• Neeli Cherkovski

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

    Neeli Cherkovski reading from his new collection of poetry Elegy For My Beat Generation from Lithic Press (Hilton Obenzinger will give an opening statement) Elegy For My...

    Free
  • The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    NEXT up: Tuesday February 20th, 2017 Our featured artist is: Afi Ayanna! at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94102 – Powell Street BART...

    Free
  • Holloway Reading Series: Alan Felsenthal with Dylan Furcall

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Alan Felsenthal runs a small press called The Song Cave with Ben Estes. Together, they edited A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind: The Poems of Alfred Starr...

    Free
  • Robert Aquinas McNally

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

    Robert Aquinas McNally   discussing the subject of his new book MODOC WAR: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded Age from...

    Free
  • David Neiwert / Alt America

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Just as Donald Trump's victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders, and...

    Free
  • George Saunders with Dan Stone

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

    George Saunders is the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo; Tenth of December; In Persuasion Nation; The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil; Pastoralia; CivilWarLand in Bad Decline; The Braindead...

    $29
  • Berkeley Arts & Letters: Morgan Jerkins

    Hillside Club 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA, United States

    MORGAN JERKINS presents This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 7:30PM at...

    $20 – $27
  • Lyrics & Dirges: February Love

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

    Come celebrate love and whatever else at Lyrics & Dirges with five fabulous readers: Fisayo Adeyeye, Candace Eros Díaz, Jacqueline Doyle, Gillian Hamel & Nancy...

    Free
  • Release Party for HOWL:The Record Album

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

    Release Party for HOWL:The Record Album   Concord Music reissues Allen Ginsberg reading HOWL on vinyl Opening statement by Garett Caples (Poetry Editor, City Lights), and Ann Charters (BEAT Scholar) Appearance...

    Free
  • Roseann Lake / Leftover in China

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Roseann Lake visits The Bindery to discuss her new book, Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower. Join us! Forty years ago, China...

    Free
  • Morgan Jerkins / This Will Be My Undoing

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith is thrilled to host Morgan Jerkins for This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America. Please join us!...

    Free
  • USF MFA Reading Series: Sam Lipsyte

    USF Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Sam Lipsyte is the author of five books of fiction, including The Fun Parts, Home Land, and The Ask. A Guggenheim fellow and winner of the Believer Book Award,...

    Free
  • Nancy Huang, “Favorite Daughter,” with Aurielle Marie

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Nancy Huang will be reading from her first book of poems, Favorite Daughter. Nan Huang (黄洁) is a queer Chinese-American poet. She is a winner of...

    Free
  • Dear Diary Zine Fest Pre-Party!

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Oh my goodness, it is almost time for the Bay Area's only PERZINE FEST! We are celebrating by hosting a zine reading the night before...

    Free
  • Saturday Night Special: Shades of Gray

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    February is the sluttiest month. Our theme is "shades of grey." You know what to do. You're welcome ;) As always, we'd love to hear...

    Free
  • Shaina Hammerman / Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts Shaina Hammerman as she launches her first book, Silver Screen, Hasidic Jews. Joining her in conversation is Helene Wecker (The Golem and the Jinni). Don't miss it!...

    Free
  • THE RACKET! #16 – Grief

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Featuring: Sarah Klineman, Amy Harcourt, Vincent Chu, Galadrielle Allman, Elizabeth Bernstein, Jacqueline Hampton and Jennifer Lewis Hosted by Noah B. Sanders https://www.facebook.com/events/165709004068905/

    Free
  • Nancy Huang / Favorite Daughter

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    In town from Austin, TX, Nancy Huang will be reading from her first book of poems, Favorite Daughter. Reading with her are Bay Area poets Arati Warrier and Kiana Young—join us!...

    Free
  • Bay Area Generations #54

    The Bellevue Club 525 Bellevue Drive, Oakland, CA, United States

    *Free on-street parking after 6pm * Full bar and refreshments * On major transit lines 6:30 pm –  Writers Mixer at the bar 7:30 pm  – Show...

    $7
  • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States
    Free
  • Vincent Chu / Like a Champion

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch for Vincent Chu's debut story collection, Like a Champion! Please join us. In eighteen stories that shine a...

    Free
  • Rebecca Solnit and Joan Halifax

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

    Rebecca Solnit is a writer, historian, and activist. A long-time resident of San Francisco, she has written on geography, community, the environment, art, politics, hope, and...

    Free
  • Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman

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

    Robbin Légère Henderson discusses the incredible life of her grandmother Matilda Rabinowitz, as told in the illustrated memoir Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman. Featuring a slideshow of Henderson's...

    Free
  • André Aciman / Call Me By Your Name & Enigma Variations

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Booksmith is thrilled to host André Aciman reading from his sensational novels Call Me By Your Name—now a major motion picture nominated for three Golden Globes—andEnigma Variations. Please...

    Free
  • Rosa Alcalá

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Alcalá teaches in the Department of Creative Writing and Bilingual MFA Program at the University of Texas-El Paso.