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10 OCTOBER 2024 — thursday

  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Jan Beatty, Dragstripping, Kim Addonizio, Exit Opera, and Brittany Perham, Double Portrait, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
  • Womb House Books welcomes Nina Renata Aron, Good Morning Destroyer of Men's Souls, and Summer Brenner, Dust, for a discussion on writing memoir, Womb House Books, 470 49th Street, Temescal Alley, Oakland, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.wombhousebooks.com/events)
  • San Francisco Public Library welcomes Nalo Hopkins for a discussion of her new book, Jamaican Ginger and Other Concoctions, in conversation with Michele Tracy Berger, Doll Seed: Stories as a part of the Sistah Scifi Series, African American Center, Third Floor, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/10/10/author-nalo-hopkinson-conversation-michele-tracy-berger)
  • Litquake presents their opening event, the "Booksellers' Ball," an evening featuring cocktails, drag performances, music, and booksellers including Adobe Books, Bird and Beckett, Black Bird Books, Book Castle, Books Inc., Book Passage, The Booksmith, City Lights, Comix Experience, Dog Eared Books, Et al., Fabulosa Books, Green Apple Books, Isotope Comics, Medicine for Nightmares, Silver Sprocket, and Telegraph Hill Books, Club Fugazi Experiences, 678 Green Street, San Francisco, $75-$100, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/litquake-opening-night-booksellers-ball-tickets-1000797581507?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
  • Book Passage and Dominican University of California welcome author Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, for a discussion of his recent release, Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering, in conversation with broadcast journalist Michael Krasny, Dominican University of California, 20 Olive Avenue, San Rafael, $45, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.bookpassage.com/event/malcolm-gladwell-revenge-tipping-point-dominican-university-california)
  • San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, Pick a Garnet to Sleep In, celebrates the late and beloved Native American poet and storyteller Mary TallMountain, featuring poetry readings from special guests; San Francisco Main Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam-celebrates-mary-tallmountain-tickets-924077529767?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
  • National Book Award and Northern California Book Award-winner Sabaa Tahir to celebrate the release of her new romantic fantasy novel, Heir, presented offsite by Linden Tree Books, at the Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, $35, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.lindentreebooks.com/events-calendar)

11 OCTOBER 2024 — friday

12 OCTOBER 2024 — saturday

13 OCTOBER 2024 — sunday

  • Avenue 50 Studio presents "Defining Our Legacies Ancestor to Ancestor," a poetry reading featuring Pat Alderete, Xochit-Julisa Bermejo, Olga Garcia, Liz Gonzalez, Frankie Hernandez, Lupe Montiel, and a special surprise guest poet, hosted by Consuelo Flores, Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50, Los Angeles, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: avenue50studio.org/upcoming)
  • International Women's Writing Guild presents "Find me in the Fiction District," a ninety-minute workshop with poet Kate Copeland focused on learning about how the brain hemispheres handle fiction while touching upon theories re: syntax, semantics and the folk model of the mind, Virtual on Zoom, $45-$55, 11:00 am EDT (For more information, visit: iwwg.org/event-5871997)
  • "Writing Toward the Light" online workshop will be led by author Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, and poet Danusha Laméris, Bonfire Opera, four Sundays in October (October 6, 13, 20, and 27); Workshop sessions will include a craft discussion, a Q&A period, and an in-class writing session, Virtual on Zoom, $250, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.danushalameris.com/offers/xFozUZVF/checkout)
  • Litquake presents "Is Nonfiction Literature? Exploring the Intersection of Fact and Art," writers Tom Barbash, Lindsey Crittenden, Glen David Gold, and Rachel Howard, with moderator Jason Roberts, a discussion about nonfiction and its categorization within the literary arts, San Francisco Public Library, Saroyan Gallery, 100 Larkin Street, Sixth Floor, San Francisco, free, 2:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/is-nonfiction-literature-exploring-the-intersection-of-fact-and-art-registration-1003401590167?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
  • Litquake welcomes writers Eirinie Carson, Christopher D. Cook, Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Jesus Francisco Sierra, and Rowena Leong Singer for "Celebrating Defiance, Resisting Silence," a discussion of identity, activism, and the pursuit of justice, to give insights into how American culture and politics impact their daily lives as members of under-represented communities, SAGRADA, 4926 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-defiance-resisting-silence-registration-1003981073417?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
  • Litquake and Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc. (PAWA) present The Filipino American International Book Festival (FilBookFest), a festival celebrating diverse voices and Filipino authors featuring keynote speaker Elaine Castillo, How to Read Now: Essays, San Francisco Public Library, Saroyan Gallery, 100 Larkin Street, Sixth Floor, San Francisco, free, 12:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.filbookfestival.org)
  • Litquake welcomes writers Susan Kiyo Ito, Margaret Juhae Lee, Grace Loh Prasad, and Leslie Absher for "Subterfuge and Secrets: Memoirists Who Go Undercover to Learn the Truth," a discussion about using creative nonfiction to write imagined scenes, and lying, eavesdropping, and/or employing subterfuge to gain access to off-limit material for their memoirs, San Francisco Public Library, Saroyan Gallery, 100 Larkin Street, Sixth Floor, San Francisco, free, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/subterfuge-and-secrets-memoirists-who-go-undercover-to-learn-the-truth-registration-1003402623257?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
  • Litquake and The Lost Church present "Modern Magic" featuring writer Michelle Tea, Modern Magic, and its companion Modern Tarot, in conversation with Diana Helmuth, The Witching Year, during intermission author Rana Tahir's will share her "Choose Your Own Adventure"-inspired tarot deck, and Julia Halina Hadas's WitchCraft Cocktails will be served, moderated by MK Chavez, The Lost Church, 988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, $18, 8:15 pm PDT (For more information, visit: thelostchurch.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/instances/a0FTU00000AFhN52AL)
  • Litquake presents "How Mighty Is the Small, Independent Press?" a panel moderated by Tania Malik with Nina Schuyler, Grace Loh Prasad, and Carol LaHines who will share a frank discussion about their experiences being traditionally published by small, independent presses, San Francisco Public Library, Saroyan Gallery, 100 Larkin Street, Sixth Floor, San Francisco, free, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-mighty-is-the-small-independent-press-registration-1003400677437?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading featuring Patricia Caspers, The Most Kissed Woman in the World, and Annie Stenzel, Don't misplace the moon, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).

