Open Mic Poetry! Boom!
THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San FranciscoDoors open at 6:30PM and poetry starts at 7PM-10PM. Everyone is welcome! Helen Hyojoo Kang as always will be MC'ing for the evening, so come...
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Mark Sarvas and Marie Mockett
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMark Sarvas discusses his new novel, Memento Park, with Marie Mockett. Praise for Memento Park "Mark Sarvas has written a gripping mystery novel about art that...
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Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Lyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is...
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Graduate Student Reading Series
Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United StatesCurated and hosted by a committee of graduate students, the Graduate Student Reading Series showcases the dynamic and welcoming arts community here at Saint Mary’s College....
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LEGACY OF POETRY SLAM: FINALS
Student Union Theater, San Jose State University 1 Washington Square, San Jose , CA, United StatesThe Legacy of Poetry Slam’s purpose is to promote poetry as a vital art form with a broad authorship. The diversity of poetry in the...
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Legacy of Poetry Slam: Finals
Student Union Theater, San Jose State University 1 Washington Square, San Jose , CA, United StatesThe Legacy of Poetry Slam’s purpose is to promote poetry as a vital art form with a broad authorship. The diversity of poetry in the...
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Matthew Dickman and Emily Strelow
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMatthew Dickman celebrates the release of a new poetry collection Wonderland from W.W. Norton Emily Strelow celebrates the release of her new novel The Wild Birds from...
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InsideStoryTime: Symptoms
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesTeadings from Pola Oloixarac (Savage Theories), Raina Leon (Profeta Without Refuge), Anne-christine d'Adesky (The Pox Lover), Eryk Salvaggio (Antlers), and Faruk Ates.
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Kirstin Chen / Bury What We Cannot Take
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery is thrilled to host Kirstin Chen as she launches her new novel Bury What We Cannot Take. Join us! One summer day in 1957, nine-year-old...
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Michael David Lukas
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United Statesreads from his new novel, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo. "A beautiful, richly textured novel, ambitious and delicately crafted."-- Rabih Alameddine Thursday, March 22, 2018...
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Leonard Mlodinow with Michael Shermer
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesOut of the exploratory instincts that allowed our ancestors to prosper hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans developed a cognitive style that Mlodinow terms...
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Filth & Fantasy: The Next Crystal Text Book Release & Art Rave
El Rio 3158 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe've got a new book +++ we've got a new non-linear age, join us for the release of our shiniest new book The Next Crystal...
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Two Languages / One Community w/ Poets Chun Yu and Michael Warr
Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United StatesOver the course of three workshops, participants will be guided by the authors through structured exercises, individually, and in small groups, with the goal of...
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Gearbox Poetry
Gearbox Gallery 770 nW. Grand, OaklandPlease join us for an afternoon of poetry! We meet the fourth Saturday every month. Gearbox Poetry Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Gearbox Gallery 770...
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Book Release: Nomadic Press’ Spring 2018 Chapbook Collection
Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for an amazing evening of readings, live music, gnosh / refreshments, and friends of Nomadic Press as we...
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National Geographic and the White Gaze
DESAI | MATTA GALLERY, CIIS Main Building 1453 Mission Street, San FranciscoPlease join us for an artists' talk and book party with Michelle Dizon and Viet Le in conversation with Laura Fantone and Targol Mesbah. In...
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Bay Area Generations #55
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesBay Area Generations Show #55 Monday, March 26th, 2018 READERS A literary salon featuring a curated selection of San Francisco Bay Area poets, writers and...
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The Racket #17 : Ghosts
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe're seven months from Halloween, but what the hell, let's talk about GHOSTS. The ones that haunt mansions, the ones that haunt our pasts, the...
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Luis Alberto Urrea
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesBookshop welcomes award winning author Luis Alberto Urrea for a book discussion and signing of The House of Broken Angels. In his final days, beloved and...
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THE RACKET! #17
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesDetails soon! Hosted by Noah B. Sanders
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Writers on Writing: Michael Nava
San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMichael Nava reads from and discusses his fiction work.
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Fady Joudah
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesFady Joudah's fourth poetry collection is Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance.
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Katherine Applegate
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesMeet beloved author Katherine Applegate and fall in love with Wishtree, a heartwarming story that reveals the powers of love, healing, and community Red is an...
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Songs of Dismantling: Standing as Witness in the 21st Century
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPoets Randall Mann and Fernando Pérez read poetry and discuss the poetic experience as a method of cultural healing moderated by Ingrid Rojas Contreras A night of reading and...
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Jimmy O. Yang
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJimmy O. Yang is an actor, stand-up comedian, and writer best known for his portrayal of Jian Yang on HBO’s Emmy-nominated series Silicon Valley and his dramatic turn...
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Sébastien Régnier and Barbara Browning / Who the Hell is Imre Lodbrog?
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery welcomes Sébastien Régnier and Barbara Browning for a reading and live music in celebration of their new book, Who the Hell is Imre Lodbrog?. Join us!...
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THERE
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesNEXT THERE: THERE 22 – Friday, April 20, 2018, with award-winning Oakland author Nayomi Munaweera, local novelist Yang Huang, East Bay writer Stevan Cavalier and the debut...
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Ally Carter at the Livermore Public Library
Livermore Public Library 1188 S. Livermore Ave., LivermoreJoin us as we welcome Ally Carter to the Livermore Public Library for an author talk and book signing! Ally Carter is the author of...
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Perfectly Queer East Bay Reading “Lesbian Romance Novels”
Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United StatesPerfectly Queer East Bay presents "Lesbian Romance Novels," 4 authors reading from new books, Wednesday, March 28, 7pm Laurel Book Store, 1423 Broadway, Oakland. Free...
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Zachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesZachary Lazar with special guests The Kitchen Sisters celebrating the release of Zachary Lazar's new novel VENGEANCE from Catapult Books Zachary Lazar's powerful and...
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