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Monday, October 21
 

7:00pm PDT

Cellophane Bricks: Jonathan Lethem with Rita Bullwinkel
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

With his new book Cellophane Bricks: A Life in Visual Culture, Jonathan Lethem showcases his talents as one of modern literature’s most eclectic critical minds. This rapturous, ravenous celebration of visual art and storytelling gathers a lifetime of Lethem's art-writing, along with stunning, full-color images from the author's own collection and elsewhere. Here we tour Lethem's fictions in response to (and in exchange for) artworks by his friends; his meditations on comics and graffiti art; his collaborations with artists and interventions into visual culture, and his portrait of the museum that was and continues to be his home, untethered from geography. This new book also coincides with the anniversary re-release of Lethem’s award-winning detective novel Motherless Brooklyn. Join the author in conversation with Litquake veteran Rita Bullwinkel, author most recently of Booker Prize–longlisted Headshot! FREE, $10-15 suggested donation
Book sales for this event coordinated by City Lights Bookstore.
Authors and Participants
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Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is a novelist, short story writer, and essayist. His over twenty-five books have been translated into over thirty languages. He lives in Los Angeles and Maine. His most recent novel, Cellophane Bricks: A Life in Visual Culture was released earlier this year. 
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Rita Bullwinkel

RITA BULLWINKEL IS THE AUTHOR OF HEADSHOT AND BELLY UP, A STORY COLLECTION THAT WON THE BELIEVER BOOK AWARD. SHE IS A 2022 RECIPIENT OF A WHITING AWARD, THE EDITOR OF MCSWEENEY'S QUARTERLY, A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AT NOON, THE CREATOR OF ORAL FLORIST, AND A PICADOR GUEST PROFESSOR OF... Read More →
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

7:00pm PDT

Atlas Obscura’s Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT

Co-presented with Jewish Community Center San Francisco 

From the curious minds of Atlas Obscura, authors of #1 New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura, comes an unputdownable celebration of the world's living wonders. Join editor Cara Giaimo and Marissa Ortega-Welch, environmental journalist and podcaster of How Wild, as we learn how dung beetles navigate by the stars and trees communicate through their roots. Pay your respects to a 44,000 year old shrub. Hear stories of the wild world’s human protectors: a honey hunter and his avian partners, a scientist working to find the world's only ocean-dwelling insects, and an offshore radio DJ who is at the heart of the local fishing community. Teeming with detail and wildly entertaining, Wild Life reinvigorates our sense of wonder about the incredible creatures with whom we share our plane. Moderated by Oakland Zoo's Amy Gotliffe. Doors at 6:30PM. $17 adv (book bundle avail.) / $20 door

“It makes me want to run upstairs, pack a bag, and bolt away to some far-flung corner of this astounding planet.” —Mary Roach, bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars

Book sales for this event coordinated by Bookshop West Portal. 

Authors and Participants
avatar for Marissa Ortega-Welch

Marissa Ortega-Welch

Marissa Ortega-Welch is an environmental journalist and the creator and executive producer of How Wild, a podcast about wilderness, how it's changing, and what that says about us as humans. It's produced in partnership with KALW Public Media and distributed by NPR. Her freelance... Read More →
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Amy Gotliffe

Amy Gotliffe has a mission to connect human beings to nature, envisioning a planet where all species live in peaceful co-existence, which makes her position as Vice President of Conservation at Oakland Zoo a perfect fit. With an incredible team, Amy drives massive and enthusiastic... Read More →
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Cara Giaimo

Cara Giaimo lives in Somerville, MA, with her wife, Lilia, two cats, many plants, and uncountable neighborhood rats. A former staff writer at Atlas Obscura, Giaimo has written about our fellow species for the New York Times,The Plant,The Drift, and elsewhere. Her first book, Detector... Read More →
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

7:00pm PDT

Word for Word Off the Page: Lauren Groff’s “Annunciation”
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Co-presented with Word for Word

Word for Word is a theater company that brings short stories to life, honoring the author’s intent by using every word of a text. Off the Page staged readings are the first step in the development of pieces they are considering for upcoming productions. Word for Word invites audiences to see their process of bringing a work from the page to the stage in the unique Word for Word style. In this Off the Page reading, award-winning author Lauren Groff brings us a tale of a young woman who moves from New England to Palo Alto, taking her first steps into post-college adulthood. As she tries to discover who she will become, the “god and animal within” fight to define her. Groff was named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME in 2024. FREE; $10–15 suggested donation
Authors and Participants
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Word for Word

Word for Word is a theater company that brings short stories to life, honoring the author’s intent by using every word of a text. Off the Page staged readings are the first step in the development of pieces we are considering for upcoming productions. We invite audiences to see... Read More →
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Z Below

7:00pm PDT

Page Street Presents Golden State: Stories about Life on the Left Coast
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT

Co-presented with the writers of Page Street

Join Janis Cooke Newman and fifteen talented writers from the Page Street community as they read original under-three-minute pieces, written just for Litquake. In keeping with the evening’s California theme, Saintsbury Winery will be on hand pouring California wine, and Marin French will be serving up California cheese. Don't miss this one—you might even walk away with a hot-off-the press copy of California's own Alta Journal. Doors at 6:30PM. FREE, $10–15 suggested donation
Authors and Participants
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Janis Cooke Newman

Janis Cooke Newman is the author of the two novels and a memoir. She is also the founder of LitCamp and Page Street.
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Page Street

7:00pm PDT

SWOLE: The Meaning of Muscle Panel + Party
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 10:30pm PDT

Co-presented by KEXP

Literature, drag, and dancing at the legendary San Francisco LGBTQ+ venue THE STUD?! Oh my! Writer and cultural critic Michael Brodeur joins personal trainers MetalBob and Katherine Bickford (Bay Strength) for a conversation about his new book SWOLE: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle. Featuring a special "SWOLE-themed" drag show curated by Bay Area favorite HANDS, featuring Vivvyanne ForeverMORE, God's Lil Princess, Piss E. Sissy, and more! Doors at 6:00PM, panel at 7:00PM with drag and dance party to follow. $17 adv / $20 door
Book sales for this event coordinated by Fabulosa Books. 
Authors and Participants
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Gods Lil Princess

Gods Lil Princess is a cross dressing pinko commie antifa snowflake with a penchant for absurdity and a passion for fashion.  
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Michael Brodeur

Michael Andor Brodeur has been the classical music critic at the Washington Post since 2020. Previously, he held editorial and staff-writer positions at the Boston Globe and Boston’s Weekly Dig. His book Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle was released in May. His... Read More →
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Hands

Hands is an Oakland born Drag King, first of his name, self-made man.
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Piss E. Sissy

He’s a limp wristed sissy who will make you drippy. Piss E. is a proud Indigenous performer, māhū, & drag regent. They’ll bring high energy, campy, slutty, slimy, and perversely political to a stage near you. 
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Katherine Bickford

Katherine Bickford is co-owner of Bay Strength, an innovative and inclusive strength training gym in Berkeley, California. Along with her three co-owners, their team of eight coaches help people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities discover their strength and physical potential... Read More →
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VivvyAnne ForeverMORE

VivvyAnne ForeverMORE is a tornado in a dress who’s awkwardness is surpassed only by her desire to be liked. Daughter of the legendary Glamamore she hosted and co-produced Club SOME THING weekly for 8 years at the legendary Stud Bar. She was described by the New York Times as “…and... Read More →
Monday October 21, 2024 7:00pm - 10:30pm PDT
The Stud
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