Conversations with Authors: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (Online Event)
From Mazie Hirono, the first Asian-American woman and the only immigrant serving in the U.S. Senate, the intimate and inspiring story of how a girl...
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See No Stranger: A Radical Vision for Mending our World
online CA, United StatesThis is the book we have been waiting for. It calls us up and calls us into the hard and necessary work to heal our...
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Astra Taylor with Robert Reich
online CA, United StatesSunday, May 2, 2021 1:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 05/02/2021, 05/04/2021, 05/05/2021 DONATE Astra Taylor’s engagement with philosophy, democracy, and political organizing transcends form, emerging through...
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Bazaar Writers Salon – May 2021
online CA, United StatesKim Addonizio is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose. Her most recent poetry collection is Now We’re Getting Somewhere (W.W. Norton)....
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Quiet Lightning / literary mixtape curated by Kevin Dublin & Antony Fangary
onlineQuiet Lightning presents a virtual literary mixtape featuring all forms of writing, curated through a blind process by Kevin Dublin and Antony Fangary into a one-night only performance featuring: SIDE...
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Allison Cobb discusses her new book, Plastic: An Autobiography
Allison Cobb in conversation about her book, Plastic: An Autobiography (Nightboat Books). "Plastic: an Autobiography is a spinning gyre of history, biology, poetry, and chemistry, gathering centripetal force...
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Mary Beth Meehan with Fred Turner
aunch party for the new book Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America published by University of Chicago Press ---------- This is a virtual...
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Odd Mondays Reading “Arisa White & Friends”
online CA, United StatesCelebrate the publication of Arisa White's new poetry collection, WHO'S YOUR DADDY, with her friends MK Chavez and Vickie Vértiz at Odd Mondays May 3....
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Jonny Sun, Goodbye, Again
FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Jonny Sun, the wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, will be in conversation with writer and comedian Demi...
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Sean Carroll: The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life
online CA, United StatesWatch & share this talk on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Long Now Live. What is time? What is humankind’s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For...
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Stacey Lee with Stephanie Garber
Fans of Stacey Lee’s wonderful historical fiction rejoice! We are thrilled to announce we are launching Stacey Lee’s powerful and critically acclaimed new novel, Luck...
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Virtual Event: Ian Manuel with Messiah Ramkissoon
online CA, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday, May 4 at 6pm PT when we welcome Ian Manuel for the launch of his book, My Time Will Come: A...
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VIRTUAL: Jonny Sun / Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations
Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to host Jonny Sun again, for his new book Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations! We are also pleased to announce we have...
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Erica Hunt and Michael Palmer
This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. reading from new works Jump The Clock by Erica...
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Virtual Event: Ian Manuel
JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MAY 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN WE WELCOME IAN MANUEL FOR THE LAUNCH OF HIS BOOK, MY TIME WILL COME: A MEMOIR OF CRIME,...
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Epicenter of Girlhood: Carol Edgarian and Vendela Vida on Coming of Age in San Francisco
online CA, United StatesVendela Vida, Cherilyn Parsons, Carol Edgarian From the Barbary Coast to the Summer of Love to the tech takeover, San Francisco has always been a city in...
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Book Launch for YOU LOOK TIRED: AN EXCRUCIATINGLY HONEST GUIDE TO NEW PARENTHOOD with Author Jenny True
Please join us on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of YOU LOOK TIRED: AN EXCRUCIATINGLY HONEST GUIDE TO NEW PARENTHOOD with author...
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Spring Readings: Ismail Muhammad
online CA, United StatesWednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ismail Muhammad is the reviews editor for The Believer, a staff writer at the Millions, a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, and a board member at...
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New Voice Series, featuring Dan Lau, with others tba
onlineRemote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending, will be announced here With emcee, Carlos Quinteros III The Poetry Center is...
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Thalia Field and Anakana Schofield
Anakana Schofield joins Thalia Field for a conversation about her latest experimental work on animal rights, Personhood (New Directions). This event is presented in conjunction with Community Bookstore in Park...
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Imagine Us, the Swarm Book Launch
online CA, United StatesWednesday May 5 | 6-7:30pm PST via Zoom no fee KSW is partnering with the San Francisco Public Library for the launch of Muriel Leung's...
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Renée Watson, Ways to Grow Love
VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop is thrilled to welcome award-winning author Renée Watson for an online event celebrating Ways to Grow Love, the newest title in her Ramona-esque series...
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Kate Durbin and Alex Dimitrov
Kate Durbin celebrates her new collection of poetry HOARDERS published by Wave Books This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights...
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Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #57
online CA, United States90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...
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Soul Sister Revue w/ Yona Harvey, Tarfia Faizullah, Dante Micheaux & More
online CA, United StatesJoin Soul Sister Revue for its anniversary show as we turn 8 years strong and ask the question “What does Soul mean to you?” Readers include Yona Harvey (You...
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Words out Loud Spoken Word Series
online CA, United StatesFeaturing Angie Dribben and Ken Waldman reading from their poetry, plus literary trivia quiz, and open mic. Angie Dribben’s debut collection, Everygirl, a finalist for...
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Virtual Event: Stephanie Wildman and Emma Bland Smith
online CA, United StatesJoin us for story time with Stephanie Wildman and Emma Bland Smith on Saturday, May 8 at 12pm PT to celebrate, Brave in the Water,...
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Mule Kick Blues Book Release with Anne Waldman and Eileen Myles
Book Launch for Mule Kick Blues: And Last Poems published by City Lights The last book by the late Beat Generation legend Michael McClure with Anne...
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Splitting the World Open: An International Roundtable of Dangerous Women Writers
online CA, United StatesIn 1968, poet Muriel Rukeyser famously wrote, “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” More...
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Virtual Event: Eric Nguyen and Lydia Kiesling
online CA, United StatesJoin us on Monday, May 10 at 6pm PT when Eric Nguyen joins us to discuss his debut novel, Things We Lost to the Water,...
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