Youth Spirit Artworks Open Mic Poetry, Asé
Our monthly Open Mic Poetry event, Asé, is happening this Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Zoom! We are featuring poets Kathy Dana...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Nerd Novels — A Different Kind of Escape
As society grinds to a halt around us, many readers find themselves at home with time on their hands, yearning to think about something—anything—beyond the...
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ODD SALON ONLINE: RESILIENT
Stories of triumph and perseverance, hope, support, and love from times of plague and pandemic ODD SALON ONLINE: RESILIENT Tuesday, May 26, 6pm PT/9pm/ET We’re...
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Phuc Tran: Sigh, Gone
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPhuc Tran discusses his new memoir Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In. Praise for Sigh, Gone “The...
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Joanna Hershon & Phyllis Grant
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoanna Hershon and Phyllis Grant discuss their new books, St. Ivo and Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes. Praise for St. Ivo “From the very first...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Sarah Ray and A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety
A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The “climate generation”—late millennials and iGen, or Generation Z—is demanding that policy makers and government leaders take...
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YOU’RE GOING TO DIE PRESENTS: I’VE GOT A SONG FOR THAT
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 6:30 PM 9:00 PM GLOBALLY (map) You’re Going to Die Presents: I've Got a Song for That with Scott Ferreter, The...
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SUSAN CHOI
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States“A natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability.” — Joan Didion Susan Choi is the award-winning author of five...
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AUTHORS OF COLOR BOOK CLUB: The Revisioners
The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san franciscoJean Rhys said that "reading makes immigrants of us all," that "it takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Ode to Our 13-Year-Old Selves
Prompted by a fireside moment at a writing conference, these poets with varying childhood experiences of race, gender, sexuality, migration, culture and religion, will share...
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Sasha Abramsky – Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World’s First Female Sports Superstar
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesLittle Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World's First Female Sports Superstar is a biography of a truly extraordinary sports figure who blazed trails of...
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Hanif Abdurraqib with Jeff Chang
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears in the series Special Events Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. He...
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Eric Goodman: Cuppy and Stew
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesEric Goodman discusses his new novel Cuppy and Stew. Praise for Cuppy and Stew "CUPPY AND STEW is completely natural, poignant, and riveting from the...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Daniel Mallory Ortberg and Something That May Shock and Discredit You
From the New York Times bestselling author of Texts From Jane Eyreand Merry Spinster, writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column, and cofounder of The Toast comes...
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Bill McKibben, Sy Montgomery, Jennifer Ackerman, Mary Ellen Hannibal For Books On B
Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...
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Babylon Salon
presents a special online performance Saturday, June 6, 2020 5pm PST / 8pm EST Register for our Zoom gathering presents a special online performance Saturday,...
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Rachel Kushner in conversation with Heidi Julavits
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesRachel Kushner is the bestselling author of The Flamethrowers, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten Book of 2013; Telex from Cuba, a...
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John Scalzi And Sarah Gailey For Dark Carnival
Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Alka Joshi and The Henna Artist
Please join us for this vivid and compelling evening with Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist, the May selection for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine...
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Strange Hotel: Irish Literary Sensation Eimear McBride in conversation with Brooke Warner
The trajectory of Eimear McBride’s career is an underdog’s dream: she spent six months writing her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, and...
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Get Lit #61 (Music by: TBA)
Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...
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Armistead Maupin And Alia Volz For Rakestraw Books
Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...
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Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesThe Speaking Axolotl community stands con our Black familias aqui en Aztlan and other occupied territories and is committed to providing a space for AfroLatinx...
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Rebecca Skloot And Ed Yong For East Bay Booksellers
Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...
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Uche Nduka at City Lights Books
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFacing You (City Lights Spotlight Series No. 19 published by City Lights Books From acclaimed Nigeria-born, Brooklyn-based poet Uche Nduka, a book of love poems...
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Bawdy’s Post-Pride Parade Phenom!
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesSunday, June 28th, 2020 at the Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA Remember: Bang-O at 7:00 PM, Stories at 8:00 PM Want a sample...
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Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Packs a Wallop’ Livestream – 8/1
Live. Virtual. Now, Bawdy is available wherever *you* are! Happening on Zoom on Saturday, August 1st at 7 PM PST/9 PM CST/10 PM EST Wanna...
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Lunch Visit and Discussion with Molly Wizenberg, author of THE FIXED STARS
The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san franciscoJoin us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. Thanks to...
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Virtual Event: Eula Biss
virtualJoin us on Tueday, September 1 at 6pm for the launch of bestselling author Eula Biss' new book, Having and Being Had on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please click...
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Virtual Event: Carole Stivers and John Markoff
virtualJoin us on Thursday, September 3 at 6:00pm PST when Carole Stivers discusses her debut novel, The Mother Code, with John Markoff on Zoom! Zoom Login Info Please...
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