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1 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday

  • Point Reyes Books presents fiction writer Amina Cain and novelist Sofia Samatar, discussing their new books, A Horse at Night: On Writing and The White Mosque, respectively, online, free, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.ptreyesbooks.com/event/amina-cain-and-sofia-samatar)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring Eric DeVaughn, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • UC Berkeley Department of Geography presents a reading to celebrate the new anthology Water's Edge: Writing on Water, a collection of poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art on the subject of water, featuring poet Forrest Gander, Be With, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, medical anthropologist Lenore Manderson, poet Brenda Hillman, In a Few Minutes Before Later, and wildlife biologist and poet Maya Khosla, All the Fires of Wind and Light, 2020 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award-winner, UC Berkeley campus, 575 McCone Hall, Berkeley, free, Noon-2:00 pm PDT (More information here: events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/geog.html?event_ID=148596&view=preview)
  • City Lights Books presents poet Tayi Tibble, reading from and discussing her debut collection, Poukahangatus: Poems, in conversation with best-selling novelist Tommy Orange, There, There, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, with opening statement by John Freeman, editor of the literary annual Freeman's, in person, Kerouac Alley, between Columbus and Grant Avenues, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: citylights.com/events)

2 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday

  • The Green Arcade presents Lucia Athens, the first Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Austin and author of Building an Emerald City, discussing her latest book, The Sustainability Revolutionists: Heroes and Hope for Our Common Future, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30 pm PDT (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)
  • Alameda Island Poets presents a reading for Native American Heritage Month, celebrating the anthology Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California, featuring contributors Nanette Deetz, Jewelle Gomez, Dave Holt, and Stephen Meadows, with coeditor Lucille Lang Day, followed by an open mic, free, online via Zoom, 7:00-9:00 pm PDT (Email cathydana@gmail.com for the Zoom link)
  • Grand Piano TV presents a series of live readings and performances, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the final publication of The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography/San Francisco 1975-1980, a series of autobiographical writings centered on ten Bay Area poets, this week features a round table discussion sponsored by Kelly Writers House, online via Zoom, free, 5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsceyrrDwrEtHr06pb8qItOsP9H6jP2mvq)
  • Skylight Books, along with Book Passage and more indie bookstores, presents best-selling novelist Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, Unsheltered, discussing her new book, Demon Copperhead, the story of a boy born to a teenage single mother in the mountains of southern Appalachia, in conversation with award-winning journalist Beth Macy, Dopesick, online, free, 1:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-youtube-barbara-kingsolver-presents-demon-copperhead-beth-macy)

