• Jordan Kisner

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

    Jordan Kisner discusses her new essay collection, Thin Places: Essays From In Between. Praise for Thin Places “Jordan Kisner’s essays are like intricate tattoos: etched with...

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  • Jordan Kisner and Esmé Weijun Wang at Green Apple Books

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

    Jordan Kisner discusses her new essay collection, Thin Places: Essays From In Between with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Thin Places “Jordan Kisner’s essays are like intricate tattoos:...

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  • Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #2

    Donate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the "ticket" link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress 90...

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  • Poetry Reading and Live Drawing

    Zoom Secession Virtual Happy Hour Friday, March 27, 6pm https://zoom.us/j/448811298 While we're closed until the city allows us to reopen (fingers crossed for April 9),...

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  • Jane Hirshfield: Ledger

    Pt. Reyes Books 11315 CA-1, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, United States

    Jane Hirshfield reads from her new collection of poems, Ledger. About Ledger: From one of our most celebrated contemporary poets--long-listed for the National Book Award...

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  • Saturday Night Special, A “Scandalous” Open Mic

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

    Scandal is "an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage." Whether it's the short skirt your mom wore,...

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  • Bay Area Antioch Reading Series no.2

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

    Bay Area Antioch Reading Series is a quarterly reading series curated and sponsored by alumni of Antioch University MFA Program in Creative Writing. BAARS no.2...

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  • Silent Book Club SF

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...

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  • Silent Book Club SF

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...

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  • Seen and Heard

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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

    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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  • 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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  • 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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