Silent Book Club SF
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...
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Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesReadings by Susan Browne, Peter Kline, Emily Pinkerton, and Marco Rafalà Hosted by Brittany Perham Susan Browne’s poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, The Sun, Subtropics,...
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Anna Wiener: Uncanny Valley
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAnna Wiener discusses her new memoir Uncanny Valley. Praise for Uncanny Valley "I've never read anything like Uncanny Valley, which is both a searching bird's-eye study of an...
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Andre Perry / Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from his new book Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now: a collection of essays published by 2 Dollar Radio With luminous insight and...
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Crissy Van Meter: Creatures
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCrissy Van Meter discusses her new novel, Creatures. Praise for Creatures “Creatures is the kind of beautiful book that makes you want to lick the salt from...
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Author Talk: Lincoln Mitchell
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, SF Main Library 100 Larkin St, San FranciscoSan Francisco native Lincoln Mitchell will discuss his new book with Penelope Houston, the singer for the seminal San Francisco punk band The Avengers and...
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Samuel C. Woolley / The Reality Game
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussing his new book The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth published by Public Affairs Fake news posts and...
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Poet Danez Smith: Homie
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBuy Tickets Co-presented with JCCSF Award-winning poet Danez Smith (Don’t Call Us Dead) is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects and performative power....
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Lizzie O’Shea: Future Histories
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLizzie O'Shea discusses her new book Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital Technology. Praise for Future...
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Author Mary Ladd in conversation with Author Leticia Hernandez
Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMary Ladd, author of The Wig Diaries, will be in conversation with Leticia Hernandez, author of Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl. The Wig Diaries is...
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Carmen Maria Machado with Esmé Weijun Wang
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesin conversation and celebrating the release of Carmen Maria Machado's In The Dream House published by Graywolf Press In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's...
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Literary Speakeasy’s toast to 2020
Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesIt’s time for the first Literary Speakeasy of 2020! We are celebrating with five amazing writers – Heather Bourbeau, Vincent Chu, Kevin Dublin, Lauren Ito,...
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The Racket 38 : Flight
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIt's 2020! The future is here! We've got flying cars and robot butlers and harmless lasers that come out of our fingers because it's the...
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The Map to Wholeness: A Conversation with Suzy Ross
CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United States? ? ? The seemingly random events that comprise our lives can be understood as serving a higher purpose when examined through the proper lens;...
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InsideStorytime: Convergence
THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San FranciscoInsideStorytime CONVERGENCE, featuring Mimi Lok (Last of Her Name), Nancy Au (Spider Love Song And Other Stories), Jeffrey Kingman (On A Road), Ari Moskowitz, and Munashe Kaseke, will take place at Laundry Gallery,...
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Dani Shapiro & Abraham Verghese
JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United StatesWhat makes us who we are? What combination of memory, history, biology, experience and that ineffable thing called the soul defines us? In 2016, celebrated...
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Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye Live in San Francisco
Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesProject VOICE is proud to present a special evening of live performance with two world-renowned spoken word poets: Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. Showtime :...
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Poetry with Gregory Pond and Silvi Alcivar
Black & Brown for Justice, Peace and Equality 474 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesGregory Pond was born in Brooklyn, NY to Panamanian parents and moved to San Francisco in the late 1970’s. Author and publisher of four books...
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Obi Kaufmann and T.J. Stiles at Night of Ideas
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Avenune, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United StatesLitquake is proud to again partner with San Francisco's annual edition of the global marathon event Night of Ideas (Nuit des Idées), at the city's Main Library. Presented...
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A Conversation with Tommy Orange: Author of There, There
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesTommy Orange, author of one of the best books of 2019, There, There, is coming to Manny's!! One of the 10 best books fo the...
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Smack Dab Queer Open Mic feat. Fureigh!
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesSmack Dab Queer Open Mic is a free LGBTQIA community Our slogan? slogan “All ages, all genders, all the time.” We're the longest running QT...
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Odd Mondays in February: Au, Felicelli, & Flynn-Goodlett
Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesNancy Au (Spider Love Song), Anita Felicelli (Chimerica), and Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (Harm's Way and Twice Shy) will read at Odd Mondays February 3, 6:30pm Folio...
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Joshua Yaffa in conversation with Amanda Silverman
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts Joshua Yaffa for his new book Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putins Russia. He'll be in conversation with Mother Jones editorial director Amanda Silverman. Please...
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Jennifer S. Hirsch / Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts Jennifer S. Hirsch, co-author with Shamus Khan of the new book Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. Please join us!...
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Beau Beausoleil reads from two new collections of his work – open mic follows
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBird & Beckett is proud to present a San Francisco poet of exquisite talents and profound dedication to humanity. Beau Beausoleil’s long history as a...
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Ocean Vuong with Tommy Orange
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesShowered with critical acclaim, Ocean Vuong’s 2016 poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds cemented his status as a young new voice. His equally beloved debut novel, On Earth...
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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...
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“Uncanny Valley” Author Anna Wiener in Conversation w/ Casey Newton
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesNew Yorker writer Anna Wiener’s new book “Uncanny Valley” is a brilliant memoir of a half-decade lived in San Francisco as tech changes the community...
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Brooke Barker & Boaz Frankel / Let’s Be Weird Together
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith holds a special in-store event with Brooke Barker (Sad Animal Facts and Sad Animal Babies) and Boaz Frankel, creators of the new book Let's Be Weird Together. Please join us!...
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Author Mary Ladd in conversation with Peter Lawrence Kane
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book. Delivered with bold gallows humor, it intimately address the gravity of cancer and invites the reader to bear witness...
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