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15 NOVEMBER 2016 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- As part of the 2016 Dada World Fair, poet and translator Alan Bernheimer discusses and signs his translation of the French literary classic, Philippe Soupault's Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism, joining him will be editor Garrett Caples; the classic book, appearing for the first time in English, is a first-person account of a crucial period in modernism, the transition from Dada to Surrealism through personal portraits of Joyce, Proust, Apollinaire, Reverdy, Cendrars, and more by the co-founder of the Surrealist Movement, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, free, 7:00 (510/653-9965, www.dieselbookstore.com, www.dadaworldfair.net)
16 NOVEMBER 2016 — wednesday
17 NOVEMBER 2016 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Flash presents poetry in translation by three Bay Area translators reading from their new books: Dan Bellm reads from his translations of French poet Pierre Reverdy, Stephen Kessler reads his translations of Argentinian poet Julio Cortázar, and Carolyn L. Tipton reads her translations of Spanish poet Rafael Alberti, request ASL interpreters one week in advance at editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
NORTH:- Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz Improv Reading Series features Albert Flynn DeSilver, hosted by blake more, reading begins with live jazz by local musicians and an open mic with jazz improv, 215 Main Pub, 215 Main Street, Point Arena, free, 7:30 (707/884-9189, blake@snakelyone.com, www.facebook.com/215main)
- Marin Poetry Center presents "A Panel on Diversity in Literature: Inviting the Quieted Voices to Speak," featuring poets Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong, Danusha Lameris, Susan Terris, Amos White, and Javier Zamora, light refreshments, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, San Rafael, $5/$3 members, students free, 7:30 (415/388-4033, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
18 NOVEMBER 2016 — friday
CENTRAL:- Celebration for the new issue of the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, with poets Joanne Mallari, Cesar Love, Alice Rogoff, Will Walker, and others, The Beat Museum, 540 Broadway, at Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00-9:00 (www.kerouac.com)
19 NOVEMBER 2016 — saturday
20 NOVEMBER 2016 — sunday
21 NOVEMBER 2016 — monday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Express presents a featured reader, plus an open reading, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (PoetryExpress@gmail.com, poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
22 NOVEMBER 2016 — tuesday
23 NOVEMBER 2016 — wednesday
24 NOVEMBER 2016 — thursday
25 NOVEMBER 2016 — friday
26 NOVEMBER 2016 — saturday
CENTRAL:- A reading of flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and poetry by Kevin Gunn, Rob Lipton, Clive Matson, Jayne McPherson, Christine No, John Panzer, and Connie Post, music by cellist Gael Alcock, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, San Francisco, 7:00-9:30
27 NOVEMBER 2016 — sunday
28 NOVEMBER 2016 — monday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Express presents an open reading on the writing prompt "Pool"; Prompt Nights "the group nominates a work which then is eligible for publication in our online magazine at the end of the year," hosted by Liz Alford, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (PoetryExpress@gmail.com, poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
29 NOVEMBER 2016 — tuesday
30 NOVEMBER 2016 — wednesday
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