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  • THE RACKET! #19

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

    It feels like The Racket has skewed dark as of late - obsession, grief, ghosts - so we thought, let's try something a little more...

  • Rachel Kushner

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

    Rachel Kushner discusses her new novel, The Mars Room. Prasie for Rachel Kushner “Kushner is a young master. I honestly don’t know how she is able...

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  • BINDERY: Keith Gessen / A Terrible Country

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts All the Sad Young Literary Men author Keith Gessen for his new novel A Terrible Country. Please join us!   When Andrei Kaplan's older brother Dima insists...

  • YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES…

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at the door... TICKETSSSSSS: https://ticketf.ly/2k4yp1g YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open...

  • Jenny Xie

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jenny Xie   reading from her award winning poetry collection Eye Level published by Graywolf Press Winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy...

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  • Daegan Miller discusses THIS RADICAL LAND

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Daegan Miller to the store to discuss his book, This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent, on Tuesday, May 22nd at 7pm.  Joining him in conversation...

  • Lucy Jane Bledsoe / The Evolution of Love

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Lucy Jane Bledsoe in conversation with Rabih Alameddine about her new novel, The Evolution of Love. Please join us! “She’d told herself, and her husband Tom, that...

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  • Daegan Miller

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Daegan Miller   discussing the subject of his new book This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent from University of Chicago Press "The...

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  • Andrew Sean Greer / Less

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Booksmith hosts Andrew Sean Greer for the paperback launch of Less, one of our favorite novels of 2017 and winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Joining...

  • Aja Gabel and Vanessa Hua

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

    Aja Gabel discusses her new novel, The Ensemble. Praise for The Ensemble "Aja Gabel's powerful debut offers a sensitive portrait of four young musicians forging their...

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  • Geoffrey G. O’Brien, Jane Gregory, and Wendy Trevino

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wendy Trevino was born & raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. She is a Grant Writer in San Francisco, where she shares...

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  • Poem Jam

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam. This is a Reading, Writing & Poetry program from SFPL. We love...

  • Kim Malcolm presents A COUNTRY WITHIN

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Kim Malcolm to the store to discuss her book, A Country Within: A Journey of Love and Hope During the Refugee Crisis in Greece, on Thursday,...

  • Weimar Mirror: Revisiting Alfred Döblin

    Goethe Institut 530 Bush St #204, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Weimar Mirror: Revisiting Alfred Döblin Introduction by Peter Maravelis (City Lights Booksellers) Opening Statement and moderation by William T Vollmann (National Book Award winner, EUROPE CENTRAL) Presentations and roundtable...

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  • Barbara Berman

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

    Barbara Berman reads from her new poetry collection, Currents. Praise for Currents The reach of these graceful, ambitious poems ranges across stars, cities, storms. Their...

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  • Poetry Flash presents Jane Mead and Carol Muske-Dukes

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Jane Mead’s new book of poems is World of Made and Unmade. C.D. Wright said, “As the laundry room floods and the grape harvest gets done; as...

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  • Ted Scheinman

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    reads from Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan, a raucous tour through the world of Mr. Darcy imitations, tailored gowns, and tipsy ballroom...

  • Eli Jaxon-Bear

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

    Please join us on Friday, May 25rd at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Eli Jaxon-Bear for a reading and signing of his latest book An Outlaw...

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  • Bay Area Queer Zine Fest Fundraiser

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    The 2nd annual Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is coming back September 9! What better way to get people pumped about zines than to have...

  • Daniel Gumbiner

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

    Daniel Gumbiner discusses his debut novel from McSweeney's The Boatbuilder. Praise for The Boatbuilder “The Boatbuilder is a gorgeous debut about addiction, aspiration, and art on the...

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  • Rolling Writers – Rolling In The Aisles

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Guidelines. This is a night for literary humor, not stand-up comedy. To be considered, send sharp, funny, insightful humor, broad or subtle, that would work well before a...

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  • MARY Journal Release Reading

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

    On Saturday, May 26th, MARY: A Journal of New Writing will be holding a release party for the latest print edition of MARY Journal! Join us from...

  • Book Release: Cotton Candy by Jeremy Fernando

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Jeremy Fernando's full-length poetry collection, Cotton Candy! It's going to be an amazing...