• The Gender Creative Child with Diane Ehrensaft

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

    City Arts & Lectures presents Diane Ehrensaft in conversation with Carvell Wallace.   Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. is a developmental and clinical psychologist in the San Francisco...

    $29
  • 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...

  • Tommy Orange

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

    Tommy Orange reading from There There published by Alfred Knopf Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a...

    Free
  • Maria Hummel and Sara Houghteling

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

    Maria Hummel discusses her new novel, Still Lives with  Sara Houghteling. Praise for Still Lives "Still Lives offers its readers that delicious combination of entertainment and brilliance. It's at...

  • Art, Readings, & Reactions with Quiet Lightning and Modern Eden

    Modern Eden Gallery 801 Greenwich St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join ArtSpan and Quiet Lightning at Modern Eden Gallery for the fourth annual Art, Readings, & Reactions event! ART: Curated by Modern Eden READINGS: Curated...

  • Voz Sin Tinta Presents: Poetry Comes Out of My Mouth

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

    Come to Alley Cat Books on 24th Street in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District, June 15 at 7 pm to hear the poetry...

  • Reading

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

    Arturo Mantecon will be reading from his new translation of Mario Santiago Papasquiaro's poetry. Featuring artwork by Maceo Montoya.

  • Jared A. Brock / The Road to Dawn

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Jared Brock, in town to present his new book The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War and the corresponding...

  • Lauren Groff

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

    Lauren Groff reads from her new story collection, Florida. About Florida The bold new book from the celebrated New York Times-bestselling author of Fates and Furies. "Lauren Groff...

  • Poetry Jam

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

    Join us when San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck reads poetry with Ukiah Poet Laureate Linda Noel and Thea Matthews.

  • Queer Words: In Conversation with Rob Rosen

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

    Wayne Goodman will sit in conversation with the author of "Sparkle: The Queerest Book You’ll Ever Love," "Fierce," "Hot Lava," "Queens of the Apocalypse," "Creature...

  • David Stephen Calonne on Bukowski and writing

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

    David Stephen Calonne on Bukowski and writing celebrating the release of The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way: On Writers and Writing by Charles...

    Free
  • Richard Rhodes

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

    discussing the subject of his new book ENERGY: A Human History published by Simon and Schuster Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes...

  • The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night

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

    NEXT up: Tuesday June 19th, 2018 Our featured artist is: James Zealous (Ellis) at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell...

  • BOOKSMITH: Yrsa Daley-Ward / The Terrible

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

    Booksmith hosts Yrsa Daley-Ward for her remarkable new book The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir. Please join us!   From the celebrated poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir -- part...

  • Chris Feliciano Arnold

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

    Chris Feliciano Arnold discusses his new book, The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First Century Amazon. About The Third Bank of...

  • Ana Raquel Minian

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

    Ana Raquel Minian Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco discussing the subject of her new book Undocumented...

  • Jana Casale

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

    Jana Casale discusses her new novel, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky. Praise for The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky “Casale writes with both...

  • Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...

    $12 – $15
  • Zoé Samudzi

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

    Zoé Samudzi discussing the subject of her new book As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by William C. Anderson and Zoé Samudzi with...

    Free
  • Bawdy Storytelling ‘JACKPOT!’

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

    ABOUT BAWDY STORYTELLING Storytelling is about building a connection. So is sex. For the past 11 years, Bawdy has featured true stories of sex, kink,...

    $25 – $35
  • CATHY CASSADY: TRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID

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

    SAT. JUNE 23RD, 4-6PM TRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID BY CAROLYN CASSADY Join us for an afternoon with Cathy Cassady, eldest daughter of Neal and...

  • Poetry

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

    Rodney Koeneke,  Dodie Bellamy, and Ross Simonini Hosted by Kevin Killian

  • Glen David Gold in conversation with Oscar Villalon

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

    Glen David Gold in conversation with Oscar Villalon Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco discussing Glen David...