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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171026T193000
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SUMMARY:Brittany Perham + Randall Mann
DESCRIPTION:Brittany Perham and Randall Mann discuss their new poetry collections with Susan Steinberg. \n\nPraise for Double Portrait \n“Double Portrait\, by turns playful\, mournful\, indulgent\, musical\, insightful\, and all the way human\, comes clean about our most driving desires. . . . Imaginative and familiar\, the result is full of humor that is both rueful and sensual.” Claudia Rankine \n“This unswerving ambitious work brings the reader on a wild and thrilling journey. The poems lead into a world where desire\, the body\, memory and invention are looked at in the bright light of language: nothing forgiven\, everything laid bare. . . . This is a wonderful\, compelling book with the qualities of the best writing\, both memorable and moving.” Eavan Boland \n“If you took the superabundant abandon of Olena Kalytiak Davis and crossed its wires with the graven psychological acuity of Louise Glück\, you might get a poet like Brittany Perham. Double Portrait is full of bracing poetry\, and arrives from deep inside the soulful solid. There may be a few other books as good as this published this year. There won’t be any better.” David Rivard \n\nAbout Double Portrait \n\nEach poem in this prize-winning collection links two portraits: child and parent\, lover and beloved\, citizen and country\, spirit and body\, living and dead. Each speaker investigates what it means to be in relationship to another: what does it mean to see and be seen\, to reflect and be reflected\, to address and be addressed? \n  \nAbout Proprietary \nIn Proprietary\, Randall Mann critiques corporate culture\, depicting (and slyly rebuking) the American materialism that erupted in the 1980s and has metastasized ever since. “Please consider / Ocean Beach / out of reach\,” he writes; in these poems\, nothing is beyond the reach of his acuity. \n  \nFor years\, Randall Mann has been hailed as one of contemporary American poetry’s most daring formalists\, expertly using craft as a way of exploring racy subjects with trenchant wit and aplomb. His new collection\, Proprietary\, depicts with the insights of a longtime insider the culture of corporate America\, in which he’s worked for years\, intertwined with some of his tried-and-true subjects\, including gay life in the wildly disparate worlds of San Francisco and northern Florida.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/brittany-perham-randall-mann/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171027T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171027T200000
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SUMMARY:¡Cuéntamelo! A Night of Celebration // Una Noche de Celebración
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of celebration featuring performances\, visual art\, and readings from ¡Cuéntamelo! by Juliana Delgado Lopera. ¡Cuéntamelo! is a collection of oral histories and illustrations from LGBT Spanish-speaking immigrants who arrived in the States between the 80’s and 90’s. ¡Cuéntamelo! is due to be released by Aunt Lute Books in November. For more info\, check out: http://www.auntlute.com/cuentamelo \nThis event is free and open to the public. Venue is ADA accessible. Food and refreshments will be provided. \nReserve free tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cuentamelo-a-night-of-celebration-una-noche-de-celebracion-tickets-37930964536
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cuentamelo-a-night-of-celebration-una-noche-de-celebracion/
LOCATION:THE LAUNDRY\, 3359 26th Street\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171027T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171027T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T041541Z
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SUMMARY:Multiple Poets Reading
DESCRIPTION:ASAP Offsite!\n8 pm doors\, 8:30 pm readings\n@ Wolfman No More Cops Free Health Care New Life Bookstore or Wolfman/New Life\, 644 40th St.\, Oakland \nw readings by Tonya M. Foster\, Angela Hume\, Sawako Nakayasu\, Samia Rahimtoola\, MG Roberts\, Jennifer Scappettone\, Lindsay Turner\, Stephanie Young \nRight off of MacArthur Bart stop \nPoets Tonya M. Foster\, Angela Hume\, Sawako Nakayasu\, Samia Rahimtoola\, MG Roberts\, Jennifer Scappettone\, Lindsay Turner\, Stephanie Young.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/multiple-poets-reading/
LOCATION:MacArthur Annex\, 644 40th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171028T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171028T180000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T021715Z
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SUMMARY:NaNoWriMo Kick-Off Party
