• Miriam Toews and Lydia Kiesling

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

    Miriam Toews discusses her new novel, Women Talking with Lydia Kiesling. Praise for Women Talking “This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real-life event,...

  • EVES AT THE BEAT: WOMXN READING AT THE BEAT MUSEUM

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

    EVES AT THE BEAT: WOMXN READING AT THE BEAT MUSEUM During Women’s History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+...

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  • Have a Poet for Lunch: Jocelyn Saidenberg

    Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Hear Bay Area poet Jocelyn Saidenberg present work in dialogue with the exhibition "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen." Many of the poets...

    Free – $14
  • Brenda Shaughnessy, D.A. Powell, and Roberto Santiago

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

    Brenda Shaughnessy reads from her new collection, The Octopus Museum. Also featuring readings by D.A. Powell, and Roberto Santiago. About The Octopus Museum This collection of bold...

  • Bronze Age Greece: Mycenaeans & the Origins of Western Civilization

    Marine's Memorial Theater 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco

    Discover the magnificence of the Mycenaeans. Humanities West brings together a panel of noted scholars to present talks uncovering the Mycenaean story, from ancient tales...

    $25 – $80
  • Bronze Age Greece: Mycenaeans & the Origins of Western Civilization

    Marines' Memorial Theatre 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco

    May 3, 7:30-9:30pm, and May 4, 10am-4pm Humanities West brings together a panel of noted scholars to present talks uncovering the Mycenaean story, from ancient...

    $25 – $80.
  • Dmitry Samarov: A Talk, a Slide-show

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Dmitry Samarov: A Talk, a Slide-show Introduced by Ben Terrall, publisher of the cult 'zine Namaste Motherfu**er Author and artist Dmitry Samarov talks about and...

  • Ian McEwan Machines Like Me

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Ian McEwan is the author of Enduring Love (1997), Amsterdam (1998; Booker Prize), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), The Children Act (2014), and others. Twelve movies have been made from his novels and short stories, five of...

    $25
  • Wild Geese Sorrow

    North Beach Library 850 Columbus Ave., San Francisco

    Join poet and writer Jeffrey Thomas Leong as he takes us through the hidden history of the Chinese wall inscriptions at Angel Island. Drawing from...

  • Joseph Noble & Todd Melicker reading

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sun, May 5, 2:00pm – 3:45pm Todd Melicker and Joseph Noble read from their new books, is this the body/if hovers, and Within Hearing.

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Readings by Heather June Gibbons, Richie Hofmann, Kim Shuck, and Rose Whitmore Hosted by Peter Kline Heather June Gibbons is the author of the poetry...

  • Quiet Lightning

    Arion Press 1802 Hays Street, San Francisco, CA

    Sarah Henry  Siamak Vossoughi Elizabeth Gonzalez James Kristen Staby Rembold Kate Folk Bianca Barela Emma Webster Sarah Arantza Amador Melody Nixon Christopher Bernard Ruth Crossman...

  • Book Launch of “On Blossoming”!

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Join us to celebrate the launch of Gia Lynne's first book: On Blossoming! A bit about the party: Located in the heart of the Mission...

  • ODD SALON SAN FRANCISCO: SPITE

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    ODD SALON SAN FRANCISCO: SPITE MAY 7 @ 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM $15 - $25 Event Navigation « San Francisco: Brainstorming for June Odd Salon NYC: BOWERY »...

    $15 – $25
  • Chia-Chia Lin

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

       celebrating the release of her new novel                                                     The Unpassing published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux One of Esquire, The Rumpus, The Millions, Literary Hub and Electric Literature's...

  • Paul Kerschen reads from The Warm South

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Tuesday, May 07, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Paul Kerschen was born in 1978 and...

  • ANAND GIRIDHARADAS In Conversation with Courtney E. Martin

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    ANAND GIRIDHARADAS In Conversation with Courtney E. Martin Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Social Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Anand Giridharadas is...

    $29
  • Andrew Ross

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    discussing the subject of his new book Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel published by Verso Books The story of Palestine's stonemasons and the...

  • Book Club

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm

  • StageWrite presents: WORD! Short Plays by Short People

    Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Come see original plays written by fifth graders from SFUSD, inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum, and performed by professional...

    $10 – $40
  • ZYZZYVA’s Art Issue Celebration

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hosted by ZYZZYVA Managing Editor Oscar Villalon with Cate Lycurgus, Dean Rader, Jordan Kantor, Rusty Morrison, and Mira Rosenthal ZYZZYVA's newest issue features fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on the...

  • Denise Bergman and Dean Rader

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

    Denise Bergman discusses her new poetry collection, Three Hands None, with Dean Rader. Praise for Three Hands None "Fearless, unsparing, Denise Bergman probes a violent, sexual assault...

  • You’re Going To Die

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

    YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES... Thursday, May 9, 2019 7:30 PM  10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose...

    $10