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1 FEBRUARY 2022 — tuesday

  • Bird & Beckett presents "Remembering Poet and Educator Loren Bell," Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (For more information: birdbeckett.com)
  • Leslie Kirk Campbell celebrates the launch of her debut story collection, The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs, joined by Nona Caspers, The Fifth Woman, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet and editor Erin Elizabeth Smith, The Fear of Being Found, The Naming of Strays, with open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • City Lights presents Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Tommy Orange, celebrating the release of Nadifa Mohamed's Booker Prize nominated new novel The Fortune Men, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/nadifa-mohamed-in-conversation-with-tommy-orange)

2 FEBRUARY 2022 — wednesday

  • Green Apple Books presents best-selling novelist and musician John Darnielle, Wolf in White Van, reading from and discussing his new novel, Devil House, in conversation with science fiction writer Annalee Newitz, The Future of Another Timeline, Autonomous, $32, ticket includes a copy of the book, in person at The Dairy, 610 Old Mason Street, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/offsite-john-darnielle-annalee-newitz)

3 FEBRUARY 2022 — thursday

  • The Poetry Night Reading Series presents a poetry reading with Patricia Caspers, In the Belly of the Albatross, and Damieka Thomas, winner of the 2021 Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize for her poem "Progress," open mic to follow, hosted by Dr. Andy Jones, Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Davis, free, in-person on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, 5:00 pm PST (More info here: www.facebook.com/events/641579813924661)
  • The Center for Literary Arts of San Jose presents short story writer Danielle Evans, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, reading from her new collection, The Office of Historical Corrections, free, online, 7:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.clasanjose.org/danielle-evans)
  • Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host featured poets plus an open mic, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PST, (For more information: birdbeckett.com)
  • Lunch Poems reading series presents Sandra Lim, The Curious Thing, The Wilderness, winner of the Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Loveliest Grotesque, hosted by UC Berkeley, free, online, Noon PST (Register to attend: lunchpoems.berkeley.edu)
  • Writers Bloc presents U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor discussing her new children's book, Just Help! How to Build a Better World, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, in conversation with award-winning actor, author, and activist America Ferrera, Ugly Betty, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: writersblocpresents.com/main/sonia-sotomayor2)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents World Literature Book Club, read and discuss Namwali Serpell's award-winning futuristic novel The Old Drift, Zoom, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)

4 FEBRUARY 2022 — friday

  • Copperfield's Books presents short story writer Leslie Kirk Campbell discussing her debut collection, The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs, winner of the 2020 Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction, in conversation with novelist Scott Landers, Coswell's Guide to Tambralinga, free, in-person, Copperfield's Books Montgomery Village, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 6:00 pm PST (More information here: www.copperfieldsbooks.com/event/leslie-kirk-campbell-conversation-scott-landers)
  • Nomadic Press presents a weekly, virtual open mic reading, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, three-minutes per reader, come join to read or to listen, all are welcome, free, with donations welcome, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/NomadicPress)

5 FEBRUARY 2022 — saturday

6 FEBRUARY 2022 — sunday

  • Bazaar Writers Salon presents a reading featuring actor and short story writer Georgina Beaty, The Party is Here, poet and essayist Kate Greene, Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars, Reality Mining, and poet Amanda Moore, Requeening, hosted by Peter Kline, free, in-person at Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm PST
  • San Francisco Public Library presents Book Club, read and discuss Ocean Vuong's novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, a book in the form of a letter from a young man writing to his mother, Zoom, free, 3:30-4:30 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • Poetry Flash presents a virtual book launch reading by Tobey Hiller, Flight Advice: a fabulary, stories, with Maw Shein Win, Storage Unit for the Spirit House, poems, online via Zoom, free, 3:00 pm PST (Register to attend: please click here; you will receive an email with a link to join the reading)
  • Book Passage presents Michelle Tam and Henry Fong discussing their new book Nom Nom Paleo: Lets Go!, Book Passage Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building #42, San Francisco, free, 2:00 pm PST (For more information: www.bookpassage.com/san-francisco-events)

