• Ignatian Release Party

    Great news! Not only will the Ignatian still be hosting a release party for this year’s issue, but it will be a virtual event so...

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  • Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #7

    FREE AND ALL WELCOME! All forms of your support matter. One of those forms is financial. Money = energy to us, and donating sends one...

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  • Adam Levin: Bubblegum

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

    Adam Levin discusses his new novel Bubblegum. Praise for Bubblegum “Adam Levin is one of our wildest writers and our funniest, and Bubblegum is a dazzling accomplishment of...

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  • Segue: Steven Seidenberg & Darcie Dennigan

    This Saturday! A reading that shall knock the very hills into the sea, by Darcie Dennigan & Steven Seidenberg! Darcie Dennigan is a poet &...

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  • 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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  • Two-Way Mirror reading: Relic by Elizabeth Costello

    Join Two-Way Mirror Books for pre-release online event celebrating RELIC, the new chapbook by Elizabeth Costello with: Marina Lazzara Jess Rowland Stephanie Baker Ava Koohbor Mary...

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  • My Shadow is My Skin virtual book reading

    My Shadow is My Skin (University of Texas Press) is a new nonfiction anthology exploring the meaning of being Iranian-American. The collection brings together thirty-two...

  • PCSJ Appreciation Party

    A special on-line reading featuring Connie Post and Kelly Grace Thomas open mic to follow! REGISTER HERE FOR LINK (Free) This is a special event...

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  • Write Now! SF Bay Presents: “Stand Up and Be Counted”

    Zoom

    .Interactive reading on Creativity and Activism by 30 Bay Area writers of color and allies. Health care providers, educators, and community activists will share prose and poetry...

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  • Virtual Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Writers Salon goes virtual! Sunday, May 3rd, 6:00 p.m. Readings by Sterling HolyWhiteMountain, Jennifer Lewis, and Kendra Tanacea Hosted by Peter Kline Full details...

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  • Ainissa Ramirez

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

    discussing the subject of her new book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another from The MIT Press In the bestselling...

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  • Virtual Quiet Lightning!

    Virtual Quiet Lightning, Monday May 4, 2020 We’ll be streaming at this link. Doors at 7pm. Readings at 7:15pm. Other ways to connect: Meeting ID:...

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  • Ottessa Moshfegh, Death in Her Hands at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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

    From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she...

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  • Berkeley Noir

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Editors (and Moe's workers) Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill introduce the contributors to Akashic's latest city noir anthology. Celebrate Berkeley on Telegraph Avenue! Berkeley brings...

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  • Alia Volz in conversation with Paul Yamazaki

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

    Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A blazingly funny, heartfelt memoir from...

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  • Ottessa Moshfegh: Death in Her Hands

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

    Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel Death in Her Hands. Praise for Death in Her Hands “When it comes to evoking the jagged edge of contemporary...

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  • Afternoon Craft Conversation with Marie Mutsuki Mockett

    De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge 928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, Hagerty Lounge, 1928 St. Marys...

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  • Afternoon Craft Conversation with Marie Mutsuki Mockett

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: Online https://stmarys-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/vp0qde6upz8sb00VbumXa71hDPDicEk64A DESCRIPTION: THEN WE CAME TO THE END Whether your...

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  • HOW HAVE I NOT READ THIS! A Virtual Book Club

    Book Club Discussion of Alfred Camus The Plague featuring Emily St John Mandel, Laura Marris and Alice Kaplan Sponsored by Alfred Knopf and City Lights **This is a virtual event that...

  • Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

    A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Ave., Oakland, California

    Join us on Zoom on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 PM Pacific for a virtual book chat about one of Kathleen's favorite books of the...