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19 JANUARY 2022 — wednesday

• Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents a reading celebrating the life and works of the fourteenth century mystic, Margery Kempe, featuring authors whose recent works speak on her legacy: poet and novelist Robert Glück, Margery Kempe, poet Daniel Tiffany, Cry Baby Mystic, and poet Pattie McCarthy, Wyfthing, moderated by scholar Julie Orelmanski, Symptomatic Subjects: Bodies, Medicine, and Causation in the Literature of Late Medieval England, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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• Skylight Books presents short story writer Gwen E. Kirby, discussing her new book, Shit Cassandra Saw, a warm and fiercely funny collection of stories of women throughout history, in conversation with novelist Liv Stratman, Cheat Day, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-gwen-kirby-conversation-liv-stratman)
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• San Francisco Public Library presents a reading and discussion with Dr. Rebecca Hall, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, as she details the search to find stories of women warriors left out of the historical record, Zoom, free, 6:00-7:00 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
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• Bookshop Santa Cruz presents a poetry reading and book launch for Santa Cruz Poet Laureate David Allen Sullivan, reading from his new book, Black Butterflies Over Baghdad, joined by poet Farnaz Fatemi, Sister Tongue, winner of the Wick Poetry Prize, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/david-sullivan)
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20 JANUARY 2022 — thursday

• City Lights presents Hawa Allan in conversation with Pamela Sneed exploring Hawa Allan's new book Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship, Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events-category/hawa-allan-in-conversation-with-pamela-sneed)
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• Green Apple Books celebrates the release of poet Dan Alter's new collection, My Little Book of Exiles, joining Dan Alter are poets Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Cenzontle, and Tess Taylor, The Misremembered World, free, in-person, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, and online via Zoom, 7:00 pm PST (Register for Zoom here: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-ave-dan-alter-marcelo-hernandez-catillo-and-tess-taylor)
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• The San Francisco Creative Writing Institute presents "Poetry III: Contemporary Poets and Poetry," with instructor Holly Hardy, this six-week workshop, January 20 to February 24, will explore the craft of poetry through the lens of established contemporary poets, each week will focus on a different poet using deep discussion of their work as inspiration for poetic experimentation, Zoom, $395, 5:30-8:30 pm PST (Register to attend: sfwriting.institute/events/poetry3-six-contemporary-poets)
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21 JANUARY 2022 — friday

• 19th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival, "Welcome to the Festival Reading" with Jenny Qi, Anna Christine Rodas, Celeste Chan, Shelley Wong, and Susan Ito, co-directed and hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 6:00-7:00 pm PST (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/82523039634; For information: fb.me/e/4sWKYqNBG, berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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• Small Press Traffic's High Dawn Reading Series presents poet and editor Janice Lee, Imagine a Death, and essayist Gail Scott, Permanent Revolution, reading from new work, introductions by Ivy Johnson and Camille Roy, free, in-person, Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, 7:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.smallpresstraffic.org/upcomingevents/janice-lee-gail-scott)
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22 JANUARY 2022 — saturday

• 19th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival, "Poetic Justice" reading with Kimi Sugioka, Tehmina Khan, Aileen Cassineto, Shizue Seigel, and Lauren Ito, co-directed and hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 1:00-2:00 pm PST (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/83428665233; For more information: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyPoetryFestival, berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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• 19th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival presents Poetry and Dance with dNaga Dance Company, co-directed and hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 3:00-4:00 pm PST (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/82962508028; For more information: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyPoetryFestival, berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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• 19th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival presents "New Poetic Voices," a reading with Karthik Sethuraman, Norelyn Parker, Danny Ryu, and Yumi Kim, co-directed and hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 5:00-6:00 pm PST (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/84151652971; For more information: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyPoetryFestival, berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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• 19th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival presents an Open Mic, hosted by Sharon Coleman, via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 7:30-8:30 pm PST (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/89549634837; For more information: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyPoetryFestival, berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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• City Lights in conjunction with Synergetic Press present "Psyche Unbound: Celebrating the Pioneering Work of Stanislav Grof," a day-long symposium, the event coincides with the launch of the new Synergetic Press book, Psyche Unbound: Essays in Honor of Stanislav Grof, online via Zoom, free, 11:00 am PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events-category/psyche-unbound-celebrating-the-pioneering-work-of-stanislav-grof)
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• San Francisco Public Library presents Said Shaiye, reading from his new book Are You Borg Now, after the reading, Shaiye will discuss his book, with an audience Q&A to follow, Zoom, free, 2:00-3:30 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
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23 JANUARY 2022 — sunday

• 19th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival presents "Milvia Street Literary Journal: Poets of Berkeley City College," a reading by antmen pimental Mendoza, r.a.d. Leng Leng, Steve Fujimura, Rina Shaikh-Lesko, and Kai Sugioka-Stone, co-directed and hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 1:00-2:00 pm PST (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/81552815346; For more information: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyPoetryFestival, berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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• 19th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival presents their Lifetime Achievement Award and Reading by this year's award-winner, San Francisco poet Genny Lim, with a poetry reading by Minal Hajratwala, and Maw Shein Win, the award will be presented by City of Berkeley Councilperson Terry Taplin, co-directed and hosted by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman, via Zoom and Facebook Live, free, 3:00-4:00 pm PST (Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/82344447103; For more information: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyPoetryFestival, berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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• The Claremont Library's Fourth Sundays Reading Series features poet and photographer Adam O. Davis, Index of Haunted Houses, and poet Wendy Herbert, Dear Speciman, free, in-person, Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Avenue, Claremont, 2:00 pm PST (More information here: www.facebook.com/fourthsundayspoetry)
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• Book Passage presents Peter Mann reading from and discussing his debut novel The Torqued Man, Book Passage Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building #42, San Francisco, free, 2:00 pm PST (For more information: www.bookpassage.com/san-francisco-events)
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24 JANUARY 2022 — monday

