Join us in celebrating and uplifting QTBIPOC poets from Los Angeles, Southern California, and beyond! We will gather beneath the waning crescent moon, in the community gallery space managed by LA's first POC-owned pottery studio. Featured poets include Alexis Aceves Garcia, Jai English, Mimi Tempestt, Bhion Achimba, andriniki gabriel mattis, Eman Ghanayem, and Thabile Makue.

Little Pot, 3220 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018. 6p-8p. Free and open to all.

Jamila Woods is an award-winning poet, musician, and interdisciplinary artist from Chicago. Her writing has been published in POETRY, Poets.org, The Offing, and several anthologies. She has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, The Poetry Foundation, and Civitella Ranieri. Her three solo albums, HEAVN (2017), LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019), and Water Made Us (2023) were released by JagJaguwar Records to critical acclaim. Jamila will give a reading of her work, followed by an interview and Q&A session with Occidental’s Writer-in-Residence, Chekwube Danladi.

Occidental College, Choi Auditorium, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90041. 12p - 1:15p Pacific. Free and open to all.

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As part of Occidental’s Community Book Program, Bennett will discuss her New York Times-bestselling novel The Vanishing Half with Occidental Writer-in-Residence and Visiting Assistant Professor of English Chekwube O. Danladi.

Occidental College, Thorne Hall, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA. 11:45a - 12:45p Pacific. Free and open to all.

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Nuit Noire is a monthly night of pan-African arts and culture, celebrating the rich diversity and profound impact of the African diaspora through visual arts, open essay readings, and short film screenings. Join us for our final night’s theme, Image Making as Rebellion, celebrating the works and legacy of Haile Gerima featuring films, visual arts and open readings by: Eric Vincent Riley, Zoë Davidson, Sha-Shonna Rogers, Chekwube Danladi, Afrah Aden, Symphony Blue, and Chántelle Adanna Agbro.

Gojo House, 726 N. La Brea Ave, Inglewood, CA 90302. 7p-11p Pacific. $7-10 entry fee.

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The Poetry Society of New York's Weekly Virtual Workshop Series. In this workshop, we will explore the potent possibilities of poetry as a vessel for writing toward resistance and liberation. We will encounter sample texts by poets who situate their work in social justice movements, and will draw upon their lessons to create our own poems of protest. 7p-8:15p Eastern. $20 per attendant.

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A monthly anarchist potluck featuring local and touring punk bands and a reading series. Readers include Kamala Puligandla, Lupita Limón Corrales, FRK.FKR (aka Chekwube Danladi), Punitive Worm, and more.

Church of Fun (at Melrose Ave and Madison Ave), Los Angeles, CA, 90029. 7p-10p. Free and open to all.

Novelist Justin Torres will give a reading of his National Book Award-winning new book, Blackouts, as part of Occidental College’s Visiting Writers Series. The reading will be followed by an interview and Q&A session with Occidental’s Writer-in-Residence, Chekwube Danladi. Presented by the Occidental College English Department.

Occidental College, Choi Auditorium, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA. 4:30p-6p. Free and open to all. 

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In 2020, a group of writers who met at a residency for women of color came together virtually from around the world for accountability and encouragement. They've seen each other through publications, residencies, rejections, moves, even motherhood. Come find out how workshopping, sharing and support became a lasting sisterhood you might create, too. Featuring Jen Soriano, Chekwube Danladi, Adriana Rambay Fernandez, Constance Collier-Mercado, Shilpi Suneja, and Rowena Alegria.

AWP 2024, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO. 10:30a-11:50a.

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The Georgia Review (GR) and the Charlotte Street Foundation (CS) invite you to an event celebrating the release of Brenda Ijiima’s debut novel, the work of Chekwube Danladi, as well as Kansas City’s literary and visual art scene. Featuring readings by Ijiima, Danladi, and two CS fellows: José Faus and Canese Jarboe.

Charlotte Street Foundation, 3333 Wyoming St., Kansas City, MO. 6p-8p. Free and open to the public.

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A fundraiser reading for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Featuring thirteen LA-based poets and writers. Organizers from Westside for Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Justice for Palestine, and the Palestinian Youth Movement will be sharing resources and information for those looking to become involved in the movement.

Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA. 6:30p-8:30p Pacific. $10-20 suggested donation.

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Poets féi hernandez, Jennifer Espinoza, Chekwube Danladi, & Charles Jensen read from their newest collections, celebrating queer & trans voices in SoCal. Presented in partnership with Lambda Literary, the largest arts organization dedicated to amplifying LGBTQIA+ poets across the U.S.

Beyond Baroque. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA. 3:30p-4:30p Pacific. Free and open to all.

