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1 MARCH 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• The Poetry Center presents a reading by Rosa Alcalá and Roberto Tejada,
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• Manil Suri reads from his novel, The City of Devi, an exhuberant mix of Bollywood and a thriller, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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2 MARCH 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Sean Beaudoin, The Infects, Martha Brockenbrough, Devine Intervention, Kevin Emerson, The Lost Code, and Cat Patrick read from their Young Adult novels and discuss writing for teens, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 1:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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3 MARCH 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• David Price presents Weaponizing Anthropology, the ethical and political issues raised by using anthropology for America's terror wars, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 5:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Small Press Traffic presents the world premiere of Kevin Killian and Norma Cole's play, Afterglow, performed by Lindsey Boldt, Brent Cunningham, Ryan Funk, Brett Goodroad, Clifford Hengst, Tanya Hollis, Karla Milosevich, Christian Nagler, Stephen Novotny, Laurie Reid, Annie Rovzar, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Wayne Smith, Erika Straiti, and Sara Wintz, Timken Hall, College of the Arts, 1111 8th Street, San Francisco, doors open 5:00, show 5:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)
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4 MARCH 2013 — monday

NORTH:
• UUCSR/Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa Writers monthly meeting, open to all writers, any genre, membership not required, Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, 4:00-6:00 (GGdeB @ aol.com, uucsrwriters.blogspot.com)
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EAST:
• Sacramento Poetry Center hosts Patrice Vecchione, plus open mic, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, free, 7:30 (916/979-9706) (sacramentopoetrycenter.org)
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5 MARCH 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Short story writer Chavisa Woods reads from The Albino Album, "an epic novel as songs," City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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6 MARCH 2013 — wednesday

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7 MARCH 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents poets Agneta Falk and Dottie Payne, hosted by poet Jack Hirschman, Reader's Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org/?Events)
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• A poetry reading by Jane Hirshfield, Come, Thief, and Jennifer Arin, Ways We Hold, BookShop West Portal, 80 West Portal Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/534-8080, www.bookshopwestportal.com)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Musical Storytime," librarians read and play music, dance and play your own instruments, all ages; Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Blvd., Pacifica, free, 4:00 (www.litwave.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents a reading and discussion by poet and memoirist Toni Mirosevich, Pink Harvest, Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Blvd., Pacifica, free, 7:00 (www.litwave.org)
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• Roger Hobbs reads from GHOSTMAN, his new thriller, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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NORTH:
• Sonoma County Poetry Slam, with prizes, emcee Tom J. Mariani, UUCSR Writers Poet Laureate and guest former slam winners, Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, free, sign up 6:45, show 7:00-9:00 (slam information: southforkboots @gmail.com)
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EAST:
• Literary Lectures: poet Julia Connor discusses the work of poet Robert Duncan, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30 (a target="_blank" href="http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com/">www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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8 MARCH 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner present their book, The Beautiful Edible Garden: Design a Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Light the Mic," teen poetry open mic with winner of the 2008 Bay Area Youth Slam Mike Taylor, Pacifica Sharp Park Library, 103 Hilton Way, Pacifica, free, 6:30 (650/359-3397) (www.litwave.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "The Art of Songwriting" with songwriters Nancy Hall, Gary Horsman, and Kathleen Enright, Main Gallery, Sanchez Art Center, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, free, 7:00 (www.litwave.org)
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9 MARCH 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Dr. Sheppard B. Kominars presents a program of poetry from his collection Eighth Decade Poems: Perspectives on Aging, with a discussion of journal writing techniques from his book Write For Life: Healing Body, Mind and Spirit Through Journal Writing, Noe Valley Branch Library, 451 Jersey Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00 (sfpl.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Musical Storytime," librarians read and play music, dance and play your own instruments, all ages; Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Blvd., Pacifica, free, 10:30 a.m. (www.litwave.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Sea Riddles on the Pier," pick up a packet of riddles and stroll the pier as you try to solve them, compose your own and stump the Riddle Master to win a t-shirt, all ages, Pier on the beach in Pacifica, free, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 (www.litwave.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Poetry in Motion" hosted by Sherri-Rose Walker, Pacifica School District elementary students read their "Pocket Poems" at 1:00; poet Katharine Harer reads at 2:00; open mic at 3:00; winner of the 2012 Fishing for Words Poetry on the Pier event Jenny Vo-Phamhi reads at 3:30; open mic at 4:00; Florey's Books, 2120 Palmetto Drive, Pacifica, free, 1:00-4:30 (www.litwave.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Sentiment or Fact: "Eliminate Golf to Save the Environment," Juanita Mercado, FORE! Frogs on the Golf Course, leads discussion on the pros and cons of golf course operations, free food, no-host bar; Sharp Park Golf Course, 1 Sharp Park Road, Pacifica, free, 5:00-6:30 (www.litwave.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Sentiment or Fact: "Eliminate Golf to Save the Environment," Juanita Mercado, FORE! Frogs on the Golf Course, leads discussion on the pros and cons of golf course operations, free food, no-host bar; Sharp Park Golf Course, 1 Sharp Park Road, Pacifica, free, 5:00-6:30 (www.litwave.org)
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10 MARCH 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Literary Lectures: "The Poet in the World: Creativity, Influences, and the World of Ten Thousand Poems," with poets Molly Fisk and Susan Kelly-Dewit, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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• Jack Gilbert Memorial, a tribute to one of the great poets of the twentieth century, if you would like to say a few words, share a memory, or read one of Jack Gilbert's poems, contact the organizers, Hillside Club, 2287 Cedar Street, Berkeley, free, wheelchair accessible, 2:00-5:00 (contact: Bill Mayer, ageofriesling @comcast.net, or Larry Felson, larryfelson325 @gmail.com)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Poetry in Translation: Spanish, Japanese, and English Poems" poets Camincha, Sonoko Carlson, and David Hirzel read original and translated poems, Florey's Books, 2120 Palmetto Drive, Pacifica, free, 6:00- 7:00 (650/355-8811, www.litwave.org)
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• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Historic Sharp Park District with Jerry Crow;" local historian Jerry Crow gives a tour of West Sharp Park and a history of some of Pacifica's oldest buildings, Sharp Park District, meet at the corner of Beach and Montecito, Pacifica, free, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
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• Valona Deli presents poets Albert Flynn DeSilver and Dane Cervine, open mic follows, with host Connie Post, Terry Henry Jazz Trio performs after poetry, Valona Deli, 1323 Pomona, Crockett, 4:00-6:00 (510/787-2022)
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11 MARCH 2013 — monday

