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SUMMARY:Kay Gabriel\, Chris Nealon\, + Jordan Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:Verse from Kay Gabriel\, Chris Nealon\, and Jordan Reynolds. Hosted by KK.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kay-gabriel-chris-nealon-and-jordan-reynolds/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:June 2017 Poetry at Florey's
DESCRIPTION:The featured poets this month are Clifford Hunt and Christine Rodgers. \nFrom Sherri: \nI’m pleased to invite you to join Aaron and me as we welcome Half Moon Bay poet Clifford Hunt\, and San Francisco poet Christine Rodgers for an evening of their artistry\, and hope you will consider joining us. Remember that open mic comes first\, at 7:30\, followed by the break\, and featured poets. \nYou are invited to read at open mic (3 minutes\, please)\, either your own\, or a favorite poets’s work\, or come simply to revel in the luxury of artful language. If you can\, please bring a snack or beverage to share\, or supplies for the table (paper plates\, napkins\, cups); this is such a help in making a truly convivial evening. \nAbout the featured poets: \nClifford Hunt is a husband\, father\, and writer who lives and works in Half Moon Bay\, California. Before that\, he lived and worked in Bethel Alaska\, San Francisco\, Seattle\, Arcata\, San Diego\, and Beirut\, Lebanon. Clifford is co-founder\, editor\, and publisher with Tim Badger of Just Press\, small press publishers of poems\, essays\, and the periodical Violent Milk\, and co-curator of the Just Press Forums. Publications include Chapter Ø\, Outside & Elsewhere\, The Weekly\, You Amuse Yourself You Amass Yourself (with Tim Badger). \nChristine Rodgers is an actor and poet living in San Francisco. Her poetry has appeared in America\, Fellowship\, the National Catholic Reporter\, Radical Grace and on a variety of websites including The Jesuit Retreat Center\, The Witness\, Poets Against the War and Grace Cathedral. In 2000 she appeared as a panelist in The Forum at Grace Cathedral entitled “The Creative Spirit in Poetry” – with Francisco X. Alarcon\, Judy Grahn and Dean Alan Jones. She is grateful to the many Jesuits who have included her as a partner in their ministry. Her poems have been used in a number of retreat centers\, and some are still floating around Africa. She has published three books of poetry: Into the Great Green Heart of God\, Upon a Luminous Night and Embracing the Sacred Journey. She facilitates a Poetry Circle in the Tenderloin at the Healing Well. \n————————–——\nWe hope to see you!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/june-2017-poetry-at-floreys/
LOCATION:Florey’s Book Co.\, 2120 Palmetto Ave.\, Pacifica\, CA\, 94044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:San Francisco Writing Workshop Reading
DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Writing Workshop presents their annual reading of work from their authors to benefit Alley Cat! Food and drinks and good company!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/san-francisco-writing-workshop-reading/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170626T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170626T200000
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SUMMARY:The Racket #8: The Body
DESCRIPTION:Our eighth edition of our monthly reading series\, THE RACKET\, is coming to Adobe Books on Monday\, June 26th at 7:00PM. \nThe theme: THE BODY. \nWe’re gathering a talented cast of readers to share their thoughts on the body. Is it erotic? Is it repulsive? Is it a creepy arm of a futuristic government attempting to sway the leanings of a disenfranchised population? \nThe readers: \nJoe Wadlington\nKrista Varela Posell\nJared Roehrig\nChristina Gardner\nSarah Broderick\nChad Koch \nYou’ll have to come and find out. \nAdobe Books\, Monday\, June 26th\, 7:00PM. \nBe there.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-racket-the-body/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170626T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170626T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170523T020751Z
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SUMMARY:Amelia Gray + Rosecrans Baldwin
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is doubly excited to host a joint reading by Amelia Gray and Rosecrans Baldwin to celebrate their anticipated new books\, Isadora and The Last Kid Left. Don’t miss this! \nIsadora \nAmelia Gray’s Isadora is a shocking and visceral portrait of an artist and woman drawn to the brink of destruction by the cruelty of life; a legendary artist churning through prewar Europe. Isadora seeks to obliterate the mannered portrait of a dancer and to introduce the reader to a woman who lived and loved without limits\, even in the darkest days of her life. \nThe Last Kid Left \nRosecrans Baldwin’s The Last Kid Left is loosely inspired by a true crime in 1930’s New England. After a double-murder kicks off a scandal in a beach town\, a young woman struggles to create a life for herself and escape the lurid interest of a tight-knit community. This novel is a sort of modern day witch hunt\, involving the precarious lives of two teens\, a small town sheriff\, a retired big-city police officer\, and an aspiring young journalist desperate to make the pages of the New Yorker— they all collide in a media firestorm that threatens to swallow them whole. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/amelia-gray-and-rosecrans-baldwin/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T193000
