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  • Voz Sin Tinta

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

    Linda Maria Girón, Kelechi Ubozoh, + Kari Riesgo Bañuelos.

  • Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘It Seemed Like a Good Idea’ Late Show

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

    Leave your inhibitions at the door at Bawdy Storytelling, the nation’s original sex and storytelling show, which features people sharing their bona fide sexual exploits, live onstage.

    $20 – $79

  • Booksmith is Turning 40

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

    At 5:30 pm we’ll have an Official 40th Birthday Toast with cake. Then on to eating, drinking, mingling, and, dare we suggest: dancing.

  • Red Light Lit: Long Slow Dance

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

    Readings + music!

    $12 – $15

  • Foglifter Journal’s San Francisco Launch

    Strut 470 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Featuring Nona Caspers, MK Chavez, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Shideh Etaat, Kevin Killian, Roberto Santiago, and Arisa White!

  • Jessi Klein: You’ll Grow Out of It

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

    Raw, relatable, and consistently hilarious, You'll Grow Out of It is a one-of-a-kind book by a singular and irresistible comic voice.

  • Everybody’s Protest Poem 2

    Modern Times Bookstore Collective 2919 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A collaboration of 4 artists.

  • Joy Williams: Ninety-Nine Stories of God

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

    The legendary writer Joy Williams returns to Books on the Park to discuss her collection, Ninety-Nine Stories of God (Tin House).

  • Lynne Barnes + Steven Gray

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

    Proceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.

  • Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan: Sarong Party Girls

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

    Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan presents Sarong Party Girls, a brilliant and engaging novel.

  • SF Art Book Fair

    Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair is the inaugural event of an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications.

  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon

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

    Doors open at 6:00pm. Readings begin at 6:30pm sharp.

  • Night Light Multimedia Garden Party

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

    A one-night-only luminous art exhibition with performances celebrating radical self-determination through the work of over 60 “code-breaking” artists!

    $12 – $15

  • 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.