• Matthew McIntosh

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

    Celebrating the release of theMystery.doc.

  • THERE 19

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

    Readings + music!

  • Martha Ronk + Brian Turner

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

    Join us for readings!

  • phren-Z, Live Reading

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Join Santa Cruz’s online literary magazine phren-Z who will host local writers as they read their new and recent work.

  • Flash Fiction Forum

    Works Gallery 364 S. Market St., San Jose, CA, United States
    Free
  • David Henderson

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    David Henderson makes a rare appearance in San Francisco to read his poetry and talk with the audience, returning from his longtime home on New...

    Free
  • TC Tolbert

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

    Tolbert was recently named Tucson’s Poet Laureate.

  • Anne Raeff

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

    Anne Raeff celebrates the release of her new novel, Winter Kept Us Warm.

  • John Murillo + Nicole Sealey

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

    A night of readings.

  • Richard Silberg

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Reading + interview.

  • A Day of Remembrance

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Featured readers followed by an open mic.

  • Odd Mondays

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States
    Free
  • A Reading of Song of a Captive Bird with Jasmin Darznik

    California College of Arts 1111 8th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Nave Alcove, San Francisco Campus MFA in Writing Faculty Jasmin Darznik reading from and in discussion around her new novel Song of a Captive Bird. RSVP...

    Free
  • Neeli Cherkovski

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

    Neeli Cherkovski reading from his new collection of poetry Elegy For My Beat Generation from Lithic Press (Hilton Obenzinger will give an opening statement) Elegy For My...

    Free
  • The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    NEXT up: Tuesday February 20th, 2017 Our featured artist is: Afi Ayanna! at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell Street BART...

    Free
  • Holloway Reading Series: Alan Felsenthal with Dylan Furcall

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Alan Felsenthal runs a small press called The Song Cave with Ben Estes. Together, they edited A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind: The Poems of Alfred Starr...

    Free
  • David Neiwert / Alt America

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders, and...

    Free
  • Lyrics & Dirges: February Love

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Come celebrate love and whatever else at Lyrics & Dirges with five fabulous readers: Fisayo Adeyeye, Candace Eros Díaz, Jacqueline Doyle, Gillian Hamel & Nancy...

    Free
  • Release Party for HOWL:The Record Album

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

    Release Party for HOWL:The Record Album   Concord Music reissues Allen Ginsberg reading HOWL on vinyl Opening statement by Garett Caples (Poetry Editor, City Lights), and Ann Charters (BEAT Scholar) Appearance...

    Free
  • Roseann Lake / Leftover in China

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Roseann Lake visits The Bindery to discuss her new book, Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower. Join us! Forty years ago, China...

    Free
  • Morgan Jerkins / This Will Be My Undoing

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith is thrilled to host Morgan Jerkins for This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America. Please join us!...

    Free
  • USF MFA Reading Series: Sam Lipsyte

    USF Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Sam Lipsyte is the author of five books of fiction, including The Fun Parts, Home Land, and The Ask. A Guggenheim fellow and winner of the Believer Book Award,...

    Free
  • Nancy Huang, “Favorite Daughter,” with Aurielle Marie

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

    Nancy Huang will be reading from her first book of poems, Favorite Daughter. Nan Huang (黄洁) is a queer Chinese-American poet. She is a winner of...

    Free
  • Dear Diary Zine Fest Pre-Party!

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

    Oh my goodness, it is almost time for the Bay Area's only PERZINE FEST! We are celebrating by hosting a zine reading the night before...

    Free