Beyond Baroque

Thursday, July 16th, join DoppelHouse Press in reuniting three Southern California poets at Beyond Baroque—Ed Schad, Eve Woods, and David Starkey! 📚

Listen to readings and conversations of recent collections by these three poets, discussing how they approach the reframing of events through Q&A, multi-vocal, or multi-temporal epistolary constructions, and by subverting assumptions.

We hope to see you there 📖❤️

We’re doing on a Wednesday this week! For our first poetry Tuesday of June, we’d like to share Derrick C. Brown’s poem, “Fortune Teller,” from his 2023 collection, Love Ends in a Tandem Kayak (Write Bloody Publishing). Embrace your own June gloom this month, and come pick up a copy of Brown’s work this Thursday at Unmodern Love: An Evening of Poetry! Poets Brendan Constantine, Aman K. Batra, and Micha Bournes will also be reading. Tickets here www.eventbrite.com/e/unmodern-love-an-evening-of-poetry-tickets-1989683480852!

Thank you to everyone who made it out to our spring Poetry & Wine Tasting Fundraiser! We had a splendid evening and want to extend our gratitude to Luivette Resto, Beyond Baroque Board of Trustees, our featured poets Muriel Leung, Steven Reigns, Eduardo Martinez - Leyva, Cody Sisco, and Mandy Kahn whose poems were paired with flavorful wines by Paco Winery, Xochitl Wines, Ulloa Cellars, and Eastside Luv––Paso Robles.

Gratitude to all the artists who contributed to our art auction which is currently on view in The Mike Kelley Gallery! Beyond Baroque is nothing without the community that shows up to support it, so thank you for keeping the literary arts alive when we need them now more than ever.

There’s still time to support Beyond Baroque! Our fundraising efforts continue through our art auction, if you didn’t get a chance to bid on a piece of art you liked, you can continue to do so in-person only, through June 26, 2026. Our gallery is open on Fridays and Saturdays from 12 - 6 pm or by appointment. Come check out the art for sale in person to bid!

Thank you all for making our fundraiser a huge success! We hope to see you during our summer programming and beyond! 🥹📖