Charlie Jane Anders
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesThe Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards all agree on Charlie Jane Anders, as do the devotees of her stunning 2016 achievement in literary science fiction,...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from Minutes of Glory and Other Stories published by The New Press A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi...
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Nona Caspers and Friends
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. San Francisco,, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us to celebrate Nona Caspers' latest book, the novel, The Fifth Woman. Publisher’s Weekly said, “This gem of a collection is a transcendent portrayal...
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Folkland Book Club featuring books from Small Press Distribution
Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, OaklandJoin us for a monthly book club featuring titles from Small Press Distribution. Pick up a free copy of our February book at the January...
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Jan Steckel and Tom Odegard at #we
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States#we presents Tom Odegard speaking on "Being Intersex" and reading poetry on the subject, and Jan Steckel speaking on “Bi Babes in the Woods” and reading...
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Lloyd Kahn
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesA Celebration of The Pacific Ocean: Lloyd Kahn's Latest Book, Driftwood Shacks: Anonymous Architecture Along the California Coast from Shelter Publications Preceded by Discussion and Vintage...
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Renowned SF Poet Lew Ellingham Celebrates Birthday With Book Launch
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCome celebrate Lew Ellingham's 80+ (?) birthday wherein he will launch his new book, 2018; new narrative exponent, poet, and playwright Kevin Killian talks about...
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Jill Abramson: This Is Now with Angie Coiro
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesOne of the news media's most qualified voices examines critical information battlegrounds: old media vs. new, documented veracity vs. clickbait. Jill Abramson follows four companies—...
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REBECCA SOLNIT
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBuy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Rebecca Solnit is an incisive voice on topics ranging from feminism to the environment, western and indigenous history to literary criticism,...
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BERKELEY ARTS & LETTERS: Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI
Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBerkeley Arts & Letters presents a panel discussion on the future of artificial intelligence and the nature of human existence. Please note: This event is...
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THE RACKET!
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesDetails soon! Hosted by Noah B. Sanders
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Nayomi Munaweera
SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United StatesTHURSDAY February 28, 2019 7PM MLK Library, Room 225/229 San José State University Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by SJSU Professor of...
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Mikhail Iossel, author of Notes from Cyberground: Trumpland and My Old Soviet Feeling
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesIn Conversation with Will Durst Come to the scathing! Join Russian émigré Iossel (journalist, novelist) and the Bay's most illustrious political satirist Durst in what...
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Jen Beagin
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJen Beagin discusses her new novel, Vacuum in the Dark Praise for Jen Beagin “How can you resist a love story in which the object of...
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James Weeks: Meditations Across the Kings River
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesAbout the Book Tens of thousands of spiritual seekers around the world have been touched by James Weeks’s online essays and affirmations. Now in book...
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WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? Film screening and discussion with director Astra Taylor
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThursday, February 28, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Astra Taylor’s engagement with philosophy, democracy, and political organizing transcends form,...
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Lord: Edgar Garbelotto and Adam Morris on João Gilberto Noll
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Booksmith | 1644 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA RSVP Translators Edgar Garbelotto and Adam Morris join forces to discuss “one of Brazil’s true...
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Children’s Storyteller Series
Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United StatesCHILDREN'S STORYTELLER SERIES (6-7pm) Come enjoy a night with Adonal Foyle (Former Golden State Warriors NBA Player) reading from his children's book series "Too-Tall Foyle"....
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What Happened When I Stopped Watching TV Book Release Party
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States***Friday, March 1st, Wolfman Books, Downtown Oakland, 7:00pm*** The “What Happened When I Stopped Watching TV” Book Release Party Featuring Readings By Alec West Philip...
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Teen Poetry Open Mic
Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United StatesBring your poems, verses, spoken word pieces and prose to share at our Teen Open Mic, hosted by Vice Youth Poet Laureate - Oakland Samuel...
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After Hours – Record Listening Night: 1972
Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United StatesAfter Hours - Record Listening Night: 1972 Friday, March 1st · 7:00pm The year of the Watergate break-in, the first Price is Right, and the release...
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BAPC Open Poetry Reading
Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...
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Babylon Salon
The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBabylon Salon presents our Spring Reading Saturday, Mar 2, 2018, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring -- Joe Loya Joe...
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Story Time with Peter H. Reynolds
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesFrom the creator of the New York Times bestsellers The Word Collector and I Am Human comes an empowering story about finding your voice and...
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Poetry Flash presents a reading by Keith Emmons, Moondrifter Reverie, and Lisa Rosenberg, A Different Physics
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandPoetry Flash presents a reading by Keith Emmons, Moondrifter Reverie, and Lisa Rosenberg, A Different Physics, East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, wheelchair accessible, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com)
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Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesPlease join us on Sunday, March 3rd for an intimate evening of poetry at the next installment of Bazaar Writers Salon. Readings by Esther Lin,...
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Guy Kawasaki
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesA veritable icon of Silicon Valley, Kawasaki is the author of 14 books, including staples in the entrepreneur's library like The Art of the Start....
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THE WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD: NEUROSCIENCE OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN WITH DR. DANIEL SIEGEL
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn Conversation with Steven Winn Monday, March 4, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Conversations on Science Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Dr. Daniel Siegel is a...
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Morgan Parker
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMorgan Parker discusses her new poetry collection Magical Negro. Magical Negro is an archive of black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral...