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• Naomi Klein: On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Gre
  The #1 international and New York Times bestselling author of "The Shock Doctrine" and "This Changes Everything", Naomi Klein presents her new essay collection, "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" as part of the Berkeley Arts & Letters series, which offers discounted ticket/book bundles in advance. In conversation with Mother Jones […]
• Nancy Au: Spider Songs and Other Stories
  The Oakland-based writer and co-founder of The Escapery celebrates the publication of their debut short story collection, "Spider Love Song and Other Stories", with a group reading. They're joined by Carson Beker, Natasha Dennerstein, Kimberly Gomes, and Tomas Moniz. The book contains seventeen stories that focus on the challenges facing characters whose inner and outer […]
• Margaret Atwood: The Testaments
  Margaret Atwood presents the sequel to her classic dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" (1985), set in a totalitarian state that subjects fertile women into child-bearing slavery. The book is the basis of the popular television show of the same name, which debuted in 2017 and continues on Hulu. "The Testaments" is set fifteen years after […]
• Oakland Peace Festival - Finale
  The finale of a three-event series organized by Nomadic Press, the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival celebrates Oakland and peace through music, art, writing, food, and community building. September's theme is Peace, with readings by Terry Taplin, Jevohn Tyler Newsom, Madi Dangerously, Joyce E. Young, and Asantewaa Boykin, a talk by Sandhya Jha and Yvette Felarca, […]
• Poetry in Parks 2019
  Quiet Lightning and California State Parks present the 5th annual Poetry in Parks, this year collaborating with Kearny Street Workshop for a free, all-ages festival on Angel Island. The program includes youth readings, a literary mixtape, music, dance, live painting by ArtSpan, and readings by some of KSW's Neighborhood Heroes, including Genny Lim, Kenji C. […]
• Babylon Salon Fall Reading
  The quarterly reading series features for its Fall reading Daniel Handler and Jenny Odell. Handler is the author of seven novels, including the just-out "Bottle Grove", and writes books for children under the nom de plume Lemony Snicket. Odell, who has exhibited her art all over the world, is author of the recently published "How […]
• Carolina De Robertis with R. O. Kwon: Launch for
  The international bestselling author of "The Invisible Mountain" launches her new novel "Cantoras." Set in 1977 Uruguay, where the dictatorship has crushed political dissent, citizens are routinely kidnapped, raped, and tortured, and homosexuality is a dangerous transgression, the novel follows five queer women who fight to live authentic lives. In conversation with R. O. Kwon […]
• Jess Row: White Flights
  The finale of a three-event series organized by Nomadic Press, the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival celebrates Oakland and peace through music, art, writing, food, and community building. September's theme is Peace, with readings by Terry Taplin, Jevohn Tyler Newsom, Madi Dangerously, Joyce E. Young, and Asantewaa Boykin, a talk by Sandhya Jha and Yvette Felarca, […]
• Janaka Stucky
  Author of three previous collections of poetry, and founder of the indie press Black Ocean, Janaka Stucky celebrates his new book "Ascend Ascend" (Third Man Books). Written over the course of just twenty days, as Stucky was coming in and out of trance states induced by intermittent fasting and somatic rituals, the book-length poem is […]
• 18th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest
  San Francisco Zine Fest returns for its 18th annual festival celebrating independent and underground publishing, with a spotlight on the do-it-yourself ethos. Nearly 250 artists and collectives from around the world present their zines, comics, and other goods. This year's guest of honor is Lawrence Lindell ("From Black Boy With Love" and "Couldn't Afford Therapy, […]