DESCRIPTION:Please join the San Francisco regional chapter of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) for their annual Kick-Off Party at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight Street\, on 10/28\, from 3-6pm. \nWrite 50\,000 words in 30 days? We must be crazy! \nThousands of writers worldwide have stepped up to the challenge\, and we’re excited for another November to test ourselves\, make new friends\, and have a great time. \nKick-Off is open to anyone: long-time SFWrimos\, new participants\, the curious\, the incredulous. \nWe will gather together to meet and greet both new and veteran participants\, to share tips and tricks\, and to hold a raffle to make money to put towards our TGIO in December (That’s our Thank Goodness It’s Over party\, for theun-initiated). Any remaining funds will be donated to the NaNoWriMo non-profit in the name of our regional group. \nRaffle items include NaNoWriMo posters\, craft of writing books\, mugs for the copious amounts of tea and coffee you will drink in November\, and two gift certificates to The Booksmith. \nJoin us for an afternoon of camaraderie and good cheer ahead of another challenging\, fun November!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nanowrimo-kick-off-party/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171028T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171028T213000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T011329Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special Halloween Reading + Costume Contest
DESCRIPTION:Join Saturday Night Special for our 7th Annual Halloween Reading & Costume Contest! \nOur theme this year is: NIGHT CIRCUS\nInspired by the 2011 fantasy novel by Erin Morgenstern (written for NaNoWriMo; see book description following bios below.) Think Victorian; think noir; think black and white with a red scarf; think sexy\, or macabe; think fascinator hat; thing top hat; think burlesque; think lion tamer; think lion. Think fortune teller\, contortionist\, carnie. Think freak show. If you must\, think clown. Or just wear a mask– But really\, you can dress up as anything. We will have prizes for the best costumes. \nAs always\, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances on our optional theme (or any topic). \nOur October features are: Abe Becker and Kwan Booth\n— \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: The list is often full by 7:05pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself. Dance! \nAfter the reading and costume contest\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, October 28th\, 2017\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-halloween-reading-costume-contest/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171029T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171029T163000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171025T011450Z
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SUMMARY:Erika Mailman from The Murderer's Maid
DESCRIPTION:Join the Oakland launch party for The Murderer’s Maid at East Bay Booksellers\, and have a bloody cupcake on us! \nIn 1889\, Bridget joins the Borden household as their maid\, but something evil is brewing beneath the house’s genteel surface. In 2016\, Brooke hides from her dangerous past and avoids making friends. But what if it’s time to stop running? \nDescribed by Kirkus Reviews as “complex and riveting\,” The Murderer’s Maid brings the true story of the brutal murder of Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother into new focus by adding a riveting contemporary narrative.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/erika-mailman-from-the-murderers-maid/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="Yellow Pear Press":MAILTO:marketing@yellowpearpress.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171029T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171029T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171025T011344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171025T011344Z
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SUMMARY:SF in SF Presents: Women in Horror
DESCRIPTION:Female horror authors Erika Mailman\, Loren Rhoads\, and Dana Fredsti will read selections from their work and then answer questions on a panel moderated by author Terry Bisson. \nJoin us early for cupcakes\, candy\, snacks and drinks! \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sf-in-sf-presents-women-in-horror/
LOCATION:American Bookbinders Museum\, 355 Clementina St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171030T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171030T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T021115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171022T021115Z
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SUMMARY:The Racket #12
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 30th we’ll be welcome a bevy a talented readers – Joe Wadlington\, Pamela Alma Weymouth\, Allison Landa\, Allison Payne – as well as our featured reader\, Lucky Boy author\, Shanthi Sekeran. \nShanthi will be reading from the book as well as signing and answering questions. \nHosted by Noah Sanders
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-racket-12/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171031T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171031T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20170622T004623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170722T014246Z
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SUMMARY:Literary Luncheon: Isabel Allende
