Litquake 2024

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Litquake 2024

12:30pm PDT

Behind the Veil: Ghostwriting 101 San Francisco Public Library Saroyan Gallery (100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Brooke Warner • Felice Laverne • Hilary Swanson • Annie Tucker

2:00pm PDT

Radical Creative Womanist Workshopping and Reflection in Community San Francisco Public Library Saroyan Gallery (100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Ellen Barry • Andrea Canaan • Lisa Clapper • Natalie Devora • Juli C. Lasselle • Jessica Millett • Suma Nagaraj

3:30pm PDT

Black Poetics, Black Worldbuilding San Francisco Public Library Saroyan Gallery (100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Lyn Patterson • Vincente Perez • Ashia Ajani • Darius Simpson • Nefertiti Asanti

7:30pm PDT

Irregular Feedback: Writers on Music Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Micheal Foulk • Hieu Minh Nguyen • Anna Held • José Vadi • Phoebe Cakes • Safia Elhillo

8:00pm PDT

Poetry Nap: The Enchanting Secret of the Opalescent Moon Chabot Space & Science Center Planetarium (10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland)Robert and Jodie Wyald

9:00pm PDT

SF Neo-Futurists Present: The Infinite Wrench, Litquake Edition 447 Minna St (447 Minna St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Hannah Cantor • Wallace Yan • Krys Seli • Joe Peña • Sam Bertken

12:30pm PDT

FilBookFest Keynote with Elaine Castillo San Francisco Public Library Koret Auditorium (100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Elaine Castillo ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Kaveh Akbar Roxie Theater (3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Oscar Villalon • Ahmad Kiarostami • Ingrid Rojas Contreras • Kaveh Akbar

1:00pm PDT

How Mighty Is the Small, Independent Press? San Francisco Public Library Saroyan Gallery (100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Tania Malik • Carol LaHines • Grace Loh Prasad • Nina Schuyler

2:00pm PDT

Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Fight to End Homelessness in San Francisco KALW (220 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA)Del Seymour • Alison Owings • Skywatchers

2:30pm PDT

Is Nonfiction Literature? Exploring the Intersection of Fact and Art San Francisco Public Library Saroyan Gallery (100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Jason Roberts • Tom Barbash • Lindsey Crittenden • Glen David Gold • Rachel Howard

3:30pm PDT

Double Feature: Film Noir/Comics Noir 4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement St, San FranciscoJustin Hall • Robert Mailer Anderson • Peter Hoey

4:00pm PDT

Subterfuge and Secrets: Memoirists Who Go Undercover to Learn the Truth San Francisco Public Library Saroyan Gallery (100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Susan Ito • Grace Loh Prasad • Margaret Juhae Lee • Leslie Absher

7:00pm PDT

Celebrating Defiance, Resisting Silence SAGRADA (4926 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609, USA)Brandy Collins • Eirinie Carson • Sabina Khan-Ibarra • Christopher Cook • Rowena Leong Singer • Jesus Francisco Sierra

8:15pm PDT

Modern Magic with Michelle Tea The Lost Church (988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)MK Chavez • Julia Halina Hadas • Diana Helmuth • Rana Tahir • Michelle Tea

7:00pm PDT

New Encounters of the Weird Kind: Fresh Voices in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Telegraph Hill Books (1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Isaac Fellman • Julia Vee • Evette Davis • Kemi Ashing-Giwa • Hana Lee Portrait of the Artist: Midlife Edition Club Fugazi Experiences (678 Green St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Tom Barbash • Daniel Handler • Adrian Tomine • Carson Ellis

7:30pm PDT

Queering Myths: Caro De Robertis and Navid Sinaki City Lights Booksellers & Publishers (261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Jasmin Darznik • Caro De Robertis • Navid Sinaki Porchlight Storytelling: Touched by an Angel Swedish American Hall (2174 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA)Arline Klatte • Beth Lisick • Jack Boulware • Nico Lang • Adam Nimoy • Eugene Rodriguez • Dawn Silva • Christina Vo

6:00pm PDT

World Food Day: Savoring Stories Mechanics' Institute Library (57 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA)Henry Hsu • Viola Buitoni • Maria Finn • Soleil Ho • Tu David Phu • Linda Shiue

6:30pm PDT

Shortcomings Screening and Q&A with Adrian Tomine The New Parkway Theater (474 24th St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA)Andrew Farago • Adrian Tomine

