FOURTH SATURDAYS POETRY READINGS
Poetry at the Claremont Public Library
208 Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA
February 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The next Fourth Saturdays Poetry Reading will be on February 28 at 2:00 PM and will feature Elline Lipkin & Prageeta Sharma.
Prageeta Sharma is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Onement Won (Wave Books, 2025); Grief Sequence (Wave Books, 2019) a narrative reflection on grief over the loss of a loved one; and Undergloom (Fence Books, 2013). She is the founder of the conference Thinking Its Presence: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Race, Creative Writing, and Artistic and Aesthetic Practices. A recipient of the 2010 Howard Foundation Award and a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s 2020 Four Quartets Prize, she has taught at The New School for Social Research, Goddard College, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and the University of Montana, and is now the Henry G. Lee ’37 professor of English at Pomona College.
Elline Lipkin is a poet, nonfiction writer, and academic. She holds an MFA and a PhD in Creative Writing and was a Research Scholar with UCLA's Center for the Study of Women. Her first book, The Errant Thread, was chosen by Eavan Boland for the Kore Press First Book Award. Part of the Seal Studies series, her second book, Girls' Studies, explores contemporary girlhood. Her third is Girl in a Forest, released in October 2025 by Trio House Press. A finalist for the AWP Kurt Brown prize, she has also been a mentor for Writer to Writer and is active with WriteGirl in Los Angeles. The Proem is her monthly Substack. For two years, she served her community as editor of the Altadena Poetry Review and Poet Laureate.
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Prageeta Sharma is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Onement Won (Wave Books, 2025); Grief Sequence (Wave Books, 2019) a narrative reflection on grief over the loss of a loved one; and Undergloom (Fence Books, 2013). She is the founder of the conference Thinking Its Presence: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Race, Creative Writing, and Artistic and Aesthetic Practices. A recipient of the 2010 Howard Foundation Award and a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s 2020 Four Quartets Prize, she has taught at The New School for Social Research, Goddard College, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and the University of Montana, and is now the Henry G. Lee ’37 professor of English at Pomona College.
Elline Lipkin is a poet, nonfiction writer, and academic. She holds an MFA and a PhD in Creative Writing and was a Research Scholar with UCLA's Center for the Study of Women. Her first book, The Errant Thread, was chosen by Eavan Boland for the Kore Press First Book Award. Part of the Seal Studies series, her second book, Girls' Studies, explores contemporary girlhood. Her third is Girl in a Forest, released in October 2025 by Trio House Press. A finalist for the AWP Kurt Brown prize, she has also been a mentor for Writer to Writer and is active with WriteGirl in Los Angeles. The Proem is her monthly Substack. For two years, she served her community as editor of the Altadena Poetry Review and Poet Laureate.
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Upcoming Fourth Saturdays poetry readings at 2:00 PM unless otherwise noted:
Fourth Saturday Poetry Readings are free and open to the public. Books will usually be available for purchase. Please note that Fourth Saturdays follows Los Angeles County Covid guidelines. Please follow local COVID-19 protocols as needed and make the choices (such as wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing) that make you feel most comfortable.
Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library is a free monthly poetry reading series organized by local poets Lucia Galloway Dick, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Genevieve Kaplan, and George Hammons.
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Also, visit us at Poets & Poetry in Claremont
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Would you be interested in reading your poetry at a Fourth Saturdays Poetry Reading?
Please apply at https://form.jotform.com/81575268800158
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This series is supported by the Friends of the Claremont Library.
- Saturday, March 28, 2026: Jessica Laser & TBA
- Saturday, April 25, 2026: Patty Seyburn & Allison Hedge Coke
Fourth Saturday Poetry Readings are free and open to the public. Books will usually be available for purchase. Please note that Fourth Saturdays follows Los Angeles County Covid guidelines. Please follow local COVID-19 protocols as needed and make the choices (such as wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing) that make you feel most comfortable.
Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library is a free monthly poetry reading series organized by local poets Lucia Galloway Dick, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Genevieve Kaplan, and George Hammons.
https://www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry
Also, visit us at Poets & Poetry in Claremont
https://www.facebook.com/groups/193631171279213
Would you be interested in reading your poetry at a Fourth Saturdays Poetry Reading?
Please apply at https://form.jotform.com/81575268800158
Note: blue links open in a new browser window.
This series is supported by the Friends of the Claremont Library.