DESCRIPTION:In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident—which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster—a 60-year-old human rights scholar—hits the car of Evelyn Ortega—a young\, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala—in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor’s house seeking help. At a loss\, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Maraz—a 62-year-old lecturer from Chile—for her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil\, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia. \nExploring the timely issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees\, the book recalls Isabel Allende’s landmark novel The House of the Spirits in the way it embraces the cause of “humanity\, and it does so with passion\, humor\, and wisdom that transcend politics” (Jonathan Yardley\, The Washington Post). \nBorn in Peru and raised in Chile\, Isabel Allende is the author of a number of bestselling and critically acclaimed books\, including The House of the Spirits\, Eva Luna\, Stories of Eva Luna\, Of Love and Shadows\, and Paula. Her latest novel is The Japanese Lover. Her books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and have sold more than 65 million copies worldwide. She lives in California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/literary-luncheon-isabel-allende/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171031T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171031T203000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T020108Z
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SUMMARY:Pauline Craig + Stephen Kopel
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Tuesday evening in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco to hear poets from near and far read their work! \nTuesdays at North Beach is a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. Past guests have included Jonathan Richman\, Diane di Prima\, California Poet Laureate Al Young and freshly-discovered poets from our sister program\, Poets 11. \nThe series is presented by Friends and curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence\, Jack Hirschman.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pauline-craig-stephen-kopel/
LOCATION:North Beach\, SF Public Library\, 850 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171101T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171101T210000
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SUMMARY:Cristina García
DESCRIPTION:celebrating the release of \nHere In Berlin: A Novel \nfrom Counterpoint Press \n\nHere in Berlin is a portrait of a city through snapshots\, an excavation of the stories and ghosts of contemporary Berlin—its complex\, troubled past still pulsing in the air as it was during World War II. Critically acclaimed novelist Cristina García brings the people of this famed city to life\, their stories bristling with regret\, desire\, and longing. \nAn unnamed Visitor travels to Berlin with a camera looking for reckonings of her own. The city itself is a character—vibrant and postapocalyptic\, flat and featureless except for its rivers\, its lakes\, its legions of bicyclists. Here in Berlin she encounters a people’s history: the Cuban teen taken as a POW on a German submarine\, only to return home to a family who doesn’t believe him; the young Jewish scholar hidden in a sarcophagus until safe passage to England is found; the female lawyer haunted by a childhood of deprivation in the bombed-out suburbs of Berlin who still defends those accused of war crimes; a young nurse with a checkered past who joins the Reich at a medical facility more intent to dispense with the wounded than to heal them; and the son of a zookeeper at the Berlin Zoo\, fighting to keep the animals safe from both war and an increasingly starving populace. \nA meditation on war and mystery\, this is an exciting new work by one of our most gifted novelists\, one that seeks to align the stories of the past with the stories of the future. \n\nCristina García is the author of seven novels\, including Dreaming in Cuban\, a finalist for the National Book Award that just celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary; The Agüero Sisters\, Monkey Hunting\, A Handbook to Luck\, The Lady Matador’s Hotel\, and King of Cuba. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages. García has edited anthologies\, written children’s books\, published poetry\, and taught at universities nationwide. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cristina-garcia/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171101T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171101T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20170926T014550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171001T002836Z
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SUMMARY:Pandemonium Press: Día de la Muetros / Day of the Dead
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: TBA. An open mic follows the featured readers. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2021 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pandemonium-press-dia-de-la-muetros-day-of-the-dead/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171101T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171101T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20170930T000710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171007T020309Z
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SUMMARY:Kitty Stryker
