Notable San Francisco: 4/9-4/15

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This Week in San Francisco.

Monday 4/9: Rachel Kramer Bussel and Susie Wright present co-edited The Best Sex Writing of 2012, a volume of essays on pretty much everything, including “impassioned defense of circumcision to a dating site for people with STDs, nuanced explorations of teen sex laws, prostitution, sex at 66, SlutWalks, female orgasm workshops, and more.” Free, 7:30pm,  Booksmith.

Tuesday 4/10: Monte Schulz reads from recent release The Big Town, a novel exposing  “decadence, wealth and consumption in Jazz Age America as spiritual myopia — where desperate, haunting characters hinge their lives on impossible dreams.” Free, 7:30, Modern Times Books.

Wednesday 4/11: Bawdy Storytelling themes on ‘GeekSexual’ this month, with featured readers Sarah Dopp, founder of GenderFork, and ‘Sex Geek Chic’ educator and Role Model Reid Mihalko. $12 7pm, the Verdi Club.

Thursday 4/12: ZYZZYVA launches its spring issue with readings from contributors Elena Mauli Shapiro, Benjamin T. Miller, and Lindsey Thordarson. Free, 7:30.

Friday 4/13: Nexus ArtReach presents Surreal Superstition: A Night of Art, Music & Poetry with local artists, poets, and musicians presenting work inspired by personal interpretations of superstition. Free, 7:30 The Green Arcade.

Saturday 4/14: Local jewelry artists exhibit at the SFMOMA trunk show, discounts abound (if you’re a member). Local poets on the Pacifica Pier, beginning at 1pm. Writers With Drinks tonight at 7pm, $5.

Emmy Komada is a translator and assistant editor at Two Lines Press, part of the Center for the Art of Translation. She likes languages, and reading, and trying to read in various languages. More from this author →