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Emmy Komada

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.
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    Notable San Francisco: 1/2-1/8

    This week in San Francisco-Happy New Year! If you have a favorite museum, it’s probably letting people in free some day this week. Here’s our picks for the days in between. Monday 1/2: My Corner Cafe poetry series featuring Dan…

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    Notable San Francisco: 12/26-1/1

    Celebrate the last week of 2011 for cheap, or better yet, free! Monday 12/26: Check out some insane boxing day deals. Tonight’s holiday disaster-themed Porchlight reading is open for submissions, as always. 7pm at Hemlock Tavern.

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    Notable San Francisco: 12/19-12/25

    This week in San Francisco-entertain yourself in prep for merry you-know-what. Monday 12/19: December’s Porchlight Reading Series is happening at Verdi Club.

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    Notable San Francisco 12/12-12/17

    This week in San Francisco- Monday 12/12: The Rumpus and Mother Jones Magazine are teaming up for the December Monthly Rumpus, “A Night of Truth and Lies.” Featuring authors Anna Pulley, David Rocklin, Mac McClelland, and Joshua Mohr. Comedy by…

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    Notable San Francisco 12/5-12/11

    This week in San Francisco- Monday 12/5: Chicano poet and critic Luis J. Rodruiguez reads at CCSF’s Mission campus, reflecting on his widely read Always Running and its sequel, It Calls You Back. Free, 7pm. Quiet Lightning has been giving…

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    Notable San Francisco: 11/28-12/4

    This week in San Francisco….! Monday 11/28: The New Yorker’s described Swiss writer Peter Stamm as “Albert Camus…in an age of email.” Reading tonight from his latest, Seven Years, at an event hosted by the Center for the Art of…

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    Notable San Francisco 11/21-11/27

    This week in San Francisco-give thanks where you can! Monday 11/21: Bird and Beckett‘s Poets! series gets west coast natives and bead-era heirs Daniel Yaryan and Marc Olmstead to the same reading. Free, 7pm. In the East Bay: Kimya Dawson,…

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    Notable San Francisco 11/14-11/20

    This Week in San Francisco- Monday 11/14: The November Monthly Rumpus! Join us tonight at 7pm at the The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring authors Kim Addonizio, Rachel Resnick, Dean Rader, Jillian Lauren, and Chicken John! Plus…

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    Notable San Francisco 11/7-11/13

    This week in San Francisco- Monday 11/7: USF hosts Matthea Harvey reading from her new work, Of Lamb. Her work has been reviewed by George Saunders as a ‘vision of America [that is] spooky, apocalyptic, and beautiful: proof that there…

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    Notable San Francisco 10/31-11/6

    This week in San Francisco… Monday 10/31: Freak yourself out on fun all day: ghost hunter Jeff Dwyer reads from – and guides a tour of – A Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the SF Bay Area. SOMA’s cocktail crawl starts…

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    Notable San Francisco 10/24-10/30

    This week in San Francisco… Monday 10/24: Henry Rollins reads from Occupants, his own ‘visual testimony’ or joy and compassion that persists, albeit quietly, throughout waves of anger and suffering. Books Inc. FREE 7PM. BTW, it’s your last day to…

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    Notable San Francisco 10/17-10/23

    This week in San Francisco! Monday 10/17: POETS! At Bird & Beckett books features Nancy Wakeman, Kit Kennedy and Don Brennan. As always, readings are followed by an open mic. 7PM, FREE. Khaled Hosseini discusses the transformation and re-release of…