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SUMMARY:Northern California Book Awards: Judy Grahn
DESCRIPTION:36th Annual Northern California Book Awards \nNorthern California authors are honored in Fiction\, General Nonfiction\, Creative Nonfiction\, Poetry\, Translation\, and Children’s Literature with brief readings and remarks \npresentation of the Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award to poet\, activist\, and cultural theorist Judy Grahn; NCBR Recognition Award to Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers\, by Bobby Seale and Stephen Shames; master of ceremonies Oscar Villalon\, ZYZZYVA Managing Editor\, presented by the Northern California Book Reviewers\, Poetry Flash\, San Francisco Public Library and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library\, PEN West\, Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter\, and Mechanics’ Institute Library\, Koret Auditorium\, San Francisco Main Public Library\, 100 Larkin\, enter at Grove\, SF\, free\, 5:30\, book signing reception follows (510/525-5476\, NCBR@poetryflash.org\,
URL:https://litseen.com/event/northern-california-book-awards-judy-grahn/
LOCATION:SF Public Library\, 100 Larkin Street\, San Francisco\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T203000
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SUMMARY:Patti Trimble + Toshi Washizu
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Tuesday evening in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco to hear poets from near and far read their work! \nTuesdays at North Beach is a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. Past guests have included Jonathan Richman\, Diane di Prima\, California Poet Laureate Al Young and freshly-discovered poets from our sister program\, Poets 11. \nThe series is presented by Friends and curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence\, Jack Hirschman. \nInterested in reading? Please contact Friends’ Literary Director Byron Spooner at byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org or call (415) 522-8602.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patti-trimble-toshi-washizu/
LOCATION:North Beach\, SF Public Library\, 850 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Camille T. Dungy
DESCRIPTION:An award-winning African American poet debuts in prose with a stunningly graceful and honest exploration of race\, motherhood\, and history. \nAs a working mother whose livelihood as a poet-lecturer depended on travel\, Camille Dungy crisscrossed America with her infant\, then toddler\, intensely aware of how they are seen\, not just as mother and child\, but as black women. With a poet’s eye\, she celebrates her daughter’s acquisition of language and discoveries of the natural and human world around her. At the same time history shadows her steps everywhere she goes: from the San Francisco of settlers’ and investors’ dreams to the slave-trading ports of Ghana; from snow-white Maine to a festive\, yet threatening\, bonfire in the Virginia pinewoods. \nWith exceptional candor and grace\, Dungy explores our inner and outer worlds―the intimate and vulnerable experiences of raising a child\, living with illness\, conversing with strangers\, and counting on others’ goodwill. Across the nation\, she finds fear and trauma\, and also mercy\, kindness\, and community. Penetrating and generous\, Guidebook to Relative Strangers is an essential guide for a troubled land.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/camille-t-dungy/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T213000
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SUMMARY:Gabe Habash + Julie Buntin
DESCRIPTION:Gabe Habash and Julie Buntin discuss their new novels Stephen Florida and Marlena. \nGABE HABASH:\nFoxcatcher meets The Art of Fielding\, Stephen Florida follows a college wrestler in his senior season\, when every practice\, every match\, is a step closer to greatness and a step further from sanity. Profane\, manic\, and tipping into the uncanny\, it’s a story of loneliness\, obsession\, and the drive to leave a mark. \n“Stephen Florida is an unforgettable addition to the canon of great literary eccentrics. At once a chronicle of obsession\, a philosophical treatise\, and a deeply affecting love story\, this singular novel is perhaps most profoundly an anatomy of American loneliness. Gabe Habash is a writer of powerful gifts\, and this is a wonderful book.”—Garth Greenwell\, author of What Belongs to You \nJULIE BUNTIN:\nAn electric debut novel about love\, addiction\, and loss; the story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life\, and define the other’s for decades. \n“Julie Buntin captures that unique moment at the precipice of adulthood with emotional honesty and insight. She writes the kind of piercing\, revelatory sentences you have to read to whomever is near\, sentences you find yourself remembering years later.”–Jonathan Safran Foer
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gabe-habash-julie-buntin/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T213000
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SUMMARY:Roxane Gay
