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11 OCTOBER 2017 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Holloway Series in Poetry presents a reading by Renee Gladman, Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall, Third Floor, University of California campus, Berkeley, free and open to the public, 6:30 (hollowayreadingseries.wordpress.com)

12 OCTOBER 2017 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Prose at the Poetry Center, reading and conversation with May-lee Chai, Hapa Girl, and fiction/nonfiction writer Junse Kim, The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/338-2227, www.sfsu.edu)

13 OCTOBER 2017 — friday

14 OCTOBER 2017 — saturday

15 OCTOBER 2017 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • The SFSU Poetry Center and The Green Arcade, in conjunction with Communal Presence: New Narrative Writing Today, present a duo reading by versatile and renowned writers Dennis Cooper, Permanent Green, and Eileen Myles, Afterglow (a dog memoir), McRoskey Mattress Co., 1687 Market Street, San Francisco, $10/$5, free to SFSU students and Poetry Center members, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:30 (www.kelseyst.com)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Sharon Doubiago, An Algebra, and Doreen Stock, In Place of Me, wheelchair accessible, East Bay Booksellers (formerly Diesel), 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com)

16 OCTOBER 2017 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents reading by Alan Harris, open reading follows, need a prompt for your poem? try "Manhandle," hosted by Bruce, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (PoetryExpress@gmail.com, poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)

17 OCTOBER 2017 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Tuesdays at North Beach, a weekly poetry series celebrating international poets and showcasing local talent, presents a reading by Shirin Sadeghi and Thanasis Maskaleris, 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)

18 OCTOBER 2017 — wednesday

19 OCTOBER 2017 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by poet-translators Jeanne Foster and Alan Williamson, from their new co-translation of Italian poet Bianca Tarozzi, The Living Theatre, 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 Rick McKinney, 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, 7:00 (707/884-9189, blake@snakelyone.com, www.facebook.com/215Main)

20 OCTOBER 2017 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • A poetry reading by Judy Wells, The Glass Ship, and Dale Jensen, Amateur Mythology, poems, and Why I Moved to San Francisco, an ebook novella, open reading follows, refreshments, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (510/644-4930, www.expressionsgallery.org)

21 OCTOBER 2017 — saturday

22 OCTOBER 2017 — sunday

23 OCTOBER 2017 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents reading by Melinda Clemmons, open reading follows, need a prompt?: "fish cry," comes from Thoreau, "Who hears the fishes when they cry," hosted by J.D., Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (PoetryExpress@gmail.com, poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)

24 OCTOBER 2017 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Writer and poet Barry Gifford reads from his new fiction book, The Cuban Club: Stories, the ultimate coming-of-age story told as sixty-four linked tales, a creation of myth of the Fall as seen through the eyes of an innocent child on the cusp of becoming an innoncent man, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
  • Tuesdays at North Beach, a weekly poetry series celebrating international poets and showcasing local talent, presents a reading by Karen Melander Magoon and Nina Serrano, 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)

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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