AUTHOR REYNA GRANDE IN CONVERSATION WITH CBC HOST JOHN FREEMAN
The Distance Between Us BY REYNA GRANDE Grande puts a human face on the fraught issue of immigration in her acclaimed memoir. At age nine,...
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Author: Rand Quinn, Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools
onlineQuinn discusses the contentious racial politics that emerged from school desegregation and why the school district gradually resegregated despite a court mandate. San Francisco’s school...
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VIRTUAL: Reza Farazmand / City Monster
Booksmith and The Bindery host New York Times bestselling author and artist Reza Farazmand for his first graphic novel City Monster! Please note: This is a ticketed event, with each...
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You’re Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020 6:30 PM 9:00 PM GLOBALLY (map) You're Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2020 an ONLINE Open Mic & Listening Space for communal...
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Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library
Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library Thursday, November 19, 7:00pm featuring Patricia J. Machmiller & Mimi Ahern online on Zoom (login to come) or find your...
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Mazza Writer in Residence Wendy Trevino, with Zaina Alsous
"A Border, like race, is a cruel fiction." Mazza Writer in Residence Wendy Trevino, with Zaina Alsous, reading and in conversation Thursday, November 19 -...
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An Unnatural History of America A panel discussion on the work of Charles Bowden
Join the bookstore's Stephen Sparks and a panel of writers for a discussion of the work of the late Charles Bowden, whose "Unnatural History of...
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Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #3: Adult Nonfiction
Please join us on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on adult nonfiction in this third episode of our Great...
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Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CAA Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...
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W. KAMAU BELL: RACE & JOURNALISM
W. KAMAU BELL: RACE & JOURNALISM in conversation with Chan’Cellore Makanjuola Co-presented with UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Friday, November 20, 2020 12:00pm Pacific Time...
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Panel: How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America
onlineCelebrate the release of How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America, the latest addition to the Voice of Witness book series, with a roundtable...
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Tania Amochaev: One Hundred Years of Exile
In "One Hundred Years of Exile: In Search of My Father’s Russia" San Francisco author Tania Romanov tells the story of her journey through one...
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HIGH DAWN 3: BURGER / ALMEIDA / JACOBSEN / WATKINS
Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-nov.eventbrite.com Mary Burger is a writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland CA....
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ZAZA Sixteen
Weekly Zoom performance series "for the foreseeable future." ZAZA SIXTEEN is Taylor Johnson and Edmund Berrigan Friday, November 20, 6 pm PST / 8 pm...
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Virtual Event: Simon Han and Meng Jin
Join us on Friday, November 20 at 6pm PST when Simon Han discusses his debut novel, Nights When Nothing Happened, with Meng Jin on Zoom! Preorder here and receive a...
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TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer
Bookshop Santa Cruz, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, and Marcus Books present: A virtual event with Ta-Nehisi Coates, in conversation with Adam Serwer, on Friday, November...
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VIRTUAL: Wall + Response: Heather Bourbeau, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Aileen Cassinetto & Chris Stroffolino
Booksmith and The Bindery are proud to host a four-event series presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) called Wall + Response, featuring sixteen Bay Area poets responding to...
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Facing You: City Lights Spotlight Series No. 19
From acclaimed Nigeria-born, Brooklyn-based poet Uche Nduka, a book of love poems written with compact elegance and vivid eroticism. Facing You is a collection of love...
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Chinese Workers & the Pacific Salmon Canning Industry
Join CHSA in welcoming brothers Jim & Philip Chiao for an exploration into the history of Chinese in the Pacific salmon canning industry. In 1852,...
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Jingletown Reading ft. Tongo Eisen-Martin, William Archila, Barbara Jane Reyes
JT ft Tongo Eisen-Martin, William Archila, Barbara Jane Reyes Named after the Fruitvales’s historic neighborhood in Oakland, Jingletown Reading & Open Mic is a monthly...
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Conversations with Authors – Deborah Madison (Virtual Event)
Deborah Madison’s An Onion in My Pocket: My Life with Vegetables is a warm, bracingly honest memoir that gives us an insider’s look at the vegetarian movement. Deborah...
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Conversations with Authors – Jamie Ritchie (Virtual Event)
Jamie Ritchie, head of Sotheby’s wine, is proud to present The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, an essential reference for oenophiles—long used as the go-to text for...
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Under the Dome: Paul Celan at 100 Celebration
a reading and discussion of the great Romanian-born poet Paul Celan on the occasion of his 100th birthday with Judith Butler, Fady Joudah, and more guests TBD...
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WL #UNBOUND: Poised to Soar: Nature-Writing Sensation Helen Macdonald with Vesper Flights
Tuesday, November 24 at 7:00 PM | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Environment/Nature Women/Gender Camille T. Dungy, Helen Macdonald Helen Macdonald’s bestselling memoir H is For Hawk, a transcendent...
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | GGP Online Book Club
Please join us on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Brit Bennett's new novel, THE...
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A Celebration of Kathleen’s 15 Year GGP Anniversary
A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Ave., Oakland, CaliforniaFifteen years ago, Kathleen became the owner of A Great Good Place for Books. On this Saturday, we'll celebrate Kathleen throughout the day. Please come...
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Saturday Night Special presents: Silver Linings
Well friends, 2020 has been a hell of a year. And here we are, almost at the end of it. Join me this traditional season...
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Daily Write Holiday Round Robin with Kathy Garlick
This particular version of Round Robin with a run time of three weeks is built with the holidays in mind. It is designed to offer writers a...
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The Roots of the Tree: Family Dynamics, Forgiveness & Reconciliation with Dr. Marlena Fiol and Dr. Joshua Coleman (Virtual Event)
Marlena Fiol, author of Nothing Bad Between Us, will be in conversation with renowned author Joshua Coleman in a very special virtual event. Join them on Sunday, November...
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Online Evening Literary Seminar: A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin
A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin Lucía Berlin’s short stories have caused more than one critic to call her “America’s best kept secret.” Born...