Emerging Writers Festival Day 1
Co-sponsored by the English department and MFA program, the Emerging Writers Festival features two days of readings by five up-and-coming writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
30 events found.
Events
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FR 125 - Maraschi Room, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United States
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Holloway Reading Series: Frank B. Wilderson, III
Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFree reading with Frank B. Wilderson, III
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The 2015-2016 Steinbeck Fellows
Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, SJSU 1 Washington Square , San Jose , CA, United StatesJoin the CLA and the Steinbeck Center for readings by this year’s Steinbeck Fellows Candace Eros Diaz, Jennie Lin, and Gabriel Thompson.
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Jewelle Gomez: The Gilda Stories
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCelebrating the expanded 25th anniversary edition!
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2016 One Book One Marin Culminating Event – The Martian
Angelico Hall, Dominican University 20 Olive Ave, San Rafael, CA, United StatesAndy Weir’s acclaimed science fiction novel, The Martian, has been selected as the 2016 honoree for One Book One Marin. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, One Book One Marin seeks to build a stronger, enriched community through community dialogue, and the exploration of literature and culture.
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Aaron Shurin: The Skin of Meaning
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesFueled by gender and queer studies and combined with radical traditions in poetry, Shurin’s essays combine a highly personal and lyrical vision with a trenchant social analysis of poetry’s possibilities.
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Sarah Manguso
Soda Center, Claeys Lounge SMC 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United StatesSarah Manguso is the author, most recently, of the memoirs Ongoingness, The Guardians, and The Two Kinds of Decay.
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Molly Prentiss + Tom Barbash
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMolly Prentiss reads from and discusses her debut novel, Tuesday Nights in 1980, with Tom Barbash.
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Emerging Writers Festival Day 2
Fromm Hall - FR 120 - Xavier Auditorium, USF 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Festival's second day will include readings from Naomi J. Williams and Jill Talbot, followed by the panel discussion.
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Fireside Storytelling: ACHILLES HEEL
The Institute of Possibility 3359 Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us at the next Fireside as six storytellers share their tales of that one … fateful … thing … that spelled their downfall.
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Story Hour: Zoë Ferraris
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesReading + Book signing.
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Jessica Knoll: Luckiest Girl Alive
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis is her first book!
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Write from the Gut #11
Wework Golden Gate 25 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAmazing writers serving up their best works-in-progress for you to enjoy!
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Poetry Circle
Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesCome, participate in the friendly atmosphere, share a ready ear, read aloud (or recite), and let the words do their weave and swing and work.
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Bob Booker + Maria Medina Serafin
Readers Bookstore Fort Mason Center, Building C, San Francisco, CA, United StatesProceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
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MY FAULT is OUR FAULT: a book celebration
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesLeora Fridman's first book is happening, and in celebration let's gather to share things!
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Kemper Donovan: The Decent Proposal
Books Inc. in The Marina 2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesKemper Donovan shares his debut novel, The Decent Proposal.
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Why There Are Words: “Rhyme or Reason”
Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United StatesWhy There Are Words takes place every second Thursday of the month, and is the brainchild of curator and host Peg Alford Pursell.
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Anne Waldman
Timken Lecture Hall, CCA San Francisco Campus 1111 Eighth Street , San Francisco , CA, United StatesWaldman will sign copies of her books following the lecture.
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After Hours: Your Story Was This
Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United StatesAn immersive performance installation integrates Fain’s choreography with three poems by Jane Hirshfield, embedded in an original score by Dan Wool.
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Kim Dower: Last Train to the Missing Planet
Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesCritically-acclaimed poet Kim Dower reads from her extraordinary new poetry collection, Last Train to the Missing Planet.
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TMI Storytelling Variety Show: Relation Shipwrecked
Geoffrey's Inner Circle 410 14th St, Oakland, CA, United StatesThis month's theme is "Relation Shipwrecked," stories about love gone awry. The show starts at 7:30 but let's meet up at seven so we can all have a drink before the show with Gina.
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Terrence Brewer + Youth Speaks
SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSan Francisco’s own Terrence Brewer and his Quartet join Tammy Vaitai, Youth Speaks Poet Mentor Fellow, for an interactive program of music and verse.
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Rolling Writers: Doubles
Rolling Out Cafe 1722 Taraval St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesA Freaky Saturday criss–cross: writers pair up to read each other’s work, songwriters cover each other’s songs.
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Macaroni Necklace #5.2: Woltag, Hume, Wilson + Muhammad
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMacaroni Necklace is a Bay Area DIY literary zine dedicated to publishing (mostly) poets, fiction writers, and text-based artists who have yet to published a full-length collection.
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Youth Speaks: Grand Slam Finals
Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGrand Slam Finals will take place at the historic Davies Symphony Hall on Saturday, April 16 at 7:30pm. This culminating event will serve as the catalyst to our milestone 20th Anniversary Celebration.
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Spring Open House
Mess Hall, Headlands Center for the Arts 944 Simmonds Road, Sausalito , CA, United StatesCome roam the various buildings of our campus, engage with artists in their studios, experience new work and works in progress, see performances, hear readings, and stay for a housemade lunch in the Mess Hall.
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Alana Apfel
DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United StatesDIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Alana Apfel to the store to discuss and sign Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities.
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Poetry Flash: Drew Dillhunt and Angela Hume
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesAs part of Poetry Month, Pegasus Books and Poetry Flash present Drew Dillhunt and Angela Hume.
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Poetry in Motion Festival
Rafael Film Center 1118 4th St, San Rafael, CA, United StatesTwo events on writers Sonia Sanchez + Alice Walker!
$7 – $11