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12 MARCH 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Litquake's Epicenter Reading Series in conjunction with City Lights and Tosca Café presents Sam Lipsyte and novelist Joshua Mohr in conversation, celebrating the release of The Fun Parts: Stories, by Sam Lipsyte, Tosca Café, 242 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, twenty-one and over, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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13 MARCH 2013 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry readings and live music hosted by Peter Kline, The Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 (415/362-8193, www.bazaarcafe.com)
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NORTH:
• Sunset Poetry by the Bay presents poet/percussionist Avotcja, With Every Step I Take, poet/journalist Terry Phelan, Fires in Sonoma, with poet, translator, and producer of KPFA radio's "La Raza Chronicles," Nina Serrano, her latest book, Heart's Journey, includes drawings from her journals, Studio 333 Art Gallery, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, 7:00 (415/331-8272, poetnews @sonic.net)
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14 MARCH 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents poets Lincoln Bergman and Carol Denney, hosted by poet Jack Hirschman, Reader's Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org/?Events)
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• Poetry Flash presents Rose Black, Susan Terris, and Joseph Zaccardi in a poetry reading from their new books, 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)
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• The Poetry Center presents the editors of The Last VisPo Anthology, Crag Hill and Nico Vassilakis, and guests, HUM 512, San Francisco State University campus, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, free, 4:30 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
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• Terry Tempest Williams reads to celebrate the paperback release of When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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EAST:
• Litwave community-based literary festival presents "Poems in San Pedro Valley Park," take a stroll with poet Emmanuel Williams creating poetry as you go, meet at San Pedro Valley Park's main building, Pacifica, free, 2:00- 4:00 (www.litwave.org)
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15 MARCH 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• A reading by Cara Black from her new mystery, Murder Below Montparnasse, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• The Poetry Center presents the editors of The Last VisPo Anthology, Crag Hill and Nico Vassilakis, and guests, Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street, San Francisco, $10/$5 low income admission, SFSU students and Poetry Center members free, 7:00 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
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16 MARCH 2013 — saturday

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17 MARCH 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Amy Stewart presents The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Greatest Drinks, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 4:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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18 MARCH 2013 — monday

