Notable San Francisco
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Notable San Francisco: 9/14–9/20
Wednesday 9/14: Alex Dolan (The Euthanist) reads at the launch of his newly released novel, The Empress of Tempera. Mr. Dolan contributes significantly to the SF writing community as a member of the Executive Committee for Litquake. This event will…
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Notable San Francisco: 9/7–9/13
Wednesday 9/7: UC Berkeley’s Holloway Reading Series presents its annual faculty reading, featuring C.S. Giscombe, Robert Hass, Lyn Hejinian, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, John Shoptaw, and Mary Szybist. A major event. Free, 6:30 p.m., Hearst Field Annex, Room D37, UC Berkeley.…
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Notable San Francisco: 8/31–9/6
Not surprisingly, things slow down a bit over Labor Day weekend. But, less can be more when you have options like these! Thursday 9/1: The Flash Fiction Collective presents work from 11 writers from the Grotto: Heather Bourbeau, Jenny Bitner,…
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Notable San Francisco: 8/24–8/30
Wednesday 8/24: Forrest Leo (The Gentleman) reads from his debut novel published by Penguin Press. The intriguing and straightforward blurb reads: “It’s about a poet who sells his wife to the devil.” Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the…
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Notable San Francisco: 8/17–8/23
Wednesday 8/17: Congressman John Lewis, distinguished civil rights leader who marched with Dr. King and recently, astonishingly, led a Congressional sit-in in the not-so-hallowed halls of Congress, has written a graphic novel, March, in collaboration with author Andrew Aydin and…
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Notable San Francisco: 8/10–8/16
Wednesday 8/10: Poets 11 continues its series of neighborhood readings, curated by Jack Hirschman. Free, 6:30 p.m., San Francisco Public Library, Ocean View Branch. Passages on the Lake #29 features El Cerrito Poet Laureate Maw Shein Win, New South poetry winner…
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Notable San Francisco: 8/3–8/9
Wednesday 8/3: Poet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa (Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging). Free, 7 p.m., Books, Inc. Berkeley. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library present readers who submitted to the city wide poetry contest,…
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Notable San Francisco: 7/27–8/2
Wednesday 7/27: In summer, we often like to explore a bit beyond the beaten path. Why not travel north to Petaluma for Get Lit, a stalwart reading series in the North Bay? Featuring Michelle Cruz Gonzales, Daniel Riddle Rodriguez, and…
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Notable San Francisco: 7/20–7/26
Wednesday: 7/20: Modern Times Bookstore Collective presents Everybody’s Protest Poem #2, featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin, Freddy Gutierrez, Jasmine Gibson, and Derek Fenner. Free, 7 p.m., Modern Times Book Collective. Much-admired Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Joy Williams will read…
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Notable San Francisco: 7/13–7/19
Wednesday 7/13: Sin Soracco launches her new novel, Come To Me, published jointly by The Green Arcade and Ithuriel’s Spear. Free, 7 p.m. The Green Arcade. Fireside Storytelling: What Doesn’t Kill You will feature storytellers Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Marilyn Pittman, Craig McLaughlin,…
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Notable San Francisco: 7/6–7/12
Wednesday 7/6: Hook Press launches Nicole Trigg’s new chapbook, Slats, as Moe’s Books celebrates its all-new SPD Small Press Section. Featured readers include Sean Collins, Johnny Hernandez, Jason Christopher Mull, and Nicole Trigg. Free, 7:30 p.m., Moe’s Books. In honor…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/29–7/5
Wednesday 6/29: Indy Press Night at City Lights Books will celebrate the release of two new novels from lg press: Metaphysical Ukulele by Sean Carswell and Missile Paradise by Ron Tanner. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights. Radio Station KPFA presents…