Curtis White
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCurtis White reading from his new novel LACKING CHARACTER from Melville House The man Paul Auster called "a master of bewitchments" and a founder of...
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Sarah Andersen / Herding Cats
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith welcomes Sarah Andersen back for her new book, Herding Cats! Please join us. More #relatable comics from Sarah’s Scribbles! Please note: this is a free event,...
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Pandemonium Press: Whan That Aprile . . .
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesFeatured readers: Judy Wells, Kirk Lumpkin, Mary Mackey, Rafael Jesús González. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open...
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Elaine Castillo
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesElaine Castillo discusses her debut novel, America Is Not The Heart. Praise for America Is Not The Heart “Elaine Castillo’s entrancing and magnificent debut is set to...
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Facades Everywhere
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesOn Thursday, April 4, 2018, The Bindery will become a truth machine. Three writers, Devi S. Laskar, Claudia H. Long,Crystal Jo Reiss, and a surprise poet/novelist, will...
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Shanthi Sekaran
Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United StatesHer latest novel, Lucky Boy, was named an Indie Next Great Read and an Amazon Editors' Pick.
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Matthew Zapruder
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMatthew Zapruder is the author most recently of Sun Bear and Why Poetry, a book of prose about poetry.
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Presidio Live – Western Hemisphereans
Presidio Officers' Club 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CAPRESIDIO LIVE – Thursday Evenings at 7 pm In Presidio Live, experience live music, theatre, dance, film, and dialogues that offer a contemporary take on...
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Presidio Live | Literary Reading: Western Hemisphereans
Presidio Officers' Club 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn Presidio Live, experience live music, theatre, dance, film, and dialogues that offer a contemporary take on the history and nature of the Presidio and...
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Henri Cole
Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCity Lights Booksellers in conjunction with Mechanics' Institute Library and NYRB present Henri Cole celebrating the release of Orphic Paris from New York Review...
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Dan Bransfield / Pizzapedia
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery is excited to host a launch for Dan Bransfield'sPizzapedia. Join us for a meet and greet, pizza (obviously), and a cash bar! A book...
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Curtis White discusses Lacking Character
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandFree -
Tom Raworth (1938–2017): A Celebration of His Life and Work
Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJoin us as we remember poet and friend Tom Raworth, with readings and tributes, at UC Berkeley's Maud Fife Room in Wheeler Hall. Miles Champion, poet...
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Book Release: Occasionally Accurate Science by July Westhale/Liz Laribee
Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Occasionally Accurate Science by July Westhale and Liz Laribee! It's going to be...
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NoViolet Bulawayo, Gina Berriault Award for Fiction, reading
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJunot Díaz writes of Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo, "I knew this writer was going to blow up. Her honesty, her voice, her formidable command of...
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Mills College MFA Alumnae Reading & Reception
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesReception at 5:15 pm for newly admitted graduate students, followed by readings
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Andrea Abi-Karam
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesAndrea Abi-Karam is an Arab American genderqueer punk poet cyborg. Their first full-length book Extratransmission is forthcoming from Kelsey Street Press in early 2018. Abi-Karam’s previous work,The...
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Michelle Cruz Gonzales
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesMichelle Cruz Gonzales is the author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band. Before attending Mills College, Gonzales played drums...
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Steve Zolno: The Future of Democracy
Rockridge Branch 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesWhat is democracy and where did it come from? Is it a new development or was it always present in human society? And perhaps the...
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Perfectly Queer: National Poetry Month
Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us in celebrating National Poetry Month with San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, Aja Couchois Duncan, Luna Merbruja, and Lourdes Figueroa
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Weekday Wanderlust
Weekday Wanderlust 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesHello Wanderlusters. Mark your calendars for TUESDAY APRIL 10. We have a superb line-up waiting just for you with Julia Scott, John Ellis, and Amanda...
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Maw Shein Win
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMaw Shein Win celebrating the release of her new collection of poetry Invisible Gifts: Poems published by Manic D Press Themes of vulnerability and...
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Rachel Levin
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRachel Levin celebrates the release of her new book Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds. About Look Big A humorous...
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Emerging Writers Festival
Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTUESDAY, APRIL 10 7:45 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of the nonfiction book Playing Dead: A Journey...
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A Talk with The Black Aesthetic
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesA Talk with The Black Aesthetic Wednesday / 4.11.18 / 12:00 Free, no ticket needed. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC --- The Black Aesthetic...
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This is Now with Angie Coiro Presents: Leslie Jamison on Alcoholism
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesLeslie Jamison is the author of the essay collection The Empathy Exams, a New York Times bestseller. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and Harper's, among others, and she...
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Caspar Henderson
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCaspar Henderson, author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, discusses his new book A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels. Praise...
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Meg Wolitzer / The Female Persuasion
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesTo be admired by someone we admire—we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes...
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Emerging Writers Festival
Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesWEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 7:30 – 9 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Patricia Horvath is the author of the memoir All the Difference (Etruscan Press). Her...
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Marcel Schwob: Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter
THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San FranciscoJoin translators Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter in an overdue celebration of the beguiling French writer Marcel Schwob, a cult phenomenon who secretly influenced a...
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