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1 JANUARY 2014 — wednesday

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2 JANUARY 2014 — thursday

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3 JANUARY 2014 — friday

SOUTH:
• Waverley Writers presents featured readers, open reading follows, Friends Meeting House, 957 Colorado Avenue, near Greer, free, Palo Alto, 7:30 (650/424-9877)
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4 JANUARY 2014 — saturday

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5 JANUARY 2014 — sunday

NORTH:
• First Sundays "Poetry with Music" presents a reading by Glenn Ingersoll and Alan Bern, Redwood Café, Cotati, 5:00-7:00 (Café: 707/795-7868, www.petalumapoetrywalk.org)
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6 JANUARY 2014 — monday

NORTH:
• Rivertown Poets: A Muse-ing Mondays with featured readers Jan Dederick and John Rowe, hosted by Sandra Anfang, open mic follows, the series presents amateur and seasoned poets together, Aqus Café, 189 H Street, Petaluma, free, open mic sign up 6:30, reading 6:45 (tutor@sandraanfang.com, wdpntr51@gmail.com)
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7 JANUARY 2014 — tuesday

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8 JANUARY 2014 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Kevin Fisher-Paulson reads from and signs his memoir, A Song for Lost Angels: How Daddy and Papa Fought to Save Their Family, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/653-9965, www.dieselbookstore.com)
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9 JANUARY 2014 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Alameda Island Poet's Poetry Workshop, every second Thursday monthly, all poets and writers welcome, bring three to five minutes of writing to share and discuss if you wish, hosted by Vince Storti and friends, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru, at Lincoln, Alameda, donation, 7:00-9:00 (vincestorti@hotmail.com, www.frankbettecenter.org)
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• City Arts & Lectures presents novelist Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers, in conversation with novelist Vendela Vida, benefits the 826 Valencia Scholarship Program, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $27, 7:30 (tickets: 415/392-4400, www.cityarts.net)
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10 JANUARY 2014 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Last Word Reading Series presents a poetry reading by Sid Gershgoren and Zara Raab, Fracas & Asylum, open reading follows, co-hosts Dale Jensen, Ralph Dranow, John Rowe, Grace Grafton, Nefeli Caffé, 1854 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, free but a one-drink or one-plate minimum is requested, 7:00 (Caffé: 510/841-6374)
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• "Rebels, Hipsters and Visionaries, Bay Area Poets and Artists of the 1950s-60s," an exhibition of visual work, January 10 to February 22, by featured artists and poets including David Meltzer, Michael McClure, Wallace Berman, Philip Whalen, William Margolis, George Herms, Robert Duncan, Ariel, and more, original paintings, drawings, collages, posters, and ephemera from the period, a collaboration with Mythos Fine Art and Artifacts, Zan Stewart on jazz saxophone, refreshments, Firehouse North Gallery, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, at Delaware, Berkeley, 5:30-8:30 (mythosfineart@gmail.com, www.mythosfirehouse.com)
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11 JANUARY 2014 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• A reading by poet Gail Rudd Entrekin, Rearrangement of the Invisible, and novelist and editor Charles Entrekin, open mic follows, hosted by Jeanne Lupton, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru, at Lincoln, Alameda, donation, 7:00-9:00 (jeany98@aol.com, www.frankbettecenter.org)
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12 JANUARY 2014 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Chang-Rae Lee, Native Speaker, reads from his new novel, On Such a Full Sea, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/653-9965, www.dieselbookstore.com)
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• "Offering Bowl" Poetry Reading and Tibetan Singing Bowl Recital, a benefit for the Buddhist temple, with Ruby DeVol, writer and poet Marc Olmstead, What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost?, and poet Julie Rogers, House of the Unexpected, followed by a soiree with refreshments, Orgyen Dorje Den Tibetan Buddhist Temple, 2244 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, $10-$30 sliding scale donation, 3:00-5:00 (julmind@mtashland.net)
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• Writing Teachers Write, a Bay Area Writing Project reading series, presents poet and fiction writer Floyd Salas, author of Tattoo the Wicked Cross, a novel, and Buffalo Nickel, memoir, and poet Tobey Kaplan, Across the Great Divide, light refreshments, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley (510/928-7032, martywill2004@yahoo.com, www.expressionsgallery.org)
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13 JANUARY 2014 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Beat-San Francisco Renaissance poet David Meltzer leads a seminar on the Beat Era, as part of "Rebels, Hipsters and Visionaries, Bay Area Poets and Artists, 1950s-60s," an exhibition that runs January 10 to February 22, a collaboration with Mythos Fine Art and Artifacts, Firehouse North Gallery, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, at Delaware, Berkeley, $20 at the door, 7:30-9:45 (julmind@mtashland.net, www.mythosfirehouse.com)
