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  • CONTRAPTION

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

    Stories of mad makers & ingenious inventors; marvelous machinery, implements of wonder & infernal devices CONTRAPTION Tuesday, Aug 7 Public Works SF: 161 Erie St, San Francisco...

    $15 – $25

  • THE SF POWDER KEG

    Institute Of advanced Uncertainty [I.O.U.] 296 Ivy Street, btwn. Gough and Franklin, San Francisco

    AN EVENING OF POETRY  WITH Cathy Arellano Tanea Lunsford Lynx Ash Tré Phillips Tongo Eisen-Martin TUESDAY, AUGUST 7th @ 7PM FREE ENTRY @ INSTITUTE OF...

  • Sylvia Verange

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

    Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street on Wednesday, August 8th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Sylvia Verange as she discusses her newest book (from Rare...

  • Lone Glen Seedstarters: Readings & Propagations

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Lone Glen is thrilled to present Seedstarters: An Evening of Readings and Propagations, guest curated by poet Genine Lentine. Join us to celebrateBidisha Banerjee, Emilie Lygren, and Lauren...

    $5 – $10

  • Stephen Kessler

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

    Stephen Kessler joins us on Thursday, August 9th to read from his collection, Garage Elegies. About Garage Elegies In Garage Elegies, Stephen Kessler records with grief and wit, documentary realism and ranging...

  • BINDERY: Keith Gessen / A Terrible Country

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts All the Sad Young Literary Men author Keith Gessen for his new novel A Terrible Country. With Keith in conversation will be The Millions' Lydia Kiesling. Please join...

  • Jason Morris / Levon Helm

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

    Booksmith is proud to host the San Francisco launch for Jason Morris' first full-length collection of poetry, Levon Helm. Reading with Jason is the poet Nicholas James Whittington. Please...

  • The Parliament of Poets, An Epic Poem, at the Shelton Theater

    Shelton Theater 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco

    Shelton Theater - The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem. August 10, Friday, 7:30 to 9:00 pm. https://sheltontheater.org/the-parliament-of-poets-an-epic-poem/ The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem In 1977,...

    $15.00 – $20.00

  • Neighborhood Event: PASEO ARTISTICO

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

    1-3pm Kid's Craft Table 4pm Peggy Reskin:  Dynamic Speaker and Author of Barefoot Frontrunners; Sex Women and Power 6:30pm Poetry - Per-versions with your host Arturo...

  • Epic Poetry Reading, Frederick Glaysher, at Sacred Grounds

    Sacred Grounds 2095 Hayes, Sacred Grounds

    In 1977, Frederick Glaysher took a theatre course in the Interpretative Reading of Poetry, learning that the Greek rhapsodes would travel throughout ancient Greece reciting...

    Free

  • Nona Caspers

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

    Nona Caspers discusses her new novel, The Fifth Woman. Praise for The Fifth Woman “The Fifth Woman is stealthily astonishing from its first line to its last....

  • Writers with Drinks

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

    Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (A Kind of Freedom) Hannah Pittard (Visible Empire) Cassandra Khaw (A Song for Quiet, Bearly a Lady) Marlee Jane Ward (Welcome to...

    $5 – $20

  • Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

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

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • Perfectly Queer: Queer Authors read other Queer Authors

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Queer authors Jim Provenzano, Margo Perin, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, and Nona Caspers read from their favorite Queer authors

  • BINDERY: Virgie Tovar / You Have the Right to Remain Fat

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Virgie Tovar for the launch of her first book,You Have the Right to Remain Fat. Please join us!   Growing up as a fat girl,...

  • Paul Matthew Maisano

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

    Paul Matthew Maisano discusses his debut novel, Bindi. Praise for Bindi “Reading Paul Matthew Maisano’s BINDI was a revelation.This is the prose I’ve been looking for―worldly...

  • BOOKSMITH: Launch for Vanessa Hua / A River of Stars

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

    Booksmith welcomes Vanessa Hua (Deceit and Other Possibilities) back to the store to launch her debut novel, A River of Stars. Joining her in conversation is Zyzzyva managing editor Oscar Villalon....

  • Porch light Storytelling Series: TATTOO TALES

    Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Stories by Shotsie Gorman, TK Moyer, Taemon Omololu, Dominic Riley, Karen Roze, and Penelope Starr.

    $5 – $15

  • InsideStorytime WILDSTYLE

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    will feature Kirsten Chen (Bury What We Cannot Take), Dickson Lam (Paper Sons), Peter Clarke (Apocryphal Pataphysics), Lisa Galloway, and Lila Vasudevan. The Thursday September 20th, 7-9pm, InsideStorytime at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster...

  • John Copenhaver and Paddy Hirsch

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

          Paddy Hirsch and John Copenhaver discuss their new novels, The Devil's Half Mile and Dodging and Burning. About The Devil's Half Mile Seven years after...

  • YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES…

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Thursday, August 16, 2018 7:30 PM  10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) THIS IS A FRIDAY SHOW!!!! Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at...

    $10

  • Lisa Locascio and Kate Folk

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

    Lisa Locascio discusses her new novel, Open Me with Kate Folk. Praise for Open Me “Locascio’s story of a young American abroad is unflinching in its portrayal...

  • David Corbett with Cara Black

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with David Corbett (The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday) and Cara Black (Murder on the Left Bank) for their new books. Please join us!...

  • Hazel Reading Series – August 2018 edition

    Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    It's August, and Hazel Reading Series is back after the summer break! Join us for a late-summer night of poetry and prose by women. Featuring...

    $5 – $10

  • an evening with williwaw

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The highly protracted world tour lives ever on, as our amp'd uke comrade williwaw applies a sonic salve to the Paris of the West with some fine...