Reading and rocking in the library

The Sacramento Poetry Center and the Sacramento Public Library will team up to bring Stephen Dunn—winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his collection Different Hours—to the Tsakopolous Library Galleria this weekend. Dunn will read from his newest book, Lines of Defense, his 17th collection of poetry published in January. Born in New York City in 1939, the poet's work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker and the New Republic, and he now teaches creative writing at Richard Stockton College in New Jersey. This event will also feature essayist and poet Barbara Hurd, as well as the musical and poetic sounds of Take Jack, Sonoma County's “eclectic vocal folk-rock-classical ensemble,” according to 2012 Sacramento poet laureate Bob Stanley. Sunday, February 23, at 2 p.m.; $15. Tsakopolous Library Galleria, 828 I Street; (916) 240-1897; www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com.