Events
Upcoming
I’ll keep you posted. :-)
Past
2015
June 20, 8pm
East Bay Book Release Party
Woolsey Heights
1628 Woolsey Street Apt C, Berkeley
w/ Camille Roy & Janice Sapigao
Venue is up one flight of stairs
June 27, 7pm
Saturday Night Special
Nick's Lounge
3218 Adeline Street, Berkeley
w/ Keenan Norris
Venue is accessible
July 10, 7pm
San Francisco Book Release Party
Alley Cat Books
3036 24th Street, San Francisco
w/ The Third Thing & Maisha Z. Johnson
Venue is accessible
July 23
Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop
126A Front Street, Brooklyn
w/ Emily Brandt, Marie Buck, Camille Rankine, & Marina Weiss
Venue entrance has steps
July 25, 2:30 pm
The New York City Poetry Festival
Colonels Row, Governors Island, NYC
The White Horse Stage
Appearing as a guest of No, Dear
Venue and ferry are accessible
July 31, 7 pm
Secret House Reading
San Francisco
August 27
Lecture on Fibromyalgia/Hysteria
Wundercabinet Pop-Up Lecture Series at Haxan Film Festival
E.M. Wolfman Books
410 13th Street, Oakland
Venue is accessible
September 25, 7:30 pm
Skylight Books
w/ Maggie Nelson
1818 N Vermont Ave, LA
Venue is accessible
October 9, 7 pm
The Switch Reading Series
w/ Ashley Toliver
1001 SE Division Street, Portland, OR
Venue is accessible
October 16, 7 pm
Litquake: Rad Ladies Lit
The Grand Newsstand
40 Market Street (at Steuart), San Francisco
Venue is accessible (outdoors)
November 3 - 9
The Louder Tender Tour
w/ Paul Ebenkamp
November 3, 7 pm
The 2x2 Reading Series
The Purple Palace
362 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
w/ Krysten Hill and Sam Cha
Venue is accessible
November 4, 6:30 pm
House reading hosted by Laura Warman
Amherst, MA
Contact me for address
w/ Delia Pless
November 5, 7 pm
Anthology Reading Series
Brown University's Granoff Center for the Creative Arts
154 Angell Street, Providence, RI
Venue is accessible
November 6, 7:30 pm
Frank O'Hara's Last Lover Series
Snocky's Oyster & Crab House
1020 S 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA
w/ Gabriel Ojeda-Sague
Venue is accessible
November 7, 7:30 pm
Federal Dust Series
House reading
1 Summerfield Rd, Baltimore, MD
w/ Lynne Price and Erik Pecukonis
November 8, 6 pm
Upshur Street Books
827 Upshur Street NW, Washington, DC
w/ M. Mack and Tyler Vile
Venue is accessible
November 9, 7 pm
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street, New York City
w/ Leila Ortiz, Carolyn Lazard, and Marisa Crawford
Venue is accessible
2016
January 7, 7:30pm
The Lucky Number 7 Show
with Hope Gutwrench, Amy Burek, Nia King, and Julia Arredondo
E.M. Wolfman Books
410 13th Street, Oakland
Venue is accessible
March 26, 4pm
Sick Fest
Chapter 510
2301 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
w/ Johanna Hedva, Neve Be, Liz Henry, & others
Venue is accessible
March 31, 7:30pm
Sick / Tender / Haunted
South of Sunset
1218 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles
w/ Johanna Hedva & Catherine Czacki
April 1, 5pm
Timeless, Infinite Featherboard
1518 Paloma Street, #201, Los Angeles
w/ Steffi Drewes, Emerson Whitney, Angel Dominguez, & more
April 17, 5pm
In conversation with Esme Weijun Wang, on the occasion of her book release
Green Apple Books on the Park
1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco
Venue is accessible
April 27, 7pm
Literary Speakeasy at Martuni's
4 Valencia Street, San Francisco
April 30, 5pm
National Indie Bookstore Day reading
w/ Alexandra Naughton & others
Alley Cat Bookstore & Gallery
3036 24th Street, San Francisco
Venue is accessible
June 20, 6pm
Gala Opening Party for Dog Eared Books Castro
489 Castro Street, San Francisco
w/ Rebecca Solnit, Katrina Dodson, Armistead Maupin, Brontez Purnell, & more
October 15, 6pm
Lit Crawl Reading
Fayes Video & Espresso Bar
San Francisco
w/ Janice Sapigao & Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta
Venue is accessible
October 21
Open Press: How Is Publishing an Act of Writing?
Representing Mondo Bummer Books
Los Angeles
October 22
Open Press Closing Reading
Poetic Research Bureau
Los Angeles
October 29, 6pm - 11pm
Peninsula DIY's Monster Bash
w/ Lora Mathis, Sojourner Ahébée, & Petheaven
South San Francisco, address TBA!
