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    The Racket 38 : Flight

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    It'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...

    Free

  • 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;...

    $10
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    InsideStorytime: Convergence

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    InsideStorytime 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,...

    $5
  • Dani Shapiro and Abraham Verghese

    Dani Shapiro & Abraham Verghese

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

    What makes us who we are? What combination of memory, history, biology, experience and that ineffable thing called the soul defines us? In 2016, celebrated...

    $30
  • Project Voice

    Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye Live in San Francisco

    Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Project VOICE is proud to present a special evening of live performance with two world-renowned spoken word poets: Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. Showtime :...

    $21 – $30
  • flier for Poetry with Gregory Pond and Silvi Alcivar

    Poetry with Gregory Pond and Silvi Alcivar

    Black & Brown for Justice, Peace and Equality 474 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Gregory 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...

    Free
  • Night of Ideas

    Obi Kaufmann and T.J. Stiles at Night of Ideas

    Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin Avenune, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

    Litquake 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...

    Free
  • There There - Tommy Orange

    A Conversation with Tommy Orange: Author of There, There

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

    Tommy 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...

    Free – $72
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    Smack Dab Queer Open Mic feat. Fureigh!

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

    Smack 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...

    Free
  • Odd Mondays in February- Au, Felicelli, & Flynn-Goodlett

    Odd Mondays in February: Au, Felicelli, & Flynn-Goodlett

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

    Nancy 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...

    Free
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    Joshua Yaffa in conversation with Amanda Silverman

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The 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...

    $10
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    Ocean Vuong with Tommy Orange

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Showered 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...

    $29

  • 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...

    Free
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    Brooke Barker & Boaz Frankel / Let’s Be Weird Together

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

    Booksmith 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!...

    $15

  • Author Mary Ladd in conversation with Peter Lawrence Kane

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

    The 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...

    Free
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    Cutting Up The Century: A Burroughs Birthday Miscellany

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

    with Joan Hawkins, Alex Wermer-Colan, Peter Hale, and Jon Longhi celebrating the release of William S. Burroughs Cutting Up the Century Edited by Joan Hawkins and Alex Wermer-Colan...

    Free

  • Dmitry Samarov Returns With His New Book Soviet Stamps

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Dmitry’s new book is Soviet Stamps, wherein he recounts how he became an artist. Through written vignettes, artwork, and family photos the book charts Samarov's...

    Free
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    Book Talk: ‘Gay Like Me’ with author Richie Jackson

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

    Richie Jackson is an award-winning Broadway, television and film producer. He is coming to Manny's to talk about his new book 'Gay Like Me'. In...

    Free
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    Elaine Kahn

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

    reading from her new book Romance or The End: poems published by Soft Skull Press Romance or The End takes up the tools of romantic narrative...

    Free
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    Alexis Coe / You Never Forget Your First

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

    Booksmith welcomes back Alexis Coe (Alice + Freda Forever) for her new book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. Please join us! Young George...

    Free

  • Josiah Luis Alderete and James Cagney

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This event, the first in The Poetry Center reading series for 2020, is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and is free and...

    Free
  • David Talbot - Between Heaven and Hell

    David Talbot – Between Heaven And Hell

    Bookshop West Portal 80 W Portal Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    If anyone knows hard work, it’s David Talbot. A bestselling author and journalist of books such as Season Of The Witch and The Devil’s Chessboard,...

    Free
  • flier for Fanny Renoir Variety Show

    Fanny Renoir Variety Show

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

    Join Fanny Renoir and friends for an evening of poetry, music, performance, and films! Featuring: DOMINIC ANGERAME HOWARD MUNSON JEFF GIORDANO ANTHONY BUCHANAN JESSICA LOOS...

    Free

  • Garth Greenwell: Cleanness

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

    Garth Greenwell discusses his new novel, Cleanness, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for Cleanness “Garth Greenwell is an intensely beautiful and gorgeous writer. I can think of no...

    Free
  • map of the Buried Ships of Yerba Buena Cove

    The Buried Ships of San Francisco

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

    Every day, thousands of us walk above and over the buried hulls of ships, old wharves, and cargo. Muni streetcars below the street pass right...

    Free
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    Lidia Yuknavitch / Verge

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery welcomes the fierce and fabulous Lidia Yuknavitch back for her first collection of stories, Verge. Please join us! I tell you, do not go near that place....

    Free
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    KSW Presents Meng Jin and Mimi Lok

    Kearny Street Workshop 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kearny Street Workshop celebrates the latest book releases from Meng Jin and Mimi Lok! About this Event On Friday, February 7th, KSW Presents Meng Jin,...

    $8 – $20