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Friday, October 12
 

7:00pm PDT

Strong Medicine: The Poetry of Addiction San Francisco Center for the BookKim Addonizo • Lynn Emanuel • Owen Lewis • Dawn McGuire • sam sax
 
Saturday, October 13
 

1:00pm PDT

David Harris: The War Over California's RedwoodsLIMITED San Francisco Botanical GardenDavid Harris • Kristin Kaye

3:00pm PDT

Family Matters: Stories of Love, Courage, and Immigration Book Passage Ferry BuildingMary Volmer • Lauren Markham • Kristina McMorris • Debbie Clarke Moderow • Mary Monroe • Brianna Wolfson

7:00pm PDT

Bodies and What to Do with Them: Virgie Tovar & Daniel Handler StrutDaniel Handler • Virgie Tovar

8:00pm PDT

Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathedral Grace CathedralShauna Hannibal • Conor O’Callaghan • Charif Shanahan • Monica Sok
 
Sunday, October 14
 

1:00pm PDT

Zombies in Nature: A Conversation with Matt Simon San Francisco Botanical GardenSusan Freinkel • Matt Simon

3:00pm PDT

Words Around the World: Belonging Swedish American HallLaura Goode • Sisonke Msimang • Kim Sagwa

6:00pm PDT

Metaphors in the Mission: Poetry at Alley Cat Books Alley Cat BooksJason Bayani • MK Chavez • Heather Gibbons • Brian Laidlaw • Susie Meserve • Aaron Shurin • Kathleen Winter Women Poets of North Beach Caffe TriesteJudith Ayn Bernhard • Jennifer Barone • Kristina Brown • Sharon Doubiago • Agneta Falk-Hirschman • Jessica Loos • Rosemary Manno

7:00pm PDT

Bay Area Pun-Off: Litquake Edition Make-Out RoomCarmen Olson • Jonah Spear
 
Monday, October 15
 

7:00pm PDT

You Steal the Words: A Poetry Game Show Terroir Wine Bar & MerchantJonathan Brown • Casey Gardner • Daphne Gottleib • Yume Kim • Mike Taylor • The Poet –i–

8:00pm PDT

Advice: A Night of Stories with Porchlight Swedish American HallSteve Almond • Sands Hall • Dickson Lam • Sisonke Msimang • Maggie Rowe • Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin
 
Tuesday, October 16
 

7:00pm PDT

Bad Poetry & Bad Stories: A Celebration of the Awful in All of Us Make-Out RoomSteve Almond • Matthew Zapruder

7:30pm PDT

Power: John Freeman with Rebecca Solnit City Lights Booksellers & PublishersJohn Freeman • Rebecca Solnit Straight, No Chaser: Writers at the Bar Vesuvio CafeT.J. English • Danny Gardner • Lisa Locascio • Misha Rai • Rebecca Skloot • Alia Volz
 
Wednesday, October 17
 

7:00pm PDT

Poetry World Series Make-Out RoomDan Bellm • Tongo Eisen-Martin • Daniel Handler • Lee Herrick • Vanessa Hua • David Tomas Martinez • Brittany Perham • Brynn Saito • Melissa Stein

7:15pm PDT

Literary Death Match Elbo RoomMac Barnett • Chris Colin • Karinda Dobbins • Meg Elison • Vernon Keeve III • Maisha Z. Johnson • Cleve Jones • K.M. Soehnlein
 
Thursday, October 18
 

6:30pm PDT

Springfield Confidential: Mike Reiss & The Simpsons Contemporary Jewish MuseumMike Reiss

7:00pm PDT

Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin: Arwen Curry & Michael Chabon (SOLD OUT!) Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New MissionMichael Chabon • Arwen Curry

8:00pm PDT

Noir! Christopher Moore & Susie Bright Swedish American HallSusie Bright • Christopher Moore
 
Friday, October 19
 

6:00pm PDT

Édouard Louis: History of ViolenceLIMITED ModernismÉdouard Louis • John McMurtrie

6:30pm PDT

When Rap Spoke Straight to God Museum of the African DiasporaD. Scot Miller • Erica Dawson

7:00pm PDT

SF Legends: Amy Tan & Armistead Maupin Swedish American HallArmistead Maupin • Amy Tan One Dumb Guy: Kids in the Hall with Paul Myers Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at New MissionDave Foley • Paul Myers

8:00pm PDT

Word/Jazz Cafe Du NordBroun Fellinis • Paul S. Flores • Valerie Ibarra • Genny Lim • Rico Pabón
 
Saturday, October 20
 

5:00pm PDT

Lit Crawl San Francisco The Mission