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is proud to host Kitty Stryker for her latest work — an anthology — Ask: Building Consent Culture. Join us at THE BINDERY! \nHave you ever heard the phrase “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission?” Violating consent isn’t limited to sexual relationships\, and our discussions around consent shouldn’t be\, either. \nTo resist rape culture\, we need a consent culture—and one that is more than just reactionary. Left confined to intimate spaces\, consent will atrophy as theory that is never put into practice. The multi-layered power disparities of today’s world require a response sensitive to a wide range of lived experiences. \nIn Ask\, Kitty Stryker assembles a retinue of writers\, journalists\, and activists to examine how a cultural politic centered on consent can empower us outside the bedroom\, whether it’s at the doctor’s office\, interacting with law enforcement\, or calling out financial abuse within radical communities. More than a collection of essays\, Ask is a testimony and guide on the role that negated consent plays in our lives\, examining how we can take those first steps to reclaim it from institutionalized power.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kitty-stryker/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171102T121000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171102T125000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20170816T002004Z
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SUMMARY:Solmaz Sharif
DESCRIPTION:Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents\, Solmaz Sharif holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley\, where she studied and taught with June Jordan’s Poetry for the People\, and New York University. Her debut collection LOOK was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award and 2017 PEN Open Book Award. Sharif has received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is currently a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/solmaz-sharif/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171102T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171102T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20170929T232528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171007T020411Z
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SUMMARY:Poems from Far and Wide
DESCRIPTION:Founding editors of McSweeney’s Poetry Series\, Dominic Luxford and Jesse Nathan\, join Ilya Kaminsky and special guests to serve up a sharp collection of poems from around the globe and across generations in celebration of their curated poetry anthology In the Shape of a Human Body I Am Visiting the Earth: Poems from Far and Wide. 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poems-from-far-and-wide/
LOCATION:Churchill’s Office\, 194 Church St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171102T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171102T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T022322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171022T022322Z
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SUMMARY:Shipwreck Presents: The Stepford Wives
DESCRIPTION:Finish the ironing and give up your photography dreams: Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives gets the Shipwreck treatment on Thursday\, November 2 at 7PM. \nFeatured writers: Louis Evans\, Ash Fisher\, Returning Champ Ken Grobe\, Persephone Karnstein\, and one more TBA. \n$12 advance\, $15 door\, includes open bar for 21+. Tickets on sale now. \nWelcome\, Shipsters\, to San Francisco’s premier literary erotic fanfiction event. \nSix Great Writers destroy six notable characters from one Great Book on the first Thursday of every month at our home base\, the Booksmith in San Francisco. \nFics are blind-read by our Thespian-in-Residence\, Baruch Porras-Hernandez\, and you choose the best ship before the writers are unmasked. The winner is cast off from polite society\, and invited back the next month to defend their title.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shipwreck-presents-the-stepford-wives/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171102T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171102T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T025823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171022T025823Z
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SUMMARY:A Tribute to Michelle Gillett
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Gillett’s debut book of poems\, Coming About\, was selected for publication before her death from lung cancer in 2016. Daniel Tobin says of it\, “…Gillett’s insight is Rilkean in its wisdom.…In these fiercely honest poems\, knowledge of the fragility of things before ‘the ever-declining light’ keeps pace with a faith that knows always ‘some effect of the light keeps the dusk unfinished\,’ staving off the absolute dark. Coming About is a brave and beautiful book by a poet greatly gifted both in her humanity and her craft.” Born in 1948\, she lived in Stockbridge\, Massachusetts and was active in the arts and literary communities of the Berkshires. \nThe readers for the event will be:\nErin Gillett\, her daughter\, who graduated from UC Berkeley with a Masters degree in Architecture and works as an architectural designer and consultant. \nSarah Miller\, author of Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn and numerous essays. \nRobert Thomas\, author of Bridge\, fiction\, and the poetry collections Door to Door\, winner of the Poets Out Loud Prize\, selected by Yusef Komunyakaa\, and Dragging the Lake. He’s won a Pushcart Prize and received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. \nCarolyn West\, poet and storyteller.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-tribute-to-michelle-gillett/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171103T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171103T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20171022T005437Z