7:00pm PDT

Are Writers of Color Allowed to Not Write about Race? Clio's (353 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610, USA)Pia Chatterjee • Yalitza Ferreras • Vanessa Hua • Dominic Lim California's Fiercely Independent Literary Culture City Lights Booksellers & Publishers (261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Nastia Voynovskaya • Paul Yamazaki • Steve Wasserman • Jack Boulware • Beth Spotswood Fall of the Florios: Stefania Auci with Sara Marinelli Telegraph Hill Books (1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Sara Marinelli • Stefania Auci The Women Behind the Door: Roddy Doyle with Dave Eggers BATS Improv Theatre (Landmark Building B, San Francisco, CA 94109)Roddy Doyle • Dave Eggers KQED Forum presents I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine KQED (2601 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Alexis Madrigal • Daniel J. Levitin

6:30pm PDT

Left Margin Lit(quake) Left Margin LIT (1543 Shattuck Avenue, Suite B, Berkeley)Maw Shein Win • Brynn Saito • Tomas Moniz Read for Filth: Queer Erotica Fabulosa Books (489 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA)Lead Teddy • Baruch Porras Hernandez • Polly Amber Ross

7:00pm PDT

In the Distance: Hernan Diaz Gilman Brewing Company (912 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA)Hernan Diaz Bone-Chilling Nordic Noir: An Interview with Thomas Enger Telegraph Hill Books (1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Randal Brandt • Thomas Enger Runway Stories: Litquake Edition Radium Runway (2151 Ferry Point, Alameda, CA 94501, USA)Dhaya Lakshminarayanan • Mas Masumoto • Dominic Lim • Beau Davis • Don Reed • Tina Horn • Kimberli Joy • Sarah Thornton

7:30pm PDT

Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner with John Freeman Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)John Freeman • Rachel Kushner

6:00pm PDT

The Literature of War and Peace: A Symposium, Part Two Feldman's Books (1075 Curtis St, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA)Polina Barskova • Ulia Gosart • Patrick Hunt • Jess Semaan • Tobias Wolff

7:15pm PDT

Unforgettable Sleuths The Lost Church (988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Vera Chan • Ramona Emerson • Thomas Enger • Nina Simon • Michelle Chouinard

7:30pm PDT

Alta Presents the California Book Club Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)John Freeman • Jaime Cortez • Andrew Sean Greer • Maxine Hong Kingston The Ache for Ancestral Healing: The Roadmap Back SAGRADA (4926 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609, USA)Venise Wagner • Sandhya Jha • Alie Jones • Rebecca Sanders • Shanthi Sekaran • Atava Garcia Swiecicki

11:00am PDT

Out Loud: West Coast Prophecies & War Cries Yerba Buena Gardens (750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Lourdes Figueroa • Mimi Tempestt • Tori Gesualdo • soledad con carne Litquake's Small Press Book Fair Yerba Buena Gardens (750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)

12:45pm PDT

Out Loud: When The Smoke Comes: The Ballot Won’t Save Us Yerba Buena Gardens (750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Hernan Ramos • María Esquinca • Darius Simpson • Meilani Clay

2:30pm PDT

Out Loud: Escape Yerba Buena Gardens (750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)RAWdance

4:00pm PDT

The Rise of the Book Ban & the Freedom to Read KQED (2601 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Brian Watt • Maggie Tokuda-Hall • Maia Kobabe • Michael Lambert • Becka Robbins

7:00pm PDT

Poetry World Series: Litquake Edition Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Daniel Handler • Brynn Saito • Andrew Sean Greer • Armen Davoudian • Luiza Flynn-Goodlett • Cindy Ok • Joseph Rios • Mimi Tempestt • Dāshaun Washington

7:30pm PDT

How to Get Free: Healing in the USA 111 Minna Gallery and Event Space; 111 Minna St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USATraci Thomas • Morgan Parker • Carvell Wallace • sam sax

12:00pm PDT

Out Loud: A Celebration of Queer Poetics Yerba Buena Gardens (750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)MK Chavez • Jessica Ke’mani • Lourdes Figueroa • Hilary Cruz Mejía • Baruch Porras Hernandez • Syd Staiti • Yeva Johnson • Evelyn Donají & Camellia Boutros

1:00pm PDT

Teenquake Write-In Black Bird Bookstore and Café (4541 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA)Anna Gabriella Casalme

1:45pm PDT

Out Loud: Finding Home Yerba Buena Gardens (750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Serena Chan • Denise Masiel • Papi Grande • Lorrie Chang • Rhea Joseph

3:30pm PDT

Out Loud: Nor Do I Wish to Speak: A Storytelling and Poetry Picnic Yerba Buena Gardens (750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Noor Khashe Brody • Tehmina Khan • Dina Omar

7:00pm PDT

Mind Games: Dark Arts & the Future of Democracy Gray Area / Grand Theater (2665 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Michael Montgomery • Kelly Clancy • Annalee Newitz • Trevor Paglen

