Hollie Hardy + Mukta Sambrani

The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco

Hollie Hardy, recipient of the Poetry Center Book Award for her How to Take a Bullet and Other Survival Poems (Punk Hostage Press, 2014), reads from her book together with award judge Mukta Sambrani.

McSweeney’s Social Hour: Cowboy Disco

Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco

McSweeney’s Publishing cordially invites you to a special evening of music, drinks and dance as we celebrate another day of book/art/merrymaking in the zesty San Francisco bay.

$13

Breaking Ground: Black British Writers

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

The Breaking Ground tour developed as a way to highlight the diversity of Black British writing, and includes people who write novels, poetry, plays, graphic stories, travelogues, non-fiction, essays, articles, short stories, reviews and more.