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23 FEBRUARY 2019 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Zoetic Press authors Amy Karon, Meg Yardley, Effie Sieberg, Janna Layton, and Meadhbh Hamrick present their latest works, The Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street at 22nd Street, Oakland, free, 7:00 (oaklandoctopus.org)
- Bawdy Storytelling celebrates twelve years of groundbreaking storytelling with an edge, this "Dirty Dozen" evening includes artist, educator, and "super nova of kink" Midori and sexual folklorist Dixie Del La Tour, custom bawdy songs by Rachel Lark, play Bang-O and win prizes, sexy cocktails to help you libate, Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, $25-$65, Bang-O at 6:00, storytelling 7:00 (www.verdiclub.net)
EAST:- Writers on the Air features Jennifer Pickering, Sable, and Quill Readers, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, free, 9:30 a.m.-1:00 ( http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
24 FEBRUARY 2019 — sunday
25 FEBRUARY 2019 — monday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Express presents a reading by Juda Kalamka, open mic, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)
EAST:- Poetry reading by Ivan Argüelles and Arturo Mantecon, hosted by Tim Kahl, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, free, 7:30 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
26 FEBRUARY 2019 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Oral historian and archivist in the fields of jazz and African American cultural history Maxine Gordon reads from and discusses Sophisticated Giant:The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
27 FEBRUARY 2019 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications Lloyd Khan presents Driftwood Shack: Anonymous Architecture Along the California Coast, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
- #we presents Tom Odegard speaking on "being intersex" and reading poetry on the subject, and Jan Steckel speaking on "Bi Babes in the Woods" with a reading of bi poems from her new book Like Flesh Covers Bone, Q&A follows, hosted by Richard Loranger, The Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street, at 22nd Street, Oakland, free, 7:00 (oaklandoctopus.org)
EAST:- Mariewriters workshop led by Laura Martin, workshop will be held two doors down from Sacramento Poetry Center in the Women's Wisdom Room, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, free, 6:00-8:00 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
28 FEBRUARY 2019 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Barbara Henning, A Day Like Today, and Maureen Owen, Edges of Water, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, wheelchair accessible, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
- Katie Peterson, A Piece of Good News: Poems, in conversation with Louise Glück, to reserve a seat a copy of the book has to be purchased from the store, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
- James Weeks reads from his book, Mediations Across the Kings River, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, ree, 7:30 (www.pegasusbookstore.com)
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