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7:00pm Paul Hoover & Joseph Lease read at Alley Cat Books 3036 24th Street San Francisco

Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

with Steven Taylor, Peter Hale, Peter Carlaftes, and V Vale celebrating the release of Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg Edited...

7:00pm The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz at The Green Arcade 1680 Market Street San Francisco

Esmé Weijun Wang discusses her new essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for The Collected Schizophrenias “This mesmerizing collection of essays has achieved...

  An evening of reading and discussion with contributors Charlie Jane Anders and Gabby Rivera celebrating the release of A PEOPLE'S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES: Speculative Fiction...

Johannes Lichtman discusses his new novel, Such Good Work. Praise for Such Good Work “I honestly can't think of a novel I would more want to...

Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy discuss their new book, No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Your Emotions At Work. Praise for No Hard...

Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

with Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia and friends Poverty Scholarship - Poor People-led Theory, Art , Words and Tears Across Mama Earth is a revolutionary poor people-led theory...

Come join us for our first poetry event of 2019! We'll have 3 local poets telling tales of lands far away and the one you...

Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi join us to talk about reenacting trauma and narrating death in Kim Hyesoon’s powerful new book, Autobiography of  Death, translated by Don Mee Choi. Special guests Forrest...

MB Austin, Giovanna Capone, Kathy Knowles, and Cass Sellars read love stories from their work at Perfectly Queer San Francisco, Tuesday, February 12, 7pm-8:30pm at...

reading from here new novel Hazards of Time Travel published by Harper Collins An ingenious, dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints...

Jeffrey Thomas Leong discusses his new book of translations Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island. Praise for Wild Geese Sorrow “Jeffrey Thomas...

Join us for a new book group at the Main Library. We meet every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Discuss! focuses on topical, thought-provoking contemporary...

The contributors in this book were mostly members of WSA. These accounts are both optimistic, from those still inspired, and bitter, from those now critical...

Reema Zaman discusses her new memoir, I Am Yours. Praise for I Am Yours “Tender, fierce, compassionate, and wise . . . a moving story about...