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SUMMARY:Tracy K. Smith
DESCRIPTION:MFA-Writing invites all to our weekly Fall reading series — we bring in today’s most vital voices for the benefit of the entire CCA community. This week’s visiting author is US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith (Ordinary Light\, Life On Mars).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tracy-k-smith-2/
LOCATION:California College of Arts\, 1111 8th Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171103T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171103T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T195641
CREATED:20170926T002647Z
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SUMMARY:The Wild Poets of Telegraph Hill
DESCRIPTION:A READING FROM THREE WORKS-IN-PROGRESS \nfeaturing PHIL COUSINEAU\, TERRY TARNOFF\, & MARK BITTNER \nIn the tradition of old North Beach\, when it was common for writers to share their current works\, Phil Cousineau\, Terry Tarnoff\, and Mark Bittner read from their latest novels and discuss what it’s like to live in—and write about—one of the world’s most iconic literary neighborhoods. \nMark Bittner is the author of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and stars in the acclaimed documentary of the same name. He is currently at work on a memoir about his eighteen years living on the streets of North Beach. He’s been on Telegraph Hill since 1973. \nTerry Tarnoff is the author of four novels and playwright of The Bone Man of Benares. He is currently at work on The Thousand Year Journey of Tobias Parker\, a kaleidoscopic novel set in North Beach that’s about to be re-released in a second edition. It recounts the story of one family’s curious destiny. Terry has lived on Telegraph Hill since 1978. \nPhil Cousineau is author of over forty books and twenty documentary films\, and is the co-host with Carlos Santana of the current PBS television series\, Global Spirit. Phil is working on his eagerly anticipated book that combines art history\, mythology\, and travel lore\, “Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo?” set partially in North Beach. He’s the “new guy in the hood\,” having lived on Telegraph Hill only since 1995\, but claims that he feels like he’s lived there all his life.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wild-poets-of-telegraph-hill/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:After Hours: Poetry Society of America Event
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Society of America (PSA) returns with their current national series\, Air This Pain & Alter It: What Can Poetry Do? Brenda Hillman\, Atsuro Riley\, and Brian Turner will read their own poems and others’\, showing the unique power of writing to effect change and speak to the moment. PSA Executive Director Alice Quinn moderates Q&A. \nMain Reading Room – 7:00pm\nWine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests. \nRegistration recommended. Click here to register.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/after-hours-poetry-society-of-america-event/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room\, Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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CREATED:20171022T021347Z
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SUMMARY:Cutting Edge Writers Reading for new great weather for MEDIA Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Cutting Edge Writers Reading for new great weather for MEDIA Anthology \nAlley Cat Books and great weather for MEDIA present a rollicking evening of cutting edge poets and prose writers from across the Bay Area and the U.S. They come together to celebrate the release of great weather’s new anthology\, The Other Side of Violet\, which features work by intense wordsmiths – including those you’ll hear tonight – along with interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding and award-winning poet and novelist Tim Z. Hernandez. Come prepared for revelations\, epiphanies\, and a few broad smiles. \nThis evening features writers from across the US and beyond\, including Jessica Barksdale (Oakland)\, Carol Dorf (Berkeley)\, Patrick Cahill (SF)\, Maw Shein Win (Poet Laureate of El Cerrito)\, Julian Mithra (Oakland)\, Jan Steckel (Oakland)\, Richard Loranger (Oakland)\, and great weather editor Jane Ormerod (from NY and UK). There will be a brief open mic to start the evening. \nBased in New York City\, great weather for MEDIA publishes established and emerging writers from across the United States and beyond. \nPlease stop by\, get yourself dangerously verbiaged up\, and pick up a copy of The Other Side of Violet to call your very own. \nRelease party for The Other Side of Violet \na reading by\nJessica Barksdale\nCarol Dorf\nPatrick Cahill\nMaw Shein Win\nJulian Mithra\nJan Steckel\nRichard Loranger\nand Jane Ormerod \nhosted by Jane Ormerod \nFriday\, November 3\n6:45 pm \nfree of charge \nAlley Cat Books\n3036 – 24th Street\nSan Francisco\, CA \nPERFORMER BIOS \nJessica Barksdale’s fourteenth novel\, The Burning Hour\, was published by Urban Farmhouse Press in April 2016. Her short stories\, poems\, and essays have appeared in\, or are forthcoming\, in Waccamaw Journal\, Salt Hill Journal\, Little Patuxent Review\, and So to Speak. She is a Professor of English at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill\, California\, and teaches novel writing online for UCLA Extension. In addition\, Jessica holds an MA in English Literature from San Francisco State University and an MFA from the Rainier Writers Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.