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  • Lyric & Dirges: Ether Edition #1

    Lyric & Dirges: Ether Edition #1

    Join us for the launching of Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition We have a new format and the same literary wonderland. Our inaugural virtual reading...

    Free
  • front cover of Edie on the Green Screen

    Beth Lisick

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

    reads from Edie On The Green Screen: A Novel published by 7.13 Books City Lights welcomes back Beth Lisick to celebrate her debut novel from...

    Free

  • Jane Hirshfield / Ledger

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

    reads from her new volume of poetry Ledger, a book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning from the internationally renowned poet named "among the modern masters" (Washington Post). Wednesday,...

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  • Hilary Leichter, Mary South, Rita Bullwinkel, & R.O. Kwon

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

    Hilary Leichter and Mary South discuss their new works, Temporary and You Will Never Be Forgotten, with Rita Bullwinkel and R.O. Kwon. Praise for Temporary “A narrative so...

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  • Mary Jo Bang by Matt Valentine

    Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Mary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing, Louise in Love, The Last Two Seconds, and Elegy, which received the National Book...

    Free
  • front cover of The Mountains Sing

    Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

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

    reading from The Mountains Sing from Workman Publishing Company "An epic account of Việt Nam's painful 20th century history, both vast in scope and intimate...

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  • Carolyn Forche, In the Lateness of the World at Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome celebrated poet Carolyn Forché for a reading and signing of In the Lateness of the World—her new poetry collection of uncanny...

    Free

  • Monica Sok: A Nail the Evening Hangs On

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

    Monica Sok discusses her debut poetry collection, A Nail the Evening Hangs On, with Barbara Jane Reyes. Praise for A Nail the Evening Hangs On “Sok’s...

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  • Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #3

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #3

    FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Donate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the "ticket" link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to...

    Free
  • Nobody Will Tell You This But Me Cover Art

    Bess Kalb / Nobody Will Tell You This But Me

    Booksmith hosts a live-stream with Bess Kalb for her new book Nobody Will Tell You This but Me. Please join us … we'll be streaming on our Facebook page!...

    Free

  • Luiza, Colleen, and Audra Have a Book Party at Wolfman Books

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, winner of the Charlotte Mew Prize, and Colleen McKee and Audra Puchalski, finalists for the Charlotte Mew Prize, read from their chapbooks, all...

  • Poetry with Jeanne Heuving, Eleni Stecopoulos and Susan Gevirtz

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

    Jeanne Heuving’s latest book is Mood Indigo, selva oscura press (2019) and she is the co-editor, along with Tyrone Williams, of Inciting Poetics: Thinking and Writing Poetry (Recencies Series,...

  • About Last Night: A One Night Stand Storytelling Series April

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

    About Last Night - Join us for an evening of laughter, sex positivity and of course hilariously true one night stand stories. 7 brave souls...

    $15 – $20
  • bay area poets coalition

    Bay Area Poets Coalition

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

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  • BINDERY: Kate Radford / Drought

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special evening with Kate Radford, a sonic poetry performance and book release. Drought is fusing contemporary poetry, cinematic landscapes and electronic...

    Free – $15
  • flier for Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Online!

    Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Online!

    We are giving ONLINE Smack Dab Queer & Trans Open Mic a try. Meet us on Zoom at our usual time :) Smack Dab Queer...

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  • Rebecca Dinerstein Knight / Hex

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Rebecca Dinerstein Knight (The Sunlit Night) for her new novel Hex. Please join us! Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in biological science, is exploring the...

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  • D. A. Powell and Paola Capó-García

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Paola Capó-García is the author of CLAP FOR ME THAT’S NOT ME (Rescue Press, 2018), selected by D.A. Powell as the winner of Rescue Press'...

    Free