3 NOVEMBER 2022 — thursday

  • Fabulosa Books presents Rad Queer Reading and Mental Makeover, featuring poet and spoken word artist Dazié Grego-Sykes, Black Faggotry, poet Lonely Christopher, Death & Disaster Series, and poet Julian Mithra, If the Color Is Fugitive, finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, hosted by Richard Loranger, Fabulosa Books, 489 Castro Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.fabulosabooks.com/eventsart.html)
  • Readers' Books presents poets Iris Jamahl Dunkle, West: Fire: Archive, and Dean Rader, Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry, in conversation with poet Dana Levin, Now Do You Know Where You Are, Readers' Books, 130 East Napa Street, Sonoma, free, 6:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.readersbooks.com/event/poets-dana-levin-iris-jamahl-dunkle-and-dean-radar)
  • The Poetry Night Reading Series presents featured poets Joshua McKinney, Small Sillion, and Matthew Chronister, Memory Care, followed by an open mic reading, 4 minutes per reader, free, on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, 7:00 pm PDT
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, co-creators and co-hosts of Ear Hustle, celebrating their new book, This is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life, moderated by Piper Kerman, author of the memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, which was adapted into an Emmy Award-winning Netflix series, in-person, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, and online via Zoom, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/03/author-nigel-poor-and-earlonne-woods-moderated-piper-kerman)
  • City Lights Books presents nonfiction writer Ousmane K. Power-Greene, Against Wind and Tide: The African American Struggle Against the Colonization Movement, reading from and discussing his new novel, The Confessions of Matthew Strong, a powerful story of race, redemption, and speaking out for what is right, online, free, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Ventura County Poetry Project presents a reading featuring poet and conservationist Ruth Nolan, Dry Waterfall, followed by an open mic, in person, E.P. Foster Library, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free, 6:30-10:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.vencolibrary.org/library-events/thursday-night-poetry-0818221830)
  • The Mechanics' Institute presents a reading and conversation between two poet laureates, Kim Shuck, seventh Poet Laureate of San Francisco and author of Deer Trails, and Caroline Goodwin, first Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco, free for members, $5-$10 public sliding scale, 6:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.milibrary.org/events/poets-kim-shuck-and-caroline-goodwin-onsite-mechanics-institute-nov-03-2022)
  • Lunch Poems, a monthly noontime reading series, features poet Safiya Sinclair, Cannibal, winner of a Whiting Writers' Award, OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, and others, Morrison Library, 101 Library Ct., University of California campus, Berkeley, free, 12:10-12:50 pm PDT (More information here: www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/lunch-poems)
  • The Humanities Institute presents the Thirteenth Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring Natasha Trethewey, 19th Poet Laureate of the United States and author of collections such as Native Guard, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and Monument, longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award, hosted by poet Gary Young, That's What I Thought, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award from Persea Books, the reading includes an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest, Merrill College Cultural Center, 641 Merrill Road, Santa Cruz, free, 6:00-7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: thi.ucsc.edu/event/natasha-trethewey-morton-marcus-poetry-reading)

4 NOVEMBER 2022 — friday

5 NOVEMBER 2022 — saturday

  • The San Francisco Public Library presents surrealist storyteller and artist Clyde Always and poet Jessica Loos performing their work, Presidio Meeting Room, 3150 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00-3:30 pm PDT (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/05/perfomance-clyde-always-and-jessica-loos)
  • Center for the Art of Translation presents award-winning novelist Hemley Boum, discussing her English-language debut, Days Come and Go, winner of the Prix Amadou Kourouma, joined by Nchanji Njamnsi, translator of the book, and Nkiacha Atemnkeng, writer and music enthusiast, online via Zoom, free, Noon pm PDT (Register to attend: www.catranslation.org/event/days-come-and-go-a-conversation-with-hemley-boum/g)
  • Clarion Performing Arts Center presents a special double-feature film screening, for It's Nice To Be With You Always, a documentary that creates an intimate portrait of the poet Neeli Cherkovski, and Tongues of Heaven, an experimental documentary set in Taiwan and Hawaii, poet Neeli Cherkovski and director Anita Chang will attend, with Q&As following both films moderated by Jeff M. Giordano, Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Place, San Francisco, $10, 4:00-6:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.theclarionsf.org/events/its-nice-to-be-with-you-always-a-film-about-neeli-cherkovski-tongues-of-heaven-film-screening)
  • Medicine for Nightmares celebrates its one year anniversary with a night of poetry and music, the bookstore is releasing a zine poetry anthology to commemorate the anniversary, featuring readings by contributors Lourdes Figueroa, Kevin Madrigal, Amanda Muniz, Mimi Tempestt, hectorsonofhector, Yaccaira Salvatierra, Josiah Luis Alderete, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, and more, with music by Son Jarocho and a DJ set by L7, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-10:00 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • Gallery 2727 presents a poetry reading to benefit Amnesty International, in response to the death of Mahsa Amini, a twentytwo-year-old Kurdish woman who was killed at the hands of Iran's religious morality police, and the ensuing street protests in Iran, the reading features Iranian-American poets Farnaz Fatemi, Dena Rod, and Sholeh Wolpe, and Iraqi poet Zeidan, hosted by Persis Karim, Gallery 2727, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, $10-25 donation requested will go to Amnesty International-Iran, 3:00-5:00 pm PDT (More information here: www.facebook.com/events/452496216926323/?source=6&ref_notif_type=plan_user_invited&action_history=null)

