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15 MAY 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Presentation and reception for Eric Blasen and Silvina Blasen's book, Living Land: The Gardens of Blasen Landscape Architecture, with introduction by poet Hazel White and photography from the book by Marion Brenner, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Reading by Arturo Mantecón, from his translation of selected poems by Leopoldo María Panero, Like an Eye in the Hand of a Beggar, also reading is Northern California Book Award-winning translator Andrea Lingenfelter, from her bilingual translation, The Changing Room, by contemporary Chinese poet Zhai Yongming, Green Arcade Books, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 (415/431-6800, www.thegreenarcade.com)
  • Dr. Yanis Toussilis presents Sufism and the Way of Blame: The Hidden Sources of a Sacred Psychology, the development of Western and Eastern Sufism and egoist psychology, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)

16 MAY 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Children's books panel of experts, including Katherine Applegate, author of the 2013 Newberry Winner, The One and Only Ivan, Mary Ann Scheuer, librarian and kid book reviewer at greatkidbooks.blogspot.com, Julia Bourland Chambers, librarian at Berkwood Hedge School Berkeley, and Mrs. Dalloway's kids' book specialists, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, $5 admission per adult applicable towards any purchase through 6/16/13, free for kids, 6:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Josh Beemish hosts a weekly Thursday night open mic, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, come early to sign up, free, 7:00 (415/831-5620, www.bazaarcafe.com)
  • Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society launch party, the "history of the most influential underground cabal you've never heard of," with editors Kevin Evans, Carrie Galbraith, John Law, and friends, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents a reading by Jonathan Richman and Randy Fingland, Readers Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, free, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org )
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center presents a reading by poet and translator Cole Swensen after a reception in honor of MPC's founders, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, at E, San Rafael, $5/$3 members, reception for Marin Poetry Center Founders 6:30, reading 7:30 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    EAST:
  • Reading by Arturo Mantecón, from his translation of selected poems by Leopoldo María Panero, Like an Eye in the Hand of a Beggar, also reading is Northern California Book Award-winning translator Andrea Lingenfelter, from her bilingual translation, The Changing Room, by contemporary Chinese poet Zhai Yongming, Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street, Sacramento, free, 7:00 (916/447-5696, http://timetestedbooks.blogspot.com)
  • Third Thursdays in the Central Library with Lawrence Dinkins and Mary Zeppa; Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, noon (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)

17 MAY 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Canessa Park Reading Series presents Stephen Vincent, After Language: Letters to Jack Spicer, Della Watson and Jessica Wickens, co-authors of Everything Refused in the Sea: The Crow & Benjamin Letters, and Valerie Witte, The History of Mining, Canessa Park Gallery, 708 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, $6, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:30
  • Expressions Gallery presents a poetry reading by Lenore Weiss from her new book, Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island, and Florence Miller, reading from her new book Upriver, plus open mic, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/644-4930, www.expressionsgallery.org)
  • Release party for ZYZZYVA's spring/summer issue, with readings by contributors to the West Coast literary journal, including novelist and short story writer Molly Giles, Rough Translations, poet Alexandra Teague, Mortal Geography, and fiction writer Aaron Jae-Ho Shin, and erotica writer Marianna Cherry, hosted by editors Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon, wine and snacks, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/653-9965, www.dieselbookstore.com)

18 MAY 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Poetry Center presents a rare San Francisco reading by acclaimed National Book Award-winning poet Nikky Finney, Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, $10/$5 low-income admission, SFSU students and Poetry Center members free, 7:00 (415/338-2227, sfsu.edu/~poetry)
    SOUTH:
  • A New Cadence Poetry series features a poetry reading and Femshi (Feminist Neo-Benshi) perfomance by Jennifer Firestone, Flashes, Dana Teen Lomax, Disclosure, and Sarah Rosenthal, Manhattan, hosted by James Maughn, Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm Street, Santa Cruz, free, 7:30

