past POET LAUREATE events

NOVEMBER 13, 2024 | HARDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
5:30pm—7:00PM
BAY AREA VOICES
a conversation about novels, the poems, and WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS with Shanthi SekAran and Vanessa Hua

OCTOBER 21, 2024 | hana gardens (10870 San Pablo Ave)
PUBLIC, 7:00—8:30PM
DROP-IN Community Poetry Circle w/ El Cerrito Poet Laureate Tess Taylor
Bring a poem of someone else’s you admire to read and one of your own if you’d like.

OCTOBER 16, 2024
for ECHS students: Lunchtime mentorship
Tess and poet Blaise Zerega, of Alta Magazine, lunch meeting with ECHS literary magazine staff

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024 | EL CERRITO PUBLIC LIBRARY (6510 STOCKTON AVENUE)
PUBLIC, 10:30AM—12:00PM
75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION -- TESS TAYLOR DAY! El Cerrito Author Series

September 11, 2024
for ECHS students: Lunchtime mentorship
Tess and poet Alan Charazo, of KQED, lunch meeting with El Cerrito High School (ECHS) literary magazine staff