6 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday

  • Sixteen Rivers Press and the Dominican University of California present "The Art of Translation," an evening of poetry and translation that explores the joys and challenges of writing across languages, featuring poets Robert Hass, Time and Materials, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Brenda Hillman, In a Few Minutes Until Later, Matthew Zapruder, Sun Bear, Sixteen Rivers poets Terry Ehret, Lost Body, Marjorie Agosín, and translators Nancy Morales and Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman, Garden Room, Edgehill Mansion, 75 Magnolia Avenue, San Rafael, free, 3:00-5:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-translation-tickets-406525557887)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents a reading and public discussion with the writers from Black Fire: This Time, Volume 1, a powerful anthology that explores the history of the Black Arts Movement, featuring the work of over 100 poets and writers, the majority of whom are based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the reading will feature playwright Judy Juanita, former San Francisco Poet Laureate devorah major, califia's daughter, poet Michael Warr, poet and activist Karla Brundage, storyteller Amber Butts, poet Landon Smith, publisher Tureeda Mikell, writer and educator Meilani Clay, and poet and musician Avotcja, moderated by Dr. Kim McMillon, producer, playwright, and editor of the anthology, in-person, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 1:00-3:00 pm PST (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/06/author-kim-mcmillon-black-fire-time-san-francisco-part-2)

7 NOVEMBER 2022 — monday

  • Odd Mondays Reading Series presents three authors reading from their books about war, Rasa Gustatitis, Flight: A Memoir of Loss and Discovery by an Aviator's Daughter, John Odell, Elmer & Virginia: A World War II Romance in Letters, a collection of his parents' wartime letters, and Angelo Presicci, Fighting the Bad War, short stories based on his experiences in the Vietnam War, Bethany Methodist Church, 1270 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.facebook.com/OddMondays)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents former Poet Laureate of San Francisco Kim Shuck, Exile Heart, reading from her new book of essays, Noodle, Rant, Tangent, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30-8:00 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)

8 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday

9 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday

  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents acclaimed children's author and arts activist Aida Salazar, The Moon Within, reading and discussing her new book, A Seed in the Sun, a middle grade novel-in-verse about a young girl with big dreams during the 1965 protest for migrant workers' rights, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/aida-salazar)
  • Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents a reading in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Plume Poetry Anthology, with its newest issue, Plume Poetry 10, featuring poets Elena Karina Byrne, If This Makes You Nervous, Cathy Colman, Borrowed Dress, winner of the Felix Pollak Prize for Poetry, Ramón García, The Chronicles, Ata Moharreri, Shamar Hill, Photographs of an Imagined Childhood, forthcoming, and Carolyn Joyner, online via Zoom, free, 6:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)

10 NOVEMBER 2022 — thursday

  • Poetry Flash presents reading by David Baker, Whale Fall, and Rebecca Foust, Only, in-person, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, masks are encouraged, free, 7:00 pm PST (510-649-1320, www.pegasusbookstore.com/pegasus-downtown; Poetry Flash: 510-525-5476)
  • Book Passage presents a reading featuring poet Joan Baranow, Reading Szymborska in a Time of Plague, winner of the 2021 Brick Road Poetry Book Contest, reading from her new collection, A Slight Thing, Happiness, and playwright Amy Crider, reading from her debut novel, Disorder, online, free, 5:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/joan-baranow-and-amy-crider-slight-thing-happiness-disorder-online-event)
  • The Poetry Center presents a reading featuring poets Lindsay Choi, Transverse, finalist for the 2022 Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Poetry, and Ariel Resnikoff, Unnatural Bird Migrator, East Bay Media Center, 1939 Addison Street, Berkeley, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (More information here: poetry.sfsu.edu/event/choe-lindsay-lindsay-choi-and-ariel-resnikoff-east-bay-media-center)
  • Skylight Books presents Hua Hsu, staff writer at The New Yorker, discussing his new book, Stay True, a powerful memoir that examines friendship, grief, and art, in conversation with novelist Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-hua-hsu-presents-stay-true-rachel-kushner)
  • open mic reading, with featured poet Ron Lampi, musical accompaniment by Psi Process, anything goes, come to read or to listen, and be a part of this collaborative experience, every second Thursday of the month, The Ugly Mug Coffee House, 4640 Soquel Drive, Soquel, free, 5:30-7:15 pm PST
  • City Lights Books, in conjunction with Naropa University and Nightboat Books, presents a reading and discussion of the new publication New Weathers: Poetics from the Naropa Archive, featuring poets and editors of the publication The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment, Anne Waldman, and the forthcoming Canxona, Emma Gomis, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)

