2018 California Book Award Finalist Feminist experimental poetry in the tradition of Audre Lorde and Theresa Kyung Cha from a prominent Filipina American poet. "Reyes...
This year’s Unity Day in Vallejo will feature performances by ten local poets: Vallejo Poet Laureate D.L. Lang, Nina Serrano, Aqueila Lewis, Ja Hicks, Lady...
Sunday, September 9, 10:00am - 5:00pm Solano Ave, Berkeley SOLANO STROLL Since 1974 Solano Avenue and the twin-cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted...
Writer-contributors read to celebrate the publication of "Giving Voice: Laborfest Writers Anthology, 2005-2017"
Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...
Author Gary Gach points out that just because our eyes are open doesn’t mean we’re awake. He invites us to shift from our “auto-pilot” approach...
Alexandra and David Brown discuss their new book, A Year Off: A Story About Traveling the World-and How to Make it Happen for You. About A...
On their first date, David started describing to Alexandra his plan to quit his job and travel around the world for a year. Without hesitation...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Poetic Tuesdays guest curated by Litquake, Poetic Tuesdays features an array of poets and music.
celebrating the release of The Incendiaries from Riverhead Books Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Time, Parade, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, PBS, Vulture,Buzzfeed, BookRiot, PopSugar, Refinery29, Bustle, The Rumpus, Paste, BBC. A shocking...
Our ancestors can be the real people who came before us or the imagined people of literature or the real people who imagined that literature....
The Bindery hosts Claudia Dey for her American debut, Heartbreaker! Please join us. An isolated town. The remains of a mysterious cult. And a woman who disappears....
Elaine Mokhtefi discusses her new book, Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers. Praise for Algiers, Third World Capital “Algiers, Third World Capital is a...
Poets Maw Shein Win, Melissa Stein, Margaret Stawowy & Miriam Bird Greenberg
celebrating the release of her debut novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree from Random House A mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height Pablo...
The Bindery hosts the launch party for Marilyn Berlin Snellfor her new book Unlikely Ally: How the Military Fights Climate Change and Protects the Environment. Please join...
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm
Booksmith hosts beloved artist and founder of Ideal Bookshelf Jane Mount for Bibliophile. Please join us! Book lovers, rejoice! In this love letter to all things bookish, Jane Mount brings literary...
Julie Bruck reads from her new poetry collection, How to Avoid Huge Ships. Praise for Jule Bruck "She is the poet laureate of aftermath, of what...
Ken Knabb, leading translator of Guy Debord and the Situationist International, will discuss the situationists' key influence on the nationwide May 1968 revolt...
We're looking forward to a terrific evening, with friends and fellow Whiting Award 2018 recipients (respectively, for poetry and fiction) Tommy Pico and Brontez Purnell, reading and in...
Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street Thursday, September 13th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Todd Stadtman as he reads from his newest novel, So Good...
Susan Froderberg discusses her new novel Mysterium. Praise for Mysterium Praise for Mysterium “Mysterium is a beautifully rendered exploration of the essential role that landscape plays in the...
Pride Poetry Palooza usually comes but once a year but everyone had so much fun in July we decided to do it all over again!...
sunday, sept 16 12pm potluck, 2pm readings Join us for an afternoon of readings in the redwoods! curated by Chris Cole, Evan Karp, and Scott Green...
Sunday, September 16, 1:00pm - 4:00pm Pegasus Books Oakland Beloved author and illustrator Patricia Polacco will be signing her best-selling children's books, including the newly...
Jerry Ferraz's Trump Poem
POETS! - Sharon Doubiago + Bill Bradd, followed by an open mic
celebrating the release of Time's Language: Collected Poems from Wings Press Ultimately, there are two kinds of poets: those who have a long vitae and...
Roni Ben Hur - Harvie S - Sylvia Cuenca