Patrick Earl Ryan in conversation with Jewelle Gomez
onlineNew Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer, icon, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ discuss writing, queerness, and If We Were Electric Join us for a...
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Conversations with Authors – Jane Smiley (Virtual Event)
Jane Smiley’s latest novel, Perestroika in Paris, is a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris. Jane is...
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Safety & The First Amendment – Holiday Fundraiser
onlineThe San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) will host its annual holiday fundraiser online this year and it is dedicated to the intriguing theme of...
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MandoMeet
Join CHSA for a chance to learn Mandarin with specialist Kathy Yang! Kathy is an expert Mandarin teacher. For our MandoMeet sessions, all levels of...
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VIRTUAL: Claire Marie Stancek with Dan Beachy-Quick & Jennifer Firestone / wyrd] bird
Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Claire Marie Stancek for her new book of poems, wyrd] bird. She's joined by Dan Beachy-Quick and Jennifer...
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Conversations with Authors – David Harris (Virtual Event)
David Harris’s newest release, My Country ‘Tis of Thee: Reporting, Sallies, and Other Confessions is a wide-ranging and incisive anthology conveying the spirit of the 1960s and '70s....
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How to Pitch Electric Lit
CrowdcastFor freelancers, writing an essay, feature, or opinion piece doesn’t start when you type the first line. It starts with the pitch. Having a topic...
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Eliot Weinberger and Forrest Gander: A celebration of Angels & Saints
Eliot Weinberger, called "one of the world's greatest essayists" by the New York Times, is joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize winner Forrest Gander to...
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Alta Asks Live: Lynell George
Alta Asks Live: Lynell George Wednesday, December 16 at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time Octavia E. Butler’s work is as relevant as ever, and her journey...
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Conversations with Authors – Ruby Bridges (Virtual Event)
From civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges comes a powerful new book, This Is Your Time—the first book from Bridges in over twenty years, released to coincide...
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How to Get Published in The Commuter
CrowdcastUnlike most literary magazines, The Commuter chooses its weekly piece of poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative almost exclusively from unsolicited submissions—9 out of 10...
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WALTER MOSLEY IN CONVERSATION WITH CBC HOST JOHN FREEMAN
Devil in a Blue Dress BY WALTER MOSLEY Mosley’s celebrated 1990 novel introduces readers to Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, a World War II veteran who turns...
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HIGH DAWN: Noah Ross, S*an D. Henry-Smith, Jamie Townsend, Topazu, Subset
onlineSmall Press Traffic and UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium present HIGH DAWN 4 Readings by Noah Ross and S*an D. Henry-Smith Introduced by Jamie Townsend Music...
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Elif Shafak
reading and discussing her new novel 10 minutes 38 seconds in This Strange World published by Bloomsbury Books ---- This is a virtual event that...
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James Sullivan – Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett (Virtual Event)
In conversation with Tom Barbash Thursday, December 19, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET • Virtual Event In the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a thrilling and vividly...
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“A Christmas Memory” read by Thomas Lynch–virtually
BYOF (Bring Your Own Fruitcake) and settle in for this traditional Mrs. Dalloway's event. This year it will be a bit different, like everything else:...
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Intro to Flash Fiction
VirtualSurprise the Line presents a special one-time guest workshop led by experienced writers on a topic of their choosing every first Saturday of the month. This...
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Poems to Make You Laugh & Cry
Please join us for Poems to Make You Laugh & Cry, a special virtual event honoring the late local poet Peter McLaughlin. To evoke Pete, poets...
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Virtual Class: Wendy Walsh – Continuing the Journey with Dante’s Purgatorio (via Zoom)
Continue the journey with Dante on Zoom! Join Wendy Walsh for the reading and study of Purgatorio, the second cantica of Dante’s Commedia. Dante and Virgil begin...
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh | GGP Online Book Club
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh | GGP Online Book Club | Tue. Jan. 5 @ 7 PM PST Please join us...
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh | GGP Online Book Club
Please join us on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of My Year of Rest and Relaxation...
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Conversations with Authors – Alex Davies (Virtual Event)
Alex Davies’ Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car tells the dramatic, colorful story of the quest to develop driverless cars—and the fierce competition between Google, Uber,...
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Winter Reading Program Mixer
VIRTUAL EVENT: WINTER READING PROGRAM MIXER Whether you are looking for your next read or just starting our Winter Reading Program, join our booksellers for a...
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Winter Reading Program Mixer
VIRTUAL EVENT: WINTER READING PROGRAM MIXER Whether you are looking for your next read or just starting our Winter Reading Program, join our booksellers for a...
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Words Out Loud Spoken Word Series
MD, United StatesImogen Arate and John Blair read from their poetry. Plus open mic and literary trivia quiz. Imogen Arate is an award-winning Asian-American poet and writer...
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Virtual Event: Danielle Hawa Tarigha
JOIN US ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 AT 12PM PT WHEN DANIELLE HAWA TARIGHA DISCUSSES HER BOOK, UPLIFT AND EMPOWER: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING EXTREME POVERTY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION ON...
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Poetry & Short Stories Reading
Join us for a virtual poetry & short stories reading featuring Brian Dempster (Seize), Caroline Kim (The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories), and...
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Daniel Mason in Conversation with Diane Del Signore–virtually
Discussing Mason's most recent book A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth, winner of the Simpson Library Project Joyce Carol Oates Prize and the Northern California...
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Online Intensive Literary Seminar Series – Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy What if the best way to end 2020 is to read “the greatest work of literature of all time”*?? Anna...
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Now What?
An Evening with the Editor and Contributors of Now What? The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump. Where Do We Go From Chaos? As Jon...