Joan Baranow & Joan Aleshire
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandThis reading will feature a festive book launch for JOAN BARANOW’s new book of poems, In the Next Life. Alicia Suskin Ostriker says, “The lilt...
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Book Talk: Child of the Moon by Jessica Semaan
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesIn her debut collection, Semaan offers an upfront & moving glimpse into the true nature of healing: an imperfect, nonlinear journey. "Child of the Moon"...
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Enduring Struggle, Enduring Spirits
San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesENDURING STRUGGLE, ENDURING SPIRITS: Remembering Steve Abbott and Karl Tierney on World AIDS Day Location: Latino/Hispanic meeting room, Lower Level, San Francisco Public Library, 100...
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Scarlett Sabet
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from her new collection of poetry Camille Scarlett Sabet is a London based poet and performer. Her poetry has been featured in GQ, Tatler, Constellation Magazine, The Violet Book and Dazed...
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Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesReadings by Daniel Ari, Colby Cotton, Caroline Goodwin, and Ari Moskowitz Hosted by Peter Kline Daniel Ari serves as poet laureate of Richmond, California and...
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Beasts of Bourbon II
The Legionnaire Saloon 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United StatesBeasts of Bourbon returns with a stellar lineup of kick ass writers poets and musicians to close out the New Year with it's second edition...
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Word for Word presents Alice Sola Kim
Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWord for Word presents ALICE SOLA KIM An Off the Page Reading Monday, December 2, 7 PM at Z Below Off the Page staged readings...
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The Racket #37: Holiday
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe holidays are a tinsel covered monster, roughly entangled in twinkling lights, half-choked on a nutcracker doll. The kind of slavering nog-soaked beast that comes...
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Book Release for STENCILS and Celebration of the Life and Art of David King
3rd Floor McRoskey Mattress Loft 1687 Market Street, San FranciscoThis event had been planned for some time as a launch party for David King's long-overdue monograph featuring his iconic stencil-only designs. Sadly, David passed...
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The Bushwick Book Club Oakland – – There, There
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome The Bushwick Book Club Oakland on Sunday, November 3rd, from 6:30-8 pm (doors at 6). **Please Note** This event will take...
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Second Stutter Annual Release Party
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHosted by Solomon Rino with readings by George Albon, Laura Moriarty, Joseph Lease, and Norma Cole Second Stutter is a San Francisco based literary journal...
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Becoming Eve with Abby Chava Stein
CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesAbby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of eighteenth-century...
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Mimi Lok: Last of Her Name
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMimi Lok discusses her new book, Last Of Her Name, with Rachel Khong. Praise for Last Of Her Name "Last of Her Name is a mesmerizing and...
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Dave Eggers / The Captain and the Glory
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWhen the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader vows to step forward. Though he has...
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How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell: Book Discussion and Author Visit!
The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san francisco"I’m suggesting that we protect our spaces and our time for non-instrumental, noncommercial activity and thought, for maintenance, for care, for conviviality." —Jenny Odell Join...
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My Life, My Stories / Intergenerational Holiday Party
Red Victorian 1665 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWhen was the last time you went to a party with someone older than 70 who was not your grandma? Let's celebrate 2019 together! Please...
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Charlton D. McIlwain in conversation with E. David Ellington
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCharlton D. McIlwain in conversation with E. David Ellington discussing Charlton D. McIlwain's new book Black Software: The Internet, Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to...
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Michael Frank: What is Missing
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMichael Frank discusses his new novel What Is Missing with Lindsey Crittenden. Praise for What Is Missing "Michael Frank’s masterful and psychologically acute first novel—which leads us with...
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Lunch Poems: Margaret Ross
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMargaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations appear in The New Republic, The Paris Review, and POETRY. Her honors include...
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Teen Poetry Night
Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United StatesA night for teens recite their original work. Teens from local high schools will perform: “A mic for your poem, your breath, and your soul....
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Peter Kline and Susan Steinberg
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPeter Kline discusses his new poetry collection Mirrorforms with Susan Steinberg. Praise for Mirrorforms In Mirrorforms, Peter Kline has invented and perfected a new poetic form; in and...
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Dan Pfeiffer
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA, United StatesI'm incredibly grateful to be able to be part of something that I think makes a small bit of difference in helping people cope with...
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Wherever There’s a Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading
Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United StatesCome celebrate the 10th Anniversary Edition of Wherever There's a Fight, Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi's sweeping story of the social movements and activists who...
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After Hours: Jose Antonio Vargas
Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United StatesFriday, December 6th | 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Pultizer Prize-winning journalist and author of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, Jose Antonio Vargas is one...
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The George Oppen Memorial Lecture: Tyrone Williams
The Unitarian Center 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center is honored to host Tyrone Williams, presenting this year's annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, in its 34th iteration since the inaugural talk in 1985. The...
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A World Without Wars – Part 2
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesIN CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE 6TH OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM ANTHOLOGY NINA SERRANO ARNOLDO GARCIA JULIE ROGERS DIEGO DE LEO JEANNE POWELL CAROL DENNEY NILOUFAR TALEBI...
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Adam Mansbach & W. Kamau Bell
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAdam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, humorist, and cultural critic, as well as the author of the “children’s books” Go the F*** to Sleep and You Have to F***king...
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Soul Food for Thought Open Mic Night
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesCome to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers - all are welcome here! December 6th, the one and only Randy James...
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East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest
Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, CA, United States2019 marks the 10th year of EBABZ! This year, we’re “Renewing Our Vows” with a gaudy, affectionate, wedding-themed fest. Whether you’re tabling, volunteering or browsing,...
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Lightning Strikes: A benefit for Saint Mary’s Rising Writers
Dolby Chadwick Gallery 210 Post Street, Suite 205, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDATE & TIME: Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. LOCATION: Dolby Chadwick Gallery 210 Post St #205, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA View a...
$150 – $500