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24 FEBRUARY 2022 — thursday

  • The Poetry Center presents a reading and conversation featuring three San Francisco State alums and prose writers: Matthew Clark Davidson, Doubting Thomas, Stacy Flood, The Salt Fields, and Patrick Earl Ryan, If We Were Electric, presenting and discussing their newly published fiction, in-person at The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (More information here: poetry.sfsu.edu/matthew-clark-davison-stacy-flood-patrick-earl-ryan)
  • Monthly meeting of the Spanish Language Book Club, open to the public, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm PST (For a list of books being read this year and questions, email: joelstreicker@gmail.com; 415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • Skylight Books presents poet Paul Tran, reading from their debut collection, All the Flowers Kneeling, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-paul-tran-presents-all-flowers-kneeling)

25 FEBRUARY 2022 — friday

  • Boohabian multi-reed horn player David Boyce and friends perform jazz, masks, proof of vaccination, and booster required to enter, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm PST (415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • 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)
  • The Sims Library of Poetry presents the "1619 Speaks Reading," featuring poets Tommy Domino, Switches, Hot Wheel Tracks, and Extension Cords, Flyy High, Yani, Hiram Sims, Poems of a Young, Troubled Mind, and Aiyana "Sha'niel" Da'Briel, with open mic to follow, hosted by Woodrow Bailey, $10 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds, in-person event, Sims Library of Poetry, 2702 W. Florence Avenue, Los Angeles, also on Zoom, 7:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend Zoom: www.simslibraryofpoetry.org/events)

26 FEBRUARY 2022 — saturday

  • San Francisco Public Library in partnership with the Berkeley Public Library and City College of San Francisco's Phillippine Studies Department, presents author and educator Peter Bacho in conversation and reading from his new work, Uncle Rico's Encore: Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle, in conversation with Professor Lily Ann Villaraza, Zoom, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • City Lights Books and PM Press present a weekend-long symposium celebrating the launch of Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, published by PM Press, featuring numerous talks with authors in the science fiction genre, including Imagining "New Worlds: What Activists Can and Have Learned from Sci-Fi," with Annalee Newitz and Shelley Streeby, "Bursting Through The Boundaries: Queering SF," with Meg Elison and Maitland McDonagh, "Wild Seed: Reflecting on the Work and Impact of Octavia Butler," with Alexis Pauline Gumbs and adrienne maree brown, and a conversation with acclaimed science fiction author Michael Moorcock, online, free, 11:00 am PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Noel Obiora reads from his new crime thriller, A Past That Breathes, with racial and political undertones, set during the O.J. Simpson trial, masks, proof of vaccination, and booster required to enter, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST (415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • Nomadic Press presents a book release celebration for Painting the Streets: Oakland Uprising in the Time of Rebellion, preorders will go on sale soon, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.nomadicpress.org/events)
  • PEN America presents a conversation between author and speaker Shaka Senghor and editor Caits Meissner, on Senghor's latest book, Letters to the Sons of Society and the anthology The Sentences That Create Us, a collection of essays exploring the power of reading and writing in prison, and how they form a road map to a thriving writing life for those who are incarcerated, moderated by essayist Rachel Kushner, in-person event, Second Home Hollywood, 1370 N St. Andrews Place, Los Angeles, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (Register to attend: pen.org/event/the-sentences-that-create-us-writing-in-prison-and-beyond)
  • The Richmond Literary Arts Center presents a reading with novelist Ian Ross Singleton, Two Big Differences, and short story writer Pavel Lembersky, The Death of Samusis, and Other Stories, with open mic reading to follow, donations welcome, online via Zoom, free, 12:30 pm PST (RSVP to participate in the open mic: Rob Lipton roblipton@gmail.com; us02web.zoom.us/j/85841089164?pwd=TzA2NTU0U0hFVS91UklRT1N1TUlNZz09)

27 FEBRUARY 2022 — sunday

  • City Lights Books and PM Press present a weekend-long symposium celebrating the launch of Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, published by PM Press, featuring numerous talks with authors in the science fiction genre, including "The Forever War: Vietnam's Impact on Sci-Fi," with Terry Bisson and Marge Piercy, a conversation with novelist Samuel R. Delaney, Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection, "Ten Thousand Light Years From Home: Reflecting on the Work and Impact of James Tiptree Jr.," with Karen Joy Fowler and Jonathan Lethem, "False Dawns and Wandergrounds: Dystopia, Then and Now," with Matt Bell, Cory Doctorow, Vandana Singh, and Ann VanderMeer, online, free, 11:00 am PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • The Village Poets of Sunland Tujunga present a reading with poet Dean Blehert, Kill the Children and Other Disconnections, Please, Lord, Make Me a Famous Poet or at Least Less Fat, with open mic before and after the reading, online via Zoom, free, 4:30 pm PST (Email: DMHSkiles@gmail.com for the Zoom link; more information here: villagepoets.blogspot.com/2022/02/dean-blehert-features-for-village-poets.html)
  • Book launch celebration: Ruth Crossman reads from her new chapbook, All the Wrong Places, "flash memoir meets graphic novel," with an all-star lineup of local readers, presented by Naked Bulb Press, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST (415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • The Green Arcade presents a memorial reading in honor of poet Lew Ellingham, Poet Be Like God, readers to be announced, come join for readings and reminiscences, in-person, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)
  • San Francisco Public Library presents Shayda Kafai, Crip Kinship, in conversation with Zena Sharman, The Care We Dream Of, to discuss how disability justice is foundational to combating legacies of cis-heteropatriarchy, white supremacy, classism, and capitalism in LGBTQ+ health and crip cultural productions, Zoom, free, 2:00-3:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • The Claremont Library's Fourth Sundays Reading Series features poets Chloe Martinez, Ten Thousand Selves, and Toti O'Brien, An Alphabet of Birds, free, in-person, Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Avenue, Claremont, 2:00 pm PST (More information here: www.facebook.com/fourthsundayspoetry)
  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents "A Night of Love," a reading honoring the life and work of bell hooks (1952-2021), prolific poet and activist, author of Ain't I a Woman?, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, and more; the reading features educator Kim Benjamin, and poets Pam Ward, Between Good Men and No Man At All, F. Douglas Brown, ICON, Derrick Weston Brown, Wisdom Teeth, Shonda Buchanan, Black Indian, and Pat Payne, online, free, 4:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Bird & Beckett presents Purple Gums: Francis Wong, Bobby Bradford, William Roper, and poet Genny Lim, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00-7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: birdbeckett.com)
  • The Sims Library of Poetry presents award-winning poet Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, celebrating his new collection, Duende: Poems, 1966-Now, in reading and conversation with poets devorah major, califia's daughter, and Michael Warr, Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, We Are All the Black Boy, online, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend Zoom: www.simslibraryofpoetry.org/events)

28 FEBRUARY 2022 — monday


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