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  • Maw Shein Win

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

    Maw Shein Win   celebrating the release of her new collection of poetry Invisible Gifts: Poems published by Manic D Press Themes of vulnerability and...

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  • Rachel Levin

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

    Rachel Levin celebrates the release of her new book Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds. About Look Big A humorous...

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  • Emerging Writers Festival

    Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    TUESDAY, APRIL 10 7:45 – 9:30 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of the nonfiction book Playing Dead: A Journey...

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  • The Black Aesthetic

    A Talk with The Black Aesthetic

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

    A Talk with The Black Aesthetic Wednesday / 4.11.18 / 12:00 Free, no ticket needed. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC --- The Black Aesthetic...

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  • This is Now with Angie Coiro Presents: Leslie Jamison on Alcoholism

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Leslie Jamison is the author of the essay collection The Empathy Exams, a New York Times bestseller. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and Harper's, among others, and she...

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  • Caspar Henderson

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

    Caspar Henderson, author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, discusses his new book A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels. Praise...

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  • Meg Wolitzer / The Female Persuasion

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    To be admired by someone we admire—we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes...

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  • Emerging Writers Festival

    Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 7:30 – 9 p.m. Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room Patricia Horvath is the author of the memoir All the Difference (Etruscan Press). Her...

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  • Marcel Schwob: Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    Join translators Chris Clarke and Kit Schluter in an overdue celebration of the beguiling French writer Marcel Schwob, a cult phenomenon who secretly influenced a...

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  • Peter Balakian

    Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United States

    Lewandowski Poet In conjunction with Legacy of Poetry Day.

  • Get Lit Spring Reading!

    Aqus Petaluma 101 H St, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Come join us April 12 as we celebrate spring reads with a fun night of literary storytelling with featured readers Christine No, Patty Somlo and...

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  • Leslie Jamison

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

    Leslie Jamison discusses her new book, The Recovering: Intoxication And Its Aftermath. Praise for The Recovering "Leslie Jamison has written an honest and important book. It...

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  • Kathleen Belew

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

    Kathleen Belew   discussing the subject of her new book Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America from Harvard University Press...

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  • Jami Attenberg & Friends / All Grown Up

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Join us as we celebrate the paperback launch of Jami Attenberg'sAll Grown Up, with local superheroes Charlie Jane Anders, Rachel Khong, and Esmé Weijun Wang all talking on the...

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  • Angel Dominguez and Kit Schluter

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

    Two renowned poets, Dominguez and Schluter read their work.

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  • Half Past the Unlucky: A Friday the 13th Reading

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    & DRAWING FOR POEMS UNDER THE DOME FRI. APRIL 13TH, 7PM On Friday the 13th, join us for an auspicious evening of poetry in celebration...

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  • Cliterary Salon: Unlucky in Love

    SOMA

    Cliterary Salon is a show of ribald and rowdy stories about the clitoris, bringing a spirit of fun sexuality to a literary scene that's traditionally...

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  • Michael Hoerman

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Michael is touring to share a selection of earlier and never-heard-before poems in his new chapbook, Disoriented Fascinatio.

  • Book Launch with Christopher Moore at Opera Plaza!

    Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United States

    New York Times-bestselling author Christopher Moore joins us in celebration of his hilarious new novel, Noir. One day before the book's official release, this very special event...

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  • Samantha Irby / Meaty

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

    Booksmith is thrilled to host Samantha Irby, in town to read from her beloved first collection of essays—and the basis for the upcoming FX Studios series—Meaty!...

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  • Queer Words: In Conversation with Natasha Dennerstein

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Celebrate National Poetry Month with Australian-born poet Natasha Dennerstein, as she shares with us snippets from her various books, “Anatomize,” “Triptych Caliform,” “Seahorse,” and “About...

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  • Sloane Crosley with Mallory Ortberg

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

    Sloane Crosley discusses her new book, Look Alive Out There with Mallory Ortberg. Praise for Sloane Crosley Sloane Crosley is another mordant and mercurial wit from the...

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  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Lyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is...

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  • Meaghan O’Connell with Lydia Kiesling

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

    Meaghan O'Connell discusses her new memoir, And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I was Ready with Lydia Kiesling. Praise for And Now We Have Everything...

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  • Melissa Stein / Terrible Blooms

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is so excited to host the launch party for Melissa Stein's second book of poems! Don't miss it, friends—more deets to come soon....

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  • Drag Queen Story Hour Featuring Yves St. Croissant

    Oakland Main Library 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Created by Michelle Tea and RADAR Productions in San Francisco, Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to...

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