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27 JANUARY 2022 — thursday

• Library Foundation of Los Angeles and Young Literati present Wine and Wisdom featuring a conversation with journalist and poet Dana Goodyear, whose current project is the Lost Hills true crime podcast, hosted by Young Literati member Shayna Englin, Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: lfla.org/calendar)
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• Atsuro Riley reads from his new poetry collection, Heard-Hoard, a vivid weavework remembering an American place and its people, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com)
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• Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center celebrates the life of avant-garde Chicano poet Alfred Arteaga (1950-2008), with readings and discussions featuring poet Cherríe Moraga, A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness; artist and author Harry Gamboa Jr.; poet and educator Richard T. Rodríguez, Exemplars and Accomplices; Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate 2015-17, 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border: Undocuments 1971-2007); and critic and translator Ryuta Imafuku, hosted by poet and editor David Lloyd, Dark Room, audience Q&A to follow, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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• City Lights presents Jordan Stein and Bruce Hainley discussing the life and afterlives of artist Jay DeFeo's Estocada, a work created in the shadow of her great painting, The Rose, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/jordan-stein-and-bruce-hainley-in-conversation)
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28 JANUARY 2022 — friday

• Nomadic Press presents a weekly, virtual open mic reading, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, three-minutes per reader, come join to read or to listen, all are welcome, free, with donations welcome, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/NomadicPress)
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29 JANUARY 2022 — saturday

• Book Passage presents 3 Minute Reads from students of the Writers Grotto writing classes, there will be wine, fun, and fresh new writing, Book Passage Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building #42, San Francisco, free, 3:00 pm PST (For more information: www.bookpassage.com/san-francisco-events)
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• Independent Writers of Southern California presents a discussion with award-winning novelist Clyve Rose, Always a Princess, The Christmas Salon, the discussion will explore techniques for writing historical romance novels and creating convincing and satisfying scenes and characters, free, online via Zoom, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm PST (Register to attend: iwosc.org/westside-satellite-for-writers-writing-the-historical-romance-novel/?mc_cid=14a7764c22&mc_eid=e06ddcb7e3)
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• Nomadic Press presents a book release for Warriors for Justice: Our Future Has Its Eyes on You, Zoom, free, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (To join the Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83240531667?pwd=MVpNVW9RUi9yb1orUHdBUzJ1OUlZZz09; For more information:www.nomadicpress.org/events)
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30 JANUARY 2022 — sunday

• Book Passage presents New York Times best-selling author Isabel Allende reading from and discussing her new novel, Violeta, Book Passage Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building #42, San Francisco, $40, 2:00 pm PST (For more information: www.bookpassage.com/san-francisco-events)
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• City Lights and the Contemporary Jewish Museum present Harry Freedman in conversation with Dan Libenson discussing Harry Freedman's book Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius, from Bloomsbury Books, online via Zoom, free, Noon PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/harry-freedman-in-conversation-with-dan-libenson)
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• Drop Leaf Press presents a Chapbook Release Reading celebrating Barbara Tomash's Residue, and Eloisa Amezcua's DREAMLIFE, Zoom, free, 3:00-6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlc-igrDMvGNYlezuurafpX68X4P3BcYbi?fbclid=IwAR3qMG_9ELwxEnfb58C6gTZefw0dYYB5k0ar1QPCJtfpNAARgffGduaQDFU)
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31 JANUARY 2022 — monday

• San Francisco Public Library presents Book Club, read and discuss Richard Matheson's award-winning novel Somewhere in Time, a moving romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met allows him to literally transcend time, zoom, free, 7:30-8:30pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)
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