• Kazim Ali and Natalie Diaz

    Poet, essayist, and novelist Kazim Ali discusses his new book, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water (Milkweed Editions). This event will be streamed on...

  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Robbie Arnott, The Rain Heron

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Award-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott will discuss The Rain Heron, his gripping new novel of myth, environment, adventure, and an unlikely friendship.  Registration for...

  • Virtual Event: LaRayia Gaston

    JOIN US ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16 AT 7PM PT WHEN LARAYIA GASTON DISCUSSES HER BOOK, LOVE WITHOUT REASON: THE LOST ART OF GIVING A F*CK. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY...

  • Virtual Get Lit #70

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    We're in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time...

    Free – $200
  • Alta Live: Denise Hamilton

    In Speculative Los Angeles, bestselling author and Alta contributor Denise Hamilton reimagines her hometown in dramatically disparate ways by commissioning 13 stories from some of...

  • Submission Roulette

    Crowdcast

    First impressions count—and they never count more than when you’re trying to impress an editor who has 1,500 submissions to read. Editors often say that...

    $10
  • Lyrics & Dirges in Translation

    online

    Lyrics and Dirges returns with a fabulous reading focusing on literary translation. We have three translators who are also poets and writers to present their...

    Free
  • Reading: Crystal Williams & Yona Harvey

    online

    This Poetry Reading Series provides a unique opportunity to hear diverse and unusual sets of readers, in this case pairing long-time friends who rarely have...

    Free
  • Jenny Offill in conversation with Brit Marling

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    City Arts & Lectures presents: Jenny Offill in conversation with Brit Marling Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 03/28/2021, 03/30/2021, 03/31/2021 TICKETS This...

    $29
  • Open Mic Night | Featuring Joshua Merchant

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    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • CLA Presents: Laila Lalami

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    What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize­­–finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant...

    Free
  • mai c. doan

    online

    Friday, March 19, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link) mai c. doan is a mixed femme poet and...

    Free
  • Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #51

    online

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free – $200
  • Tres Pochos Y Black Freighter

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    This event is a collaboration between Black Freighter Press & Alley Cat Books in San Francisco

    Free