5 poems about Palestine with Genny Lim (poet) and Hafez Modirzadeh (saxophone). These poems were written ten years before Oct. 7, 2023 when the Hamas attacks on Israel triggered a retaliatory siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. I wrote the poems at the peak of Palestinian resistance, when peaceful demonstrations were violently met with […]
“We the People solemnly swear to Manifest our Common Destiny as a diverse and multicultural global humanity with respect and recognition of the freedom, equality and sovereignty of all nations and peoples on our blessed planet earth, in opposition to the destructive and unsustainable path of war, extraction, over-consumption and imperialism, on which the colonial […]
An Afternoon of Poetry & Conversation on Sunday, August 27, 2023 at 4pm East Hawai’i Cultural Center, 141 Kalākaua St., Hilo, HI 96720 This event is free, but advance reservations are required. Click HERE to reserve your spot! For more information, visit the East Hawai’i Cultural Center website https://ehcc.org/
Japan Day Celebration, July 9, 12pm-5pm. Free The Imperceptible Nature – 1:15pm-1:45pm on the Peace Plaza Stage GenRyu Arts and the Merchants of the Japan Center Malls present Japan Week. This summer cultural festival returns in its 11th year celebrating the culture of Japan and Japantown. Throughout the first week of July, there will be […]
Sat, May 6th, 2023 at 4:00 pm This Zoom event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is requested. This new writing workshop conducted by Genny Lim brings together young and mature writers from across the AAPI/BIPOC/LBGTQ diaspora. Their fresh, powerful voices celebrate and reclaim their identities from the destructive narrative of the […]
Friday, April 28th, 2023 at 5 pm on Zoom. This event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is requested. APICC is proud to present this live-streamed reading by artists, educators, veteran activists and writers of all levels from the AAPI community. They will share their stories and poems written in the course […]
Sunday, March 26, 6 PM; Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, CA Leticia Hernández (Host), featuring poetry by: Naomi H. Quiñonez, M.K.Chavez, Genny Lim
Feb 18, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM; Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA 3rd Saturday Poetry in Chinatown is a monthly reading series. It is curated by poet Greg Pond. In this series, each reading will have two featured poets. There will be an open mic before and after […]
Monday, December 5, 7pm to 8pm Bethany Methodist Church Odd Mondays welcomes authors Peter Kupfer, Genny Lim, and Michael David Lukas on Monday, December 5 from 7pm to 8pm in-person at 1270 Sanchez Street (Bethany Methodist Church) in Noe Valley, San Francisco. Free admission. Masks required by the venue. One block west of the Clipper […]
Sunday, October 30, 2022, 5pm to 7pm at the new Baobab, 2243 Mission St., between 18th & 19th