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1 DECEMBER 2012 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Center at SFSU and Small Press Traffic present a reading and conversation with poet Alice Notley, Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin, at Geary, San Francisco, $10, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)
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• Poetry Center at SFSU and Small Press Traffic present an informal reception with poet Alice Notley before her at San Francisco’s Unitarian Center, reception held at California College of the Arts Graduate Writing Lounge, 195 de Haro, at the red gate, San Francisco, 5:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)
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• Wild at Heart: Writer Barry Gifford features a screening of Hotel Room: Tricks and Black-Out, followed by Wild at Heart, Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:30 and 8:45 (www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/calendar/month/12012012)
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• The 22nd Annual PEN Oakland Literary Awards and Josephine Miles Awards feature readings by winning authors, winners include Ocotillo Dreams, a novel by Melinda Palacio; The Armageddon of Funk, poems by Michael Warr; Fug You, a memoir by Ed Sanders; Solitude of Five Black Moons, poems by Aurora Harris; La Negra y Blanca: Fugue & Commentary, a novel by Deena Metzger; Sugar Zone, poems by Mary Mackey; and Salvage the Bones, a novel by Jesmyn Ward, also honoring Alexander Cockburn, winner of the 2012 Censorship Award and Q.R. Hand, 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award, reception and book signing follows, Oakland Public Library, Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, 2:00-5:00 (510/661-5852, www.penoakland.com)
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2 DECEMBER 2012 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a reading by Ben Bloch and Kirsten Casey, 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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• Small Press Traffic presents a reading and conversation with Tim Trace Peterson, J/J Hastain, and Monica Peck, Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 5:00 (www.atasite.org)
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• Small Press Distribution’s Holiday Open House, book sales and discounts warehouse-wide, award-winning musician Michael Zapruder, with writer Sara Wintz, Walking Across a Field We Are Focused on at This Time Now, poets giovanni singleton, Ascension, kathryn l. pringle, Fault Tree, poet Ming Di, author of six collections in Chinese and editor of Poetry East West, a bilingual literary journal, and poet, prose writer, blogger Brandon Brown, Flowering Mall, snacks, SPD, 1341 Seventh Street, Berkeley, readings 2:00, music 3:00, open house 1:00-4:00 (www.spdbooks.org)
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• Author Tod Davies and illustrator Mike Madrid present Lily the Silent, The History of Arcadia series, a literary fantasy/science fiction series, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, 5:00 (415/431-6800, www.thegreenarcade.com)
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SOUTH:
• Adrienne Rich Memorial Reading presents readings and tributes to the late poet by poets Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Bettina Aptheker, Linda Janakos, Doren Robbins, and Michael Warr, co-sponsored by Poetry Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz High Theater, 415 Walnut Avenue, Santa Cruz, free admission, but a free ticket from Bookshop Santa Cruz is required, 7:00 (831/423-0900, www.bookshopsantacruz.com)
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3 DECEMBER 2012 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Monday Night Flo presents an open mic for spoken word, singers, and comedians, twenty-one and up, Vice Ultra Lounge, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek, $5, sign up 8:00, show 8:00, dancing 10:30 (925/565-0853, www.facebook.com/pages/Monday-Night-FLO/190722674300571?sk=info)
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• Poetry Express presents featured poet and open mic, hosted by Jim Barnard, Nance Wogan, Odilia Galvan Rodriguez, and Jan Dederick, ten percent discount on dinner if you come for the reading, Priya Indian Cuisine, 2702 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)
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• Poets! presents featured poets Paula Hackett and Alfonso Texidor,
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NORTH:
• UUCSR/Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa Writers
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4 DECEMBER 2012 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Playwright and teacher Lia Gladstone shares Afghan Voices, a multi-media presentation featuring the work of Afghan students, her play, BURN—I Am My Father's Fire, a collaboration with an Afghan student, premiered to sold out audiences, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, 7:30 (415/431-6800, www.thegreenarcade.com)
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5 DECEMBER 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading to be announced, open mic follows, Sacred Grounds Café, 2095 Hayes Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:50 (415/387-3859, www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715)
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6 DECEMBER 2012 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Thomas Lynch reads from A Christmas Memory, the classic by Truman Capote, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Noirist, poet, and screenwriter Barry Gifford reads from Read 'Em and Weep, Sad Stories of the Death of Kings, touching on his numerous other recent books, with music by Lars Mars and His Men will perform, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, 8:00 (415/431-6800, http://BarryGifford.com, www.thegreenarcade.com)
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• "Re-Materializing the Book," an informal talk by master printer and book artist Peter Koch, at More Moe's on the Fourth Floor, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
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NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center presents a performance of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, with The Rebound Players, refreshments, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, at E, San Rafael, $5/$3 MPC members, 7:30 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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• Sonoma County Poetry Slam, with prizes, emcee Tom J. Mariani, UUCSR Writers Poet Laureate and guest former slam winners, Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, free, sign up 6:45, show 7:00-9:00 (slam information: southforkboots @gmail.com)
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• UUCSR/Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa Writers meet for Thursday morning coffee and conversation, Whole Foods, Coddingtown, Santa Rosa, 10:00 a.m.-noon (GGdeB @ aol.com, uucsrwriters.blogspot.com)
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7 DECEMBER 2012 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Jamaican Canadian speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson reads from Report from Planet Midnight, a science fiction/fantasy novel, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/431-6800, www.thegreenarcade.com)
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SOUTH:
• Waverley Writers presents an all open reading, all welcome, gather in the "preschool room, in the building up front from the main building," Friends Meeting House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, free, 7:30-10:00 (650/424-9877)
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8 DECEMBER 2012 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Wild at Heart: Writer Barry Gifford features a screening of Lost Highway, followed by Perdita Durango, Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:00 and 9:10 (www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/calendar/month/12012012)
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• Third annual East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, celebrates independent art, zines, and comics, showcasing over sixty local artists, with workshops and speakers, presented by Rad Dad and Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, free, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 (www.eastbayalternativebookandzinefest.com)
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• Second Saturday Poetry & Prose presents Claudia Luna and Milani Pelley, open mic follows, refreshments, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, 7:00-9:00 (www.frankbettecenter.org)
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• A celebration of Milvia Street 2012, Berkeley City College's art and literary journal, with poetry and fiction readings and an art show, featuring poets and writers Barbara Campbell, Nalini Davison, Fred Dodsworth, Carmella Fleming, Julian Harned (in absentia), Shanna Hullaby, Dale Jensen, Carla Kandinsky, Michael Mohr, Tomas Moniz, Michael Noel, Alexa Patridge, Christopher Rhiao, G. S. Scott, Elena Shelton, and Nola Hadley Torres, with emcee Sharee Rivera Maya, with an exhibition of art work by seventeen artists, all part of the East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, Berkeley City College Auditorium, 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, noon-2:00 (www.eastbayalternativebookandzinefest.com)
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• Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Stephen Dunn reads from his new book, Here and Now, poems, Bookshop West Portal, 80 West Portal, San Francisco, 7:00 (www.bookshopwestportal.com)
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9 DECEMBER 2012 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Valona Deli presents poets Maria Rosales and Evelyn Hardesty, open mic follows, with host Connie Post, Terry Henry Jazz Trio performs after poetry, Valona Deli, 1323 Pomona, Crockett, 4:00-6:00 (510/787-2022)
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10 DECEMBER 2012 — monday

