Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral
Wed, Apr 22
|Grace Cathedral
Litquake celebrates National Poetry Month with Thea Matthews, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Preeti Vangani, and Devon Walker-Figueroa
Time & Location
Apr 22, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA
About The Event
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Litquake, the largest independent literary festival on the West Coast. Join us in this gloriously Gothic space to enjoy poetry in the pews from a distinguished roster of poets. Curated and hosted by D.A. Powell and Preeti Vangani, this special evening of exalted verse features four celebrated poets who will share their newly published work: Thea Matthews, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Preeti Vangani, and Devon Walker-Figueroa. A book sale and signing will follow the readings. Book sales provided by Green Apple Books.
FREE, $10–15 suggested donation.
About the Poets
Thea Matthews is the author of GRIME (City Lights Books, 2025) and Unearth [The Flowers] (Red Light Lit Press, 2020), which was named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Poetry Books of 2020. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, ZYZZYVA, The Cortland Review, Colorado Review, The Common, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African…