LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Jami Cassady “The Joan Anderson Letter,” and “Off the Road,” by her parents Neal and Carolyn, as well as music by Patrick Wolff Quartet. 4:30 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Cheneryt St., S.F. (415) 5863733. www.birdbeckett.com. Aya De Leon, Kate Raphael “Heisting the billionaire: How can we organize to take our country back?” 3 p.m. Eric Quesada Center for Culture and Politics, 518 Valencia St., S.F. wilp feastbay.org. Tim McCanna “Bitty Bot” and “Watersong.” 11 a.m. Books Inc., 2712 Augustine Dr. #120, Santa Clara. (408) 727-1500. www.booksinc.net. Kristie Middleton “Meatless.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Mario Santiago Papasquiero, Leopold Maria Panero, Francisco Ferrer Lerin Poetry reading. 2 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Cheneryt St., S.F. (415) 586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com. Caroline Winterer “American Enlightenments.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.book passage.com. Jessica Nutik Zitter “Extreme Measures.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
MONDAY
Judith Ayn Bernhard, Aung Taik Poetry reading followed by open mike. 7 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Cheneryt St., S.F. (415) 586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com. Meredith Maran “The New Old Me.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.book smith.com.
TUESDAY
Jindong Cai, Sheila Melvin “Beethoven in China.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www. commonwealthclub.org. Keith Devlin, Angie Coiro “Finding Fibonacci.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com. Lynne Knight, Carolyn Miller Knight’s “The Persistence of Longing” and Miller’s “Route 66 and Its Sorrows.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. (415) 931-3633. www.booksinc.net. Ariel Levy “The Rules Do Not Apply.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Meredith Maran “The New Old Me.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Kirsty Murray “Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net. Carrie Nugent “Asteroid Hunters.” 7 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Camille Paglia “Free Women, Free Men.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Zoey Leigh Peterson “Next Year for Sure.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 3398210. www.ggpbooks.com. Jason Turbow “Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Katherine Webber, Jandy Nelson Webber’s “The Heartbeats of Wing Jones” and Nelson’s “I'll Give You the Sun.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 776-1111. www. booksinc.net.
WEDNESDAY
Jami Attenberg “All Grown Up.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith. com. Elif Batuman “The Idiot.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights. com. Colu Henry “Back Pocket Pasta: Inspired Dinners to Cook on the Fly.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com. Alan Lightman, Ellen Meeropol, Amy Hassinger An evening with Red Hen Press. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.book passage.com. Rob Pierce & Friends “With the Right Enemies.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Eric Stover, Alexa Koenig, Victor Peskin “Hiding in Plain Sight.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.book passage.com.
THURSDAY
Al-Mutanabbi Street Collective Poetry reading. 7 p.m. Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster St., Oakland. oaklandoctopus.org. Ivy Anderson, Devon Angus “Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapple books.com. Michael Finkel “The Stranger in the Woods.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.book passage.com. Jonathan Franzen “The Corrections, Freedom, and Purity.” 6 p.m. $100 donation; RSVP requited. 66 Calhoun Terrace, S.F. goldengateaudubon.org/ roost. Meredith Maran “The New Old Me: My Late-Life Reinvetion.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 3398210. www.ggpbooks.com. Brandom Mull “Dragonwatch: A Fablehaven Adventure!” 6 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. (510) 522-2226. www.booksinc.net. The Poets of Migration “Syria: Because We Come From Everything.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Peg Alford Pursell “Show Her a Flower, A Bird, A Shadow.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Kendra Tanacea, Tracey Knapp, Derrick Carr “A Filament Burns in Blue Degrees.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapple books.com. Joan Barnes, Sheryl O’Loughlin, Karen Behnke, Helen Russell, Sramana Mitra “Women Building Businesses from the Ground Up.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com.
FRIDAY
Gloria Dunn-Violet “Revivement.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. L. John Harris “Foodoodles: From the Museum of Culinary History.” Noon. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net. Emily K. Hobson “Lavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left.” Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Gwenael Rattke “San Francisco Reverberation.” 4 p.m. S.F. Library, main branch, 100 Larkin St., S.F. www.headlands.org/event/san -francisco-reverberation.
MG Roberts, Eric Sneathan Robert’s “Anemal Uter Meck” and Sneathan’s “Snail Poems.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.diesel bookstore.com.
Lisa See “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.” Noon. $55. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.book passage.com.
Jim Shepard “The World to Come.” 3 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com.
SATURDAY
Austenfest A celebrating of the life of Jane Austen. Noon-4 p.m. Sat. San Mateo Main LIbrary, 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo. (650) 522-7818. smp library.org. Mishell Baker “Phantom Pains.” 5 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlandsbooks.com. Constance Hale “The Natives Are Restless.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.book passage.com. Richard Kadrey “The Wrong Dead Guy.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. (707) 7620563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Carole Petiet “The Day I Died.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. (415) 339-1300. www.bookpassage.com. Lisen Stromberg “Work, PAUSE, Thrive.” 12:30 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 8351020. www.bookpassage.com. Nancy Tingley “A Head in Cambodia.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 1330 Lincoln St., Calistoga. (707) 9421616. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Ashlee Vance “Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers’ Edition.” 2 p.m. Books Inc., 2712 Augustine Dr. #120, Santa Clara. (408) 727-1500. www.booksinc.net. Laura Watt “The Paradox of Preservation.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.book passage.com.