Shanthi Sekaran, Rachel Howard, and Nathaniel Popkin
Parents and Children, Hope and Despair: Three Novels Join Wolfman Books for an evening of fiction with Shanthi Sekaran (Lucky Boy), Rachel Howard (The Risk...
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E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States
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Danny Fingeroth presents A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesAbout A Marvelous Life The comprehensive biography of STAN LEE, father of SPIDER-MAN and THE AVENGERS, beloved comic book writer and editor, and former president and...
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Sarah Henry hosting Q&A and book-signing with author Mary Ladd
Rakestraw Books 3 Railroad Avenue, DanvilleMary Ladd will co-host a book-signing and Q&A with author Sarah Henry. The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book, delivered with bold...
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Peter Jan Honigsberg
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesPeter Jan Honigsberg launches his new book A Place Outside the Law: Forgotten Voices of Guantánamo, containing firsthand testimonies from Guantánamo Bay, inspiring future generations to never repeat...
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Babar in Exile #21: Till Death Do We Part
Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Avenue, BerkeleyBabar in Exile continues it’s November tradition with “Till Death Do We Part”, a reading that celebrates our vociferous dead and the living who go...
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Oakland | Ivanna Baranova CONFIRMATION BIAS Launch & Reading
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesSince November 19th Guatemalan-Slovak poet Ivanna Baranova has been touring across Canada and the US with her debut full-length poetry collection CONFIRMATION BIAS (Metatron Press,...
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The Oakland Poetry Slam Ft. L7
The Flight Deck 1540 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United StatesWe're back and better than ever! Come join us at our new venue, The Flight Deck, conveniently located in Downtown Oakland near 19th St BART...
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Wendy Taylor Carlisle & Kimi Sugioka
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEYWENDY TAYLOR CARLISLE’s new book is The Mercy of Traffic. Tony Hoagland said, “Wendy Carlisle’s poems come out wearing their red shoes and ready to...
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David L. Eng: Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation
UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library 30 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesIn Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation David L. Eng draws on psychoanalytic case histories from the mid-1990s to the present to explore how first- and second-generation...
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Family Sacrifices: Book Talk with Dr. Russell Jeung
Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United StatesThe first book based on national survey data on Asian American religious practices, Family Sacrifices is a seminal text on the fastest-growing racial group in...
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Joyce E. Young at Poetry Express Nov 18
Poetry Express 1585 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United StatesOpen Mic + free (except for restaurant purchases) 7pm. 11/18/2019 Joyce E. Young is the author of How it Happens, published by Nomadic Press. Her...
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East Bay Release for Disasterama! at Badass Bookworm’s Lit Loft
The Legionnaire Saloon 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin us for the East Bay release of "Disasterama", Alvin Orloff's fantabulous new memoir of '90's SF wild club kid, AIDS-activism, agitprop performance, and homocore...
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Big Familia Book Launch
FeaturedEast Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandI am both thrilled & nervous to announce the book release party for 💥Big Familia!! on November 19 at East Bay Booksellers / Diesel. It's...
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Marilyn Chin & Genny Lim
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEYCO-SPONSORED BY PEN WEST MARILYN CHIN's new book of poems is A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems. Adrienne Rich said,...
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Berkeley Slam with Asha!
The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry...
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Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Thad Carhart
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesElaine Sciolino in Conversation with Thad Carhart (and introduced by L. John Harris) discussing Sciolino's new book The Seine: The River that Made Paris. A soulful,...
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Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CAA Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Donations will be...
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Moscow Conceptualism: New Translations from the Russian
Geballe Room at the Townsend Center for the Humanities 220 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOfficial Site: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/moscow-conceptualism-new-translations-from-the-russian/ A spate of new translations is bringing the writers and artists of Moscow Conceptualism to an English-language readership for the first time....
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In Common Writers Series: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and Raquel Salas Rivera, reading and in conversation
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEYFriday, November 22 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue (btw Haste and Dwight Way), Berkeley The In Common Writers Series moves across the Bay, to...
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Egypt + Holiday Potluck
Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CAHolidays can be difficult for many of us. Join us in Fellowship Hall (at the Oakland Peace Center—entrance off of 29th Street) as we band...
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Marcia Falk & Steven Rood
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandMARCIA FALK’s new book is Inner East: Illuminated Poems and Blessings, which contains her own artwork side-by-side with her poetry and new blessings in English...
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Poets Laureate on Social Justice
Alibi Bookshop 624 Marin Street, VallejoPoets Laureate on Social Justice at Alibi Bookshop in downtown Vallejo, California. Part of the tour for Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice....
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#we – a talk and reading series of queer perspectives
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesPlease join us for the sixth installment of #we, a talk and reading series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two...
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Saturday Night Special presents: Obsession
Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesDon't miss the last SNS of the year! The last (fifth!) Saturday of November, right after Thanksgiving, we're celebrating OBSESSION. Every writer is obsessed with...
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Joan Baranow & Joan Aleshire
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandThis reading will feature a festive book launch for JOAN BARANOW’s new book of poems, In the Next Life. Alicia Suskin Ostriker says, “The lilt...
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Beasts of Bourbon II
The Legionnaire Saloon 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United StatesBeasts of Bourbon returns with a stellar lineup of kick ass writers poets and musicians to close out the New Year with it's second edition...
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The Bushwick Book Club Oakland – – There, There
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome The Bushwick Book Club Oakland on Sunday, November 3rd, from 6:30-8 pm (doors at 6). **Please Note** This event will take...
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Lunch Poems: Margaret Ross
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMargaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations appear in The New Republic, The Paris Review, and POETRY. Her honors include...
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Dan Pfeiffer
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA, United StatesI'm incredibly grateful to be able to be part of something that I think makes a small bit of difference in helping people cope with...
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Wherever There’s a Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading
Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United StatesCome celebrate the 10th Anniversary Edition of Wherever There's a Fight, Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi's sweeping story of the social movements and activists who...
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