• Poetic Tuesdays with Jason Bayani

    Yerba Buena Gardens 750 Howard St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors. This...

  • Perfectly Queer San Francisco “Summer Reading List”

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    What to read when there's a summer chill in the air in San Francisco? Perfectly Queer has five suggestions: Admissions by Eric Sasson, Alpha Wave by Andrew...

  • Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...

    $12 – $15
  • Poem Jam

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam. The Main Library’s monthly Poem Jam poetry reading series, moderated by Kim...

  • Voz Sin Tinta!

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

    Join us for our monthly bilingual poetry night created by Marguerite Munoz and Renee Voz

  • Shipwreck Presents: A Streetcar Named Desire

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

    Sexual tension, heavy drinking, sensitive characters, intolerable heat, and it all ends in madness? Yep, sounds like Shipwreck. Join us for the GOAT: Tennessee Williams' A...

    $12 – $15
  • Picture Book Surgery!

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

    What makes a great picture book? Let’s find out together! We’ll dissect our favorite picture books, focusing each month on a different angle. We'll go...

  • HAIGHT-ASHBURY LITERARY JOURNAL

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal celebrates its 2018 edition. Featuring readers: ANDRENA ZAWINSKI EILEEN MALONE KIM SHUCK ALICE ROGOFF CESAR LOVE K.R. MORRISON STEPHEN KOPEL ROCIO...

  • YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES…

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Friday, July 13, 2018 7:30 PM  10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) THIS IS A FRIDAY SHOW!!!! Doors at 7:30pm Show at 8pm $10 online & at...

    $10
  • Open Mic

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

    Fiestas Fridas open mic All topics/ All skill levels welcome

  • Jessica Friedmann

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

    Australian author Jessica Friedmann discusses her new essay collection Things that helped: on Postpartum Depression. Jessica will be joined by local poet and writer Lauren Levin in...

  • Writers with Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Adam Smyer (Knucklehead) Tina LeCount Myers (The Song of All) Cost: $5 to $20, no-one turned away All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and...

    $5 – $20
  • Human, a film by Mojo Adam

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery presents a screening of the short film Human byMoJo Adam, created to the poem of the same name by Arielle Estoria. The film is a collaborative...

    $15
  • Poetry!

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

    featuring Kyle Schlesinger  and Tim Shaner Hosted by Kevin Killian

  • Pride Poetry Palooza

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

    Booksmith hosts The Perfectly Queer reading series for their annual celebration of queerness at Pride Poetry Palooza! Eight amazing LGBTQ poets will read from new...

  • An evening of poetry

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

    an evening of poetry with Matt Potter, Carly Moore, and Dia Felix Hosted by Kevin Killian

  • Cara Black’s Murder on the Left Bank book reading & signing

    Noe Valley Metting Room 451 Jersey St, San Francisco, United States

    Join Cara Black, New York Times bestselling author of the Aimée Leduc series (set in Paris) AND Noe Valley resident for a special Summer Stride...

  • Elizabeth Rush

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

    Elizabeth Rush discusses her new book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Praise for Rising “Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a...

  • Launch for Heather June Gibbons / Her Mouth as Souvenir

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the launch event for Heather June Gibbons' Her Mouth as Souvenir, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize. More information to be announced...

  • Launch for Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl / Rad Girls Can

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

    Join feminist artists and activists Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl—the Bay Area duo behind the New York Timesbest-selling books Rad Women Worldwide and Rad American Women A-Z, for the San Francisco...

  • Red Light Lit: Love Is The Drug

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Red Light Lit is releasing its first poetry anthology, Love Is The Drug & Other Dark Poems💜Featured readers include: Cassandra Dallett, Miah Jeffra, Tomas Moniz, Christine No, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Riss Rosado, Tara...

    $10 – $15