• San Francisco Public Library celebrates the release of ZYZZYVA No. 122, The Inter/Transnational Issue, with a night of readings featuring contributors from the issue, readers include C.J.A., Shelby Kinney-Lang, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, and Dean Rader, hosted by Oscar Villalon, ZYZZYVA managing editor, Zoom, free, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (For more information and to register, visit: sfpl.org/events)
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25 JANUARY 2022 — tuesday

• San Francisco Public Library's Bernal Readers Book Club, read and discuss Amor Towles's A Gentleman in Moscow, a novel about a man sentenced to a life of house arrest in Moscow's Metropol Hotel during the Bolshevik revolution, in-person, Bernal Heights Meeting Room, 500 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, free, 2:00-4:00pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)
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• Cobalt Poets presents a reading featuring slam poet Generalissimo Bryan Franco, with open mic to follow, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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• City Lights presents Peter Richardson in conversation with David Talbot, celebrating the book launch for Savage Journey: Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/peter-richardson-in-conversation-with-david-talbot)
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26 JANUARY 2022 — wednesday

• Skylight Books presents short fiction writer Henry Hoke, The Book of Endless Sleepovers, Genevieves, discussing his new book, Sticker, a memoir told through stickers, exploring queer childhood, parental disability, and ancestral violence, in conversation with artist and writer Kate Durbin, Hoarders, free, in person, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 pm PST (For more information: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-henry-hoke-presents-sticker-kate-durbin)
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• City Lights presents John Nichols in conversation with Congressman Ro Khanna, a discussion exploring John Nichol's new book Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/john-nichols-in-conversation-with-congressman-ro-khanna)
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27 JANUARY 2022 — thursday

• Library Foundation of Los Angeles and Young Literati present Wine and Wisdom featuring a conversation with journalist and poet Dana Goodyear, whose current project is the Lost Hills true crime podcast, hosted by Young Literati member Shayna Englin, Zoom, free, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: lfla.org/calendar)
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• Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center celebrates the life of avant-garde Chicano poet Alfred Arteaga (1950-2008), with readings and discussions featuring poet Cherríe Moraga, A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness; artist and author Harry Gamboa Jr.; poet and educator Richard T. Rodríguez, Exemplars and Accomplices; Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate 2015-17, 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border: Undocuments 1971-2007); and critic and translator Ryuta Imafuku, hosted by poet and editor David Lloyd, Dark Room, audience Q&A to follow, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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• City Lights presents Jordan Stein and Bruce Hainley discussing the life and afterlives of artist Jay DeFeo's Estocada, a work created in the shadow of her great painting, The Rose, online via Zoom, free, 6:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/jordan-stein-and-bruce-hainley-in-conversation)
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28 JANUARY 2022 — friday

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29 JANUARY 2022 — saturday

• Book Passage presents 3 Minute Reads from students of the Writers Grotto writing classes, there will be wine, fun, and fresh new writing, Book Passage Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building #42, San Francisco, free, 3:00 pm PST (For more information: www.bookpassage.com/san-francisco-events)
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• Nomadic Press presents a book release for Warriors for Justice: Our Future Has Its Eyes on You, Zoom, free, 6:00-8:00 pm PST (To join the Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83240531667?pwd=MVpNVW9RUi9yb1orUHdBUzJ1OUlZZz09; For more information:www.nomadicpress.org/events)
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30 JANUARY 2022 — sunday

• Book Passage presents New York Times best-selling author Isabel Allende reading from and discussing her new novel, Violeta, Book Passage Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building #42, San Francisco, $40, 2:00 pm PST (For more information: www.bookpassage.com/san-francisco-events)
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• City Lights and the Contemporary Jewish Museum present Harry Freedman in conversation with Dan Libenson discussing Harry Freedman's book Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius, from Bloomsbury Books, online via Zoom, free, Noon PST (Zoom link here: citylights.com/events-category/harry-freedman-in-conversation-with-dan-libenson)
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• Drop Leaf Press presents a Chapbook Release Reading celebrating Barbara Tomash's Residue, and Eloisa Amezcua's DREAMLIFE, Zoom, free, 3:00-6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlc-igrDMvGNYlezuurafpX68X4P3BcYbi?fbclid=IwAR3qMG_9ELwxEnfb58C6gTZefw0dYYB5k0ar1QPCJtfpNAARgffGduaQDFU)
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31 JANUARY 2022 — monday

• San Francisco Public Library presents Book Club, read and discuss Richard Matheson's award-winning novel Somewhere in Time, a moving romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met allows him to literally transcend time, zoom, free, 7:30-8:30pm PST (For more information, visit: sfpl.org/events)
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