• 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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  • 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

    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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  • 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...

  • 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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  • 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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  • MFA Alumni Reading Featuring mai c. doan & Aiden Thomas

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Reception at 5:15 pm for newly admitted Mills graduate students, followed by readings. mai c. doan is poet and writer from Southern California. Her first...

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  • Benicia First Tuesday Poets

    Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., Benicia

    Benicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.

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  • Ellen Bass, Indigo at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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

    Indigo merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complex grey areas. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved...

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  • C Pam Zhang: How Much of These Hills is Gold

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

    C Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel How Much of These Hills is Gold. Praise for How Much of These Hills is Gold "C Pam Zhang's...

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  • Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in Conversation

    A fundraiser for Pegasus Books About this Event It's a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place....

    Free – $100
  • Robert Williams at City Lights Books

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

    Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination published by Fantagraphics Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination is a comprehensive, career-spanning collection of the iconic painter's...

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  • Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition #2

    This week Lyrics & Dirges Ether Edition features Maw Shein Win, Vernon Keeve III, and Amanda Moore Learn about our readers by visiting their bio...

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  • Kathy Valentine: All I Ever Wanted

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

    Kathy Valentine, bassist for The Go-Go's, discusses her new memoir All I Ever Wanted. About All I Ever Wanted Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine’s story is a...

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