Silent Book Club SF
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...
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SF in SF with Juliette Wade, Tiffany Trent, and Mike Chen
American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us for an evening of reading and conversation with authors Juliette Wade, Tiffany Trent, and Mike Chen, in conversation with Bay Area writer,...
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In Search of My Robot: Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesRobots, like any technology, are not “objective” or “universal”; instead, machines reveal the process of social formation. This talk by poet, scholar, and new media...
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John Sayles at City Lights Books
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesYellow Earth from Haymarket Books Rich layers of shale oil are discovered under Yellow Earth, North Dakota and the neighboring Three Nations Indian reservation. All...
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Contemporary Writers Series: Aria Aber
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesAria Aber was raised in Germany, where she was born to Afghan refugees. Her debut book, Hard Damage, won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry...
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Megan Fernandes with Sam Sax
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMegan Fernandes reads from her new collection of poetry Good Boys published by Tin House Books In an era of rising nationalism and geopolitical instability,...
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John Sayles: Yellow Earth
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEYJohn Sayles works as a fiction writer, screenwriter, actor and feature film director. His novel Union Dues (1978) was nominated for the National Book Award...
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JoAnne Silver Jones, Headstrong at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes JoAnne Silver Jones for a discussion and signing of her new book, Headstrong. After a sudden assault by a stranger left Jones with severe traumatic...
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Emily Nemens: The Cactus League
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesEmily Nemens discusses her new novel The Cactus League. Praise for The Cactus League “Emily Nemens's magnificent debut is a masterwork of great empathy and detail,...
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The MFA in Writing Program presents Cristina García in conversation with Omar. F. Miranda
McLaren Complex - MC252, USF 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCristina García is the author of seven novels, including: Dreaming in Cuban, The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to Luck, The Lady Matador’s Hotel, King of Cuba, and, most recently, Here in...
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the system must be tried
Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSF writer Kevin Simmonds reads from the system must be tried, sponsored by the San Francisco Arts Commission.
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Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Around the World
World Affaris Auditorium 312 Sutter Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Conference of Women in Beijing, but what kind of progress has really been made? One billion...
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Author visit and discussion with Anna Wiener, author of UNCANNY VALLEY
The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san franciscooin us for a visit and discussion with local author Anna Wiener, author of UNCANNY VALLEY. Anna Wiener is a contributing writer to The New...
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Dean A. Strang in conversation with Lara Bazelon
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts Dean A. Strang for his new book, Keep the Wretches in Order: America’s Biggest Mass Trial, the Rise of the Justice Department, and the Fall of the...
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Creative Writing Reading Series with Chris Feliciano Arnold
Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United StatesDATE & TIME: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Soda Activity Center: Claeys Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94575 View a...
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Poetry Flash presents a book launch for The Collected Poetry and Prose of Lawrence Fixel
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, BerkeleyA book launch celebration for The Collected Poetry and Prose of Lawrence Fixel, by San Francisco poet Lawrence Fixel, who passed in 2003 at the...
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Karen Sherman – Brick By Brick
Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesKaren Sherman, author of Brick By Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere moved her family from Bethesda, Maryland to Kigali for a year in 2012...
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FREE OFFSITE EVENT: Amitav Ghosh, “Unmuting the Brutes”
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesThe Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and the Center for Creative Ecologies present Beyond the End of the World Lecture Series, featuring Amitav Ghosh: “Unmuting...
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EVES AT THE BEAT: WOMXN READING AT THE BEAT MUSEUM
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDuring Women’s History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...
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Lit Starts: Signing+Writing Workshop with Author Constance Hale
A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Ave., Oakland, CaliforniaPlease Join Us on Thursday, February 27 at 7 PM for a Practicing the Craft: Write Character, Dialogue and Action with Constance Hale The Writers...
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Dodie Bellamy and Anthony Huberman in conversation
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating the release of Dodie Bellamy Is on Our Mind Edited by Jeanne Gerrity and Anthony Huberman published by Semiotext(e) Books, distributed by The MIT...
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Jamel Brinkley
SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United StatesThe Center for Literary Arts is excited to welcome author of A Lucky Man and finalist for the National Book Award, Jamel Brinkley in conversation with SJSU’s...
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Suzanne Stein and Anne Lesley Selcer, reading and in conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us for this reading and conversation with two poet/performers who each have worked and written extensively in relation to contemporary art practices. This event,...
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Beau Beausoleil: A Glyphic House at Alley Cat Books
Join us for a reading from Beau Beausoleil’s latest publication, A Glyphic House. This Day On The Calendar On this day we are trying to...
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Elizabeth Tallent: Scratched
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesElizabeth Tallent launches Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism, her bold and brilliant exploration of the ferocious desire for perfection which has shaped her writing life as...
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Slam Jam!
The Marsh Berkeley 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, California, United StatesSlam Jam! A series presenting original music and poetry featuring a rotating lineup of Bay Area Spoken Word Artists and Musicians. Held on the Cabaret...
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After Hours: Super Tuesday with Mark DiCamillo
Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United StatesWine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Longtime pollster Mark DiCamillo will discuss the California primary election and provide an overview of other elections taking...
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Revolution Books 40th Anniversary Celebration
Revolution Books 2444 Durant Ave., Berkeley, California, United StatesJoin Sahar Delijani, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Julia Scheeres and Andy Zee to Celebrate Revolution Books 40th Anniversary. 6pm Reception with wine and light refreshments 7pm...
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MONDAY – A JOURNAL OF POETRY, PROSE, AND ART
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLaunch party and reading event for a legendary underground literary publication founded in 1999 in the back of Covered Wagon Saloon, San Francisco. CONTRIBUTORS READ...
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Saturday Night Special, A Disobedient Open Mic
Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesFebruary is the month of love and loneliness, Pisces and Leap Year. But we're doing our own thing. In honor of all that is wrong...
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