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  • Kevin Killian

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

    Kevin Killian celebrating the release of Fascination: Memoirs from Semiotexte A memoir of gay life in 1970s Long Island by one of the leading proponents...

  • Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Sketchtasy

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents Sketchtasy. Sketchtasy brings 1990s gay culture startlingly back to life, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact of growing up at a...

  • Eric Karpeles on Józef Czapski

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

    Eric Karpeles on Józef Czapski in conversation with Cynthia Haven celebrating the release of three new books from New York Review Books: Inhuman Land: A Wartime...

  • Sarah Stone

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sarah Stone discusses her new novel, Hungry Ghost Theater. Praise for Hungry Ghost Theater "Sarah Stone traces out the quirky, fateful dramas of one family, while...

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

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

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018: November 3, December 1 3:00 – 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block...

  • Babylon Salon

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

    Babylon Salon presents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 1, 2018, 6.00 pm  at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street  (downstairs performance space)   featuring -- Vanessa Hua is...

  • JOURNAL RELEASE: NOMADIC JOURNAL 2018: COVENANT

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2018: Covenant! It's going to be an amazing evening of readings,...

  • Norma Cole with Steve Dickison: An Omnidawn Party

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

    celebrating the release of two new books of poetry from Omnidawn Press Fate News by Norma Cole and Inside Song  by Steve Dickison about Fate News:...

  • The Wall of Birds

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

    Jane Kim and Thayer Walker discuss their new book, The Wall of Birds:One Planet, 243 Families, 375 Million Years. About The Wall of Birds A celebration...

  • Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Join us for fruitcake and cheer in this annual Mrs. Dalloway's tradition. Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 7:30pm First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical...

  • 1st Tuesday’s Spoken Word & Open Mic

    Cafe Envy 1701 Yosemite Ave, San Francisco

    1st Tuesday's Spoken Word TV showcase is a community event that creates a positive space for expression through the arts. We highlight local talent and...

    Free

  • El Cerrito Out Loud: Poetry Event

    San Pablo & Fairmount Avenues 6159 Fairmount Avenue, El Cerrito

    Join City Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel for "El Cerrito Out Loud" at Off the Grid. Hear featured poets and participate in an open mic and...

    Free

  • George Lakey

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

    discussing the subject of his new book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning by George Lakey from Melville House A lifetime...

  • 2ND SET: ‘OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM’ ANTHOLOGY RELEASE

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

    WED. DEC. 5TH, 7PM By popular demand, we’ve added a second night of readings from the newly released Overthrowing Capitalism: Volume Five. Featured readers: Lincoln Bergman...

  • BINDERY: Poetry from USF’s Graduate Program in Writing

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the concluding event in Prof. D. A. Powell's "San Francisco Poetics," an open classroom experience celebrating poets in San Francisco. The founding director...

  • Joshua Rivkin and R.O. Kwon

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

    Joshua Rivkin discusses his new biography, Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for Chalk “Reviled when young, revered when old,...

  • Mary Jo Bang

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

    Mary 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 Critics Circle...

  • Noir: Nighthawks

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: Jon Sindell, Sara McAulay, Robert Pesich, Susan Cohen. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...

  • Chaya Bhuvaneswar in conversation with Louise Aronson

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

    celebrating Chaya Bhuvaneswar's new book White Dancing Elephants from Dzanc Books In luminous, vivid, searingly honest prose, the stories in White Dancing Elephants center on the experiences of diverse...

  • InsideStorytime LAPSARIANS

    Edinburgh Castle Pub 950 Geary St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    InsideStorytime LAPSARIANS will occur at Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary Street, San Francisco, Thursday December 6th, 7-9 pm, featuring Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Fruit of the Drunken Tree), and others. lapsarians...

  • WOULD YOU BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THAT OUTFIT?

    The Stud Bar 399 9th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    WOULD YOU BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THAT OUTFIT? A multimedia event celebrating the aesthetics of '80s and '90s underground clubbing by pájaros, maricones, mariposas, mariquitas...

    Free

  • OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by...

  • Studio One Reading Series

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Friday, December 7th, feat. Brenda Hillman and Rae Armantrout! Please join us on Friday, December 7th, from 7:30-9:30 pm, for a reading featuring Brenda Hillman...

  • Tongues of Fire Reading Series

    Bound Together Bookstore 1369 Haight St,, San Francisco, CA, United States

    TONGUES OF FIRE Reading Series 8pm bound together anarchist collective bookstore, 1369 Haight St. Featuring Anna Allen, James Warner, Phyllis Oscar, and others!

  • Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...