Lucille Lang Day
@lucillelangday.bsky.social
Poet, memoirist, publisher of Scarlet Tanager Books
10/6, 7 pm PDT, I will be featured at Poets Night, a series hosted on Zoom by Lisa Rosenberg and Monica Korde. I'll read from my new book, THE COSMOS AND ME: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Trio House, 2026). An open mic will follow. To request the Zoom link, contact LRconsulting@me.com. @triohousepress.org
The official launch of my new book, THE COSMOS AND ME: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Trio House) will be 10/1, 6:30 pm, at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore in Berkeley. It's free, but for planning, the bookstore is requesting that people RSVP using the link: mrsdalloways.com/event/2026-1... @triohousepress.org
On Saturday, September 26, 1:00 pm, I will read at the UC MERCED LITFEST with poets Carl Landauer and Geraldine Connolly. I'll read from my new book THE COSMOS AND ME: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Trio House, 2026). The title of our session is THE CALL OF THE WILD MIND. @triohousepress.org
On 9/14/26, 7:30 pm, I will read with Karen Poppy at the Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St., Sacramento, CA. My reading will be from THE COSMOS AND ME: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Trio House, 2026), which contains poems selected from ones I've written over about 50 years! This event is FREE.
I'm thrilled to say that my new book, THE COSMOS AND ME: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Trio House, 10/1/26), is one of 5 finalists for the Golden Poppy Award in Poetry from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance. The winner will be announced on 9/15 at CALIBA's Fall Fest. @triohousepress.org
Sat, 8/22, Poetry in the Garden series in Berkeley, CA, with Lucille Lang Day, Maxine Chernoff, Carl Landauer, & Paul Hoover. The event is 3-6 pm, but the reading won't be three hours: there will be ample time for refreshments and conversation. @triohousepress.org, @carllandauer.bsky.social
On Sat., 8/15, 2-3 pm, I will read with poets Judy Bertelsen, Simona Carini, Gail Entrekin, Carl Landauer, and Robin Michel in the Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show, Berkeley Public Library, West Branch, 1125 University Ave. I will read from my new book, The Cosmos and Me: New and Selected Poems.
Read this great interview by Denise Low with @lucillelangday.bsky.social, author of The Cosmos and Me: New and Selected Poems, available for pre-order now in hardcover, paperback, and e-book! Releasing Oct 1! 💜💛💜💛 open.substack.com/pub/triohous...
The SoCal launch for CONVERGENCE: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War will be Friday, May 22, 7:30 pm, at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA. Poets reading: Teresa Mei Chuc, Sean Mclain Brown, Hazel Clayton, Lisbeth Coiman, Lucille Lang Day, Alicia Viguer-Espert, and Shahe Mankerian.
If you are in the SF Bay Area, please join us at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley on Sun., May 3, 3-5 pm, for the launch of Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War from Scarlet Tanager Books. I will read with Sean Mclain Brown, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Claire Ortalda, and Andrena Zawinski.
Join us on Zoom, April 13, 7:00 pm PDT, for a poetry reading about California's native plants.
On Monday, 3/16 (5-6 pm PT, 8-9 pm ET), I will read on Zoom with other contributors to the anthology The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders. William Allen, Rachel Dillon & Jaleel Shujath will read too. Registration link: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Scarlet Tanager Books March 7, 6:00 pm, at AWP in Baltimore for a reception celebrating Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War (Scarlet Tanager, 2026) and Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology (Trinity University Press, 2025).
Join Scarlet Tanager Books March 6, 1:45 pm, at the Bookfair stage at AWP in Baltimore for a reading from Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War, edited by Anne Coray, J. C. Todd, and Teresa Mei Chuc. I am the proud publisher!
Thursday, March 5, 3:00-4:00 p.m., I will be signing my upcoming book, The Cosmos and Me: New and Selected Poems, at the Trio House booth, #1248, at AWP in Baltimore. bsky.app/profile/trio...
Trio House Press@triohousepress.org · 8mo agoThursday, March 5: @joustingsnail.bsky.social, @susanlleary.bsky.social & @lucillelangday.bsky.social Friday, March 6: @reneethewriter.bsky.social, @irisdunkle.bsky.social & Leila Farjami
Here's the first copy of The Cosmos and Me: New and Selected Poems, my upcoming book from Trio House Press! There will be both hardcover and paperback editions. The official publication date is Oct. 1, 2026. Preorder link: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
Two of my poems, "Reading the Science News, Thinking of Love" and "Things I Almost Forgot," appear in the new issue of VerseVille. It's a special Noir Issue, guest-edited by Suzanne Lummis, but my poems are in the Open Section, a.k.a. the Crime Free Zone: www.verseville.org/poems-by-luc...
Poems by Lucille Lang Day
Poems by Lucille Lang Day
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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.
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
@triohousepress.org is so pleased to be publishing The Cosmos and Me, Lucille Lang Day’s new and selected poetry, in 2026!
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.
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.
"Lucy" by @lucillelangday.bsky.social, about several important Lucys in science: www.scientificamerican.com/article/poem...
Poem: ‘Lucy’
Science in meter and verse
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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...
