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  • June 2020
  • Tue 16
    June 16, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Ainissa Ramirez

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

  • Tue 16
    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Strange Hotel: Irish Literary Sensation Eimear McBride in conversation with Brooke Warner

    The trajectory of Eimear McBride’s career is an underdog’s dream: she spent six months writing her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, and...

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  • Tue 16
    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Get Lit #61 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. This month's...

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  • Tue 16
    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    THE CHILL by Scott Carson | GGP Online Book Club

    Please join us on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Scott Carson’s new novel, THE...

  • Tue 16
    Get Lit #61 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)
    June 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm PDT

    Get Lit #61 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. This month's...

    Free
  • Wed 17
    June 17, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Armistead Maupin And Alia Volz For Rakestraw Books

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

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  • Wed 17
    Alchemy of the Reset with Natalie G. Diaz
    June 17, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

    Alchemy of the Reset with Natalie G. Diaz

    Alchemy of the Reset is a conversation series hosted and created by Senior Fellows Brett Cook and Liz Lerman and YBCA Chief of Program Meklit...

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  • Wed 17
    June 17, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Armistead Maupin And Alia Volz For Rakestraw Books

    It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay...

    Free
  • Wed 17
    June 17, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Matt Ortile, Nicole Chung and Cinelle Barnes

    Join us on Zoom on Wednesday June 17th at 5:00pm PDT for Matt Ortile discussing his new book, The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I've Made...

  • Wed 17
    June 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Laila Lalami, The Other Americans

    Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for a free online event with author Laila Lalami to discuss her latest book now out in...

  • Thu 18
    On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
    June 18, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It

    In conversation with John Kaag Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH—Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England and author...

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  • Thu 18
    June 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Greil Marcus

    discussing the subject of his new book Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby published by...

  • Thu 18
    July Westhale Reading + Book Launch w/ TC Tolbert
    June 18, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    July Westhale Reading + Book Launch w/ TC Tolbert

    Here's an opportunity to pause and reflect while listening to two powerful, rad, queer poets on Thursday, June 18, 6:30pm PT: July Westhale and TC...

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  • Thu 18
    June 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library

    Thursday, June 18, 7:00pm featuring Robert S. Pesich online on Zoom ticket link to come description to come Upcoming at Third Thursdays: July: Jane Ormerod...

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  • Thu 18
    June 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES… ONLINE!

    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk & the You're Going to Die team... Thursday, June...

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  • Thu 18
    Black Faggotry Book Celebration
    June 18, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Black Faggotry Book Celebration

    Join five of the Bay Area's most prolific writers, thinkers, and entertainers as we celebrate all that is Black and Faggoty. There will be spoken...

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  • Thu 18
    June 18, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

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  • Thu 18
    June 18, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    The Speaking Axolotl community stands con our Black familias aqui en Aztlan and other occupied territories and is committed to providing a space for AfroLatinx...

    Free
  • Thu 18
    June 18, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    The Speaking Axolotl community stands con our Black familias aqui en Aztlan and other occupied territories and is committed to providing a space for AfroLatinx...

    Free
  • Fri 19
    June 19, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    ALOK, Vivek Shraya, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Meredith Talusan, More For Adobe Books

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Fri 19
    June 19, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! Danusha Laméris & David Sullivan

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Join us for a special online event with poet laureates Danusha Laméris and David Sullivan. This event is part of the Zoom Forward Reading...

  • Sat 20
    Raphael Bob-Waksberg in conversation
    June 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Raphael Bob-Waksberg in conversation

    A free special online event (registration required) with Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of "BoJack Horseman," discussing his first book "Someone Who Will Love You In...

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  • Mon 22
    June 22, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Craig Childs Travels in Ice Age America

    Craig Childs is a writer, wanderer and contributing editor at High Country News, commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, and teaches writing at University of Alaska...

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  • Tue 23
    June 23, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: ZYZZYVA & The Booksmith Present: Lockdown Lit @ Lunch with Nina Renata Aron & Julian Tepper

    Booksmith and The Bindery, in partnership with Zyzzyva, present Lockdown Lit @ Lunch, a weekly salon, Tuesdays at 11am PST. Lockdown Literature is a group of authors with books published during...

  • Tue 23
    June 23, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    City Lights Authors on the Road: Funeral Diva – Pamela Sneed

    Artists and activists reflect on organizing for gay liberation amidst the AIDS pandemic. Artists and activists including Pamela Sneed and Bill T. Jones speak with moderator Kia LaBeija about their reflections...

  • Tue 23
    June 23, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: jessica Care moore / We Want Our Bodies Back

    Booksmith and The Bindery host jessica Care moore for her new book of poems, We Want Our Bodies Back. Please join us! This will be a virtual event, which we...

  • Tue 23
    June 23, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills is Gold

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes debut novelist C Pam Zhang for an online event about her new book, How Much of These Hills Is Gold. Zhang will be...

  • Wed 24
    June 24, 2020 @ 12:00 pm PDT

    Rebecca Skloot And Ed Yong For East Bay Booksellers

    Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...

    Free
  • Wed 24
    June 24, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Donovan Hohn, Jordan Kisner and Jaswinder Bolina

    Join us on Zoom on Wednesday June 24th at 5:00pm PDT for Donovan Hohn discussing his new essay collection The Inner Coast with Jordan Kisner. Zoom Login Please click the link...

  • Thu 25
    June 25, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Alexandra Petri in conversation with Alexis Coe / Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why

    Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters host Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri for her second book, Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays. She'll be in conversation with Alexis Coe (You Never...

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