• Silvia Federici, Jenny Brown and Dani Burilson

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Monday, Dec 09, 2019 7:00 PM Location: In the basement 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley Silvia Federici in conversation with Jenny Brown, author of Birth Strike:...

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  • An evening with Kal Spelletich

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

    An evening with Kal Spelletich Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco in conversation with Catharine Clark discussing...

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  • Silvia Federici book launch of Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

    CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism (PM Press & Kairos, 2019). Federici surveys the paradigms that...

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  • Roy Scranton

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

    Roy Scranton reading from his new novel I  ❤Oklahoma ! published by Soho Books Suzie's seen it all, but now she's looking for something she lost: a...

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  • The View from Somewhere: Reimagining local journalism in Oakland

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Join us for a conversation on journalism, objectivity and an equitable approach to local news in Oakland. Two months after the 2016 presidential election, radio...

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  • Grace Paley’s Birthday

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Judith Arcana, author of Grace Paley's Life Stories, will read and share from her decades-long friendship with Grace and their history of activism and writing....

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  • InsideStorytime Flux

    Cinnabar 397 Ellis St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Our last event of 2019. Readers include Mahnaz Badihian (Raven of Isfahan), Ed Miracle (Maker Messiah), Jen Burke Anderson, and others.

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  • 30 Years of Street Sheet

    Street Sheet 280 Turk St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    We invite you to our new office to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Street Sheet newspaper! For three decades Street Sheet has been documenting...

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  • Fight the Tower! Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance

    Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Asian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the ways they are marginalized by intersectionalities of race and gender....

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  • Performance | 2019 Poets-in-Residence

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for the culminating event of our 2019 Poets-in-Residence program. Tonya Foster and Alan Peláez López will perform their poetry at a reading to...

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  • Last Voz of 2019!

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    End 2019 right with an amazing night of poetry! As usual we will have snacks, drinks, three features, and an open mic!

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  • Terry Tempest Williams

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

    Terry Tempest Williams reading from her new book Erosion: Essays of Undoing published by Sarah Critchton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux Fierce, timely, and unsettling essays...

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  • Poetry by the Bay

    Oddfellows Hall 342 Georgia St., Vallejo, CA, United States

    Longest running poetry open mic in Vallejo. Come. Everyone is welcome. 4 minutes per poet. Multiple rounds. Freedom of expression. 2nd Floor Oddfellows Hall. 342...

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  • BPR Midterm Chapbook Release Party

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Berkeley Poetry Review will be holding a release party for the third issue of our chapbook series: MIDTERM 3 - CIRCUITS, including poems from Leila...

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  • 2019 Michael Rubin Book Award Release Party!

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join Fourteen Hills press to celebrate OPPRESSORFACE, the 2019 Michael Rubin Book Award winning book of poetry written by Rob Hendricks. There will be drinks,...

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  • Lyrical Opposition: Unplugged

    483 14th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

    You’re cordially invited to join us for an intimate showcase of socially-conscious, acoustic hip-hop music. Based in Bay Area, CA, Lyrical Opposition creates safe platforms...

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  • The Fire Thieves in the Gallery

    San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries 401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 126, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Organized by Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate in consultation with Pam Peniston, artistic director of the Queer Cultural Center. The SFAC is pleased to...

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  • Jeff VanderMeer: Dead Astronauts

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

    Jeff VanderMeer joins us to discuss his new novel, Dead Astronauts. Praise for Jeff VanderMeer “Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the...

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  • “Chan Family Picnic”—Reading by Eugenie Chan Theater Projects

    CHSA Museum 965 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Eugenie Chan Theater Projects and the Chinese Historical Society of America invite you to a reading of Chan Family Picnic, a rollicking new vaudeville about the mental...

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  • PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month

    Julie's Coffee and Tea Garden 1223 Park St., Alameda, CA, United States

    Join us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet, an open mic and great drinks and treats! Featured Poet: Gene Kahane (more dates/poets...

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  • The Southeast Asian Diaspora in Poetry & Memoir

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us for a reading that brings together the work of Laotian poet and dancer Krysada Phounsiri and Cambodian writer Sieu Sean Do. Krysada Phounsiri's...

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  • Martinis & Writers with Literary Speakeasy

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

    Come raise a glass at Literary Speakeasy and celebrate the closing of another year! We have five amazing artists for you this month, including poet...

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  • GhostTourSF’s “Memories of Glen Park”: Zine Release

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Ghost Tour: San Francisco is an ongoing art project charting collective memories of San Francisco neighborhoods. The third section focuses on Glen Park. The upcoming...

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  • VeteransWrite meetings

    SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United States

    led by Nick Butterfield, Jeffrey Leonard, and Amy Meier First Friday of each Month, 1pm-4pm MLK Library, contact VeteransWrite@yahoo.com if interested in attending Admission FREE Poetry Center...

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  • Vi Ruggiero + Lauren Napier

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier as they return to the Beat Museum for an evening of melodies.

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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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  • Abigail Hing Wen with Sabaa Tahir

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Join us to celebrate the launch of Abigail Hing Wen’s highly anticipated, romantic, and layered debut, Loveboat, Taipei, praised as “an intense rush of rebellion...

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