GET LIT #24
Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesAn amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit.
An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit.
Andrew Schelling in discussion with Jaime De Angulo about Angulo's new book, Tracks Along the West Coast.
Free with refreshments and bookstore cats!!!
Beautiful Things Project presents Natural Heir: The Arisa White Extension, a photographic collaboration with Nye’ Lyn Tho.
Panel discussion with Granta's Best Young American Novelists, Lauren Groff, Esmé Weijun Wang, and Anthony Marra.
Poetry flash presents Dawn McGuire and David Watts
Uptown Fridays reading featuring Denise Benavides and Trey "Drow Flow" Amos, with music by Meaghan Owens.
A release party for the latest print edition of MARY Journal!
Opening Night of the 10th Biennial Sex Worker Festival featuring Gina Gold's TMI: Sex Worker Confidential, and Cinnamon Maxxine, Fierce Solid Gold Warrior Diva.
The Oakland Book Festival hosts over 100 novelists, poets, historians, philosophers, journalists, editors, and activists at City Hall, engaging event goers in panels, interviews, and open debate. This year’s Festival will feature Angela Davis, Judith Butler, Danielle Allen, Jeff Chang, Arlie Hochschild, Sheryl Oring, Mistah F.A.B, Wendy Brown, Ishmael Reed, Laura Albert and Anthony Marra (among many others).
Moe's welcomes poet, musician and old friend Clark Coolidge in celebration of two new releases.
DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Madison Smartt Bell to the store to discuss and sign his novel, Behind the Moon.
Jeffrey Gettleman will discuss his memoir about finding love and finding a calling in one of the most violent and yet most beautiful places in the world.
Mary Gordon reads from her new novel, There Your Heart Lies.
Find Yourself is an art exhibit that ponders the parallels between a revealing phrase in story-telling and a common occurrence while reading: “one finds oneself…” Artist/author...
Another Whistlestop Writers Open Mic at Swirl on the Square is rolling into town. The event, which is open to writers of all genres (and...
Readings by local authors!
Readings + music!
Free admission and free refreshments. A book signing follows the discussion.
Michele Aharaonian Marcon, Brynn Saito, and Vernon Keeve III, and others reading.
Ada Calhoun and T.J. Stiles in conversation about Calhoun's essay collection, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give.
Poetry Flash presents Dan Bellm and Ann Pellertier.
Uptown Fridays reading featuring MG Roberts and Melissa Eleftherion, with music guest Heather Jovanelli.
It's a literary party-slash-fundraiser for STANZA--hosted by the delectable Temescal Brewery in Oakland.
Love politics? Hate politics? Come out and show your support!
An open mic reading series exploring the theme of invisibility.
Free workshop!
Cornelia Nixon reads from her new novel, The Use of Fame.
Wendy Lesser, founder and editor of The Threepenny Review, discusses her landmark biography, You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn.
Please join us on Thursday, June 1st for a reading and conversation with Robert Hass + David Koehn to benefit Omnidawn.