Beyond Baroque Literary Arts
@bblitarts.bsky.social
A place dedicated to the possibilities of language || Workshops, readings, art, performances, and bookstore. Est. 1968 in Venice, California.
https://www.beyondbaroque.org/
https://www.beyondbaroque.org/
We’re looking forward to this month and the rest of the year, so keep an eye on our events calendar for more exciting events and workshops.
February 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
We’re looking forward to this month and the rest of the year, so keep an eye on our events calendar for more exciting events and workshops.
Beyond Baroque started 2026 off strong with multiple book launches, group readings, film screenings, and a gallery exhibition! Our staff participated in nationwide protests, we relaunched the 2nd year of our Manuscript Lab, and we said farewell to two of our wonderful interns, Zoe and Anika.
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Beyond Baroque started 2026 off strong with multiple book launches, group readings, film screenings, and a gallery exhibition! Our staff participated in nationwide protests, we relaunched the 2nd year of our Manuscript Lab, and we said farewell to two of our wonderful interns, Zoe and Anika.
Join us for a reading and interpretation of “What is Authority” by Hannah Arendt and The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey. Table Reading sessions are hosted at Beyond Baroque, led by Renée Petropoulos and the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project (FRDLP).
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February 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Join us for a reading and interpretation of “What is Authority” by Hannah Arendt and The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey. Table Reading sessions are hosted at Beyond Baroque, led by Renée Petropoulos and the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project (FRDLP).
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Suzanne Jill Levine will be reading from "A Translator's Memoir" followed by a conversation with author Erik Noonan. 02/07/26
In this witty and incisive memoir, Suzanne Jill Levine–winner of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation–establishes a new way of writing about a translator's life.
In this witty and incisive memoir, Suzanne Jill Levine–winner of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation–establishes a new way of writing about a translator's life.
February 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Suzanne Jill Levine will be reading from "A Translator's Memoir" followed by a conversation with author Erik Noonan. 02/07/26
In this witty and incisive memoir, Suzanne Jill Levine–winner of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation–establishes a new way of writing about a translator's life.
In this witty and incisive memoir, Suzanne Jill Levine–winner of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation–establishes a new way of writing about a translator's life.
Join us at Stories this Sunday for An Evening of Beyond Baroque Poetics: A Release event celebrating zirconium ash by jimmy vega.
The BB team will join jimmy to read newly published and unpublished work, featuring Iván Salinas, Genesis Perez, Rhiannon Cielos Chavez, Barbara Fant, & Zoë Edeskuty.
The BB team will join jimmy to read newly published and unpublished work, featuring Iván Salinas, Genesis Perez, Rhiannon Cielos Chavez, Barbara Fant, & Zoë Edeskuty.
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Join us at Stories this Sunday for An Evening of Beyond Baroque Poetics: A Release event celebrating zirconium ash by jimmy vega.
The BB team will join jimmy to read newly published and unpublished work, featuring Iván Salinas, Genesis Perez, Rhiannon Cielos Chavez, Barbara Fant, & Zoë Edeskuty.
The BB team will join jimmy to read newly published and unpublished work, featuring Iván Salinas, Genesis Perez, Rhiannon Cielos Chavez, Barbara Fant, & Zoë Edeskuty.
THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our end-of-year campaign! Your combined contributions helped us surpass our end-of-year goal! Thank you for being a part of our family for 57 years. Help us continue our legacy by attending our upcoming programs and visiting our bookstore!
February 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our end-of-year campaign! Your combined contributions helped us surpass our end-of-year goal! Thank you for being a part of our family for 57 years. Help us continue our legacy by attending our upcoming programs and visiting our bookstore!
If you can't become a member at this time, no problem! Regular admission for our events is $10 or $6 for students and seniors. We encourage you to support us in whichever way you can, including taking advantage of the last couple days of our bookstore's winter sale!
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
If you can't become a member at this time, no problem! Regular admission for our events is $10 or $6 for students and seniors. We encourage you to support us in whichever way you can, including taking advantage of the last couple days of our bookstore's winter sale!
Welcome to a new year at Beyond Baroque! We can't wait to show you what's in store. Keep a lookout for our upcoming events, and be sure to purchase a membership to get into most of our paid programs for FREE! Members also get other benefits such as discounts in our bookstore and our workshops.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Welcome to a new year at Beyond Baroque! We can't wait to show you what's in store. Keep a lookout for our upcoming events, and be sure to purchase a membership to get into most of our paid programs for FREE! Members also get other benefits such as discounts in our bookstore and our workshops.
Please join us this Friday for a celebration of Heidi Seaborn’s collection, where she’ll be reading alongside Erin Marie Lynch, Matthew Gellman, and Nick Martino. Tickets available at the link here ww.eventbrite.com/e/heidi-seaborn-erin-marie-lynch-matthew-gellman-nick-martino-tickets-1977747696600!
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Please join us this Friday for a celebration of Heidi Seaborn’s collection, where she’ll be reading alongside Erin Marie Lynch, Matthew Gellman, and Nick Martino. Tickets available at the link here ww.eventbrite.com/e/heidi-seaborn-erin-marie-lynch-matthew-gellman-nick-martino-tickets-1977747696600!
