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  • Jan Steckel at Poetry Express

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

    Jan Steckel will read from her new poetry book Like Flesh Covers Bone at Poetry Express, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, with open mic.

    Free

  • David Marriott

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

    Tuesday February 19, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room David Marriott is originally from the UK, but now lives in Oakland, California....

  • Ayesha Harruna Attah

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

    reading from The Hundred Wells of Salaga: A Novel published by Other Press Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom...

  • Inheritance

    Dani Shapiro

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Dani Shapiro returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to present Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love. "Identity is frail business, and in her searing story, Dani...

    Free
  • The Lumberjack's Dove

    Poetry at Pegasus: GennaRose Nethercott and Miriam Bird Greenberg

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

    GennaRose Nethercott’s book The Lumberjack’s Dove (Ecco/HarperCollins) was selected by Louise Glück as a winner of the National Poetry Series for 2017. She is also the lyricist...

    Free

  • Marlon James

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

     Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Marlon James is the author of the novels A Brief History of Seven Killings, John Crow’s Devil, and The Book of Night Women, all...

    $29

  • Who Are You?: Racial Classification and the Census

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Who Are You?: Racial Classification and the Census Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse How are individuals and groups racially classified, what...

    $10

  • Who Are You?: Racial Classification and the Census

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse How are individuals and groups racially classified, what are the meanings attached to different racial categories,...

    $10
  • The Lumberjack's Dove

    GennaRose Nethercott and Miriam Bird Greenberg

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    GennaRose Nethercott discusses her new collection, The Lumberjack's Dove with Miriam Bird Greenberg. Also featuring live shadow puppetry!   “Serious art does not need to be weighty or...

    Free
  • Daughter of Molokai

    Alan Brennert

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    reads from Daughter of Moloka'i, the sequel to his bestselling Moloka'i.

    Free
  • Dani Shapiro + Elizabeth Rosner

    Dani Shapiro in conversation with Elizabeth Rosner

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

    It was a simple test. Yet, the course of her life changed forever. Dani Shapiro, the award-winning author of bestselling novels like Hourglass, Devotion, and...

    $10 – $40
  • pegasus books downtown

    Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

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

    Lyrics & Dirges features a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to...

    Free

  • Meet Author Jasmine Guillory

    Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, Oakland

    Meet Jasmine Guillory, a writer, lawyer and Oaklander who has earned enthusiastic praise for her recent novels The Wedding Date and The Proposal. New York...

    Free
  • Story is the Thing

    Story is the Thing

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

    "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." -Muriel Rukeyser Reading starts at 7:30 pm. Light refreshments and conversation at 7:00 pm. Join us...

    $12

  • Chloe Aridjis

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

    reading from Sea Monsters: A Novel published by Catapult Press Pulsing to the soundtrack of Joy Division, Nick Cave, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, an...

  • Gloria Steinem: More Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

    The Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street, San Francisco

    Gloria Steinem in conversation with Favianna Rodriguez, moderated by Lauren Schiller. Thursday, February 21, 2019, 7 p.m. The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco,...

    $20.00
  • Welcome to Freedom Point

    Marina Mularz

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Marina Mularz discusses her new story collection, Welcome to Freedom Point. Praise for Welcome to Freedom Point "Fresh, witty, delightfully weird, Welcome to Freedom Point is equally infused...

    Free

  • Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...

    $12 – $15

  • Fourth Friday Formal: George Higgins and Charlotte Innes

    St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CA

    Oakland poet and actor, George Higgins, is a Cave Canem Fellow whose poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Pleiades, Nimrod, and others. About his...

    Free

  • George Higgins & Charlotte Innes

    St. Alban's Episcopal Church 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, CA

    George Higgins is an Oakland poet and actor. About his first book There, There (White Violet Press, 2013), Joan Aleshire wrote, “this book deepens our knowledge of how...

  • THERE 28

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    THERE 28  will be Friday, February 22, 2019, featuring brilliant Oakland memoirist Faith Adiele, equally amazing memoirist Reyna Grande, and poet MK Chavez, also of...

  • Creating Leonardo: Celebrating 500 Years of Leonardo’s Legacy

    Marines' Memorial Club 609 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Humanities West brings together a panel of noted scholars and performers for a two-day program of lectures, dramatic readings and music to celebrate and explore...

    $25 – $80

  • Clearly Meant presents James Cagney

    Claremont Branch, Berkeley Public Library 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    James Cagney is a poet from Oakland. He has performed in venues and museums throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. His first book, Black...

    Free

  • Bawdy Storytelling “Dirty Dozen”

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Saturday February 23rd, 2019 at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA) Remember: Bang-O at 6:00 PM, Stories at 7:00 PM (NOTE: This is...

    $25 – $65

  • Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Best of Bawdy’ (10 PM, SF)

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Saturday February 23rd, 2019 at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA) Remember: Bang-O at 9:30 PM, Stories at 10:00 PM (NOTE: This is...

    $25 – $65

  • Bay Area Chinese Writers Discuss their Writing

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    More than ten Chinese writers from the Bay Area will talk about their passion for literature and how and why they write. They will give...