In her debut collection, Semaan offers an upfront & moving glimpse into the true nature of healing: an imperfect, nonlinear journey. "Child of the Moon"...
ENDURING STRUGGLE, ENDURING SPIRITS: Remembering Steve Abbott and Karl Tierney on World AIDS Day Location: Latino/Hispanic meeting room, Lower Level, San Francisco Public Library, 100...
reading from her new collection of poetry Camille Scarlett Sabet is a London based poet and performer. Her poetry has been featured in GQ, Tatler, Constellation Magazine, The Violet Book and Dazed...
Readings by Daniel Ari, Colby Cotton, Caroline Goodwin, and Ari Moskowitz Hosted by Peter Kline Daniel Ari serves as poet laureate of Richmond, California and...
Word for Word presents ALICE SOLA KIM An Off the Page Reading Monday, December 2, 7 PM at Z Below Off the Page staged readings...
The holidays are a tinsel covered monster, roughly entangled in twinkling lights, half-choked on a nutcracker doll. The kind of slavering nog-soaked beast that comes...
This event had been planned for some time as a launch party for David King's long-overdue monograph featuring his iconic stencil-only designs. Sadly, David passed...
Hosted by Solomon Rino with readings by George Albon, Laura Moriarty, Joseph Lease, and Norma Cole Second Stutter is a San Francisco based literary journal...
Abby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century...
Mimi Lok discusses her new book, Last Of Her Name, with Rachel Khong. Praise for Last Of Her Name "Last of Her Name is a mesmerizing and...
When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader vows to step forward. Though he has...
"I’m suggesting that we protect our spaces and our time for non-instrumental, noncommercial activity and thought, for maintenance, for care, for conviviality." —Jenny Odell Join...
When was the last time you went to a party with someone older than 70 who was not your grandma? Let's celebrate 2019 together! Please...
Charlton D. McIlwain in conversation with E. David Ellington discussing Charlton D. McIlwain's new book Black Software: The Internet, Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to...
Michael Frank discusses his new novel What Is Missing with Lindsey Crittenden. Praise for What Is Missing "Michael Frank’s masterful and psychologically acute first novel—which leads us with...
Peter Kline discusses his new poetry collection Mirrorforms with Susan Steinberg. Praise for Mirrorforms In Mirrorforms, Peter Kline has invented and perfected a new poetic form; in and...
The Poetry Center is honored to host Tyrone Williams, presenting this year's annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, in its 34th iteration since the inaugural talk in 1985. The...
IN CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE 6TH OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM ANTHOLOGY NINA SERRANO ARNOLDO GARCIA JULIE ROGERS DIEGO DE LEO JEANNE POWELL CAROL DENNEY NILOUFAR TALEBI...
Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, humorist, and cultural critic, as well as the author of the “children’s books” Go the F*** to Sleep and You Have to F***king...
Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers - all are welcome here! December 6th, the one and only Randy James...
DATE & TIME: Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. LOCATION: Dolby Chadwick Gallery 210 Post St #205, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA View a...
presents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 7, 2019, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man) Finalist...
Howard Zinn Book Fair 2019 Sunday December 8th 10am to 6pm City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus 1125 Valencia Street We are pleased to...
Free and open to the public; museum admission is free on this day Meet us at SFMOMA and around the Bay for Local Affairs, a...
Sunday, Dec 8 Starts at: 5:00 pm TICKETS General Admission $20 Members get 10% off. Pop-Up Kid Entrepreneur Maker Fair: 4:00 pm Panel Discussion: 5:00...
Come to SPECS Bar on Sunday, December 8 at 6pm as 3RP Co-directors Peter Carlaftes & Kat Georges present their annual Dada Journal MAINTENANT reading...
Join us in celebrating Mondo Bummer's 10th anniversary! Mondo Bummer started in 2009 as sort of a joke and grew into a small press /...
It's been cold, and, "we need the rain," can only go so far. We at Bedtime Stories are ready to have a Beach party to...
In this powerful storytelling event, award-winning performer Kimberly Dark shares stories from her new book, FAT, PRETTY, AND SOON TO BE OLD (AK Press, 2019),...
An evening with Kal Spelletich Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco in conversation with Catharine Clark discussing...