Write Now! brings you an evening of powerful verse and fire poetry hosted by Shizue Seigel.

Led by and for BIPOC Bay Area writers since 2015 Write Now bring together established and emerging writers across race, class, age, and other barriers. We are poets, memoirists, fiction writers, essayists and more. Our work reflects the complex realities of San Francisco’s 60% people of color—from the formerly homeless to  educators, healers, activists, and just plain folks working for change. Over 350 writers and artists have participated in our programs.

Readers by;

Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita
Shizue Seigel, author & visual artist

Kimi Sugioka, Poet Laureate City of Alameda

Farzaneh Safavi, Persian American poet, teacher Mission High School

Nancy Wang, co-founder/co-director of Eth-Noh-Tec

Francee Covington, SF Fire Commissioner

Lina Begonia, Filipinx poet