CENTRAL:
• "The Three Michaels": three acclaimed Berkeley authors Michael Chabon, Michael Pollan, and Michael Lewis take the stage for a "Berkeley Conversation," to benefit 826 Oakland, a new youth writing program from Dave Egger's 826 Valencia, co-sponsored by Mrs. Dalloway's, Berkeleyside, and One Pacific Coast Bank, Roda Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, $100, 7:30 (for tickets, search "The Three Michaels" at brownpapertickets.com)
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• Diesel Readers group discusses The Edge of Maybe, by Erika Lutz, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
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• Monday Night Flo presents an open mic for spoken word, singers, and comedians, twenty-one and up, Vice Ultra Lounge, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek, $5, sign up 8:00, show 8:00, dancing 10:30 (925/565-0853, www.facebook.com/pages/Monday-Night-FLO/190722674300571?sk=info)
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• Poetry Express presents featured poet and open mic, hosted by Jim Barnard, Nance Wogan, Odilia Galvan Rodriguez, and Jan Dederick, ten percent discount on dinner if you come for the reading, Priya Indian Cuisine, 2702 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)
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11 DECEMBER 2012 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• The Green Arcade, the SFSU Poetry Center, and Small Press Traffic present a tribute to Arab American poet and painter Etel Adnan, with a reading by contributors to Homage to Etel Adnan, poetic and critical reflections and personal anecdotes compiled on the occasion of her Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center's Lifetime Achievement Award, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, 7:30 (415/431-6800, www.thegreenarcade.com)
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• Poetry at the Albany Library presents a reading by poets and prose writers Opal Palmer Adisa and devorah major, former San Francisco Poet Laureate, poetry open mic follows, hosted by Catherine Taylor, Albany Library, 1247 Marin Avenue, Albany, 7:00 (510/526-3720, www.aclibrary.org)
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EAST:
• Poetry reading by Katherine Hastings, Cloud Fire, and poet to be announced, open mic follows, hosted by Gillian Wegener, Barkin' Dog Grill, 940 11th Street, Modesto, 6:00 (wegenerspage @yahoo.com)
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12 DECEMBER 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Don Brennan, open mic follows, Sacred Grounds Café, 2095 Hayes Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:50 (415/387-3859, www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715)
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• Fourteen Hills literary journal, featuring stories, poems, creative nonfiction, and art, based at San Francisco State University, celebrates its new issue with music, refreshments, and readings by contributors Emily Ballaine, Renato Escudero, Ainsley Kelly, Peter Kline, Melanie Reitzel, and Donna Laemmlen, Joe Goode Annex, 499 Alabama Street #150, San Francisco, 7:00-10:00
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• Apogee Press celebrates their thirteenth anniversary and the publication of their 2012 books, with a reading featuring Alice Jones, Plunge, Laura Walker, Follow-Haswed, and Pattie McCarthy, Marybones, Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut Street, Berkeley, reception 6:00, reading 7:00 (www.apogeepress.com)
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NORTH:
• Sunset Poetry by the Bay presents poet, essayist, memoirist Doreen Stock, poet, translator, The Redwood Coast Review editor, and fiction writer Stephen Kessler, Burning Daylight, poems, and translator of Luis Cernuda's Desolation of the Chimera, among many other volumes, and short story writer and prose poet Alta Ifland, Elegy for a Fabulous World, Studio 333 Art Gallery, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, 7:00 (415/331-8272, poetnews @sonic.net, www.studio333.info)
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13 DECEMBER 2012 — thursday

