Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning poets and writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. For the month of January, A Celebration of Queer Poetics and Lyrics & Dirges unite to start the year with magic, hope and powerful poets: Lauren Smith, Lorenz Mazon Dumuk, Keana Aguila Labra, Tatiana Ixchel Luboviski-Acosta, Mukethe Kawinzi. Presented by Lourdes Figueroa, MK Chavez, and Sharon Coleman.
