Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathedral

Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathedral

Join Litquake for our annual National Poetry Month celebration, at Grace Cathedral atop the city’s Nob Hill, for readings from some of America’s best poets:…

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Undocumented Black Poetics: Book Launch & Reading

Undocumented Black Poetics: Book Launch & Reading

(Un)documented Black Poetics: Book Launch & Reading with Immigrant Poets Former poet-in-residence, Alan Pelaez Lopez, will celebrate their debut book, Intergalactic Travels: poems from a…

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Launch for Katie Burke / Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco

Launch for Katie Burke / Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco

To outsiders, the Bay Area is intrinsically linked to tech hubs and counterculture. But what about San Francisco’s kid culture? In her new book, “Urban…

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After Hours – Naked Truth: real.stories.live.

Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Celebrate ten years of the Naked Truth with some of our favorite storytellers! Emcee Josh Healey is joined…

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Lit Flicks- Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight

Lit Flicks: Steven Soderbergh’s “Out of Sight”

Lit Flicks is a new monthly collaboration between Litquake and Alamo Drafthouse, presenting the best films adapted from written works, and introduced by special guests….

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Literary Speakeasy’s toast to 2020

It’s time for the first Literary Speakeasy of 2020! We are celebrating with five amazing writers – Heather Bourbeau, Vincent Chu, Kevin Dublin, Lauren Ito,…

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Zora Neale Hurston | Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Co-presented by MoAD & Litquake In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, “desperately striving for…

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Zora Neale Hurston | Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Co-presented by MoAD & Litquake In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, “desperately striving for…

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front cover of Homie by Danez Smith

Poet Danez Smith: Homie

Buy Tickets Co-presented with JCCSF Award-winning poet Danez Smith (Don’t Call Us Dead) is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects and performative power….

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front cover of Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Zora Neale Hurston: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

Buy Tickets Co-presented by Litquake and MoAD In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, “desperately…

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