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1 JUNE 2016 — wednesday

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2 JUNE 2016 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• City Arts & Lectures presents author and MIT professor of Social Studies Sherry Turkle, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, in conversation with Jacob Ward, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $29, 7:30 (415/563-2463, www.cityarts.net/event/the-curious-science-of-war)
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3 JUNE 2016 — friday

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4 JUNE 2016 — saturday

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5 JUNE 2016 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Old First Concerts Presents poet Robert Hass and pianist Gwendolyn Mok in a program of "Music and the Spoken Word at a Time of War," Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, $20/$17 senior/$5 full-time student with valid ID, tickets purchased in advance online at www.oldfirstconcerts.org receive $2 discount, discounted parking at Old First Parking Garage at 1725 Sacramento Street, 4:00 (415/474-1608, www.oldfirstconcerts.org)
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• Works In Progress: Conversations with Writers on current writing projects and the creative process, hosted by noted author and poet Susan Griffin; today, "Interior Landscapes in Poetry and Prose", a conversation with Al Young, Something About the Blues: An Unlikely Collection of Poetry, California Poet Laureate emeritus, and poet Anita Barrows, wheelchair accessible, Central Library, Third Floor, Community Meeting Room, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, free, 2:00-4:00 (510/981-6150, www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/about/news/works-progress-susan-griffin-conversation-writers)
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NORTH:
• Educator Gary Griffith reads from his new novel, The Legend of the Ship Captain's Box, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 1:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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6 JUNE 2016 — monday

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7 JUNE 2016 — tuesday

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8 JUNE 2016 — wednesday

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9 JUNE 2016 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a reading by British poet Claire Crowther and Sacramento poet Susan Kelly-DeWitt from their new books, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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• The Poetry Circle monthly participation-based reading, bring original work or poems from any person, period, or place, Claremont Branch Library, 2940 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, free, 6:30 (510/981-6820, www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/events/poetry-circle)
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10 JUNE 2016 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Colette Uncensored performed by Lorri Holt, written by Zack Rogrow and Lorri Holt, directed by David Ford, The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $20-$35 sliding scale/$55 and $100 reserved seating, 8:00 (415/282-3055, www.themarsh.org)
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11 JUNE 2016 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Bay Area Poetry Marathon event curated by Julian Talamantez Brolaski features Sirama Sirama Bajo, Aja Couchois Duncan, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Evan Kennedy, Erica Lewis, Laura Moriarty, Cedar Sigo, Max Wolfe Valerio, Ronaldo Wilso, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, doors open 6:30, reading 7:00 sharp
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• Colette Uncensored performed by Lorri Holt, written by Zack Rogrow and Lorri Holt, directed by David Ford, The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $20-$35 sliding scale/$55 and $100 reserved seating, 8:00 (415/282-3055, www.themarsh.org)
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NORTH:
• Fiction writer Peter Selgin reads from his new coming-of-age memoir, The Inventors, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 1:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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12 JUNE 2016 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a poetry book launch reading by Susan Cohen, A Different Wakeful Animal, with Catherine Abbey Hodges, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
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• Valona Deli presents a poetry reading by Charles and Gail Entrekin, open mic follows, hosted by Connie Post, Terry Henry Jazz Trio performs after poetry, Valona Deli, 1323 Pomona Street, Crockett, reading 4:00, open mic 5:00 (510/787-2022)
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• Mixed Poetry Series Poesía Revuelta, features Jack Foley, Adelle Foley, Harold Terezón, and Helen Wendy Loo, hosted by Jorge Argueta, plus Kalpulli Kiaketzalli Aztec Dancers, Acción Latina, 2958 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 4:00 (415/795-0024, www.jorgeargueta.com)
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13 JUNE 2016 — monday

