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  • Have a Poet for Lunch: Brandon Brown

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

    Poet Brandon Brown presents work in dialogue with the exhibition "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen." Many of the poets speaking in this...

    Free – $14

  • 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

  • Writers with Drinks

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

    Saturday, May 11, 2019: Mallory O'Meara (The Lady From the Black Lagoon) Kate Hope Day (If, Then) Joanna Robinson (Vanity Fair) Andrea Lawlor (Paul Takes...

    $5

  • GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

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

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • Loteria 2

    LOTERIA READING SERIES, No. 2: La Muerte, El Nopal, La Sirena

    3rd Floor McRoskey Mattress Loft 1687 Market Street, San Francisco

    WILLIE PERDOMO JOSIAH LUIS ALDERETE BARABARA JANE REYES Curated by ➬ MK CHAVEZ    SUNDAY, MAY 12th, 2019   Doors ➬ 4PM | Program ➬ 4:30PM FREE ENTRY...

    Free

  • Jo Lendle

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

    Seagull Books, in conjunction with City Lights and the Goethe Institut San Francisco present Jo Lendle reading from and speaking about All The Land by...

  • Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square

    jessie Square 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians. Enjoy...

    Free

  • New Queer Books at Perfectly Queer San Francisco

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

    Charlie Jane Anders, Sara Cahill Marron, Joseph Cassara, and Baruch Porras-Hernandez read from their new books at Perfectly Queer San Francisco on Tuesday, May 14,...

  • Elizabeth Acevedo

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Young Adults 14-17! Elizabeth Acevedo presents With the Fire on High, a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed...

  • Julie Orringer and Michael Chabon

    JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United States

    Julie Orringer (The Invisible Bridge) joins Michael Chabon (Moonglow) for a conversation about The Flight Portfolio, Orringer’s new historical novel set in occupied Europe and...

    $30

  • Aysegül Savas

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

    Aysegül Savas discusses her new novel, Walking on the Ceiling. Praise for Walking on the Ceiling “Ayşegül Savaş is an enormous new talent who writes...

  • Red Light Lit

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Red Light Lit is a mashup of photography, poetry, and prose set to a live score, featuring the photography of Brittany Powers. The reading explores...

    $15 – $20

  • Namwali Serpell

    MoAD 685 Mission St, San Francisco, CA

    Litquake and MoAD present... Namwali Serpell’s electrifying debut, THE OLD DRIFT, is the first novel ever to tell the story of Zambia from its very beginnings to the present...

  • Saskia Vogel

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

    celebrating the release of her new novel Permission published by Coach House Books A grieving young woman learns something new about love from a dominatrix...

  • JARED DIAMOND In Conversation with Roy Eisenhardt

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

    JARED DIAMOND In Conversation with Roy Eisenhardt Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Social Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Jared Diamond is a...

    $29

  • David Randall

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

    David Randall discusses his new book, Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague. Praise for Black Death at...

  • Namwali Serpell in conversation with Ismail Muhammad

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

    reading from and discussing her new novel The Old Drift from Hogarth Books On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the...

  • All the Sweeter

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jean Minton joins us to discuss her book All the Sweeter: Families Share Their Stories of Adopting from Foster Care. About All The Sweeter All the...

  • Happy Endings: Lights, Camera, Fashun

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

    HAPPY ENDINGS is a monthly reading series that showcases new writing and wants to shine a little sun on your soul. What's gonna happen? Five...

  • Heather Hansman

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

    Heather Hansman discusses her new book, Down River: Into the Future of Water in the West. Praise for Down River “Heather Hansman’s account of her 730-mile solo...

  • Emma Bland Smith

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

    Emma Bland Smith discusses her new children's book To Live on an Island. About To Live on an Island When you live on an island, things...

  • Cliterary Salon: Mothers and Monsters of May

    Perdita 323 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA

    Join us as we dig into all that is May: flowers, fantasy, mothers, monsters, poetry and pettiness. Hosted at Perdita in the Haight, this is...

    $12

  • Bawdy Storytelling ‘UNICORNFEST’

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

    Friday, May 17th, 2019 at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco CA Remember: Bang-O & Games at 7 PM, Stories at 8 PM...

    $25 – $35

  • Babylon Salon : Rachel Howard, Kristen Cosby, Cheryl Ossola: Summer 2019

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Babylon Salon presents our Summer Reading Saturday, May 18, 2019, 6.00 pm  at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street  (downstairs performance space)   featuring -- Rachel Howard  (The...

    Free

  • Ages 7 up! Jane Solomon and Tyler Schnoebelen in Conversation

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ages 7 up! Jane Solomon and Tyler Schnoebelen in Conversation launching The Dictionary of Difficult Words: With More Than 400 Perplexing Words to Test Your Wits!  To...

  • READING Anna Moschovakis and Tonya Foster

    Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    READING Anna Moschovakis and Tonya Foster May 19, 2019 7:00 PM Artists' Television Access 992 valencia street, san francisco, ca FREE Free for members

  • STACEY ABRAMS In Conversation with Alexis Madrigal

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

    STACEY ABRAMS In Conversation with Alexis Madrigal Sunday, May 19, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Tickets Sold Out! Stacey Abrams is an author, serial...

    SOLD OUT