Unholy Trinity: A Lovecraft Triptych

October 10 @ 8:00 pm - November 2 @ 10:00 pm
TA-NEHISI COATES In Conversation with Michael Chabon

October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
An Evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson

October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Daniel Poppick: Fear of Description

October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square

October 15 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Laleh Khadivi

October 15 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Pints & Prose

October 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Jeanette Winterson – Litquake 2019

October 15 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Litquake Santa Cruz

October 15 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Tommy Orange

October 15 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Terry Taplin on Becoming Imaginary and the Tension Between Oblivion and Meticulosity

January 27, 2016

An interview with Terry Taplin, from The Write Stuff series over at SF Weekly: Terry Taplin was born in Berkeley, CA in 1988, the year of Robert Duncan’s…

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CHEMICAL WEDDING: quiet lightning + name drop swamp records @ the emerald tablet

August 19, 2014

Evan Karp

C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Readings by Monica Mody, Raul Ruiz, Terry Taplin, and Liza St. James, and musical performances by Luz Elena Mendoza and Edna Vasquez as part of the first…

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LYRICS & DIRGES: the unholy trinity (three year anniversary)

October 13, 2013

Charles Kruger

C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Three years ago, three stalwarts of the East Bay writing scene — working writers and teachers all — decided to start a reading series with…

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UNDER THE INFLUENCE: round 3 (full moon edition)

May 29, 2013

Evan Karp

C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

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B.L.ING (THE BIG LIT THING): the hype is ironic unless you know better

February 21, 2012

Evan Karp

NEWS, Upcoming Events

Special event to say goodbye to the author of Wikipedia Says It Will Pass and Letters From Robots Diana Salier is moving to the Northwest….

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WEEK IN REVIEW: a rose with three gold leaves

August 28, 2011

Evan Karp

Event Review, Scene, Statement

(Evan Karp) After adding the brilliant Jen G to replace Andrew Paul Nelson, who is busy with the band, the new shit show is in…

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Jarett Kobek
Author 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 Lok
Recipient 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 Marathon
Now 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, […]
Zadie Smith
The beloved author of six novels including "White Teeth", "NW" and "Swing Time", and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Zadie Smith appears at City Arts & Lectures to read from her first story collection "Grand Union", which includes 10 new stories. She is celebrated for her superb dialogue and emotionally rich writing, which […]