"Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff" (Atria Books) by two-time Academy Award(R)-winning actor, writer and director Sean Penn, is Mr. Penn's first novel. The darkly...
The summer's over and light is getting dimmer in the evenings. Let's gather a bunch of writerly souls together to shed a little light on...
City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the Consul General of France in San Francisco present Léonora Miano celebrating the release of Season...
The Poetry Center's Tripwire Cross-Cultural Poetics Series debuts September 2018 with a two-day series by poet-translator-activists Jen Hofer and John Pluecker, who collectively organize Antena, a language justice and language experimentation collaborative,...
Booksmith hosts Zulema Renee Summerfield for her debut novel, Every Other Weekend. Please join us! The year is 1988, and America is full of broken homes. The...
Christian Kracht reads from his new novel, The Dead. Praise for Christian Kracht “Imperium is astonishing and captivating, a tongue-in-cheek Conradian literary adventure for our time.” ―Karl...
We're incredibly excited to be hosting the author, Léonora Miano, in collaboration with the Cultural Services French Embassy in the US. We'll have more info about...
NEXT THERE: THERE 24 – Friday, September 28, 2018, with a great lineup of writers and musicians to be announced. See you in the fall! THERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza) is a...
Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month's show features TBD and TBD! Music...
KSW Presents "All This Wreckage, In Your Own Language," a reading featuring two debut novelists-Elaine Castillo, author of America Is Not the Heart, and Ingrid...
Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes drawn from 2004 through 2009, Night Moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all. Drawing on...
SALLY FIELD Friday, September 28, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Sally Field is one of the most celebrated, beloved and enduring...
Jessica Hopper, author of The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic, dicusses her new memoir, Night Moves. Praise for Night Moves "Jessica Hopper's Night...
IN ASSOCIATION WITH 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE SAT. & SUN. SEPT. 29TH & 30TH, 1-6PM Two days of poetry and music, produced by Fred Dodsworth, Paul...
FRAN LEBOWITZ In Conversation with Lawrence Rinder Saturday, September 29, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 In a cultural landscape filled with...
Details soon! Featured readers - Musical guests: With your host Bloodflower
Curator: Donna de la Perrière ____ Readers: Info To Come Doors open at 6:30pm. Readings begin at 7:00pm sharp.
Shane Bauer is a senior reporter for Mother Jones. He is the recipient of the National Magazine Award for Best Reporting, Harvard's Goldsmith Prize for...
Setting is a device used in writing fiction. A particular setting can be exotic to one reader and prosaic to another. Odd Mondays has asked...
POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his new novel, The Shape of the Ruins. Praise for Juan Gabriel Vasquez "Juan Gabriel Vásquez's The Shape of the Ruins is a highly...
Evie Shockley READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Tales of peril and possibility, jeopardy and chance; of flirting with danger and being willing to lose it all RISK Tuesday, October 2nd Public Works...
This event is cosponsored by Poetry Society of America and the Mill Valley Library. This is sure to be a packed event, so register on the...
Tuesday, October 2, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich...
Featured readers: Kathleen McClung, Casandra Dallett, Mary Mackay, Ingrid Keir. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award's...
Booksmith hosts a special evening with Yung Pueblo, to celebrate his first book Inward. Please join us! Please note: this is a ticketed event, to be held...
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In his new book, Marc Dollinger charts the transformation of American Jewish political culture from the Cold War liberal consensus of the early postwar years...