Notable SF
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Notable San Francisco: 10/12–10/18
All Week: Litquake! This week is the San Francisco Bay Area’s literary “week of weeks.” It’s time for “Litquake,” the largest festival of its kind west of the Mississippi. The event features readings by hundreds of authors and is attended by…
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Notable San Francisco: 10/5–10/11
Wednesday 10/5: Anne Raeff (The Jungle Around Us) and Anthony Marra (A Constellation of Vital Phenomena). Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books on the Park. Oscar Villalon interviews Vanessa Hua to launch her debut collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities. (See…
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Notable San Francisco: 9/28-10/4
Wednesday 9/28: Fans of “”Shipwrecked,” Booksmith’s notorious performance series in which notable authors compete for bragging rights by writing shocking fan fiction based on well-respected works, will be pleased to learn that an anthology is being released: Loose Lips. The…
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Notable San Francisco: 9/21–9/27
Wednesday 9/21: Don’t miss the 52nd Annual Fall Book Sale by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. Half a million books and media for $3 or less per item, with all proceeds benefitting the library. On Sunday, prices drop…
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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: 8/17–8/23
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…