11 NOVEMBER 2022 — friday

  • San Diego Writers, Ink, celebrates the launch of the Dimestories Anthology, with over forty stories from contributors all over the United States, featuring an open mic reading, come share a three-minute story or enjoy others' writing, Inspirations Gallery, Suite 204, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, $10 donation, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.sandiegowriters.org/2022-11-11-fall-for-writing-dimestories)
  • San Diego Writers, Ink, presents the workshop "Free Verse, Lyric Poetry, Narrative Poetry: More Tools for Your Toolbox," led by Ron Salisbury, inaugural Poet Laureate of San Diego and author of Miss Desert Inn, winner of the 2015 Main Street Rag Poetry Prize, attendees will explore different types of poetry as well as analyze a book of poetry of their choice and discuss its effect on their writing, runs five Fridays, November 11-December 16, online, $180 for members, $216 for nonmembers, 10:00 am-12:45 pm PST (Enroll here: www.sandiegowriters.org/2022-11-11-online-fridays-free-verse-lyric-poetry-narrative-poetry-poetry-ii-with-ron-salisbury)

12 NOVEMBER 2022 — saturday

  • Book Passage presents a reading with poets Susan Cohen, Democracy of Fire, and Rebecca Foust, Only, celebrating their new collections, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 2:00 pm PST (More information here: www.bookpassage.com/event/2022-11)
  • The Poetry Center presents the 37th annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, this year given by poet and scholar Ariel Resnikoff, Unnatural Bird Migrator, the title of the talk is "Among the Heaps of Brick and Plaster Lies: Toward a Poetics of Translingual Refuse", East Bay Media Center, 1939 Addison Street, Berkeley, free, 7:00-8:30 pm PST (More information here: poetry.sfsu.edu/event/ariel-resnikoff-george-oppen-memorial-lecture)

13 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday

  • Bird & Beckett Books and Records presents poet and bookman Josiah Luis Alderete, co-founder of Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and author of Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos, in conversation with journalist Denise Sullivan, part of a monthly series of conversations with San Francisco activists, educators, and art and cultural leaders, online, free, 10:00 am PST (More information here: birdbeckett.com/denise-sullivan-11-13-22)
  • Second Sundays Reading Series presents poet Elizabeth M. Castillo, Cajoncito: Poems on Love, Loss, y Otras Locuras, poet and novelist Jenn Givhan, River Woman, River Demon, New Mexico-Arizona Book Award finalist for Mystery & Thriller, and poet Jose Hernandez Diaz, The Fire Eater, hosted by Siân Killingsworth, free, online, 3:00 pm PST (Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcOirpz8oGd2D0HGfDDciWzm0BoKEvTey)
  • The Green Arcade presents celebrates the launch of Why It Is I Choose to Be Alien, selected poems by Polish-American poet Laura Ulewicz (1930-2007), with featured guests novelist and poet Maxine Chernoff, New Faces of 1952, winner of the Carl Sandburg Award, writer Larry Felson, and other surprise guests, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 5:00 pm PST (More information here: www.thegreenarcade.com)
  • CANCELED - Celebrate the launch of two poetry collections by poets Susan Cohen and Rebecca Foust, reading from their new books, Democracy of Fire and Only, respectively, hosted by Sarah Kobrinsky, former Poet Laureate of Emeryville, Jered's Pottery, 5743 A Horton Street, Emeryville, free, 2:00-4:00 pm PST
  • A night of poetry, with featured readers Tiff Dressen, Of Mineral, Alexandra Mattraw, Raw Anyone, and Brent Armendinger, Street Gloss, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 4:30 pm PST (More information here: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-night-poetry-tiff-dressen-alexandra-mattraw-and-brent-armendinger)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents a special film screening of Las Marimachas Fragments, a short poetry film by Lourdes Figueroa and Peggy Peralta, joining them for a night of storytelling and poetry are former San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, poet E.K. Keith, writer and editor Michelle Robles Wallace, artist Cinthia Marisol Lozano, and poet Karen Llagas, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Rosanna Warren, So Forth: Poems, and Daniel Wolff, More Poems about Money, 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)

