Second Tuesday

Due to Valentine's Day, our February edition of Second Tuesday will be held on Tuesday, February 21st!

Join us for our monthly reading series and open mic at the Barkin' Dog Grill in Modesto! This month's reading features our own Gillian Wegener reading from her new book This Sweet Haphazard, as well as her fellow Sixteen Rivers poet Erin Rodoni, author of Body, In Good Light.

Join us for our monthly reading series and open mic at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in Modesto! This month’s reading features MoSt board member Linda Scheller celebrating her debut poetry collection, Fierce Light, out now from Future Cycle Press. Our second reader is TBA.

Join us for a great reading this Tuesday, August 8 at the Barkin' Dog in downtown Modesto at 6:00. This month's poets are Modesto's own Gordon Preston and William O'Daly. William O’Daly has translated eight books of poetry by Pablo Neruda, all published with Copper Canyon Press. He’ll publish his ninth book of Neruda’s poetry, …

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September's 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on September 12 at 6:00 at the Barkin' Dog! Our featured poets are Erica Goss and Ed Coletti. Erica Goss served as Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, California from 2013-2016. She is the author of Night Court (2014, Pushpen Press) and Vibrant Words: Ideas and Inspirations for Poets (2012, …

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October's 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on Tuesday, October 10 at 6:00 at the Barkin' Dog! Our featured readers are Andrena Zawinski and Jim Beggs. Andrena Zawinski was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA but has made the San Francisco Bay Area her home since 2000. Her latest collection of poetry is Landings. She has …

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