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19 MARCH 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Exitstencil Press Night, readings and discussion of this legendary conduit for a huge range of creative projects, including publication and recordings, from the avant-garde and Fluxus Movements to punk rock, with Gee Vaucher and Penny Rimbaud, at City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com, www.exitstencilpress.com)
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20 MARCH 2013 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Novelist David McConnell reads from his narrative nonfiction on crime, American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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21 MARCH 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Anita Amirrezvani reads from her novel Equal of the Sun, set in 1576 Iran, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• The Holloway Poetry Reading Series presents renowned poet C.K. Williams, winner of the 2003 National Book Award for The Singing, Maude Fife Room, Third Floor, Wheeler Hall 315, University of California campus, Berkeley, free, 6:30 (hollowayreadingseries.wordpress.com)
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• Poetry Flash presents a reading by CJ Evans and Ben Mirov, 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)
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• The Poetry Center presents a poetry reading by Andrew Levy and Julie Ezelle Patton, HUM 512, San Francisco State University campus, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, free, 4:30 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
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• Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents poets David Meltzer and Sarah Menefee, hosted by poet Jack Hirschman, Reader's Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org/)
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NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center presents a panel discussion on Poetry Writing Groups: Secrets of Success, participants include poets Melissa Stein, Rough Honey, Robert Thomas, Dragging the Lake, Beverly Burch, How a Mirage Works, and Idris Dunkle, Mrs. Ramsay's Knee, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, at E, San Rafael, $5/$3 MPC members, 7:30 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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EAST:
• Third Thursdays in the Central Library with Lawrence Dinkins and Mary Zeppa, Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, noon (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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• Literary Lectures: Michael Spurgeon discusses the work of poet and writer Roberto Bolaño, "The Moral Duty of the Writer with Respect to Violence and Commerce," Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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22 MARCH 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Ellen Zachos presents Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Omnidawn Publishing reading by poets from recent, new, and forthcoming Omnidawn titles, featuring George Albon, Brief Capital of Disturbances, Sarah Gridley, Weather Eye Open, Angela Hume, Second Story of Your Body, Michelle Taransky, Barn Burned, Then, winner of the 2008 Omnidawn Poetry Prize, Brian Teare, Companion Grasses, and Lynn Xu, June, refreshments, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
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23 MARCH 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Carly Anne West reads from her suspenseful Young Adult novel, The Murmurings, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Poetry and Psychoanalysis presents poet Laura Walker, Follow-Haswed, reading from and discussing her work with poet and series coordinator Susan Kolodny, with questions from the audience, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, 444 Natoma Street, San Francisco, free, (415/563-5815, www.sf-cp.org/programs/2012-2013/poetry-and-psychoanalysis/laura-walker)
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• The Poetry Center presents a reading by Mark Wallace, Andrew Levy, and Julie Ezelle Patton, with Paul Van Curen on guitar, HUM 512, San Francisco State University campus, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, free, 4:30 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
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24 MARCH 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Small Press Traffic presents Simone White, House Envy of All of the World, and Alli Warren, Here Come the Warm Jets, Artist Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, doors open 5:00, reading 5:30 (510/849-2087, smallpresstraffic.org)
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25 MARCH 2013 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poet, punk rocker, and fiction writer Richard Hell reads from his new biography I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• The Odd Mondays Series presents a poetry reading by Peter Neil Carrol, A Child Turns Back to Wave: Poetry of Lost Places, winner of the 2012 Prize Americana, and Tamsin Smith, poet and blogger for The Huffington Post, Phoenix Books, 3957 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30 (510/849-2087, www.oddmondays.com)
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EAST:
• Poetry reading by Kate Greenstreet, Young Tambling, and Linda Norton, The Public Gardens: Poems and History, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, free, 7:30 (916/240-1897, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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26 MARCH 2013 — tuesday

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27 MARCH 2013 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Sister Spit (poetry performance group) superstar Ali Liebegott reads from her new novel Cha-Ching!, on young love and addiction, and from the re-release edition of The Beautifully Worthless, her "genre-smudging" epic road poem, winner of the 2005 Lambda Literary Award for Debut Lesbian Fiction, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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• Expressions Gallery reading series presents Lucille Lang Day, Married at Fourteen, A True Story, a memoir, and eight collections of poetry, and Andrena Zawinski, Something About, open reading follows if time allows, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby, Berkeley, free, refreshments available for small donation, open reading will follow if time allows, 5:30 (510/644-4930)
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28 MARCH 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents poets Rebecca Bella and Genny Lim, hosted by poet Jack Hirschman, Reader's Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org/?Events)
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NORTH:
• Writers Read presents a reading by Liam UiCearbhaill, A Sprinkling of Verse and Poetry's Purpose, open mic follows, Art Center Ukiah's Corner Gallery, 201 South State Street, Ukiah, free or donation, refreshments, 7:00 (707/463-6989, coloredhorse.wordpress.com/category/calendar/mendocino-poetry)
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EAST:
• Literary Lectures on poetry in Africa, "History, Trends, Debates," with University of California, Davis African Studies Professor Moradewan Adejunmobi, poet Tim Kahl hosts, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
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29 MARCH 2013 — friday

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30 MARCH 2013 — saturday

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31 MARCH 2013 — sunday

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