Grand Slam Finals will take place at the historic Davies Symphony Hall on Saturday, April 16 at 7:30pm. This culminating event will serve as the catalyst to our milestone 20th Anniversary Celebration.
Esme Weijun Wang will discuss her debut novel, The Border of Paradise.
Red Light Lit is thrilled to be part of the Jewish Community Center's UNINHIBITED: ABOUT SEX series. Smack in the middle of a progressive city known for its pride and sex-positivity, the JCCSF offers a safe space to explore topics that matter – in this case sex, in all of its fascinating and multifaceted glory.
Young adult fiction writer Jandy Nelson reads from and discusses her work.
Part of Celebrating the Beats at Top of the Mark.
Release party for his new poetry collection!
WRITE CLUB is 3 rounds of 2 writers going head to head over a pair of opposing topics with 7 minutes each—7 MINUTES ONLY—to sway the crowd.
We'll kick off the evening as usual with a short discussion of what's new in translation and what we're reading now. Come prepared to join the conversation!
April is not the cruelest month when you can enjoy a spring-inspired feast of food and poetry at Gardenias restaurant in San Francisco!
Join RADAR Productions on our signature series, Hella Close, part of our year-long Queering the Castro program!
Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series!
Note: this event was originally to take place at the Make-out Room but had to relocate -- apologies for any confusion.)
This laugh-out-loud book is the perfect gift to amuse and educate your friends, loved ones, and lovers.
Come celebrate independent literature!
A night of explosive poetry!
*$5 low income, free to SFSU students and Poetry Center.
Yuri Herrera, author of staff favorite Signs Preceding the End of the World, discusses his new novel, The Transmigration of Bodies, with Aaron Bady.
Christos Ikonomou in conversation with Anne Germanacos about his English-language debut, Something Will Happen, You'll See.
Vossoughi, Karim, Darznik + Etaat will be discussing the new narratives being shaped today in Iranian-American literature.
LET'S BURN THIS MOTHERFUCKER TO THE GROUND! presents: Mixed-genre reading featuring Ben Hahn, Giovanna Morduchovich, Isobel O'Hare.
Hugo García Manríquez’s most recent book is Anti-Humboldt: A Reading of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Litmus Press/Aldus Editorial).
Daredevils is the thrilling new book by Shawn Vestal, who won last year’s PEN Bingham prize for his story collection,Godforsaken Idaho.
Poet, Performer, + Playwright Genny Lim w/ Composer/Pianist Jon Jang.
Each of the night’s poets will not only be reading their own work, but they will share some of their favorite poems from the poets who inspire them. It will be a celebration of poetry past and present. So come out and raise a glass to poetry!
Celebrating the release of Brynn Saito's new collection of poetry!
Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
Jason’s most exuberant volume of poetry yet, Primary Source plays with the literary canon and explores his own personal archive.
This will also be a book release party and book signing for Haiku Revisited, Volume 2.
Reading from Franco Beltrametti, From Almost Everywhere: Selected Poems 1965–1995, ed. Stefan Hyner + a screening of Claudio Tettamanti’s short film “Ultime cose (d’après CHOSES qui voyagent)” (1995)
Featuring performances by Jesse Prado, Alexandra Naughton, and Lake Lady, along with special guests.