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  • Curate & Create

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

    Amy Berkowitz + Paul Ebenkamp.

  • THE BEATS AND BEYOND

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

    Come and experience the poetry of the Beat Generation with musical accompaniment. Featuring the works of Herbert Huncke, Michael McClure, Diane di Prima, John Weiners,...

  • Yuri Herrera: Kingdom Cons

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

    Yuri Herrera in discussion with Caille Millner about his new book Kingdom Cons

  • Quiet Lightning

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Free literary mixtape! Free books featuring all selected writing + art by Maricruz Mendoza for the first 100 people!

  • Pandemonium Press Reading

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: Dennis J. Bernstein, Sharon Coleman, James Cagney, and Sara McAulay. On guitar: Barry Ebner. Curated by Leila Rae. An open mic follows the...

  • Community Voices: Poets Speak Charif Shanahan

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Charif Shanahan is the author of Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing (SIU Press, 2017), winner of the 2015 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award.

  • Shipwreck’s 50th Show Spectacular

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

    Guys, it's our 50th show, and our 4-year anniversary!

    $10

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

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

    Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early.

    $10

  • POETRY EVENT: Tender Buttons

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    An afternoon of bay area poetry <3 Hosted by Bloodflower.

  • Writers With Drinks

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

    All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.

    $5 – $20

  • CWP COLLECTIVE

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

    CWP Collective Press (“Cringe-Worthy Poets”) is a small chapbook press on the West Side of Buffalo New York.

  • Curtis Chen + Megan O’Keefe

    The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    All proceeds from the event benefit the American Bookbinders Museum.

    $10

  • Devereaux Baker + Stephen Shur

    North Beach, SF Public Library 850 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us every Tuesday evening in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco to hear poets from near and far read their work!

  • Deena Metzger

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In A Rain of Night Birds, Deena Metzger has written a novel in which two people, who are from each side of this polarity, begin a loving relationship.

  • Anna Redsand: A Creative Non-Fiction Reading

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

    Anna Redsand will read from her memoir, To Drink from the Silver Cup: From Faith Through Exile and Beyond.

  • Nicholas Bredie

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

    Booksmith is excited to host Nicholas Bredie in celebration of his debut novel Not Constantinople.

  • Cara Black: Murder in Saint Germain

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    A book sale by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library follows the event.

  • Julia Glass

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

    Julia Glass discusses her new novel, A House Among the Trees.

  • Fireside Storytelling: Sex

    The Institute of Possibility 3359 Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This month, six fine storytellers regale us with their tales of sexual exploits, adventures, misadventures, and whatever other titillating details they wish to divulge.

    $15

  • Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Size Queen’

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Storytellers are an eclectic mix of Authors, Porn Stars, Sex Educators, Comics & More, along with Regular Joes just like you who submitted their stories online and were chosen for their panache and sense of (Mis)Adventure.

    $20 – $30

  • Community Voices: Poets Speak DéLana R.A. Dameron

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    DéLana R.A. Dameron is a writer and arts and culture administrator living in Brooklyn, NY.

  • John Briscoe: The Lost Poems of Cangjie

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    John Briscoe's The Lost Poems of Cangjie, published by RiskPress, are translations of recently discovered poems of the Chinese historical figure Cangjie.

  • RADAR Productions + Nomadic Press

    SF Public Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, United States

    RADAR Productions and Nomadic Press come together for this epic reading!

  • Dashiell Hammett w/ Don Herron

    Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us next Thursday July 18th at the Tenderloin Museum for a discussion of the Tenderloin's preeminent author Dashiell Hammett, and a screening of pre-code adaptations of his most famous novels.

    $10

  • Erin Rodoni + Gillian Wegener

    Books Inc. in The Marina 2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Books Inc. in The Marina for an evening of lyrical prose with local poets.

  • Gabe Hudson

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

    Gabe Hudson discusses his new novel, Gork, The Teenage Dragon.

  • Shawn Wen

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

    Shawn Wen discusses her new essay collection, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed By Applause.