As we protect our most vulnerable populations from COVID-19 and practice social distancing, Foglifter is responding to the marginalized communities’ necessary call to maintain connection...
Jane Hirshfield reads from her new collection of poems, Ledger. About Ledger: From one of our most celebrated contemporary poets--long-listed for the National Book Award...
Scandal is "an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage." Whether it's the short skirt your mom wore,...
Bay Area Antioch Reading Series is a quarterly reading series curated and sponsored by alumni of Antioch University MFA Program in Creative Writing. BAARS no.2...
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...
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...
Booksmith hosts Jon Mooallem (Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America) for his new book This Is Chance!:...
Aaron Shurin is the author of fourteen books of poetry and prose, most recently The Blue Absolute, just out from Nightboat Books. Other works include:...
a weekly digital gathering and poetry reading. join our weekly zoom chat to meet with friends without having to leave your house. this is a...
Booksmith hosts Jon Mooallem (Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America) for his new book This Is Chance!: The...
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A Room of One’s Own- Virtual Reading Series- FICTION night If you, like the rest of us, are feeling isolated with a sudden and vast...
Binational publisher Archive 48, dedicated to Mexican and U.S. literature, launches its U.S. wing with the first-ever English translation of an important work by Jose...
Berkeley Arts & Letters presents an evening with Women's March co-organizer Linda Sarsour for her memoir, We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders. Please join us! Please note: This...
PLEASE NOTE: Due to public health concerns around the coronavirus, this will be a virtual event live-streamed on our Facebook page. Please join us! Berkeley...
ookshop welcomes acclaimed local poet, editor, and teacher Patrice Vecchione (Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience) for a celebration of her newest...
Join us for an event with Alka Joshi, your favorite new novelist, in conversation with Anita Amirrezvani. We know you'll love Alka's debut, The Henna...
Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel, Days of Distraction. Praise for Days of Distraction “A startlingly original and deeply moving debut—kaleidoscopic, funny, heart-rending, beautifully observed, and...
Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel, Days of Distraction. Praise for Days of Distraction “A startlingly original and deeply moving debut—kaleidoscopic, funny, heart-rending, beautifully observed, and...
Join us for the launching of Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition We have a new format and the same literary wonderland. Our inaugural virtual reading...
reads from Edie On The Green Screen: A Novel published by 7.13 Books City Lights welcomes back Beth Lisick to celebrate her debut novel from...
reads from her new volume of poetry Ledger, a book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning from the internationally renowned poet named "among the modern masters" (Washington Post). Wednesday,...
Hilary Leichter and Mary South discuss their new works, Temporary and You Will Never Be Forgotten, with Rita Bullwinkel and R.O. Kwon. Praise for Temporary “A narrative so...
Mary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing, Louise in Love, The Last Two Seconds, and Elegy, which received the National Book...
Join us for our first Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque engaging readings...
Mexican poet Alejandro Albarrán Polanco joins poet and translator Rachel Galvin to talk about his chapbook, Cowboy & Other Poems, from Ugly Duckling Presse. About Cowboy...
You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk & the You're Going to Die Team! Yeah. It's...
Join Litquake for our annual National Poetry Month celebration, for readings from some of America's best poets: Kazim Ali, Tongo Eisen-Martin, and Jane Hirshfield. Curated...
reading from The Mountains Sing from Workman Publishing Company "An epic account of Việt Nam's painful 20th century history, both vast in scope and intimate...