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    John Sayles: Yellow Earth

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    John 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 States

    Bookshop 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 States

    Emily 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 system must be tried

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    SF 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 States

    This 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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    Dean A. Strang in conversation with Lara Bazelon

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith 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 States

    DATE & 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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  • Karen Sherman – Brick By Brick

    Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Karen 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 States

    The 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 States

    During 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

    Lit Starts: Signing+Writing Workshop with Author Constance Hale

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

    Please 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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  • front cover of Dodie Bellamy Is On Our Mind

    Dodie Bellamy and Anthony Huberman in conversation

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

    celebrating 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

    Jamel Brinkley

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

    The 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 States

    Join 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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  • Elizabeth Tallent: Scratched

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

    Elizabeth 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

    Slam Jam!

    The Marsh Berkeley 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, California, United States

    Slam 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 States

    Wine 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 40th Anniversary Celebration

    Revolution Books 2444 Durant Ave., Berkeley, California, United States

    Join 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 States

    Launch 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 States

    February 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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  • Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing

    Kaleidoscope Coffee 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, California, United States

    Cafe Society Presents Jenny Odell on her book How to Do Nothing, Resisting the Attnetion Economy. Jenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Oakland whose...

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  • Book Release Party: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok

    Book Release Party: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok

    Eastside Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd, Oakland

    Copper Canyon Press presents… Book Release Party: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok Sat Feb 29, 7pm EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International...

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  • Kimberly Reyes: Running to Stand Still

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

    Kimberly Reyes reads from her new book, Running to Stand Still. Also featuring readings from Jennifer Lewis, Truong Tran, and Kar Johnson. Praise for Running to Stand...

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  • Quiet Lightning @ The Laundry by Evan Karp

    DirtyMinds/OpenHearts Open Mic/Spoken word

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    Dirty Minds/Open Hearts Poetry Society will present an OPEN MIC/SPOKEN WORD event on Monday, March 2 at 7pm at The Laundry at 3359 26th Street...

    Free with beverage purchase

  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

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