14 OCTOBER 2024 — monday

15 OCTOBER 2024 — tuesday

16 OCTOBER 2024 — wednesday

17 OCTOBER 2024 — thursday

18 OCTOBER 2024 — friday

  • Beyond Baroque presents "A Night of Ghazals," a celebration of two new Urdu to English ghazal translations, translator Bilial Shaw's The Plague of Love: Selected Sufi Love Poems of Mir Taqi Mir, and Tony Barnstone and Bilial Shaw's co-translation, Faces Hidden in the Dust: Selected Ghazals of Ghalib, with a reading by the two translators and more ghazals and original work by Anthony Lee, Scott Noon Creley, Terry Wolverton, Sarah Maclay, Yvonne Estrada, and Douglas Manuel, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 8:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of-ghazals-tony-barnstone-bilal-shaw-and-friends-tickets-1041335852567?aff=oddtdtcreator)

19 OCTOBER 2024 — saturday

20 OCTOBER 2024 — sunday

21 OCTOBER 2024 — monday

  • The City of El Cerrito presents a drop-in poetry circle with El Cerrito Poet Laureate Tess Taylor, Rift Zone, Hana Gardens Senior Center, 10870 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.el-cerrito.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=9395)
  • City Lights Bookstore, as part of the Litquake Festival, welcomes Jonathan Lethem to discuss his new book, Cellophane Bricks: A Life in Visual Culture, in conversation with fiction writer Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, also online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/jonathan-lethem-in-conversation-with-rita-bullwinkel)

22 OCTOBER 2024 — tuesday

  • City Lights Bookstore, as part of the the Litquake Festival, welcomes Josh Mohr to discuss his new novel, Saint the Terrifying, joined by his band Slummy, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street (near Mission), San Francisco, $12-$15, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/launch-party-josh-mohr-with-slummy)

23 OCTOBER 2024 — wednesday

  • Graywolf Press presents a literary salon featuring an introduction by poet Dana Gioia, Interrogations at noon, followed by a reading and conversation with Maggie Nelson, Like Love: Essays and Conversations, Solmaz Sharif, Customs, Graywolf director and publisher Carmen Giménez, and Graywolf editorial director Ethan Nosowsky; All attendees will receive a custom tote bag; Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, The Store House, 2 Marina Blvd, Landmark Building C, San Francisco, starting at $50, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: graywolfpress.salsalabs.org/50thanniversarysalonsanfrancisco/index.html)
  • Linden Tree Books welcomes Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin to discuss their new Middle Grade historical adventure, The Bletchley Riddle, presented off site at Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.lindentreebooks.com/events-calendar)
  • City Arts and Lectures presents Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between The World & Me, to discuss his new essay collection, The Message, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, tickets start at $54, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.cityarts.net/event/ta-nehisi-coates-4)

