LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Kathleen Archambeau “Pride & Joy: LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes.” 2 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 776-1111. www.booksinc.net.
Laura Lam “Shattered Minds.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com.
Catherine Marshall Smith “American Family.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Deepa Thomas “Deepa’s Secrets: Slow Carb New Indian Cuisine.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.
MONDAY
Lee Daniel Kravetz, Jaimal Yogis,
Mark Lukach “Strange Contagion: Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves,” “All Our Waves Are Water: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment and the Perfect Ride” and “My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. www.booksinc.net.
Jeremy McCarter “Young Radicals.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com.
TUESDAY
Claire Booth, Allison Brennan “Another Man’s Ground” and “Shattered.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com.
David Helvarg “The Golden Shore.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com.
Matthew Lane “Power-Up.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books, 506 Clement St., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com.
Eric Lui, Abdi Soltani “A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$55. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
McSweeney’s 50 A celebration of the 50th issue with live music, complimentary beverages. 7 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com.
Marilyn Paul “An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life.” 7 p.m. Books Inc. 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net.
WEDNESDAY
Janelle Brown, Michelle Richmond “Watch Me Disappear” and “The Marriage Pact.” 7 p.m. A Great Good
Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. www.ggpbooks.com.
Frederick Crews “Freud: The Making of an Illusion.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net.
Patrick N. Hunt “Hannibal.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.pegasusbookstore. com.
In Deep Angie Coiro in conversation with venture capitalist Scott Hartley. Noon. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. www.keplers.org.
Bennet Omalu “The Concussion Doctor.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$55. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Jon Rankin “Running From the Sunrise.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com.
Rex Renee “When There Is No One and There Is Everyone.” 7-8 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.dieselbookstore.com.
THURSDAY
Guinevere de la Mare “I’d Rather Be Reading.” Artists Courtney Cerruti, Gemma Corell, Ashley Despain, Marc Johns, Jane Mount, Nichole Robertson, Lisa Solomon and Bridget WatsonPayne. 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com.
Chris Haft “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories From the San Francisco Giants Dugouts, Locker Room and Press Box.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Kristina
Rizga “Back to School: What is the Purpose of Public Education?” 6:30 p.m. $7-$30. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Matt Richtel “Dead on Arrival.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. www.booksinc.net.
Brynn Saito, Charif Shanahan, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Javier Zamora Poetry reading. 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.pegasusbookstore.com.
Reshma Saujani “Girls Who Code.” 7 p.m. $25. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. jccsf.org/arts. FRIDAY Mike Mirabella, Amy O’Hanlon “On The Luck of an Irish Sailor.” 6 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.dieselbookstore.com.
Reshma Saujani “Girls Who Code.” 7 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. www.keplers.org.
SATURDAY
JaNay Brown-Wood “Grandma’s Tiny House.” 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com.
Alan Clark “In Search of the Black Panthers.” 6-7:30 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. www.adobebooks.com.
Eric Hold-Gimenez, Caitlin Hachmyer “Land Justice: Re-Imagining Land, Food, and the Commons.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
Grant Jarrett “The Half-Life of Remorse.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com.
Joseph Konte “Giants vs. Dodgers.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com.
Marissa Moss “Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love.” 4 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. www.booksinc.net.
Kristin Sanders “Cuntry.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com.