Lily Bernheimer discusses her new book, The Shaping of Us: How Everyday Spaces Structure Our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being. About The Shaping of Us Spaces we...
Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...
Award-winning Cuban poet, playwright, translator, and scholar, Susannah Rodríguez Drissi discusses and signs "The Latin Poet's Guide to the Cosmos." A delightfully choreographed and ultimately...
Lary Bloom discusses his new biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas. About Sol LeWitt Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), one of the most influential artists of the...
Lary Bloom discusses his new biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas. About Sol LeWitt Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), one of the most influential artists of the...
Charlie Getter & Tom Stolmar Not to be missed!
* Saturday, July 20 ____ Curator: Tongo Eisen-Martin ____ Readers: TBA * Saturday, September 28 100 Thousand Poets For Change / Bay Area Poetry Marathon joint...
Bring 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...
Booksmith welcomes Chuck Klosterman back to the store for his new story collection, Raised in Captivity. More information to be announced soon, but please save the date and...
Marcia Bjornerud is a Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies and her research focuses on the physics of earthquakes and mountain-building. She combines field-based studies...
John Corbett discusses his new book, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. Praise for Pick up the Pieces " thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride...
John Corbett discusses his new book, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. Praise for Pick up the Pieces " thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride...
Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Mostly Dead Things “Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and...
Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Mostly Dead Things “Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and...
The Bindery hosts Sarah Rose Etter for the launch of her anticipated debut novel, The Book of X. She’ll be joined byTrisha Low and Tommy Pico. A surreal exploration of...
Student Showcase readings "Write From The Gut" featuring our faculty, alumni and current students reading works in progress. With your host Paul Corman-Roberts
Kenneth E. Hartman's sentence to live without parole was recently commuted by Governor Jerry Brown after he had spent 35 years in prison. He is...
Last year, former Benicia Unified School District groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson won a settlement for the cancer he got as a result of using Round Up...
Photographer B.A. Van Sise discusses his new book, Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry. Also featuring readings by poets Jane Hirshfield and Dorianne Laux. Praise...
The End of the End of the World Literary Café Presents: Benjamin Heim Shephard and Lynn Breedlove Hosted by James Tracy, author of Dispatches Against Displacement (AK...
What is it like to be the youngest black woman in Congress? Congresswoman Lauren Underwood is coming to Manny's and she'll tell ya! There will...
Sarah Parcak discusses her new book, Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past. Praise for Archaeology From Space "This book is so much more...
Sarah Rose Etter discusses her new novel, The Book of X, with Rita Bullwinkel. Praise for The Book of X "Etter brilliantly, viciously lays bare what...
Simon Hanselmann joins us to discuss his new graphic novel Bad Gateway, the latest installment in the Megg and Mogg series. About Bad Gateway Perpetually intoxicated,...
Huestis’ book covers 45 years of San Francisco gay history, starting in 1974 working with the fabled theatre group Angels of Light, his volatile relationship...
Huestis’ book covers 45 years of San Francisco gay history, starting in 1974 working with the fabled theatre group Angels of Light, his volatile relationship...
E.K. Keith presents: Oval Window - A Poetry & Music Listening Experience
"Life took me through many different experiences, but art and poetry never left my side. “ Mahnaz Badihian is a poet, translator and artist whose...
Diane di Prima reading and birthday celebration