Holiday Party & Book Swap

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

RSVP   Mingle with fellow writers and literary fans for this festive in-person gathering and...

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Standing with Ukraine Poetry Reading

Main Plaza 115 N Main Ave, San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio Poets in Solidarity with Ukraine are joining together for a reading in support of Ukraine. Please stay as long as you can in solidarity with one another and the people of Ukraine on this day we can peacefully and safely stand together in public for peace and equity and justice at this time of crisis. You can bring a sign. You can BE a sign. You already are a sign of peace to come.

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Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence

Guadalupe Theater 1301 Guadalupe St, San Antonio, Texas

Th e inaugural Sterling Houston Festival is a month-long series of events scheduled
for June 2022 presented by a city-wide collaboration of arts organizations honoring
the late African-American writer and San Antonio native, Sterling Houston. Join
Gemini Ink for a dramatic reading of “Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and
Transcendence,” one of Houston’s seminal works; followed by a panel discussion on
the bold vision of this playwright.

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Gemini Ink at the Poetic Republic Cafe

Poetic Republic Coffee Co. 2330 S. Presa St, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Join Gemini Ink this coming Friday, June 17th, for a night of poetry and literary celebration as we kick off the summer with our first in-person poetry event at the perfectly named (if we may say so ourselves) Poetic Republic Cafe! We’d love you to join us and sip some coffee or wine as you enjoy literary community in this inviting and welcoming space, created “for people to connect, engage, and create memorable moments” according to our awesome hosts and their wonderful manifesto! 

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The Big Texas Read featuring Wondra Chang

We're reading and discussing Wondra Chang's novel, Sonju. This session will be moderated by Jay Brandon. ABOUT SONJU: After she defies the rigid, oppressive Confucian tradition of order and conformity, Sonju descends from an aristocratic upbringing to working at a men’s club...

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Anything but Silent–A Book Celebration of Dario Beniquez’s Zone of Silence with Special Guest Readers Robert Allen & Jonathan Fletcher

Join us as we celebrate the release of Dario Beniquez’s debut poetry collection Zone of Silence (Flowersong, 2021) with a reception and reading. Dario has served our writing arts community in San Antonio and beyond for more than 23 years as a volunteer facilitator for Gemini Ink’s Open Writers’ Lab and more. We are excited to honor him and his work of heart, which takes on our complex times with poems that “confront the angst of contemporary life, space, war, theology, antibodies, economics, and love.” 

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City Songs Poetry Reading & Celebration

Poetic Republic Coffee Co. 2330 S. Presa St, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Join us for this poetry reading and celebration featuring work by emerging poets from Reggie...

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