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  • Christopher Bernard + Clara Hsu

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

    Novel and Poetry reading!

  • Bill Berkson Memorial

    Lecture Hall, SF Art Institute 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join San Francisco Art Institute in remembering and honoring the life of poet, art critic, and much-loved SFAI professor emeritus Bill Berkson.

  • Porchlight Open Door: Identity Crisis

    Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Bring your five-minute story about "finding yourself" and you could win a slot on Porchlight's 14th Anniversary Romp!

  • Alina Smiotanko + James Tracy

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Martinis & Writers – Literary Speakeasy!

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This month’s featured guests include Tusiata Avia, Jason Bayani, Natasha Dennerstein, Bill Dupp, and Soma Mei Sheng Frazier.

  • Bookswap 2.0 w/ Val Brelinski

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

    Bring a book about an exile.

    $10

  • Evan Ratliff w/ Jennifer Kahn

    Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 2550 Mission Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Litquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of LOVE AND RUIN: TALES OF OBSESSION, DANGER, AND HEARTBREAK, the new nonfiction collection edited by Evan Ratliff of The Atavist.

    $15

  • Rolling Writers: R-Dub Love

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In honor of Juliet's birthday, Rolling Writers express and reflect on romantic love the evening before Lammas Eve.

  • Summer Sparks: flash fiction, poetry, and flash nonfiction

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Jacqueline Doyle, Andrew Dugas, Jamey Genna, Jose Luis Gutierrez, Fernando Meisenhalter, Alia Volz, and Amos White

    Free

  • Entwined: Sisters and Secrets

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

    "Entwined" is a penetrating personal narrative that explores a complex world of disability, loss, reunion, and the resiliency of the human spirit.

  • Baruch Porras Hernandez hosts The News

    SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    We recommend reserving tickets on Eventbrite to guarantee your seat.

  • Dave Madden, Theodore Wheeler, + Amina Gautier

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

    Dave Madden, Theodore Wheeler, and Amina Gautier read from their new story collections.

  • Krys Lee w/ Adam Johnson

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

    Krys Lee presents How I Became a North Korean, a debut novel that follows the lives of three characters as they struggle to survive in the complex and dangerous Chinese territory bordering North Korea.

  • InsideStorytime FORBIDDANCE

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A fun, cosy event where you can booze and schmooze with the San Francisco literati.

  • Julie Rogers + Adrian Arias

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Krys Lee

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

    In conversation with Michael David Lukas.

  • Megan Abbott

    Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Award-winning author Megan Abbott shares her much buzzed new novel, You Will Know Me.

  • Knapp, Kline, Vossoughi, Salvatierra, + Matus

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join Tracey Knapp in celebrating her month-long Poet-in-Residence at the Bazaar Cafe with writers Peter Kline, Siamak Vossoughi, Yaccaira Salvatierra and Gerardo Pacheco Matus.

  • Kaui Hart Hemmings

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

    New York Times bestselling author Kaui Hart Hemmings returns with her new novel How to Party with an Infant.

  • Drew Magary

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

    Drew Magary presents The Hike, a wild, thrilling fantasy saga that chronicles one man’s epic life-or-death quest.

  • Bruce Jenkins

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

    San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Bruce Jenkins reads from his memoir.

  • Mahnaz Badihian + Jennifer Barone

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Joe McGinniss Jr.

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

    Joe McGinniss Jr. is the author of Carousel Court and The Delivery Man.

  • Red Light Lit: Summer of Lust

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

    As part of the Summer Of Lust Festival, Red Light Lit is collaborating with jANKzine to bring you its sexiest show yet.

    $12 – $15

  • You’re Going to Die: Tom Rhodes

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Tonight's YG2D is an entirely curated show. There will be no open mic.

    $10