California State Parks & Quiet Lightning present Poetry in Parks, an annual collaboration that began in 2015, on Saturday, September 13 at China Camp Village in San Rafael’s China Camp State Park. 

Featuring youth readings by the Marin County Youth Poet Laureate and YPL Ambassadors, a submission-based literary mixtape curated by Decentered Arts’ Rhea Joseph and Liz Cahill, and a Better Ancestors showcase featuring Marisa Lin, Monique McCoy, Cael Dueñas-Lara, Michael Gallagher, shannon garth-rhodes & special host Kato Bisase.

The mixtape is in two sets of readings – in the first: Clyde Always, Jack Nancy, James Morehead, Stephanie Sherman, Cesar V. Love, Maya Anne & Keith Gaboury; in the second: Caroline Goodwin, KJ Norris, Maria Denney, Kelechi Ubozoh, Sharon D. Coleman & Wendy M. Thompson!

There’s more on this event here, including program information, author bios, and full text of both the mixtape and Better Ancestors books.