Chris Felver, Gail Mitchell, Kim Shuck, Duane Big Eagle, more

6 APRIL 2017 — thursday

Photographer and filmmaker Chris Felver presents his new book, Tending the Fire: Native Voices and Portraits, photographs of Native American writers, with a foreword by poet Simon J. Ortiz and an introduction by poet and novelist Linda Hogan, with featured readings by contributors including poet QR Hand, Whose Really Blues; poet Gail Mitchell, Bone Songs; former Ukiah Poet Laureate Linda Noel; poet Duane Big Eagle, Bidato: ten mile river poems; poet Kim Shuck, Clouds Running In; writer MJ Robertson; and poet Kurt Schweigman, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)