• Launch for Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch for Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story, with editors Grant Faulkner,Lynn Mundell, and Beret Olsen. Please join us! Gems, shards,...

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  • Matt Miller

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

    Matt Miller reads from his new poetry collection, The Wounded for the Water. Also featuring readings by Mario Chard and Peter LaBerge. Praise for The Wounded for the...

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  • Ashley Dawson

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change from Verso Books...

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  • Roman Muradov

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

    Roman Muradov discusses his new book, On Doing Nothing: Finding Inspiration in Idleness. Praise for On Doing Nothing “Roman Muradov’s whimsical, clever, and companionable book On Doing...

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  • Melissa Broder / The Pisces

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts an evening with So Sad Today author Melissa Broder reading from her anticipated debut novel, The Pisces. With her in conversation is The Millions editor, Lydia Kiesling...

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  • MARX NOW: Karl Marx @ 200 – A Reading & Discussion

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

    Opening Statement by Jale Yoldas (Goethe Institut San Francisco) with guest appearances by  Alan Black, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, and Richard Walker. Moderator Frederick Young On the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of...

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  • Clemantine Wamariya / The Girl Who Smiled Beads

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Clemantine Wamariya for her extraordinary debut, The Girl Who Smiled Beads, and her coauthor Elizabeth Weil, who collaborated intimately with Clemantine to write this luminescent book. Clemantine...

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  • Kent Harrington

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

    Kent Harrington discusses his new novel, Last Ferry Home, with Kevin Hunsanger. Praise  for Kent Harrington "Strong, hard-edged stuff by a writer in complete control of...

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  • Book Release II: The Edge of Fruitvale by Rohan DaCosta

    The Rite Spot Cafe 2099 Folsom Street, San Francisco, United States

    Join us at The Rite Spot, a cozy Mission District dive in San Francisco that has been around for 60 years, as we celebrate the release...

    $10 – $20
  • Writers With Drinks

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

    Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (The Fact of a Body) Allegra Huston (Say My Name) Cyrus Farivar (Habeas Data) Maw Shein Win (Invisible Gifts: New and Selected Poems)...

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  • 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...

  • Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich / The Fact of a Body

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich for her murder-memoir ten years in the making, The Fact of a Body. Please join us!   When she applied to Harvard Law School,...

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  • The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night Featuring Alan Harris

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hosted by Jennifer Barone, Ingrid Keir, live jazz with Daniel Heffez, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends. Open Mic sign-up for poetry only starts at 6:45pm – 3min time limit, pick...

  • Carmen Giménez Smith

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

    Carmen Giménez Smith Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco   celebrating the release of Cruel Futures City...

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  • Genny Lim, Kitty Tsui and Nellie Wong w/Bill Crossman on piano

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Nellie Wong was born and raised in Oakland. A long-time activist for radical social change and a retired office worker, Nellie was honored by Oakland...

  • Rahna Reiko Rizzuto / Shadow Child

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Rahna Reiko Rizzuto (Hiroshima in the Morning and Why She Left Us) for her new novel, Shadow Child. Please join us! Shadow Child is a gorgeous novel about...

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  • Julia Dixon Evans

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

    Julia Dixon Evans discusses her new novel, How to Set Yourself on Fire. PRAISE FOR HOW TO SET YOURSELF ON FIRE “How to Set Yourself on Fire is...

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  • Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Wild Geese Sorrow is based upon new translations of the mostly anonymous poems carved into the men’s barracks walls at the Angel Island Immigration Station....

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  • Fundraiser for STREET SHEET SF

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

    Street Sheet, a local newspaper produced and distributed by homeless and/or low-income people. Adobe Bookstore is honored to host a fundraiser that will showcase the...

  • radical poesies: Steven Seidenberg + A’aron Heard + Tongo Eisen-Martin

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

    radical poesies Steven Seidenberg + A’aron Heard + Tongo Eisen-Martin Curated by Tongo Eisen-Martin Wednesday! May 16th Doors 6:30PM Program7PM FREE    

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  • Michelle Tea

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

    Michelle Tea celebrating the release of her new book Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions & Criticisms from Feminist Press The razor-sharp but damaged Valerie Solanas, a doomed...

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  • Townsend Walker / 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Townsend Walker in conversation withMartha Conway about his new short story collection, 3 Women, 4 Towns, 5 Bodies. Townsend will read a story from the collection and...

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