Exalted Verse: Poets at Grace Cathedral

Sun Oct 16 2022 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

3152 Mission St | San Francisco

Litquake
Publisher/HostLitquake
Exalted Verse: Poets at Grace Cathedral
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Litquake returns to San Francisco’s gothic and gorgeous Grace Cathedral for a special evening of exalted verse.
About this Event

Litquake returns to San Francisco’s gothic and gorgeous Grace Cathedral for a special evening of exalted verse, celebrating the sacred and profane, domestic and divine, with poetry in the pews from Saeed Jones, Amanda Moore, Shelley Wong, A.A. Vincent, and a special guest poet from Youth Speaks. Curated and hosted by D.A. Powell and Preeti Vangani. Books available for sale onsite. Support your local authors and booksellers! FREE, $5-10 suggested donation

Saeed Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Lewisville, Texas. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and GQ, and he has been featured on public radio programs including NPR’s Fresh Air, Pop Culture Happy Hour, It’s Been A Minute with Sam Sanders, and All Things Considered. His newest book is the poetry collection Alive at the End of the World (Coffee House Press). He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his dog, Caesar.

Amanda Moore’s debut collection of poetry, Requeening (Ecco 2021), was selected for the 2020 National Poetry Series by Ocean Vuong. Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies including Best New Poets, ZYZZYVA, and LitHub, and her essays have appeared in Catapult, The Baltimore Review, and Hippocampus Magazine. Amanda is a high school English teacher in San Francisco, where she lives with her husband and daughter.


A.A. Vincent is a Bay Area poet and essayist originally from Chicago. They received their MFA from the University of San Francisco. Some of their poems have appeared in places like Quiet Lightning, Street Sheet SF, Santa Clara Review, West Trestle Review, and in Write Now! SF Bay, Essential Truths: The Bay Area In Color, with more forthcoming. They are the co-editor of the forthcoming The HerMana Anthology, and are a 2021 Best New Poets Nominee. Their first book, Person, Perceived Girl was published in 2022 by Barrow Street Press.


Shelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books, 2022), winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, and New England Review. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Kundiman, MacDowell, and Vermont Studio Center. She is an affiliate artist at Headlands Center for the Arts and lives in San Francisco.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

3152 Mission St, 3152 Mission Street, San Francisco, United States

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