24 OCTOBER 2024 — thursday

25 OCTOBER 2024 — friday

  • "Creepy Crawly Soil Critters," a Halloween performance that combines poetry, storytelling, and performance with ecology, featuring poets Linda Ravenswood, Bernadette McComish, Christina Cha, Brian Sonia Wallace, and Tom Laichas, nonfiction author and poet Diana Dinerman, musician Rusty Perez, educator Mick Lorusso, ecologist Lynn Fang, and Planet Earth Observatory's Team, the Typewriter poet will be available to commission poems, Patagonia, 47 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, $10-$20, free entry with themed costume, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/creepy-crawly-soil-critters-a-poetic-halloween-performance-tickets-1028822605107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
  • Point Reyes Books welcomes Obi Kaufmann to discuss his newest book, The State of Fire: Why California Burns, with watercolor maps and paintings, Red Barn Classroom, 75 Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.ptreyesbooks.com/state-of-fire-kaufmann)

26 OCTOBER 2024 — saturday

  • Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library presents Lory Bedikian, Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body, and Anna Leahy, If in Some Cataclysm, Claremont Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry)
  • Christian Georgescu's multimedia production House of The Highest and Most Pious (HOTHAMP) "depicts a prosperity preacher's search for meaning as he contends with modern life amid late stage Capitalism", Featuring spoken word performance from S.A. Griffin, Rich Ferguson, Kathleen Florence, and Christine Jordan, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, Free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-the-highest-and-most-pious-tickets-962479872207?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
  • City Lights Bookstore presents "Making Democracy Real: Encouraging an Active Citizenry," a discussion about a citizen's duty of political engagement with Martha S. Jones, David Daley, Paul Pierson, Eric Schickler, Amanda Becker, and Erin Geiger Smith, Virtual on Zoom, free, 11:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/making-democracy-real-encouraging-an-active-citizenry)
  • Litquake presents its annual literary pub crawl "Lit Crawl," with literary events all day and 250+ featured authors, multiple locations, San Francisco, free, 2:45 pm PDT; the last event takes place at 9:00 pm PDT (For more information and the full schedule of events, visit: www.litquake.org/litcrawl)
  • In celebration of his debut poetry collection, Motherlands, Weijia Pan reads with poet Dare Williams and writer/artist Sara Ellen Fowler, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/motherlands-weijia-pan-dare-williams-sara-ellen-fowler-tickets-1039328598817)

27 OCTOBER 2024 — sunday

  • Village Poets welcomes Lory Bedikian, Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body, and Mary E. Torregrossa, My Zocalo Heart, for a poetry reading followed by an open mic, refreshments, The Bolton Hall Museum, 10110 Commerce Avenue, Tujunga, free, 4:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: villagepoets.blogspot.com/2024/09/village-poets-presents-lory-bedikian.html)
  • Small Press Traffic and the Belladonna* School for Feminist Practice and Poetics presents "Reading and Writing through Hoa Nguyen", a four session (October 27, November 10, November 24, and December 8) workshop centered around discussion of Nguyen's work and generative writing exercises, Hosted by author Zoe Tuck, Bedroom Vowel, Virtual on Zoom, $80-200, 1:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/reading-and-writing-through-hoa-nguyen)
  • This house concert will feature the Ursonate, an experimental sound poem composed by the German Dada artist and poet Kurt Schwitters in 1924, and phonetic poetry by Antonin Artaud, Hugo Ball, Raoul Hausmann, and Theo van Dousburg, as well as works composed by Jaap Blonk, held at a private residence in Berkeley, admission $40 via Venmo @harry-bernstein, 5:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.jaapblonk.com/Pages/ontour.html, or email, harry@fullplatemedia.com)
  • "Writing Toward the Light" online workshop will be led by author Maggie Smith, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, and poet Danusha Laméris, Bonfire Opera, four Sundays in October (October 6, 13, 20, and 27); Workshop sessions will include a craft discussion, a Q&A period, and an in-class writing session, Virtual on Zoom, $250, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.danushalameris.com/offers/xFozUZVF/checkout)
  • Poet William O'Daly reads from his book, The New Gods, with poet and publisher Bob Stanley, accompanied by bassist Terry Cobb, followed by an open mic, Chateau Davell Winery, 3020 Vista Tierra Drive, Camino, free, 4:00 pm PDT (For directions, visit: chateaudavell.com)
  • Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents the Dos Rios State Park Nature Poetry Walk, a two-and-a-half mile poetry walk featuring special guest poet Salvatore Salerno, Dos Rios State Park, 3559 Shiloh Road, Modesto, 9:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.mostpoetry.org/event/dos-rios-state-park-nature-poetry-walk)
  • In celebration of her new poetry collection, Father Elegies, poet Stella Hayes reads from her new book and engages in conversation about its meaning, Village Well Books and Coffee, 9900 Culver Blvd. #1b, Culver City, free, 4:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-book-launch-with-stella-hayes-tickets-1042314951077?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)