This #poetrytuesday, we’d like to share Heidi Seaborn’s poem “Forty-Two Days Until The Election—“ from her recent collection tic tic tic (Cornerstone Press). We hope you enjoy this poem as much as we did.
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This #poetrytuesday, we’d like to share Heidi Seaborn’s poem “Forty-Two Days Until The Election—“ from her recent collection tic tic tic (Cornerstone Press). We hope you enjoy this poem as much as we did.
Join us for an afternoon of healing through written word. Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025.
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Join us for an afternoon of healing through written word. Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025.
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology, featuring new work from second-time winner Lou Mathews. Reading also is Tommy Moore, Kim Samek, Michael Mark, & Melissa McKinstry. Get tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pushcart-prize-reading-tickets-1980130584883
January 22, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology, featuring new work from second-time winner Lou Mathews. Reading also is Tommy Moore, Kim Samek, Michael Mark, & Melissa McKinstry. Get tickets www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pushcart-prize-reading-tickets-1980130584883
Join us for an afternoon of healing through written word. Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025.
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Join us for an afternoon of healing through written word. Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025.
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
Free admission reserve your seat here www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-launch-catching-fire-the-los-angeles-wildfires-tickets-1977747794894
Renée’s murder by ICE in Minneapolis on January 8th echoes the many lives we continue to lose by extrajudicial sanctioned state violence, lives like Keith Porter’s on December 31, 2025, Silverio Villegas González’s on September 12, 2025, and the 30+ people we have lost and continue to lose
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Renée’s murder by ICE in Minneapolis on January 8th echoes the many lives we continue to lose by extrajudicial sanctioned state violence, lives like Keith Porter’s on December 31, 2025, Silverio Villegas González’s on September 12, 2025, and the 30+ people we have lost and continue to lose
Join us for a book signing & poetry reading celebrating Noa Micaela Fields’s new collection, E, featuring readings by special guests féi iká shumarí, Raquel Gutiérrez, and imogen smith. Reading will include ASL interpretation by poet & interpreter Mona Jean Cedar.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Join us for a book signing & poetry reading celebrating Noa Micaela Fields’s new collection, E, featuring readings by special guests féi iká shumarí, Raquel Gutiérrez, and imogen smith. Reading will include ASL interpretation by poet & interpreter Mona Jean Cedar.
www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-la...
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Join us for the closing reception of East of Western curated by Joan Ganny. In tandem with the exhibition’s closure, this intergenerational reading of Charles Bukowski’s poetry features several poets from across Los Angeles.
December 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Join us for the closing reception of East of Western curated by Joan Ganny. In tandem with the exhibition’s closure, this intergenerational reading of Charles Bukowski’s poetry features several poets from across Los Angeles.
We’re taking a look back on our 2025! Swipe through to see all that we’ve accomplished! Thank you to everyone who attended our programs, workshops, art exhibitions and fundraisers.
Help us finish the year strong by donating to our end-of-year-campaign! beyondbaroque.charityproud.org/donate
Help us finish the year strong by donating to our end-of-year-campaign! beyondbaroque.charityproud.org/donate
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We’re taking a look back on our 2025! Swipe through to see all that we’ve accomplished! Thank you to everyone who attended our programs, workshops, art exhibitions and fundraisers.
Help us finish the year strong by donating to our end-of-year-campaign! beyondbaroque.charityproud.org/donate
Help us finish the year strong by donating to our end-of-year-campaign! beyondbaroque.charityproud.org/donate
Come by Beyond Baroque Fridays & Saturdays 12–6PM to check out our winter sale!
• Discounted overstock titles
• Buy 2, get 1 free deals on used books
• $25 apparel
• Free Beyond Baroque zip pouches w/ purchases of $30 or more!
• Discounted overstock titles
• Buy 2, get 1 free deals on used books
• $25 apparel
• Free Beyond Baroque zip pouches w/ purchases of $30 or more!
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Come by Beyond Baroque Fridays & Saturdays 12–6PM to check out our winter sale!
• Discounted overstock titles
• Buy 2, get 1 free deals on used books
• $25 apparel
• Free Beyond Baroque zip pouches w/ purchases of $30 or more!
• Discounted overstock titles
• Buy 2, get 1 free deals on used books
• $25 apparel
• Free Beyond Baroque zip pouches w/ purchases of $30 or more!
Applications for The Manuscript Lab at Beyond Baroque have been EXTENDED! You now have until Saturday, December 13 at 11:59 PM to submit!
Sessions will run from January 10 - February 28, 2026. To apply or share, visit the link here beyondbaroque.formstack.com/forms/manusc...!
Sessions will run from January 10 - February 28, 2026. To apply or share, visit the link here beyondbaroque.formstack.com/forms/manusc...!
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Applications for The Manuscript Lab at Beyond Baroque have been EXTENDED! You now have until Saturday, December 13 at 11:59 PM to submit!
Sessions will run from January 10 - February 28, 2026. To apply or share, visit the link here beyondbaroque.formstack.com/forms/manusc...!
Sessions will run from January 10 - February 28, 2026. To apply or share, visit the link here beyondbaroque.formstack.com/forms/manusc...!