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to host Roxane Gay for her new memoir Hunger. \nPlease note: this event will be held at the African American Art & Culture Complex\, 762 Fulton St. in San Francisco. \nTickets are available now—click here. \n“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big\, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her\, but she is still there\, somewhere.… I was trapped in my body\, one that I barely recognized or understood\, but at least I was safe.” \n New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies\, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure\, consumption\, appearance\, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined\,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial\, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger\, she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood\, teens\, and twenties—including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life—and brings readers into the present and the realities\, pains\, and joys of her daily life. \nWith the bracing candor\, vulnerability\, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation\, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are\, the less you are seen. Hunger is a deeply personal memoir from one of our finest writers\, and tells a story that hasn’t yet been told but needs to be. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance. If you cannot attend the event\, but would like to request a signed copy of Hunger\, please order below and put your request in the comments field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roxane-gay/
LOCATION:African American Art & Culture Complex\, 762 Fulton St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Laura Kamoie + Stephanie Dray
DESCRIPTION:In the compelling\, richly researched America’s First Daughter\, a novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources\, bestselling authors Laura Kamoie and Stephanie Dray tell the fascinating\, untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter\, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy \nFrom her earliest days\, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly\, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson’s oldest daughter\, she becomes his helpmate\, protector\, and constant companion in the wake of her mother’s death\, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France. \nIt is in Paris\, at the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution\, that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father’s troubling liaison with Sally Hemings\, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile\, Patsy has fallen in love—with her father’s protégé William Short\, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Torn between love\, principles\, and the bonds of family\, Patsy questions whether she can choose a life as William’s wife and still be a devoted daughter. \nHer choice will follow her in the years to come\, to Virginia farmland\, Monticello\, and even the White House. And as scandal\, tragedy\, and poverty threaten her family\, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father’s reputation\, in the process defining not just his political legacy\, but that of the nation he founded. \nLaura Kamoie has always been fascinated by the people\, stories\, and physical presence of the past\, which led her to a lifetime of historical and archaeological study and training. She holds a doctoral degree in early American history from The College of William and Mary\, published two non-fiction books on early America\, and most recently held the position of Associate Professor of History at the U.S. Naval Academy before transitioning to a full-time career writing genre fiction as the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books. \nStephanie Dray is an award-winning\, bestselling and two-time RITA award nominated author of historical women’s fiction. Her critically acclaimed series about Cleopatra’s daughter has been translated into eight different languages and won NJRW’s Golden Leaf. As Stephanie Draven\, she is a national bestselling author of genre fiction and American-set historical women’s fiction. She is a frequent panelist and presenter at national writing conventions and lives near the nation’s capital.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laura-kamoie-and-stephanie-dray/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:InsideStorytime DESECRATION
DESCRIPTION:InsideStorytime DESECRATION\, on Wednesday June 28th\, 7-9 pm\, at the Convent Arts Collective\, 660 Oak St\, San Francisco\, will feature Angela Pneuman (Lay it on my Heart)\, Saqib Mausoof (The Warehouse)\, Youssef Alaoui (Fiercer Monsters)\, Lyndsey Ellis\, and Peter Clarke. MCd by James Warner (All Her Father’s Guns). This will be one of those BYOB midsummer roof-of-a-convent kinda readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime-desecration/
LOCATION:Convent Arts Collective\, 660 Oak St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T210000
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SUMMARY:Kaitlin Solimine + Warren Read