7 FEBRUARY 2022 — monday

  • Odd Mondays Reading Series presents a reading with poet C.I. Aki, The World Black, Beautiful, and Beast, short story writer Caroline Kim, The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories, and novelist Jessica Powell, The Big Disruption, free, online, 7:00 pm PST (Email for the Zoom link: oddmondaysnoevalley@gmail.com)

8 FEBRUARY 2022 — tuesday

  • Coastside Poetry presents a poetry reading featuring Anna M. Evans, Under Dark Waters: Surviving the Titanic, Sisters & Courtesans, open mic to follow, three-minutes per reader, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (To attend or read, please RSVP as soon as possible to Diane Moomey at dianeleemoomey@coastsidepoetry.org. To watch later, see: coastsidepoetry.org/current-features)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring journalist and poet Julian Matthews, with open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • City Lights presents Morgan Thomas in conversation with K-Ming Chang, celebrating the release of Morgan Thomas's new book Manywhere: Stories, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/morgan-thomas-in-conversation-with-k-ming-chang)
  • Paul Tran celebrates the launch of their first poetry collection, All the Flowers Kneeling, with sam sax, Bury It, Proof of Vaccination required for entry, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com)

9 FEBRUARY 2022 — wednesday

  • Bird & Beckett Book Club, meets second Wednesday of each month, in person, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (For more information: birdbeckett.com)

10 FEBRUARY 2022 — thursday

  • Poetry in Davis presents a virtual Fireside Book Club, discussing Pablo Neruda's Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, as translated by W.S. Merwin, open to anyone and everyone, hosted by poet and editor Frank Dixon Graham, free, online via Zoom, 5:00-6:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/groups/2290130152)
  • The California Institute of Integral Studies presents Dr. Jessica Hernandez, environmental scientist and founder of the environmental agency Piña Soul, discussing her latest book, Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science, in conversation with Indigenous scholar and activist Melissa Nelson, pay what you can, with suggested price of $10, online, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.ciis.edu/public-programs/event-calendar/hernandez-jessica-february-10-2022)
  • San Francisco Public Library presents "Poem Jam" with Kim Shuck, Poet Laureate emerita, with Tiny PovertySkola (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia) and the PovertySkolas; this is a monthly poetry reading, Zoom, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents award-winning poet and biographer Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography, Choruses, discussing his new collection, Duende, Poems 1966-Now, in conversation with renowned actor and humanitarian Danny Glover, and best-selling author Terry McMillan, Mama; the program also honors Troupe's years of collaboration with visual artists and musicians, and features guest cameos and videos by Mildred Howard, Will Calhoun, and J.D. Parran, free, streamed live on YouTube and Zoom, 2:00-3:30 pm PST (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2022/02/10/author-quincy-troupe-conversation-danny-glover-terry-mcmillan)

11 FEBRUARY 2022 — friday

  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents the bilingual poetry reading "Sin Vergüenza/Without Shame, featuring poets Lisbeth Coiman, Uprising/Alzamiento, Leonora Simonovis, Study of the Raft, Iris de Anda, Codeswitch: Fires from Mi Corazon, Roots of Redemption: You Have No Right to Remain Silent, and Olga García Echeverría, Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas, reading in English and Spanish, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Nomadic Press presents a weekly, virtual open mic reading, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, three-minutes per reader, come join to read or to listen, all are welcome, free, with donations welcome, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/NomadicPress)
  • Brian Tierney celebrates his new poetry collection Rise and Float, selected by Randall Mann for Milkweed Edition's Jake Adam York Prize, in a reading with fellow poets William Brewer, I Know Your Kind, Noah Warren, The Complete Stories, and Randall Mann, A Better Life: Poems, Proof of Vaccination required for entry, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.greenapplebooks.com)

