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Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square
August 14 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Free
The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians.
Featured
- Jarett KobekAuthor of "I Hate the Internet", an international bestseller set mostly in San Francisco and inspired by the tech-fueled gentrification that has so rapidly changed the city, Jarett Kobek reads from his new novel "Only Americans Burn in Hell." Set in 2019, it's a satirical fantasy featuring an immortal fairy queen and a Saudi prince […]
- Mimi LokRecipient of a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for her work with Voice of Witness, the human rights and oral history nonprofit she co-founded to amplify marginalized voices through a book series and national education program, Mimi Lok celebrates the publication of her debut novella and story collection, "Last of Her Name." She'll be in conversation with […]
- 2019 Moby Dick Reading MarathonNow an annual tradition, the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park hosts a 24-hour reading marathon of Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick", considered by many to be one of the great American novels. The marathon is open, so you can join the cast of 100+ readers by signing up for a chapter or two, […]