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• The Clyde Always Show
  Clyde Always, the self-proclaimed "Bard of the Lower Haight" who delights audiences with his humorous, lowbrow insights and singsong poems and tales, often accompanied by his ukulele, gets a full-on solo show at The Marsh, complete with visual projections of his own creation. Joining him as an opening act is the folk duo More Hazards […]
• Thomas Page McBee with Virgie Tovar
  Author of "Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness, and Becoming a Man," which was named a best book of 2014 by NPR and BuzzFeed, among others, Brooklyn-based Thomas Page McBee celebrates the San Francisco launch of "Amateur: The True Story About What Makes a Man," which follows his efforts, as a trans man, […]
• Laura Van Den Berg with Anthony Marra
  The author of the acclaimed story collections "What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us" and "The Isle of Youth," both shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and the novel "Find Me," presents her second novel, "The Third Hotel," which is set in Cuba and follows a widow […]
• James Cagney
  Oakland native James Cagney has been stunning crowds around the Bay Area for years with his original poems and strong voice, which needs less than two minutes to make a believer out of the casual poetry listener. Cagney celebrates the publication of his much-anticipated debut full-length collection "Black Steel Magnolias" (Nomadic Press) with a reading, […]
• Ada Limón with Matthew Zapruder
  Green Apple hosts Ada Limón for her new poetry collection "The Carrying," which NPR has called "her best yet, a much needed shot of, if not hope, then perseverance amidst much uncertainty." Limón is author of four previous collections, including "Bright Dead Things: Poems," a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics […]
• Writers with Drinks
  This month's literary variety show Writers with Drinks features Margaret Wilkerson Sexton ("A Kind of Freedom"), Hannah Pittard ("Visible Empire"), Cassandra Khaw ("A Song for Quiet," "Bearly a Lady"), Marlee Jane Ward ("Welcome to Orphancorp"), Jack Kaulfus ("Tomorrow or Forever") and S.L. Huang ("Zero Sum Game"). It's hosted by Charlie Jane Anders and the series […]
• Jason Morris
  Poet Jason Morris celebrates the San Francisco launch of his long-awaited, full-length debut, "Levon Helm" (Ugly Duckling Presse). Reading with Nicholas James Whittington ("Creances," forthcoming from Bootstrap Press), Morris is the author of the chapbooks "Spirits & Anchors," "From the Golden West Notebooks," "Local News," "Takes" and "Late to Practice."
• Lone Glen Seedstarters: Readings and Provocations
  Now in its seventh year, the quarterly reading and art series Lone Glen returns from Oakland to San Francisco, where it began, for a show guest-curated by Genine Lentine ("Poses: An Essay Drawn from the Model") featuring Bidisha Banerjee ("Superhuman River: A Biography of the Ganga"), Emilie Lygren and Lauren Shufran ("Inter Arma"). Lone Glen […]
• Shipwreck Presents: Winnie the Pooh
  Booksmith's competitive literary erotic fanfiction contest has been going strong for five years. Each month, six writers are invited to turn classic and topical books into an evening of tributes and titillation. This month's theme is A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh." "No children are ever harmed at Shipwreck, and consent and inclusion are paramount," […]
• The Pilipinx American Library Reception
  The Pilipinx American Library at the Asian Art Museum opens with readings by Barbara Jane Reyes ("Invocation to Daughters") and other Bay Area poets, a cash bar and music by DJ Jon Reyes. The event kicks off a month of programs, during which the museum's Resource Room is transformed into a reading room spotlighting the […]