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  • Random Poetics

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    What is poetry? What is the poet’s role? Is there a future for this ancient art? Does poetry constitute An ideology Poet Neeli Cherkovski will...

  • Poetry Flash

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Sunday, April 7 3:00pm EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday, April 7th at 3pm. This month...

  • RACHEL CUSK In Conversation with Steven Winn

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

    RACHEL CUSK In Conversation with Steven Winn Monday, April 8, 2019, 9:00 am Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Rachel Cusk is a writer of...

    $29
  • Eddy Portnoy

    Gallery Chat and Book Signing: Eddy Portnoy

    Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Eddy Portnoy, best-selling author of "Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press," returns with more stories about Jews behaving badly...

    Free – $14

  • Non-Fiction Discussion Group

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Continental Army under an unsure George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle) evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the...

  • Natalie Devora at Alameda Authors Series 3

    Alameda Free Library 1550 Oak Street, Alameda

    For the third year, AAUW Alameda presents a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda and nearby, now co-sponsored by...

    Free

  • Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz

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

    discussing Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment published by City Lights Books "Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Loaded is like a blast of fresh air. She is no...

  • Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 - 7:00PM A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship...

  • Roz Chast & Patricia Marx on Mothers

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    Much beloved, utterly genius contributors to The New Yorker for decades, the inimitable cartoonist Roz Chast and wry humorist Patricia Marx have now joined forces...

    $15 – $35

  • DESTINY BEYOND EARTH: INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL & IMMORTALITY WITH DR. MICHIO KAKU

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

    DESTINY BEYOND EARTH: INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL & IMMORTALITY WITH DR. MICHIO KAKU In Conversation with Alexis Madrigal Monday, April 8, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Conversations...

    $29
  • Ruth Reichl by Michael Singer

    Literary Cafe presents: RUTH REICHL

    Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts 200 N. San Pedro Rd, San Rafael

    Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the risk (and the job) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous, high-stakes world...

    $40 – $55

  • Claudia Castro Luna

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    MFA Alumnae Reading & Reception Tuesday April 9, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room Reception at 5:15 for newly admitted graduate students, followed...

  • DISCOVERY

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us at Public Works SF for six stories of rigorous inquiry and accidental revelations, seeking the unfamiliar and encountering the unknown, and uncovering the...

    $12 – $25

  • Poets Michael Brownstein an Julien Poirier

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Poet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book, Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations, includes provocative poems such as “After Patriarchy Collapses and Capitalism Crumbles,”...

    Free

  • Happy Endings

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Because everyone deserves a Happy Ending!

    $10

  • Poet Michael Brownstein

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tuesday, Apr 09, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Poet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book, Let’s Burn...

  • RUTH REICHL In Conversation with Steven Winn

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

    RUTH REICHL In Conversation with Steven Winn Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Ruth Reichl is the bestselling author...

    $29

  • Rachel Howard Book Launch

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

    Rachel Howard joins us to launch her new novel, The Risk of Us. Praise for The Risk of Us “An emotionally complex and amazingly suspenseful novel...

  • Freud’s Bar – – details to come!

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Wednesday April 10 6:30pm Ad Event EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is pleased to host another installment of Freud's Bar on Wednesday, April 10th at 6:30pm. Presenter tbd. Are you...

  • A Fire Story: Brian Fies

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

    Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist whose past projects include the graphic novels Mom’s Cancer and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow, and...

    Free

  • Book Club

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm

  • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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

    reading from Minutes of Glory and Other Stories published by The New Press A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls...

  • Ruth Reichl, Save Me the Plums

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This...

  • STILL PROCESSING with Jenna Wortham & Wesley Morris

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

    STILL PROCESSING with Jenna Wortham & Wesley Morris Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Co-presented with The New...

    $35

  • Leslie Carol Roberts

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

    Leslie Carol Roberts discusses her new book, Here Is Where I Walk. About Here is Where I Walk It is in the Presidio of San Francisco,...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A “Weekly” Reading Series

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

    Wednesday, April 10, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series In celebration of National Poetry Month, our flagship reading series...

  • Lori Ostlund

    Hagerty Lounge, SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga , CA, United States

    Lori Ostlund’s first book, a story collection entitled The Bigness of the World, won the Flannery O’Connor Award, the California Book Award for First Fiction, and the...