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Word for Word presents: RETABLOS By Octavio Solis

Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco

Featuring the Chapters Retablos, The Way Over, Consuelo, El Judío, La Migra, La Llorona, Nothing Happens, The Quince, Mexican Apology, El Segundo, Neto, My Right...

$20 – $63

Radar: Show Us Your Spines Resident Reading

El Rio 3158 Mission Street, San Francisco

SHOW US YOUR SPINES is a month-long writer residency + reading in collaboration with the SF Public Library’s Hormel Center. For a month QTIPOC writers...

Free

Catana Chetwynd / Snug

The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco

Booksmith presents Catana Chetwynd, in San Francisco for the first time to present her new book, Snug. Come meet Catana and her boyfriend John! PLEASE NOTE: >> ...

$16.50

Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen featuring Kaecey McCormick

Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose

Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San José, CA, 95125 (408) 808-3045 or (408) 266-1361 Free and open to the public. Kaecey McCormick is an author,...

Free

“Poetry from Prisoners”

Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley

We are pleased to present a sampling of “Poetry from Prisoners” incarcerated in California. Readers will include poets Rose Black and Ken Weisner, currently teaching...

Free

William T. Vollmann

City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

reading from his new novel The Lucky Star: A Novel published by Viking/Penguin The National Book Award winning author returns to his original fictional territory–the...

Free

PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month

Julie's Coffee and Tea Garden 1223 Park St., Alameda

Join us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet, an open mic and great drinks and treats! Alameda Poet Laureate Gene Kahane hosts....

Free

The Racket : Revenge

Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco

There are themes and then there are THEMES and no one is surprised that REVENGE is absolutely a THEME. We imagine tales of murder and...

Free

Bay Area Generations: Poets & Writers Salon | Foster City, CA

Penelope's Coffee & Tea 3 Plaza View Ln, Ste N, Foster City

Bay Area Generations: Poets & Writers Salon Thursday, February 20, 2020 7-9 pm at Penelope's Coffee & Teas, Foster City A literary salon featuring curated...

$10

Jenny Offill: Weather

Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco

Jenny Offill discusses her new novel Weather. Praise for Weather “This is so good. We are not ready nor worthy.”–Ocean Vuong “Jenny Offill conjures entire worlds...

Free

Joan Frank

Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley

reads from her new collection of essays, Try To Get Lost Through the author (TM)s travels in Europe and the United States, Try to Get Lost explores the...

Free

Diane Keaton

Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco

Academy-award winning actress Diane Keaton has starred in some of the most memorable films of the past forty years, including the Godfather trilogy, Annie Hall, Manhattan, The First Wives...

$59

Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland

A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

donations requested