LITERARY GUIDE

SUNDAY

Mary Mackey, Maurya Simon “Poetry Flash.” 3 p.m. East Bay Book Sellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. 510-653-9965. www.ebbooksellers.com

Alice Rosenthal “Bess and Frima.” 5 p.m. Books Inc., 3515 California St., S.F. 415-221-3666. www.booksinc.net Jose Antonio Vargas, Vanessa Hua “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

MONDAY

Kausar Ahmed “The Karachi Kitchen.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com

Kate Atkinson “Transcription.” Noon. $55. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-9270960. www.bookpassage.com Anita Felicelli “Love Songs for a Lost Continent.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. 650-321-0600. www.booksinc.net Anastasia Higginbotham “Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness.” 10 a.m. Healdsburg Library, 139 Piper St., Healdsburg; 4 p.m. Northwest Regional Library, 150 Coddingtown Ctr., Santa Rosa; 7 p.m. Santa Rosa Central Library, 211 E St., Santa Rosa. www.copperfieldsbooks.com

Linda Watanabe McFerrin “Agents Advise Writers” networking event. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Juan Gabriel Vásquez “The Shape of the Ruins.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com

TUESDAY

Shane Bauer “American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Anastasia Higginbotham “Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness.” Sebastopol Library, 7140 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com

Doris Kearns Goodwin “Leaderhip in Turbulent Times.” 7 p.m. $10-$60. Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org Yuyi Morales “Dreamers.” 3 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707-762-0563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Miriam Pawel “The Browns of California: A Political Family Dynasty.” 6 p.m. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org Nik Sharma, John Birdsall “Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com

Juan Gabriel Vásquez “The Shape of the Ruins.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. 510-704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com

WEDNESDAY

Lisa Brennan-Jobs “Small Fry.” 7 p.m. Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Rd., Palo Alto. www.booksinc.net

Richard Caro “Longevity Explorers: Exploring the Future of Aging.” 5:15 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org Anand Giriharadas “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Doris Kearns Goodwin “Leadership: In Turbulent Times.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net Reyna Grande “A Dream Called Home.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com

Arlie Hochschild, Eliza Griswold “Tales of Prosperity and Paradox.” 6:30 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org Vanessa Hua “River of Stars.” 6:30 p.m. Oakland Library Montclair Branch, 1687 Mountain Blvd., Oakland. 510-482-7810. www.oaklandlibrary.org

David Levithan “Someday.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. 510-522-2226. www.booksinc.net Young Pueblo “Inward.” 7 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com David Ulin, Oscar Villalon “The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time.” 6:30 p.m. $15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-393-0100. www.milibrary.org

THURSDAY

Laura Smith Borrman “Iconic San Francisco Dishes, Drinks and Desserts.” 6 p.m. $15-$35. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-3930100. www.milibrary.org

Randi Hutter Epskin “Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Francis Fukuyama, John Diaz “Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$55. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org Peter Moreira “The Haight.” 6 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com

Miriam Pawel, T.J. Stiles “The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty That Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. 510-704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com

Elizabeth Rosner “The Survivor Cafe.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. 510-339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com Shipwreck: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Fan fiction in the style of Murakami. 7 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com

John Sims, Terry Blackhawk, Sylvia L. Blalock, Drew Dellinger, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Prentice Powell “Chapbook,” video poem release. 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-3628193. www.citylights.com Jacqueline Woodson “Harbor Me.” 7 p.m. Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe, 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 510-653-9965. www.ebbooksellers.com

SATURDAY

Katy Butler “Straw Into Gold: The Alchemy of Memoir,” Litquake master class. 1 p.m. $95-$105. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-3930100. www.milibrary.org

Naz Deravian, Cheryl Sternman “Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-2824712. www.omnivorebooks.com