The Racket : Revenge
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThere are themes and then there are THEMES and no one is surprised that REVENGE is absolutely a THEME. We imagine tales of murder and...
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In Common Writers Series: Jennifer Bartlett and Denise Leto, reading and in conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series opens 2020 with a double program featuring two remarkable poet/writers, each with significant work in disability poetics and activism. This...
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Paul E. Joseph in conversation with with Dr. Waldo E. Martin Jr. at City Lights Books
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. published by Basic Books This dual biography of Malcolm...
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Jenny Offill: Weather
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJenny Offill discusses her new novel Weather. Praise for Weather “This is so good. We are not ready nor worthy.”–Ocean Vuong “Jenny Offill conjures entire worlds...
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Diane Keaton
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAcademy-award winning actress Diane Keaton has starred in some of the most memorable films of the past forty years, including the Godfather trilogy, Annie Hall, Manhattan, The First Wives...
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In Common Writers Series: Denise Leto and Jennifer Bartlett
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series opens for 2020 with a double program featuring two remarkable poet/writers, each with significant work in disability poetics and activism....
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Two Remarkable Poets on Disability Poetics and Activism
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series opens 2020 with a program featuring two remarkable poet/writers, each with significant work in disability poetics and activism. This event,...
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Cliterary Salon: the Heart is a Meat Pump
Perdita 323 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCliterary Salon is a monthly literary show focusing on work not traditionally prioritized in the mainstream by writers who subvert convention. To learn more, please...
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Stephen Ratcliffe and Kyle Schlesinger at Alley Cat Books
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesStephen Ratcliffe (sound of wave in channel) and Kyle Schlesinger (A New Kind of Country) will be here reading from their newest books! ...
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Ann Harleman Reading from TELL ME, SIGNORA
Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAnn Harleman will read from and discuss her new novel, TELL ME, SIGNORA. Kate Hagesfeld, a recent widow, travels to Italy just after 9/11 to...
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Alan Kaufman, Maxine Chernoff, and Jake Marmer – Three Jewish Writers at The Beat Museum
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesALAN KAUFMAN Alan Kaufman is a novelist and memoirist known for his storytelling power and who’s been not only praised by everyone from Dave Eggers,...
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Sean Negus and Caroline Goodwin at Alley Cat Books
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us to celebrate the publication of Hurricane Music (Sean Negus) and Custody of the Eyes (Caroline Goodwin).
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Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Lucky 13’th Anniversary
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesSEE BOTH SHOWS WITH A FULL EVENING WRISTBAND! Saturday February 22nd, 2020 at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA) Remember: Bang-O at...
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Bawdy Storytelling’s Best of Bawdy 2020!
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesSEE BOTH SHOWS WITH A FULL EVENING WRISTBAND! Saturday February 22nd, 2020 at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA) (NOTE: This is...
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Silent Book Club SF
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...
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SF in SF with Juliette Wade, Tiffany Trent, and Mike Chen
American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us for an evening of reading and conversation with authors Juliette Wade, Tiffany Trent, and Mike Chen, in conversation with Bay Area writer,...
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John Sayles at City Lights Books
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesYellow Earth from Haymarket Books Rich layers of shale oil are discovered under Yellow Earth, North Dakota and the neighboring Three Nations Indian reservation. All...
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Megan Fernandes with Sam Sax
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMegan Fernandes reads from her new collection of poetry Good Boys published by Tin House Books In an era of rising nationalism and geopolitical instability,...
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Apogee Press at Lone Glen
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesPlease join us at 7 pm on Tuesday, February 25th for a night of poetry revelry at The Bindery in San Francisco. The Lone Glen...
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Emily Nemens: The Cactus League
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesEmily Nemens discusses her new novel The Cactus League. Praise for The Cactus League “Emily Nemens's magnificent debut is a masterwork of great empathy and detail,...
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The Evolving Universe with Brian Greene in conversation with Gina Pell
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBrian Greene is widely recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in the field of superstring theory. Greene is co-founder and director of Columbia’s Institute for Strings, Cosmology,...
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Lit Flicks: Steven Soderbergh’s “Out of Sight”
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 2550 Mission Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLit Flicks is a new monthly collaboration between Litquake and Alamo Drafthouse, presenting the best films adapted from written works, and introduced by special guests....
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The MFA in Writing Program presents Cristina García in conversation with Omar. F. Miranda
McLaren Complex - MC252, USF 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCristina García is the author of seven novels, including: Dreaming in Cuban, The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to Luck, The Lady Matador’s Hotel, King of Cuba, and, most recently, Here in...
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the system must be tried
Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSF writer Kevin Simmonds reads from the system must be tried, sponsored by the San Francisco Arts Commission.
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Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Around the World
World Affaris Auditorium 312 Sutter Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Conference of Women in Beijing, but what kind of progress has really been made? One billion...
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Author visit and discussion with Anna Wiener, author of UNCANNY VALLEY
The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san franciscooin us for a visit and discussion with local author Anna Wiener, author of UNCANNY VALLEY. Anna Wiener is a contributing writer to The New...
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Dean A. Strang in conversation with Lara Bazelon
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts Dean A. Strang for his new book, Keep the Wretches in Order: America’s Biggest Mass Trial, the Rise of the Justice Department, and the Fall of the...
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The Golden Arches in Black America
JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United StatesMarcia Chatelain In Conversation with Allyson Hobbs Hear the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in...
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Karen Sherman – Brick By Brick
Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesKaren Sherman, author of Brick By Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere moved her family from Bethesda, Maryland to Kigali for a year in 2012...
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EVES AT THE BEAT: WOMXN READING AT THE BEAT MUSEUM
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDuring 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...
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