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DATE & TIME: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 – 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. LOCATION: Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road, Moraga, CA 94575…
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The Poetry Society of America (PSA) returns with their current national series, Air This Pain & Alter It: What Can Poetry Do?
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Please join us on Friday, September 8th @ 7:30 pm to celebrate the release of Paul Ebenkamp’s Parallel Realism.
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Please join us on Thursday, June 1st for a reading and conversation with Robert Hass + David Koehn to benefit Omnidawn.
![An evening of poetry w/ Hass, Manuel, + Hood](https://149664611.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Robert Hass, Douglas Manuel, and Charles Hood to the store to discuss and sign their latest works.
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Babylon Salon is a San Francisco-based showcase and community of writers, performers, readers, singers, musicians, magicians, imbibers (of spirits and spirit), and revelers.
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Insularity might be the one thing San Francisco and writing communities generally have most in common. Once we belong, we have everything we need: a…
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When Dave Eggers started McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern in 1998, he was only publishing work rejected by other magazines. The literary journal has grown into what…