Notable San Francisco: 7/17–7/23

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Wednesday 7/17: Sarah Townsend will be reading from her debut book, Setting the Wire: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis. She will be in conversation with Janine Kovac (Spinning: Choreography for Coming Home). Book Passage Ferry Building in San Francisco at 6 p.m.

Don’t miss this week’s Local Book Pick event! Peg Alford Pursell will be launching her new collection of short stories, A Girl Goes into the Forest. She will be in conversation with Caille Millner, and there will be live music by Sugartown. The Bindery in San Francisco at 7 p.m.

Brandon Brown will be discussing his new book, The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America’s First Moon Missions. Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore in Berkeley at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday 7/18: Judy Bebelaar will be discussing And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple from High School to Jonestown. Bookshop Benicia in Benicia at 7 p.m.

Lily Bernheimer will be reading from The Shaping of Us: How Everyday Spaces Strucutre Our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being. Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.

Friday 7/19: Helen Phillips will be reading from The Need. Thumbprint Cellars in Healdsburg at 6 p.m.

Howard Norman will be reading from his new novel, The Ghost Clause. Point Reyes Books in Point Reyes Station at 7 p.m.

Larry Bloom will be discussing his new biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas. Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.

Monday 7/22: Erica Bauermeister will read from The Scent Keeper. Rakestraw Books in Danville at 7 p.m.

Chuck Klosterman will be reading from his new story collection, Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction. The Booksmith in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday 7/23: The Ruby, an arts and gathering space for Bay Area women, will be hosting a night where you can pick the brain of published fiction writers. Join Namwali Serpell (The Old Drift), C Pam Zhang (How Much of These Hills Is Gold), Chia-Chia Lin (The Unpassing), Meng Jin (Little Gods), R. O. Kwon (The Incendiaries), Rachel Khong (Goodbye, Vitamin), and Rita Bullwinkel (Belly Up) for a night of learning. The Ruby in San Francisco at 6 p.m. ($20, tickets required for non-members).

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LOCAL BOOK PICK: This week’s Local Book Pick is Peg Alford Pursell’s A Girl Goes into the Forest (Dzanc Books, July 16, 2019)! Don’t miss her book launch at the Bindery on 7/17.

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Nishant Batsha's fiction and essays have been published in TriQuarterly, The Offing, and The Caribbean Review of Books, among other publications. He is currently revising his debut novel trilogy: Washed Ashore, All That Floats, and The Tideline. He can be found at nishantbatsha.com or on Twitter @nishbatsha. More from this author →