Daegan Miller
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDaegan Miller discussing the subject of his new book This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent from University of Chicago Press "The...
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Andrew Sean Greer / Less
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBooksmith hosts Andrew Sean Greer for the paperback launch of Less, one of our favorite novels of 2017 and winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Joining...
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Aja Gabel and Vanessa Hua
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAja Gabel discusses her new novel, The Ensemble. Praise for The Ensemble "Aja Gabel's powerful debut offers a sensitive portrait of four young musicians forging their...
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Poem Jam
San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam. This is a Reading, Writing & Poetry program from SFPL. We love...
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Chuck Klosterman / X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith welcomes Chuck Klosterman back to the store for the paperback release of X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century. Please join us!...
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Weimar Mirror: Revisiting Alfred Döblin
Goethe Institut 530 Bush St #204, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWeimar Mirror: Revisiting Alfred Döblin Introduction by Peter Maravelis (City Lights Booksellers) Opening Statement and moderation by William T Vollmann (National Book Award winner, EUROPE CENTRAL) Presentations and roundtable...
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Written Within the Body: A Salon with Lone Mørch, Sarah Kornfeld, September Williams and Kristin Kaye
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts an evening salon exploring the body in fiction and nonfiction with Lone Mørch, Sarah Kornfeld, September Williams and Kristin Kaye, all reading from their new books. Please join...
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Barbara Berman
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBarbara Berman reads from her new poetry collection, Currents. Praise for Currents The reach of these graceful, ambitious poems ranges across stars, cities, storms. Their...
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Eli Jaxon-Bear
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us on Friday, May 25rd at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Eli Jaxon-Bear for a reading and signing of his latest book An Outlaw...
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Daniel Gumbiner
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDaniel Gumbiner discusses his debut novel from McSweeney's The Boatbuilder. Praise for The Boatbuilder “The Boatbuilder is a gorgeous debut about addiction, aspiration, and art on the...
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Rolling Writers – Rolling In The Aisles
Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGuidelines. This is a night for literary humor, not stand-up comedy. To be considered, send sharp, funny, insightful humor, broad or subtle, that would work well before a...
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Writers & Poets Reading and Salon | Bay Area Generations #57
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBay Area Generations Show #57 A literary salon featuring curated works of San Francisco Bay Area poets, writers and storytellers, with musical guest. GUEST CURATOR:...
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Alanna Okun / The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts an evening with Alanna Okun, in conversation with Joe Wadlington about her new book The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting. Please join us! ...
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The Opioid Crisis with Carl Hart & Leana Wen
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDr. Carl Hart is the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Columbia University and the Dirk Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry....
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Martha K. Davis
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMartha K. Davis reads from her new novel, Scissors, Paper, Stone. Praise for Scissors, Paper, Stone “With Scissors, Paper, Stone, Martha K. Davis has given us...
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LUNADA Literary Lounge
Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTuesday, May 29, 2018 | 7:30 pm Featuring Roberto Lovato, Fernando Martí, and Jacqueline Scott Ramos. Open Mic sign-up at 7pm. De bajo la luna llena, hecha de...
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Jesse Berrett
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us as we welcome Jesse Berrett for a reading of his newest book Pigskin Nation on Wednesday, May 30th at 6:30 p.m. in our Granny Smith Room! Historian Berrett...
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Michael Oondaatje
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMichael Ondaatje is one of the world’s foremost writers – his artistry and aesthetic have influenced an entire generation of writers and readers. Although he is...
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On the Cusp: A Taxing Season
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe second installment of the new nonfiction reading series On the Cusp based around the theme Moments of Change. The smaller and subtler these moments the better—big, seemingly...
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Jessica Weisberg
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJessica Weisberg discusses her new book, Asking for a Friend: Three Centuries of Life, Love, Money and Other Burning Questions from a Nation Obsessed. Praise for...
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Borderlands // an Aunt Lute Open Mic feat. Kim Shuck
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States"... every step forward is a travesía, a crossing. I am again an alien in a new territory. And again, and again." --Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La...
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Vincent Pizzuto
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, May 31st at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Vincent Pizzuto as he reads from his new book Contemplating Christ. The incarnation has made mystics of us...
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Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss / Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBooksmith hosts Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss, in town to present Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails. Join us! Based...
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soirée rosé: the art of happy hour
Pause Wine Bar 1666 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesYou're invited to "soirée rosé: the art of happy hour" presented by Author L.B. Lewis to celebrate the pre-release of her third book, One Way...
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Babylon Salon, featuring R.O. Kwon & Michael David Lukas
The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCome join us Saturday, June 2, when Babylon Salon welcomes novelist and NEA Literature Fellow R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries); novelist and Fulbright Scholar Michael David Lukas...
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Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCity Arts & Lectures presents Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Alexis Madrigal. Nikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning investigative reporter who covers civil rights and racial injustice...
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SIN
Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesSIN Tales of vice and veniality, peccadillos, trespasses, and indiscretions from the faux pas to the unforgivable Featuring: Nadya Lev ~ Eating Ortolans & Other...
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Chasing Mercury: A Novel by September Williams
Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAn epileptic Black ballerina and a Powwow dancer meet in the Montreal Airport. They are both scheduled to perform in 1973 Cold War Berlin. During...
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Silent Reading Party
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesPresented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...