Escape From Quarantine Reading – a weekly online thing
a weekly digital gathering and poetry reading. join our weekly zoom chat to meet with friends without having to leave your house. this is a...
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30 events found.
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WHY WE SWIM with Bonnie Tsui, Daniel Handler, and Andrew Sean Greer
Join these three author-swimmers in a discussion of Bonnie Tsui's fascinating new book, Why We Swim. Join us here at 5pm PDT on Tueday, April 7! https://us04web.zoom.us/j/476150449?pwd=MGtobFBYWXFINHVOUTAzNWdiYXpidz09
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MFA Alumni Reading Featuring mai c. doan & Aiden Thomas
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesReception at 5:15 pm for newly admitted Mills graduate students, followed by readings. mai c. doan is poet and writer from Southern California. Her first...
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Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, live streamed from Bird & Beckett
Live Stream: https://www.facebook.com/bird.and.beckett/ Tongo Eisen-Martin, a child of the Bay Area, seemed to emerge full blown on the Bay Area poetry front in 2015 with...
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Odd Salon SF: System
Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesEarly bird tickets go on sale on March 3 through Friday March 13 only. ~ Salon details and speakers to be announced ~ Tuesday, April 7...
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Benicia First Tuesday Poets
Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., BeniciaBenicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.
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Litquake on Lockdown: ZYZZYVA’s 35th Anniversary Issue Release
Celebrate ZYZZYVA's 35th anniversary issue, to be released in early April, with contributors from the issue which includes such authors and writers as Bryan Washington,...
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Ellen Bass, Indigo at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesIndigo merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complex grey areas. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved...
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Chris Carlsson Book Launch at The Green Arcade
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesHidden San Francisco is a guidebook like no other. Chris Carlsson (of Shaping San Francisco and Foundsf fame) peels back the layers of San Francisco’s history to reveal a storied...
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C Pam Zhang: How Much of These Hills is Gold
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesC Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel How Much of These Hills is Gold. Praise for How Much of These Hills is Gold "C Pam Zhang's...
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Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in Conversation
A fundraiser for Pegasus Books About this Event It's a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place....
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Cody Simpson / Prince Neptune
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts Cody Simpson for his first book, Prince Neptune. Join us! Please note: This is a ticketed event, to be held at Booksmith (1644 Haight St.). The price...
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Mari Coates with Peg Alford Pursell / Launch for The Pelton Papers
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts the launch party for Mari Coates and her new novel The Pelton Papers. She'll be in conversation with Peg Alford Pursell (A Girl Goes into...
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Litquake on Lockdown: We All Want to Change the World
Fiction writers are often told – by teachers, editors, and agents – that politics and literature don’t mix. But in these times of political polarization...
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Robert Williams at City Lights Books
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRobert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination published by Fantagraphics Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination is a comprehensive, career-spanning collection of the iconic painter's...
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Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition #2
This week Lyrics & Dirges Ether Edition features Maw Shein Win, Vernon Keeve III, and Amanda Moore Learn about our readers by visiting their bio...
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Mari Coates with Peg Alford Pursell / Launch for The Pelton Papers
Booksmith hosts the launch party for Mari Coates and her new novel The Pelton Papers. She'll be in conversation with Peg Alford Pursell (A Girl Goes into the Forest). PLEASE...
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Kathy Valentine: All I Ever Wanted
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesKathy Valentine, bassist for The Go-Go's, discusses her new memoir All I Ever Wanted. About All I Ever Wanted Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine’s story is a...
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Take Place: SFSU Reading & Open Mic
This is a time for all of us to come together and support one another & our SFSU writing community. Join us on Zoom for our...
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Litquake on Lockdown: Bring the World into Your Home with World Editions
Let's connect our global literary community in a time of closed borders. Hear World Editions authors read from their works, discuss the current situation in...
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The Racket : View From A Room
We're doing a weekly event, every week until we're allowed out into the blinding light of the future. This week: VIEW FROM A ROOM Great...
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Melville House @ City Lights
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMelville House Publishers is celebrated by City Lights! Three authors with recently released books join us for an evening of spirited discussion Malcolm Harris in conversation...
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Susan Briante and Valyntina Grenier at Wolfman Books
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesBriante and Grenier Take Heart and Deface the Monument at Wolfman. ABOUT OUR BOOKS: "Fever Dream / Take Heart is a doubled poetry book....
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Poetry Center Book Award Reading: Ashley Toliver and Jason Bayani, reading and in conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us for this reading by Poetry Center Book Award winner Ashley Toliver, for her work Spectra (Coffee House Press, 2018). She'll be joined by...
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Mental Health Comedy Hour presented by Strut!
Join us virtually this Thursday, April 9th, at 7pm PST! At the Mental Health Comedy Hour "We're not OK, and that's OK!" Mental Health Comedy...
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Namwali Serpell & Carmen Maria Machado
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears in the series Social Studies Namwali Serpell is a Zambian writer who teaches at the University of California,...
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Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘Twitterpated’
Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThursday, April 9th, 2020 at the Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA Remember: Bang-O at 7:00 PM, Stories at 8:00 PM Want a sample...
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Zoom Forward! #3 with Irene Reti, Cameron Vanderscoff, and Sarah Rabkin
Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #3 with Irene Reti, Cameron Vanderscoff, and Sarah Rabkin part of the Zoom...
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National Poetry Month: Stegner Fellows Reading + Happy Hour!
The Ruby 23rd and bryant street, san franciscoJoin us for a special Ruby happy hour in honor of National Poetry Month featuring readings by Monica Sok, Safia Elfhillo, Claire Meuschke, and Taneum...
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National Poetry Month: Stegner Fellows VIRTUAL Reading
Join us for a special VIRTUAL Ruby gathering in honor of National Poetry Month featuring readings by Monica Sok, Safia Elfhillo, Claire Meuschke, and Taneum Bambrick;...
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