VIRTUAL EVENT: Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim

VIRTUAL EVENT: Bonnie Tsui, Why We Swim

FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Bay Area author Bonnie Tsui will join us to discuss Why We Swim (in paperback April 13th)—her immersive, unforgettable, and eye-opening perspective on swimming…

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Matthew Gavin Frank In conversation with Elena Passarello

Matthew Gavin Frank In conversation with Elena Passarello

Matthew Gavin Frank discusses his new book, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa (Liveright), with Elena Passarello….

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VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Bonnie Tsui & Jennifer Steinhauer

VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Bonnie Tsui & Jennifer Steinhauer

Booksmith and The Bindery, in partnership with Zyzzyva, present Lockdown Lit @ Lunch, a weekly salon, Tuesdays at 11am PST. Lockdown Literature is a group of authors with books published during…

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Funny Sexy Sad Worldwide: a Zoom reading to benefit Bail Project

Funny Sexy Sad Worldwide: a Zoom reading to benefit Bail Project

The Funny Sexy Sad council– Lizzy, Amira, Nate and Melissa– host these incredible readers, all sharing something that’s either hilarious, miserable, or some kind of…

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Bonnie Tsui: Why We Swim

Bonnie Tsui: Why We Swim

Bonnie Tsui discusses her new book, Why We Swim, with Caroline Paul. Praise for Why We Swim  “A beautifully written love letter to water and a…

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front cover of Why We Swim

Bonnie Tsui

presents Why We Swim “A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book.” —Rebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal…

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front cover of Meditations on Love and Catastrophe at the Liars' Cafe

Christopher Bernard

Christopher Bernard joins us to discuss his novel, Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars’ Cafe. About Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars’…

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Have a Poet for Lunch: Jocelyn Saidenberg

Have a Poet for Lunch: Jocelyn Saidenberg

Hear Bay Area poet Jocelyn Saidenberg present work in dialogue with the exhibition “Show Me as I Want to Be Seen.” Many of the poets…

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Perfectly Queer East Bay Short Fiction Reading

Perfectly Queer East Bay Short Fiction Reading

A discussion of writing short fiction follows the readings. Books by the authors will be available.

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Victor Serge translator James Brook

Victor Serge translator James Brook

This is the East Bay book launch for A Blaze in a Desert: Selected Poems by Victor Serge, translated and edited by James Brook (PM Press).

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