Wednesday 12/2: City Lights Bookstore presents Dodie Bellamy (When the Sick Rule the World) and David Buuck (Site Cite City: Selected Prose Works 1999-2012). Rumpus reviewer James Reich describes Bellamy’s book as “…a series of biting, ouroboric takes on the bi-polar allure of sickness, a fantastic book of psychic bloodletting and cauterizing ironies.” David Buuck is a founder of the Tripwire Journal of Poetics. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights.
As you may have noticed, we like to call your attention to some of the many (and free) academically sponsored literary events in the Bay area. Tonight, poet and National Book Award Finalist Claudia Rankine will be reading at the Center for Literary Arts at San Jose State. Free, 7 p.m., Center for Literary Arts, San Jose State.
Thursday 12/3: Cocktails and conspiracy with David Talbot? Hell to the yes! Salon co-founder Talbot will be reading from The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government. He will be accompanied by San Francisco’s famed mixologist, Duggan McDonnell, who will read from Drinking the Devil’s Acre, a celebration of San Francisco cocktail history, accompanied by samples prepared by the author. Sounds delicious. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books On The Park (9th Avenue Store).
The Flash Fiction Collective Reading Series will present a two hour “Flashathon,” featuring a mind blowing set of readers and writers, including Carmiel Banasky, Elizabeth Colson, Robert Scotellaro, Ianthe Brautigan, Kirstin Chen, Molly Giles, Thaisa Frank, Jane McDermott, Cornelia Nixon, Ethel Rohan, Noah Sanders, Paul Corman-Roberts, and Lauren Traetto. Trust us, this is one justly celebrated bouquet of talent! Whoa, Nelly! Free, 7 p.m., Alley Cat Books.
Friday 12/4: Studio One Reading Series presents Arisa White and Leora Fridman. This event is part of Oakland’s popular First Fridays. Free, 7:30 p.m., Studio One Art Center.
Lip Service West, a reading series hosted by Joe and Justine Clifford, features Danny Gardner, James Queally, David James Keaton, Matt Mattila, Jason Smith, and Michael Mohr. This is the place to be if you like your lit hard boiled! Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books (Shattuck location).
Sunday 12/6: Adobe Books & Art Collective presents Caroline Knapp, Katch Campbell, Tiffany Krupa, and Mark Welborn. Free, 7 p.m., Adobe Books & Art Collective.
Monday 12/7: D.A. Powell (Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys) will read along with musician and poet Brian Laidlaw, to celebrate the release of Laidlaw’s debut collection of poems, Stuntman. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple on the Park.
Quiet Lightning is celebrating its sixth anniversary! The readers, curated by QL’s blind submission process, will be Lara Coley, Andrew O. Dugas, Lenore Weiss, Laura E. Ruberto, Andrea Passwater, Katie Jenkins-Moses, James Cotter, E.C. Messer, Kalia Armbruster, Joel Tomfohr, Matt Lewandowski, and Casey Childers. $7-10, 7 p.m., Smash Gallery.
Tuesday 12/8: Jenny Alton, co-curator of the Velvet Revolution Reading Series at SF State, recommends Beyond Border’s Story Telling Jam. $10, 7:30 p.m., The Mojo Theater.
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This week’s theatre recommendation is Sheherezade’s Last Tales, a world premiere festival of short plays presented by the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. The annual Sheherezade festival has been a mainstay of the Bay Area theatre scene for the past fifteen years. This year’s edition is labeled “Last Tales” because a new format will be announced beginning in 2016. Some of the Bay area’s finest actors and playwrights participate in this brief (one week) festival that usually includes work both emerging and distinguished. For further information, click here.
For more extensive coverage of the Bay Area theatre scene, visit TheatreStorm.
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Evan Karp presents video of this week’s featured local author, Lewis Buzbee. Click here to read an interview.
And, finally, here’s some very cool video of recent SF Notable, Nina Serrano.
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