19 MAY 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America's most distinguished writers, reads from Children Of The Days: A Calendar of Human History, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
  • Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo present The Flower Recipe Book, floral design, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, tickets $27.20 (book + tax), limited to forty participants, 4:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • 32nd Annual Northern California Book Awards, Northern California authors are honored in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, and Children's Literature with brief readings and remarks, reception and book signing follows; Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Kay Ryan, U.S. Poet Laureate 2008-2010; Poetry nominees are City of Rivers by Zubair Ahmed, A Penance by CJ Evans, The Book of a Thousand Eyes, Lyn Hejinian, Plunge by Alice Jones, Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys, D.A. Powell, Citizen by Aaron Shurin; Fiction nominees are A River Closely Watched by Jon Boilard, Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon, A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer DuBois, A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers, The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson; NCBR Recognition Award goes to Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers"; presented by Northern California Book Reviewers, Poetry Flash, Center for the Art of Translation, San Francisco Public Library/Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, Red Room (redroom.com), PEN West, and Mechanics' Institute, public reception with book signing follows, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Public Library, 100 Larkin, enter at Grove, SF, next to Civic Center BART, free, 1:00 (510/525-5476, NCBR @poetryflash.org, poetryflash.org/programs/?p=ncba_2013)
  • The annual Leslie Scalapino Lecture in 21st Century Poetics presents sculptor and photographer Petah Coyne, Timken Hall, California College of the Arts, 1111 8th Street, San Francisco, $6-$10, event begins 5:00, lecture 5:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)
    EAST:
  • A reading by novelist Claire Messud, The Woman Upstairs, Bookshop West Portal, 80 West Portal, San Francisco, 7:00 (www.bookshopwestportal.com)
  • Poetry at Ravenswood presents a poetry reading by Barbara Swift Bauer, At Ease in the Borrowed World, and Susan Kelly-Dewitt, The Fortunate Islands, open mic follows, refreshments, Ravenswood Historic Site, 2657 Arroyo Road, Livermore, $5, 2:00-4:00 (925/824-4824; Cher Wollard, cherw @livermorelit.com)

20 MAY 2013 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents featured poet Alice Jones, Plunge, and open mic, ten percent discount on dinner if you come for the reading, Priya Indian Cuisine, 2702 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 (510/540-8516, www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)

21 MAY 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Digital media pioneer and musician Jaron Lanier discusses his book, Who Owns the Future? City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show presents Cesar Love, Kathleen Winter, Ida VSW Red, Claire J. Baker, Charles Glaser, Daniel Polikoff, hosted by Rebecca Foust, Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley, 7:00 (415/388-4033, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)

22 MAY 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Elizabeth Fishel presents When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up? Loving and Understanding Your Emerging Adult, Fishel and co-author Jeffrey Jensen Arnett provide practical advice for parents frustrated with their older children, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • A reading by poet and scholar Susan Gevirtz, Coming Events (Collected Writings), and Benjamin Hollander, In the House Un-American, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Santa Clara Review presents a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Hass, U.S. Poet Laureate 1995-97, to celebrate the launch of their spring issue Volume 100, Issue 2, check out the digital e-reader format of the review, refreshments, Santa Clara University, Locatelli Activity Center, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, free, 4:00-6:00 (santaclarareview.com)
  • Center for the Art of Translation celebrates the launch of their new publishing venture, Two Lines Press, with a reception and staged readings by Bay Area actors Delia MacDougall and Juan Amador, performing work from the new titles, All My Friends, stories by Marie NDiaye, youngest person ever to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, translated by Jordan Stump, and, Hi, This is Conchita, a novella by Santiago Roncagliolo, translated by Edith Grossman, Intersection for the Arts, 925 Mission Street, San Francisco, $10/$15 admission plus one of the new books/admission plus both books $20,

