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  • Esme Wang + Amy Berkowitz

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

    Esme Weijun Wang will discuss her debut novel, The Border of Paradise.

  • Maw Shein Win

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    She is a poetry editor for Rivet and was an Artist In Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts.

  • Writers on Writing: Jandy Nelson

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Young adult fiction writer Jandy Nelson reads from and discusses her work.

  • Jennifer Egan

    Stanford University 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

    A Reading with Jennifer Egan, Part of the Lane Lecture Series.

  • Julien Poirier: Out of Print

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

    Release party for his new poetry collection!

  • Paolo Bacigalupi

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

    Pegasus Books presents Paolo Bacigalupi, on his paperback tour for The Water Knife.

  • Porter Shreve

    Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    Free and open to the public.

  • Two Voices Salon: Chris Clarke on Modiano

    Center for the Art of Translation office 582 Market St #700, San Francisco, CA, United States

    We'll kick off the evening as usual with a short discussion of what's new in translation and what we're reading now. Come prepared to join the conversation!

  • HELLA CLOSE: Stories of Intimacy by Sex Workers

    Books Inc. In the Castro 2275 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join RADAR Productions on our signature series, Hella Close, part of our year-long Queering the Castro program!

  • Karen Melander Magoon + Miguel Robles

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series!

  • InsideStoryTime SUPERPOWERS

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Note: this event was originally to take place at the Make-out Room but had to relocate -- apologies for any confusion.)

  • Sinan Antoon

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

    Sinan Antoon (Baghdad, 1967) is a poet, novelist, scholar, and translator.

  • Write of Way Literary Festival

    San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come celebrate independent literature!

  • Yuri Herrera + Aaron Bady

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

    Yuri Herrera, author of staff favorite Signs Preceding the End of the World, discusses his new novel, The Transmigration of Bodies, with Aaron Bady.

  • Esmé Weijun Wang + Ranbir Singh Sidhu

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Esmé Weijun Wang and Ranbir Singh Sidhu to the store to discuss and compare their two debut novels.

  • Christos Ikonomou + Anne Germanacos

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

    Christos Ikonomou in conversation with Anne Germanacos about his English-language debut, Something Will Happen, You'll See.

  • Mixed-genre reading w/ Hahn, Morduchovich, + O’Hare

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    LET'S BURN THIS MOTHERFUCKER TO THE GROUND! presents: Mixed-genre reading featuring Ben Hahn, Giovanna Morduchovich, Isobel O'Hare.

  • Jung Yun: Shelter

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    This book is a masterfully crafted debut novel that asks what it means to provide for one's family and, in answer, delivers a story as riveting as it is profound.

  • Writers on Writing: Hugo García Manríquez

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hugo García Manríquez’s most recent book is Anti-Humboldt: A Reading of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Litmus Press/Aldus Editorial).

  • Shawn Vestal: Daredevils

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

    Daredevils is the thrilling new book by Shawn Vestal, who won last year’s PEN Bingham prize for his story collection,Godforsaken Idaho.

  • Genny Lim w/ Jon Jang

    Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel 999 California St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poet, Performer, + Playwright Genny Lim w/ Composer/Pianist Jon Jang.

  • Happy Hour Stories Celebrates National Poetry Month!

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Pegasus on Solano's monthly story time for adults celebrates National Poetry Month. Join us for an evening of readings by Pegasus employees and Pegasus friends, featuring our favorite poems as well as original work.

  • Martinis & Poetry

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Each of the night’s poets will not only be reading their own work, but they will share some of their favorite poems from the poets who inspire them. It will be a celebration of poetry past and present. So come out and raise a glass to poetry!

  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Before We Visit the Goddess

    Books Inc. Mountain View 301 Castro St, Mountain View , CA, United States

    American Book Award-winner Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni shares her powerful new novel, Before We Visit the Goddess.