See & Hear


photo-seeandhearLucy has read her work at many colleges, cafés, galleries, bookstores, conferences, and other venues and events in the U.S. and Canada, such as Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Biennial Conference, University of Victoria, British Columbia; Cody’s Books, Berkeley, CA; California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA; Cornelia Street Café, New York, NY; Diesel: A Bookstore, Oakland, CA: Food for Thought Books, Amherst, MA; Kensington Row Bookshop, Kensington, MD; Mechanics’ Institute Library, San Francisco, CA; Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA; Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Sacramento Poetry Center, California, CA; San Francisco State University, CA; the University of Maine, Fort Kent, ME; Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival, Berkeley, CA; and Wine & Words, Livermore, CA.  In 2004 and 2010 she read in the Poetry at Noon Series at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Links:


Reading on Mystic Babylon: San Francisco Poetry Podcast/TV,
Hosted by John Rhodes, June 20, 2010

Reading at the Berkeley Poetry Festival, June 5, 2010

Reading at Diesel: A Bookstore, Oakland, California, August 2, 2009

Poetry Video by Richard Schiff, Lucille Lang Day reads her poem “When Palm Shadows Dance on the Pavement, Which One Keeps the Beat?”

“The Change,” Berkeley Poets Workshop and Press

Reading of “Reject Jell-O” by Garrison Keillor, The Writer’s Almanac, July 25, 2005

2011 Events:


Lucille Lang Day, Jack Hirschman, Sharon Doubiago,
A.D. Winans, Geri Digiorno, Bill Vartnaw, and Delia Moon
ROADS OF BREAD: Eugene Ruggles Tribute
Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Viracocha
998 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA
415.374.7048
Coordinator: Martin Hickel, isledesk@isledesk.com

Lucille Lang Day, Pamela Holm, Wendy Merrill,
Adam David Miller, and Kate Regan
Lip Service West: TRUE STORIES
Nonfiction Reading
Friday, March 11, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
5512 San Pablo Ave.
Oakland, CA
Coordinator: Joe Clifford, joeyclifford@hotmail.com

Lucille Lang Day, Christina Hutchins, Janell Moon,
Lynne Knight, Jeanne Wagner, and Eileen Malone
Women’s Poetry Salon Reading
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Lakeview Library
550 El Embarcadero
Oakland, CA 94610
Light refreshments
Coordinator: Andrena Zawinski, andrena.zawinski@att.net

Lucille Lang Day, Sharon Doubiago, Drew Dellinger,
Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, and Kirk Lumpkin
UNSILENT SPRING: Poetry for the Earth, the Seasons, & Justice
Sunday, March 27, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Open reading 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Coordinator: Kirk Lumpkin, kirk@kirklumpkin.com

Lucille Lang Day and Other Contributors
to From the Well of Living Waters:
Voices of a 21st Century Synagogue

Saturday, April 9, 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Kehilla Community Synagogue
1300 Grand Ave.
Piedmont, CA
$5.00 suggested donation, no one turned away
Coordinator: Lenore Weiss, lenoreweiss@sbcglobal.net

Reading based on CAN POETRY SAVE THE EARTH? by John Felstiner
Lucille Lang Day, Susan Griffin, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez,
Dennis Fritzinger, Jahan Khalighi, Kirk Lumpkin, Chris Olander,
and David Shaddock
Reading poetry by Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Bishop, Pablo Neruda,
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Denise Levertov, Robert Frost,
A.R. Ammons, William Stafford, D.H. Lawrence, Robinson Jeffers,
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Gary Snyder, and more
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Ecology Center Bookstore
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, CA
Coordinator: Kirk Lumpkin, kirk@kirklumpkin.com

Lucille Lang Day and Others
ART AND MUSIC IN THE GARDENS
Sunday, June 5, 2011, 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. (Day at 4:30 p.m.)
Lake Merritt Garden Center
666 Bellvue Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
Coordinator: Judith Offer, joffer@juno.com

Lucille Lang Day and Judith McCombs
Followed by an open mic
SECOND SATURDAY POETRY AND PROSE READING
Saturday, July 9, 2011, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Frank Bette Center for the Arts
1601 Paru Street
Alameda, CA 94501
Coordinator: Jeanne Lupton, Jeany98@aol.com

Lucille Lang Day, Marvin Hiemstra, Judy Halebsky,
Vivian Olds, Doreen Stock, and Sandy Scull
MARIN POETRY CENTER SUMMER TRAVELING SHOW
Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Dance Palace
503 B Street
Point Reyes, CA 94956
Coordinator: Barbara Martin, humjourney@aol.com

Lucille Lang Day and D.E. Connelly
Followed by an open mic
OTHER VOICES WOMEN’S READING SERIES
Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Antigone Books
411 N. 4th Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
Coordinator: Liza Porter, lizaporter1@aol.com

Lucille Lang Day, Carol Dorf, Judy Wells,
Stewart Florsheim, Alice Rogoff, and Andrena Zawinski
LIT CRAWL: SPOTLIGHT ON BLUE LIGHT PRESS
AND THE BAY AREA WOMEN’S POETRY SALON
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Nooworks
395 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Lucille Lang Day, Steve Kowit, and Brighde Mullins
FESTIVAL OF CALIFORNIA POETS
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Donald R. Wright Auditorium
Pasadena Central Library
285 East Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA

2012 Events:


Lucille Lang Day, CB Follett, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez,
and many other contributors
SPILLWAY MAGAZINE READING
Saturday, February 4, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Coordinator: Susan Terris, SDT11@aol.com

Color of the Universe

The universe is really beige. Get used to it.

John Noble Wilford
The New York Times

For Richard

I can’t believe the universe is tan,
Not red or green or lavender or blue.
I feel carnelian when you take my hand—

Not beige like lima beans from a can,
But a splendid, electrifying hue.
I can’t believe the universe is tan.

Rose and gold are what I understand
When I think of waking up each day with you.
I feel carnelian when I take your hand,

And like the universe my love expands,
Surrounding us with turquoise and chartreuse.
Can you believe the universe is tan,

A color desolate as lunar sand
And homely as a peanut or cashew?
I feel carnelian when we’re hand in hand,

Listening to Perahia play Chopin.
The stars all turn cerulean on cue.
I don’t care if the universe is tan:
I feel carnelian as you take my hand.

— Lucille Lang Day



From The Curvature of Blue,
first published in Blue Unicorn