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  • Fred Moten: Approaching Buenaventura

    Fred Moten: Approaching Buenaventura

    African American Museum and Library 659 14th St., Oakland, CA

    Join Dr. Fred Moten in reflection and dialogue on his most recent journey towards Buenaventura, navigating the deep affinities and differences between Black and Indigenous...

    Free
  • Berkeley Slam LAST Chance SLAM ft. Jada Imani!

    Berkeley Slam LAST Chance SLAM ft. Jada Imani!

    The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST! Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and...

    $7
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    CANCELLED: Lunch Poems: Ocean Vuong

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ocean Vuong is the author of the internationally best-selling debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Press 2019). He is also the author of the critically...

    Free

  • Steven Levy: Facebook: The Inside Story

    First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley 2407 Dana St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: STEVEN LEVY FACEBOOK: The Inside Story Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert advance tickets: $12:T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door, benefits...

    $12 – $15
  • bay area poets coalition

    Bay Area Poets Coalition

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

    Free

  • Lisa Moore Ramée: “A Good Kind of Trouble”

    Alibi Bookshop 624 Marin Street, Vallejo

    Lisa Moore Ramée will be in conversation with David William Hill and reading from her debut YA novel, "A Good Kind of Trouble." “Full of...

    Free
  • A Night of Jazz and Spoken Word

    A Night of Jazz and Spoken Word

    Charles Blades Barber Spa 180 2nd St., Oakland, CA, United States

    Come join us for the second collaboration between Charles Blades Barber Spa and Pochino Press! Our feature for this edition is live jazz by the...

    Free
  • Photo of Ingrid Rojas Contreras

    Contemporary Writers Series: Ingrid Rojas Contreras

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, was a silver medal winner in First Fiction...

    Free

  • Andy Weinberger presents An Old Man’s Game

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Longtime bookseller Andy Weinberger reads and signs copies of his debut novel, An Old Man's Game.  Beginning when a controversial celebrity rabbi drops dead over...

    Free

  • Afternoon Craft Conversation with Cyrus Cassells

    Soda Activity Center: Ordina Room 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: Soda Activity Center: Orinda Room, 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA...

    Free

  • Mark Greenside at Alameda Authors Series IV

    Alameda Free Library, Stafford Room 1550 Oak Street, Alameda, ca

    Details: The fourth annual Alameda Authors Series, sponsored by, AAUW Alameda and the Friends of the Alameda Free Library, continues with best-selling author and chronicler...

    Free
  • front cover of Rebel Cinderella

    Adam Hochschild

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    reading from Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes. From the best-selling author of King Leopold's Ghost and Spain in...

    Free

  • Judy Halebsky & Susan Briante at East Bay Booksellers

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday, March 15th at 3pm. This month we will be joined by Judy Halebsky...

  • Sierra Crane Murdoch: Yellow Bird w/Lauren Markham

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Sierra Crane Murdoch to read from her new book, Yellow Bird:Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice...

    Free
  • flier for Get Lit 2020

    Get Lit #58 (Music by: TBA)

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...

    $10 – $50

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing...

    Free

  • Graduate Student Reading Series

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94575 View...

    Free
  • Featured

    Nancy Au, Alexandra Mattraw, Tiff Dresson, Tomas Moniz Readings

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    NANCY AU’s essays and stories appear in many journals including Redivider, Gulf Coast, Foglifter, and Michigan Quarterly Review. She teaches creative writing (to biology majors!)...

    Free
  • flier for Speaking Axolotl 2020

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    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

  • THERE 32

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Saturday, March 21 2020, at East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue in Oakland, featuring Julia Flynn Siler, Devi S. Laskar and Sunisa Manning, plus musical...

    Free

  • The Fire Thieves Honor Sacred Ground

    Oakland Peace Center 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    The 10th edition of the Fire Thieves makes it's only foray into the East Bay at The Chapel at the Oakland Peace Center with featured...

    Free

  • Book Celebration: Synchronicity by Tureeda Mikell

    Marcus Books 3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us as we continue our Oakland celebration of Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine by Tureeda Mikell at the nation's oldest black bookstore, Marcus...

    Free
  • Omnidawn Spring Publication Party

    Omnidawn Spring Books 2020

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Our Omnidawn book parties are legendary! Join us to get a first look at their latest titles. Hear great readings and meet the poets: Desirée...

    Free

  • Phyllis Grant in Conversation with Julia Cosgrove

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    discussing Grant's just-published book Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes. "What a beautiful, rich, and poetic memoir this is. Phyllis Grant writes of...

    Free

  • #we : queer perspectives

    Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    Please join us for the eighth installment of #we, a talk and performance series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two...

    Free of charge and a hat will be passed