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A poetry reading to raise funds for Palestinian activist and relief organizations: The Palestinian Medical Relief Society (Gaza) and The Palestinian Feminist Collective (California). Featuring féi hernandez, Muriel Leung, Sarah Yanni, Ivanna Baranova, z.No scott, Chekwube Danladi, Anca Roncea, and Raj Chakrapani.

All Power Books, 4874 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016. 7p-9p Pacific. Free and open to all.

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Please join the English Department for a reading and conversation featuring poet and essayist Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and poet and novelist Chekwube Danladi, Occidental College’s Writer-in-Residence.

Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA. 3:30p-4:30p. Free and open to all.

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Award-winning poet and sound artist, Jonah Mixon-Webster, will give a reading of his work, as part of Occidental College’s Visiting Writers Series. The reading will be followed by an interview and Q&A session with Occidental’s Writer-in-Residence, Chekwube Danladi. Presented by the Occidental College English Department in collaboration with OXY ARTS.

OXY ARTS, 4757 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042. 7:15-8:45p Pacific. Free and open to all.

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RELATOS is an intergenerational reading and community gathering honoring women's herstories & futures. A participatory workshop will warm up the space, followed by live readings from luminary LA writers and global guests: Amy Shimshon-Santo, Chekwube Danladi, Zaynab Naanzem Riba Dabup, Jenise Miller, Lena Cole Dennis, Luivette Resto, Carribean Fragoza, Angelina Sáenz, Karen Llagas, Jade Adia, Jireh Deng, Felicia “Onyi” Richards, Reva Santo, and Obiageli A. Iloakasia.

Brasil Brasil Cultural Center, 12453 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. 5p-6:30 Pacific. Free and open to all.

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Publishing-in-Transit is a new monthly series celebrating contemporary literary editors, all of the often-unrecognized work that they do, and the community-based and conversational nature of contemporary innovative literary publishing. Cave Canem Programs Manager Malcolm Tariq and poets Chekwube Danladi, Brionne Janae, and Wale Ayinla join writer and literary critic Cole Swensen for a conversation on literary publishing. We open with readings by the featured poets, and close with a reading from Tariq. 12p CT. Free and open to all.

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A poetry reading by Chekwube Danladi, winner of the 2019 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and Logan February, winner of the 2020 Future Awards Africa Prize for Literature from their award-winning debut poetry collections, respectively. Chibuihe Obi Achimba, the 2019-2020 Harvard University Scholar-at-Risk fellow and currently an M.F.A. candidate at Brown University, will moderate this session. 4:30p CT. Free and open to all.

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A celebration of queer poetry featuring Kay Ulanday Barrett, Muriel Leung, Hazem Fahmy, Chekwube O. Danladi, Aldo Amparán, and Faylita Hicks. 8p CT. Free and open to all.

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Virtual poetry reading with Natalie Eilbert, author of INDICTUS and Swan Feast. Hosted by Women & Children First bookstore, Chicago, IL. 7p CST. Free and open to all.

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Southern Methodist University presents the inaugural Dallas Literary Festival. Chekwube Danladi, author of Semiotics, winner of the 2019 Cave Canem Poetry Prize in conversation with Tyehimba Jess, author of Olio, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. With an introduction by Kendra Allen, author of When You Learn the Alphabet and The Collection Plate. 2p CST. Free and open to all.

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Writers on the Rise is a spotlight reading series designed to uplift and amplify the diverse talent of a wide range of voices and creative visions. Hosted by Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. 6p CST. Free and open to all.

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A series that amplifies the artistic work, practices and impact of Black faculty and staff at SAIC. Inaugural panel features Shawné Michaelain Holloway, Chekwube Danladi, and Myia Brown. 4:30p CST. Free; open to SAIC community (including students, staff, faculty).

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Virtual poetry reading with Khaty Xiong, author of Poor Anima, and S. Brook Corfman, author of Luxury, Blue Lace and My Daily Actions, or The Meteorites. Hosted by White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA. 6p CST. Free and open to all.

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In partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival, featuring UW Alumni James Crews, Chekwube Danladi, Rachel Swearingen, and Angela Voras-Hills, for their newest books, Bluebird, Semiotics, How To Walk on Water, Louder Birds. 7p CST. Free and open to all.

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A virtual roundtable & reading moderated by Logan February. This panel will feature Romeo Oriogun, IS Jones, Chibuihe Obi Achimba, and Chekwube O. Danladi. 11a CST/6p WAT. Free and open to all.

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Virtual poetry reading with Chioma Urama, author of A Body of Water, winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize. Co-hosted by the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, and Seminary Co-op bookstore, Chicago, IL. 8p CST. Free and open to all.

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Poetry workshop and discussion in engagement with SAIC’s celebration of the recent anthology, A Garden of Black Joy. 5p CST. Free; open to SAIC community (including students, staff, faculty).

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