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  • Peter LaBerge & Rebecca Foust Falkirk Center

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

    Rebecca Foust, the Marin County Poet Laureate, is the author of four books of poetry: Paradise Drive (2015), which won a Poetry Society of Virginia Book Award,...

  • BINDERY: Kristen Tracy with Daniel Handler / Half-Hazard

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Kristen Tracy for her first book of poems,Half-Hazard, winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation. Joining Kristen in conversation isDaniel...

  • BINDERY: Chaya Bhuvaneswar / White Dancing Elephants

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon with Chaya Bhuvaneswar for her debut story collection, White Dancing Elephants, winner of both the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize and...

  • Nick Mamatas & Michael Marshall Smith

    The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors open 6:00pm Event begins 6:30pm At the American Bookbinders Museum   Please join us for an evening with author Nick Mamatas reading and in conversation...

  • May-Lee Chai and Jamel Brinkley

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

    May-Lee Chai discusses her new story collection Useful Phrases for Immigrants with Jamel Brinkley. Praise for Useful Phrases For Immigrants "May-lee Chai’s Useful Phrases for Immigrants holds multitudes, taking us into...

  • The Racket #24: AFTER LIFE w/ Nona Caspers

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

    We're celebrating our two year anniversary with cake, beer, champagne and the absolutely amazing Nona Caspers reading from her debut novel The Fifth Woman. Nona's picked 5...

  • Bill Berkson Tribute

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

    Bill Berkson Tribute with appearances by Constance Lewallen Chou Chou Gordon Knos Jonathan Lewallen Siobhan Mora-Lopez Amanda Eicher Mac McGinnes celebrating the release of Since...

  • Jeffrey Yang

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

    Jeffrey Yang reading from new poetry and a new book: Hey Marfa: poems published by Graywolf Press Situated in the outreaches of southwest Texas, the...

  • Kevin Killian

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

    Kevin Killian celebrating the release of Fascination: Memoirs from Semiotexte A memoir of gay life in 1970s Long Island by one of the leading proponents...

  • Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Sketchtasy

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents Sketchtasy. Sketchtasy brings 1990s gay culture startlingly back to life, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact of growing up at a...

  • Eric Karpeles on Józef Czapski

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

    Eric Karpeles on Józef Czapski in conversation with Cynthia Haven celebrating the release of three new books from New York Review Books: Inhuman Land: A Wartime...

  • Sarah Stone

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sarah Stone discusses her new novel, Hungry Ghost Theater. Praise for Hungry Ghost Theater "Sarah Stone traces out the quirky, fateful dramas of one family, while...

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018: November 3, December 1 3:00 – 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block...

  • Babylon Salon

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

    Babylon Salon presents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 1, 2018, 6.00 pm  at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street  (downstairs performance space)   featuring -- Vanessa Hua is...

  • JOURNAL RELEASE: NOMADIC JOURNAL 2018: COVENANT

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2018: Covenant! It's going to be an amazing evening of readings,...

  • Norma Cole with Steve Dickison: An Omnidawn Party

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

    celebrating the release of two new books of poetry from Omnidawn Press Fate News by Norma Cole and Inside Song  by Steve Dickison about Fate News:...

  • The Wall of Birds

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

    Jane Kim and Thayer Walker discuss their new book, The Wall of Birds:One Planet, 243 Families, 375 Million Years. About The Wall of Birds A celebration...

  • Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Join us for fruitcake and cheer in this annual Mrs. Dalloway's tradition. Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 7:30pm First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical...

  • 1st Tuesday’s Spoken Word & Open Mic

    Cafe Envy 1701 Yosemite Ave, San Francisco

    1st Tuesday's Spoken Word TV showcase is a community event that creates a positive space for expression through the arts. We highlight local talent and...

    Free

  • El Cerrito Out Loud: Poetry Event

    San Pablo & Fairmount Avenues 6159 Fairmount Avenue, El Cerrito

    Join City Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel for "El Cerrito Out Loud" at Off the Grid. Hear featured poets and participate in an open mic and...

    Free

  • George Lakey

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

    discussing the subject of his new book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning by George Lakey from Melville House A lifetime...

  • 2ND SET: ‘OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM’ ANTHOLOGY RELEASE

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

    WED. DEC. 5TH, 7PM By popular demand, we’ve added a second night of readings from the newly released Overthrowing Capitalism: Volume Five. Featured readers: Lincoln Bergman...

  • BINDERY: Poetry from USF’s Graduate Program in Writing

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the concluding event in Prof. D. A. Powell's "San Francisco Poetics," an open classroom experience celebrating poets in San Francisco. The founding director...

  • Joshua Rivkin and R.O. Kwon

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

    Joshua Rivkin discusses his new biography, Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for Chalk “Reviled when young, revered when old,...

  • Mary Jo Bang

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Mary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing, Louise in Love, The Last Two Seconds, and Elegy, which received the National Book Critics Circle...

  • Noir: Nighthawks

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: Jon Sindell, Sara McAulay, Robert Pesich, Susan Cohen. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...