DESCRIPTION:Kaitlin Solimine has been a Fulbright Fellow in China\, and has received several scholarships\, awards\, and residencies for her writing\, including the 2012 Dzanc Books/Disquiet International Literary Program award for an earlier draft of Empire of Glass\, judged by Colson Whitehead. Her fiction has been published in Guernica\, theKartika Review\, and numerous anthologies. Kaitlin is co-founder of HIPPO Reads\, a network connecting academic insights and scholars to the wider public. She resides in San Francisco with her husband and daughter\, where she is a 2016 SF Grotto Writing Fellow. \n  \nWarren Read is the author of a 2008 memoir The Lyncher in Me (Borealis Books)\, about his discovery that his great-grandfather had incited a lynching in 1920. His fiction has been published in Hot Metal Bridge\, Mud Season Review\, Sliver of Stone\, Inklette\, Switchback and The Drowning Gull. In addition\, he has had two short plays directed and produced by Tony winner Dinah Manoff. Warren earned his MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kaitlin-solimine-warren-read/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T213000
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SUMMARY:Arundhati Roy
DESCRIPTION:Arundhati Roy is the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things. Her political writings include The Algebra of Infinite Justice\, Listening to Grasshoppers\, Broken Republic and Capitalism: A Ghost Story\, and most recently Things That Can and Cannot Be Said\, co-authored with John Cusack. Arundhati Roy lives in New Delhi and her new novel\, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness will be published in June 2017.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/arundhati-roy/
LOCATION:Nourse Theatre\, 275 Hayes Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Catherine Lacey
DESCRIPTION:Catherine Lacey discusses her latest novel\, The Answers\, with FSG editor Emily Bell. \nAn urgent\, propulsive novel about a woman learning to negotiate her ailment and its various aftereffects via the simulacrum of a perfect romantic relationship \nIn Catherine Lacey’s ambitious second novel we are introduced to Mary\, a young woman living in New York City and struggling to cope with a body that has betrayed her. All but paralyzed with pain\, Mary seeks relief from a New Agey treatment called Pneuma Adaptive Kinesthesia\, PAKing for short. And\, remarkably\, it works. But PAKing is prohibitively expensive and Mary is dead broke. So she scours Craigslist for fast-cash jobs and finds herself applying for the “Girlfriend Experiment\,” the brainchild of an eccentric actor\, Kurt Sky\, who is determined to find the perfect relationship—even if that means paying different women to fulfill distinctive roles. Mary is hired as the “Emotional Girlfriend”—certainly better than the “Anger Girlfriend” or the “Maternal Girlfriend”—and is pulled into Kurt’s ego-driven and messy attempt at human connection. \nTold in her signature spiraling prose\, The Answers is full of the singular yet universal insights readers have come to expect from Lacey. It is a gorgeous hybrid of the plot- and the idea-driven novel that will leave you reeling.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/27432/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T173000
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SUMMARY:Community Voices: Poets Speak
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday at 5pm from June 29 – August 10\, join us for Community Voices: Poets Speak at the Museum of the African Diaspora where Bay Area Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of our current exhibition. Now on view\, The Ease of Fiction presents the work of four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history\, fact and fiction. The readings and discussion of original work will take place in the gallery for a maximum of 30 minutes. The series culminates with a reception and an evening of poetry by the participating poets\, along with Arisa White and James Cagney\, on Thursday\, August 17\, 6:30-8pm. Free Admission. \nFounded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape\, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. \nCommunity Voices: Poets Speak is curated by Arisa White\, poet\, writer & educator. \nAlyss Dixson \nAlyss Dixson grew up in Portland\, Oregon. She received the 2015 Joseph Henry Jackson award in fiction and is writing a collection entitled Fukuoka Woman. She has publications in The Callaloo Journal\, Day One\, and The Atlantic. She studied at Yale\, Columbia and San Francisco State. She also makes movies.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/community-voices-poets-speak/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:TransAction: Trans Writing as Activism
DESCRIPTION:Foglifter\, RADAR Productions\, Bay Area Writers Resist\, and Queer Rebels present a reading and panel discussion featuring prominent Bay Area trans writers and activists. \nThe event will examine the role of trans literature and aesthetic in the current American political and cultural climate. \nFeaturing:\nNatasha Dennerstein\nSam Dylan Finch\nStacy Nathaniel Jackson\nAkira Jackson\nShafer Mazow\nKay Nilsson\nAria Sa’id \nJulia Serano \nThe event is free and open to the public and created incoordination with TAJA’s Coalition.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/transaction-trans-writing-as-activism/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T213000
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CREATED:20170619T140734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T022441Z
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SUMMARY:Josh Barkan
