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1 DECEMBER 2018 — saturday

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  • The SFSU Poetry Center presents "In Common Writers Series," featuring a reading by writer, artist, and editor Janice Lee, The Sky Isn't Blue, and poet, editor, and publisher Brenda Iijima, Remembering Animals, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 4:00 (415/824-1761, www.alleycatbookshop.com)

2 DECEMBER 2018 — sunday

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  • The 28th Annual PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Awards honor outstanding literary achievement in America's diverse literary community, 2018 recipients are Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heaven is All Goodbyes, City Lights Books; Jerome Rothenberg, Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania, University of California Press; Percival Everett, So Much Blue, Graywolf Press; Andrew Sean Greer, Less, Lee Boudreaux Books; Julie Lythcott-Haims, Real American, Henry Holt; Paul Ortiz, An African American and Latinx History of the United States, ReVisioning American History/Beacon Press; M.L. Liebler, Heaven was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip Hop and Beyond, Wayne State University Press; Adelle Foley Award will be presented to poet and percussionist Avotcja; Gary Webb Anti-Censorship Award presented to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf; Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award to fiction writer and poet Ana Castillo; Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 2:00-5:00 (sfpl.org)

3 DECEMBER 2018 — monday

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  • Poetry Express presents a reading by Barbara Saunders, open mic, hosted by Jan Dedrick, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)

4 DECEMBER 2018 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Visual artist and science illustrator Jane Kim and writer, explorer, and entrepreneur Thayer Walker discuss their new book, The Wall of Birds: One Planet, 243 Families, 375 Million Years, a celebration of the diversity and evolution of birds, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Franciso, free, 7:30 (415/742-5833, www.greenapplebooks.com)
  • Actor Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory, come for fruitcake and cheer in this annual Mrs. Dalloway's tradition, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

5 DECEMBER 2018 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • "Since When: Readings from the Bill Berkson Memoir," celebrating the posthumous publication of poet and art critic Bill Berkson's Since When: A Memoir in Pieces, readers include: Constance Lewallen, Nina Lewallen Hufford, Alan Bernheimer, John Zurier, Kit Robinson, Clark Coolidge, Lyn Hejinian, Claudia LaRocco, and Renny Pritikin, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, free, 8:00 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
  • Nonfiction writer, poet, and essayist Joshua Rivkin discusses first nonfiction book and new biography, Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly, with fiction writer R.O. Kwon, The Incendiaries, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Franciso, free, 7:30 (415/742-5833, www.greenapplebooks.com)

6 DECEMBER 2018 — thursday

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  • CANCELED: The SFSU Poetry Center presents "In Common Writers Series" with writer and essayist Kiese Laymon, Heavy: An American Memoir, reading from his work and in conversation with movement worker, educator, and poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heaven Is All Goodbyes, The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, free, 1:00 (415/338-2227, poetry.sfsu.edu)

7 DECEMBER 2018 — friday

8 DECEMBER 2018 — saturday

9 DECEMBER 2018 — sunday

10 DECEMBER 2018 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents a reading by Chris Chandler, open mic, hosted by Jim Barnard, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)

11 DECEMBER 2018 — tuesday

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  • Poets Emily Yoon, A Cruelty Special to Our Species, Sam Sax, Bury It, and Monica Sok, Year Zero, read from their latest work, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Franciso, free, 7:30 (415/742-5833, www.greenapplebooks.com)

12 DECEMBER 2018 — wednesday

13 DECEMBER 2018 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Sara Mumolo and Caroline O'Connor Thomas read from their new poetry collections, Day Counter and Unusual Light Source, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Franciso, free, 7:30 (415/742-5833, www.greenapplebooks.com)

14 DECEMBER 2018 — friday

15 DECEMBER 2018 — saturday

16 DECEMBER 2018 — sunday

17 DECEMBER 2018 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents a reading by Barbara West, open mic, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)

18 DECEMBER 2018 — tuesday

19 DECEMBER 2018 — wednesday

20 DECEMBER 2018 — thursday

21 DECEMBER 2018 — friday

22 DECEMBER 2018 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Gearbox Poetry presents a reading by Judith Offer, Double Crossing, poems about Oakland, open mic follows, hosted by David Zeltzer, unfortunately this will be the last reading in this reading series, so come and celebrate the wonderful readings that have taken place there this year, Gearbox Gallery, 770 West Grand Avenue, Oakland, free, 2:00-4:00, open mic sign up starts 1:30 (dzeltzer@acm.org www.gearboxgallery.com)

23 DECEMBER 2018 — sunday

24 DECEMBER 2018 — monday

25 DECEMBER 2018 — tuesday

26 DECEMBER 2018 — wednesday

27 DECEMBER 2018 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Celebrating an Evening with Al Young, a tribute to the acclaimed poet, writer, educator, and California Poet Laureate emeritus, hosted by Kim McMillon, Jack Foley, and San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck; a collaborative poem is being created especially for this celebration of Al Young, if you wish to add a line or two to this collective effort, please email your contribution to Jack Foley (jandafoley@sbcglobal.net); the poem begins with the line, "Al is great"; there are also plans to publish a chapbook in honor of Al, to contribute a poem, email Jack Foley, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 6:00-7:30 (sfpl.org)

28 DECEMBER 2018 — friday

29 DECEMBER 2018 — saturday

30 DECEMBER 2018 — sunday

31 DECEMBER 2018 — monday


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