V. E. Schwab, Maggie Tokuda-Hall And Charlie Jane Anders For Books Inc.
Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...
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Afternoon Craft Conversation with Marie Mutsuki Mockett
De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge 928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA, United StatesDATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, Hagerty Lounge, 1928 St. Marys...
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Afternoon Craft Conversation with Marie Mutsuki Mockett
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: Online https://stmarys-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/vp0qde6upz8sb00VbumXa71hDPDicEk64A DESCRIPTION: THEN WE CAME TO THE END Whether your...
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HOW HAVE I NOT READ THIS! A Virtual Book Club
Book Club Discussion of Alfred Camus The Plague featuring Emily St John Mandel, Laura Marris and Alice Kaplan Sponsored by Alfred Knopf and City Lights **This is a virtual event that...
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Readings at City Lights Bookstore: Emerson Whitney
This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other...
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Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Ave., Oakland, CaliforniaJoin us on Zoom on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 PM Pacific for a virtual book chat about one of Kathleen's favorite books of the...
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Reading at a Distance / Tanea Lunsford Lynx and Mmakgosi Anita Tau
We've partnered with the Headlands Center for the Arts to bring you a series of distanced literary readings with Headlands Artists, curated by Emily Wolahan (AFF '16–'19). Join Tanea Lunsford...
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Karen Tei Yamashita
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating the release of her new short fiction collection Sansei and Sensibility published by Coffee House Press Generations of Japanese Americans merge with Jane Austen's...
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C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills is Gold at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesThis is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This free event will take place at...
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Ottessa Moshfegh discusses Death In Her Hands
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesNew York Times bestselling author Ottessa Moshfegh discusses and signs copies of her highly anticipated new novel, Death In Her Hands. From one of our most...
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Creative Writing Reading Series with Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United StatesDATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Soda Activity Center: Claeys Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94575 View a...
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Stephanie Danler: Stray
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesStephanie Danler discusses her new memoir, Stray. About Stray From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and...
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Lunch Poems: Student reading
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOne of the year’s liveliest events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well...
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My Virtual Book Launch Happy Hour on May 7th at 5PM
My dear friends and readers, I am inviting you all to the launch of my book Only the River. I hope you can attend. I...
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Peniel E. Joseph in conversation with Dr. Waldo E. Martin Jr.
discussing Peniel E. Joseph's new book The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. published by Basic...
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YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES… ONLINE!
GLOBALLY(map) Google Calendar ICS You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk, the You're Going to Die...
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Unrigging the Rules for the Rising American Electorate: David Daley and Steve Phillips
Moderated by Rebecca Nagle Program will air Thursday May 7th, 7:00 PM PST Register (for free) to watch this program’s debut Who holds America’s future in...
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Margaret Randall in conversation with Garrett Caples
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussing the subject of Margaret Randall's new book I Never Left Home: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary from Duke University Press In 1969, poet and revolutionary Margaret...
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In Common Writers Series: John Yau and Andrew Joron, reading and in conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFor the final double-program in The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series for Spring 2020, we are delighted to host renowned poet and art critic...
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JIA TOLENTINO & JENNA WORTHAM
Watch the upcoming webcast on our YouTube channel → You can support the cost of this public webcast by making a tax-deductible donation. Thank you...
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Jia Tolentino & Jenna Wortham
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears in the series Social Studies Called “the best young essayist at work in the United States” by...
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Anne Raeff: Only the River
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAnne Raeff discusses her new novel Only the River with ZYZZYVA managing editor Oscar Villalon. Praise for Only the River “In this novel, Anne Raeff weaves a multigenerational tale of love and...
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Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading w/Ruth Crossman
During 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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Together on the 9th: A Virtual Candlelight Vigil with Jack Kornfield
Join us to honor the dead, those who are sick, and all of us on the planet. Please bring a candle and invite any friends or loved...
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Marcus Books fundraiser: Daveed Diggs, Robin Coste Lewis and Danez Smith!
A fundraiser for Marcus Books, oldest Black bookstore in the US. With Daveed Diggs, Robin Coste Lewis, Danez Smith, Chinaka Hodge and more! About this...
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Zoom Forward! #7 with Clifford Henderson, Thad Nodine, Richard Lange
Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #7 with Clifford Henderson, Thad Nodine, Richard Lange part of the Zoom Forward...
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Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #8
FREE AND ALL WELCOME! All forms of support matter. One of those forms is financial. Money = energy to us, and donating sends one signal...
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*Virtual* Reading feat. Garrett Caples and Ava Koohbor
Please join us on Friday, May 8th from 6:30-7:10 pm PST for our first ever virtual reading featuring Garrett Caples and Ava Koohbor! *****...
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BERKELEY ARTS & LETTERS: Shaun King / Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future
First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBerkeley Arts & Letters hosts activist and journalist Shaun King for his new book Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future. Please join...
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In Common Writers Series: John Yau and Claudia La Rocco, reading and in conversation
Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United StatesWrapping up Spring 2020 with another double-program in The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series, we are delighted to host renowned poet and art critic...
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