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PPN Conference 2023: Publishing in a Diverse World
David Brower Center BerkeleyPublishing in a Diverse World
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Craft & Conceptual Art: Opening Reception
San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin SFCB in welcoming curator Megan N. Liberty at the opening of her latest exhibition Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists' Books Light refreshments will be served; opening remarks at 7 pm. About the exhibition: Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books focuses on the intertwined legacies of book art centers across […]
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Grace Notes
Grace Cathedral 1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin Litquake for our annual celebration of National Poetry Month. We’ll gather under the stunning stained glass of San Francisco's historic Grace Cathedral while five celebrated poets read from their latest collections. Featuring words from James Cagney, Henri Cole, Jewelle Gomez, Jacques Rancourt, and Rachel Zucker. Book sales and signing to follow. Curated and hosted […]
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Hayward Lit Hop
Hayward Public Library 888 C Street, Hayward, CA, United StatesPlease join us for the second annual Hayward Lit Hop. Lit Hop showcases a variety of local writers’ groups with the support of local musicians and establishments, including a showcase of MWA NorCal authors. It’s situated in downtown Hayward’s charming B Street area and is absolutely free. Please come support your MWA fellows!
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern CaliforniaThe Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has evolved to include live bands, poetry readings, chef demos, cultural entertainment and artists creating their work on-site. […]
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Survive & Thrive: A Literary Reading & Conversation with Devi S. Laskar & Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Oakland Public Library 125 14th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesWhat is redemption? How do you get it? How is it different from revenge? Multi-award winning authors Lucy Jane Bledsoe and Devi S. Laskar will read from their new novels and discuss how they write with an eye toward redemption that is true and honest. Lucy Jane Bledsoe’s newest, Tell The Rest, features two queer characters who […]
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The Break with Kaveh Akbar
Zoom CA, United StatesIn partnership with Alano Club of Portland, “The Break is a monthly virtual gathering of writers and artists lead by Kaveh Akbar, celebrating amongness, collaboration, and interdisciplinary creative experimentation. Though many of the activities and discussions orbit or are inflected by recovery themes (Akbar has been in active recovery for eight years), participants are not required […]
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Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West
Zoom CA, United StatesEven among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked […]
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Alta Live: Author Jane Smiley
Zoom CA, United StatesJane Smiley fans, get excited! The Pulitzer Prize–winning author’s forthcoming book, The Questions that Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom, explores a number of provocations around class, race, and gender in the Western literary imagination and—most importantly—reflects on how the autonomy of a reader’s interpretation of any work of literature makes reading an inherently […]
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New Works from Barbara Tomash, Joan Baranow and Dominican MFA Writers
Edgehill Mansion 75 Magnolia Avenue, San Rafael, CA, United StatesJoin Barbara Tomash and Joan Baranow reading from their new poetry collections. Dominican MFA students and alums will also share brief excerpts from new works. This is a free event.
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Young Bloomsbury: The Generation that Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England
Zoom CA, United Stateswith author Nino Strachey in Conversation with SFSU Professor Loretta Stec An “illuminating” (Daily Mail, London) exploration of the second generation of the iconic Bloomsbury Group, who inspired their elders to new heights of creativity and passion while also pushing the boundaries of sexual freedom and gender norms in 1920s England.This event will be held […]
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Peoplescapes
Fame 443 Broadway, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin Litquake and artist Nancy Calef for a presentation of new paintings entitled Peoplescapes. Inspired by the many faces of North Beach and beyond, this collection hones in on the fervent energy of the Bay Area with sweeping crowd-scapes detailing the diverse personalities that are often overlooked amidst the hubbub of a downtown intersection, a farmers […]