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• Community Voices: Poets Speak Closing Reception
  Every Thursday from 6/29–8/10, the Museum of the African Diaspora presents Community Voices: Poets Speak, where Bay Area-based Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of the current exhibition. The series culminates with a group reading featuring all of the poets: Alyss Dixon, Charif Shanahan, DéLana R.A. Dameron, Raina León, Indigo Moor, George Higgens and Devorah […]
• Jomny Sun
  An alien named jomny is dropped onto Earth by a space ship and given a task: "please find out about the earbth creatures ... humabns." Friendly and sincerely curious, Jomny introduces himself to everyone he meets. Creator Jonny Sun is in town from Boston to read from his debut book, "everyone's a aliebn when ur […]
• Eugene Lim
  New York-based Eugene Lim ("Fog & Car" and "The Strangers") reads from his anticipated novel "Dear Cyborgs." Set in a small Midwestern town, two Asian American boys develop a friendship based on their outcast status and mutual love of comic books, while a group of superheroes ponder modern society in their spare time. In conversation […]
• Bay Area Poetry Marathon
  Organized by poet and teacher Donna de la Perrière (“Saint Erasure” and “True Crime”), Bay Area Poetry Marathon is an annual series of summer readings featuring local and touring innovative poets that began in Boston in 2001 and, since 2004, has taken residency in San Francisco, at ATA, The Emerald Tablet, The Lab, the CCA […]
• Rachel Khong
  Editor of Lucky Peach's "All About Eggs," Rachel Khong reads from and discusses her debut novel "Goodbye, Vitamin," about a recently disengaged 30-year-old woman who quits her job and moves back to her parents' home, where her father is losing his memory and her mother is losing her bearings. As she cares for them, the […]
• Get Lit #26
  Two years in the running, Nomadic Press presents a monthly showcase of writers reading never-before-read writing, whether rough drafts or debuts, each within a three-minute limit. The series has developed into an attentive, if sometimes rowdy, community, with previous readers often becoming regular attendees. Hosted by Christine No, with beer by Ale Industries and Red […]
• Voz Sin Tinta
  For over four years, Voz Sin Tinta has provided a safe and supportive space for local emerging writers, hosting a bilingual showcase and open mic on the second Thursday of every month. Founded by Jose H. Cadena and Marguerite Muñoz, who continues to curate with René Vaz, the series is sponsored by SF Poet Laureate […]
• Poetic Tuesdays
  Part of the annual Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and organized by Litquake, Poetic Tuesdays is a free lunch-time series held in the park, featuring local poets and musicians. Guest-curated by Brynn Saito ("The Palace of Contemplating Desire" and "Power Made Us Swoon"), this year's series has featured Jason Bayani, Dean Rader, Mg Roberts, Tria Blu […]
• Shipwrecks 50th Show Spectacular
  Booksmith's homegrown series, the popular erotic fanfiction competition, celebrates four years and 50 shows with a return to "The Great Gatsby": six writers each appropriate a character; their fictions are read blind by resident bard Baruch Porras-Hernandez, and at the end of the show the crowd votes on their favorite, who returns for the next […]
• Yuri Herrera
  The Center for the Art of Translation presents Yuri Herrera ("The Transmigration of Bodies" and "Signs Preceding the End of the World") in conversation with Caille Millner ("The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification"). Francisco Goldman has called Herrera, who currently teaches at Tulane University, "Mexico's greatest novelist."