• Esme Wang + Amy Berkowitz

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

    Esme Weijun Wang will discuss her debut novel, The Border of Paradise.

  • Red Light Lit: Quantum Entanglement

    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Red Light Lit is thrilled to be part of the Jewish Community Center's UNINHIBITED: ABOUT SEX series. Smack in the middle of a progressive city known for its pride and sex-positivity, the JCCSF offers a safe space to explore topics that matter – in this case sex, in all of its fascinating and multifaceted glory.

    $20
  • Writers on Writing: Jandy Nelson

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Young adult fiction writer Jandy Nelson reads from and discusses her work.

  • Julien Poirier: Out of Print

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

    Release party for his new poetry collection!

  • Write Club SF Chapter 50: Only Happy When It Rains

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    WRITE CLUB is 3 rounds of 2 writers going head to head over a pair of opposing topics with 7 minutes each—7 MINUTES ONLY—to sway the crowd.

  • Two Voices Salon: Chris Clarke on Modiano

    Center for the Art of Translation office 582 Market St #700, San Francisco, CA, United States

    We'll kick off the evening as usual with a short discussion of what's new in translation and what we're reading now. Come prepared to join the conversation!

  • Litquake: A Spring Poets Supper

    Gardenias 1963 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    April is not the cruelest month when you can enjoy a spring-inspired feast of food and poetry at Gardenias restaurant in San Francisco!

    $75 – $125
  • HELLA CLOSE: Stories of Intimacy by Sex Workers

    Books Inc. In the Castro 2275 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join RADAR Productions on our signature series, Hella Close, part of our year-long Queering the Castro program!

  • Karen Melander Magoon + Miguel Robles

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

    Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series!

  • InsideStoryTime SUPERPOWERS

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

    Note: this event was originally to take place at the Make-out Room but had to relocate -- apologies for any confusion.)

  • Write of Way Literary Festival

    San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come celebrate independent literature!

  • Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) Collective Performance

    McRoskey Mattress Company, Inc 1687 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    *$5 low income, free to SFSU students and Poetry Center.

    $5 – $10
  • Yuri Herrera + Aaron Bady

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

    Yuri Herrera, author of staff favorite Signs Preceding the End of the World, discusses his new novel, The Transmigration of Bodies, with Aaron Bady.

  • Christos Ikonomou + Anne Germanacos

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

    Christos Ikonomou in conversation with Anne Germanacos about his English-language debut, Something Will Happen, You'll See.

  • Mixed-genre reading w/ Hahn, Morduchovich, + O’Hare

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

    LET'S BURN THIS MOTHERFUCKER TO THE GROUND! presents: Mixed-genre reading featuring Ben Hahn, Giovanna Morduchovich, Isobel O'Hare.

  • Writers on Writing: Hugo García Manríquez

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hugo García Manríquez’s most recent book is Anti-Humboldt: A Reading of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Litmus Press/Aldus Editorial).

  • Shawn Vestal: Daredevils

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

    Daredevils is the thrilling new book by Shawn Vestal, who won last year’s PEN Bingham prize for his story collection,Godforsaken Idaho.

  • Genny Lim w/ Jon Jang

    Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel 999 California St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Poet, Performer, + Playwright Genny Lim w/ Composer/Pianist Jon Jang.

  • Martinis & Poetry

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Each of the night’s poets will not only be reading their own work, but they will share some of their favorite poems from the poets who inspire them. It will be a celebration of poetry past and present. So come out and raise a glass to poetry!

  • Boadiba + Neeli Cherkovski

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

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Jason Schneiderman: Primary Source

    Books Inc. In the Castro 2275 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jason’s most exuberant volume of poetry yet, Primary Source plays with the literary canon and explores his own personal archive.

  • A Celebration of Haiku

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

    This will also be a book release party and book signing for Haiku Revisited, Volume 2.

  • For Franco Beltrametti w/ Joanne Kyger, Duncan McNaughton, + more

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Reading from Franco Beltrametti, From Almost Everywhere: Selected Poems 1965–1995, ed. Stefan Hyner + a screening of Claudio Tettamanti’s short film “Ultime cose (d’après CHOSES qui voyagent)” (1995)