7:00pm PDT

Cellophane Bricks: Jonathan Lethem with Rita Bullwinkel City Lights Booksellers & Publishers (261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Jonathan Lethem • Rita Bullwinkel Atlas Obscura’s Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (3200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA)Marissa Ortega-Welch • Amy Gotliffe • Cara Giaimo Word for Word Off the Page: Lauren Groff’s “Annunciation” Z Below (470 Florida St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Word for Word Page Street Presents Golden State: Stories about Life on the Left Coast 297 Page St (297 Page St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Janis Cooke Newman SWOLE: The Meaning of Muscle Panel + Party The Stud (1123 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Gods Lil Princess • Michael Brodeur • Hands • Piss E. Sissy • Katherine Bickford • VivvyAnne ForeverMORE

7:00pm PDT

Literary Speakeasy Presents: Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies OASIS (298 11th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)James Siegel • Elsa Touche • Vanilla Meringue • Polly Amber Ross • SNJV • Lucinda Puss • Bebe Sweetbriar • J. A. Valentine Saint The Terrifying: Joshua Mohr with Peter Maravelis Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Joshua Mohr • Peter Maravelis

7:00pm PDT

A Story of Football, Rivalry, and Revolution: Mike Silver with 49ers Legend Steve Young Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (3200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA)Michael Silver • Steve Young Tough Broads Clio's (353 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610, USA)Amy Appelhans Gubser • Caroline Paul Love In All Its Forms: Hanne Ørstavik with Kristin Keane Telegraph Hill Books (1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Kristin Keane • Hanne Ørstavik Greetings, from Queer Mountain: Maybe Today, Satan Gilman Brewing Company (912 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA)Julian Morris • Micheal Foulk • Michael Brodeur • R. O. Kwon • Amy Estes

7:30pm PDT

Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathediral Grace Cathedral (1100 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA)Preeti Vangani • D.A. Powell • A. Van Jordan • Dorianne Laux • Ruben Quesada • Alice Templeton

6:00pm PDT

The Forgetters: Greg Sarris and Leslie Carol Roberts Book Club of California (47 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA)Leslie Carol Roberts • Greg Sarris Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside Mechanics' Institute Library (57 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA)Melissa Ludtke • Ann Killion Apocrypha Press at Golden Sardine Golden Sardine (362 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Lauren Parker • Andrew Paul Nelson • Caitlyn Skye Wild • Scott Bird • Brandon Loberg African Book Club: The Road to the Salt Sea with Samuel Kọláwọlé Museum of the African Diaspora (685 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA)Faith Adiele • Samuel Kọláwọlé

7:00pm PDT

Mojave Ghost: Forrest Gander with Jane Hirshfield City Lights Booksellers & Publishers (261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Forrest Gander • Jane Hirshfield The Art/Craft/Work of Translation The Writers Grotto (1663 Mission St #602, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA)Giovanna Lomanto • Andrew Leong • May Huang • Sabrina Jaszi

6:00pm PDT

APAture Literary Showcase: Return Arc Studios and Gallery (1246 Folsom St, San Francisco)Maw Shein Win • Noelani Piters • Megan Noble

7:00pm PDT

Where Is Literary Criticism Headed? An Interactive Roundtable Conversation 297 Page St (297 Page St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA)Heather Scott Partington • Jane Ciabattari • Anita Felicelli • Jonathan Leal • Oscar Villalon Taboo Autofiction: Christine Angot with Cécile Alduy Telegraph Hill Books (1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA)Cecile Alduy • Christine Angot

7:30pm PDT

Generation Women: Plot Twists Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA)Samantha Schoech • Eirinie Carson • Susan Ito • Rachel Levin • Giovanna Lomanto • Jenny Pritchett • Jane Smiley RAWdance: Escape ODC Theater (3153 17th St, San Francisco)

2:00pm PDT

Atlas of Perfumed Botany: Jean-Claude Ellena with John McMurtrie and Jane Marchant San Francisco Botanical Gardens, Fragrance Garden (1199 9th Ave, San Francisco)John McMurtrie • Jane Marchant • Jean-Claude Ellena

5:00pm PDT

Lit Crawl San Francisco

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Aftershocks Events: October 27–November 17Amanda Hawkins • Agnes Lee • Hana Lee • Manjula Martin • Sophia Raday • Vanessa Saunders • Nina Schuyler • Terry Tierney

7:00pm PDT

Une Famille (A Family) Screening, Q&A with Christine Angot and Zoë Elton 4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement St, San FranciscoZoë Elton • Christine Angot

7:30pm PDT

Lifeform: Jenny Slate Palace of Fine Arts (3601 Lyon St, San Francisco)Jenny Slate