Linda Sarsour / We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders
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...
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Patrice Vecchione, My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United Statesookshop 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...
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Alka Joshi: The Henna Artist w/ Anita Amirrezvani
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesJoin 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...
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Alexandra Chang
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAlexandra 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...
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Alexandra Chang at Green Apple Books
Green Apple Books 9th Avenue 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAlexandra 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...
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Holloway Reading Series: A Memorial for Sean Bonney
Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFree -
Lyric & Dirges: Ether Edition #1
Join us for the launching of Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition We have a new format and the same literary wonderland. Our inaugural virtual reading...
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Beth Lisick
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreads 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...
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Jane Hirshfield / Ledger
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United Statesreads 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,...
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Hilary Leichter, Mary South, Rita Bullwinkel, & R.O. Kwon
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHilary 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...
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Lunch Poems: Mary Jo Bang
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMary 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...
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Screenside Chat #1: Thea Matthews, MK Chavez, JP Howard
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...
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Canceled: Cowboy & Other Poems: Alejandro Albarrán Polanco and Rachel Galvin
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMexican poet Alejandro Albarrán Polanco joins poet and translator Rachel Galvin to talk about his chapbook, Cowboy & Other Poems, from Ugly Duckling Presse. About Cowboy...
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YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES… ONLINE!
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...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Poets for National Poetry Month
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...
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Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading 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...
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Carolyn Forche, In the Lateness of the World at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome celebrated poet Carolyn Forché for a reading and signing of In the Lateness of the World—her new poetry collection of uncanny...
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Monica Sok: A Nail the Evening Hangs On
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMonica Sok discusses her debut poetry collection, A Nail the Evening Hangs On, with Barbara Jane Reyes. Praise for A Nail the Evening Hangs On “Sok’s...
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Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #3
FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Donate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the "ticket" link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Beth Lisick and “Edie on the Green Screen”
Beth Lisick's canceled book tour for her debut novel transmogrifies into an at-home spoken word and music performance with her husband, musician and studio wizard...
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Bess Kalb / Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
Booksmith hosts a live-stream with Bess Kalb for her new book Nobody Will Tell You This but Me. Please join us … we'll be streaming on our Facebook page!...
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Luiza, Colleen, and Audra Have a Book Party at Wolfman Books
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesLuiza Flynn-Goodlett, winner of the Charlotte Mew Prize, and Colleen McKee and Audra Puchalski, finalists for the Charlotte Mew Prize, read from their chapbooks, all...
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Poetry with Jeanne Heuving, Eleni Stecopoulos and Susan Gevirtz
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJeanne Heuving’s latest book is Mood Indigo, selva oscura press (2019) and she is the co-editor, along with Tyrone Williams, of Inciting Poetics: Thinking and Writing Poetry (Recencies Series,...
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About Last Night: A One Night Stand Storytelling Series April
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAbout Last Night - Join us for an evening of laughter, sex positivity and of course hilariously true one night stand stories. 7 brave souls...
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Bay Area Poets Coalition
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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BINDERY: Kate Radford / Drought
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special evening with Kate Radford, a sonic poetry performance and book release. Drought is fusing contemporary poetry, cinematic landscapes and electronic...
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Litquake on Lockdown: “Home Baked” Booty Shake
In the seventies, when author Alia Volz was tucked into in her stroller, her parents ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, an underground bakery that delivered more...
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Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor of Welcome to Night Vale / The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor of Welcome to Night Vale for their new novel, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly...
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Smack Dab Queer Open Mic Online!
We are giving ONLINE Smack Dab Queer & Trans Open Mic a try. Meet us on Zoom at our usual time :) Smack Dab Queer...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Met Cute–The Happy Side of Gay Romance
In these stressful times, everyone could use a little fun. Because sometimes loving goes best with laughter, four bestselling authors of gay romance read from...
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