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25 OCTOBER 2017 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Tara Jepsen reads from her new novel Like a Dog, a scrappy young skateboarder's story of underground worlds and fringe existences, confusing family relationships, and the struggle for intimacy, in conversation with Brontez Purnell, author of the cult zine Fag School, frontman of the band The Younger Lovers, and founder-choreographer of the Brontez Purnell Dance Company, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
26 OCTOBER 2017 — thursday
CENTRAL:- The SFSU Poetry Center presents a poetry reading and conversation with Helen Dimos, No Realtor Was Compensated for This Sale, and William Rowe, Collected Poems, The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/338-2227, www.sfsu.edu)
- City Lights, UnityMart, and Pave the Way Skateboards present an East Bay celebration and book release for Tara Jepsen's Like a Dog with fellow queer skaters and book-makers Brontez Purnell, Miriam Klein Stahl, and Kate Schatz; Wolfman New Life Quarterly Bookstore provide books for purchase, MacArthur Annex, 644 40th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
- Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by writer-performer Raphael Cohen Rebel Elegant, and Jonathan Moody, Olympic Butter Gold, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
27 OCTOBER 2017 — friday
28 OCTOBER 2017 — saturday
29 OCTOBER 2017 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Chris Robé discusses his new book Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchis Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas, the first full-length study that charts the historical trajectory of anarchist-inflected video activisim from the late 1960s to the present, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 5:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
30 OCTOBER 2017 — monday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Express presents Maverick Night, subject to be announced, hosted by Bruce, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (PoetryExpress@gmail.com, poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
31 OCTOBER 2017 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Tuesdays at North Beach, a weekly poetry series celebrating international poets and showcasing local talent, presents a reading by Pauline Craig and Stephen Kopel, curated by Jack Hirschman, North Beach Branch Library, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/522-8602, www.friendssfpl.org/events/tuesdays-at-north-beach.html)
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