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23 MAY 2026 — saturday

• Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Marcus Omari, interdisciplinary artist, poet, and performer, and poet Charles Harper Webb, Old Gnu and The Elephant of Surprise, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents local bestseller Adam Mansbach sharing the latest installment in his profane series, Go The F*ck To College, in conversation with Peggy Orenstein, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-mansbachs-go-the-fck-to-college-in-store-event-and-book-signing-tickets-1985649419867?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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• Sacramento Poetry Alliance presents Indigo Moor, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Sacramento, sharing his fifth collection, Reconstructing Eden: A Southern Bastard's Lyric Journey, a memoir-in-verse exploring inheritance and healing through a "jazz triptych" form, with poet and pianist Valdez Hill, whose artistic practice weaves sound and language into a single expressive voice, open mic to follow, Musiclandria, 808 O Street, Sacramento, 6:00 pm (sacramentopoetryalliance.com)
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• City Lights and Verso Books present Trevor Paglen presenting his new book, How To See Like A Machine: Images After AI, on Zoom, free, registration required, 11:00 am PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/trevor-paglen-how-to-see-like-a-machine-images-after-ai-tickets-1982667454729?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/trevor-paglen-how-to-see-like-a-machine-images-after-ai)
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24 MAY 2026 — sunday

• "Words, blue flowers streaming…" presents poetry and music to celebrate spring in the garden, poetry written by Jaime Robles for the event will be sung and spoken, with voice and bird whistle, with Gael Alcock, cello and voice, Nancy Beckman, shakuhachi, double ocarina, and voice, and Tom Bickley, recorders and voice; a selection of short instrumental works for recorder and cello by Thomas Morley and Gael Alcock, and solos for shakuhachi, recorder, and cello will begin the afternoon, conversation and refreshments to follow, at The Tiger Garage Garden, a private studio, South Berkeley, near Ashby BART, location provided when you reserve a seat by emailing Tom Bickley, free, limited seating, reserve early, 3:00 pm (Reservation required, please email Tom Bickley, tbickley@gmail.com)
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25 MAY 2026 — monday

• Skylight Books welcomes writer and editor Steven Pfau presenting Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship, in conversation with writer and artist Stephen van Dyck, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm (RSVP recommended: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-steven-pfau-presents-say-nephew-w-stephen-van-dyck)
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26 MAY 2026 — tuesday

• City Lights and Human Rights First present Joshua Colangelo-Bryan discussing his new book, Through The Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guatanamo Bay, in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/joshua-colangelo-bryan-through-the-gates-of-hell-tickets-1982668835860?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/joshua-colangelo-bryan-through-the-gates-of-hell-american-injustice-at-guatanamo-bay)
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents writer and musician Alicia Jo Rabins sharing her new memoir, When We're Born We Forget Everything, a journey of spiritual self-invention and feminist awakening, in conversation with Rabbi Adina Allen, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/alicia-jo-rabins-when-were-born-we-forget-everything-in-store-event-tickets-1986746582510?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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• Join the first meeting of Book Society's new Tough and Tannic Book Club, to discuss Walter Mosley's Gray Down: An Easy Rawlins Mystery, and other detectives and plots, with refreshments, Book Society, 2945 College Avenue, Berkeley, $30, members $15, 6:30-8:00 pm (www.booksociety.social/event-details/the-tough-tannic-book-club-gray-dawn)
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27 MAY 2026 — wednesday

