Litquake's Lit Crawl—World's Largest Literary Pub Crawl
22 OCTOBER 2022 — saturday
Litquake 2022 concludes with Lit Crawl SF, the world's largest literary pub crawl, in an array of venues throughout San Francisco's Mission District; Highlights of Phase 1: 5:00 pm PDT, The Chapel, 777 Valencia Street: "Poets Crawleate: Bay Area Poet Laureates Represent!," celebrates Bay Area poet laureates Tongo Eisen-Martin (San Francisco), Tshaka Menelik Imhotep Campbell (Santa Clara County), Aileen Cassinetto (San Mateo County), Jen Siraganian (Los Gatos), and former laureate Maw Shein Win (El Cerrito); Highlights of Phase 2: 6:30 pm PDT, Stage Werx, 446 Valencia Street: "Manic D Press Reunion," featuring a dozen literary stars from one of San Francisco's legendary underground publishers; 6:30 pm PDT, Dog Eared Books, 900 Valencia Street: Reading hosted by ZYZZYVA, A San Francisco Journal of Arts & Letters, winner of the 2022 NCBR Recognition Award, featuring past contributors Dana Johnson, Lucy Corin, Vanessa Hua, Michael Jaime-Becerra, and Dean Radar; Highlights of Phase 3: 8:00 pm PDT, Medicine For Nightmares, 3036 24th Street: AGNI celebrates its 50th year in print, featuring Marilyn Abildskov, Abby Caplin, David Goguen, and Shruti Swamy; all Lit Crawl events free, 5:00-9:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.litquake.org)


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- Fiction writer, essayist and journalist Lauren Markham will discuss and read from her new book, Immemorial, the latest volume in Transit Books' Undelivered Lectures series, on the design and function of memorials, with writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit, Call Them By Their True Names, presented in partnership with the Mesa Refuge, Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, 3:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-02-08/lauren-markham-and-rebecca-solnit)
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- Author of two National Book Award-winning novels, Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward will discuss her latest novel, Let Us Descend, as part of Writer's Symposium by the Sea 30th Anniversary Event, "Writing That Redeems," with founder and host of the annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea and journalist Dean Nelson, Brown Chapel, Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego, $16, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/ward-2025)
27 FEBRUARY 2025 — thursday
- Poet and author of The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros will discuss her first poetry collection in twenty-eight years, Woman Without Shame, as part of Writer's Symposium by the Sea 30th Anniversary Event, "Writing That Redeems," with founder and host of the annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea and journalist Dean Nelson, Brown Chapel, Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego, $16, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/cisneros-2025)
28 FEBRUARY 2025 — friday
- Author of the best-selling memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom will discuss his latest novel, The Little Liar, as part of Writer's Symposium by the Sea 30th Anniversary Event, "Writing That Redeems," with founder and host of the annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea and journalist Dean Nelson, Brown Chapel, Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego, $16, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/albom-2025)
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