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  • Poetry Jam

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

    Join us when San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck reads poetry with Ukiah Poet Laureate Linda Noel and Thea Matthews.

  • Queer Words: In Conversation with Rob Rosen

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Wayne Goodman will sit in conversation with the author of "Sparkle: The Queerest Book You’ll Ever Love," "Fierce," "Hot Lava," "Queens of the Apocalypse," "Creature...

  • David Stephen Calonne on Bukowski and writing

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

    David Stephen Calonne on Bukowski and writing celebrating the release of The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing by Charles...

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  • Susie Bright, Santa Cruz Noir

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Susie Bright, Santa Cruz Noir Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 7:00pm Local writer and editor Susie Bright will discuss and sign copies of her highly-anticipated...

  • Richard Rhodes

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

    discussing the subject of his new book ENERGY: A Human History published by Simon and Schuster Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes...

  • The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    NEXT up: Tuesday June 19th, 2018 Our featured artist is: James Zealous (Ellis) at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell...

  • BOOKSMITH: Yrsa Daley-Ward / The Terrible

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith hosts Yrsa Daley-Ward for her remarkable new book The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir. Please join us!   From the celebrated poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir -- part...

  • Chris Feliciano Arnold

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

    Chris Feliciano Arnold discusses his new book, The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First Century Amazon. About The Third Bank of...

  • Katharine Dion

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

    Launch celebration for her debut novel, The Dependents, a wise and lyrical debut novel about a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. "A marvel of a...

  • Novelist Moriel Rothman-Zecher

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

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is...

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  • Ana Raquel Minian

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

    Ana Raquel Minian Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco discussing the subject of her new book Undocumented...

  • Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird

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

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...

  • Moriel Rothman-Zecher in conversation with Ayelet Waldman

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

    Moe's welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Sadness is a White Bird. "Ultimately, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Wednesday, June 20, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series...

  • Jana Casale

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

    Jana Casale discusses her new novel, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky. Praise for The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky “Casale writes with both...

  • Zoé Samudzi

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

    Zoé Samudzi discussing the subject of her new book As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi with...

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  • Joel Selvin, Fare Thee Well

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Joel Selvin, Fare Thee Well Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 7:00pm Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes music journalist and bestselling author Joel Selvin for a discussion...

  • Story is the Thing

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Join us on Thursday, June 21st for our quarterly reading series - Story is the Thing - that highlights established authors and stars on the...

  • Hazel White

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

    presents Vigilance is No Orchard, an experimental poem sequence inspired by a famous garden now in ruin.

  • After Hours: Jeff Goodell – The Water Will Come

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    Friday, June 22nd · 7:00pm Jeff Goodell, author of The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World, has traveled across...

  • TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: DAPHNE GOTTLIEB AND SAGE CURTIS)

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

    Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features Daphne Gottlieb and Sage...

  • Julian Francis Park, Lauren Levin, and Isabel Bezerra Balee

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

    Julian Francis Park lives in Oakland and writes poems, narrative, literary criticism, and social theory. Through the Bay Area Public School Julian facilitates a writing...

  • Poetry with Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, Brittany Perham

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

    Poetry with Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, Brittany Perham Friday, June 22, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Pegasus welcomes renowned poets Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, and Brittany Perham, for...

  • For Kids ages 4-8 Leslie Crawford

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

    Presents Sprig the Rescue Pig, nspired by the true story of a feisty swine who escapes a delivery truck and ends up at an animal sanctuary, this...

  • CATHY CASSADY: TRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID

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

    SAT. JUNE 23RD, 4-6PM TRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID BY CAROLYN CASSADY Join us for an afternoon with Cathy Cassady, eldest daughter of Neal and...

  • Poetry

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Rodney Koeneke,  Dodie Bellamy, and Ross Simonini Hosted by Kevin Killian