Mills College MFA Alumnae Reading & Reception
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesReception at 5:15 pm for newly admitted graduate students, followed by readings
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Andrea Abi-Karam
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesAndrea Abi-Karam is an Arab American genderqueer punk poet cyborg. Their first full-length book Extratransmission is forthcoming from Kelsey Street Press in early 2018. Abi-Karam’s previous work,The...
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Michelle Cruz Gonzales
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesMichelle Cruz Gonzales is the author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band. Before attending Mills College, Gonzales played drums...
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Steve Zolno: The Future of Democracy
Rockridge Branch 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesWhat is democracy and where did it come from? Is it a new development or was it always present in human society? And perhaps the...
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Perfectly Queer: National Poetry Month
Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us in celebrating National Poetry Month with San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, Aja Couchois Duncan, Luna Merbruja, and Lourdes Figueroa
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Weekday Wanderlust
Weekday Wanderlust 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesHello Wanderlusters. Mark your calendars for TUESDAY APRIL 10. We have a superb line-up waiting just for you with Julia Scott, John Ellis, and Amanda...
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Maw Shein Win
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMaw Shein Win celebrating the release of her new collection of poetry Invisible Gifts: Poems published by Manic D Press Themes of vulnerability and...
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Rachel Levin
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRachel Levin celebrates the release of her new book Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds. About Look Big A humorous...
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Emerging Writers Festival
Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTUESDAY, APRIL 10 7:45 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of the nonfiction book Playing Dead: A Journey...
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A Talk with The Black Aesthetic
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesA Talk with The Black Aesthetic Wednesday / 4.11.18 / 12:00 Free, no ticket needed. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC --- The Black Aesthetic...
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This is Now with Angie Coiro Presents: Leslie Jamison on Alcoholism
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesLeslie Jamison is the author of the essay collection The Empathy Exams, a New York Times bestseller. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and Harper's, among others, and she...
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Caspar Henderson
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCaspar Henderson, author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, discusses his new book A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels. Praise...
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Meg Wolitzer / The Female Persuasion
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesTo be admired by someone we admire—we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes...
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Emerging Writers Festival
Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesWEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 7:30 – 9 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Patricia Horvath is the author of the memoir All the Difference (Etruscan Press). Her...
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Marcel Schwob: Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter
THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San FranciscoJoin translators Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter in an overdue celebration of the beguiling French writer Marcel Schwob, a cult phenomenon who secretly influenced a...
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Peter Balakian
Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United StatesLewandowski Poet In conjunction with Legacy of Poetry Day.
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Get Lit Spring Reading!
Aqus Petaluma 101 H St, Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome join us April 12 as we celebrate spring reads with a fun night of literary storytelling with featured readers Christine No, Patty Somlo and...
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Leslie Jamison
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLeslie Jamison discusses her new book, The Recovering: Intoxication And Its Aftermath. Praise for The Recovering "Leslie Jamison has written an honest and important book. It...
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Kathleen Belew
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesKathleen Belew discussing the subject of her new book Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America from Harvard University Press...
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Jami Attenberg & Friends / All Grown Up
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesJoin us as we celebrate the paperback launch of Jami Attenberg'sAll Grown Up, with local superheroes Charlie Jane Anders, Rachel Khong, and Esmé Weijun Wang all talking on the...
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Angel Dominguez and Kit Schluter
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesTwo renowned poets, Dominguez and Schluter read their work.
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Half Past the Unlucky: A Friday the 13th Reading
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States& DRAWING FOR POEMS UNDER THE DOME FRI. APRIL 13TH, 7PM On Friday the 13th, join us for an auspicious evening of poetry in celebration...
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Cliterary Salon: Unlucky in Love
SOMACliterary Salon is a show of ribald and rowdy stories about the clitoris, bringing a spirit of fun sexuality to a literary scene that's traditionally...
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POETRY EVENT! Perversions / Perversións / Perverseco
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesFree -
Celebrating The Collected Letters of Alan Watts, and Zen Odyssey with Anne Watts, Janica Anderson, and Steven Zahavi Schwartz
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special celebration of two new books: The Collected Letters of Alan Watts, edited by two of his daughters, Joan and Anne Watts, and Zen Odyssey: The...
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POETRY! C. Arellano / Estela de la Cruz / Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesFree -
East Bay Launch for “Invisible Gifts, Poems” with Maw Shein Win and Guests
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesJoin us for the launch of Maw Shein Win's first full-length poetry collection Invisible Gifts, Poems. With readings by: MK Chavez Sharon Coleman Cassandra Dallett...
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Michael Hoerman
Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMichael is touring to share a selection of earlier and never-heard-before poems in his new chapbook, Disoriented Fascinatio.
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Book Launch with Christopher Moore at Opera Plaza!
Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United StatesNew York Times-bestselling author Christopher Moore joins us in celebration of his hilarious new novel, Noir. One day before the book's official release, this very special event...
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Samantha Irby / Meaty
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith is thrilled to host Samantha Irby, in town to read from her beloved first collection of essays—and the basis for the upcoming FX Studios series—Meaty!...
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