The 2015-2016 Steinbeck Fellows

Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, SJSU 1 Washington Square , San Jose

Join the CLA and the Steinbeck Center for readings by this year’s Steinbeck Fellows Candace Eros Diaz, Jennie Lin, and Gabriel Thompson.

Jewelle Gomez: The Gilda Stories

City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

Celebrating the expanded 25th anniversary edition!

2016 One Book One Marin Culminating Event – The Martian

Angelico Hall, Dominican University 20 Olive Ave, San Rafael

Andy Weir’s acclaimed science fiction novel, The Martian, has been selected as the 2016 honoree for One Book One Marin. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, One Book One Marin seeks to build a stronger, enriched community through community dialogue, and the exploration of literature and culture.

Aaron Shurin: The Skin of Meaning

The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco

Fueled by gender and queer studies and combined with radical traditions in poetry, Shurin’s essays combine a highly personal and lyrical vision with a trenchant social analysis of poetry’s possibilities.

Sarah Manguso

Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga

Sarah Manguso is the author, most recently, of the memoirs Ongoingness, The Guardians, and The Two Kinds of Decay.

Molly Prentiss + Tom Barbash

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

Molly Prentiss reads from and discusses her debut novel, Tuesday Nights in 1980, with Tom Barbash.

Emerging Writers Festival Day 2

Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco

The Festival's second day will include readings from Naomi J. Williams and Jill Talbot, followed by the panel discussion.