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The 3rd Annual Festival of California Poets

October 24th & 25th — Los Angeles

Distinguished contemporary California poets will introduce and read poems by canonical California poets, as well as their own poems. Co-sponsored by PEN Center USA, the Poetry Society of America, the Hammer Museum, Pasadena Public Library, the UCLA English Department, and Friends of the UCLA English Department. Admission is free.

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Vision
PEN Center USA endeavors to create a world in which freedom of expression is guaranteed for all writers, and where friendship and intellectual cooperation thrive among writers and readers worldwide.

Mission
PEN Center USA’s mission is to stimulate and maintain interest in the written word, to foster a vital literary culture, and to defend freedom of expression domestically and internationally.