From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she...
Editors (and Moe's workers) Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill introduce the contributors to Akashic's latest city noir anthology. Celebrate Berkeley on Telegraph Avenue! Berkeley brings...
Moderated by Laurie King Program will air Tuesday May 5th, 7:00 PM PST Registration (for free) to watch this program’s debut “Suspense is like a woman,”...
Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A blazingly funny, heartfelt memoir from...
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel Death in Her Hands. Praise for Death in Her Hands “When it comes to evoking the jagged edge of contemporary...
Fundraising Goal: $2000 It’s a tough time for local bookstores, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to...
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, Hagerty Lounge, 1928 St. Marys...
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: Online https://stmarys-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/vp0qde6upz8sb00VbumXa71hDPDicEk64A DESCRIPTION: THEN WE CAME TO THE END Whether your...
Book Club Discussion of Alfred Camus The Plague featuring Emily St John Mandel, Laura Marris and Alice Kaplan Sponsored by Alfred Knopf and City Lights **This is a virtual event that...
This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other...
Join us on Zoom on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 PM Pacific for a virtual book chat about one of Kathleen's favorite books of the...
We've partnered with the Headlands Center for the Arts to bring you a series of distanced literary readings with Headlands Artists, curated by Emily Wolahan (AFF '16–'19). Join Tanea Lunsford...
celebrating the release of her new short fiction collection Sansei and Sensibility published by Coffee House Press Generations of Japanese Americans merge with Jane Austen's...
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New York Times bestselling author Ottessa Moshfegh discusses and signs copies of her highly anticipated new novel, Death In Her Hands. From one of our most...
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Soda Activity Center: Claeys Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, CA 94575 View a...
Stephanie Danler discusses her new memoir, Stray. About Stray From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and...
One of the year’s liveliest events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well...
My dear friends and readers, I am inviting you all to the launch of my book Only the River. I hope you can attend. I...
discussing Peniel E. Joseph's new book The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. published by Basic...
GLOBALLY(map) Google Calendar ICS You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk, the You're Going to Die...
Moderated by Rebecca Nagle Program will air Thursday May 7th, 7:00 PM PST Register (for free) to watch this program’s debut Who holds America’s future in...
discussing the subject of Margaret Randall's new book I Never Left Home: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary from Duke University Press In 1969, poet and revolutionary Margaret...
For the final double-program in The Poetry Center's In Common Writers Series for Spring 2020, we are delighted to host renowned poet and art critic...
Watch the upcoming webcast on our YouTube channel → You can support the cost of this public webcast by making a tax-deductible donation. Thank you...
TICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears in the series Social Studies Called “the best young essayist at work in the United States” by...
Anne Raeff discusses her new novel Only the River with ZYZZYVA managing editor Oscar Villalon. Praise for Only the River “In this novel, Anne Raeff weaves a multigenerational tale of love and...
During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into...
A free virtual literary festival to celebrate the written word and those behind it. Fill your day with workshops, panels and talks and top it...
Join us to honor the dead, those who are sick, and all of us on the planet. Please bring a candle and invite any friends or loved...