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  • Joshua Rivkin and R.O. Kwon

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

    Joshua Rivkin discusses his new biography, Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for Chalk “Reviled when young, revered when old,...

  • Chaya Bhuvaneswar in conversation with Louise Aronson

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    celebrating Chaya Bhuvaneswar's new book White Dancing Elephants from Dzanc Books In luminous, vivid, searingly honest prose, the stories in White Dancing Elephants center on the experiences of diverse...

  • InsideStorytime LAPSARIANS

    Edinburgh Castle Pub 950 Geary St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    InsideStorytime LAPSARIANS will occur at Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary Street, San Francisco, Thursday December 6th, 7-9 pm, featuring Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Fruit of the Drunken Tree), and others. lapsarians...

  • WOULD YOU BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THAT OUTFIT?

    The Stud Bar 399 9th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    WOULD YOU BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THAT OUTFIT? A multimedia event celebrating the aesthetics of '80s and '90s underground clubbing by pájaros, maricones, mariposas, mariquitas...

    Free

  • Writers with Drinks

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

    Jaymee Goh (The Sea is Ours: Steampunk Tales of Southeast Asia) Jennifer S. Cheng (Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems) Bryan Thao Worra (On the Other Side...

    $5 – $20

  • Tongues of Fire Reading Series

    Bound Together Bookstore 1369 Haight St,, San Francisco, CA, United States

    TONGUES OF FIRE Reading Series 8pm bound together anarchist collective bookstore, 1369 Haight St. Featuring Anna Allen, James Warner, Phyllis Oscar, and others!

  • 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...

  • Dana Frank in conversation with John Lindsay-Poland

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

      discussing their new books The Long Honduran Night: Resistance , Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup By Dana Frank...

  • Odd Salon ‘ODDMENTS 2018’

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

    Join us on Dec 11th for our annual celebration of strange stories, curious happenings, odd ends, and unclassified wonders: ODDMENTS Featuring our favorite stories from...

    $15 – $25
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    The Racket!

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

    The summer's over and light is getting dimmer in the evenings. Let's gather a bunch of writerly souls together to shed a little light on...

  • Roman Muradov

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    presenting a polyphonic play of interconnected stories from the new book Vanishing Act by Roman Muradov from Fantagraphics Books Written and drawn in thirteen styles,...

  • Emily Yoon, Sam Sax, Monica Sok

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

        Emily Yoon, Sam Sax and Monica Sok read their latest poems. About A Cruelty Special To Our Species A piercing debut collection of...

  • Marcia Douglas: Natural Herstory Remix

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    In 2008, Douglas began performing Natural Herstory, a one-woman multimedia performance drawing from her poetry and fiction to explore Jamaican women's voices. Natural Herstory Remix is a continuation...

  • Sara Mumolo and Caroline O’Connor Thomas

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

    Sara Mumolo and Caroline O'Connor Thomas read from their latest poetry collections, Day Counter and Unusual Light Source. Sara Mumolo’s previous book is Mortar. Her poems have appeared...

  • City Arts & Lectures JAMES FORMAN, JR.

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

    JAMES FORMAN, JR. In Conversation with Lara Bazelon Thursday, December 13, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Cultural Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 James Forman, Jr. has...

    $29

  • Bawdy Story Telling ‘HAPPY ENDINGS’

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Thursday, December 13th, 2018 at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco CA Remember: Bang-O & Games at 7 PM, Stories at 8 PM...

    $25 – $35

  • LABORFEST ANTHOLOGY – ‘GIVING VOICE’

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    LABORFEST ANTHOLOGY – ‘GIVING VOICE’ FRI. DEC. 14TH, 7PM Join us for a reading celebrating the release of Giving Voice, a LaborFest anthology spanning 2005-2017. Readers:...

  • Michael Wall in conversation with Jonathon Keats

    Bar Fluxus 18 Harlan Place, San Francisco, United States

    discussing Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel at the fabulous Bar Fluxus, 18 Harlan Place, San Francisco, CA 94108 celebrating the release of Out There:...

  • The JCCSF Presents TA-NEHISI COATES

    JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United States

    Monday, Dec 17 Starts at: 7:00 pm TICKETS Standard  $45 Premium  $125 Members get 10% off. ______________________________________________________ Join us for a conversation with one of...

    $45 – $125

  • Odd Mondays reading: Lily Iona MacKenzie & Laurie Ann Doyle

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Novelist Lily Iona MacKenzie and short story author Laurie Doyle read from and discuss their writing at Odd Mondays January 7, 7pm at Folio Books...

    Free

  • Quiet Lightning at Manny’s

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Help us kick off our 10th year with a live literary mixtape, performed one night only at Manny's! Side A Jennifer Lewis » Meredith Heller...

  • Frank Abe Discusses John Okada

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

    Author and journalist Frank Abe discusses his new book John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy. Co-edited by Abe,...

    Free