San Francisco

One of England’s finest and most loved writers, Alan Bennett, explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in this tender and surprising story.

Fenton will be in conversation with Andrew Lam.

Open Mic for poetry with a 3 minute time limit, read with live jazz accompaniment.

Acclaimed science fiction writer Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach trilogy, discusses his new novel, Borne.

ThReadings from some of the Best Young American Novelists