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  • Backyard #7: Death and Taxes

    Backyard 917 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Revenue agent and/or grim reaper costumes encouraged. Free, though donations of cash and beer will be accepted.

  • Esme Wang + Amy Berkowitz

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

    Esme Weijun Wang will discuss her debut novel, The Border of Paradise.

  • Red Light Lit: Quantum Entanglement

    Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Red Light Lit is thrilled to be part of the Jewish Community Center's UNINHIBITED: ABOUT SEX series. Smack in the middle of a progressive city known for its pride and sex-positivity, the JCCSF offers a safe space to explore topics that matter – in this case sex, in all of its fascinating and multifaceted glory.

    $20

  • Maw Shein Win

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    She is a poetry editor for Rivet and was an Artist In Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts.

  • Writers on Writing: Jandy Nelson

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Young adult fiction writer Jandy Nelson reads from and discusses her work.

  • Jennifer Egan

    Stanford University 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

    A Reading with Jennifer Egan, Part of the Lane Lecture Series.

  • Julien Poirier: Out of Print

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

    Release party for his new poetry collection!

  • Paolo Bacigalupi

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

    Pegasus Books presents Paolo Bacigalupi, on his paperback tour for The Water Knife.

  • Write Club SF Chapter 50: Only Happy When It Rains

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

    WRITE CLUB is 3 rounds of 2 writers going head to head over a pair of opposing topics with 7 minutes each—7 MINUTES ONLY—to sway the crowd.

  • Porter Shreve

    Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    Free and open to the public.

  • Two Voices Salon: Chris Clarke on Modiano

    Center for the Art of Translation office 582 Market St #700, San Francisco, CA, United States

    We'll kick off the evening as usual with a short discussion of what's new in translation and what we're reading now. Come prepared to join the conversation!

  • Litquake: A Spring Poets Supper

    Gardenias 1963 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    April is not the cruelest month when you can enjoy a spring-inspired feast of food and poetry at Gardenias restaurant in San Francisco!

    $75 – $125

  • HELLA CLOSE: Stories of Intimacy by Sex Workers

    Books Inc. In the Castro 2275 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join RADAR Productions on our signature series, Hella Close, part of our year-long Queering the Castro program!

  • Karen Melander Magoon + Miguel Robles

    Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series!

  • InsideStoryTime SUPERPOWERS

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Note: this event was originally to take place at the Make-out Room but had to relocate -- apologies for any confusion.)

  • Sinan Antoon

    Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United States

    Sinan Antoon (Baghdad, 1967) is a poet, novelist, scholar, and translator.

  • Write of Way Literary Festival

    San Francisco Art Institute 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Come celebrate independent literature!

  • Kuwentuhan (Talkstory) Collective Performance

    McRoskey Mattress Company, Inc 1687 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    *$5 low income, free to SFSU students and Poetry Center.

    $5 – $10

  • Yuri Herrera + Aaron Bady

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

    Yuri Herrera, author of staff favorite Signs Preceding the End of the World, discusses his new novel, The Transmigration of Bodies, with Aaron Bady.

  • Esmé Weijun Wang + Ranbir Singh Sidhu

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Esmé Weijun Wang and Ranbir Singh Sidhu to the store to discuss and compare their two debut novels.

  • Christos Ikonomou + Anne Germanacos

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

    Christos Ikonomou in conversation with Anne Germanacos about his English-language debut, Something Will Happen, You'll See.

  • Billy Collins + Aimee Mann

    Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA, United States

    A rare evening of poetry, acoustic music, and conversation about the creative process.

    $18 – $30

  • Mixed-genre reading w/ Hahn, Morduchovich, + O’Hare

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    LET'S BURN THIS MOTHERFUCKER TO THE GROUND! presents: Mixed-genre reading featuring Ben Hahn, Giovanna Morduchovich, Isobel O'Hare.

  • Jung Yun: Shelter

    Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera, CA, United States

    This book is a masterfully crafted debut novel that asks what it means to provide for one's family and, in answer, delivers a story as riveting as it is profound.

  • Writers on Writing: Hugo García Manríquez

    San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Hugo García Manríquez’s most recent book is Anti-Humboldt: A Reading of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Litmus Press/Aldus Editorial).