• Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Wild Geese Sorrow is based upon new translations of the mostly anonymous poems carved into the men’s barracks walls at the Angel Island Immigration Station....

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  • Keep Begin Detach: Yoko Ono

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

    Keep Begin Detach: Multimedia Essays Come to EM Wolfman for an exploration of text and image, music and silence, meditation and performance. Inspired by Yoko...

  • radical poesies: Steven Seidenberg + A’aron Heard + Tongo Eisen-Martin

    Institute Of advanced Uncertainty [I.O.U.] 296 Ivy Street, btwn. Gough and Franklin, San Francisco

    radical poesies Steven Seidenberg + A’aron Heard + Tongo Eisen-Martin Curated by Tongo Eisen-Martin Wednesday! May 16th Doors 6:30PM Program7PM FREE    

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  • Michelle Tea

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

    Michelle Tea celebrating the release of her new book Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticisms from Feminist Press The razor-sharp but damaged Valerie Solanas, a doomed...

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  • Townsend Walker / 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Townsend Walker in conversation withMartha Conway about his new short story collection, 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies. Townsend will read a story from the collection and...

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  • Poets giovanni singleton and Carmen Gimenez Smith

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

    Born in New York, poet Carmen Giménez Smith earned a BA in English from San Jose State University and an MFA in creative writing from...

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  • May Day, May Day–Lyrics & Dirges

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

    Jump from spring to summer with a literary reading that will leave you giddy and bubbly with. . . DeMareon Gipson Liz Green Barbara Jane...

  • William Middleton

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

    William Middleton discussing the subject of his new book Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil published by...

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  • Tao Lin / Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change

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

    Booksmith hosts Tao Lin for his new book Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change. With Tao in conversation is The Believer's Ross Simonini -- please join us! Please note: this event begins...

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  • InsideStoryTime: Persist

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

    Coming up: InsideStorytime SWAY at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster St, Oakland, on Thursday May 17th, 7-9 pm, will feature, Kaitlin Solimine (Empire of Glass), Townsend Walker (3 Women 4...

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  • Todd Robert Petersen presents IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE WE TRIED

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Thursday, May 17 7pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Todd Robert Petersen to discuss his novel, It Needs to Look Like We Tried, on Tuesday, May 17th at 7pm. “Todd Robert...

  • Dorianne Laux + Joshua Mensch

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

    Free readings!

  • Glori Simmons and Dickson Lam

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

    Glori Simmons and Dickson Lam read from their latest works from Autumn House Press About Carry You   In Carry You, a Sunni museum official accidentally hits a Shiite child...

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  • Ellen Forney / Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Ellen Forney for Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life, the anticipated companion volume to her bestselling graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me,...

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  • Poetry Flash presents Melissa Stein and C. Dale Young

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

    Melissa Stein’s new book of poems is Terrible Blooms. The New York Times says, “Ms. Stein reminds us that there is no honey—rough, or otherwise—without the sting.”...

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  • Bookworks :: An Artist’s Book Fair

    San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    About the Bookworks :: An Artist's Book Fair Bookworks at San Francisco Center for the Book is a great place to start your artist’s book...

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  • Friday Night Poetry: w/ Carmen Giménez Smith & MK Chavez

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Friday, May 18 7:00pm East Bay Booksellers is excited to host a fantastic Friday night of contemporary poetry, featuring Carmen Giménez Smith and MK Chavez, on May 18th at 7pm. Carmen...

  • THERE

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

    NEXT THERE: THERE 23 – Friday, May 18, 2018, with East Bay novelist Cameron MacKenzie, award-winning local writer Tamara Schuyler, local novelist Yang Huang,and musical guest TBA. THERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza)...

  • ‘NEARING THE EXIT’: POEMS BY HERBERT GOLD

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

    Novelist, memoirist, essayist, Herbert Gold returns to his earliest form of literary expression, poetry—here in a publishing first, Nearing the Exit. In these poems 94-year-old Gold...

  • Laura Catherine Brown

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

    Laura Catherine Brown dicusses her new novel, Made By Mary. About Made By Mary When Mary and Ann agree to a surrogacy partnership everything goes...

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  • Molly Crabapple / Brothers of the Gun

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Molly Crabapple for Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War, which she illustrated and co-authored with Marwan Hisham. Please join us! A bracingly...

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  • Laura Catherine Brown and Maw Shein Win

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

      Laura Catherine Brown and Maw Shein Win read from their latest works, Made By Mary and Invisible Gifts. About Made By Mary   When Mary and Ann...

  • David Ulrich

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

    David Ulrich presents Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice of Photography, an unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your our fingertips,...

  • AfroSurreal Writers Monthly Meeting

    AfroSurreal Writers Workshop Oakland, CA, United States

    Folks, do the grown person thing and RSVP yes only if you can confirm your attendance so we can plan accordingly. We need to know...

  • Mitali Perkins

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Get up close and personal with Mitali Perkins, author of ten novels for young readers.  Her latest book, You Bring the Distant Near, is an unforgettable story that...

  • Bikes to Books Five-Year Anniversary Spring Ride

    Jack London Street Jack London Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Celebrate five years of Bikes to Books with our annual spring ride! Combining San Francisco history, art, literature, cycling, and urban exploration, Bikes to Books began...

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  • Spring Poetry & Place | El Cerrito

    El Cerrito Community Center 7007 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito, CA, United States

    Spring Poetry & Place | El Cerrito Please join us on Sunday, May 20 from 1:30 - 5 pm at the El Cerrito Community Center...

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