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  • October 2020

  • Wed 28

    San Francisco Public Virtual Library – Filipinx Poetry w Barbara Jane Reyes, Rachelle Cruz, Jan-Henry Gray and Aldrin Valdez

    October 28, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    An evening with Barbara Jane Reyes, Rachelle Cruz, Jan-Henry Gray and Aldrin Valdez in honor of Filipino American History Month, and in celebration of Filipinx poetry...

    Free
  • November 2020

  • Sat 7

    Ayşegül Savaş Reading

    November 7, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    You must register to attend this event! Free and Open to the Public. Co-sponsored by the MFA Program in Writing and the English Department. Ayşegül...

    Free
  • Thu 12

    Harmada: Juan Cárdenas and Edgar Garbelotto celebrate João Gilberto Noll

    November 12, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PST

    Join Unabridged Bookstore and Two Lines Press for an event celebrating João Gilberto Noll’s Harmada, a mythic tale of art and displacement nimbly translated from...

    Free
  • Fri 13

    Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

    November 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    online

    Join us on Friday, November 13 at 7pm PST when Patrick Earl Ryan discusses his award-winning debut collection, If We Were Electric, with Martin Pousson on Zoom! If...

    Free
  • Fri 13

    KSW Presents “Cut to Bloom”

    November 13, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PST

    This November, KSW Presents “Cut to Bloom,” a celebration of Arhm Choi Wild’s collection of poetry. Joined by Isabella “Isa” Borgeson and Hieu Minh Nguyen,...

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  • Wed 18

    Virtual Event: Night of Memoir with Alden Jones and Rick Moody

    November 18, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST
    online

    Join us on Wednesday, November 18 at 5pm PST for a special Night of Memoir with writers Alden Jones and Rick Moody, as they discuss their latest...

    Free
  • Thu 19
    Jane Hirshfield

    Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez

    November 19, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST
    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    November 19, 2020 Jewish Community Center/Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez Mill Valley poet Jane Hirshfield’s most recent, ninth poetry collection is Ledger (Knopf,...

  • Thu 19

    Author: Rand Quinn, Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools

    November 19, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Quinn discusses the contentious racial politics that emerged from school desegregation and why the school district gradually resegregated despite a court mandate. San Francisco’s school...

    Free
  • Fri 20

    Panel: How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America

    November 20, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST
    online

    Celebrate the release of How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America, the latest addition to the Voice of Witness book series, with a roundtable...

    Free
  • Mon 30

    Virtual Event: Tracy Anne Hart on Stevie Ray Vaughan

    November 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Join us on Monday, November 30 at 6:00pm PST when photographer Tracy Anne Hart discusses her book, Seeing Stevie Ray, with former Creem magazine editor Robert Duncan on...

    Free
  • December 2020

  • Fri 11

    Andrea & Edmund Read You Art Out Loud

    December 11, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Andrea Passwater's "We Sing" (The Rumpus) and Edmund Zagorin's "Year Are Sentences" (Rabid Oak Review) are out soon in the anthology Best Small Fictions 2020....

    $7
  • Fri 18

    HIGH DAWN: Noah Ross, S*an D. Henry-Smith, Jamie Townsend, Topazu, Subset

    December 18, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST
    online

    Small Press Traffic and UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium present HIGH DAWN 4 Readings by Noah Ross and S*an D. Henry-Smith Introduced by Jamie Townsend Music...

    Free
  • January 2021

  • Tue 19

    LUSH: A SOMArts Series

    January 19, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PST
    SOMArts 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    LUSH: A SOMArts Series launches on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. The first of three virtual programs, this event features readings, a panel discussion, and Q&A with Juli...

    $5 – $20
  • Wed 27

    ‘Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure’ MCD Virtual Event

    January 27, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST
    Museum of Craft and Design 2569 Third Street, San Francisco

    The Museum of Craft and Design welcomes writer and speaker Katie Treggiden for a virtual discussion of her new book, "Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure"...

    $8
  • February 2021

  • Thu 4

    Lunar New Year Poetry and Calligraphy with Poets Michael Warr, Chun Yu, and Calligrapher Aiqin Zhou

    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    online

    Celebrate the Year of the Ox with us! Poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu read works in English and Chinese (Mandarin) that reflect the essence...

    Free – $25
  • Thu 4
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    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Georgina Marie!!

    February 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST
    online

    During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...

    Free
  • Thu 18
    Lily King

    LILY KING

    February 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    LILY KING Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS “Lily King writes with a great generosity of spirit.” – Ann Patchett Lily King is...

    $29
  • Sat 20

    Prepping to Publish: a workshop for writers of color

    February 20, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - February 21, 2021 @ 3:00 pm PST
    Virtual

    Geared toward marginalized writers who may lack access to MFA programs, workshops, and conferences, Prepping to Publish is a six-hour, two-session intensive. Sonora will select...

    Free
  • Sun 28

    High Dawn 7: Ahsan / Montes / Low / Dennis

    February 28, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST
    online

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-march.eventbrite.com Bahaar Ahsan is a poet in the Bay Area. Bahaar’s work is...

    Free
  • March 2021

  • Mon 1

    Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti

    March 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/14/2021, 03/16/2021, 03/17/2021 TICKETS This event...

    $29
  • Thu 4

    Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi

    March 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST
    online

    Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi Thu Mar 4th 5:00pm - 6:30pm   Buy Tickets  Litquake’s second season of Seismic Salons begins with the always fascinating Alka Joshi, whose...

    $500
  • Thu 4

    Cristina Rivera Garza and Kit Schluter, reading and in conversation

    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, Carolina de Robertis Supported in part by...

    Free
  • Thu 4

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Barbara Saunders!!!

    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST
    online

    During Women's History month 2019 a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded...

    Free
  • Sat 6

    Page Poets reading online event at The Green Arcade

    March 6, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST
    online

    COVID wouldn't stop Ovid! Or any other poets worth their salt, so please join us for an exciting online reading from The Page Poets Series...

    Free
  • Sun 7
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    Bazaar Writers Salon

    March 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Readings by Jen Burke Anderson, Ryan Fox, Sarah Schweig, and Molly Spencer Hosted by Peter Kline Bazaar Writers Salon Zoom meeting – see link and...

    Free
  • Mon 8

    MFA Reading Series: Shapes of Native Nonfiction – Deborah Miranda, Theresa Warburton, Elissa Washuta

    March 8, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm PST
    online

    Deborah A. Miranda is the author of Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir (2013), recipient of the PEN-Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, a Gold Medal from the Independent...

    Free
  • Mon 8

    Reuben Jonathan Miller in conversation with Terah Lawyer

    March 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Reuben Jonathan Miller in conversation with Terah Lawyer Co-presented with Impact Justice Monday, March 8, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/21/2021,...

    $29
  • Wed 10

    Virtual Event: Sam Cohen and Andrea Lawlor

    March 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Join us on Wednesday, March 10th at 6pm PT when Sam Cohen discusses her story collection, Sarahland, with Andrea Lawlor on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

    Free
  • Thu 11

    Seismic Salon: Lysley Tenorio

    March 11, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST
    online

    Seismic Salon: Lysley Tenorio Thu Mar 11th 5:00pm - 6:30pm Buy Tickets  Litquake is thrilled to welcome Lysley Tenorio to our Seismic Salon series! Of his...

    $500
  • Sat 13

    Word Week 2021 “Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan & Michelle Gallen Read Contemporary Irish Literature”

    March 13, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
    online

    Irish authors Colm Toibin, Paula Meehan, and Michelle Gallen read from new work Saturday, March 13, 11 a.m. Pacific time via Zoom. Colm gives us...

    Free
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