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  • Poem Jam

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam. This is a Reading, Writing & Poetry program from SFPL. We love...

  • Weimar Mirror: Revisiting Alfred Döblin

    Goethe Institut 530 Bush St #204, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Weimar 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...

    Free

  • Barbara Berman

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

    Barbara Berman reads from her new poetry collection, Currents. Praise for Currents The reach of these graceful, ambitious poems ranges across stars, cities, storms. Their...

    Free

  • Eli Jaxon-Bear

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please 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...

    Free

  • Daniel Gumbiner

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

    Daniel 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...

    Free

  • Rolling Writers – Rolling In The Aisles

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Guidelines. 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...

    Free

  • Writers & Poets Reading and Salon | Bay Area Generations #57

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bay Area Generations Show #57 A literary salon featuring curated works of San Francisco Bay Area poets, writers and storytellers, with musical guest. GUEST CURATOR:...

    $10 – $20

  • Alanna Okun / The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith 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!  ...

  • The Opioid Crisis with Carl Hart & Leana Wen

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Dr. 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....

    $29

  • Martha K. Davis

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

    Martha 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...

    Free

  • LUNADA Literary Lounge

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Tuesday, 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...

  • Jesse Berrett

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please 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...

  • Michael Oondaatje

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Michael 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...

    $29

  • On the Cusp: A Taxing Season

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The 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...

    $5 – $10

  • Jessica Weisberg

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

    Jessica 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...

    Free

  • 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...

    Free

  • Vincent Pizzuto

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join 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...

  • soirée rosé: the art of happy hour

    Pause Wine Bar 1666 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    You'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...

    $15

  • Babylon Salon, featuring R.O. Kwon & Michael David Lukas

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

    Come 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...

  • Nikole Hannah-Jones

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    City 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...

    $29

  • SIN

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    SIN Tales of vice and veniality, peccadillos, trespasses, and indiscretions from the faux pas to the unforgivable  Featuring: Nadya Lev ~ Eating Ortolans & Other...

    $15 – $25

  • Chasing Mercury: A Novel by September Williams

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    An epileptic Black ballerina and a Powwow dancer meet in the Montreal Airport. They are both scheduled to perform in 1973 Cold War Berlin. During...

  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...