12 FEBRUARY 2022 — saturday

  • City Lights presents Daniel Levin Becker in conversation with Ian S. Port, celebrating the release of Daniel Levin Becker's new book Whats Good: Notes on Rap and Language, online via Zoom, free, 1:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/daniel-levin-becker-in-conversation-with-ian-s-port)
  • Lit Balm Reading Series presents a poetry reading focusing on the life and work of poet Denise Levertov (1923-1997), author of The Double Image, Here and Now, and many more, the reading will feature poets Arthur Sze, Sight Lines, Margo Taft Stever, Cracked Piano, Dick Laurie, If the Delta was the Sea, Susan Eisenberg, Stanley's Girl, David Shaddock, Vernal Pool, and Mark Pawlak, Reconnaissance, followed by an interview between Donna Krolik Hollenberg and Mark Pawlak about Levertov's work, and ending with an open mic reading, free, online, 2:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/events/700557517977637)
  • Skylight Books presents best-selling writer Mariko Tamaki, This One Summer, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, discussing her latest book, Cold, a YA novel about a shocking death, told from the perspective of the boy who died and a girl who wants to find out why, in conversation with novelist C.B. Lee, A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix, free, in person, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:00 pm PST (For more information: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-mariko-tamaki-presents-cold-conversation-cb-lee)
  • "Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and its Diaspora," a reading by Armen Davoudian, Farnaz Fatemi, Gary Gach, Zara Houshmand, Persis Karim, Mojdeh Marashi, and Sholeh Wolpé, sponsored by The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University and the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, in person at East Bay Media Center, 1939 Addison Street, Berkeley, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: https://fb.me/e/2PpFGmbr8)

13 FEBRUARY 2022 — sunday

  • The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium presents a reading featuring poet Cynthia Bryant, Sojourn, Pebble in the Shoe, and painter and poet Heidi McGurrin, free, online via Zoom, 2:00 pm PST (Email: jfellguth@sbcglobal.net by 5:00 pm PST, Saturday, February 12 for the Zoom link; more information here: www.facebook.com/events/1314003942407979)
  • Slow Lightning Lit presents a reading featuring essayist MaxieJane Frazier, First, Unbecoming, and poet Carrie Nassif, followed by an open mic reading, free, online, 12:30 pm PST (RSVP with your name and email to adhocink@yahoo.com to sign up for the open mic; more info here: www.facebook.com/peggy.dobreer/posts/10223032521214641)
  • Second Sunday Poetry Readings presents a special reading in memory of Susan Clare Bonetto, human resources professional for the United Nations and author of the short story collection Living Barefoot, about her time in the South Pacific, the reading features poets Amanda Moore, Requeening, Ken Haas, Borrowed Light, Janet Jennings, Traces in Water, Barb Reynolds, Boxing Without Gloves, Drawing Words, and Siân Killingsworth, Anthology Editor for the Marin Poetry Center, free, online via Zoom, 3:00 pm PST (Register to attend: secondsundayreadings.com)
  • Bird & Beckett presents "SF Lives/Live Talk": San Francisco Examiner columnist Denise Sullivan and guest, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 10:00-11:00 am PST (For more

14 FEBRUARY 2022 — monday

  • San Francisco Public Library presents Book Club, read and discuss Jessamyn Stanley's Yoke: My Yoga of Self-acceptance, a series of deeply honest, funny, gritty, thoughtful and largely biographical essays exploring issues of self-love, body-positivity, race, sex, and sexuality, cannabis, and more, Zoom, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)

15 FEBRUARY 2022 — tuesday

  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring artist and poet Kemlyn Tan Bappe, with open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • Nomadic Press presents virtual Get Lit #81, emceed by Dior J. Stephens, celebrate twelve to fifteen writers reading never-before-read work within a three-minute time limit, plus live music, all ages are welcome, Zoom, donations accepted, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.nomadicpress.org/events)

