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Lyric & Dirges: Ether Edition #1
Join us for the launching of Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition We have a new format and the same literary wonderland. Our inaugural virtual reading...
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Beth Lisick
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreads from Edie On The Green Screen: A Novel published by 7.13 Books City Lights welcomes back Beth Lisick to celebrate her debut novel from...
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Jane Hirshfield / Ledger
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United Statesreads from her new volume of poetry Ledger, a book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning from the internationally renowned poet named "among the modern masters" (Washington Post). Wednesday,...
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Hilary Leichter, Mary South, Rita Bullwinkel, & R.O. Kwon
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHilary Leichter and Mary South discuss their new works, Temporary and You Will Never Be Forgotten, with Rita Bullwinkel and R.O. Kwon. Praise for Temporary “A narrative so...
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Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing, Louise in Love, The Last Two Seconds, and Elegy, which received the National Book...
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Screenside Chat #1: Thea Matthews, MK Chavez, JP Howard
Join us for our first Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque engaging readings...
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Canceled: Cowboy & Other Poems: Alejandro Albarrán Polanco and Rachel Galvin
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMexican poet Alejandro Albarrán Polanco joins poet and translator Rachel Galvin to talk about his chapbook, Cowboy & Other Poems, from Ugly Duckling Presse. About Cowboy...
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YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES… ONLINE!
You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk & the You're Going to Die Team! Yeah. It's...
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Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from The Mountains Sing from Workman Publishing Company "An epic account of Việt Nam's painful 20th century history, both vast in scope and intimate...
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Carolyn Forche, In the Lateness of the World at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome celebrated poet Carolyn Forché for a reading and signing of In the Lateness of the World—her new poetry collection of uncanny...
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Monica Sok: A Nail the Evening Hangs On
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMonica Sok discusses her debut poetry collection, A Nail the Evening Hangs On, with Barbara Jane Reyes. Praise for A Nail the Evening Hangs On “Sok’s...
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Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #3
FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Donate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the "ticket" link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to...
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Bess Kalb / Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
Booksmith hosts a live-stream with Bess Kalb for her new book Nobody Will Tell You This but Me. Please join us … we'll be streaming on our Facebook page!...
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Luiza, Colleen, and Audra Have a Book Party at Wolfman Books
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesLuiza Flynn-Goodlett, winner of the Charlotte Mew Prize, and Colleen McKee and Audra Puchalski, finalists for the Charlotte Mew Prize, read from their chapbooks, all...
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Bay Area Poets Coalition
Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...
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Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Online!
We are giving ONLINE Smack Dab Queer & Trans Open Mic a try. Meet us on Zoom at our usual time :) Smack Dab Queer...
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Rebecca Dinerstein Knight / Hex
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts Rebecca Dinerstein Knight (The Sunlit Night) for her new novel Hex. Please join us! Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in biological science, is exploring the...
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D. A. Powell and Paola Capó-García
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, BerkeleyPaola Capó-García is the author of CLAP FOR ME THAT’S NOT ME (Rescue Press, 2018), selected by D.A. Powell as the winner of Rescue Press'...
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Malcolm Harris – – Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit w/Robin Sloane
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Malcolm Harristo read from his new book, Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit on Tuesday, April 7th at...
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Escape From Quarantine Reading – a weekly online thing
a weekly digital gathering and poetry reading. join our weekly zoom chat to meet with friends without having to leave your house. this is a...
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WHY WE SWIM with Bonnie Tsui, Daniel Handler, and Andrew Sean Greer
Join these three author-swimmers in a discussion of Bonnie Tsui's fascinating new book, Why We Swim. Join us here at 5pm PDT on Tueday, April 7! https://us04web.zoom.us/j/476150449?pwd=MGtobFBYWXFINHVOUTAzNWdiYXpidz09
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MFA Alumni Reading Featuring mai c. doan & Aiden Thomas
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesReception at 5:15 pm for newly admitted Mills graduate students, followed by readings. mai c. doan is poet and writer from Southern California. Her first...
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Benicia First Tuesday Poets
Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., BeniciaBenicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.
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Litquake on Lockdown: ZYZZYVA’s 35th Anniversary Issue Release
Celebrate ZYZZYVA's 35th anniversary issue, to be released in early April, with contributors from the issue which includes such authors and writers as Bryan Washington,...
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Ellen Bass, Indigo at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesIndigo merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complex grey areas. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved...
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C Pam Zhang: How Much of These Hills is Gold
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesC Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel How Much of These Hills is Gold. Praise for How Much of These Hills is Gold "C Pam Zhang's...
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Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in Conversation
A fundraiser for Pegasus Books About this Event It's a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place....
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Mari Coates with Peg Alford Pursell / Launch for The Pelton Papers
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts the launch party for Mari Coates and her new novel The Pelton Papers. She'll be in conversation with Peg Alford Pursell (A Girl Goes into...
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Litquake on Lockdown: We All Want to Change the World
Fiction writers are often told – by teachers, editors, and agents – that politics and literature don’t mix. But in these times of political polarization...
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