Contemporary Writers Series: Aria Aber

Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

Aria Aber was raised in Germany, where she was born to Afghan refugees. Her debut book, Hard Damage, won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry...

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Megan Fernandes with Sam Sax

City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

Megan Fernandes reads from her new collection of poetry Good Boys published by Tin House Books In an era of rising nationalism and geopolitical instability,...

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John Sayles: Yellow Earth

Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

John Sayles works as a fiction writer, screenwriter, actor and feature film director. His novel Union Dues (1978) was nominated for the National Book Award...

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JoAnne Silver Jones, Headstrong at Bookshop Santa Cruz

Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes JoAnne Silver Jones for a discussion and signing of her new book, Headstrong. After a sudden assault by a stranger left Jones with severe traumatic...

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Emily Nemens: The Cactus League

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

Emily Nemens discusses her new novel The Cactus League. Praise for The Cactus League “Emily Nemens's magnificent debut is a masterwork of great empathy and detail,...

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