16 FEBRUARY 2022 — wednesday

  • San Francisco Public Library presents Teen Book Club, read and discuss Micaiah Johnson's The Space Between Worlds, the story of a group of "traversers," who travel through the multiverse, Zoom, free, 6:30-8:00 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • Green Apple Books presents fiction writer and poet Tobey Hiller, Charlie's Exit, celebrates her new book, Flight Advice: A Fabulary, a collection of stories exploring myth and magic in modern life, in conversation with novelist Thaisa Frank, Heidegger's Glasses, free, in-person at Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-tobey-hiller-thaisa-frank)
  • The Mechanics' Institute presents nonfiction writer Farah Jasmine Griffin, discussing her latest book, Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature, a blend of memoir and close readings connecting across genres and histories of African American literature, in conversation with best-selling author Julie Lythcott-Haims, How to Raise an Adult, cosponsored by the Museum of the African Diaspora, free, online via Zoom, 5:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.milibrary.org/events/read-until-you-understand-profound-wisdom-black-life-and-literature-feb-16-2022)
  • City Lights presents Garrett Hongo in conversation with Maxine Hong Kingston, celebrating the launch of Garrett Hongo's new book The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/garrett-hongo-in-conversation-with-maxine-hong-kingston)
  • San Francisco Public Library presents Midnight Hour Crime Panel; panelists Frankie Y. Bailey, Tracy Clark, Delia Pitts, Faye Snowden, and Abby L. Vandiver discuss Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction by 20 Authors of Color, a stellar collection of crime stories that showcase some of today's finest voices,

17 FEBRUARY 2022 — thursday

  • Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry presents a reading featuring poet Jeffrey Kingman, Beyond That Hill I Gather, On a Road, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PST (Email: blake@snakelyone.com to watch or participate in the open mic)
  • Join poet Sally Love Saunders, Fresh Bread, Pauses, for a one-hour Poetry Conference Call; she will read her poetry, with audience comments welcome, free, virtual, 10:00 am-11:00 am PST (Register by calling 877-797-7299, emailing connections@frontporch.net, or visiting covia.org/programs/well-connected and registering online)
  • City Lights Books presents poet and novelist Ben Okir, A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn, celebrating two new books, Every Leaf an Halleujah and Astonishing the Gods, in conversation with Ainehi Edoro Glines, Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think, essayist and editor of Brittle Paper, free, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural and Bookstore presents the "Poetry of Renewal: An Evening of Healing from Colonization and War through Poetry," featuring poet and translator Miguel Rivera reading from In the Courtyard of the Moon, a collection by K'iche' Maya poet Humberto Ak'abal, translated by Rivera, with Ed Tick, reading from Coming Home in Viet Nam, online, free, 5:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/events/318616893554929)
  • Bird & Beckett presents fiction writer Bryan Spooner reading from and discussing his book Rounding Up a Bison, with Robert Mailer Anderson, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street,
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring former Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara Paul Willis, Somewhere to Follow, Little Rhymes for Lowly Plants, with open mic to follow, hosted by poet Phil Taggart, free, online via Zoom, 6:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.facebook.com/venturacountypoetry)

18 FEBRUARY 2022 — friday

  • Green Apple Books presents Sheila Heti, Motherhood, discussing and reading from her latest novel, Pure Color, in conversation with novelist Elif Batuman, The Idiot, with audience Q&A to follow, ticket includes a signed copy of the book, online, $31, 6:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/virtual-event-sheila-heti-elif-batuman)
  • Small Press Traffic presents an evening of art and poetry, with poet Madison McCartha celebrating their new collection, Freakophone World, and featuring poet Ava Hofmann, […], artist and writer Never Angeline North, Sea-Witch, poet and artist Anaïs Duplan, Take This Stallion, and poet Vi Khi Nao, Fish Carcass, free, in-person, Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 7:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.smallpresstraffic.org/upcomingevents/freakophone-world)
  • Nomadic Press presents a weekly, virtual open mic reading, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, three-minutes per reader, come join to read or to listen, all are welcome, free, with donations welcome, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/NomadicPress)