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14 DECEMBER 2012 — friday

CENTRAL:
• A Small Press Traffic Pop-Up reading by Myung Mi Kim, from her work in progress "Civil Bound," and Craig Dworkin, The Crystal Text, a chapbook, hosted and curated by Michael Cross, The2 Bay Area Public School, 2355 Broadway, Oakland, donation, 7:00 (smallpresstraffic.org)
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15 DECEMBER 2012 — saturday

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16 DECEMBER 2012 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• The Poetry Center at SFSU presents Korean-born avant-garde poet Myung Mi Kim, Penury, delivering this year's annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street, at Geary, San Francisco, $10/free to SFSU students and Poetry Center members, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:30 (www.sfsu.edu/~poetry)
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17 DECEMBER 2012 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Monday Night Flo presents an open mic for spoken word, singers, and comedians, twenty-one and up, Vice Ultra Lounge, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek, $5, sign up 8:00, show 8:00, dancing 10:30 (925/565-0853, www.facebook.com/pages/Monday-Night-FLO/190722674300571?sk=info)
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• Poetry Express presents featured poet and open mic, hosted by Jim Barnard, Nance Wogan, Odilia Galván Rodríguez, and Jan Dederick, ten percent discount on dinner if you come for the reading, Priya Indian Cuisine, 2702 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)
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• Poets! presents two featured poets, open mic follows, hosted by Jerry Ferraz, Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
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18 DECEMBER 2012 — tuesday

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19 DECEMBER 2012 — wednesday

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20 DECEMBER 2012 — thursday

SOUTH:
• Poetry Center San Jose presents featured reader Nils Peterson, A Walk to the Center of Things, open mic follows, Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, free, 7:00 (408/808-3045, www.willowglen.org)
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21 DECEMBER 2012 — friday

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22 DECEMBER 2012 — saturday

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23 DECEMBER 2012 — sunday

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24 DECEMBER 2012 — monday

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25 DECEMBER 2012 — tuesday

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26 DECEMBER 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Great Books Discussion Group meets for a Holiday Luncheon, facilitated by Rosalie Gonzales, Edith Stone Room, Albany Library, 1247 Marin Avenue, Albany, 1:30-2:30 (510/526-3720, rdavis @ aclibrary.org)
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27 DECEMBER 2012 — thursday

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28 DECEMBER 2012 — friday

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29 DECEMBER 2012 — saturday

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30 DECEMBER 2012 — sunday

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31 DECEMBER 2012 — monday

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