\nPatrick Cahill co-edits Ambush Review\, a San Francisco based literary and arts magazine. He received his Ph.D. in History of Consciousness at UCSC. His poetry twice received the Central Coast Writers Award. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Left Curve\, San Francisco Peace and Hope\, Digging Our Poetic Roots\, Otoliths\, Aji\, Into The Void\, and riverbabble.\nCarol Dorf is the author of the chapbooks Theory Headed Dragon (Finishing Line Press) and Some Years Ask (Locofo Chaps\, Moria Press.) Her poetry appears in Sin Fronteras\, Antiphon\, The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics\, Scientific American\, Maintenant\, and Best of Indie Lit New England. Carol is poetry editor of Talking Writing and teaches mathematics in Berkeley. \nRichard Loranger is a writer\, performer\, visual artist\, and all around squeaky wheel\, currently residing in Oakland\, CA. His recent book of flash prose\, Sudden Windows (Zeitgeist Press\, 2016)\, has been warmly received. He is also the author of the Poems for Teeth\, The Orange Book\, and nine chapbooks. Other recent work can be found in Oakland Review #4\, Full of Crow (Winter 2017 Fiction Issue)\, and the online anthology HIV Here and Now. You can find more about his work and scandals at www.richardloranger.com. \nJulian Mithra\, primarily a performance artist\, hovers between genre and gender\, border-mongering and mongreling. Resisting essentialisms\, they roll out monologues\, collage black & white zines\, clip poem videos\, and rubber stamp imprints. They hold an MA in Folklore from UC Berkeley. Their work has been featured in Gendertrash Café\, Milvia Street\, Storm Cellar\, Whirlwind\, Sharkpack Review\, and enough/enough. \nJan Steckel is a former pediatrician who left the practice of medicine because of chronic pain. Her poetry book The Horizontal Poet (Zeitgeist Press\, 2011) won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction. Her fiction chapbook Mixing Tracks (Gertrude Press\, 2009) and poetry chapbook The Underwater Hospital (Zeitgeist Press\, 2006) also won awards for LGBT writing. Her award-winning fiction and poetry appear in Scholastic Magazine\, Yale Medicine\, Bellevue Literary Review\, and elsewhere. She lives in Oakland\, California. \nMaw Shein Win is a poet\, editor\, and educator who lives and works in the Bay Area. Her writing has appeared in various journals\, including Cimarron Review\, Fanzine\, Eleven Eleven\, the Fabulist\, and others. Her most recent poetry chapbook is Score and Bone on Nomadic Press\, and her full-length poetry collection will be published by Manic D Press in spring 2018. She is the first poet laureate of El Cerrito. \nJane Ormerod is the author of the full-length poetry collections Welcome to the Museum of Cattle and Recreational Vehicles on Fire (both from Three Rooms Press)\, and the chapbook 11 Films (Modern Metrics/EXOT Books). Her work also appears in publications including Maintenant\, Flapperhouse\, Marsh Hawk Press Review\, Post (BLANK)\, Sensitive Skin\, and Paris Lit Up. Born on the south coast of England\, Jane now lives in New York City and performs extensively across the United States and beyond. She is a founding editor of great weather for MEDIA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cutting-edge-writers-reading-for-new-great-weather-for-media-anthology/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jean Day + Sophia Dahlin
DESCRIPTION:We could not be more excited for this one! One of our favorite east bay poets\, Jean Day\, recently put out another amazing book\, “Daydream” (Litmus Press)\, and is going to be reading with one of our newly re-acquainted east bay favorites\, Sophia Dahlin. Come celebrate Day’s new book and Dahlin’s return home to the bay after years of living\, well\, not here! \nJean Day is a poet\, union activist\, and editor whose Daydream is just out from Litmus Press. Recent poems can also be seen in Chicago Review\, The Delineator\,Across the Margin\, Open House\, Breather\, and Jongler (French)–as well as in herTriumph of Life\, soon to appear from Insurance Editions. Earlier works includeEarly Bird (O’Clock\, 2014) and Enthusiasm (Adventures in Poetry\, 2006)\, among other books\, and her work has also appeared in many anthologies\, including\, most recently\, Out of Everywhere 2: Linguistically Innovative Poetry by Women in North America & the UK (Reality Street\, 2015). She lives in Berkeley\, where she works as managing editor of Representations\, an interdisciplinary humanities journal published by UC Press. \nSophia Dahlin is a writer and dilettante who has washed up again on Oakland’s mild sidewalks. Last time she lived here she ran a talk series called Poem Talks//Butterfly Dissection Sessions and went to all of your readings. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as Denver Quarterly\, BOMB\, the Awl\, the Recluse\, and Where Eagles Dare.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jean-day-sophia-dahlin/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171103T220000
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CREATED:20171022T005821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171022T005821Z
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SUMMARY:Fireside: “The Last Hurrah?”
