Notable San Francisco

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, no matter what time it is, if you’ve got an…

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 psychological journey and a terrific page-turner”. Free, 7:30 p.m., The Booksmith.…

Wednesday 7/16: Poetry in the Redwood Grove, featuring Keith Ekiss, Dean Rader, and Tess Taylor, followed by a bluegrass performance by The Whiskey Brothers. $12, 5:30 p.m., University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden. Lyrics & Dirges hosts Joyce E. Young,…

Wednesday, 7/9: A rare chance to see author of Turn of Mind, Method and Madness, and Circle of Wives, Alice LaPlante. Free, 6 p.m., Glen Park Library. Phenomenal lineup for the third installment of Story Showdown, hosted by Jamie DeWolf: storytellers, comedians,…

Wednesday, 7/2: Paul Corman-Roberts, an exhilarating voice of the Beast Generation, recently released a new book with Paper Press and is celebrating with a launch party, along with East Bay poetry superstars Missy Church, Cassandra Dallett, Hollie Hardy, SB Stokes,…

Wednesday, 6/25: KQED and StoryCorps present: OutLoud San Francisco, a night of storytelling with Morgan, Jaime Cortez, Matt Leavitt, and musical guest MAD NOISE. Free, 7 p.m., The Chapel. – Wonder Dave  It’s been one year since Prop 8 was hoisted on…

Wednesday, 6/18: Joanne Kyger and Michael McClure join Bill Morgan to celebrate Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words: Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights. Joel Streicker will be in conversation with Peruvian novelist and playwright Rafael…

Wednesday, 6/11: Emma Straub reads from her new story collection The Vacationers. Free, 7:30 p.m., The Booksmith. – Evan Karp Rusty Morrison, David Koehn, and Marianne Morris will read from new poetry collections. Complimentary refreshments. Free, 6 p.m., University Press Books. Thursday 6/12:…

Wednesday 6/4: Litquake’s Epicenter is the SF release for Geoff Dyer‘s Another Great Day at Sea. Dyer will be in conversation with Chris Colin. $0-15, 7 p.m., Hotel Rex. RADAR celebrates eleven years with RADAR Superstar: performances by Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Anna Margarita…