Reimagine Candlelight Vigil with Author Armistead Maupin

online CA, United States

Monday, August 9 12:00pm-1:30pm PDT At this month's Reimagine Candlelight Vigil, our special guest is "Tales of the City" author Armistead Maupin. Let's honor our loved...

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Virtual Event: Claire Luchette and Helen Ellis

online CA, United States

Join us on Monday, August 9th at 6pm PT when Claire Luchette joins us to discuss her debut novel, Agatha of Little Neon, with Helen...

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Odd Mondays Reading “Poetry & Poetic Prose”

online CA, United States

August 9 at 7pm Pacific, the Odd Mondays reading series brings you an hour of poetry and poetic prose on Zoom. Paul Corman-Roberts reads from...

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Jessamyn Stanley, Yoke

online CA, United States

VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and staff favorite Jessamyn Stanley (Every Body Yoga) will join us online to discuss her new book, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance,...

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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

reading from American Estrangement published by W.W. Norton One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 This is a virtual event that will be hosted...

VIRTUAL EVENT: Jessamyn Stanley, Yoke

VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and staff favorite Jessamyn Stanley (Every Body Yoga) will join us online to discuss her new book, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance....

Tao Lin with Tommy Orange / Leave Society

online CA, United States

Booksmith is thrilled to host Tao Lin again for his new novel, Leave Society. He'll be in conversation with Tommy Orange. Join us! This event is free and all...

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Katherine E. Standefer, Kate Washington & Naomi Williams

online CA, United States

Katherine E. Standefer and Kate Washington discuss their new books on healthcare with Naomi Williams Facebook Twitter Pinterest  Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 7:00pm Crowdcast CA Tickets:...

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Alta Live: The Future of Quarantine

online CA, United States

Many years before “quarantine” entered quotidian language during the COVID-19 pandemic, Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley were at work on a book about it, researching...

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Virtual Event: Da’Shaun L. Harrison and Kiese Laymon

online CA, United States

Join us on Wednesday, August 11th at 6pm PT when Da'Shaun L. Harrison discusses their book, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness, with Kiese Laymon on...

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Benjamin Gucciardi with Eduardo C. Corral

Launch Party for Benjamin Gucciardi's new poetry collection West Portal published by University of Utah Press Winner of the 2020 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize...

Virtual Event: Nawaaz Ahmed and Nina McConigley

online CA, United States

Join us on Thursday, August 12th at 6pm PT when Nawaaz Ahmed discusses his debut, Radiant Fugitives, with Nina McConigley on Zoom! Zoom Registration https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_bvWs1Xb1R5KoaIVf1tstCg...

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Alia Volz

Kerouac Alley 255 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, San Francisco, California, United States

City Lights in conjunction with Vesuvio Cafe present A celebration of the paperback edition of Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by...

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Voz Sin Tinta

online CA, United States

Every 2nd Thursday of the month at Alley Cat Books in the heart of the Mission!Hosted and curated by Marguerite Munoz and René Vaz.Each reading...

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Daniel Sherrell and Bill McKibben

online CA, United States

Discusses his new book Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World. Co-sponsored by the Mesa Refuge. Facebook Twitter Pinterest  Thursday, August 12, 2021 -...

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Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

online CA, United States

Writer and journalist Omar El Akkad, author of the acclaimed book American War, will be in conversation with Lauren Markham about his new book What Strange...

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Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #71

online CA, United States

90 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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Jaime Cortez in conversation with Rebecca Solnit

online CA, United States

celebrating Jaime Cortez's debut short fiction collection Gordo published by Grove Atlantic Shedding profound natural light on the inner lives of migrant workers, Jaime Cortez's...

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Charlie Jane Anders and Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Green Apple Books 9th Avenue 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

JOIN US ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 17 AT 6PM PT WHEN CHARLIE JANE ANDERS JOINS US TO DISCUSS HER BOOK, NEVER SAY YOU CAN'T SURVIVE: HOW TO GET THROUGH...

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Virtual Get Lit #75

online CA, United States

We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

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Kyle Beachy and José Vadi

online CA, United States

JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18 AT 6PM PT WHEN KYLE BEACHY JOINS US TO DISCUSS HIS BOOK, THE MOST FUN THING: DISPATCHES FROM A SKATEBOARD LIFE, WITH...

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Lyrics & Dirges

online CA, United States

3rd Wednesdays, 6:30pm. Here for the latest.

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Jaime Lowe

Journalist and writer Jaime Lowe joins us to discuss her new book, Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires (MCD). “In recent years,...

Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #38

online CA, United States

A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom...

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