Special Collaboration with UCSB Reads and Goleta Valley Library

The Goleta Valley Library has partnered with UCSB Reads for a special Community Poetry Reading as part of National Poetry Month. Taking place on Wednesday, April 22 from 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. at UCSB Library, the event will kick off with a reading by current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Afterward, other participants will read their selected poems to the audience.

If you are interested in sharing a poem, register and submit your poem by April 13th with this form that includes your name and the title and author of the published poem you’d like to read. All genres and styles are welcome. You are also welcome to submit original work. Participants will be confirmed and notified by April 15th. Whether you’re sharing a published work or something you’ve written yourself, we encourage a diverse range of voices and styles.

Inspired by UCSB Reads and this year’s selection, Crying in H Mart, the event highlights poetry as a creative practice that, like memoir, allows personal stories to take form through creative expression and be shared with others.

This event is free and open to all students, staff, faculty, and community members. The event may be photographed or recorded.

UCSB Reads, a program of the UCSB Library, brings the campus and Santa Barbara communities together each year for dialogue about important topical issues while reading a common book.

We hope to see you at UCSB Library on April 22!