Reema Zaman
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesReema Zaman discusses her new memoir, I Am Yours. Praise for I Am Yours “Tender, fierce, compassionate, and wise . . . a moving story about...
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Poem Jam
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CAJoin San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and guests Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, James Cagney, and Christine No for a special Valentine's Day poetry jam. The Main...
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Voz Sin Tinta: Our monthly bilingual poetry series and open mic.
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThu, February 14, 6:30pm – 9:00pm DescriptionSponsored by Alejandro Murguia, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. This month's readers TBD.
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Tom Barbash & Keith Scribner
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from new work Keith Scribner reads from Old Newgate Road published by Alfred Knopf Tom Barbash reads from The Dakota Winters published by Ecco...
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Robin LaFevers with Sabaa Tahir
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesRobin LaFevers’ wonderful His Fair Assassins series tells the story of assassin nuns in Medieval France and is a store favorite. We are thrilled to...
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Westwood Park: Building a Bungalow Neighborhood in San Francisco
Ingleside Meeting Room 1298 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, CAPlease join Ms. Kathleen Beitiks to talk about her book entitled, Westwood Park: Building a Bungalow Neighborhood in San Francisco. A SFMOMA program.
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Stephanie Land / Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special Saturday afternoon event to welcome Stephanie Land for her remarkable memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive. Please join...
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Two Poets: One A Former ANC Militant; the Other a Theorist of Afro-Pessimism
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThese two poets will read as part of The SF Poetry Center's first annual Black Study Series. Frank B. Wilderson, III is an award-winning writer,...
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Frank B. Wilderson, III and D.S. Marriott read from their poetry as part of The SF Poetry Center’s first annual Black Study Series
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFrank B. Wilderson, III is an award-winning writer, poet, scholar, activist and emerging filmmaker. Dr. Wilderson spent five years in South Africa as an elected official...
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Poetry at Green Apple Books on the Park, featuring Heather June Gibbons, Randall Mann,Barbara Jane Reyes and Michelle Brittan Rosado
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHeather June Gibbons is the author of the poetry collection Her Mouth as Souvenir, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize and published by the...
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The Poetry Center presents a solo reading and conversation with Annie Finch
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States4:30pm The Poetry Center presents a solo reading and conversation with Annie Finch at The Poetry Center San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San...
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Jan Steckel at Poetry Express
Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJan Steckel will read from her new poetry book Like Flesh Covers Bone at Poetry Express, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, with open mic.
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David Marriott
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesTuesday February 19, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room David Marriott is originally from the UK, but now lives in Oakland, California....
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Ayesha Harruna Attah
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from The Hundred Wells of Salaga: A Novel published by Other Press Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom...
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Sandy Allen in conversation with Rahawa Haile – – A Kind of Miraculous Paradise
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Sandy Allen to discuss A Kind of Miraculous Paradise, on Tuesday, February 19th at 7pm. She will joined in conversation by friend of the store Rahawa...
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Dani Shapiro
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDani Shapiro returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to present Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love. "Identity is frail business, and in her searing story, Dani...
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Poetry at Pegasus: GennaRose Nethercott and Miriam Bird Greenberg
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesGennaRose Nethercott’s book The Lumberjack’s Dove (Ecco/HarperCollins) was selected by Louise Glück as a winner of the National Poetry Series for 2017. She is also the lyricist...
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GennaRose Nethercott and Miriam Bird Greenberg
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesGennaRose Nethercott discusses her new collection, The Lumberjack's Dove with Miriam Bird Greenberg. Also featuring live shadow puppetry! “Serious art does not need to be weighty or...
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Alan Brennert
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United Statesreads from Daughter of Moloka'i, the sequel to his bestselling Moloka'i.
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Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesLyrics & Dirges features a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to...
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Meet Author Jasmine Guillory
Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, OaklandMeet Jasmine Guillory, a writer, lawyer and Oaklander who has earned enthusiastic praise for her recent novels The Wedding Date and The Proposal. New York...
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Chloe Aridjis
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from Sea Monsters: A Novel published by Catapult Press Pulsing to the soundtrack of Joy Division, Nick Cave, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, an...
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Poetry Center Book Award Reading: Lauren Levin and Melissa Mack, reading and in conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThursday, February 21 - 7:00 pm The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University I eat crumbs out of the baby's neck I'm glad...
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Marina Mularz
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMarina Mularz discusses her new story collection, Welcome to Freedom Point. Praise for Welcome to Freedom Point "Fresh, witty, delightfully weird, Welcome to Freedom Point is equally infused...
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Fourth Friday Formal: George Higgins and Charlotte Innes
St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CAOakland poet and actor, George Higgins, is a Cave Canem Fellow whose poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Pleiades, Nimrod, and others. About his...
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George Higgins & Charlotte Innes
St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CAGeorge Higgins is an Oakland poet and actor. About his first book There, There (White Violet Press, 2013), Joan Aleshire wrote, “this book deepens our knowledge of how...
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THERE 28
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesTHERE 28 will be Friday, February 22, 2019, featuring brilliant Oakland memoirist Faith Adiele, equally amazing memoirist Reyna Grande, and poet MK Chavez, also of...
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Clearly Meant presents James Cagney
Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJames Cagney is a poet from Oakland. He has performed in venues and museums throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. His first book, Black...
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Bay Area Chinese Writers Discuss their Writing
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CAMore than ten Chinese writers from the Bay Area will talk about their passion for literature and how and why they write. They will give...
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Christie Aschwanden / Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with acclaimed FiveThirtyEight science writer Christie Aschwanden for her new book Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from...