Ashley Dawson
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussing the subject of his new book Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change from Verso Books...
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Mae Boeve of 350.org and Rebecca Solnit – Rivers of Change and SF Global
McRoskey Mattress Company, Inc 1687 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis September in San Francisco, the Global Climate Action Summit will bring together leaders from state, tribal, and local governments, business, and citizens from around...
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Roman Muradov
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRoman Muradov discusses his new book, On Doing Nothing: Finding Inspiration in Idleness. Praise for On Doing Nothing “Roman Muradov’s whimsical, clever, and companionable book On Doing...
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Melissa Broder / The Pisces
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts an evening with So Sad Today author Melissa Broder reading from her anticipated debut novel, The Pisces. With her in conversation is The Millions editor, Lydia Kiesling...
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StageWrite presents: Drama, Trauma, Dance-O-Rama – Short Plays by Short People
Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCome see original plays written by fifth graders from SFUSD, inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum, and performed as staged...
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Voz Sin Tinta: Our monthly bilingual poetry series and open mic.
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSponsored by Alejandro Murguia, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. Join Voz Sin Tinta for our May reading! 3 FEATURES as always and an...
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MARX NOW: Karl Marx @ 200 – A Reading & Discussion
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesOpening Statement by Jale Yoldas (Goethe Institut San Francisco) with guest appearances by Alan Black, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, and Richard Walker. Moderator Frederick Young On the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of...
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Clemantine Wamariya / The Girl Who Smiled Beads
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts Clemantine Wamariya for her extraordinary debut, The Girl Who Smiled Beads, and her coauthor Elizabeth Weil, who collaborated intimately with Clemantine to write this luminescent book. Clemantine...
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Kent Harrington
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesKent Harrington discusses his new novel, Last Ferry Home, with Kevin Hunsanger. Praise for Kent Harrington "Strong, hard-edged stuff by a writer in complete control of...
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Reading – Eckes, Seidenberg, Spencer Smith
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEckes, Seidenberg, and Spencer Smith
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Book Release II: The Edge of Fruitvale by Rohan DaCosta
The Rite Spot Cafe 2099 Folsom Street, San Francisco, United StatesJoin us at The Rite Spot, a cozy Mission District dive in San Francisco that has been around for 60 years, as we celebrate the release...
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StageWrite presents: Drama, Trauma, Dance-O-Rama – Short Plays by Short People
Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCome see original plays written by fifth graders from SFUSD, inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum, and performed as staged...
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Writers With Drinks
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAlexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (The Fact of a Body) Allegra Huston (Say My Name) Cyrus Farivar (Habeas Data) Maw Shein Win (Invisible Gifts: New and Selected Poems)...
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Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...
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Virginia Eubanks talks about her book: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesVirginia Eubanks is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY. She is also the author of Digital Dead End: Fighting for...
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich / The Fact of a Body
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich for her murder-memoir ten years in the making, The Fact of a Body. Please join us! When she applied to Harvard Law School,...
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The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night Featuring Alan Harris
PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHosted by Jennifer Barone, Ingrid Keir, live jazz with Daniel Heffez, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends. Open Mic sign-up for poetry only starts at 6:45pm – 3min time limit, pick...
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Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat by Jonathan Kauffman
Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis enlightening narrative history—an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan— traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements,...
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Perfectly Queer Plus Book Reading “Murderous Fiction: 3 Novels About Death”
Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesVisiting author James Han Mattson joins local authors Andrew Demcak and Tim Floreen at a Perfectly Queer Plus San Francisco book reading, "Murderous Fiction: 3...
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Carmen Giménez Smith
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCarmen Giménez Smith Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco celebrating the release of Cruel Futures City...
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Genny Lim, Kitty Tsui and Nellie Wong w/Bill Crossman on piano
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesNellie Wong was born and raised in Oakland. A long-time activist for radical social change and a retired office worker, Nellie was honored by Oakland...
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Rahna Reiko Rizzuto / Shadow Child
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts Rahna Reiko Rizzuto (Hiroshima in the Morning and Why She Left Us) for her new novel, Shadow Child. Please join us! Shadow Child is a gorgeous novel about...
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Julia Dixon Evans
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJulia Dixon Evans discusses her new novel, How to Set Yourself on Fire. PRAISE FOR HOW TO SET YOURSELF ON FIRE “How to Set Yourself on Fire is...
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Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWild Geese Sorrow is based upon new translations of the mostly anonymous poems carved into the men’s barracks walls at the Angel Island Immigration Station....
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Fundraiser for STREET SHEET SF
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesStreet Sheet, a local newspaper produced and distributed by homeless and/or low-income people. Adobe Bookstore is honored to host a fundraiser that will showcase the...
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radical poesies: Steven Seidenberg + A’aron Heard + Tongo Eisen-Martin
Institute Of advanced Uncertainty [I.O.U.] 296 Ivy Street, btwn. Gough and Franklin, San Franciscoradical poesies Steven Seidenberg + A’aron Heard + Tongo Eisen-Martin Curated by Tongo Eisen-Martin Wednesday! May 16th Doors 6:30PM Program7PM FREE
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Michelle Tea
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMichelle Tea celebrating the release of her new book Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticisms from Feminist Press The razor-sharp but damaged Valerie Solanas, a doomed...
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Townsend Walker / 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts Townsend Walker in conversation withMartha Conway about his new short story collection, 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies. Townsend will read a story from the collection and...
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Between Love and Obsession: Behind the Scenes of Israeli Mythology
Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIsraeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, author of Waking Lions, talks about her debut novel, One Night, Markovitch. Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is the author of Waking Lions, a...
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William Middleton
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesWilliam Middleton discussing the subject of his new book Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John de Menil published by...
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