14 NOVEMBER 2022 — monday

  • City Lights Books presents acclaimed writer, feminist, and gender theorist Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, discussing their new book, What World Is This? A Pandemic Phenomenology, an insightful look at how COVID-19 has challenged the way we look at our society and the world as a whole, in conversation with author and educator Gayle Salamon, Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality, winner of the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Studies, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents Damien Linnane, artist, scholar, author, and formerly incarcerated, discussing his life and illustrations for This is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods; Linanne's illustrations for the book are on display at the San Francisco Main Library through December 2022; online, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/14/presentation-damien-linnane-illustrator-ear-hustle)

15 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday

  • City Lights Books presents poet, artist, and musician Will Alexander, finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, celebrating his new book, Divine Blue Light (For John Coltrane): Pocket Poets Series No. 63, a powerful collection at the intersection between surrealism and afro-futurism, in conversation with San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, Heaven Is All Goodbyes, winner of the California Book Award for Poetry, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring poet C.C. Arshagra, The Open Mike Poems, Book 1. Scared Sacred, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • Green Apple Books presents writer and editor Jennifer Lewis, discussing her debut collection of short stories, The New Low, in conversation with short story writer Anita Felicelli, Love Songs for a Lost Continent, winner of the 2016 Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-jennifer-lewis-anita-felicelli)
  • Book Passage presents "The Thrill of Life's Next Chapter," a discussion and inspiring stories from She Writes Press authors, featuring Amy S. Peele, Cut, Patricia Grayhall, Making the Rounds: Defying the Norms in Love and Medicine, Linda Moore, and Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, Filling Her Shoes, Book Passage, 51 Tama Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 1:00 pm PST (More information here: www.bookpassage.com/event/thrill-lifes-next-chapter-amy-s-peele-patricia-grayhall-linda-moore-betsy-graziani-fasbinder)
  • Center for the Art of Translation presents novelist Li Zi Shu, discussing her novel The Age of Goodbyes, winner of the China Times Open Book Award, joined by YZ Chin, translator of the book and author of Though I Get Home, winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, and psychologist and novelist Ipek Burnett, The Ruby in San Francisco, exact location information will be sent after registration, free, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.catranslation.org/event/the-age-of-goodbyes-li-zi-shu-yz-chin-and-ipek-burnett)
  • The University of San Francisco presents the Fall Faculty Reading, featuring essayist and novelist Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, winner of the silver medal in First Fiction from the California Book Awards, novelist K.M. Soehnlein, Army of Lovers, and poet Maw Shein Win, Storage Unit for the Spirit House, nominated for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry, this reading is part of the MFA in Writing Program Reading Series, University of San Francisco, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, 2497 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:45 pm PST

16 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday

  • City Lights Books presents journalist and war correspondent Anna Badkhen, discussing her new book, Bright Unbearable Reality, a collection of essays connected by themes of communion and longing, online, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Book Passage presents short story writer Oscar Hokeah, discussing his debut novel, Calling for a Blanket Dance, a deeply moving story of a young Native American man finding strength through his family heritage and identity, online, free, 5:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/oscar-hokeah-calling-blanket-dance-online-event)

