# Event Details - **Event Name**: Fourth Saturdays Poetry: Nancy Lynée Woo + Ron Koertge - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 03:15 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for our June poetry reading at the Claremont Helen Renwick public library. Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library Featured Poets: Ron Koertge & Nancy Lynée Woo 208 N. Harvard Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 Saturday, June 27, 2026 @ 2:00 pm All are welcome! This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase. A little about our featured readers: Ron Koertge (pronounced KUR-chee) taught at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California, for thirty-seven years. Now retired. Many books of poetry including Sex Object, 12 Photographs of Yellowstone, The Hired Nose, The Father Poems, The Jockey Poems, Men Under Fire, Diary Cows, Life on the Edge of the Continent, High School Dirty Poems, Making Love to Roget’s Wife (University of Arkansas Press, 1997), and Geography of the Forehead (University of Arkansas Press, 2000). 1990 N.E.A. fellowship in Literature (Poetry). 1993 California Arts Council grant (Poetry). Included in Best American Poetry, 1999. An actual Pushcart Prize winner. A short animated film made from one of his prose poems (“Negative Space”) was Oscar nominated in 2018. His most recent books are I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson’s Boyfriend and Pandora’s Kitchen, both from Red Hen Press. Nancy Lynée Woo is an eco-centric poet, teaching artist, and community organizer based in Long Beach, California, on traditional Tongva land. Her first full-length poetry collection, I’d Rather Be Lightning (Gasher Press) is a love song to the earth celebrating what we stand to lose. She is the winner of the Brett Elizabeth Jenkins poetry prize and has received fellowships from PEN America Emerging Voices, California Creative Corps, and Writer’s Block Las Vegas, among others, with an MFA from Antioch University. She is the Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate Mentor and serves on the Arts Education Leadership Circle with LA County, and believes in the power of the arts to bring people together. Find her at nancylyneewoo.com and Instagram @fancifulnance. Fourth Saturdays follows Los Angeles County Covid guidelines. The series is supported by Friends of the Claremont Library. Learn more about the Claremont Helen Renwick Library at https://www.claremontlibrary.org/ - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/claremont/fourth-saturdays-poetry-nancy-lynée-woo-ron-koertge/200030084940849 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 19 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Claremont - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: 208 Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA, United States, California 91711 - **lat**: 34.09634 - **long**: -117.716 - **full address**: 208 Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA, United States, California 91711 ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Fourth Saturdays Poetry: Nancy Lynée Woo + Ron Koertge - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/d0372dd6c128eccf6971ae518bc85012a3d1f9a1bfea53548f6868ba6c20a596-rimg-w1200-h1553-dcfff3c1-gmir?v=1782477580 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Fourth Saturdays Poetry: Nancy Lynee Woo + Ron Koertge being held? - **A:** Fourth Saturdays Poetry: Nancy Lynee Woo + Ron Koertge takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 03:15 pm at 208 Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA, United States, California 91711. - **Q**: Who is organizing Fourth Saturdays Poetry: Nancy Lynee Woo + Ron Koertge? - **A:** Fourth Saturdays Poetry: Nancy Lynee Woo + Ron Koertge is organized by Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Fourth Saturdays Poetry: Nancy Lynee Woo + Ron Koertge is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Claremont, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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