28 OCTOBER 2024 — monday

29 OCTOBER 2024 — tuesday

  • In celebration of his memoir, Roman Year fiction author André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name, will be in conversation with novelist Michael David Lukas, Books on the Park on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, also on YouTube, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: greenapplebooks.com/event/2024-10-29/9th-ave-andre-aciman-michael-david-lukas)
  • City Lights Bookstore presents "The Dopamine Variety Show," a celebration of the queer literary organization, DOPAMINE, Books and Printed Matter, and the publication of The Sluts Anthology, edited by Michelle Tea, and fiction writer Clement Goldberg's new book, New Mistakes, featuring reading and discussion from Vera Blossom, Clement Goldberg, Brooke Palmieri, Naz Riahi, Shawn Stewart Ruff, and L Scully, hosted by Michelle Tea, Virtual on Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/the-dopamine-variety-show)
  • Hammer Museum welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Forrest Gander for a reading from his anticipated collection, Mojave Ghost, Hammer Museum; 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 7:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2024/poetry-forrest-gander)

30 OCTOBER 2024 — wednesday

  • Grace Feuerverger, Oasis of Dreams, reads from her memoir, Winter Light: The Memoir of a Child of Holocaust Survivors, book signing follows, Books Inc. Berkeley, 1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For directions, visit: booksinc.net/event/2024-10-30/grace-feuerverger-books-inc-berkeley)
  • In celebration of her new poetry collection, Estelle Meaning Star, Sarah Rosenthal reads with poets Nathalie Khankan, Hazel White, and Maw Shein Win, Books on the Park on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, also on YouTube, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: greenapplebooks.com/event/2024-10-30/9th-ave-sarah-rosenthal-nathalie-khankan-hazel-white-and-maw-shein-win)
  • Lyrics and Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning poets and writers, hosted and curated by East Bay poets MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.pegasusbookstore.com/ld-oct24)
  • Poetry at the Claremont Library presents 2024 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner Paisley Rekdal, Nightingale, for a special Wednesday evening poetry reading, Claremont Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/fourthsaturdayspoetry)
  • Poetry reading by poet and classical guitarist Steven Rood, Music from Behind a Stone Wall, introduced by Richard Silberg with a brief reading of his own, homemade cookies will be served, sponsored by Temple Sinai's Fine Arts Committee on Culture and Community, Temple Sinai chapel, 2808 Summit, at 28th Street between Webster and Summit, enter at gate in parking lot, Oakland, free, 7:00 pm PDT
  • City Lights Bookstore welcomes Eleni Stecopoulos to discuss her new book of essays, Dreaming in the Fault Zone: A Poetics of Healing, in conversation with Miranda Mellis, Demystifications, City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, and online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/eleni-stecopoulos)
  • Los Angeles reporter Rosanna Xia will be discussing her new environmental nonfiction book, California Against the Sea, with Tyrone Jue, Director of San Francisco Environment, Environmental Center Exhibit Space, Fifth Floor, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events/2024/10/30/author-rosanna-xia-conversation-tyrone-jue)

31 OCTOBER 2024 — thursday

  • Writers Read Ukiah monthly poetry reading series takes place on the last Thursday of the month, their Halloween special welcomes the "Voice of Sonoma Valley's Poet on the Beat," Lin Marie Vincent reading from Sky Fishing and haiku in honor of the Ukiahhaiku Festival, an hour-long open mic session follows the featured reading, six-minutes maximum time for each reader, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events/2024/10/31/writers-read-ukiahs-literary-salon)

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