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18 MAY 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• The Poetry Center presents a rare San Francisco reading by acclaimed National Book Award-winning poet Nikky Finney, Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, $10/$5 low-income admission, SFSU students and Poetry Center members free, 7:00 (415/338-2227, sfsu.edu/~poetry)
  
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19 MAY 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America's most distinguished writers, reads from Children Of The Days: A Calendar of Human History, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
  
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• 32nd Annual Northern California Book Awards, Northern California authors are honored in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, and Children's Literature with brief readings and remarks, reception and book signing follows; Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Kay Ryan, U.S. Poet Laureate 2008-2010; Poetry nominees are City of Rivers by Zubair Ahmed, A Penance by CJ Evans, The Book of a Thousand Eyes, Lyn Hejinian, Plunge by Alice Jones, Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys, D.A. Powell, Citizen by Aaron Shurin; Fiction nominees are A River Closely Watched by Jon Boilard, Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon, A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer DuBois, A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers, The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson; NCBR Recognition Award goes to Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers"; presented by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, Center for the Art of Translation, San Francisco Public Library/Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, Red Room (redroom.com), PEN West, and Mechanics' Institute, public reception with book signing follows, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Public Library, 100 Larkin, enter at Grove, SF, next to Civic Center BART, free, 1:00 (510/525-5476, NCBR @poetryflash.org, poetryflash.org/programs/?p=ncba_2013)
  
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• The annual Leslie Scalapino Lecture in 21st Century Poetics presents sculptor and photographer Petah Coyne, Timken Hall, California College of the Arts, 1111 8th Street, San Francisco, $6-$10, event begins 5:00, lecture 5:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)
  
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EAST:
• Poetry at Ravenswood presents a poetry reading by Barbara Swift Bauer, At Ease in the Borrowed World, and Susan Kelly-Dewitt, The Fortunate Islands, open mic follows, refreshments, Ravenswood Historic Site, 2657 Arroyo Road, Livermore, $5, 2:00-4:00 (925/824-4824; Cher Wollard, cherw @livermorelit.com)
  
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20 MAY 2013 — monday

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21 MAY 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Digital media pioneer and musician Jaron Lanier discusses his book, Who Owns the Future? City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
  
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22 MAY 2013 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Santa Clara Review presents a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Hass, U.S. Poet Laureate 1995-97, to celebrate the launch of their spring issue Volume 100, Issue 2, check out the digital e-reader format of the review, refreshments, Santa Clara University, Locatelli Activity Center, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, free, 4:00-6:00 (santaclarareview.com)
  
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23 MAY 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a reading by Alex Dimitrov and Genine Lentine, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor @poetryflash.org, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  
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24 MAY 2013 — friday

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25 MAY 2013 — saturday

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26 MAY 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a reading by Tim Kahl and Joshua McKinney, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
  
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27 MAY 2013 — monday

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28 MAY 2013 — tuesday

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29 MAY 2013 — wednesday

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30 MAY 2013 — thursday

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31 MAY 2013 — friday

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