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EAST:
• Poetry reading by Nancy Aidé Gonzalez and Rhony Bhopla, Bliss, hosted by Emmanuel Sigauke, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30-9:00 (916/240-1897, info.sacpoetrycenter@gmail.com, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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• Share your latest poem, excerpt from your novel, or perform an acoustic musical composition with a supportive audience, five-minute slots, not appropriate for those age sixteen and under, Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton, free, open mic sign up 6:00, reading 6:15 (925/931-3400x4; Jordan Bernal, openmic@trivalleywriters.org)
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14 JANUARY 2014 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Christina Hanhardt presents Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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15 JANUARY 2014 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Christina Hanhardt presents Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Book party to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Michael McClure's Ghost Tantras; McClure reads from the new edition, just published in the City Lights/Grey Fox series, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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16 JANUARY 2014 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Berkeley Poets Cooperative Workshop meets on the third Thursday of each month, drop-in okay, give feedback and share your poetry, 609 Curtis Street, near Thousand Oaks, Albany, 7:30 (510/367-4248)
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• African novelist, political columnist, and essayist Okey Ndibe reads from his new novel Foreign Gods, Inc., City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Poetry Flash presents a book launch reading by Connie Post, Floodwater, and Zara Raab, reading from Rumpelstiltskin, or What's in a Name, a finalist for the Dana Award, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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• A tribute reading for the late poet Michael Shorb, readers include his widow, Judith Grogan-Shorb, with poets and friends Anne Valley-Fox, Erika Horn, Gene Berson, Barbara Wright, Ted Speros, Tom Ireland, Teresa Mei Chuc, Richard Nichols, Arabella Dorth, Beau Beausoleil, and Phyllis Holiday, some of them reading from his new book Whale Walker’s Morning, Books Inc., 3515 California Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/221-3666, www.booksinc.net/SFLaurel)
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NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center presents a reading by Jamaal May and Robin Ekiss, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, San Rafael, 7:30 (events@marinpoetrycenter.org, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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SOUTH:
• Poetry Center San José presents reading by Dean Rader, Landscape Portrait Figure Form, open mic follows, Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, 7:00 (408/808-3045, or 408/266-1361, www.pcsj.org, willowglenpoetry.com)
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EAST:
• Sacramento Poetry Center presents Third Thursdays in the Central Library, an open reading for you to read your favorite poems, preferably by someone else, hosted by Lawrence Dinkins and Mary Zeppa, Central Library, Sacramento Room, 828 I Street, Sacramento, free, noon-1:00 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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17 JANUARY 2014 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Randall Mann, Straight Razor, and Jennifer Elise Foerster, Leaving Tulsa, Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Expressions Gallery presents a reading by Marty Williams and Gary Churchin, open mic follows, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley (www.expressionsgallery.org)
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18 JANUARY 2014 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Mary Kerr screens her film, San Francisco's Wild History Groove, David Reid hosts the discussion, part of "Rebels, Hipsters and Visionaries, Bay Area Poets and Artists, 1950s-60s," an exhibition, a collaboration with Mythos Fine Art and Artifacts, Firehouse North Gallery, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, at Delaware, Berkeley, $5, 7:00-8:00 (www.mythosfirehouse.com)
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EAST:
• A fiction reading by Jodi Angel, You Only Get Letters From Jail: Stories, and Susan Tepper, The Merrill Diaries: A Novel in Stories, hosted by Phillip Larrea, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30-9:00 (916/240-1897, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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19 JANUARY 2014 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Vicki Robins discusses and signs Blessing the Hands that Feed Us: Lessons from a Ten-Mile Diet, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (www.dieselbookstore.com)
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NORTH:
• A fiction reading by Jodi Angel, You Only Get Letters From Jail: Stories, and Susan Tepper, The Merrill Diaries: A Novel in Stories, hosted by Phillip Larrea, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30-9:00 (916/240-1897, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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20 JANUARY 2014 — monday

