Happy National Poetry Month!
Monday 4/2: Poet, critic, and editor of the recently released Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry Pireeni Sundaralingam hosts Passion for Poetry! Poetry share at Booksmith. All are encouraged to share favorite pieces in honor of National Poetry Mo.nth. Free, 7:30 pm.
Tuesday 4/3: The Center for the Art of Translation hosts award winning translators Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel as they discuss their experience in working together on Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84. Free, 12:30pm.
Wednesday 4/4: Scott Crow reads from his memoir of several years of collective living in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective. Free, 7pm Modern Times Books.
Thursday 4/5: Camille Rose Garcia discusses her illustrated Snow White release, chronicling the unabridged, rarely read, version of the Grimms brothers’ fairy tale. Free, 6pm SFMOMA
Friday 4/6: The Uptown celebrates first Fridays with a free show featuring Religious Girls, Mister Loveless, B. Hamilton, and French Cassettes. Free, 9pm, The Uptown.
Saturday 4/7: San Francisco native Jen McConnel reads from her short story release, Welcome, Anybody. McConnel’s works have been described as “both riveting and haunting…will remind you of Carver’s stories, but the territory McConnell has staked out is unquestionably her own.” Free, 7pm, Green Apple.
Sunday 4/8: Bunnies and chocolate. The Hella Gay Comedy Show takes the stage at 8pm. Free, 5o Mason.
