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Word for Word presents SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” An Off the Page Reading
Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMonday, September 17 | 7 PM at Z Below Directed by Delia MacDougall Off the Page staged readings are the first step in developing a...
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POETS! – Sharon Doubiago + Bill Bradd, followed by an open mic
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPOETS! - Sharon Doubiago + Bill Bradd, followed by an open mic
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BOOKSMITH: Terese Svoboda with Dean Rader / Anything That Burns You: A Portrait of Lola Ridge, Radical Poet
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts a special evening with NY-based Terese Svoboda, in town as a Headlands Artist In Residence and to celebrate the publication of Anything That Burns You: A Portrait...
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Margaret Randall celebrating the release of Time’s Language: Collected Poems
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating the release of Time's Language: Collected Poems from Wings Press Ultimately, there are two kinds of poets: those who have a long vitae and...
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GET LIT #40 (MUSIC BY TBD)
Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesDoors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts)...
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Roni Ben Hur – Harvie S – Sylvia Cuenca
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRoni Ben Hur - Harvie S - Sylvia Cuenca
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Lisa Hanawalt: Coyote Doggirl
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesTuesday, September 18, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Lisa Hanawalt presents and signs Coyote Doggirl BoJack Horseman producer / production designer and award-winning cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt presents Coyote Doggirl....
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Maxim Loskutoff (Come West and See) and Mikkel Rosengaard (The Invention of Ana)
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts a special evening of readings by Maxim Loskutoff (Come West and See) and Mikkel Rosengaard (The Invention of Ana). Please join us! Come West and...
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Peter Phillips discussing the subject of his new book Giants: The Global Power Elite
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesGiants: The Global Power Elite By Peter Phillips Introduction by William I. Robinson published by Seven Stories Press Who holds the purse strings to the...
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Lisa Hanawalt
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLisa Hanawalt discusses her new graphic novel, Coyote Doggirl. Praise for Coyote Doggirl "Lisa's work is a reminder of the limitless boundaries of one's imagination. She...
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Creative Writing Reading Series with Kevin Young
Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United StatesCreative Writing Reading Series with Kevin Young DATE & TIME: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge,...
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Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesWednesday, September 19, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Lyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring...
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H O L L O W A Y : R E A D I N G : S E R I E S Roberto Harrison
Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesRoberto Harrison READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Forrest Gander in conversation with Jonathan Santlofer (moderated by Susan Steinberg)
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating two new books: Be With - by Forrest Gander - from New Directions Widows Notebook - by Jonathan Santlofer - from Penguin Books about Be With: Drawing...
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InsideStorytime IN EXTREMIS
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesThursday September 20th, 7-9pm, will feature Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar (The Map of Salt and Stars), Rita Bullwinkel (Belly Up), Philip Harris (The Flowers In My Mothers' Name), Kate Folk, and Steven Black.
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Marin Poetry Center 2018 Anthology Launch Thursday, September 20, 7pm
Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United StatesThe annual event to launch the Marin Poetry Center is always popular. Come join us to start the Marin Poetry Center fall season and read...
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MK Chavez and Heather June Gibbons, reading and in conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us for this reading by Bay Area poets MK Chavez and Heather June Gibbons. We'll be helping to debut the first full-length book, Her Mouth As Souvenir, by...
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Readings by R. O. Kwon, Anisse Gross, Rachel Khong, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Caille Millner, Esmé Weijun Wang, and Colin Winnette
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a very special evening of readings with one of San Francisco's longest-running writing groups! It all started in 2003, when some friends in...
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Denise Clifton
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesDenise Clifton discusses her new book, Tables from the Rubble: How the Restaurants That Arose After the Great Quake of 1906 Still Feed San Francisco Today....
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The story of the Spear of Longinus: Terry Tarnoff discusses his novel “The Thousand Year Journey of Tobias Parker”
Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAuthor Terry Tarnoff discusses his novel The Thousand Year Journey of Tobias Parker with special focus on the story of the Spear of Longinus.
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Valerie Wallace, Daniel Handler and Kevin Simmonds
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesValerie Wallace discusses her new poetry collection, House of McQueen with Daniel Handler and Kevin Simmonds. Praise for House of McQueen “How does a writer begin to...
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THE DAILY
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMichael Barbaro In Conversation with Kevin Roose Co-presented with The New York Times Friday, September 21, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400...
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BOOK RELEASE: NOMADIC PRESS’ FALL 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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Dickson Lam
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesDickson Lam is author of Paper Sons: A Memoir. Lam’s work has appeared in StoryQuarterly, the Kenyon Review Online, Hyphen Magazine, the Normal School, PANK, the Good Men Project, the Rumpus, and Kartika Review. He...
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Katya Apekina, Bryan Hurt, and Lisa Locascio
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special afternoon of readings from new books by Katya Apekina (The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish), Bryan Hurt (Everyone Wants to be Ambassador...
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POETRY EVENT!
Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesFeatured readers tba Curated by Aakash Tyagi
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Jane Ira Bloom Quartet – Improvising Emily Dickinson
SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJazz’s greatest living soprano saxophonist performs with her spectacular quartet including pianist Dawn Clement, bassist Mark Helias, and drummer Bobby Previte. Possessing a painterly style...
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Jackson Burgess
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPlease join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street Sunday, September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Jackson Burgess as he reads from his newest poetry collection...
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KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesKarl Ove Knausgaard was born in Norway in 1968. His debut novel Out of This World won the Norwegian Critics Prize in 2004 and his A Time for Everything was...
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