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17 JUNE 2018 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• The Bindery hosts Jared Brock reading from his new book, The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War, along with a screening of the corresponding thirty-nine minute documentary film, Josiah, narrated by Danny Glover, Q&A and signing follows, The Bindery, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 4:00-5:30 (www.booksmith.com/event/bindery-jared-brock-road-dawn)
  
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18 JUNE 2018 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Express presents a reading with Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heaven Is All Goodbyes, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com/p/about.html)
  
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• Poets Genny Lim, KRA!, and William Crossman, War In America, read from their new Omerta chapbooks, The Green Arcade Bookstore, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.thegreenarcade.com)
  
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NORTH:
• Join Marlene Cullen and Susan Bono's Jumpstart, a writing workshop that meets Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings, where creative prompts are used to inspire writing, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, $15 per workshop, 6:30-8:30 (www.thewritespot.us/jumpstart.php/)
  
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19 JUNE 2018 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Friends of the San Francisco Public Library present "Tuesdays at North Beach," a weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent, hosted by Friends' Poet-in-Residence Jack Hirschman, this week features John Curl and Nadine Lockhart, North Beach Public Library, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 6:30-8:00 (Byron Spooner, 415/626-7500, sfpl.org)
  
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• Writer and poet Yrsa Daley-Ward reads from her new book, The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir, The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30-9:00 (www.booksmith.com/event/booksmith-yrsa-daley-ward-terrible)
  
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• Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes discusses his new book, Energy: A Human History, highlighting the successes and failures that led breakthroughs in energy production, City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=3240)
  
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NORTH:
• Join Marlene Cullen and Susan Bono's Jumpstart, a writing workshop that meets Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings, where creative prompts are used to inspire writing, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, $15 per workshop, 10:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. (www.thewritespot.us/jumpstart.php/)
  
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20 JUNE 2018 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Ana Raquel Minian explores the history of Mexican migration in her new book Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration, with The Nation blogger Laura Bogado, City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=3214)
  
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• Moriel Rothman-Zecher reads from his new novel, Sadness Is a White Bird, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (www.moesbooks.com)
  
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21 JUNE 2018 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• A reading featuring poets Kim Addonizio, Mortal Trash, Donna Masini, 4:30 Movie, and Brittany Perham, Double Portrait, The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30-9:00 (www.booksmith.com/event/booksmith-evening-kim-addonizio-donna-masini-and-brittany-perham)
  
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• Zoé Samudzi discusses her new book, co-authored by William C. Anderson, As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation, City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=3198)
  
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• Poet Hazel White reads from her new collection, Vigilance Is No Orchard, with a discussion on a famous garden (now in ruin) that inspired her experimental poem sequence, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (www.mrsdalloways.com/events/hazel-white)
  
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NORTH:
• Marlene Cullen's Writer's Forum, a literary workshop on the craft and business of writing presents romantics Georgia James and Deborah Parrish, Home Sweet Sonoma, speaking on "The Language of Love in Today's Changing Times: How to Write Empowering Love Connections that Embrace Passion and Intimacy," Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, free, 6:30-8:30 (www.thewritespot.us/forum.php/)
  
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22 JUNE 2018 — friday

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23 JUNE 2018 — saturday

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24 JUNE 2018 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Kim Addonizio, Mortal Trash, Donna Masini, 4:30 Movie, and Brittany Perham, Double Portrait, wheelchair accessible, East Bay Booksellers (formerly Diesel), 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com)
  
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25 JUNE 2018 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Express presents a reading with Sandra Anfang, Looking Glass Heart, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com/p/about.html)
  
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• The Bindery hosts award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Joel Selvin reading from Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip, with writer Pamela Turley, The Bindery, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30-9:00 (www.booksmith.com/event/bindery-joel-selvin-fare-thee-well-final-chapter-grateful-deads-long-strange-trip)
  
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NORTH:
• Join Marlene Cullen and Susan Bono's Jumpstart, a writing workshop that meets Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings, where creative prompts are used to inspire writing, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, $15 per workshop, 6:30-8:30 (www.thewritespot.us/jumpstart.php/)
  
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26 JUNE 2018 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Novelist Glen David Gold discusses his new memoir, I Will Be Complete, with ZYZZYVA managing editor Oscar Villalon, City Light Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=3215)
  
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• Friends of the San Francisco Public Library present "Tuesdays at North Beach," a weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent, hosted by Friends' Poet-in-Residence Jack Hirschman, this week features David Volpendesta and Dan Katz, North Beach Public Library, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 6:30-8:00 (Byron Spooner, 415/626-7500, sfpl.org)
  
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NORTH:
• Join Marlene Cullen and Susan Bono's Jumpstart, a writing workshop that meets Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings, where creative prompts are used to inspire writing, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, $15 per workshop, 10:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. (www.thewritespot.us/jumpstart.php)
  
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27 JUNE 2018 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Veronica Scott Esposito The Doubles, Charlie Jane Anders All the Birds in the Sky, and Craig Santos Perez From Unincorporated Territory discuss the very lively, very angry collection of work from forty novelists, essayists, poets, and artists, Who Will Speak for America, City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, san Francisco, free, 7:00 (www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=3216)
  
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• An evening with novelist Porochista Khakpour reading from her new book, Sick: A Memoir, with novelist Esmé Weijun Wang, The Border of Paradise, The Bindery, 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco, free, bar opens 7:00, event 7:30 (www.booksmith.com/event/bindery-porochista-khakpour-sick)
  
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28 JUNE 2018 — thursday

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29 JUNE 2018 — friday

EAST:
• The Art of Storytelling and Poetry presents a performance evening with the theme "Taking Stock," The Avid Reader, 1945 Broadway, Sacramento, free, 7:00-8:30 (www.avidreaderonbroadway.com)
  
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30 JUNE 2018 — saturday

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