23 MAY 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Josh Beemish hosts a weekly Thursday night open mic, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, come early to sign up, free, 7:00 (415/831-5620, www.bazaarcafe.com)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Alex Dimitrov and Genine Lentine, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor @poetryflash.org, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts presents a celebration for the launch of Michael Pollan's new book, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Pollan will be in conversation with Davia Nelson, from NPR's "The Kitchen Sisters," off site at Saint George Spirit Distillery, Alameda, admission free with purchase of book from Mrs. Dalloway's, 7:00 (for required ticket and reservations: http://cookedeventmdb.eventbrite.com; information: 510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents a reading by Julie Rogers and Latif Harris, Readers Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, free, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org)
  • Scott Johnson reads from his memoir, The Wolf and the Watchman, retelling the story of his father as a trusted spy of the CIA, and their journey to Afghanistan after 9/11, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
  • A evening of poetry reading by David Shaddock, winner of the International Peace Poem Prize, and Yiskah Rosenfeld, winner of the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Prize for poems on the Jewish experience, St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 (yiskahrose @gmail.com)
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center will be hosting the annual Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show, readers include Vincent DeMaio, Lonner Holden, Robert Huotari, Patti Trimble, Paul Watsky, Juanita J. Martin, hosted by Catlyn Fendler, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, San Rafael, 7:00 (415/485-3326, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)

24 MAY 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party, featuring Uyen Hua, Douglas, Rothschild, Melissa Buzzeo, Jen Hofer, David Wolach, at private home, 2127 Blake Street, Berkeley, 7:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • David Reid hosts a poetry reading with Jerry Ratch, The Six Second Rule, and R.M. Ryan, The Book Of All There Is, refreshments, Mythos Fine Art & Artifacts, 930 Dwight Way #10, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (mythosfineart.com)

25 MAY 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a poetry potluck, private house (in back), 1628 Woolsey Street, Berkeley, 6:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • Poetry reading by Dana Negev, CB Follett, Doreen Stock, Nitza Agam, Hannah Stein, and other contributors to the anthology Before There Is Nowhere To Stand: Palestine/Israel: Poets Respond To The Struggle, plus Middle Eastern musical performances, La Peña Cultural Center Lounge, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, $5/$10, 3:00 (510/417-5743, lapena.org)
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, Bhanu Kapil, Andrew Durbin, John Coletti, Jared Stanley, Dolores Dorantes, Jen McCreary, house in back, 1628 Woolsey Street, Berkeley, 8:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • Reading by Arturo Mantecón, from his translation of selected poems by Leopoldo María Panero, Like an Eye in the Hand of a Beggar, also reading is Northern California Book Award-winning translator Andrea Lingenfelter, from her bilingual translation, The Changing Room, by contemporary Chinese poet Zhai Yongming, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 (415/824-1761)
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, featuring Cassie Smith, Sue Landers, Matthew Timmons, Katy Bohinc, Frank Sherlock, Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 4:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)

26 MAY 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, Anne Boyer, Anna Vitale, Laura Henriksen, Sophie Sills, Frank Montesonti, The Public School, 2141 Broadway, Oakland, 3:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Tim Kahl and Joshua McKinney, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, Maged Zaher, Matt Longabucco, Dawn Lundy Martin, Tender Oracle, 531 22nd Street, Oakland, 7:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)

27 MAY 2013 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents an open mic devoted to the theme of "clotheslines," ten percent discount on dinner if you come for the reading, Priya Indian Cuisine, 2702 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)

28 MAY 2013 — tuesday

29 MAY 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • David Reid hosts poet Jeremy Larner and artist Ariel Parkinson, plus the short film Inner Wilderness, refreshments, Mythos Fine Art & Artifacts, 930 Dwight Way #10, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (mythosfineart.com)

30 MAY 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Josh Beemish hosts a weekly Thursday night open mic, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, come early to sign up, free, 7:00 (415/831-5620, www.bazaarcafe.com)
  • A poetry reading by Hugh Martin, The Stick Soldiers, Brandon Shimoda, Portuguese, and Greg Wrenn, Centaur, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series features readings by Garrett Murphy and Barbara Paschke, Readers Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, free, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org)
    NORTH:
  • Writers Read presents award-winning performance poet, playwright and screen writer Lin Marie deVincent, Sky Fishing, poems, open mic session follows, refreshments, Art Center Ukiah's Corner Gallery, 201 S. State Street, Ukiah, donation requested, 7:00 (707/463-6989, 707/462-4557, coloredhorse.wordpress.com/category/calendar/mendocino-poetry)

31 MAY 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Benefit for Adobe Books, Ingrid Keir hosts a reading with poets and writers Marina Lazzara, Micah Ballard, Jennifer Barone, Rod Roland, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, Adobe Bookshop, 3166 16th Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (richardloranger/events)

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