EAST:
• MLK Day Celebration, featuring spoken word by Anna Marie, Sean King, Straight-out-Scribes, and others, hosted by Brother Hypnotic, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30-9:00 (916/240-1897, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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21 JANUARY 2014 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Fiction writer Ben Marcus reads from Leaving the Sea: Stories, in conversation with writer, translator and music critic Daniel Levin Becker, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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22 JANUARY 2014 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Moe's Books presents a Berkeley Poetry Review reading, featuring Aaron Shurin, Citizen; Lyn Hejinian, The Book of a Thousand Eyes; Linda Norton, The Public Gardens; and Samuel Garrett Zeitlin, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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• Harriet Scott Chessman reads from her new novel The Beauty of Ordinary Things, Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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23 JANUARY 2014 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents poetry reading by poet Janée J. Baugher, The Body's Physics, and poet, writer, and visual artist Patti Trimble, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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• Anne Cunningham presents Book Smart: How to Develop and Support Successful, Motivated Readers, Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Kim Fu reads from her novel For Today I Am a Boy, a transgender coming of age story, in conversation with novelist Kristin Elizabeth Clark, Freakboy, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Ian Rankin reads from and signs his Inspector Rebus crime novel, Saints of the Shadow Bible, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (www.dieselbookstore.com)
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24 JANUARY 2014 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Screening of the film Howl, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and starring James Franco, as part of "Rebels, Hipsters and Visionaries, Bay Area Poets and Artists, 1950s-60s," an exhibition that runs January 10 to February 22, a collaboration with Mythos Fine Art and Artifacts, Firehouse North Gallery, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, at Delaware, Berkeley, 7:00 (www.mythosfirehouse.com)
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25 JANUARY 2014 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Ina Coolbrith Circle presents a reading by poet and radio host Andy Jones, open mic for members and guests follows, open to the public, Lafayette/Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette, 2:00-4:00 (alpaugh.david@gmail.com)
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• A reading by poet Jesse Taylor and reader to be announced, open mic follows, hosted by Jeanne Lupton, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru, at Lincoln, Alameda, donation, 7:00-9:00 (jeany98@aol.com, www.frankbettecenter.org)
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26 JANUARY 2014 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a Tribute to William Stafford, celebrating Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems, by the late William Stafford, edited by his son Kim Stafford, this event features readings of Stafford's work by Maxine Hong Kingston, Earll Kingston, Joseph Lease, and Tiffany Higgins, 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)
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27 JANUARY 2014 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Beat-San Francisco Renaissance poet David Meltzer gives a seminar on artist Wallace Berman and the L.A. Avant-Garde Scene, part of "Rebels, Hipsters and Visionaries, Bay Area Poets and Artists, 1950s-60s," an exhibition that runs January 10 to February 22, a collaboration with Mythos Fine Art and Artifacts, Firehouse North Gallery, 1790 Shattuck Avenue, at Delaware, Berkeley, $20 at the door, 7:30-9:45 (julmind@mtashland.net, www.mythosfirehouse.com)
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• Open discussion of Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, Inherent Vice, all welcome, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (www.dieselbookstore.com)
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• Nick Turse, The Changing Face of Empire, discusses his new book Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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EAST:
• Poetry reading by Tess Taylor, The Forage House, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Leaving Tulsa, and Robin Ekiss, The Mansion of Happiness, hosted by Tim Kahl, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30-9:00 (916/240-1897, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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28 JANUARY 2014 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• City Lights Bookstore presents Dennis McKenna discussing his new memoir The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, The Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/500-2323, www.citylights.com)
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29 JANUARY 2014 — wednesday

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30 JANUARY 2014 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• City Lights Bookstore presents Dennis McKenna discussing his new memoir The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, The Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/500-2323, www.citylights.com)
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• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Roy Mash, Buyer's Remorse, and Robert Sward, New and Selected Poems, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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• Poetry reading by Alan Soldofsky, In the Buddha Factory, and Dean Rader, Landscape Portrait Figure Form, University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:00 (510/548-0585, http://universitypressbooks.com)
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• Jerry Stahl, Permanent Midnight, reads from two new novels, Bad Sex on Speed and Happy Mutant Baby Pills, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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NORTH:
• Writers Read features a reading by Lasara Firefox Allen, open mic follows, refreshments, Art Center Ukiah's Corner Gallery, 201 S. State Street, Ukiah, donation requested, 7:00 (707/463-6989, 707/462-4557, www.coloredhorse.wordpress.com)
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31 JANUARY 2014 — friday

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