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.

A Q&A period and an open mic will follow Sydney's reading.

An afternoon of Bay Area poetry, hosted by Bloodflower.

Nightboat books presents legendary poet Cole Swensen reading from her new book "Walking On." Additional readers include Susan Gevirtz and more TBA.