LEGACY OF POETRY SLAM: FINALS

Student Union Theater, San Jose State University 1 Washington Square, San Jose , CA, United States

The Legacy of Poetry Slam’s purpose is to promote poetry as a vital art form with a broad authorship. The diversity of poetry in the...

FREE

Sanpaku with Kate Gavino

San Francisco Public Library, Excelsior 4400 Mission Street, San Francisco

Meet the cartoonist, Kate Gavino! Sanpaku tells the story of Marcine, a woman fascinated with the Japanese idea of Sanpaku—that seeing the white around the iris...

Bay Area Generations Show #62

Joyce Gordon Gallery 406 14th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

A literary salon featuring curated works of San Francisco Bay Area poets, writers and storytellers.

Odd Mondays reading: Lily Iona MacKenzie & Laurie Ann Doyle

Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

Novelist Lily Iona MacKenzie and short story author Laurie Doyle read from and discuss their writing at Odd Mondays January 7, 7pm at Folio Books...

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Book Launch: Nancy Au — Spider Love Song and Other Stories

East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

Nancy Au’s debut collection is rich with scents, sounds, imaginative leaps, and unexpected angles of vision. These seventeen stories present the challenges facing characters whose...

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You Don’t Owe Anyone Pretty

Counterpulse 80 Turk St, San Francisco

In this powerful storytelling event, award-winning performer Kimberly Dark shares stories from her new book, FAT, PRETTY, AND SOON TO BE OLD (AK Press, 2019),...

$15

Amber Tamblyn discusses her latest book with Saru Jayaraman

McRoskey Mattress Company, Inc 1687 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Emmy-winning actress, writer, and Time's Up founder AMBER TAMBLYN discussing her latest book, Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution with Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair...

$20

Author Mary Ladd in conversation with Peter Lawrence Kane

Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

The Wig Diaries is Mary Ladd’s debut disrespectful cancer book. Delivered with bold gallows humor, it intimately address the gravity of cancer and invites the reader to bear witness...

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