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  • Celebrating the Holidays w/ Poetry + Jazz

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

    Ring in the holidays with a swingin’ evening of poetry and jazz!

  • You’re Going to Die: See You in the Morning Light

    Noe Valley Ministry 1021 Sanchez St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    An evening of music & art, a communal grief release, a live presentation of Deep Pools' new album SEE YOU IN THE MORNING LIGHT.

    $15

  • Dillon, Hart, + Hannibal

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

    A night of poetry!

  • Beagle, Raeff, Yim Caples, + Aggarwal

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

    All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.

    $5 – $20

  • Rosenthal, Duncan, + White

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

    Poetry w/ Sarah Rosenthal, Aja Couchois Duncan, + Arisa White.

  • Nomadic Press at Perfectly Queer

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

    Free admission, refreshments, and door prizes.

  • Rebecca Solnit w/ Maria Popova

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In Conversation with Maria Popova.

    $29

  • December Queer Reading Series

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

    Latino/Hispanic Room (basement level).

  • Emily Carr

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

    Reading from her new book.

  • Bawdy Storytelling: Happy Endings

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

    Bawdy Storytelling features tales of Carnal Wins & Epic Fails with No Scripts, No Nets, and No Holds Barred.

    $20 – $59

  • Peter Dale Scott

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

    Reading from his new book of poems.

  • George Oppen Memorial Lecture: Frances Richard

    First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco 1187 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Free for SFSU students and Poetry Center members!

    $5 – $10

  • 100% Mixed Zine Release Party!

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

    After nearly a year of working on the zine and making new friends, Monika and Jess are ready to release their project :)

  • Weekday Wanderlust

    Hotel Rex 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    It's the most wonderful time of the year, and we're closing out 2016 with a top-notch line up of readers!

  • 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

  • New Year, New Books!

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

    Reading from new books!

  • Manjula Martin

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

    Manjula Martin in conversation with Caille Millner, Laura Goode, and Susie Cagle about her new anthology: Scratch: Writers, Money, and The Art of Making a Living.

  • Zadie Smith w/ Dave Eggers

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In Conversation with Dave Eggers.

    $29

  • Porchlight: BOMBS AWAY!

    Oasis 298 11th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Stories by Eddie Pepitone, Mike Phirman, Karla Martin, Dana Merwin & more TBA.

    $25

  • Russian Tales: San Francisco Reading

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

    LGBTQ Pride Readings presents three authors of new Russian novels.

  • Shipwreck: The Little House on the Prairie

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

    This month, Shipwreck tries not to die of dysentery when we take it way back to Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Little House on the Prairie (et al.).

    $10

  • Hettie Jones

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

    Discussing her new book Love, H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones.

  • Poets & Writers Live

    San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Presenters include Juan Felipe Herrera, Jonathan Franzen; New Yorker staff writer and author of The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean, acclaimed poet and former United States Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, Ishmael Reed, Jane Hirshfield.

    SOLD OUT

  • RADAR Productions: Drag Queen Story Hour For Kids

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

    Join Radar for our signature program, Drag Queen Story Hour! Welcome to people of all ages, but designed especially for kids. Come listen to children’s stories read by Panda Dulce! Then stay and get your face painted and eat some cookies.

  • Rolling Writers: R-Dub REAL

    Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A Moth-style evening of revelatory memoir.

  • 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

  • Susan Alice Bickford

    Books Inc. Mountain View 301 Castro St, Mountain View , CA, United States

    Books Inc. at Mountain View hosts a launch party for Susan Alice Bickford's new novel, A Short Time To Die.

  • From Mandalay to the Bay

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

    An Evening of Burmese & Burmese American Poets & Writers.

  • The Racket #3

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

    Let's start the hopefully far superior year of 2017 by indulging in the writing and reading of some grade-A food writers.