Literary Speakeasy: A Toast to Sylvia Plath
Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us as we raise a glass and celebrate the words of this iconic poet.
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Hank Lazer + Andrew Maxwell
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPoets Hank Lazer and Andrew Maxwell present recent work, then engage in conversation with one another and their audience. This event is free and open to the public.
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Daphne Merkin
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDaphne Merkin reads from This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression.
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Meg Elison
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesMeg Elison presents the gripping sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Book of the Unnamed Midwife.
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Tom Zaniello
Books Inc. Palo Alto 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesFilm and cultural studies professor Tom Zaniello discussses California's Lamson Murder Mystery: The Depression Era Case That Divided Santa Clara County.
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Calder G. Lorenz
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Booksmith is excited to host Calder G. Lorenz for the launch of his debut novel, One Way Down (Or Another), just out from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Calder will be in conversation withMicah Ballard – please join us!
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Bryan Stevenson
Hammer Theater Center 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk, San Jose, CA, United StatesCLA presents Bryan Stevenson discussing his book Just Mercy.
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Tim Dorsey
Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United StatesTim Dorsey presents his new book Clownfish Blues.
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Daniel Handler
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDaniel Handler discusses Three Masquerades, a collection of novellas by Rachel Ingalls.
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Sigrid Carter
Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United StatesSigrid Carter presents her book, Amazing Women: 4 German Girls, 25,000+ of Miles, 18 Months 0 Money.
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Mariana Ruybalid
Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesA free chapbook is available at Berkeley Public Library branches. Please pick one up!
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Alex George
Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United StatesFrom the author of the “lyrical and compelling” (USA Today) novel A Good American comes Setting Free the Kites, the powerful story of the unintended consequences that friendship, hope, and obsession impose on two families in crisis.
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Deborah Crombie
Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United StatesDeborah Crombie presents her book Garden of Lamentations.
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Bawdy’s ‘Decadent’ 10 Year Anniversary Show
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesOur theme: 'Decadent!'
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Bawdy’s ‘Best of Bawdy’ 10 Year Anniversary Show
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBawdy Storytelling – the Original Sex + Storytelling series – celebrates TEN YEARS in San Francisco.
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Vanessa Hua, Shanthi Sekaran + Ali Eteraz
Oakland Public Library 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin three local authors as they read from their latest work and discuss issues of immigration and identity.
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Juan Pablo Villalobos
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMexican writer Juan Pablo Villalobos dicusses his new novel, I'll Sell You a Dog, with Mauro Javier Cardenas.
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Ari Banias, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano + Cintia Santana
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAri Banias, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, and Cintia Santana read at Alley Cat Books in support of Ari Banias’s new book, Anybody.
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Bill Hayes
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBill Hayes presents Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me.
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L.A. Kaufman
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesL.A. Kaufman presents on his book Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism.
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Liz Cunningham
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLiz Cunningham presents her book Ocean Country.
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Pola Oloixarac
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesArgentinian writer Pola Oloixarac in conversation about her first novel translated into English, Savage Theories.
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Jennifer Clarvoe
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJennifer Clarvoe is the author of Invisible Tender and Counter-Amores.
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Bill Hayes
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesA moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls “the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected” of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks.
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Layli Long Soldier + Truong Tran
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPoets Layli Long Soldier and Truong Tran read from new work, then engage with one another and their audience in conversation. Free and open to the public.
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Eric Puchner
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesEric Puchner will read from his newest collection of short stories Last Day on Earth.
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Bay Area Poets Coalition First Saturday
Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States3-5 minutes per poet/reader, or "just listening" is fine too :-)
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Babylon Salon Spring Reading
The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesA reading with Cristina García and Josh Mohr.
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Kirill Medvedev
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesKirill Medvedev is one of the most exciting, unpredictable voices on the Russian literary scene today.
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Megan Marshall
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMegan Marshall presents her new book, Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.