LITERARY GUIDE

SUNDAY

David Hartsough, Norman Soloman “Waging Peace.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Agnieszka Ilwicka “A Polish Journey to Yiddish Language and Culture.” 1:30 p.m. Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org. Jane Kriss “Next Stop Sausalito.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. (415) 339-1300. www.bookpassage.com.

MONDAY

Meredith Maran, Michelle Richmond “The New Old Me: My LateLife Reinvention.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net. Farid Matuk, Tonya Foster Fresh and Best Poetry Series. 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com. P.J. O’Rourke, Melissa Caen “How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016.” 6:30 p.m. $8$60. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Amy Poeppel “Small Admissions.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com. Jim Shepard “The World to Come.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Terry Tarnoff “The Reflectionist.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 9270960. www.bookpassage.com.

TUESDAY

Adam Alter “Irresistible.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Sarah Andersen “Big Mushy Happy Lump.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Marty Brounstein “Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust.” 6 p.m. Free-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Emerging Writers Festival Cortney Lamar Charleston and Patricia Park are featured. 7:45 p.m. Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, USF. www.usf ca.edu. Chris Hayes, Clara Jeffery “A Colony in a Nation.”7 p.m. $15-$70. InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, Peacock Court, 999 California St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Thomas McNamee “The Inner Life.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. (415) 339-1300. www.bookpassage.com. Jon Rayond “Freebird.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Julie Scelfo “The Women Who Made New York.” 6 p.m. Book

WEDNESDAY

Emerging Writers Festival Mike Scalise, Vanessa Hua and Sam Sax are featured. 7:30 p.m. Xavier Hall, Fromm Hall, USF. www.usfca.edu. Joan Frank “All the News I Need.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 9270960. www.bookpassage.com. Victor Lodato “Edgar and Lucy.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. (510) 522-2226. www.booksinc.net. Amy Poeppel “Small Admissions.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Tim Stroshane “Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California’s Central Valley Project.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 6491320. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Laini Taylor “Strange the Dreamer.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com. Andi Zeisler, Aya De Leon “We Were Feminists Once.” 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley. www.pegasusbook store.com/zeisler_KPFA.

THURSDAY

Hannah Lillith Assadi “Sonora.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Rhys Bowen “In Farleigh Field.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 9270960. www.bookpassage.com. Lauren Grodstein “Our Short History.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com. R. Paul Herman, Tomithy Yee, Chinwe Onyagoro “The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World.” 6 p.m. Free$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Victor Lodato “Edgar and Lucy.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Margaret Randall “Only the Road/ Solo el Camino.” 7 p.m. The Poetry Center, Humanities Building, SFSU, 1600 Holloway Ave., S.F. (415) 338-2227. Bradley Spinelli “The Painted Gun.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 3628193. www.citylights.com. Ursula Werner “The Good at Heart.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. (510) 704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com. Joy Wilson “Joy the Baker Over Easy: Sweet and Savory Recipes for Leisurely Days.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.

FRIDAY

Neil Gaiman “Norse Mythology.” 8 p.m. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. www.lutherburbank center.org. Lauren Grodstein “Our Short History.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Cheech Marin, Will Durst “From Cheech & Chong to Now.” 7:30 p.m. $20-$45. San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N. Delaware St., San Mateo. www.brownpaper tickets.com/event/web/2872378. Ursula Werner “The Good at Heart.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.

SATURDAY

Andrew Forsthoefel “Walking to Listen.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Frank Ostaseski “The Five Invitations.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Lorraine Rocha “Zebra on the Go.” 11 a.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. (415) 785-8177. www.dieselbookstore.com.