DESCRIPTION:Josh Barkan in conversation about his new story collection\, Mexico. \nThe unforgettable characters in Josh Barkan’s astonishing and beautiful story collection–chef\, architect\, nurse\, high school teacher\, painter\, beauty queen\, classical bass player\, plastic surgeon\, businessman\, mime–are simply trying to lead their lives and steer clear of violence. Yet\, inevitably\, crime has a way of intruding on their lives all the same. A surgeon finds himself forced into performing a risky procedure on a narco killer. A teacher struggles to protect lovestruck students whose forbidden romance has put them in mortal peril. A painter’s freewheeling ways land him in the back of a kidnapper’s car. Again and again\, the walls between “ordinary life” and cartel violence are shown to be paper thin\, and when they collapse the consequences are life-changing. \nThese are stories about transformation and danger\, passion and heartbreak\, terror and triumph. They are funny\, deeply moving\, and stunningly well-crafted\, and they tap into the most universal and enduring human experiences: love even in the face of danger and loss\, the struggle to grow and keep faith amidst hardship and conflict\, and the pursuit of authenticity and courage over apathy and oppression. With unflinching honesty and exquisite tenderness\, Josh Barkan masterfully introduces us to characters that are full of life\, marking the arrival of a new and essential voice in American fiction. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/josh-barkan/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170630T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170619T130430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170624T003854Z
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SUMMARY:Curate & Create
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of community celebration\, a ‘thank you’ reading for the labor and efforts of local literary curators\, Amy Berkowitz and Paul Ebenkamp. Snacks and drinks will be provided. \nIf you are a curator and would like to read in the future\, please reach out!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alley-cat-books-reading/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170630T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170630T210000
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CREATED:20170629T052835Z
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SUMMARY:THE BEATS AND BEYOND
DESCRIPTION:Come and experience the poetry of the Beat Generation with musical accompaniment. Featuring the works of Herbert Huncke\, Michael McClure\, Diane di Prima\, John Weiners\, Alden Van Buskirk\, and others\, read by younger poets influenced by their works. \n\nClive Matson\nAndy Halsig\nMartine Algier\nAntonio the Rapper\nKwesi the Dreamer\nBob Booker\n\nand Cori Hartwig on guitar.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-beats-and-beyond/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170701T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170701T213000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170515T232703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170603T022006Z
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SUMMARY:Yuri Herrera: Kingdom Cons
DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Art of Translation and Green Apple Books on the Park welcomes Mexican author Yuri Herrera in conversation with Bay Area writer Caille Millner. Come hear “Mexico’s greatest novelist\,” according to Francisco Goldman\, discuss his new book Kingdom Cons.  \nTranslated by Lisa Dillman and published by And Other Stories\, Kingdom Cons is part surreal fable and part narco-lit romance. In the court of the King\, everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads\, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core. In Kingdom Cons\, Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in a world ruled by patronage and power. \n  \n\nPraise for Yuri Herrera \n“Herrera’s metaphors grasp the freedom\, and the alarming disorientation\, of transition and translation.” Maya Jaggi\, The Guardian  \n“Yuri Herrera’s tiny\, beautiful novels each conjure myth and metaphor from a contemporary experience in a precise location\, transformed by archaic-colloquial prose.” Lorna Scott-Fox\, Times Literary Supplement
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yuri-herrera-kingdom-cons/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170703T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170703T213000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170619T125105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T005006Z
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SUMMARY:Quiet Lightning
DESCRIPTION:Free literary mixtape! Free books featuring all selected writing + art by Maricruz Mendoza for the first 100 people! \nSIDE A (~30min):\nSiamak Vossoughi\nPeter Bullen\nNorma Smith\nKristina Ten\nZephir O’Meara\nSally Saunders\nAllison Landa\nKarthik Sethuraman\nJon Sindell \nintermission w/cheap ice cold keg from Lagunitas \nSIDE B (~25min):\nJaida Samudra\nMargaret McCarthy\nJohn Panzer\nCaroline Kessler\nTownsend Walker\nDavid Katz\nA.D. Winans \nThanks to a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission\, this is a free show and all selected authors will be paid! \nLinks to the artists + more\, including footage + pics from our last show @ Adobe: http://quietlightning.org/adobe-books/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/quiet-lightning-3/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