CENTRAL:
• City Arts & Lectures presents acclaimed author Mary Roach, Gulp and Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, in conversation with Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $29, 7:30 (415/563-2463 www.cityarts.net/event/the-curious-science-of-war)
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14 JUNE 2016 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• The Music of the Word/La Palabra Musical, English, Spanish, Spanglish y Lo Que Sea, features poet/educator Rafael Jesus González, and poets Jack and Adelle Foley, hosted by Avotcja, second Tuesday of the month, wheelchair accessible, Oakland Public Library—Cesar Chavez Branch, Suite 271, 3301 East 12th Street at 32nd Avenue (half block north of Fruitvale BART and a block south of International), Oakland, free, 5:00-7:00 (510/535-5620, www. http://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/cesar-e-chavez-branch , www.Avotcja.org)
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15 JUNE 2016 — wednesday

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16 JUNE 2016 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Joyce & Jazz, a Bloomsday celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses, with award-winning Irish jazz singer and song writer Melanie O'Reilly and jazz pianist Frank Martin performing original music inspired by the writings of James Joyce, interwoven with readings from Joyce's works by renowned actors Esther Mulligan and John Ilyin, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, Glen Park, San Francisco, $15/$10 seniors and students, 7:30 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
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• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Gillian Conoley and Matthew Cooperman, 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)
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NORTH:
• Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz Improv Reading Series features Michael Riedell, 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)
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17 JUNE 2016 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Colette Uncensored performed by Lorri Holt, about the early twentieth century French novelist, written by poet, translator, and playwright Zack Rogow and actor, playwright Lorri Holt, directed by David Ford, The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $20-$35 sliding scale/$55 and $100 reserved seating, 8:00 (415/282-3055, www.themarsh.org)
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• Nomadic Press presents a reading by Bruce Isaacson, Poet Laureate of Clark County (Las Vegas), and poet Casey Gardner, with musician James Meder, hosted by Paul Corman-Roberts, Nomadic Press, 2926 Foothill Blvd., #1, Oakland, 7:00-9:00 (510/479-7953, www.nomadicpress.org)
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• Expressions Art Gallery Reading presents a featured reading by poets Kirk Lumpkin and Dorty Nowak, plus open mic, refreshments, Expressions Art Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, near the Ashby BART station, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (510/644-4930, www.expressionsgallery.org)
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• Squaw Valley Community of Writers 25th Annual Benefit Poetry Reading features Kazim Ali, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Cathy Park Hong, Patricia Spears Jones, and Sharon Olds, hosted by emcee Kevin Simmonds, this reading is in memory of beloved poet and friend C.D. Wright, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, $25 advance/$30 at door/students with ID, $15 advance/$20 at door, tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com, wheelchair accessible, doors open 6:00, show 7:00 (www.communityofwriters.org/events/event/poetry-benefit-reading)
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18 JUNE 2016 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Colette Uncensored performed by Lorri Holt, about the early twentieth century French novelist, written by poet, translator, and playwright Zack Rogow and actor, playwright Lorri Holt, directed by David Ford, The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $20-$35 sliding scale/$55 and $100 reserved seating, 8:00 (415/282-3055, www.themarsh.org)
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19 JUNE 2016 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Latif Harris, Barter Within the Bark of Trees, and David Meltzer, When I Was a Poet, with Zan Stewart on saxophone, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, Glen Park, San Francisco, 2:00-4:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
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• A Zeitgeist Press book launch party and celebration for Richard Loranger's Sudden Windows, the event features "Loranger-themed" readings from their own works by Zeitgeist publisher Bruce Isaacson, Poet Laureate of Clark County (Las Vegas); Mk Chavez; Steve Arntson; Joshua Kent Fowler; Julia Vinograd; and Paul Corman-Roberts, hosted by Joan Gelfand, The Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street, at 22nd Street, near 19th Street BART, Oakland, 5:30-7:30 (book info: www.zeitgeist-press.com, www.oaklandoctopus.com)
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20 JUNE 2016 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Express presents Stan Morner, plus an open reading, hosted by Jan Dedrick, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (PoetryExpress@gmail.com, poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
