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  • Ramona Ausubel

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    New collection!

  • Two Lines Launch Party: Celebrating Women in Translation

    Churchill’s Office 194 Church St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    This year we’re dedicating the annual launch of Two Lines to women in translation! Join us for a poetry reading celebrating women in translation: both those being translated...

    Free

  • SISTER SPIT TOUR 2018: QTPOC Cruising the West

    The Stud Bar 399 9th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    🌙An evening of provocation, feelings, analysis, astrology & shade🌙 Thursday, March 15th 7pm SLIDING SCALE $15-$20 @ The STUD ************************************************* In 2018 Sister Spit celebrates...

    $15 – $20

  • David Henderson, reading and in conversation

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us, as David Henderson makes a rare appearance back in San Francisco from his long-time home on New York’s Lower East Side, reading and...

    Free

  • Sarah McBride / Tomorrow Will Be Different

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Please join us for an evening with Sarah McBride, who celebrates the launch of Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality....

    Free

  • Peggy Orenstein

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

    The author of Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter delivers her first ever collection of essays--funny, poignant, deeply personal and sharply observed pieces, drawn from three decades...

    Free

  • Peggy Orenstein

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

    The author of Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter delivers her first ever collection of essays--funny, poignant, deeply personal and sharply observed pieces, drawn from three decades...

    Free

  • After Hours: Teen Poetry Slam

    Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    azz Hudson emcees as teens compete in an event that is part performance, part spoken word. Contestants often draw upon racial, economic, and gender injustices and...

    Free

  • Mallory Ortberg reads from The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Mallory Ortberg, co-creator of The Toast, reads from her new book, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror. A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and...

    Free

  • Berkeley Talks: W. Kamau Bell

    Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Cultural commentator, radio and television host, and comedian W. Kamau Bell combines humor with astute social commentary. The Berkeley resident and self-proclaimed "blerd"--or, black nerd--...

    $30

  • KASSIDAT: Spoken word and music

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    With your host Bloodflower Details soon

    Free

  • Don George

    SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United States

    National Geographic has called Don George “a legendary travel writer and editor.” Don’s new book is The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George. He also...

    Free

  • Scarlett Sabet & Janaka Stucky

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

    reading from new works Scarlett Sabet is a London based poet and performer. She wrote, directed and starred in her poetic short film "Burning" which was...

    Free

  • Get Lit #34 (Music by TBD)

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts)...

    $10 – $25

  • Cheston Knapp and Matthew Zapruder

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

    Cheston Knapp discusses his new essay collection, Up Up, Down Down with Matthew Zapruder. Praise for Up Up, Down Down "Full of wit and disquiet, Cheston Knapp’s Up...

    Free

  • Michael David Lukas: The Last Watchman of Old Cairo

    Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Michael David Lukas reads from The Last Watchman of Old Cairo -- the spellbinding new novel from the author of the internationally bestselling, The Oracle of Stamboul.   ABOUT THE...

    Free

  • Terry Patten / A New Republic of the Heart

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith is excited to host an evening with Terry Patten, who will read from and discuss his new book A New Republic of the Heart: An...

    Free

  • Junot Diaz

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power...

    $5 – $25

  • Joyce Carol Oates

    Mechanics Institute 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Renowned author Joyce Carol Oates discusses her new collection of short stories, "Beautiful Days."

    $10 – $20

  • Kathleen Winter

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Please join us on Clement street on Wednesday, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome poet Kathleen Winter who will read from her latest collection I will...

    Free

  • Robert Hass / David Koehn

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

    Omnidawn Press presents David Koehn celebrating the release of Compendium: Donald Justice's Prosody Syllabus  Edited by David Koehn & Alan Soldofsky published by Omnidawn Books...

    Free