DESCRIPTION:This will be our last monthly Fireside. Yes\, really. So we decided for our Last Hurrah that we should invite some of our favorite storytellers across 8 years of Fireside to come tell our favorite stories again. Believe us\, these are GREAT. After this\, we may go to a quarterly format and ponder some changes to format … or not. Either way\, join us for our last hurrah!!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fireside-the-last-hurrah/
LOCATION:The Institute of Possibility\, 3359 Cesar Chavez St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171104T170000
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CREATED:20170816T001134Z
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SUMMARY:BAPC First Saturday Reading
DESCRIPTION:Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot) \nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden) \nAll Ages Welcome \nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-first-saturday-reading-3/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Launch Party w/ Teri Emory
DESCRIPTION:Join essayist\, editor\, and author Teri Emory for a Launch Party celebration of her much-buzzed debut novel\, Second Acts. \nThe interwoven tales of three women unfold in the voices of Sarah\, Miriam\, and Beth\, whose unshakable friendship takes root in a Buffalo college dorm in the late 1960s. Fueled by the optimism and bravado of that era\, they charge into adulthood with high expectations and lofty ideas. They were\, as Beth would later observe\, -the first generation of women to feel entitled to interesting lives. \nAt times\, they find themselves living long distances from each other as each of them seeks new directions and new locales–midtown Manhattan\, a Florida suburb\, coastal Savannah\, the hills of Rome. Nonetheless\, they remain deeply connected in the decades after college\, sharing their joys and shepherding each other through heartache. With emotional courage and wry humor\, they come to terms with a disconcerting postscript to the Age of Aquarius: Life–inevitably\, unsparingly\, repeatedly–demands compromise. \nIn the year leading up to 9/11\, the three women\, now middle aged\, are tested by unwelcome drama at home\, unforeseen challenges at work\, and unresolved conflicts about decisions made long ago. Sustained by their abiding friendship\, Sarah\, Miriam and Beth confront hard truths about themselves and the choices they have made. They must let go of past regrets and make peace with present circumstances as they begin the second acts of their lives. \nSecond Acts is a story of love\, loss\, and renewal\, and a testament to the enduring power of female friendship.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/launch-party-w-teri-emory/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry as Sanctuary w/ Rebecca Foust + Javier Zamora
DESCRIPTION:Marin Poet Laureate Rebecca Foust and fellow poet Javier Zamora are offering an evening of their poetry reading poems that touch on the theme of Sanctuary. They will also share poems from their most recent books: Foust’s Paradise Drive\, winner of the 2015 Press 53 Poetry Prize for Poetry and Zamora’s\, Unaccompanied\, out in October from Copper Canyon Press. \nREBECCA FOUST  has published five books of poetry\, most recently Paradise Drive (Press 53 2015)\, sonnets featuring a modern-day Pilgrim living in Marin County\, reviewed in the Marin Independent Journal\, San Francisco Chronicle\, and Rumpus in the Bay Area and in national venues including the Harvard review\, Huffington Post\, Philadelphia Inquirer\, and Washington Review of Books. Recent recognitions include the James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Jane Hirshfield\, the American Literary Review Fiction Award\, and fellowships from the Frost Place\, MacDowell\, Sewanee\, and West Chester Poetry Conference. Foust is the new Marin County Poet Laureate\, the Poetry Editor for Women’s Voices for Change and has been a board member at Marin Poetry Center since 2008. \nFoust’s Marin County Poet Laureate project\, “Poetry as Sanctuary\,” ties in with California’s status as a Sanctuary State\, and of it Foust says “poetry is a sacred space—church\, a hospital\, a hospice bed—offering a safe place for our most private\, urgent\, and otherwise ineffable expressions. Reading and writing it opens an escape from technology\, stress\, life-overload\, grief\, and other emotional pain. Perhaps the most important service poetry can provide now is respite from or way to respond to current political events. Poetry can build community\, and I’d like to use it to raise the awareness and empathy for what is at stake under the new Administration for our undocumented immigrant population here in Marin.” Foust hopes to plan community read-arounds on political themes and readings featuring immigrant poets in the County libraries.” \nJAVIER ZAMORA was born in El Salvador and migrated to the US when he was nine. He is a 2016-2018 Wallace Stegner Fellow and holds fellowships from CantoMundo\, Colgate University\, MacDowell\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and Yaddo. The recipient of a 2016 Ruth Lilly/Dorothy Sargent Fellowship and the 2016 Barnes and Noble Writer for Writer’s Award\, his first poetry collection Unaccompanied is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press September 2017.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-as-sanctuary-w-rebecca-foust-javier-zamora/
LOCATION:O’Hanlon Center for the Arts\, 616 Throckmorton Avenue\, Mill Valley\, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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CREATED:20171022T032009Z
