• Charlton D. McIlwain in conversation with E. David Ellington

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

    Charlton D. McIlwain in conversation with E. David Ellington discussing Charlton D. McIlwain's new book Black Software: The Internet, Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to...

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  • Michael Frank: What is Missing

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

    Michael Frank discusses his new novel What Is Missing with Lindsey Crittenden. Praise for What Is Missing "Michael Frank’s masterful and psychologically acute first novel—which leads us with...

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  • Lunch Poems: Margaret Ross

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations appear in The New Republic, The Paris Review, and POETRY. Her honors include...

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  • Teen Poetry Night

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    A night for teens recite their original work. Teens from local high schools will perform: “A mic for your poem, your breath, and your soul....

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  • Peter Kline and Susan Steinberg

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

    Peter Kline discusses his new poetry collection Mirrorforms with Susan Steinberg. Praise for Mirrorforms In Mirrorforms, Peter Kline has invented and perfected a new poetic form; in and...

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  • Wherever There’s a Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    Come celebrate the 10th Anniversary Edition of Wherever There's a Fight, Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi's sweeping story of the social movements and activists who...

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  • After Hours: Jose Antonio Vargas

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

    Friday, December 6th | 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Pultizer Prize-winning journalist and author of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, Jose Antonio Vargas is one...

  • A World Without Wars – Part 2

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

    IN CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE 6TH OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM ANTHOLOGY NINA SERRANO ARNOLDO GARCIA JULIE ROGERS DIEGO DE LEO JEANNE POWELL CAROL DENNEY NILOUFAR TALEBI...

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  • Soul Food for Thought Open Mic Night

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers - all are welcome here! December 6th, the one and only Randy James...

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  • East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest

    Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    2019 marks the 10th year of EBABZ! This year, we’re “Renewing Our Vows” with a gaudy, affectionate, wedding-themed fest. Whether you’re tabling, volunteering or browsing,...

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  • Bay Area Poets Coalition Open Poetry Reading

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY 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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  • Eastwind’s End of Year Celebration!

    Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Celebrate the end of the year with friends at Eastwind Books of Berkeley! We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers, customers, and community members...

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  • Babylon Salon: Jamel Brinkley and Chia-Chia Lin: Winter 2019

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    presents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 7, 2019, 6.00 pm  at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street  (downstairs performance space)   featuring Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man) Finalist...

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  • I Think About Your Hands – Belgium-based Poet Marina Kazakova

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

    As the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death is commemorated this year, a Belgium-based poet Marina Kazakova prepared a poetry programme inspired by and devoted to...

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  • Ugly Beauty

    The Beat Dance Studio 2560 9th St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Poetry & Performance Art Open Mic

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  • Howard Zinn Book Fair: Strike! Discovering Our Power

    San Francisco City College 1125 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA

    Howard Zinn Book Fair 2019 Sunday December 8th 10am to 6pm City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus 1125 Valencia Street We are pleased to...

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  • Small Press Book Bazaar!

    SF MoMa 151 Third St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Free and open to the public; museum admission is free on this day Meet us at SFMOMA and around the Bay for Local Affairs, a...

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  • DA do SF 7

    Specs Bar 12 William Saroyan Place, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come to SPECS Bar on Sunday, December 8 at 6pm as 3RP Co-directors Peter Carlaftes & Kat Georges present their annual Dada Journal MAINTENANT reading...

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  • San José Poetry Slam

    Caravan Lounge 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose, CA, United States

    feature: tba Hosted by Santa Clara Couty Poet Laureate Mighty Mike McGee doors and sign up list opens at 6:00pm sign up list closes at...

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  • Poets Laureate on Social Justice in Vallejo

    John F. Kennedy Library, Joseph Room 505 Santa Clara St, Vallejo

    Date/Time Date(s) - 12/09/2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Location 505 Santa Clara St Joseph Room at the John F. Kennedy Library, Vallejo, CA, with:...

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  • Marin Poetry Center’s annual Holiday Potluck & Read Around

    Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United States

    Our annual holiday party at the Falkirk mansion is a time for poetry, song, and great food. Bring a poem and a holiday dish to...

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  • Silvia Federici, Jenny Brown and Dani Burilson

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Monday, Dec 09, 2019 7:00 PM Location: In the basement 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley Silvia Federici in conversation with Jenny Brown, author of Birth Strike:...

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  • An evening with Kal Spelletich

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

    An evening with Kal Spelletich Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco in conversation with Catharine Clark discussing...

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  • Silvia Federici book launch of Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

    CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism (PM Press & Kairos, 2019). Federici surveys the paradigms that...

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  • Roy Scranton

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

    Roy Scranton reading from his new novel I  ❤Oklahoma ! published by Soho Books Suzie's seen it all, but now she's looking for something she lost: a...

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  • The View from Somewhere: Reimagining local journalism in Oakland

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

    Join us for a conversation on journalism, objectivity and an equitable approach to local news in Oakland. Two months after the 2016 presidential election, radio...

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  • Grace Paley’s Birthday

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

    Judith Arcana, author of Grace Paley's Life Stories, will read and share from her decades-long friendship with Grace and their history of activism and writing....

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  • InsideStorytime Flux

    Cinnabar 397 Ellis St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Our last event of 2019. Readers include Mahnaz Badihian (Raven of Isfahan), Ed Miracle (Maker Messiah), Jen Burke Anderson, and others.

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  • 30 Years of Street Sheet

    Street Sheet 280 Turk St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    We invite you to our new office to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Street Sheet newspaper! For three decades Street Sheet has been documenting...

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  • Fight the Tower! Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance

    Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Asian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the ways they are marginalized by intersectionalities of race and gender....

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