Notable San Francisco
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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…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/22–6/28
Wednesday 6/22: Tripwire: A Journal of Poetics presents a dream lineup featuring CA Conrad, Kevin Killian, Juliana Spahr, Marianne Morris, Lara Durback, and painter Yuh-Shioh Wong. Hosted by editor David Buuck. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights. Thursday 6/23: Inside Storytime features Anne…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/15–6/21
Wednesday 6/15: Katie Crouch (Girls in Trucks, Abroad) helps Gary Hendrix (Horrorstör) celebrate the release of his new book, My Best Friend’s Exorcism. Free, 7:30 p.m., Booksmith. MK Chavez hosts Lyrics and Dirges in Berkeley with featured writers Juliana Spahr, Juliana…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/8–6/14
Wednesday 6/8: Jon Sindell brings his popular west side reading series to the East Bay at the Octopus Literary Salon, featuring Peter Bullen, Sharon Coleman, Stephen D. Gutierrez, Hollie Hardy, Sarah Kobrinsky, Lisa Martinovic, SB Stokes, Sandra Wassilie, and Maw…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/1–6/7
Friday 6/3: Waiting for a ferry? Only got a few minutes? Check out the students from the San Francisco Grotto Writing Program offering three-minute readings by dozens of writers. Literary tapas, one might say. Free, 6 p.m., Book Passage at…
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Notable San Francisco: 5/25–6/1
Wednesday 5/25: Vietnamese-American writer Andrew Lam (Birds of Paradise Lost) is the son of a South Vietnamese general who emigrated to the US after the fall of Saigon. Lam was featured in the PBS documentary My Journey Home in which…
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Notable San Francisco: 5/18–5/24
Wednesday 5/18: Lyrics and Dirges presents long-time creative writing chair at SFSU Maxine Chernoff, along with Garrett Murphy, Lark Omura, Elizabeth Rosner, and Juan Velasco. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books. Fenton Johnson (The Man Who Loved Birds) reads in Berkeley. Free,…
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Notable San Francisco: 5/11–5/17
Wednesday 5/11: Kate Tempest (The Bricks that Built the Houses) reads on the west side of town. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the Park. Thursday 5/12: The Local Poets Series at of the San Francisco Main Library’s General Collections and…
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Notable San Francisco: 5/4–5/10
Wednesday 5/4: The program in Creative Writing at St. Mary’s presents faculty member Brenda Hillman with alumnus Andrew Kenower. Free, 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s College. Green Apple Books hosts Speaking Volumes’ “Breaking Ground Tour” of Black British writers, featuring readings by…
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Notable San Francisco: 4/27–5/3
Wednesday 4/27: Percival Everett, Brynn Saito, and Maxine Hong Kingston celebrate the release of Saito’s new collection of poetry (Power Made Us Swoon) from Red Wing Press. Talk about star power! Free, 7 p.m., City Lights Bookstore. The Literary Speakeasy presents…