19 FEBRUARY 2022 — saturday

  • Ina Coolbrith Circle presents a reading of "life changing" poems, poets will read and discuss poems that deeply move them, featuring poets Denise Barney, Robert Eastwood, Johanna Ely, Evie Groch, Robert McNally, Louise Moises, and Stan Morner, presented by poet Gayle Eleanor, Grace Happens, followed by an open reading, up to fifteen readers may read, online via Zoom, free, 1:45 pm PST (Email: deborahbschmidt@gmail.com for the Zoom information; more event information here: www.coolpoetry.org/meetings.html)
  • The San Francisco Public Library celebrates the work of poet, artist, and community worker Joaquin Legaspi (1896-1975), with readings from a newly printed collection of his work, Manong Joaquin, featuring community organizer and psychologist Jovina Navarro, compiler of this collection; Juanita Tamayo Lott, author of Golden Children: Legacy of Ethnic Studies and A Memoir, a poem written to Legaspi; and Dr. Estella Habal, activist, scholar, and author of San Francisco's International Hotel: Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement; free, in person at the African American Center Exhibit Space, Third Floor, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, 2:00-3:30 pm PST (For more information: sfpl.org/events/2022/02/19/celebration-book-release-manong-joaquin-collected-verse-joaquin-legaspi)

20 FEBRUARY 2022 — sunday

  • Benefit reading to help Bernadette Mayer raise money for her cancer treatment, featuring Clark Coolidge, Jean Day, Gloria Frym, Stephanie Young, Neeli Cherkovski, Colter Jacobsen, Alli Warren, and Sophia Warsh, masks, proof of vaccination, and booster required to enter, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm PST (YouTube link to watch event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsLjZpxClaQ; 415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • Sixteen Rivers presents a poetry reading featuring the grand-prize winners from the Sixteen Rivers Youth Poetry Contest, selected from all across the country, reading poems inspired by poetry in the anthology America, We Call Your Name, free, online via Zoom, 4:00 pm PST (Register to attend: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocuirrzgoG9dOe65vddySNL93zYVFhOuy)

21 FEBRUARY 2022 — monday

22 FEBRUARY 2022 — tuesday

  • San Francisco Public Library presents Bernal Readers Book Club, read and discuss Armando Lucas Correa's The Daughter's Tale, a novel about a young Jewish family during World War II, who are forced to make unimaginable choices and sacrifices, Bernal Heights Meeting Room, 500 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, free, 2:00-4:00 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • City Lights and Duke University Press present Nahum Dimitri Chandler with Judith Butler and Robert Gooding-Williams in a panel discussion exploring Nahum Dimitri Chandler's new book "Beyond This Narrow Now" Or, Delimitations, of W.E.B. Du Bois, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/nahum-dimitri-chandler-with-judith-butler-and-robert-gooding-williams)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet Lance Dean, open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • Poetic License Sonoma presents a poetry reading featuring the eight poets Joseph Cutler, Susanne Arrhenius, Paul DeMarco, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Jaime Zukowski, and Kusum Irene Jain, with special guest poet and wildlife biologist Maya Khosla, All the Fires of Wind and Light, Keel Bone, and guest student poet Dee Jaehrling, the reading will explore the theme "Love and Loss", part of the Fourth Tuesday Zoom Poetry Series hosted by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, $5, with donations welcome, online via Zoom, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.sebarts.org/classes-lectures/poetic-license-sonoma-love-and-loss-02222022)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents author, activist, and social advocate Jessamyn Stanley, Yoke: My Yoga of Self-acceptance, in conversation with Tamika Caston-Miller, director and curator yogini of Ashé Yoga, Zoom, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • San Francisco Public Library presents Total SF Book Club; Charlie Jane Anders, Victories Greater Than Death, talks writing, writers, bookstores, and San Francisco with the Total SF team, Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-7:15 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)

