Join Mechanics' Institute for a special celebration of National Poetry Month with a trio of extraordinary poets: Lee Herrick, California Poet Laureate, Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco Poet Laureate, and Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland’s Inaugural Poet Laureate.

Join us for our online anthology book launch, Invasive Species. Meet the authors, and listen to them read snippets from their stories! Register here. Our in person book launch will be held at Left Coast Crime, and will include book signings by the attending authors.