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  • Write of Way Literary Festival

    San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come celebrate independent literature!

  • Yuri Herrera + Aaron Bady

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

    Yuri Herrera, author of staff favorite Signs Preceding the End of the World, discusses his new novel, The Transmigration of Bodies, with Aaron Bady.

  • Esmé Weijun Wang + Ranbir Singh Sidhu

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

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Esmé Weijun Wang and Ranbir Singh Sidhu to the store to discuss and compare their two debut novels.

  • Christos Ikonomou + Anne Germanacos

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

    Christos Ikonomou in conversation with Anne Germanacos about his English-language debut, Something Will Happen, You'll See.

  • Mixed-genre reading w/ Hahn, Morduchovich, + O’Hare

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    LET'S BURN THIS MOTHERFUCKER TO THE GROUND! presents: Mixed-genre reading featuring Ben Hahn, Giovanna Morduchovich, Isobel O'Hare.

  • Jung Yun: Shelter

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    This book is a masterfully crafted debut novel that asks what it means to provide for one's family and, in answer, delivers a story as riveting as it is profound.

  • Writers on Writing: Hugo García Manríquez

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hugo García Manríquez’s most recent book is Anti-Humboldt: A Reading of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Litmus Press/Aldus Editorial).

  • Shawn Vestal: Daredevils

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Daredevils is the thrilling new book by Shawn Vestal, who won last year’s PEN Bingham prize for his story collection,Godforsaken Idaho.

  • Genny Lim w/ Jon Jang

    Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel 999 California St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poet, Performer, + Playwright Genny Lim w/ Composer/Pianist Jon Jang.

  • Happy Hour Stories Celebrates National Poetry Month!

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Pegasus on Solano's monthly story time for adults celebrates National Poetry Month. Join us for an evening of readings by Pegasus employees and Pegasus friends, featuring our favorite poems as well as original work.

  • Martinis & Poetry

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Each of the night’s poets will not only be reading their own work, but they will share some of their favorite poems from the poets who inspire them. It will be a celebration of poetry past and present. So come out and raise a glass to poetry!

  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Before We Visit the Goddess

    Books Inc. Mountain View 301 Castro St, Mountain View , CA, United States

    American Book Award-winner Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni shares her powerful new novel, Before We Visit the Goddess.

  • Get Lit! w/ Spagna, Arsdale + Conran

    Corkscrew Wine Bar 100 Petaluma Blvd N #103, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Each event features three guest readers with a short open mic immediately following.

  • Boadiba + Neeli Cherkovski

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Jason Schneiderman: Primary Source

    Books Inc. In the Castro 2275 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jason’s most exuberant volume of poetry yet, Primary Source plays with the literary canon and explores his own personal archive.

  • A Celebration of Haiku

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This will also be a book release party and book signing for Haiku Revisited, Volume 2.

  • RAG: Official Zine Launch Party

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Issue #5 will be available for sale, hot and fresh off the printers (and screen printer), and there will be food and drink for purchase with music to follow.

  • For Franco Beltrametti w/ Joanne Kyger, Duncan McNaughton, + more

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

    Reading from Franco Beltrametti, From Almost Everywhere: Selected Poems 1965–1995, ed. Stefan Hyner + a screening of Claudio Tettamanti’s short film “Ultime cose (d’après CHOSES qui voyagent)” (1995)

  • Independent Bookstore Day 2016

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

    This Event is at all Three Pegasus Locations!

  • Poetry Flash: Willis Barnstone + Tony Barnstone

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

    Willis Barnstone’s new book of poems is Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems + Willis’s son, Tony Barnstone’s new book of poems is Pulp Sonnets.

  • Nina Lindsay + Rosa Land

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    An Evening of Readings.

  • Poets Ron Sauer + Dan De Vries

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    open mic follows readings!

  • Quiet Lightning at the 41 Ross

    41 Ross 41 Ross Alley, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Free copy of sPARKLE & bLINK featuring all of the selected writing and cover art by Katie Jenkins-Moses for the first 100 people in attendance!

  • Mama Said

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us here at Green Apple Books on Clement in welcoming the writers of Mama Said for an evening of laughs, libations and light hors d'oeuvres.