23 FEBRUARY 2022 — wednesday

  • The Straight No Chaser reading series, a new series founded in memory of Al Young, our late great California Poet Laureate Emeritus, presents poets Zeina Hashem Beck, O, Louder than Hearts, and Leora Kava, host by Berkeley poet Persis Karim, a thirty-minute open mic follows, free, donations welcome, in-person at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (415-824-1761)
  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents memoirist Obed Silva and poet Sara Borjas, reading from their debut work, The Death of My Father the Pope and Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff, respectively, followed by a conversation between the authors on family history and Chicanx identity, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)

24 FEBRUARY 2022 — thursday

  • The Poetry Center presents a reading and conversation featuring three San Francisco State alums and prose writers: Matthew Clark Davidson, Doubting Thomas, Stacy Flood, The Salt Fields, and Patrick Earl Ryan, If We Were Electric, presenting and discussing their newly published fiction, in-person at The Poetry Center, Humanities 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (More information here: poetry.sfsu.edu/matthew-clark-davison-stacy-flood-patrick-earl-ryan)
  • Monthly meeting of the Spanish Language Book Club, open to the public, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm PST (For a list of books being read this year and questions, email: joelstreicker@gmail.com; 415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • Skylight Books presents poet Paul Tran, reading from their debut collection, All the Flowers Kneeling, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-paul-tran-presents-all-flowers-kneeling)

25 FEBRUARY 2022 — friday

  • Boohabian multi-reed horn player David Boyce and friends perform jazz, masks, proof of vaccination, and booster required to enter, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm PST (415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • Nomadic Press presents a weekly, virtual open mic reading, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, three-minutes per reader, come join to read or to listen, all are welcome, free, with donations welcome, online via Zoom, 6:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.facebook.com/NomadicPress)
  • The Sims Library of Poetry presents the "1619 Speaks Reading," featuring poets Tommy Domino, Switches, Hot Wheel Tracks, and Extension Cords, Flyy High, Yani, Hiram Sims, Poems of a Young, Troubled Mind, and Aiyana "Sha'niel" Da'Briel, with open mic to follow, hosted by Woodrow Bailey, $10 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds, in-person event, Sims Library of Poetry, 2702 W. Florence Avenue, Los Angeles, also on Zoom, 7:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend Zoom: www.simslibraryofpoetry.org/events)

26 FEBRUARY 2022 — saturday

  • San Francisco Public Library in partnership with the Berkeley Public Library and City College of San Francisco's Phillippine Studies Department, presents author and educator Peter Bacho in conversation and reading from his new work, Uncle Rico's Encore: Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle, in conversation with Professor Lily Ann Villaraza, Zoom, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • City Lights Books and PM Press present a weekend-long symposium celebrating the launch of Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, published by PM Press, featuring numerous talks with authors in the science fiction genre, including Imagining "New Worlds: What Activists Can and Have Learned from Sci-Fi," with Annalee Newitz and Shelley Streeby, "Bursting Through The Boundaries: Queering SF," with Meg Elison and Maitland McDonagh, "Wild Seed: Reflecting on the Work and Impact of Octavia Butler," with Alexis Pauline Gumbs and adrienne maree brown, and a conversation with acclaimed science fiction author Michael Moorcock, online, free, 11:00 am PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Noel Obiora reads from his new crime thriller, A Past That Breathes, with racial and political undertones, set during the O.J. Simpson trial, masks, proof of vaccination, and booster required to enter, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST (415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • Nomadic Press presents a book release celebration for Painting the Streets: Oakland Uprising in the Time of Rebellion, preorders will go on sale soon, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.nomadicpress.org/events)
  • PEN America presents a conversation between author and speaker Shaka Senghor and editor Caits Meissner, on Senghor's latest book, Letters to the Sons of Society and the anthology The Sentences That Create Us, a collection of essays exploring the power of reading and writing in prison, and how they form a road map to a thriving writing life for those who are incarcerated, moderated by essayist Rachel Kushner, in-person event, Second Home Hollywood, 1370 N St. Andrews Place, Los Angeles, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (Register to attend: pen.org/event/the-sentences-that-create-us-writing-in-prison-and-beyond)
  • The Richmond Literary Arts Center presents a reading with novelist Ian Ross Singleton, Two Big Differences, and short story writer Pavel Lembersky, The Death of Samusis, and Other Stories, with open mic reading to follow, donations welcome, online via Zoom, free, 12:30 pm PST (RSVP to participate in the open mic: Rob Lipton roblipton@gmail.com; us02web.zoom.us/j/85841089164?pwd=TzA2NTU0U0hFVS91UklRT1N1TUlNZz09)

