Community Poetry Readings with UCSB Reads & Goleta Valley Library

UCSB Library: Instruction & Training 1312 UCSB Library, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

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 …

UCSB Reads 2025 Presents Author Ross Gay

UCSB Campbell Hall

Ross Gay, the author of the UCSB Reads 2025 book The Book of Delights: Essays will present a free, public talk in UCSB’s Campbell Hall, followed by Q&A and a book signing. This event is presented by UCSB Library in partnership with UCSB Arts & Lectures. This event is free but advance registration through the Arts & Lectures portal is required. …