• Pegasus Books presents "Lyrics & Dirges," a monthly reading series curated by East Bay poets MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman featuring a mix of prominent and emerging voices from the Bay Area literary community, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm (pegasusbookstore.com/event/2026-05-27/lyrics-dirges-monthly-poetry-series)
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• Skylight Books welcomes New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald presenting American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed, in conversation with comedian and writer Anthony Jeselnik, host of the Jeselnik Book Club, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm (RSVP recommended: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-isaac-fitzgerald-presents-american-rambler-w-anthony-jeselnik)
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• City Lights and Melville House present Jeremy Lent, presenting his new book, Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All, both in-store and on Zoom, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, registration required for Zoom, 7:00 pm PDT (www.eventbrite.com/e/jeremy-lent-ecocivilization-making-a-world-that-works-for-all-tickets-1982670686395?aff=oddtdtcreator, and citylights.com/events/jeremy-lent-ecocivilization-making-a-world-that-works-for-all)
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• Green Apple Books presents Paige Lewis celebrating their debut novel, Canon, a profoundly heartfelt and humorous epic following two unlikely heroes on quests for divine favor, in conversation with fiction writer Karen Russell, in-store and on YouTube Live, Green Apple Books on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, RSVP required, 7:00 pm (RSVP: greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-27/9th-ave-paige-lewis-karen-russell).
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• Mrs. Dalloway's presents Gwenyth Reitz discussing her debut young adult supernatural romcom, You're Dead To Me, Reed Walker, in conversation with Eva Des Lauriers, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 6:30 pm PDT (Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/gwenyth-reitz-youre-dead-to-me-reed-walker-in-store-event-for-teens-tickets-1984142135539?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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28 MAY 2026 — thursday

• Mrs. Dalloway's presents environmental writer Jennie Durant sharing her new book, Bitter Honey: Big Ag's Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them, in conversation with Mary Volmer, in-store, book signing to follow, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, registration requested, 7:00 pm (www.eventbrite.com/e/jennie-durants-bitter-honey-in-store-event-and-book-signing-tickets-1986742393982?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct)
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• Skylight Books welcomes multidisciplinary artist and writer Mario Elías presenting Beloved Disciples, in conversation with queer film critic and author Manuel Betancourt (The Male Gazed: What Hunks, Heartthrobs and Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men), Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 pm (RSVP recommended: www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-mario-elias-presents-beloved-disciples-w-manuel-betancourt)
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• KALW's Sights & Sounds welcomes the contributing poets and writers behind the new collection, When We Exhale: An Anthology of Black Women Rooted in Ancestral Medicine, from Black Freighter Press, for a night of poetry, fellowship, and connection: "When We Exhale: Black Women Writers on Rest, Grief and Intimacy," a reading celebrating the release; featuring the new anthology's lead editor Alie Jones, Saltwater Moonshine; Ayodele Nzinga, the Inaugural Oakland Poet Laureate; Nia Pearl, recipient of a Nomadic Press/San Francisco Foundation Literary Award; Dr. Adrienne Danyelle Oliver, collective madness, a chapbook; Lyn Patterson, poet and visual artist; Kelechi Ubozoh; and Jeneé Darden, When a Purple Rose Blooms, essays and poetry, host of The Sights + Sounds Show with Jeneé Darden on KALW 91.7 FM, in-person event at KALW, 220 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm (RSVP: www.KALW.org/events, or at Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/when-we-exhale-black-women-writers-on-rest-grief-intimacy-tickets-1988528445109?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true)
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29 MAY 2026 — friday

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30 MAY 2026 — saturday

• Green Apple Books presents an Audiobook Walk hosted by Libro.fm, a community walk through Golden Gate Park followed by snacks, coffee, and merch at the bookstore, meet at Green Apple Books on 9th Avenue, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, free, RSVP required, Noon (greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-05-30/9th-ave-audiobook-walk-librofm)
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• Celebration of Life for Jack Foley (1940-2025), poet, critic, essayist, KPFA radio host, and longtime Contributing Editor for Poetry Flash, join via Zoom or in-person, more details will be provided upon RSVP; Space is limited, so please register as soon as possible; Black Repertory Group, 3201 Adeline Street, Berkeley, free registration, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm PDT (Free registration required for in-person attendance and Zoom: www.eventbrite.com/e/jack-foley-celebration-of-life-tickets-1988295357939?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwY2xjawR4eO1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe0X_vpUlgRuWbOmeDezBD2Ikxql_mAS06vX4kYqTcH8pqFwi1UTdZgz9cLmM_aem_EP8vVgR9swpizLCRBYX8xw; Or join the ceremony virtually at this link: us06web.zoom.us/j/89271935715?pwd=uDVqxOFWj8C8P2NZUjfAx3mV0Zf6eS.1#success; You are invited to share memories of Jack on this public memory board: www.kudoboard.com/boards/eMetYhdH)
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31 MAY 2026 — sunday

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