Lunch Poems: Robert Hass

Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley

Robert Hass’s many awards include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additionally, he served as U. S....

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Lidia Yuknavitch VERGE Book Tour

East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

Lidia Yuknavitch will read from her new book, VERGE, on Thursday, February 6 at 7:00 PM at East Bay Booksellers. A Q&A and Signing will...

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Elaine Kahn

City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

reading from her new book Romance or The End: poems published by Soft Skull Press Romance or The End takes up the tools of romantic narrative...

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Alexis Coe / You Never Forget Your First

The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco

Booksmith welcomes back Alexis Coe (Alice + Freda Forever) for her new book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. Please join us! Young George...

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Josiah Luis Alderete and James Cagney

The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco

This event, the first in The Poetry Center reading series for 2020, is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and is free and...

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David Talbot – Between Heaven And Hell

Bookshop West Portal 80 W Portal Ave, San Francisco

If anyone knows hard work, it’s David Talbot. A bestselling author and journalist of books such as Season Of The Witch and The Devil’s Chessboard,...

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Tommy Orange Reading & Conversation with Nick Taylor

Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose

The Center for Literary Arts is pleased to present Tommy Orange, author of There There on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the Hammer Theatre's Black...

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Fanny Renoir Variety Show

The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco

Join Fanny Renoir and friends for an evening of poetry, music, performance, and films! Featuring: DOMINIC ANGERAME HOWARD MUNSON JEFF GIORDANO ANTHONY BUCHANAN JESSICA LOOS...

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Poetry Flash presents Dan Bellm and Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

Alicia Suskin Ostriker’s latest book of poems is Waiting for the Light. Daisy Fried says, “Ostriker so loves the world, its griefs, traumas, praises, mysteries, and joys,...

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Garth Greenwell: Cleanness

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

Garth Greenwell discusses his new novel, Cleanness, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for Cleanness “Garth Greenwell is an intensely beautiful and gorgeous writer. I can think of no...

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Andy Warner presents Spring Rain

Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

Andy Warner presents and signs copies of Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Madness, and Revolutions. ABOUT THE BOOK An intimate graphic memoir by a New York...

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