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  • Stevenson Poetry Night at the SHPL

    Saint Helena Public Library 1492 Library Lane, Saint Helena

    Join us for an evening celebrating the spoken word and the works of Robert Louis Stevenson! The evening will feature an open mic for aspiring...

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  • The Black Aesthetic

    The Black Aesthetic, in performance and in conversation

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

    "Our intention is to offer constructive speculation; our earnest hope to take up the love labor of the Black canons that laid these foundations in...

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  • Yang Huang

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

    Yang Huang reads from her short story collection, My Old Faithful, winner of the 2017 Juniper Prize. Showing both the drama of familial intimacy and the...

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  • Richard Power

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

    Richard Powers discusses his new novel, The Overstory. Praise for Richard Powers “This book is beyond special. Richard Powers manages to turn trees into vivid and...

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  • Kai Carlson-Wee / Rail

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a launch for Kai Carlson-Wee's first full-length poetry collection, Rail. More info to come soon -- save the date, and join us! Set against a landscape...

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  • Richard Powers

    Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., Benicia

    Richard Powers Reads from "The Overstory."

  • 4th Annual Bay Area Book Festival

    Berkeley, CA

    Tens of thousands of book lovers meet hundreds of acclaimed authors over an exciting weekend in downtown Berkeley, California. Whether you’re a fan of science...

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  • Georgeanne Brennan at Mrs. Dalloway’s

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

    Join James Beard Award winner Georgeanne Brennan as she reads from her newest book, Windows on Provence: Musings on the Food, Wine, and Culture of the...

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  • Betty Reid Soskin: Sign My Name to Freedom

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

    Author Betty Reid Soskin shares insights about her memoir, Sign My Name To Freedom, as part of Independent Bookstore Day and the Bay Area Book Festival at...

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  • Almost Butterflies Reading by Sarah C. Jimenez

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us for a night of bringing characters to life! Sarah C. Jiménez’s young adult novel, Almost Butterflies, follows the lives of three teenage cousins on...

  • Book Release: The Edge of Fruitvale by Rohan DaCosta

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Rohan DaCosta's first full-length photography / poetry collection, The Edge of Fruitvale! It's...

  • Saturday Night Special presents: Dating

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Spring is in the air and other clichés, and people are swiping right and left like crazy! Whether you’re single or coupled or thrupled up...

  • Second Inning

    SF Public Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, United States

    More Baseball Poetry from San Francisco Poets Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam! When Monday, 4/30/2018, 4:00 -...

  • Re-Assembling Hope with Rebecca Solnit, Dacher Keltner & others

    Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Re-Assembling Hope: Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Dacher Keltner, Dan Kammen, Shannon Jackson and Friends of the Bay Area Book Festival Monday / 4.30.18 / 6:30 *Tickets...

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  • Holly Brown

    Oakmont of Cardinal Point 2431 Mariner Square Drive, Alameda

    For the second year, AAUW Alameda and Oakmont of Cardinal Point present a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda....

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  • Nikki McClure / The Great Chicken Escape

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host an evening with Nikki McClure. Please join us for a discussion and special presentation of The Great Chicken Escape! A...

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  • Rodrigo Fresán

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

    Rodrigo Fresán discusses his new novel, The Bottom of the Sky. Praise for Rodrigo Fresán "It’s the book of the future, the book that begins to write itself...

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  • Work & Workers

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

    Featured readers: Terry Lucas, Jan Steckel, Dennis Bernstein, Barbara West. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic...

  • Student reading

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

    One of the year’s liveliest events!

  • Berkeley Lunch Poems: Student Reading

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

    One of the year’s liveliest events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well...

  • The Apartment in Bab El-Louk: Elisabeth Jaquette

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

    Translator Elisabeth Jaquette discusses her translation of Donia Maher’s graphic novel, The Apartment in Bab El-Louk. This “fabulous noir poem” has been simply described as “the...

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  • Mairghread Scott / The City on the Other Side

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Mairghread Scott for her new graphic novel illustrated by Robin Robinson, The City on the Other Side, which is set in early 20th century San Francisco....

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  • A Night of Readings and A Book Launch

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

    Friday, May 4, 2018 7:00 PM  9:00 PM Join us for an evening of readings & writings, words & language, lit & luminosity in toast to...

  • Aline Kominsky-Crumb

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

    Legendary cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb discusses Love That Bunch. Praise for Aline Kominsky-Crumb “For over 40 years, Kominsky-Crumb has chronicled agony and ecstasy through brutally honest portraits...

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  • Tessa Fontaine, author of The Electric Woman

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tessa Fontaine’s writing has appeared in PANK, Seneca Review, The Rumpus, Sideshow World, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the University of Alabama and is working...

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  • Alicia Mountain, Steffi Drewes, Tonya M. Foster, and Mg Roberts

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

    Saturday, May 5, 2018 7:00 PM  9:00 PM Poems! By four poets! We're excited to welcome Alicia Mountain's BRAND NEW book High Ground Coward into the...

  • Tessa Fontaine with Shawn Wen

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

    Tessa Fontaine discusses her new memoir The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts with Shawn Wen. Praise for The Electric Woman In a word: wow. I...

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