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  • March 2021

  • Mon 1

    Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes

    January 19, 2021 @ 9:00 am - March 9, 2021 @ 11:00 am PST
    Virtual

    Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020, Rise & Shine...

    Free
  • Mon 1

    Sharpen Your Pencil: Elements of a Poem in Revision

    January 20, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - March 11, 2021 @ 9:00 pm PST
    Virtual

    Do you want your poems to sing more sweetly? Resonate more deeply? Read more beautifully? In this 8-week craft workshop, you will learn structured techniques...

    $250
  • Mon 1

    Ismail Muhammad & Marie Mutsuki Mockett

    March 1, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST
    online

    Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 2:00pm via Zoom Ismail Muhammad is the reviews editor for The Believer, a staff writer at the Millions, a contributing editor at ZYZZYVA, and a board member at...

    Free
  • Mon 1

    Special Presentation: Anne Lamott

    March 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    This event is online. A constant reader favorite with over a dozen bestsellers to her name, there’s one Bay Area author who has earned an...

  • Mon 1

    Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti

    March 1, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Sheila Heti Monday, March 1, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/14/2021, 03/16/2021, 03/17/2021 TICKETS This event...

    $29
  • Mon 1

    Workshop: Know Your Name with Virgie Tovar, Author, Podcaster, Educator & Icon

    March 1, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm PST
    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    How do we begin to see the elements that enable rape culture as the elements that are built into the structure and ethos of how...

    Free
  • Tue 2

    Virtual Event: Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter with Raina Telgemeier

    March 2, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2 AT 5PM PT FOR THE LAUNCH OF MEGAN WAGNER LLOYD AND MICHELLE MEE NUTTER'S BOOK, ALLERGIC, WITH RAINA TELGEMEIER ON ZOOM! Zoom Login...

  • Tue 2

    Cassandra Clare with Holly Black

    March 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    This event is online. Webinar access comes with a signed copy of Chain of Iron  We are absolutely thrilled to welcome New York Times and USA Today...

  • Tue 2

    Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks | GGP Online Book Club

    March 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Year of Wonders: A Novel of...

  • Tue 2

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Mari Andrew, My Inner Sky

    March 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and illustrator Mari Andrew will be in conversation with award-winning journalist and producer Noor Tagouri about Andrew's new book, My Inner Sky, a...

  • Tue 2

    Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami

    March 2, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights and Grove Atlantic Press celebrate the release of Viet Thanh Nguyen's new...

  • Wed 3

    Online Literary Seminar: Home Movie by Jerry Burger

    March 3, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm PST

    THIS SESSION IS ONLINE Literary Seminar; Home Movie by Jerry Burger Join Kimberly (and Jerry!) for a BONUS LITERARY SEMINAR Not only is ”Home Movie”...

  • Wed 3

    Book Passage Presents: Carol Edgarian with Tobias Wolff – Vera

    March 3, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers an astonishing feat of imagination, a grand adventure set in 1906 San Francisco—a city leveled by quake...

  • Wed 3

    Courtney Zoftness with Rita Bullwinkel and Mat Johnson

    March 3, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    celebrating the publication of Courtney Zoftness' new memoir Spilt Milk published by McSweeney's ---------- This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City...

  • Wed 3

    Contemporary Classics – Interior Chinatown

    March 3, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

  • Thu 4
    Mary Jo Bang

    Berkeley Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang

    March 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST
    online

    Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...

    Free
  • Thu 4

    San Francisco Public Library Presents: Celeste-Marie Bernier, Judith Butler and Isaac Julien in Conversation

    March 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PST
    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    This online conversation with Celeste-Marie Bernier, Judith Butler and Isaac Julien, explores Douglass’ legacy and the influence of key historical figures featured in Lessons of the...

    Free
  • Thu 4

    Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi

    March 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST
    online

    Seismic Salon: Alka Joshi Thu Mar 4th 5:00pm - 6:30pm   Buy Tickets  Litquake’s second season of Seismic Salons begins with the always fascinating Alka Joshi, whose...

    $500
  • Thu 4

    Virtual Event: Jamie Figueroa and Marie-Helene Bertino

    March 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Join us on Thursday, March 4th at 6pm PT when Jamie Figueroa is joined by Marie-Helene Bertino to discuss her debut novel, Brother, Sister, Mother,...

    Free
  • Thu 4

    Isabel Allende – The Soul of a Woman (Virtual Event)

    March 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman. “When...

  • Thu 4

    VIRTUAL: Launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett / Look Alive, with K-Ming Chang, Alicia Mountain, Arhm Choi Wild & Meg Day

    March 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Luiza Flynn-Goodlett's debut full-length collection of poems Look Alive. She'll be joined for a...

  • Thu 4

    Virtual Event: Jamie Figueroa and Marie-Helene Bertino

    March 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    JOIN US ON THURSDAY, MARCH 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN JAMIE FIGUEROA IS JOINED BY MARIE-HELENE BERTINO TO DISCUSS HER DEBUT NOVEL, BROTHER, SISTER, MOTHER, EXPLORER, ON ZOOM!...

  • Thu 4

    Cristina Rivera Garza and Kit Schluter, reading and in conversation

    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public REGISTER TO ATTEND —or— Watch this program at YouTube With emcee, Carolina de Robertis Supported in part by...

    Free
  • Thu 4

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism

    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Mikki Kendall who will discuss Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot.  Registration for this free...

  • Thu 4

    Online Book Launch of THE STEEL BENEATH THE SILK with Author Patricia Bracewell

    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 PM PST as we welcome author Patricia Bracewell to discuss her new novel, THE STEEL BENEATH THE...

  • Thu 4

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Barbara Saunders!!!

    March 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST
    online

    During Women's History month 2019 a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded...

    Free
  • Fri 5

    Melissa Valentine

    March 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST
    online

    Friday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...

    Free
  • Fri 5

    Melissa Valentine Reading

    March 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Friday, March 5, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) Melissa Valentine is an award-winning writer from Oakland, California,...

  • Fri 5

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #49

    March 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
  • Fri 5

    Contemporary Classics – Maud’s Line

    March 5, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

    $20
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