ORGANIZER;CN="Quiet Lightning":MAILTO:evan AT quietlightning DOT org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170705T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170616T123253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170616T123253Z
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SUMMARY:Pandemonium Press Reading
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Dennis J. Bernstein\, Sharon Coleman\, James Cagney\, and Sara McAulay. On guitar: Barry Ebner. Curated by Leila Rae. An open mic follows the featured readers.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pandemonium-press-reading/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T173000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170619T113055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T113055Z
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SUMMARY:Community Voices: Poets Speak Charif Shanahan
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday at 5pm from June 29 – August 10\, join us for Community Voices: Poets Speak at the Museum of the African Diaspora where Bay Area Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of our current exhibition. Now on view\, The Ease of Fiction presents the work of four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history\, fact and fiction. The readings and discussion of original work will take place in the gallery for a maximum of 30 minutes. The series culminates with a reception and an evening of poetry by the participating poets\, along with Arisa White and James Cagney\, on Thursday\, August 17\, 6:30-8pm. Free Admission. \nFounded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape\, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. \nCommunity Voices: Poets Speak is curated by Arisa White\, poet\, writer & educator. \nCharif Shanahan \nCharif Shanahan is the author of Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing (SIU Press\, 2017)\, winner of the 2015 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award. His poems and translations have appeared in numerous publications\, including Baffler\, Boston Review\, Callaloo\, Literary Hub\, New Republic\, Poetry International\, Prairie Schooner\, and A Public Space. A two-time Puschart Prize nominee\, he is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets\, the Cave Canem Foundation\, the Frost Place\, the Fulbright Program/IIE\, Millay Colony for the Arts\, and Stanford University\, where he is a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/community-voices-poets-speak-charif-shanahan/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T210000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170621T010715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T010715Z
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SUMMARY:Shipwreck's 50th Show Spectacular
DESCRIPTION:Guys\, it’s our 50th show\, and our 4-year anniversary. Let’s celebrate growing income inequality and wreck The Great Gatsby all to pieces again. \nExpect even more shenaniganery than usual. We’re throwing a party. \nTickets on sale now. Seating is limited and will sell out. \nFeatured writers: June winner Lauren Parker\, plus Andrea Grimes\, Vivenne Pustell\, Miles Klee\, Madeline Gobbo\, and one more TBA. \nWelcome\, Shipsters\, to San Francisco’s premier literary erotic fanfiction event. \nSix Great Writers destroy six notable characters from one Great Book on the first Thursday of every month at our home base\, the Booksmith in San Francisco. \nFics are blind-read by our Thespian-in-Residence\, Baruch Porras-Hernandez\, and you choose the best ship before the writers are unmasked. The winner is cast off from polite society\, and invited back the next month to defend their title.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shipwrecks-50th-show-spectacular/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T223000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170619T123938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170622T022741Z
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SUMMARY:YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY\, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES
DESCRIPTION:YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes\nis a total open mic event\, with no set or featured performers\,\nbut only the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\, to embrace our losses & mortality\,\nto grieve\, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love…\nwhile all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. \nSign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly\, so if you want to perform\, you’d better get there early… \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)]. \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want. \nYou don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nPlease don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly\, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument\, figure it out before you’re called to the stage. \nIMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday\, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously\, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged. \nYou’re Going to Die. No. Really. You are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-8/
LOCATION:The Lost Church\, 65 Capp Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170708T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170708T180000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170604T225244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170604T225244Z