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21 JUNE 2016 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Nomadic Press presents Get Lit #13, a reading of never-before-read material within a three-minute time limit, featured writers inclue Kwan Booth, Fisayo Adeyeye, Michelle Kircherer, Aquelia Lewis (aka SEXXYLUV), Jesse Prado, Ben Hahn, Rochelle Spencer, Erin Sternstein, Darien Lencl, Sarah Kobrinsky, Indiana Phelivanova and more to be announced, music by Shoulderblades, hosted by Annelyse Gelman, Jingletown Jazz Room, 3096 E. 10th Street, Oakland, no cover but donations requested, 7:00-9:00 (510/479-7953, www.nomadicpress.org)
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• City Lights Publishers celebrates the release of poet, educator, playwright, and screenwriter Chinaka Hodge’s new collection of hip hop influenced poetry, Dated Emcees, with poetry performances by Tongo Eisen-Martin and RyanNicole, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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22 JUNE 2016 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• One Night in June, a PRIDE literary reading, presenting Kevin Sessums, Mississippi Sissy; Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars; join nine other queer authors from the Bay Area, readers include Natalia Vigil, Still Here San Francisco, a live theater exploration of the queer scene in 1980s and 1990s San Francisco; National Poetry Slam stars Cam Awkward Rich and Amber Flame, and other masters of short fiction, memoir, and poetry, sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, Readers Bookstore and Café, Fort Mason Center, Building C, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-8:00 (415/771-1060, www.friendssfpl.org)
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• Reading for Tripwire: A Journal of Poetics, #10, with special guest CAConrad, Ecodeviance: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness, joined by writers and poets Kevin Killian, Juliana Spahr, Marianne Morris, and lara Durback, with painter Yuh-Shioh Wong, hosted by Tripwire co-founder and editor David Buuck, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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NORTH:
• Novelist Thad Carhart reads from his memoir of his 1950s childhood, Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy in France, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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23 JUNE 2016 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Stephen H. Grant discusses his book Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 6:00-7:00 (www.friendssfpl.org)
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• Reading for the Accidental Archives of the Royal Chicano Air Force, by interdisciplinary text-based artist Stephanie Sauer, with introduction by Ella Maria Diaz, Flying Under the Radar with the Royal Chicano Air Force, exploring how to write the history of a group that has been written out of history, the Rebel Chicano Art Front, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Thursday at Readers Poetry Series presents Kevin Simmonds and Chun Yu, curated by Jack Hirschman, Readers Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/626-7500, katherine.jardine@frieendssfpl.org, www.friendssfpl.org)
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• Word Performances features poet Arisa White, poet Maw Shein Win, musician Amanda Chaudhary of Pitta of the Mind, poet Colleen McKee, Flamenco dancer Damien Alvarez, writer/artist Zarina Zabrinsky, writer/scholar Simon Rogghe, poet/dancer/performer Cybele Zufolo Siegel, wordsmith Todd Siegel, and special musical guest multi-instrumentalist Daniel Berkman, The Lost Church Theater, 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, $10 advance/$15 day of show online or at door, tickets at: http://ticketf.ly/1YE395g, seating is first come, first served, doors open 7:30, show 8:00 (www.wordperformances.com)
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24 JUNE 2016 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Colette Uncensored performed by Lorri Holt, about the early twentieth century French novelist, written by poet, translator, and playwright Zack Rogow and actor, playwright Lorri Holt, directed by David Ford, The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $20-$35 sliding scale/$55 and $100 reserved seating, 8:00 (415/282-3055, www.themarsh.org)
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• Café Society presents Neal Snidow reading from Vista Del Mar: A Memoir of the Ordinary, and in conversation with novelist/memoirist Jane Vandenburgh and Counterpoint publisher Jack Shoemaker on "The Art of Personal Memoir," photographs from the book will be on display, Kaleidoscope Coffee, 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, 7:30 (kaleidoscopecoffee.com)
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EAST:
• Annual Conference on Creative Writing at Pacific runs from June 24 to 26, organized by UC Davis's Scott Evans, literary agents and publishers available for pitch sessions, workshops and presentations, Keynote Speaker: novelist Robin Burcell, $500 prize for best unpublished novel, University of the Pacific, Stockton (scevans327@gmail.com, www.writersconferenceatpacific.com)
