FOURTH SATURDAYS POETRY READINGS
Poetry at the Claremont Public Library
208 Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA
July 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Join us on the 5th Saturday, August 29, 2026, for poetry by Serena Chopra & Anna Zumbahlen.
A little about our featured readers:
Serena Chopra is a writer, dancer, filmmaker, performance artist and teacher. She is a recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship and is a MacDowell Fellow, a Kundiman Fellow, a RedLine Artist In-Residence and a Fulbright Scholar. A Catalog of Future Mercies (Graywolf Press, 2026) is her third book.
Anna Zumbahlen is a poet from Colorado. She holds a PhD in English & Literary Arts from the University of Denver, and her first book, Surety, won the Hillary Gravendyk Prize and was published this spring. She lives in Los Angeles, where she supports research at the Getty Research Institute.
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A little about our featured readers:
Serena Chopra is a writer, dancer, filmmaker, performance artist and teacher. She is a recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship and is a MacDowell Fellow, a Kundiman Fellow, a RedLine Artist In-Residence and a Fulbright Scholar. A Catalog of Future Mercies (Graywolf Press, 2026) is her third book.
Anna Zumbahlen is a poet from Colorado. She holds a PhD in English & Literary Arts from the University of Denver, and her first book, Surety, won the Hillary Gravendyk Prize and was published this spring. She lives in Los Angeles, where she supports research at the Getty Research Institute.
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Fourth Saturday Poetry Readings are free and open to the public. Books will usually be available for purchase. Please note that Fourth Saturdays follow 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.
Upcoming Fourth Saturdays Poetry Readings at 2:00 PM unless otherwise noted.
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, George Hammons and Chloe Martinez.
https://www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry
Also, visit us on Facebook 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 s
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This series is supported by the Friends of the Claremont Helen Renwick Library.
Upcoming Fourth Saturdays Poetry Readings at 2:00 PM unless otherwise noted.
- August 29, 2026: Anna Zumbahlen & Serena Chopra
(Note: the August reading will take place on the 5th Saturday of the month) - September 26, 2026: Maurya Simon & Adam O. Davis
- October 24, 2026: Jennifer K. Sweeney & Penelope Moffet
- November 28, 2026: Open Mic
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, George Hammons and Chloe Martinez.
https://www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry
Also, visit us on Facebook 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 s
Note: blue links open in a new browser window.
This series is supported by the Friends of the Claremont Helen Renwick Library.