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A place dedicated to the possibilities of language || Workshops, readings, art, performances, and bookstore. Est. 1968 in Venice, California. https://www.beyondbaroque.org/
Join us on Wednesday, March 4 for a presentation Speaking in Tongues/Hablando en Lenguas: Poesía Mexa-Chicanx, comprised of four books that bring together eight Chicanx poets.
Tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/speaking-in-tongues-hablando-en-lenguas-conversacion-y-lectura-de-poesia-tickets-1982923835571
Join us at Beyond Baroque for an evening with Punk Rock legend, Richard Hell. He will be reading from his novel “Godlike” & book-signing in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
Get tickets here www.eventbrite.com/e/godlike-richard-hell-at-beyond-baroque-tickets-1982935198558
Repost from @mayorofla:
Applications are now open for the City of Los Angeles Poet Laureate. This role calls for a visionary storyteller who can reflect Los Angeles as it is, imagine what it can become, and inspire emerging writers.
Apply today www.lapl.org/los-angeles-poet-laureate-submissions
Tomorrow night! Join us for a live performance by artist Víctor Mortales. Overnight: A Body at Rest Produces Images extends the artist’s ongoing investigation into rest, dwelling, and image-making. Register now www.eventbrite.com/e/overnight-a-body-at-rest-produces-images-tickets-1983468550829!
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Join us to celebrate the completion of the 2026 Manuscript Lab at Beyond Baroque! Participants from this year and last year’s cohort will give readings highlighting the work they have accomplished.
RSVP at the link here www.eventbrite.com/e/the-manuscript-lab-reading-tickets-1983041479447!
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We’re looking forward to this month and the rest of the year, so keep an eye on our events calendar for more exciting events and workshops.
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Beyond Baroque started 2026 off strong with multiple book launches, group readings, film screenings, and a gallery exhibition! Our staff participated in nationwide protests, we relaunched the 2nd year of our Manuscript Lab, and we said farewell to two of our wonderful interns, Zoe and Anika.
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Join us for a reading and interpretation of “What is Authority” by Hannah Arendt and The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey. Table Reading sessions are hosted at Beyond Baroque, led by Renée Petropoulos and the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project (FRDLP).
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Suzanne Jill Levine will be reading from "A Translator's Memoir" followed by a conversation with author Erik Noonan. 02/07/26
In this witty and incisive memoir, Suzanne Jill Levine–winner of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation–establishes a new way of writing about a translator's life.
Join us at Stories this Sunday for An Evening of Beyond Baroque Poetics: A Release event celebrating zirconium ash by jimmy vega.
The BB team will join jimmy to read newly published and unpublished work, featuring Iván Salinas, Genesis Perez, Rhiannon Cielos Chavez, Barbara Fant, & Zoë Edeskuty.
THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our end-of-year campaign! Your combined contributions helped us surpass our end-of-year goal! Thank you for being a part of our family for 57 years. Help us continue our legacy by attending our upcoming programs and visiting our bookstore!
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If you can't become a member at this time, no problem! Regular admission for our events is $10 or $6 for students and seniors. We encourage you to support us in whichever way you can, including taking advantage of the last couple days of our bookstore's winter sale!
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Welcome to a new year at Beyond Baroque! We can't wait to show you what's in store. Keep a lookout for our upcoming events, and be sure to purchase a membership to get into most of our paid programs for FREE! Members also get other benefits such as discounts in our bookstore and our workshops.
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Please join us this Friday for a celebration of Heidi Seaborn’s collection, where she’ll be reading alongside Erin Marie Lynch, Matthew Gellman, and Nick Martino. Tickets available at the link here ww.eventbrite.com/e/heidi-seaborn-erin-marie-lynch-matthew-gellman-nick-martino-tickets-1977747696600!
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This #poetrytuesday, we’d like to share Heidi Seaborn’s poem “Forty-Two Days Until The Election—“ from her recent collection tic tic tic (Cornerstone Press). We hope you enjoy this poem as much as we did.
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Join us for an afternoon of healing through written word. Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025.
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology, featuring new work from second-time winner Lou Mathews. Reading also is Tommy Moore, Kim Samek, Michael Mark, & Melissa McKinstry. Get tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pushcart-prize-reading-tickets-1980130584883
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Join us for an afternoon of healing through written word. Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025.
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
As writers, artists, and as a community space for cultivating writing, we must build, organize, and resist.
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Renée’s murder by ICE in Minneapolis on January 8th echoes the many lives we continue to lose by extrajudicial sanctioned state violence, lives like Keith Porter’s on December 31, 2025, Silverio Villegas González’s on September 12, 2025, and the 30+ people we have lost and continue to lose
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Join us for a book signing & poetry reading celebrating Noa Micaela Fields’s new collection, E, featuring readings by special guests féi iká shumarí, Raquel Gutiérrez, and imogen smith. Reading will include ASL interpretation by poet & interpreter Mona Jean Cedar.
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Join us for the closing reception of East of Western curated by Joan Ganny. In tandem with the exhibition’s closure, this intergenerational reading of Charles Bukowski’s poetry features several poets from across Los Angeles.
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We’re taking a look back on our 2025! Swipe through to see all that we’ve accomplished! Thank you to everyone who attended our programs, workshops, art exhibitions and fundraisers.
Help us finish the year strong by donating to our end-of-year-campaign! beyondbaroque.charityproud.org/donate
In-person new and renewing members will receive a Beyond Baroque hardcover journal or a title from the Beyond Baroque catalog!
This year we are offering warm refreshments while you browse as well as free gift wrapping with any purchase. Our sale runs every Friday and Saturday till December 20th!
Come by Beyond Baroque Fridays & Saturdays 12–6PM to check out our winter sale!
• Discounted overstock titles
• Buy 2, get 1 free deals on used books
• $25 apparel
• Free Beyond Baroque zip pouches w/ purchases of $30 or more!