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25 JUNE 2016 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Colette Uncensored performed by Lorri Holt, about the early twentieth century French novelist, written by poet, translator, and playwright Zack Rogow and actor, playwright Lorri Holt, directed by David Ford, The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $20-$35 sliding scale/$55 and $100 reserved seating, 8:00 (415/282-3055, www.themarsh.org)
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26 JUNE 2016 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading celebrating Cross-Section: An Anthology of Contemporary Greek Poetry edited by Jack Hirschman, contributing editor Dino Siotis, with Jack Hirschman, D. Charalambous, Ismini Ioannou, Angelos Sakkis, John Sakkis, and Katerina Stock, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, Glen Park, San Francisco, 2:00-4:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
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EAST:
• Remarkable Artist Series presents An Evening with Dana Gioia, California Poet Laureate, in a reading of his poetry from 99 Poems: New and Selected; Dana Gioia will be joined by the winner of California's Poetry Out Loud competition for 2016, Chigozie Maduchukwu, a junior at Pleasant Grove High School, who will recite a few of his pieces, co-sponsored by the Sacramento Poetry Center, Crocker Art Museum, Setzer Auditorium, 216 O Street, Sacramento, free but reservations are required, 6:00-8:00 (Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission: 916/808-8877 or 916/808-3986, aaulenbacher@cityofsacramento.org; SPC: 916/240-1897)
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27 JUNE 2016 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Bay Area Generations presents writers of different generations in pairs, through its submission-based reading series, this event features Barbara P. Campbell with Aline Soules, Jarney Genna with Jose Luis Gutierrez, K.R. Morrison with G. Macias Gusman, Jon Sindell with LJ Moore, Shirley Huey with Ellen Woods, Mary Loughran with Wendy Snyder, John Oliver Simon with Nadine Lockhart, and Michael Brautigan with QR Hand, musical guest Eliot Jordan, guest curator Barb Reynolds, full bar, Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, $7, admission with chapbook of readers $10, doors open 7:00, show 7:30 (bayareagenerations.com)
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• Poetry Express presents an open reading on the writing prompt "Books When Six"; 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)
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28 JUNE 2016 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Artist and writer Rikki Ducornet reads from her new book, Brightfellow: A Novel, exploring misplaced affection and emotional deformity, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Sixth annual POETS 11 Branch Readings are held in neighborhoods all over San Francisco, local contributors selected from a citywide Friends of the San Francisco Public Library poetry contest will read, curated by FSPL Poet-in-Residence Jack Hirschman, Meeting Room, Richmond Branch Library, 351 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 6:30-7:30 (415/355-5600, katherine.jardine@frieendssfpl.org, www.friendssfpl.org)
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EAST:
• A poetry reading and discussion with California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia, Davis Library, 315 East 14th Street, Davis, free, 7:00-8:00 (530/757-5593)
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29 JUNE 2016 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Book release celebration for two new works, The Metaphysical Ukulele, by author/teacher Sean Carswell, a collection of unusual fiction based on literary facts, with a ukulele thrown in to each story, and Missile Paradise, by author/teacher Ron Tanner, four interconnected stories on current social and political issues, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Sixth annual POETS 11 Branch Readings are held in neighborhoods all over San Francisco, local contributors selected from a citywide Friends of the San Francisco Public Library poetry contest will read, curated by FSPL Poet-in-Residence Jack Hirschman, Meeting Room, Presidio Branch Library, 3150 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, 6:30-8:00 (415/355-2880, katherine.jardine@frieendssfpl.org, www.friendssfpl.org)
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30 JUNE 2016 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Thursday at Readers Poetry Series presents Melba Abela and David Meltzer, curated by Jack Hirschman, Readers Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/626-7500, katherine.jardine@frieendssfpl.org, www.friendssfpl.org)
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• Book release party for Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, compliled by Philip Cushway, owner of Artrock, and edited by Michael Warr, deputy director of the Museum of the African Diaspora, em>Of Poetry and Protest is an anthology of poems that illuminates today’s black experience through the voices of our most transformative and power African American poets, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• An Evening with the distinguished Himalayan poet and translator Yuyutsu Sharma, Quaking Cantos and A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems, currently Visiting Poet at Columbia University, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, dinner and socializing 7:00, reading and book signing 8:00-9:30 (rsvp to Estelle Schneider, estelabella2003@yahoo.com to give the restaurant an estimate)
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