Notable San Francisco: 10/8–10/14
Wednesday 10/8: Nell Bernstein reads from her new book Burning Down the House: The End of the Juvenile Prison System, and will be in conversation with formerly incarcerated youth, advocates, and the…
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Evan Karp
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Evan Karp is the founder and executive director of Quiet Lightning and the founding editor of Litseen. He writes literary columns for the San Francisco Chronicle, SF Weekly, and SF/Arts.
Notable San Francisco: 10/1–10/7
Wednesday 10/1: Fiveology Presents A.M.P., featuring National Poetry Slam finalist Imani Cezanne followed by an open mic. $5, 8 p.m., Vinyl Oakland. – Wonder Dave City Arts & Lectures hosts Radiolab’s Jad…
Notable San Francisco: 9/24–9/30
Wednesday 9/24: The Booksmith presents an evening with David Mitchell, who will read from his new novel The Bone Clocks. Admission includes one copy of the book, with the option of paying extra for…
Notable San Francisco: 9/17–9/23
Wednesday 9/17: Saint Mary’s College hosts Daniel Alarcón as part of the Creative Writing Reading Series. Free, 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s College, Soda Center, Claeys Lounge. Cuban National Literature Prize-winning poet and essayist Nancy Morejon reads from her work. Free,…
Notable San Francisco: 9/10–9/16
Wednesday 9/10: Gillian Conoley celebrates the publication of Thousand Times Broken (City Lights), a collection of three previously untranslated book by French visionary poet Henri Michaux. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights.…
Notable San Francisco: 9/3–9/9
Wednesday 9/3: Dean Rader celebrates the publication of his anthology 99 Poems for the 99 Percent with a reading by some of the contributors: Keith Ekiss, Julie Bruck, Hiya Swanhuyser…
Notable San Francisco: 8/27–9/2
Wednesday 8/27: San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus Jack Hirschman recently uncovered a book-length poem that’s been lost for more than 40 years, will read from the newly published Viet Arcane. Free, 7…
Notable San Francisco: 8/20–8/26
Wednesday 8/20: Emeryville Poet Laureate Sarah Kobrinsky has organized a Poetry Happy Hour, fully catered by The Bureau, with drinks and eats beginning at 5:30 p.m. followed by readings from Colleen McKee, Terry…
Notable San Francisco: 8/13–8/19
Wednesday 8/13: Christina Nichol reads from her debut novel, Waiting for the Electricity, which won the 2012 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award. Free, 7:30 p.m., The Booksmith. Thursday 8/14: Up in Sausalito, Why There Are Words hosts Katy…
Notable San Francisco: 8/6–8/12
Wednesday 8/6: Pandemonium Press has organized a Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance, with readings by Sharon Coleman, Rafael Jesús González, Kirk Lumpkin, and Joyce E. Young. Free, 7 p.m., Spice Monkey. All week long,…
Notable San Francisco: 7/30–8/5
Wednesday 7/30: Will Chancellor reads from his debut novel A Brave Man Seven Storeys, which Molly Antopol has called “a globetrotting, witty, powerful and wildly ambitious novel that is at once a…
Notable San Francisco: 7/23–7/29
Wednesday 7/23: James Nestor talks about and reads from his latest book, Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves, for which he traveled 2,500 ft below in…
