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Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 6/21–6/27

Wednesday 6/21: Cuban writer Achy Obejas (The Tower of the Antilles—our June book club pick!), currently Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College, reads from her forthcoming story collection. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights. Charif…

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Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 6/14–6/20

Wednesday 6/14: Alex Dimitrov (Together and By Ourselves, Copper Canyon Press) and Randall Mann (Proprietary: Poems, Persea Press). Free, 7 p.m., City Lights Bookstore. Christopher Bernard presents his new book Chien…

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Politics

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #32: Make the Soup

I am meditating. In a room in Rodeo, at the rickety old secretary/dresser I use as a desk. It is by a window. I look out at the roadway, and…

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Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 6/7–6/13

Wednesday 6/7: Jess Arndt reads from her short fiction debut, Large Animals. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights Bookstore. Robert Hass, Douglas Manuel, and Charles Hood read from, discuss, and sign their…

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Other

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #31: Pulling the Trigger on Father’s Day

June is an ambivalent month for me. As a child it meant the start of summer vacation, and weeks spent at my grandparent’s beautiful beach home in Hyannisport. This was…

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Other

Notable Chicago: 6/2–6/8

Friday 6/2: Women & Children First presents a reading by Elise Paschen (The Nightlife). The reading will be held at the Swedish American Museum. 7 p.m., free. Sunday 6/4: As…

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Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 5/31–6/6

Take note: The Bay Area Book Festival is this weekend, June 3 and 4, in downtown Berkley. It is an epic event. Wednesday 5/31: Litquake presents a panel of women authors under…

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Politics

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #30: Walk On

This Tuesday was, by no means, a good news day. The night before was the tragedy in Manchester, England, at which a suicide bomber killed children at a pop concert.…

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Other

Notable San Francisco: 5/24–5/30

Wednesday 5/24: David Brazil celebrates the release of Holy Ghost, his third full-length collection. He will be in conversation with Julien Poirier, co-founder of Ugly Duckling Presse. Free, 7 p.m., City…

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Poetry

The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #29: Poetry Is an Affliction

On Thursday night, May 25, an amazing event will take place outside a BART train station in the Mission District of San Francisco, as it has every Thursday night for the…

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Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 5/17–5/23

If you can make only one event this week, don’t miss the Oakland Book Festival on Sunday, 5/21. This all-day festival features more than 100 writers, 50 panels, and lots of tabling…

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Other

The Storming Bohemian Punks The Muse #28: Let’s Do Dinner

Dinner party! Now that the garden is starting to look nice, and the cats are becoming less feral and more civilized, and Klopnik has begun to change (occasionally) out of…

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