The Racket #17 : Ghosts
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe're seven months from Halloween, but what the hell, let's talk about GHOSTS. The ones that haunt mansions, the ones that haunt our pasts, the...
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Luis Alberto Urrea
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesBookshop welcomes award winning author Luis Alberto Urrea for a book discussion and signing of The House of Broken Angels. In his final days, beloved and...
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THE RACKET! #17
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesDetails soon! Hosted by Noah B. Sanders
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Writers on Writing: Michael Nava
San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMichael Nava reads from and discusses his fiction work.
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Fady Joudah
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesFady Joudah's fourth poetry collection is Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance.
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Katherine Applegate
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesMeet beloved author Katherine Applegate and fall in love with Wishtree, a heartwarming story that reveals the powers of love, healing, and community Red is an...
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Songs of Dismantling: Standing as Witness in the 21st Century
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPoets Randall Mann and Fernando Pérez read poetry and discuss the poetic experience as a method of cultural healing moderated by Ingrid Rojas Contreras A night of reading and...
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Sébastien Régnier and Barbara Browning / Who the Hell is Imre Lodbrog?
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery welcomes Sébastien Régnier and Barbara Browning for a reading and live music in celebration of their new book, Who the Hell is Imre Lodbrog?. Join us!...
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THERE
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesNEXT THERE: THERE 22 – Friday, April 20, 2018, with award-winning Oakland author Nayomi Munaweera, local novelist Yang Huang, East Bay writer Stevan Cavalier and the debut...
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Ally Carter at the Livermore Public Library
Livermore Public Library 1188 S. Livermore Ave., LivermoreJoin us as we welcome Ally Carter to the Livermore Public Library for an author talk and book signing! Ally Carter is the author of...
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Perfectly Queer East Bay Reading “Lesbian Romance Novels”
Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United StatesPerfectly Queer East Bay presents "Lesbian Romance Novels," 4 authors reading from new books, Wednesday, March 28, 7pm Laurel Book Store, 1423 Broadway, Oakland. Free...
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Zachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesZachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters celebrating the release of Zachary Lazar's new novel VENGEANCE from Catapult Books Zachary Lazar's powerful and...
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The End of the End of the World Word Cabaret – Three Local Authors Read From New Books
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin the End of the End of the World Word Cabaret & The Green Arcade in a reading from three Bay Area authors reading from...
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Zachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating the release of Zachary Lazar's new novel VENGEANCE from Catapult Books Zachary Lazar's powerful and important novel was inspired by a passion play, The Life...
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Harry Mathews Tribute
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us for a special night of stories and memories to celebrate the life of Harry Mathews and the publication of his last novel, The Solitary Twin. With...
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Courtney Peppernell / Pillow Thoughts
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special evening with Australian sensationCourtney Peppernell as part of her first US tour. She'll be reading from her books Pillow Thoughts I and The Road...
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An Honors College Reading with Craig Santos Perez
USF Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn fall 2018, the University of San Francisco will launch an Honors Collegethat helps top students become global citizens equipped to meet the challenges of the...
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An Honors College Reading with Craig Santos Perez
Fromm Hall - FR115 - Berman Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 115 - Berman Room Free and open to the public.
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Bruce Holbert in conversation with Suzanne Lang
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBruce Holbert in conversation with Suzanne Lang discussing his new novel Whiskey from Farrar, Strauss, Giroux/MCD Brothers Andre and Smoker were raised in a...
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C. Dale Young / The Affliction
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery is thrilled to host acclaimed poet C. Dale Young reading from his debut novel in stories, The Affliction. Reading with him will be poet...
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Bruce Holbert in conversation with Suzanne Lang
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussing his new novel Whiskey from Farrar, Strauss, Giroux/MCD Brothers Andre and Smoker were raised in a cauldron of their parents' failed marriage and appetite...
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Veronica Gerber Bicecci and Christina MacSweeney
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesVeronica Gerber Bicecci discusses her new novel, Empty Set, with translator Christina MacSweeney. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation. Praise for Empty Set "Verónica Gerber writes...
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Verónica Gerber Bicecci
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMexican visual artist who writes, Verónica Gerber Bicecci discusses her novel Empty Set, with critically acclaimed translator Christina MacSweeney, who brought it into English. A...
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Saturday Night Special, an “Ekphrastic” open mic
Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States"Ekphrastic poems focus on works of art—usually paintings, photographs, or statues. And modern ekphrastic poems have generally shrugged off antiquity’s obsession with elaborate description, and...
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Diana Khoi Nguyen
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDiana Khoi Nguyen reads from her new poetry collection, Ghost Of. Also featuring readings by fellow poets, Jane Wong, Ingrid Rojas, Diana Arterian and Juliana Xuan Wang. About Ghost Of...
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Lunada Literary Lounge
Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesUnder the Blue Moon of March, on the final night of Mes Internacional de la Mujer, Lunada is honored to host award winning internationally renowned...
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Richard A. Walker
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRichard A. Walker celebrating his new book Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay...
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Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesReadings by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Kara Krewer, Kim Magowan, and Brynn Saito Hosted by Peter Kline Poet, essayist, translator, and immigration advocate Marcelo Hernandez Castillo...
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Legacy of Poetry Festival: Javier Zamora
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 150 East San Fernando Street Room 590, San Jose, CA, United StatesPoetry reading and conversation with Javier Zamora. Meet one of the most important younger poets emerging in the United States, Javier Zamora. Author of the...
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Tananarive Due
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesTananarive Due is a screenwriter, award-winning novelist, and leading voice in black speculative fiction. Her most recent book, Ghost Summer, won a British Fantasy Award and...
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