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26 JULY 2024 — friday

• Green Apple Books welcomes journalist Jesse Katz for the release of his book, The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-jesse-katz)
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27 JULY 2024 — saturday

• Calling all literary enthusiasts! The Beast Crawl Literary Festival showcases some of the Bay Area's most captivating voices throughout downtown Oakland, begin at 3:30 at COMMUNE, Beast Crawl information table: Leg 1 at 4:00 pm features readings by Poetry Flash, AfroSurrealist Writers Workshop, and Oakland Youth Poet Laureates; Leg 2 at 5:30 pm features readings by Black Freighter Press, Colossus Press, and Manic D Press; Leg 3 at 7:00 pm features readings by Paper Press, Celebration of Queer Poets, and Apocrypha Press; Leg 4 at 8:30 pm features an afterparty at COMMUNE and Binny's; there's an open mic at each Leg; start at Beast Crawl's headquarters for information, COMMUNE, 1716 Broadway, Oakland, free, 3:30 pm PDT (For more information, including maps, visit: www.beastcrawl.org/2024.html)
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• Beast Crawl Literary Festival presents a Poetry Flash 50+ Anniversary reading, featured readers include Sally Ashton, Listening to Mars; Judy Halebsky, Spring and a Thousand Years (Unabridged); Eliot Schain, The Distant Sound; and Rosalinda Monroy, Poetry Flash assistant editor and contributor; these are poets and writers who have all read for, worked on, or been published in Poetry Flash, hosted by Joyce Jenkins, editor, Poetry Flash, The Punchdown Wine Bar + Bottle Shop, 1737 Broadway, Oakland, free, Leg 1 at 4:00 pm sharp (For more information, including a map, visit: www.beastcrawl.org/blog/poetry-flash-2024)
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• Beast Crawl Literary Festival presents "The Erotic," a reading featuring Rusty Morrison, Risk, editor of Omnidawn Publishing; Richard Silberg, The Horses: New and Selected, associate editor of Poetry Flash; Steven Rood, Music from Behind a Stone Wall; Joyce Jenkins, Joy Road, editor of Poetry Flash, Feelmore Social Club, 1542 Broadway, Oakland, free, Leg 2 at 5:30 pm sharp (For more information, including a map, visit: www.beastcrawl.org/blog/the-erotic-2024)
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• Warwick's welcomes historical-fantasy novelist Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches to discuss her latest in the All Souls series, The Black Bird Oracle, offsite at IPJ Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, 5555 Marian Way, San Diego, free, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/harkness-2024)
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• The Glendale Poet Laureate Program welcomes Summer Farah, I could die today and live again, Arthur Kayzakian, The Book of Redacted Paintings, and David Romero Diamond Bars 2, for a reading and workshop designed for all skill levels, Brand Library and Art Center, 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, free, 11:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/glendale-poet-laureate-poetry-workshop-reading-tickets-939958058857?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
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• Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show will visit Berkeley for an afternoon of poetry featuring readers: Judy Juanita, The High Price of Freeways, Judy Bertelsen, Susan Cohen, Democracy of Fire, Jeanne Wagner, Everything Turns Into Something Else, and Carol Dorf, Berkeley Public Library Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch, 1901 Russell Street, Berkeley, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: marinpoetrycenter.org/programs/traveling-show-3)
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• The CODEX Foundation Logan Book Arts Center presents a two-day poetry printing workshop with Jonathan Gerkin; the class will honor Navajo poet Sherwin Bitsui, Flood Song, by teaching to print using one of his poems, CODEX Foundation, 1331 Seventh Street, Unit D, Berkeley, $320, 9:30 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.codexfoundation.org/events)
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• Westside Satellite for Writers presents a workshop, "Identity as an Act of Courage," participants will mine their history for ideas and learn how their personal identity informs the characters in their stories, hosted by writing coach Terrie Silverman and editor Robin Quinn, Virtual on Zoom, $15, 10:00 am PDT (For more information, visit: iwosc.org/events/westside-satellite-for-writers-identity-as-an-act-of-courage-a-writing-and-storytelling-interview-workshop/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=identity_as_an_act_of_courage_a_writing_and_storytelling_interview_workshop_on_saturday_july_27_part_of_wpn_education_series&utm_term=2024-07-17#iwosc-event-registration)
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28 JULY 2024 — sunday

• Marcus Books welcomes author Eisa Davis, Angela's Mixtape/the History of Light, for a discussion, reading, and book signing, Marcus Books, 3900 Martin L King Jr Way, Oakland, 1:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.instagram.com/marcus.books/?hl=en)
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• The CODEX Foundation Logan Book Arts Center presents a two-day poetry printing workshop with Jonathan Gerkin; the class will honor Navajo poet Sherwin Bitsui, Flood Song, by teaching to print using one of his poems, CODEX Foundation, 1331 Seventh Street, Unit D, Berkeley, $320, 9:30 am PDT (For more information, visit: www.codexfoundation.org/events)
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• Join Genie Cartier and special guests for "the Curve!" a special show that combines spoken word poetry, comedy, and acrobatics, Circus Center Theater, 755 Frederick Street, San Francisco, $18, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-curve-an-acro-poem-tickets-929837768797?aff=ebdssbdestsearch)
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29 JULY 2024 — monday

• Litquake presents Literary Pub Trivia night, a fundraiser for this year's Litquake, show off your literary knowledge and compete for an exciting array of prizes! Hosted by journalist, author, and game show enthusiast Jeneé Darden, When a Purple Rose Blooms, Gilman Brewing Company, 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, $20, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/litquake-literary-pub-trivia-tickets-936833282567?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm-source=cp&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing)
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30 JULY 2024 — tuesday

• ZYZZYVA Magazine presents Movie Night at the Roxie with novelists Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, and R.O. Kwon, Exhibit; the featured film will be Secretary, Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, $15, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: roxie.com/film/zzyva-movie-night-secretary)
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31 JULY 2024 — wednesday

• City Lights Bookstore welcomes poet and translator Daniel Borzutzky, The Performance of Becoming Human, discussing his latest book, The Murmuring Grief of the Americas, in conversation with Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, The Life Assignment, virtual on Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: citylights.com/events/daniel-borzutzky-in-conversation-with-ricardo-alberto-maldonado)
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• Lyrics & Dirges reading series presents Anastasia Lê, Taneesh Kaur, Linette Escobar, Jessica Ke'mani, Abby Bogomolny, hosted by MK Chávez and Sharon Coleman, curated by Sharon Coleman, Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, refreshments, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (www.pegasusbookstore.com)
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• Vroman's Bookstore welcomes Melissa Mogollon for a discussion of her new novel, Oye, in conversation with Greg Mania, Born to Be Public, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.vromansbookstore.com/Melissa-Mogollon-discusses-Oye)
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• Green Apple Books welcomes author Willy Vlautin, The Night Always Comes, to celebrate the release of his new book, The Horse; Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, Free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-willy-vlautin)
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