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    The Racket : Revenge

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    There are themes and then there are THEMES and no one is surprised that REVENGE is absolutely a THEME. We imagine tales of murder and...

    Free

  • Elwin Cotman, Vernon Keeve, Adrienne Oliver, and Alexandra Mattraw Reading

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

    Local writers Elwin Cotman, Vernon Keeve, and Adrienne Oliver read from their work. Elwin Cotman grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whee the post-industrial landscape was...

    Free
  • Bay Area Generations: Poets & Writers Salon | Foster City, CA

    Bay Area Generations: Poets & Writers Salon | Foster City, CA

    Penelope's Coffee & Tea 3 Plaza View Ln, Ste N, Foster City, CA, United States

    Bay Area Generations: Poets & Writers Salon Thursday, February 20, 2020 7-9 pm at Penelope's Coffee & Teas, Foster City A literary salon featuring curated...

    $10

  • Jenny Offill: Weather

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

    Jenny Offill discusses her new novel Weather. Praise for Weather “This is so good. We are not ready nor worthy.”–Ocean Vuong “Jenny Offill conjures entire worlds...

    Free
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    Joan Frank

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

    reads from her new collection of essays, Try To Get Lost Through the author (TM)s travels in Europe and the United States, Try to Get Lost explores the...

    Free
  • Diane Keaton

    Diane Keaton

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Academy-award winning actress Diane Keaton has starred in some of the most memorable films of the past forty years, including the Godfather trilogy, Annie Hall, Manhattan, The First Wives...

    $59
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    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    donations requested

  • Jenny Offill: Weather

    Pt. Reyes Books 11315 CA-1, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, United States

    Jenny Offill, bestselling author of Dept of Speculation, visits Point Reyes to discuss her highly anticipated novel, Weather. Jenny will be in conversation with the...

    Free
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    In Common Writers Series: Denise Leto and Jennifer Bartlett

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

    The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series opens for 2020 with a double program featuring two remarkable poet/writers, each with significant work in disability poetics and activism....

    Free

  • Two Remarkable Poets on Disability Poetics and Activism

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

    The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series opens 2020 with a program featuring two remarkable poet/writers, each with significant work in disability poetics and activism. This event,...

    Free
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    Cliterary Salon: the Heart is a Meat Pump

    Perdita 323 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Cliterary Salon is a monthly literary show focusing on work not traditionally prioritized in the mainstream by writers who subvert convention. To learn more, please...

    $12
  • Children's Book Night at Nomadic Press

    Children’s Book Night at Nomadic Press

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    Join us as we celebrate three amazing children's books: Sam! (written by Dani Gabriel, illustrated by Art of Robert Liu-Trujillo), I Am Sausal Creek/Soy El...

    donations requested

  • Stephen Ratcliffe and Kyle Schlesinger at Alley Cat Books

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Stephen Ratcliffe (sound of wave in channel) and Kyle Schlesinger (A New Kind of Country) will be here reading from their newest books!     ...

    Free
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    American Sutra at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    “American Sutra” discussion on author panel for the 2020 National Day of Remembrance. Time TBD. Sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of...

    Free

  • Ann Harleman Reading from TELL ME, SIGNORA

    Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Ann Harleman will read from and discuss her new novel, TELL ME, SIGNORA.  Kate Hagesfeld, a recent widow, travels to Italy just after 9/11 to...

    Free

  • Day of Remembrance with author Duncan Ryuken Williams

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    Day of Remembrance: Duncan Ryuken Williams discusses his book, American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War. Duncan Ryūken Williams...

    Free
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    THERE 32

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    NEXT THERE: THERE 32  will be Saturday, February 22, 2020, at East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue in Oakland, guests TBA. THERE was featured prominently in the San Francisco...

    Free

  • Sean Negus and Caroline Goodwin at Alley Cat Books

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us to celebrate the publication of Hurricane Music (Sean Negus) and Custody of the Eyes (Caroline Goodwin).  

    Free
  • Bawdy at 13

    Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Lucky 13’th Anniversary

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    SEE BOTH SHOWS WITH A FULL EVENING WRISTBAND!   Saturday February 22nd, 2020 at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA) Remember: Bang-O at...

    $25
  • Best of Bawdy 2020

    Bawdy Storytelling’s Best of Bawdy 2020!

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    SEE BOTH SHOWS WITH A FULL EVENING WRISTBAND!   Saturday February 22nd, 2020 at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA) (NOTE: This is...

    $25
  • Silent Book Club at The Bindery in San Francisco by Cody Pickens

    Silent Book Club SF

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...

    Free

  • SF in SF with Juliette Wade, Tiffany Trent, and Mike Chen

    American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us for an evening of reading and conversation with authors Juliette Wade, Tiffany Trent, and Mike Chen, in conversation with Bay Area writer,...

    Free
  • In Search of My Robot: Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity

    In Search of My Robot: Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity

    Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Robots, like any technology, are not “objective” or “universal”; instead, machines reveal the process of social formation. This talk by poet, scholar, and new media...

    Free

  • John Sayles at City Lights Books

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

    Yellow Earth from Haymarket Books Rich layers of shale oil are discovered under Yellow Earth, North Dakota and the neighboring Three Nations Indian reservation. All...

    Free
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    Contemporary Writers Series: Aria Aber

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Aria Aber was raised in Germany, where she was born to Afghan refugees. Her debut book, Hard Damage, won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry...

    Free