Barry Gifford

24 OCTOBER 2017 — tuesday

Writer and poet Barry Gifford reads from his new fiction book, The Cuban Club: Stories, the ultimate coming-of-age story told as sixty-four linked tales, a creation of myth of the Fall as seen through the eyes of an innocent child on the cusp of becoming an innoncent man, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)