Venue is accessible
Venue has a bouncy castle
December 28
House Reading
Brooklyn, NY
Details forthcoming
2017
February 17, 7pm
Alley Cat Books
w/ Yalitza Ferreras, David Kuhnlein, Kellie Nadler & Addy Melunaski
April 5, 7pm
Inside Storytime at the Make-Out Room
3325 22nd Street, San Francisco
w/ Ethel Rohan, Jon Sindell, Peg Alford Pursell, &Christine No
April 29, 3pm
LOBA Poetry Reading Series
Mendocino County Library
105 N Main Street, Ukiah, CA
w/ Teen Poetry Open Mic
June 30, 7 pm
Curate & Create at Alley Cat Books
3036 24th Street, San Francisco
w/ Paul Ebenkamp
Venue is accessible
August 10, 7 pm
Why There Are Words at Studio 333
333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, CA
September 1, 7 pm
Fleet Wood
839 Larkin Street, San Francisco
w/ Jennifer Williams & Jacob Kahn
September 2, 6:30 pm
Beast Crawl: The Oak, an SPD Books Reading
Econo Jam Records
2519 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
w/ Ivy Johnson, Leora Fridman, & Lindsey Boldt
September 18, 7:30 pm
Alley Cat Books
3036 24th Street, San Francisco
w/ Meghan Lamb, Jayinee Basu, & Kara Krewer
Venue is accessible
October 8, 4:00 pm
The Bindery
1727 Haight Street, San Francisco
w/ Hailey Higdon, Tanya Holtland, Amy K. Bell & more
Venue is accessible
October 14, 6:30 pm
Lit Crawl: Prose Before Bros
w/ Meagan Day & Jordan Karnes
Dog Eared Books
900 Valencia Street, San Francisco
w/ Jordan Karnes & Meagan Day
October 24, 7:00 pm
Get Lit at Ale Industries
3096 E. 10th Street, Oakland
November 3, 7:00 pm
Antenna / Room 220
w/ Chanel Clarke, Aran Donovan, Elizabeth Gross, Megan McHugh & Cassie Pruyn
3718 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans
2018
April 1
Wolfman Books
w/ Diana Arterian
E.M. Wolfman Books
410 13th Street, Oakland
Venue is accessible
2019
January 30, 7pm
Moe’s Bookstore
2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley
w/ Sadie Dupuis
March 14, Doors at 5, Talks at 7
Place Talks at the Prelinger Library
301 8th Street #215
San Francisco
August 13, 7pm
Happy Endings Reading Series
The Make-Out Room
3325 22nd Street, San Francisco
October 17, 7pm
The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series
Caren Beilin and Amy Berkowitz, reading and in conversation
The Poetry Center
HUM 512, SF State University, 1600 Holloway
Venue is accessible
October 18, 7pm
Book launch for Caren Beilin’s Blackfishing the IUD
In conversation with Caren Beilin
E.M. Wolfman Bookstore
410 13th Street, Oakland
Venue is accessible but restroom is up a flight of stairs
October 23, 5pm
UCSD New Writing Series
Geisel Library, Seuss Room
La Jolla, CA
Venue is accessible
December 7, 6pm
San Francisco, CA
Babylon Salon at the Armory Club
1799 Mission Street
w/ Jamel Brinkley, Chia-Chia Lin, Thea Matthews, and Celeste Chan
2020
February 24, 6:30 pm
Sick and Tender: Sini Anderson and Amy Berkowitz in Conversation
NYU Center for Disability Studies
239 Greene Street, 8th Floor Commons
Venue is accessible
February 27, 6:30 pm
East City Bookshop
Washington, DC
w/ Jeannie Vanasco
2021
September 17, 7pm
Unnameable Books (in the backyard)
Brooklyn
600 Vanderbilt Ave
w/ Ben Fama, Hossannah Asuncion, Sophia Dahlin, Moncho Alvarado
October 21, 12pm
Resting Up Collective x The Remote Body
Virtual event
w/ Jennifer Brough
To RSVP, email theremotebody@gmail.com with ‘resting up collective - Amy Berkowitz’ in the subject line
2022
July 16
Backyard reading
San Francisco
w/ Matt Roar
Message me for address
2023
Tuesday, March 14, 7pm
Green Apple Books
w/ Sadie Dupuis and Lio Min
✨ Gravitas summer ✨
Saturday, June 3, 3pm
Light Jacket #3
Outdoors at Portals of the Past in Golden Gate Park (closest entrance: 25th and Fulton)
San Francisco
w/ Misha Crafts, Kelly Hoffer, and Angel Dominguez
Tuesday, June 6, 5pm PST (6pm MST, 7pm CST, 8pm EST)
Virtual Book Launch hosted by Shelf Life Books, Calgary
w/ co-translator Daphné B.
RSVP here for the Zoom link
Saturday, June 10, 5pm
Backyard reading
San Francisco
w/ Justin Robinson, London Pinkney, Joshua Burton, and George Albon
Message me for details
Wednesday, July 26, 6pm
Amy Berkowitz in conversation with Truong Tran, moderated by Emily Pinkerton
Offsite event hosted by Green Apple Books on the Park
Near the Big Rec Ball Field in Golden Gate Park (closest entrance: 9th and Lincoln)
Light refreshments at 6pm, reading at 7pm
✨✨✨ International East Coast Tour ✨✨✨
Philadelphia | Sunday, August 27 at 1pm
Bring a Blanket Reading Series
Washington Square Park, Philadelphia
w/ Alexandra Naughton, Maya Arthur, Sadie Dupuis, Gina Myers + ✨WCWPCCS poets✨
Montreal | Thursday, August 31 at 5pm
Éditions du Noroît Pop Up!
Parc Baldwin, Montreal
w/ translators Daphné B and Marie Frankland
Florence, MA | Sunday, September 3 at 7pm
Bookends
80 Maple St, Florence, MA
w/ Zoe Tuck, Imogen Xtian Smith, Erica Dawn Lyle, Olivia Nied, and Natalie Roll
Brooklyn | Tuesday, September 5 at 7pm
Unnameable Books backyard
615 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn
w/ Marisa Crawford, Emily Brandt, Leila Ortiz, and Matt L. Roar
Brooklyn | Thursday, September 7 at 7pm
Exquisites at Art Cafe + Bar
884 Pacific Street, Brooklyn
w/ Ghinwa Jawhari, Raphael Lassauze, Elliott Sky Case, and Noah Arhm Choi
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September 17, 1pm
Sunset Poets Reading
Blackbird Books
4541 Irving Street, San Francisco