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  • Aaron Shurin: The Blue Absolute

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Aaron Shurin is the author of fourteen books of poetry and prose, most recently The Blue Absolute, just out from Nightboat Books. Other works include:...

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  • photo of Jose Revueltas

    Archive 48 Release Party: The Earthly Days of Jose Revueltas

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

    Binational publisher Archive 48, dedicated to Mexican and U.S. literature, launches its U.S. wing with the first-ever English translation of an important work by  Jose...

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  • front cover of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders

    Linda Sarsour / We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders

    PLEASE NOTE: Due to public health concerns around the coronavirus, this will be a virtual event live-streamed on our Facebook page. Please join us! Berkeley...

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  • front cover of Days of Distraction

    Alexandra Chang

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

    Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel, Days of Distraction. Praise for Days of Distraction “A startlingly original and deeply moving debut—kaleidoscopic, funny, heart-rending, beautifully observed, and...

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  • Alexandra Chang at Green Apple Books

    Green Apple Books 9th Avenue 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel, Days of Distraction. Praise for Days of Distraction “A startlingly original and deeply moving debut—kaleidoscopic, funny, heart-rending, beautifully observed, and...

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  • Lyric & Dirges: Ether Edition #1

    Lyric & Dirges: Ether Edition #1

    Join us for the launching of Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition We have a new format and the same literary wonderland. Our inaugural virtual reading...

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  • front cover of Edie on the Green Screen

    Beth Lisick

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

    reads from Edie On The Green Screen: A Novel published by 7.13 Books City Lights welcomes back Beth Lisick to celebrate her debut novel from...

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  • Jane Hirshfield / Ledger

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

    reads from her new volume of poetry Ledger, a book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning from the internationally renowned poet named "among the modern masters" (Washington Post). Wednesday,...

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  • Hilary Leichter, Mary South, Rita Bullwinkel, & R.O. Kwon

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

    Hilary Leichter and Mary South discuss their new works, Temporary and You Will Never Be Forgotten, with Rita Bullwinkel and R.O. Kwon. Praise for Temporary “A narrative so...

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  • Mary Jo Bang by Matt Valentine

    Lunch Poems: 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...

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    Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

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

    reading from The Mountains Sing from Workman Publishing Company "An epic account of Việt Nam's painful 20th century history, both vast in scope and intimate...

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  • Carolyn Forche, In the Lateness of the World at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome celebrated poet Carolyn Forché for a reading and signing of In the Lateness of the World—her new poetry collection of uncanny...

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  • Monica Sok: A Nail the Evening Hangs On

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

    Monica Sok discusses her debut poetry collection, A Nail the Evening Hangs On, with Barbara Jane Reyes. Praise for A Nail the Evening Hangs On “Sok’s...

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  • Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #3

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #3

    FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Donate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the "ticket" link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to...

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  • Nobody Will Tell You This But Me Cover Art

    Bess Kalb / Nobody Will Tell You This But Me

    Booksmith hosts a live-stream with Bess Kalb for her new book Nobody Will Tell You This but Me. Please join us … we'll be streaming on our Facebook page!...

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  • Luiza, Colleen, and Audra Have a Book Party at Wolfman Books

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

    Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, winner of the Charlotte Mew Prize, and Colleen McKee and Audra Puchalski, finalists for the Charlotte Mew Prize, read from their chapbooks, all...

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    Bay Area Poets Coalition

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

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

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  • flier for Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Online!

    Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Online!

    We are giving ONLINE Smack Dab Queer & Trans Open Mic a try. Meet us on Zoom at our usual time :) Smack Dab Queer...

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  • Rebecca Dinerstein Knight / Hex

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Rebecca Dinerstein Knight (The Sunlit Night) for her new novel Hex. Please join us! Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in biological science, is exploring the...

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  • D. A. Powell and Paola Capó-García

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Paola Capó-García is the author of CLAP FOR ME THAT’S NOT ME (Rescue Press, 2018), selected by D.A. Powell as the winner of Rescue Press'...

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