• David L. Eng: Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation

    UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library 30 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States

    In Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation David L. Eng draws on psychoanalytic case histories from the mid-1990s to the present to explore how first- and second-generation...

    Free
  • Family Sacrifices: Book Talk with Dr. Russell Jeung

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    The first book based on national survey data on Asian American religious practices, Family Sacrifices is a seminal text on the fastest-growing racial group in...

    Free
  • The Racket #36 : SOUND

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    To celebrate our third year of existence we've decided to tap the senses, to trod upon that which is most audible, to get a bunch...

    Free
  • Joyce E. Young at Poetry Express Nov 18

    Poetry Express 1585 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Open Mic + free (except for restaurant purchases) 7pm. 11/18/2019 Joyce E. Young is the author of How it Happens, published by Nomadic Press. Her...

    Free
  • East Bay Release for Disasterama! at Badass Bookworm’s Lit Loft

    The Legionnaire Saloon 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us for the East Bay release of "Disasterama", Alvin Orloff's fantabulous new memoir of '90's SF wild club kid, AIDS-activism, agitprop performance, and homocore...

    Free
  • Andrew McAfee

    SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Andrew McAfee, an MIT scientist and bestselling author, studies how modern digital technologies are reshaping our world.   Tickets will go on sale one month...

    TBA
  • Love in the Time of Piñatas

    Z Below 470 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Written and Performed by Baruch Porras Hernandez Directed by Richard A. Mosqueda You’ve been invited! Join the writer, comedian, and solo performer Baruch Porras Hernandez...

    $25
  • Ingrid Rojas Contreras

    Writing Studio @ CCA 195 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree (Doubleday) is an Indie Next selection, a Barnes &...

    Free
  • Savannah Shange

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    discussing the subject of her new book Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco from Duke University Press San Francisco is the endgame...

  • Raquel Salas Rivera and Carina del Valle Schorske

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    AUTHOR Raquel Salas Rivera Raquel Salas Rivera is the 2018-19 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. They are the author of while they sleep (under the bed is another...

  • Liska Jacobs: The Worst Kind of Want

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Liska Jacobs discusses her new novel, The Worst Kind of Want with Rita Bullwinkel. About The Worst Kind of Want A trip to Italy reignites a woman’s desires...

    Free
  • Marilyn Chin & Genny Lim

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    CO-SPONSORED BY PEN WEST MARILYN CHIN's new book of poems is A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems. Adrienne Rich said,...

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  • Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 pm Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning...

  • Berkeley Slam with Asha!

    The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry...

    $7 – $10
  • Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library

    Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Ave, San Jose , CA, United States

    Feature: Linda Lappin Willow Glen Library 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San José, CA, 95125 (408) 808-3045 or (408) 266-1361 Free and open to the public. Linda...

    Free
  • Jerome Rothenberg

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    celebrating two new books The President of Desolation & Other Poems from Black Widow Press The Mystery of False Attachments from Word Palace Jerome Rothenberg is an internationally...

  • Bay Area Generations #75: Literary Salon | Foster City

    Penelope's Coffee & Tea 3 Plaza View Ln, Ste N, Foster City, CA, United States

    Bay Area Generations: Literary Salon #75 Thursday, November 21, 2019 7-9pm at Penelope's Coffee & Tea, Foster City A literary salon featuring curated works of...

    $10
  • Eric Thurm: Avidly Reads Board Games

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Eric Thurm joins us to discuss his new book, Avidly Reads Board Games. Historic board games including, Busted!, a game from the 1970s about trying to start...

    Free
  • The Best Small Fictions 2019

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us to celebrate the release of The Best Small Fictions 2019 with readings by Lori Sambol Brody, Natalie Hernandez, Joy Lanzendorfer, Kim Magowan, J.L. Montavon, and Kara...

    Free
  • Ben Lerner

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In conversation with Maggie Nelson Genre-bending poet, novelist, essayist, and critic Ben Lerner has received fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, Howard, and MacArthur Foundations. His...

    $29
  • Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Thad Carhart

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Thad Carhart (and introduced by L. John Harris) discussing Sciolino's new book The Seine: The River that Made Paris. A soulful,...

  • Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Donations will be...

    Free
  • Moscow Conceptualism: New Translations from the Russian

    Geballe Room at the Townsend Center for the Humanities 220 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Official Site: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/moscow-conceptualism-new-translations-from-the-russian/ A spate of new translations is bringing the writers and artists of Moscow Conceptualism to an English-language readership for the first time....

    Free
  • KSW Presents “A History of Our Naming”

    Arc Studios & Gallery 1246 Folsom St., San Francisco, California

    Kearny Street Workshop's bi-monthly reading series celebrates new poetry releases by Michelle Peñaloza and Đỗ Nguyên Mai. About this Event On Friday, November 22nd, KSW...

    $8 – $20
  • The Bridge: Between Poetry and Improv

    StageWerx 466 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Have your heart twisted and tickled by this hilarious and inspiring show that blends some of the best slam poetry and improvised comedy the Bay...

    $15
  • A World Without Wars – Part 1

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    IN CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE 6TH OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM ANTHOLOGY MAHNAZ BADIHIAN JIM NORMINGTON JOHN CURL BARBARA PASCHKE NELLIE WONG RAFAEL JESUS GONZALEZ LYNNE BARNES...

    Free
  • Egypt + Holiday Potluck

    Nomadic Press/Fairmount 111 Fairmount Ave, Oakland, CA

    Holidays can be difficult for many of us. Join us in Fellowship Hall (at the Oakland Peace Center—entrance off of 29th Street) as we band...

    Free