17 NOVEMBER 2022 — thursday

  • Green Apple Books presents poet and essayist Sarah Heady, Niagara Transnational, 2013 Michael Rubin Book Award-winner, celebrating her latest collection, Comfort, joined by essayist Amy K. Bell, poet Tanya Holtland, Requisite, fiction writer Maia Ipp, and poet Laura Walker, psalmbook, Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-sarah-heady-amy-k-bell-tanya-holtland-maia-ipp-and-laura-walker)
  • Grand Piano TV presents a series of live readings and performances, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the final volume of The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography/San Francisco 1975-1980, a series of autobiographical writings centered on ten Bay Area poets, this week featuring poet and editor Tom Mandel, To the Cognoscenti, online via Zoom, free, 5:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsceyrrDwrEtHr06pb8qItOsP9H6jP2mvq)

18 NOVEMBER 2022 — friday

  • Beyond Baroque presents the Southern California Poetry Festival, an annual celebration of poetry and diverse voices within Southern California, beginning with an opening reception celebrating the work of poet Sesshu Foster, with a reading and discussion by Foster, joined by poets Amy Uyematsu and Angel Dominguez, and fiction writer Carribean Fragoza, moderated by Neelanjana Banerjee, managing editor for Kaya Press, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 7:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • The Green Arcade presents poet and translator Vincent Katz, reading from his new collection Broadway for Paul, joined by poets Norma Cole, Fate News, and Aaron Shurin, The Blue Absolute, The Green Arcade, 1680 Market Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30 pm PST (More information here: thegreenarcade.com)
  • Small Press Traffic presents a reading by poets Ted Rees, Dog Day Economy, Thanksgiving: a Poem, finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and Danielle LaFrance, Just Like I Like It, Rees and LaFrance will read their work alongside shorts by legendary underground filmmaker Curt McDowell, Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.smallpresstraffic.org/upcomingevents/ted-rees-danielle-lafrance-curt-mcdowell)

19 NOVEMBER 2022 — saturday

  • The Southern California Poetry Festival continues with workshops by Errant Press and poet Brendan Constantine, a showcase of independent presses featuring Moon Tide Press, with Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Gustavo Hernandez, and Ellen Webre; Nightboat Books with Angel Dominguez, Carlos Lara, and Jackie Wang; and Kundiman with Kien Lam, Cynthia Dewi Oka, and Dorothy Chan; a reading by poets Anthony Cody, Omar Pimienta, Vanessa Angélica Villareal, and Sehba Sarwar, examining the poetics of borders and migrations, and a special reading with Pulitzer Prize finalist Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain, joined by National Poetry Series winner Jos Charles and poet Kazim Ali, co-presented by Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Poetry Foundation, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 11:00 am-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Small Press Traffic presents a reading to celebrate artist Amy Trachtenberg's solo exhibition, "The Violet June of Autumn," joining Trachtenberg are artist Cliff Hengst, poet Vincent Katz, Broadway for Paul, author and artist Yedda Morrison, Darkness, and essayist Anton Stuebner, Catharine Clark Gallery, 248 Utah Street, San Francisco, free, 4:00 pm PST (More information here: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/the-violet-june-of-autumn-amy-trachtenberg)
  • Catamaran Literary Reader celebrates the launch of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife, a new poetry collection by Vincent Rendoni and winner of the 2022 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets, with an introduction by poet Dorianne Laux, judge for the 2022 prize and author of books including What We Carry, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, book signing to follow, San Francisco Historical Society Museum, 608 Commercial Street, San Francisco, $20, ticket includes a copy of the book and museum tour, 5:00-7:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2022/2022/11/19-poetryprizebooklaunch)

