Community Poetry Readings with UCSB Reads & Goleta Valley Library

Please register in advance. 

Join UCSB Reads and Goleta Valley Library for an afternoon of poetry readings in celebration of National Poetry Month!

The event will kick off with a reading by local poet and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim of one of her favorite poems. Afterward, other participants will read their selected poems to the audience.

How to participate? Please complete this form with your name and the title and author of the published poem you’d like to read by April 21st. All genres and styles are welcome. Participants will be confirmed and notified by April 23rd.

This event is free and open to all students, staff, faculty, and community members.

The event may be photographed or recorded.