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Jake Brennan: Disgraceland
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJake Brennan discusses his new book, Disgraceland: Musicians Getting Away With Murder and Behaving Very Badly. Praise for Disgraceland "Through his gritty and powerful stories, Brennan...
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Ibram X. Kendi in conversation with Jelani Cobb
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIBRAM X. KENDI in conversation with Jelani Cobb Thursday, December 12, 2019 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater TICKETS To purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears...
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John James with Henri Cole
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJohn James with Henri Cole Thursday, December 5, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco celebrating the release of John...
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Michael Nava: Carved in Bone
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco,, San Francisco, CA, United StatesReading and Q&A with the six-time Lambda Literary Award-winning mystery writer, Michael Nava. Michael Nava is the author of an acclaimed series of eight novels...
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Mazza Writer in Residence Peter Nachtrieb, a playwriting workshop and conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesSupported by the Sam Mazza Foundation Free and open to the public Details soon
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Benedicte Maurseth in conversation with David Rothenberg
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussiing the subject of To Be Nothing: Conversations with Knut Hamre, Hardanger Fiddle Master by Benedicte Maurseth published by Terra Nova Press/The MIT Press Dialogues...
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Adam Rippon / Beautiful on the Outside
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts a special event with Adam Rippon, the first openly gay U.S. male athlete to win a medal in a Winter Olympics, for his memoir Beautiful on...
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For Small Creatures Such As We: A Conversation with Sasha Sagan
CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesSasha Sagan was raised by secular parents, the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer Ann Druyan. They taught her that the natural world...
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Jodie Hollander: My Dark Horses
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJodie Hollander reads from her new poetry collection, My Dark Horses. With readings by poets Francesca Bell and Amanda Moore. About My Dark Horses Set against the...
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Su Hwang: Bodega
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesSu Hwang reads from her new poetry collection, Bodega. Praise for Bodega “If we are not in denial, to name one life, one narrative, we must...
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GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN & MIRIAM PAWEL
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGOVERNOR JERRY BROWN & MIRIAM PAWEL In Conversation with Lara Bazelon Friday, October 25, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Join...
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Thoughts on How to Write an Autobiographical Novel with Alex Chee
San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesExplore the entangling issues of life, literature, and politics in Alexander Chee’s Thoughts on How to Write an Autobiographic Novel. Learn how we form our...
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Reclaiming Judaism From Zionism – Reading With Several Contributors
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesIn this powerful collection of personal narratives, forty Jews of diverse backgrounds tell a wide range of stories about the roads they have traveled from...
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Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism With contributors Linda Hess, Hilton Obenzinger, Henri Picciotto, Cecilie Surasky and Jordan Wilson-Daizell
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesIn this powerful collection of personal narratives, forty Jews of diverse backgrounds tell a wide range of stories about the roads they have traveled from...
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Jarett Kobek
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating the release of his new novel Only Americans Burn in Hell published by We've Heard You Like Books 'Brilliantly funny ... the best satire...
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Gary Janetti: Do You Mind If I Cancel?
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesGary Janetti discusses his new book, Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me). Praise for Do You Mind If I Cancel? "Gary...
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Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHannu Rajaniemi, Meg Elison, Annalee Newitz discuss their contributions to Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrowwith editor Torie Bosch. About Future Tense Fiction Future Tense Fiction is a...
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JOHN LITHGOW In Conversation with Calvin Trillin
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJOHN LITHGOW In Conversation with Calvin Trillin Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 John Lithgow is an award-winning actor...
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Impromptu writing online via Zoom!
onlineCome join us to write together from the comfort of home! This chance to meet via computer or mobile device (or by phone) is surprisingly...
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Word for Word Presents: “EXACTLY!” THEY SAID… A Festival of Short Stories by California Writers Brought Straight to the Stage
various venues CA, United StatesWord for Word Presents: “EXACTLY!” THEY SAID… A Festival of Short Stories by California Writers Brought Straight to the Stage SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED November 1-7...
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Mikhal Dekel: Tehran Children
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMikhal Dekel discusses her new book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey. Praise for Tehran Children “A revelatory history, a saga of flight and welcome, of...
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Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne: Holding on to Nothing
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesElizabeth Chiles Shelburne discusses her new novel, Holding on to Nothing. Praise for Holding on to Nothing “Holding On To Nothing is a resonant song of the...
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Ramesh Srinivasan
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussing his new book Beyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow Published by The MIT...
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Quiet Lightning in the Doolan-Larson Building
Doolan-Larson Building 557 Ashbury St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesMonday, November 4 in the Doolan-Larson Building a literary mixtape, featuring: A.A. Vincent Noah Sanders Anna Allen Chelsea Davis Kelly Alsup Abe Becker Emilie Osborn Genie Cartier...
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Release Party for New great weather for MEDIA Anthology
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBird & Beckett and great weather for MEDIA present an inspiring evening of cutting edge poets and prose writers from across the Bay Area and...
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Shannon Pufahl: On Swift Horses
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesShannon Pufahl discusses hew new novel, On Swift Horses. Praise for On Swift Horses “Once in a rare while you come across a novel of such...
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ANDRÉ ACIMAN & ANDREW SEAN GREER In Conversation with Steven Winn
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAndre Aciman is a memoirist, essayist, novelist, and scholar of seventeenth-century literature. Call Me By Your Name, Aciman’s best-known novel, was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. The sequel, Find...
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Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series: Cardboard House Press/Cartonera Collective: Giancarlo Huapaya, Omar Pimienta, José Antonio Villarán
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series continues in its second year, as welcome Giancarlo Huapaya, Omar Pimienta, and José Antonio Villarán—all three poets involved in the outstanding literary...
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Give Us The Word
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGive Us The Word, Queer Rebels present an evening of words of wisdom, words of resistance, words to inspire, words that heal. Words that help...
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