A neurodivergent gay war refugee navigates academia, racism, and indeed life itself as a poet, artist, and teacher How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir is an experiment in nonlinear autobiography by the author of the American Book Award-winning Book of the Other, Truong Tran. Poet and scholar Mimi Tempestt will join the author for a reading & conversation in The Read More ...
Sheila-Na-Gig Editions Triple Book Launch An afternoon of poetry at Beyond Baroque. Join us for an afternoon in celebration of the launch of three new books by Elya Braden, Betsy Mars, and Penelope Moffet under Sheila-Na-Gig Editions! In Dragonfly Puzzle Box, Elya Braden’s luminous poems shine a healing light into the spaces of a life lived in pieces. From an Read More ...
Paul F. Cummins presents new poems at Beyond Baroque Beyond Baroque welcomes Paul F. Cummins for a reading in celebration of Precious Few: Poems–Mostly from 2026. The author of three volumes of poetry and the autobiography, Confessions of a Headmaster (Red Hen Press), Paul will be reading new and selected work in The Wanda Coleman Theater. After the readings, join Read More ...
A double book release with readings by Slow Lightning Lit authors: BILL RATNER, releasing TRUE MOSS & ANTHOLOGY FOLIO POETS. SO thrilled to bring this line-up of artists together on one stage in the Wanda Coleman Theatre at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center. All accomplished masters in many media, these are Poets, Actors, Playwrites, Musicians and Voices that sweeten and Read More ...
A screening of Robert Weine's expressionist classic with a contemporary original soundtrack + recitals of poetry and prose. Beyond Baroque presents a screening of the silent-era horror classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Directed by German filmmaker Robert Wiene, and released in 1920, the film has been widely influential to filmmakers and writers exploring psychological horror and visual storytelling. The Read More ...
Published by Trio House Press Join Leila Farjami in celebration of Daughter of Salt, a collection of poetry published by Trio House Press. Kalehua Kim, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and Preeti Vangani will be joining the author for a poetry reading in The Wanda coleman Theater. Farjami is an Iranian-American poet, translator, and psychotherapist. Recipient of a Pushcart Prize and The Read More ...
Presented by The Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project Presented by the FRDLP. Hosted by Renée Petropoulos Join us for a session of careful, attentive live 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 Read More ...
A new poetry collection by the prose poet Jose Hernandez Diaz In his fourth full-length collection, Jose Hernandez Diaz explores the first-generation Mexican American experience in nuanced linear verse, avant-garde offerings, and deadpan absurdist prose poems. Join us in The Wanda Coleman Theater for a poetry reading with the author and co-features Michaela Chairez, jimmy vega, Darby Price, and Amanda Read More ...
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