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SUMMARY:Women's National Book Association panel
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a celebrations of 100 years of women in the world of books with writer of the San Francisco Chapter of the WNBA.  Before women had the right to vote\, the Women’s National Book Association was advocating for women writers\, booksellers\, editors and “women in the world of books\,” starting in 1917.  This vital part of the Northern California publishing community includes New York Times bestselling authors\, writing coaches\, award-winning editors\, literary agents\, National Book Critics\, book to film creatives\, librarians\,  and an Indiefab Publisher of the Year\, offering insider secrets to getting your book published   In this Centennial Showcase\, the authors from the WNBA-SF will read from their books and join in a panel discussion of how women’s voices and those of diversity are more important than ever before. Signing and Q&A to follow. \nFeaturing WNBA-SF writers: \n\nPatricia Davis\, Cooking for Ghosts\nJanis Couvreux\, Sail Cowabunga!\nB. Lynn Goodwin\, Talent\nBrenda Knight\, Grateful Table\nMary Rodman\, Bloom Where You’re Planted\nSusan Pace Koch\, The Mermaid & the Moon\nKJ Landis\, Happy Healthy You\nSheri McGuinn\, Alice\nLousie Nayer\, Poised for Retirement\nDr. Jeanne Powell\, Carousel\nBarbara Falconer Newhall\, Wrestling with God\nBev Scott\, Sarah’s Secret\nRichard Robbins\, Overtaken by the Night\nJan Schmuckler\, Role Montage\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/womens-national-book-association-panel/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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CREATED:20171020T023435Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch + Remembrance for Francesca Rosa
DESCRIPTION:Francesca Rosa’s passing in October 2016 brought to an untimely end the career  of one of the more remarkable and overtly political authors associated with the New Narrative movement in San Francisco. This book presents selections from the three titles published by Ithuriel’s Spear Press from 2005 to 2015 under her pen name\, F.S. Rosa. It begins with an appreciatory essay by Hilton Obenzinger and ends with a lengthy biographical interview conducted by Bay Area literary critic and author Robin Tremblay-McGaw.  F. S. Rosa was co-publisher of Ithuriel’s Spear Press. This book includes selections from Lunchtime at the Muqata’a\, The Divine Comedy of Carlo Tresca\, and from her collection of short stories Post War and Other Stories. Francesca was a rank and file union member and a long time student of labor and history of the Left in America. She lived\, loved and worked in San Francisco. Please join us as we gather to read from her writings and celebrate her life.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-launch-remembrance-for-francesca-rosa/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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CREATED:20171022T004705Z
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SUMMARY:Bazaar Writers Salon
DESCRIPTION:Readings by Dinika Amaral\, Cate Lycurgus\, Aaron Poochigian\, and Sibongile Sithe\nHosted by Peter Kline \nDinika Amaral was born and raised in Bombay\, India. A former banker with JP Morgan Chase\, she has an M.A. and M.F.A. from New York University. Her work has appeared in Guernica\, the Times of India\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Golden Handcuffs Review\, the Denver Quarterly\, the Massachusetts Review\, and in the Iowa Review (winner of the Tim McGinnis award). Presently\, a Steinbeck Fellow\, she lives with her husband in San Jose\, California. \nCate Lycurgus’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Tin House\, Gulf Coast\, and elsewhere. A 2014 Ruth Lilly Fellowship Finalist\, she has also received scholarships from Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences. Cate currently lives south of San Francisco where she takes care of her father\, edits interviews for 32 Poems\, and teaches professional writing. \nAaron Poochigian earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. His book of translations from Sappho\, Stung With Love\, was published by Penguin Classics in 2009\, and his translation of Apollonius’ Jason and the Argonauts was released October 2014. For his work in translation he was awarded a 2010-2011 Grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. His first book of original poetry\, The Cosmic Purr (Able Muse Press)\, was published in 2012 and\, winner of the 2016 Able Muse Poetry Prize\, his second book Manhattanite will be out in the Fall of 2017. His thriller in verse\, Mr. Either/Or\, will be released by Etruscan Press in Fall of 2017. His work has appeared in such journals as The Guardian\, POETRY and The Times Literary Supplement. \nSibongile Sithe was born and raised in Cincinnati\, OH. She received her BA from Yale University where she was awarded the Elmore A. Willets and Wallace Prizes for fiction. She is at work on a first novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bazaar-writers-salon-7/
LOCATION:Bazaar Cafe\, 5927 California St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171106T210000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170915T061509Z
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-to-be-announced-followed-by-an-open-mic-7/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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