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SUMMARY:POETRY EVENT: Tender Buttons
DESCRIPTION:An afternoon of bay area poetry <3 \nHosted by Bloodflower.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-event-tender-buttons/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170708T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170708T213000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170619T123444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T011243Z
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SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Jade Chang (The Wangs vs. the World)\nSarah Gailey (River of Teeth)\nJackson Crawford (The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes) \nCost: $5 to $20\, no-one turned away\nAll proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.\nAt The Make Out Room 3225 22nd St.\, San Francisco CA\, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM\, doors open at 6:30 PM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-with-drinks-6/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170709T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170709T190000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170629T053105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170701T121542Z
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SUMMARY:CWP COLLECTIVE
DESCRIPTION:CWP Collective Press (“Cringe-Worthy Poets”) is a small chapbook press on the West Side of Buffalo New York. They have been producing handmade chapbooks of fine poetry since 2016. In this short time\, they have published nearly 20 chapbooks of poetry by poets from New Jersey to Texas. \nCWP is also a small band of young poets who are attempting to keep the art of the chapbook alive while making poetry more accessible and approachable. CWP is a diverse group of poets with actualized voices that differ greatly yet complement each other. They have been featured poets from New Jersey to New Mexico. They have extensively toured the Rust Belt and the Midwest. \nJOHN DORSEY John Dorsey is the author of several collections of poetry\, including Sodomy is a City in New Jersey (American Mettle Books\, 2010)\, Tombstone Factory (Epic Rites Press\, 2013) and most recently\, Appalachian Frankenstein (GTK Press\, 2015)\, and his work has appeared in multiple anthologies. He’s performed frequently with S.A. Griffin and Scott Wannberg‡; in 2005 as part of “NOW: New Word Order”; in 2006 as the “Deciders\,” which included Ellyn Maybe; and as “Rebels Without Applause\,” which included David Smith\, in 2007. He’s also worked extensively in theatre and film. \nJULIO MONTALVO VALENTIN Julio Montalvo Valentine is the author of two chapbooks\, Don’t Give up the Shipand Ship Lost. He is an editor and founder of CWP Collective Press. He is a Blogger for Plurality Press. Julio is also an editor for Mutata Re\, Erie Community Colleges literary journal. He has been a featured reader from New Jersey to New Mexico and many a town in between. Julio has two forthcoming chapbooks in 2017. His poems have appeared in various journals and magazines. Julio is a reluctant heart. \nNATHANAEL WILLIAM STOLTE Nathanael William Stolte is the author of five chapbooks\, A Beggars Book of Poems\, Bumblebee Petting Zoo\, Fools’ Song\, Origami Creature\, & A Beggar’s Prayer Book. His poems have appeared in Ghost City Review\, Guide to Kulture Creative Journal\, Five:2:One Magazine‘s #thesideshow\, Rusty Truck\, Poems-For-All\, Your One Phone Call\, In Between Hangovers\, Le Mot Juste\, The Rising Phoenix Review\, The Buffalo News\, Iconoclast\, Foundlings Zine\, & Plurality Press. He is a founder and the Acquisitions Editor for CWP Collective Press. He was voted best poet in Buffalo by Artvoices’ “Best of Buffalo” in 2016. He is a madcap\, flower-punk\, D.I.Y. Buffalo bred & corn-fed poet. \nJENNI SKELTON Jennifer Skelton is a poet from Buffalo\, NY. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Buffalo State. Her first chapbook Gin came out this year. The themes in her poetry include the comedies and tragedies of personal relationships\, from mother to lover\, from American to Japan and back again. She has been a featured reader at Innisfree Poetry\, Buffalo State College’s Rooftop Poetry Series\, Queen City Gallery\, and Words on the Rocks. She is the social media handler for CWP Collective Press. \nMISTRAL CELESTE KHAN-BECERRA Mistral Khan-Becerra is a poet and fiction writer. Born and raised in Buffalo\, NY by her Chilean family\, she loves the city and finds nostalgia around its every corner. In her work Mistral frequently draws on the complex relationship between Mother and Daughter. She attempts to bridge the gap between what is expected of or from this relationship\, and how stark (or truly inspired) its reality can be. She also fiddles around with how this dynamic presents itself in romantic relationships. Mistral is a cofounder of Cringe Worthy Poets Collective\, and Editor in Chief of CWP Collective Press. Born a strict Taurus\, she is stubborn in her form\, but rages on. She is the author of Could I Stay Here? and Where Have You Been For So Long? \nWILLIAM TAYLOR JR.William Taylor Jr. is the author of several collections of poetry and fiction\, including So Much is Burning\, Words for Songs Never Written\, The Hunger Season\, An Age of Monsters\, Broken When We Got Here\, The Blood of a Tourist\, To Break the Heart of the Sun\, and most recently The Song of What’s Become of Us. He lives in San Francisco’s Tenderloin.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cwp-collective/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170709T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170709T203000
