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  • To Live + Write in Alameda Story Slam

    Books Inc. Alameda 1344 Park Street, Alameda, CA, United States

    To Live & Write in Alameda and Books Inc. proudly present Alameda Story Slam! February's theme will be "Unrequited."

  • Artist Talk Series: Maw Shein Win

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Suggested donations of $5-25 will be taken for admission at the door, however nobody will be turned away through lack of funds.

    $5 – $25

  • Camille Paglia

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    From the fiery intellectual provocateur: a brilliant essay collection that both celebrates and challenges modern feminism -- from motherhood to Madonna, football to Friedan, stilettos to Steinem.

    $12 – $36

  • Yiyun Li

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

    Yiyun Li reads from her memoir, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life.

  • Roof Books

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    David Buuck, Jean Day, + Laura Moriarty.

  • James Sherry

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Copies of Entangled Bank will be available for purchase at the event.

  • Daphne Merkin

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

    Daphne Merkin reads from This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression.

  • Mariana Ruybalid

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    A free chapbook is available at Berkeley Public Library branches. Please pick one up!

  • Embodying Spaces: LIMINAL’s 2nd Annual Soiree

    LIMINAL 3037 38th Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

    This event is a fundraiser and celebration of the closing of our second year and the opening of a third as a community writing space that centers women.

    $15 – $25

  • Vanessa Hua, Shanthi Sekaran + Ali Eteraz

    Oakland Public Library 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join three local authors as they read from their latest work and discuss issues of immigration and identity.

  • Bill Hayes

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

    Bill Hayes presents Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me.

  • Liz Cunningham

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Liz Cunningham presents her book Ocean Country.

  • Jennifer Clarvoe

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

    Jennifer Clarvoe is the author of Invisible Tender and Counter-Amores.

  • Bay Area Poets Coalition First Saturday

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

    3-5 minutes per poet/reader, or "just listening" is fine too :-)

  • Book Launch: Charif Shanahan

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Join us for the Bay Area launch of Charif Shanahan's first full-length poetry collection, Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing.

    $5 – $25

  • Kirill Medvedev

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

    Kirill Medvedev is one of the most exciting, unpredictable voices on the Russian literary scene today.

  • Book Launch: Thi Bui

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

    Debut author Thi Bui discusses her intimate and poignant graphic memoir portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam.

  • Melissa Febos

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Melissa Febos to the store to discuss and sign her memoir Abandon Me.

  • Rebecca Solnit

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Please join us for an unforgettable night of provocative thought and conversation!

    $12 – $28

  • The Sweetwater Sessions: Tyson Amir

    Omi Gallery 2323 Broadway, Oakland, United States

    Tyson Amir presents his poems, "Black Boy Poems".

    $5 – $7

  • Sam Bercholz

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Sam Bercholz discusses his book A Guided Tour of Hell.

  • Get Lit #22

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

    Writers will read never-before-read material.

  • Berkeley Arts & Letters: Camille Paglia

    The Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Camille Paglia discusses her essay collection about modern feminism.

    $12

  • Graham Foust

    Hearst Field Annex Hearst Field Annex, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Holloway Reading Series presents a reading with Graham Foust.

  • Kirsty Murray

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Not Your Mother's Book Club proudly presents award-winning author Kirsty Murray in celebration of the story collection, Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean.

  • Just Breathe: Kala Storytelling Night

    Kala Art Institute 2990 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    This is a benefit for the ACLU. $10 suggested donation taken at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds.

  • Elif Batuman + Yiyun Li

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    A conversation with Elif Batuman and Yiyun Li.