San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Art Beck “Mea Roma” reading. 2 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. 415-586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com
MONDAY
Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond, Mix Master Mike “Beastie Boys Book.” 7:30 p.m. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-392-4400. www.cityarts.net
Tim Mohr, Penelope Houston “Burning Down the House: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall. 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-362-8193. www.citylights.com
TUESDAY
Gregory M. Buncke “The Miracles of Microsurgery.” 6 p.m. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org
Jesse Jarnow “Wasn’t That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com Ed Morales “Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture.” 7 p.m. $8-$15. California Institute of Integral Studies, 1453 Mission St., S.F. ciismoralesconvfw18.eventbrite.com Caroline J. Thibeaux “The Dragonglass Bowl: The Dreamwalker’s Path.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. 415-7425833. www.greenapplebooks.com Zyzzyva Election night panel Oscar Villalon hosts Nestor Gomez, Matthew Zapruder, Caille Millner, Dean Rader, Ismail Muhammad, Vanessa Hua and D.A. Powell. 6:30 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-362-8193. www.citylights.com
WEDNESDAY
George Albon, Maxwell Shanley “Lyric Multiples: Aspiration, Practice, Immanence, Migration. 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-362-8193. www.citylights.com Ryder Carroll, Leah Trouwborst “The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. 415-931-3633. www.booksinc.net
Rose Eveleth, Lauren Smiley, Annalee Newitz “What Future: The Year’s Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate and Reinvent Our Future.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com
Sally McGrane “Moscow at Midnight.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
James Miller, Deirdre English “Can Democracy Work? A Short History of a Radical Idea From Ancient Athens to Our World.” 12:30 p.m. $15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-3930100. www.milibrary.org
Micah Perks, Kate Schatz, Lucy Jane Bledsoe “True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com Jeffrey Rosen, Mary Cranston “The Future of the Supreme Court and the Constitution.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$60. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook “Israeli Soul: Easy, Essential, Delicious.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-2824712. www.omnivorebooks.com
Gary Taubes “The Case Against Sugar.” 6 p.m. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org
THURSDAY
Hallie Iglehart Austen “The Heart of the Goddess: Art, Myth and Meditations of the World’s Sacred Feminine.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books, 506 Clement St., S.F. 415-387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com
Susan Birnbaum “Thank You Thursday.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
L.A. Kauffman “How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organization and Resistance.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-3628193. www.citylights.com
Jonathan Lethem, Michael Chabon “The Feral Detective.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. 415863-8688. www.booksmith.com Allison Littman, Sheera Frenkel, Bill Marczak, Camille Fischer “Radio Underground” and panel discussion on the free press. 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com
Eileen Myles, Stephen Best “Evolution.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-392-4400. www.cityarts.net
Shivue Seigel, Francee Covington, Jennifer Hasegawa, Gail Mitchell, Tony Robles, Dr. Sriram Shamasunder “Endangered Species, Enduring Values: An Anthology of San Francisco Area Writers and Artists of Color.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com
Éric Vuillard, Cara Black “The Order of the Day.” 6:30 p.m. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-3930100. www.milibrary.org
FRIDAY
Grace Bonney, Windy Chien, Esmé Weijun Want, Shakirah Simley, Reem Assil “Good Company: The Fear(less) Issue.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. 415-776-1111. www.booksinc.net
Oak Dowling “Dr. Kevorkian & the Right to Die.” 1 p.m. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. 415-292-1233. www.jccsf.org/arts
Peter Gadol “The Stranger Game.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
David Kaplan “The Most Dangerous Branch.” Noon. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org
Peter Sagal, Michael Krasny “The Incomplete Book of Running.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-392-4400. www.cityarts.net
SATURDAY
Dorie Greenspan “Every Day Dorie: The Way I Cook.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com; 4 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com
Al Madrigal, Adam Savage In Conversation. 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-3924400. www.cityarts.net
Writers With Drinks Rachel Khong, Achy Obejas, L.A. Kauffman, Kirstin Chen, Tara Sim and Tammy Lynne Stoner. 7:30 p.m. $5-$20. Make Out Room, 3225 22nd St., S.F. www.writerswithdrinks.com