San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger and Lucy Kalanithi A Beginner’s Guide to the End. 7 p.m. $30-$40. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts
MONDAY
Peter Sagal and Doug Berman “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!” 6:30-7:30 p.m. $15. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
Reimagine Festival: Meredith Adelaide and Nirav Patel “The Great Blue World.” 6:30-9 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. www.adobebooks.com
Richard Stengel “Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It.” Noon-1 p.m. $10-$55. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
The Daily’s Michael Barbaro 7 p.m. $40-$50. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts
TUESDAY
Anand Giridharadas “Winners Take All.” 7 p.m. $45-$55. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts
Christopher Ryan “Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress.” 7:30 p.m. Free. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com
Gary Janetti “Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me).” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Meghan Daum “The Problem With Everything.” 6 p.m. Book Passage S.F., One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com
McSweeney’s Quarterly 21st Birthday and Release Party Readings from Avery Trufelman, Mimi Lok, Tucker Nichols and more. 7 -9 p.m. Latin American Club, 3286 22nd St., S.F. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/
Sam Wineburg Stanford professor and author talks about book “Why Learn History (When It’s Already On Your Phone). 6-8 p.m. Free-$5. California Historical
Society, 678 Mission St., S.F. www.californiahistorical society.org
WEDNESDAY
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow Hannu Rajaniemi, Meg Elison, Annalee Newitz discuss their contributions with with editor Torie Bosch. 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
John Browne “Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilization.” 6:30-8 p.m. $7-$47. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
John Lithgow with Calvin Trillin “Dumpty: The Age of
Trump in Verse.” 7:30 p.m. $59. Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. www.cityarts. net/sydney-goldstein-theater/
Pastor Corey Kennard and Dr. Jessica Zitter “Finding Humanity at the End of Life.” 6-7:15 p.m. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
Saeed Jones “How We Fight for Our Lives.” 7 p.m. $30. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts
THURSDAY
Fox News Anchor Bret Baier “Three Days at the Brink.” 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10-$55. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www. commonwealthclub.org
Amy Tan and Greg Saris Authors will be in conversation for launch of Word for Word’s short story festival. 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. $50-$75. Jewish Community High School of the Bay, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. www.zspace.org
Fortieth Annual American Book Awards Winners will be formally recognized in a celebration. 1 -4 p.m. Koret Auditorium, S.F. Public Library, 100 Larkin St. www.sfpl.org
Tommy Orange and Samuel Getachew Discussion around Oakland author’s “There There.” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St. https://museumca.org