27 FEBRUARY 2022 — sunday

  • City Lights Books and PM Press present a weekend-long symposium celebrating the launch of Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985, published by PM Press, featuring numerous talks with authors in the science fiction genre, including "The Forever War: Vietnam's Impact on Sci-Fi," with Terry Bisson and Marge Piercy, a conversation with novelist Samuel R. Delaney, Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection, "Ten Thousand Light Years From Home: Reflecting on the Work and Impact of James Tiptree Jr.," with Karen Joy Fowler and Jonathan Lethem, "False Dawns and Wandergrounds: Dystopia, Then and Now," with Matt Bell, Cory Doctorow, Vandana Singh, and Ann VanderMeer, online, free, 11:00 am PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • The Village Poets of Sunland Tujunga present a reading with poet Dean Blehert, Kill the Children and Other Disconnections, Please, Lord, Make Me a Famous Poet or at Least Less Fat, with open mic before and after the reading, online via Zoom, free, 4:30 pm PST (Email: DMHSkiles@gmail.com for the Zoom link; more information here: villagepoets.blogspot.com/2022/02/dean-blehert-features-for-village-poets.html)
  • Book launch celebration: Ruth Crossman reads from her new chapbook, All the Wrong Places, "flash memoir meets graphic novel," with an all-star lineup of local readers, presented by Naked Bulb Press, in-person, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm PST (415/824-1761, medicinefornightmares.com)
  • The Green Arcade presents a memorial reading in honor of poet Lew Ellingham, Poet Be Like God, readers to be announced, come join for readings and reminiscences, in-person, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)
  • San Francisco Public Library presents Shayda Kafai, Crip Kinship, in conversation with Zena Sharman, The Care We Dream Of, to discuss how disability justice is foundational to combating legacies of cis-heteropatriarchy, white supremacy, classism, and capitalism in LGBTQ+ health and crip cultural productions, Zoom, free, 2:00-3:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)
  • The Claremont Library's Fourth Sundays Reading Series features poets Chloe Martinez, Ten Thousand Selves, and Toti O'Brien, An Alphabet of Birds, free, in-person, Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Avenue, Claremont, 2:00 pm PST (More information here: www.facebook.com/fourthsundayspoetry)
  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents "A Night of Love," a reading honoring the life and work of bell hooks (1952-2021), prolific poet and activist, author of Ain't I a Woman?, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, and more; the reading features educator Kim Benjamin, and poets Pam Ward, Between Good Men and No Man At All, F. Douglas Brown, ICON, Derrick Weston Brown, Wisdom Teeth, Shonda Buchanan, Black Indian, and Pat Payne, online, free, 4:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Bird & Beckett presents Purple Gums: Francis Wong, Bobby Bradford, William Roper, and poet Genny Lim, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00-7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: birdbeckett.com)
  • The Sims Library of Poetry presents award-winning poet Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, celebrating his new collection, Duende: Poems, 1966-Now, in reading and conversation with poets devorah major, califia's daughter, and Michael Warr, Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, We Are All the Black Boy, online, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend Zoom: www.simslibraryofpoetry.org/events)

28 FEBRUARY 2022 — monday


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