DTSTAMP:20260516T104345
CREATED:20170629T060358Z
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SUMMARY:Curtis Chen + Megan O’Keefe
DESCRIPTION:CURTIS CHEN & MEGAN O’KEEFE \nWe also welcome guest moderator\, Cliff Winnig. Terry Bisson is taking a well-deserved vacation\, but will be back in August with Daryl Gregory and Lisa Mason. \nDoors and bar open at 6:00PM\nEvent begins at 6:30PM\n$10 at the door benefits the American Bookbinders Museum \nNo one turned away for lack of funds / cash or Square. All proceeds benefit the American Bookbinders Museum. Cash bar on a donation basis benefits the ABM. \nEach author will read a selection of their work\, followed by Q&A with the audience\, moderated by author Cliff Winnig. \nBooks will be for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books — please feel free to bring your own books from home to be signed. \nAll proceeds from the event benefit the American Bookbinders Museum. \nCurtis Chen was once a Silicon Valley software engineer\, but now writes fiction and runs puzzle games near Portland\, Oregon. His debut novel\, Waypoint Kangaroo\, (Thomas Dunne Books) is a science fiction thriller about a super-powered spy facing his toughest mission yet: vacation. But he’s not your average spy….what sets Kangaroo apart is the pocket: a portal that opens into an empty\, seemingly infinite\, parallel universe\, and he’s the only person in the world who can use it. While on a mandatory vacation of a cruise to Mars\, two passengers are found dead. Kangaroo risks blowing his cover to investigate\, but it turns out he’s not the only spy on the ship—and he’s just starting to realize that there is a massive conspiracy to unravel. Weren’t vacations supposed to be relaxing? \nThe story continues in his new novel\, the sequel\, Kangaroo Too\, which lands our hero on the Moon to confront long-buried secrets. \nSet in the same world as Waypoint Kangaroo\, Curtis C. Chen’s Kangaroo Too is bursting with adrenaline and intrigue in this unique outer space adventure. Come hear him read from one of the most entertaining novels of 2017! \n(And a shout-out to his publisher\, Thomas Dunne — way to go with putting INDIEBOUND.ORG up as an option for purchase!) \nMEGAN O’KEEFE was raised among journalists\, and as soon as she was able to\, she joined them by crafting a newsletter which chronicled the daily adventures of the local cat population. She has worked in both arts management and graphic design\, and spends her free time tinkering with anything she can get her hands on. Megan lives in the Bay Area and makes soap for a living. It’s only a little like Fight Club. She is a first place winner in the Writers of the Future competition. \nO’Keefe’s trilogy — The Scorched Continent — began with her debut novel\, Steal the Sky\, in early 2016. The second book\, Break the Chains\, and the third book (which we celebrate at this event!) is Inherit the Flame (all from Angry Robot Books). In the first book\, Detan Honding is a wanted conman of noble birth and ignoble tongue; with his friend Tibs\, he may have pulled off one too many cons against the city’s elite. To make a quick escape\, they set their sights on the airship of the exiled commodore Thratia. But plans go awry…did Detan accidentally walk into a revolution and a crusade? He has to be careful — there’s a reason most people think he’s dead. \nBook two sees Detan undertake a more dangerous task…rescuing Nouli\, the infamous engineer who built the century gates that protect the imperial capital of Valathea. But Nouli is imprisoned on the Remnant Isles\, an impervious island prison run by the empire\, and it’s Detan’s fault. Detan doesn’t dare approach Nouli himself\, so his companions volunteer to get themselves locked up to make contact with Nouli and convince him to help. Now Detan has to break them all out of prison\, and he’s going to need the help of a half-mad doppel to do it. \nBook three….come to SF in SF and hear Megan bring you up to speed on what her characters are up to in Book 3! \nFor over a decade SF in SF has offered readings\, films\, and special events in the Bay Area for readers of science fiction\, fantasy\, and speculative fiction. Moderated by Terry Bisson\, past guests have included Patrick Rothfuss\, Gail Carriger\, Jeffrey Ford\, Lev Grossman\, Brian & Wendy Froud\, Samuel R. Delaney\, Cory Doctorow\, Karen Joy Fowler\, and Nalo Hopkinson. We hope you will join us! \nThe American Bookbinders Museum‘s entrance is located at 366 Clementina Alley\, off 5th Street\, between Howard and Folsom. Street parking is free; garages are located at 5th & Mission\, and 3rd & Folsom. The closest BART station is Powell Street – just turn down 5th Street\, cross Mission and Howard\, and turn left onto Clementina. NOTE: there is NO access to Clementina from 4th Street due to construction.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/curtis-chen-and-megan-okeefe/
LOCATION:The American Bookbinders Museum\, 355 Clementina Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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