Rachel Richardson, Tess Taylor + Kimberly Grey
Kimberly Grey, Rachel Richardson, and Tess Taylor read poems from their new collections.
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Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States
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May Story Showdown w/ Wonder Dave
Awaken Cafe 1429 Broadway, Oakland , CA, United StatesWinner takes home $200 cash prize, second place $70, third place $50 and all other contestants get $20! Audience picks the winner!
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HELLA CLOSE: Stories of Black Queer Intimacy
Strut 470 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin RADAR Productions on our signature series, Hella Close, part of our year-long Queering the Castro program!
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Literary Death Match 61st Event
Elbo Room 647 Valencia Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFour writers read their own work for five minutes or less, and are then judged by three all-star judges.
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Writers With Drinks: Kay, Choo, Lau, Booth, + Waldman
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAll proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.
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Arlene Biala + Aida Salazar
Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLUNADA is the Bay Area’s only full moon bilingual literary ritual & performance gathering devoted to spoken word, música, song, and story.
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Julien Poirier + Joanne Kyger
Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United StatesAn Afternoon with City Lights Publishing.
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Chana Bloch, Christina García + Jane Hirshfield
DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United StatesExtraordinary Rendition: American Writers on Palestine brings together the work of sixty-five prominent writers to examine America’s culpability in the denial of human rights and dignity to Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and beyond.
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Alicia Jo Rabins: Songs + Poems
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesPortland-based writer and musician Alicia Jo Rabins weaves together poetry, violin, a loop pedal, and feminist Bible scholarship to create performances of unique and captivating beauty.
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Chris McCormick: The Desert Boys
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDesert Boys follows the life of Daley Kushner, growing up, coming out, and grappling with the remnants of his childhood in California’s Mojave Desert.
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Nick Bantock: The Pharos Gate
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe Pharos Gate rejoices in the book as physical object, weaving together word and image in beautifully illustrated postcards and removable letters that reveal a sensual and metaphysical romance, one full of mystery and intrigue.
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The Epicenter: Adam Haslett w/ Jane Ciabattari
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 2550 Mission Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLitquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of Adam Haslett's newest novel Imagine Me Gone. Haslett will be in conversation with Jane Ciabattari. Book sales and signing to follow.
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David Schneider: Crowded by Beauty
DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United StatesCrowded by Beauty chronicles the course of Whalen's life, focusing on his unique, eccentric, humorous, and literary-religious practice.
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Geoff Dyer + Pico Iyer
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United Statespart of On Art & Politics series.
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Rosalind Brackenbury: The Third Swimmer
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesRosalind Brackenbury reads from her extraordinary novel, The Third Swimmer.
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Jennifer Dwight
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJennifer Dwight has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area's legal community, the setting for her upcoming suspense novel, for more than 30 years.
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Jose Gutierrez + Tracey Knapp
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesReadings.
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Jo Baker
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesFrom the best-selling author of Longbourn, a stunning new novel that follows an unnamed writer--Samuel Beckett--whose life and extraordinary literary gift are permanently shaped in the forge of war.
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Carol Snow + Brian Teare
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBoth reading from new poetry collections!
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Nomadic Press Author Readings
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesWe are proud to print all of our books locally in Oakland, CA. We strongly believe in supporting local authors, publishers, and printers and growing together.
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Dana Gioia: 99 Poems
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesWe are so honored to bring the newly appointed Poet Laureate of California, Dana Gioia, to celebrate the publication of his new collection.
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Bookswap Goes Incognito w/ Carolina De Robertis
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us for the paperback release party! Your ticket includes a copy of The Gods of Tango, an open bar and snacks, delicious cheese from the California Artisan Cheese Guild, discounts, hang time with Carolina De Robertis, and other surprises.
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Anne Waldman + Friends
Hyatt Regency San Francisco 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThere are few living American poets today who bring to our literary table the artistic achievement, influence, and multi-faceted artistic production of Anne Waldman.
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Conditional Love: Lonely Christopher, Maxe Crandall & Kevin Lo
Small Press Distribution 1341 7th Street, Berkeley , CA, United StatesSPD PRESENTS is a monthly reading series with the aim of fostering relationships between emerging writers and readers in our national small press community.
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Saturday Night Special: A “Sullied” Open Mic
Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis month at SNS, we're celebrating the sullied. The damaged, the impure, the tainted, tarnished, spoiled, polluted and defiled. Bring us your filthy poems, your ruined stories, your glorious poisonous words. We want to eat them up.
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Bay Area Poets Coalition: Special Biennial Event
San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesA special biennial poetry event!
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Nomadic Press All Stars
SAFEhouse Arts 1 Grove St., San Francisco , CA, United StatesThis event is FREE and OPEN to the public. There will also be light refreshments and the opportunity to meet and talk with the performers.
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Kwame Alexander
Central Library, Berkeley Public Library 2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, CA, United StatesAuthor, poet and educator Kwame Alexander, winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and a 2015 Coretta Scott King author medal.
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Happy Hour Stories Goes Classic!
Pegasus Books on Solano 1855 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThis month, join us for an hour of our favorite classics - Greek, Roman, epics, etc. ...As always, stories served up with a delicious cocktail.
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You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose, & Everything Goes
The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.
$10