning poets--including Armen Davoudian, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Cindy Ok, Mimi Tempestt, Joseph Rios, and Dashaun Washington--take turns batting at topics pitched to them by the audience. Emceed by Daniel Handler and umpired by Brynn Saito and Andrew Sean Greer.Fastballs, curveballs, knuckleballs: these poets won't know what's coming next! Hilarity and stunning work guaranteed. Eminently qualified umpires will score each batter's reading, and the winning team takes the series title. Book sale/signing follows the reading.
Doors open at 6:30; tickets available here: https://litquake2024.sched.com/event/1jA45/poetry-world-series-litquake-edition
Don't forget to bring a topic to stump the poets with!
As Marianne Moore wrote, “Writing is exciting / and baseball is like writing. / You can never tell with either / how it will go.”
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Where is it happening?
Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110-3006, United States,San Francisco, CaliforniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: