Lucille Lang Day
@lucillelangday.bsky.social
Poet, memoirist, publisher of Scarlet Tanager Books
POETRY: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Clio's Books, 353 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA. Susan Cohen, Maw Shein Win, and I will read from and discuss the new anthology Women in a Golden State: California Women Poets at 60 and Beyond with Cari Borja. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-a...
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
POETRY: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Clio's Books, 353 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA. Susan Cohen, Maw Shein Win, and I will read from and discuss the new anthology Women in a Golden State: California Women Poets at 60 and Beyond with Cari Borja. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-a...
Yesterday, I gave a poetry reading at the Berkeley Bird Festival with Kirk Lumpkin and Chris Olander. Kirk dressed up as MC Stellar Jay and MC Brilliant Blue for his reading. Chris's poems included birdcalls. We also shared a table at this inspiring event, which featured a variety of presentations.
October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Yesterday, I gave a poetry reading at the Berkeley Bird Festival with Kirk Lumpkin and Chris Olander. Kirk dressed up as MC Stellar Jay and MC Brilliant Blue for his reading. Chris's poems included birdcalls. We also shared a table at this inspiring event, which featured a variety of presentations.
On Sunday, October 19, 1:35 pm, at the Berkeley Bird Festival, I will read poems featuring birds I have seen in Mexico, Costa Rica, and California. Chris Olander and Kirk Lumpkin will read with me. The festival will be at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley. FREE. berkeleybirdfestival.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
On Sunday, October 19, 1:35 pm, at the Berkeley Bird Festival, I will read poems featuring birds I have seen in Mexico, Costa Rica, and California. Chris Olander and Kirk Lumpkin will read with me. The festival will be at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley. FREE. berkeleybirdfestival.org
I was in Oregon the week of July 14, 2025. This photo is of the coast near Florence, Oregon.
July 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was in Oregon the week of July 14, 2025. This photo is of the coast near Florence, Oregon.
If you are in the SF Bay Area, please join us Sunday, April 13, 6:00 p.m., at The Monkey House, 1638 University Ave., Berkeley, for an evening of poetry decrying injustice and calling for resistance.
April 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
If you are in the SF Bay Area, please join us Sunday, April 13, 6:00 p.m., at The Monkey House, 1638 University Ave., Berkeley, for an evening of poetry decrying injustice and calling for resistance.
Mar. 29, 6:00-7:30 pm, my press, Scarlet Tanager Books, and the Women's National Book Association will co-host an AWP reception at the Marriott L.A. LIVE to celebrate Native American Poetry from California. Special guests are Emily Clarke, Denise Low, Stephen Meadows, Deborah Miranda, and Kim Shuck.
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Mar. 29, 6:00-7:30 pm, my press, Scarlet Tanager Books, and the Women's National Book Association will co-host an AWP reception at the Marriott L.A. LIVE to celebrate Native American Poetry from California. Special guests are Emily Clarke, Denise Low, Stephen Meadows, Deborah Miranda, and Kim Shuck.
Mar. 29, 1:45-3:00 p.m, I will moderate a reading of Native American Poetry from California at the AWP Bookfair in L.A. Poets reading: Emily Clarke, Denise Low, Stephen Meadows and Kim Shuck.
March 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Mar. 29, 1:45-3:00 p.m, I will moderate a reading of Native American Poetry from California at the AWP Bookfair in L.A. Poets reading: Emily Clarke, Denise Low, Stephen Meadows and Kim Shuck.
My press, Scarlet Tanager Books, published A Light to Do Shellwork By, poems by Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez. At AWP in LA on 3/29, Georgiana will take part in a reading of Native American poetry from California. She will also be a special guest at the Scarlet Tanager reception that evening.
February 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My press, Scarlet Tanager Books, published A Light to Do Shellwork By, poems by Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez. At AWP in LA on 3/29, Georgiana will take part in a reading of Native American poetry from California. She will also be a special guest at the Scarlet Tanager reception that evening.
The audio version of Hamlet's Children, a novel by Richard Kluger, is a finalist for the 2025 Audie Award in Fiction from the Audio Publishers Association. My press, Scarlet Tanager Books, published Hamlet's Children in 2023: scarlettanager.com/hamlets-chil...
February 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The audio version of Hamlet's Children, a novel by Richard Kluger, is a finalist for the 2025 Audie Award in Fiction from the Audio Publishers Association. My press, Scarlet Tanager Books, published Hamlet's Children in 2023: scarlettanager.com/hamlets-chil...
My poem "Declared Extinct" appears in the Climate Change issue of Wordpeace: wordpeace.co/lucille-lang...
The cover artwork, "Heat Dome," is by Judith Skillman.
The cover artwork, "Heat Dome," is by Judith Skillman.
February 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My poem "Declared Extinct" appears in the Climate Change issue of Wordpeace: wordpeace.co/lucille-lang...
The cover artwork, "Heat Dome," is by Judith Skillman.
The cover artwork, "Heat Dome," is by Judith Skillman.
My poem "Thanksgiving" offers things to be thankful for, things to ponder, and things to hope for in our beautiful, troubled world: www.poetryflash.org/poems/?p=DAY...
The tree is a dawn redwood in Oakland, CA, photographed by Carl Landauer.
The tree is a dawn redwood in Oakland, CA, photographed by Carl Landauer.
November 25, 2024 at 9:21 PM
My poem "Thanksgiving" offers things to be thankful for, things to ponder, and things to hope for in our beautiful, troubled world: www.poetryflash.org/poems/?p=DAY...
The tree is a dawn redwood in Oakland, CA, photographed by Carl Landauer.
The tree is a dawn redwood in Oakland, CA, photographed by Carl Landauer.