20 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday

  • Blue Light at the Gallery presents a reading with poets Gary Young, Red Cedar, Red Pine, Beau Beausoleil, Another Way Home, and Joe Zaccardi, The Weight of Bodily Touches, all reading from new work, online via Zoom, free, 6:30 pm PST (RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com for the Zoom link)
  • Medicine for Nightmares presents an afternoon of spoken word by experimental poet and jazz musician Clark Coolidge, author of collections including Sound as Thought, New American Poetry Series, and This Time We Are Both, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 3:00-4:30 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
  • The Southern California Poetry Festival continues with workshops led by poets Douglas Manuel and Sarah Maclay, and "Indigenous Poets Across the Americas," a reading featuring Tommy Pico, Kinsale Drake, Jessa Calderon, and Moncho Ollin Alvarado, a showcase of independent presses, featuring "The Offing" with Michael Reyes, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and Gabrielle Civil; What Books Press with Mariano Zaro, Elena Karina Byrne, and Carolie Parker; and LA Review of Books with Elizabeth Metzger, Allison Hedge Coke, and Anna Journey; a reading to celebrate the release of Best American Poetry 2022, featuring Prageeta Sharma, Alexis Sears, Amy Gerstler, and Matthew Zapruder, and lastly a reading featuring Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Lynne Thompson and Poet Laureate of San Francisco Tongo Eisen-Martin, joined by poets Shonda Buchanan, bridgette bianca, and Conney Williams, co-presented by Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Poetry Foundation, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 10:00 am-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Jose Antonio Villarán, Open Pit, and Sesshu Foster, City of the Future, 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)
  • Medicine for Nightmares celebrates the release of Person, Perceived Girl, a new collection of poetry by A.A. Vincent, joining Vincent in a reading are poets and writers Kevin Madrigla Gallindo, Randy James, Shah Noor, and Joseph Rios, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 6:30-8:30 pm PST (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)

21 NOVEMBER 2022 — monday

  • City Lights Books presents political scientist and activist Dr. Clarence Lusane, The Black History of the White House, discussing his latest book, Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice, which examines the debate over the twenty-dollar bill as a lens for the country's ongoing fight against racism and white supremacy, in conversation with Justin Desmangles, chairman of the Before Columbus Foundation and administrator of the American Book Award, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)

22 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday

23 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday

24 NOVEMBER 2022 — thursday

25 NOVEMBER 2022 — friday

26 NOVEMBER 2022 — saturday

  • Fourth Saturdays presents "Poets About Town," an annual open mic reading, bring either two poems or two pages to read, sign up starts at 1:50 pm, readers are welcome to bring copies of newly published work to sell or trade, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm PST

27 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday

28 NOVEMBER 2022 — monday

  • City Lights Books presents poet and artist Courtney Faye Taylor, celebrating her debut collection Concentrate: poem, which explores the history of Latasha Harlins, a fifteen-year-old Black girl who was killed by Korean shop owner Soon Ja Du after she was falsely accused of shoplifting a bottle of orange juice, in conversation with Chantz Erolin, writer and editor at Graywolf Press, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)

29 NOVEMBER 2022 — tuesday

  • City Lights Books presents award-winning poet Eileen Myles, celebrating their new collection, Pathetic Literature, joined by writers Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts, Camille Roy, Honey Mine, Laurie Weeks, Zipper Mouth, winner of the Lambda Literary Award, Simone White, House Envy of All the World, and Frank Wilderson, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
  • Cobalt Poets presents a poetry reading featuring Rawle James, with open mic to follow, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents a special workshop with poets Zachary Zan and Hanson Lee, discussing and analyzing the famous Chinese poem "Cold Mountain", free, at the North Beach Library Community Room, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 6:30-7:30 pm PST (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/29/panel-poetry-reading)

30 NOVEMBER 2022 — wednesday

  • Book Passage presents acclaimed writer and musician Patti Smith, Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award, celebrating her new book, A Book of Days, a collection of over 365 images and reflections that reflect the artist's life and unique aesthetic, Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, $40, tickets include a copy of the book, 7:00 pm PST (Purchase tickets here: www.bookpassage.com/abookofdays2022)
  • The San Francisco Public Library presents a special workshop with poets Zachary Zan and Hanson Lee, discussing and analyzing the famous Chinese poem "Cold Mountain", free, at the North Beach Library Community Room, 850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 6:30-7:30 pm PST (More information here: sfpl.org/events/2022/11/29/panel-poetry-reading)

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