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  • May 2021

  • Mon 3

    Mary Beth Meehan with Fred Turner

    May 3, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    aunch party for the new book Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America published by University of Chicago Press ---------- This is a virtual...

  • Mon 3

    Odd Mondays Reading “Arisa White & Friends”

    May 3, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Celebrate the publication of Arisa White's new poetry collection, WHO'S YOUR DADDY, with her friends MK Chavez and Vickie Vértiz at Odd Mondays May 3....

    Free
  • Mon 3

    Interior Chinatown, Tinseltown, and Other Worlds Imagined: Charles Yu on Showbiz and Storytelling, with Lodge 49’s Jim Gavin

    May 3, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    When Trevor Noah of The Daily Show asked Charles Yu why he wrote his National Book Award-winning novel, the devastating “parable for outcasts” (Kirkus) Interior Chinatown, in the...

    $15
  • Mon 3

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Jonny Sun, Goodbye, Again

    May 3, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: Jonny Sun, the wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, will be in conversation with writer and comedian Demi...

  • Tue 4

    Sean Carroll: The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life

    May 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Watch & share this talk on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Long Now Live. What is time? What is humankind’s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For...

    Free
  • Tue 4

    Stacey Lee with Stephanie Garber

    May 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Fans of Stacey Lee’s wonderful historical fiction rejoice! We are thrilled to announce we are launching Stacey Lee’s powerful and critically acclaimed new novel, Luck...

  • Tue 4

    Virtual Event: Ian Manuel with Messiah Ramkissoon

    May 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join us on Tuesday, May 4 at 6pm PT when we welcome Ian Manuel for the launch of his book, My Time Will Come: A...

    Free
  • Tue 4

    VIRTUAL: Jonny Sun / Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations

    May 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to host Jonny Sun again, for his new book Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations! We are also pleased to announce we have...

  • Tue 4

    Erica Hunt and Michael Palmer

    May 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform.        reading from new works Jump The Clock by Erica...

  • Tue 4

    Virtual Event: Ian Manuel

    May 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MAY 4 AT 6PM PT WHEN WE WELCOME IAN MANUEL FOR THE LAUNCH OF HIS BOOK, MY TIME WILL COME: A MEMOIR OF CRIME,...

  • Tue 4

    Epicenter of Girlhood: Carol Edgarian and Vendela Vida on Coming of Age in San Francisco

    May 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Vendela Vida, Cherilyn Parsons, Carol Edgarian From the Barbary Coast to the Summer of Love to the tech takeover, San Francisco has always been a city in...

    Free
  • Tue 4

    Book Launch for YOU LOOK TIRED: AN EXCRUCIATINGLY HONEST GUIDE TO NEW PARENTHOOD with Author Jenny True

    May 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of YOU LOOK TIRED: AN EXCRUCIATINGLY HONEST GUIDE TO NEW PARENTHOOD with author...

  • Wed 5

    Spring Readings: Ismail Muhammad

    May 5, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    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
  • Wed 5

    New Voice Series, featuring Dan Lau, with others tba

    May 5, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT
    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending, will be announced here With emcee, Carlos Quinteros III The Poetry Center is...

    Free
  • Wed 5

    Thalia Field and Anakana Schofield

    May 5, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Anakana Schofield joins Thalia Field for a conversation about her latest experimental work on animal rights, Personhood (New Directions). This event is presented in conjunction with Community Bookstore in Park...

  • Wed 5

    Imagine Us, the Swarm Book Launch

    May 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Wednesday May 5 | 6-7:30pm PST via Zoom no fee KSW is partnering with the San Francisco Public Library for the launch of Muriel Leung's...

    Free
  • Wed 5

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Renée Watson, Ways to Grow Love

    May 5, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop is thrilled to welcome award-winning author Renée Watson for an online event celebrating Ways to Grow Love, the newest title in her Ramona-esque series...

  • Wed 5

    Green Rabbits Glowing at the End of the World: Annalee Newitz and Nathaniel Rich on What Happens When Civilizations Fail

    May 5, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Annalee Newitz, Nathaniel Rich, Bonnie Tsui More than 150 years ago, long before intimations of a warming planet had begun, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a prescient statement:...

    $15
  • Thu 6

    Seismic Salon: Natalie Baszile

    May 6, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT
    online

    Buy Tickets  Litquake is excited to welcome Natalie Baszile, author of the New York Times bestseller Queen Sugar (now a series on OWN network) to our Seismic Salon series!...

    $500
  • Thu 6

    Michelle Zauner & Bowen Yang

    May 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    Michelle Zauner is best known as a singer and guitarist who creates dreamy indie pop under the name Japanese Breakfast. She has won acclaim from major music...

    $29
  • Thu 6

    Kate Durbin and Alex Dimitrov

    May 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Kate Durbin celebrates her new collection of poetry HOARDERS published by Wave Books This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights...

  • Thu 6

    Lager and Love Can’t Pay the Bills: 2020 Booker Prize Winner Douglas Stuart on his Masterpiece, Shuggie Bain

    May 6, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Douglas Stuart enraptured readers worldwide in 2020 when his heart-stopping debut novel, Shuggie Bain, took the world’s top literary award, the Booker Prize. While Stuart may...

    $15
  • Fri 7

    Alison Bechdel in conversation with George McCalman

    May 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Alison Bechdel in conversation with George McCalman Friday, May 7, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS Alison Bechdel‘s cult following for her...

    $29
  • Fri 7

    How to Dream the World You Want: Nnedi Okorafor and Jeff VanderMeer on Resistance and Transformation

    May 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Forget the new normal. What we need right now is literature that turns the whole concept of “normal” on its head, building worlds that put...

    $15
  • Fri 7

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #57

    May 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    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
  • Fri 7

    Soul Sister Revue w/ Yona Harvey, Tarfia Faizullah, Dante Micheaux & More

    May 7, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join Soul Sister Revue for its anniversary show as we turn 8 years strong and ask the question “What does Soul mean to you?” Readers include Yona Harvey (You...

    Free
  • Fri 7

    Words out Loud Spoken Word Series

    May 7, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Featuring Angie Dribben and Ken Waldman reading from their poetry, plus literary trivia quiz, and open mic. Angie Dribben’s debut collection, Everygirl, a finalist for...

    Free
  • Sat 8

    Virtual Event: Stephanie Wildman and Emma Bland Smith

    May 8, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT
    online CA, United States

    Join us for story time with Stephanie Wildman and Emma Bland Smith on Saturday, May 8 at 12pm PT to celebrate, Brave in the Water,...

    Free
  • Sat 8

    David Mitchell in conversation with Pico Iyer

    May 8, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT
    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: David Mitchell in conversation with Pico Iyer Saturday, May 8, 2021 2:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS David Mitchell is the award-winning and bestselling...

    $29
  • Sat 8

    Mule Kick Blues Book Release with Anne Waldman and Eileen Myles

    May 8, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Book Launch for Mule Kick Blues: And Last Poems published by City Lights The last book by the late Beat Generation legend Michael McClure with Anne...

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