LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Joseph Gaglione, Anne Ralph “Grow a Little Fruit Tree.” 3 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com Gears Turning LitQuake Edition Kim Shuck’s monthly poetry series. 4-6 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. www.adobebooks.com
Litquake! Translation Issues Kannan M., Dilip Kumar, S. Barathy, Jennifer Clare and Rebecca Whittington discuss translating Tamil into English. 3 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. www.birdbeckett.com
MONDAY
Mark Eisner, Jessica Powell, Forest
Gander, William O’Daly A celebration of Pablo Neruda. 7 p.m. Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market St., S.F. www.citylights.com
Armistead Maupin “Logical Family: A Memoir.” 2 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
Maxine Schur “Places in Time.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Muhammad Yunus, Ruth Shapiro
“Doing Good in an Uncertain World.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$65. Mark Hopkins Hotel, Peacock Court, 999 California St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
TUESDAY
Tameeka Bennett, Cindy Chavez, Amie Fishman, Caitlyn Fox, Mina
Kim “Give Me Shelter: How the Bay Area Is Tackling Its Housing Crisis.” 6:30 p.m. $5-$10. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
Joan Marie Johnson “Finding Feminism.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com
Gabrielle Langholtz “America: The Cookbook.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com
Maggie Stiefvater “All the Crooked Saints.” 7 p.m. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. www.keplers.org Meghan Ward, Rachel Khong, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton “First Fiction: Ties that Bind.” 6:30 p.m. $15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. www.milibrary.org
MC Yogi “Spiritual Graffiti.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
WEDNESDAY
Art Garfunkel, Doug Sovern “What Is It All But Luminous.” 7 p.m. $15-$95. Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F.
www.commonwealthclub.org Litquake: The World of Elena Ferrante With Sara Marinelli. 12:30 p.m. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. www.milibrary.org Armistead Maupin, Peter Stein The author in conversation, as well as a drag fashion show curated by Mr. David. 7 p.m. $28-$38. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. (415) 292-1233. jccsf.org/arts
Brian Rogers “The Whole of the Moon.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books, 506 Clement St., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Gar Smith “The War and Environment Reader.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing, Larkspur. www.dieselbookstore.com
Maggie Stiefvater “All the Crooked Saints.” 7 a.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. www.booksinc.net
THURSDAY
Brit Bennett “The Mothers.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Brazilian literature in translation A celebration of the work of Ana Martins Marques. 7 p.m. Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market St., S.F. www.citylights.com General Robert Brown, Maj. Gen. Mike Myatt, Dr. Gloria Duffy “Security in the Indo-Asia Pacific.” 6:30 p.m. $7-$40. Marine’s Memorial Club, 609 Sutter St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Meg Elison, Nick Kanas, Jonathon Keats, Pat Murphy, Ransom Stephens “Gotta Get Outa Here: Why We Love Science Fiction and Fantasy.” 6:30 p.m. $15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. www.milibrary.org
Shanna Farrell “Bay Area Cocktails.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. www.booksinc.net
Diane Keaton “The House That Pinterest Built.” 4 p.m. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. www.keplers.org
Raj Patel “A Guide to Capitalism, Nature and the Future of the Planet.” 7 p.m. $5-$22. Cubberly Community Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. www.commonwealthclub.org
Katherine Roy “How to Be an Elephant.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. www.booksinc.net Shipwreck Presents: Edgar Allan Poe 7 p.m. $12-$15. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com/shipwrecksf
Robin Sloan “Sourdough.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com
Tom Steinstra “Catch and Release for Hunting and Fishing.” 6 p.m. $8$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
Tech in the Age of Trump A Logic Magazine release party. 7 p.m. City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com
Deepa Thomas “Deepa’s Secrets: Slow Carb New Indian Cuisine.” 3:30 p.m. Books Inc. Berkeley, 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Alice Waters, Robert Scheer, Davia Nelson “Coming to My Senses.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. cityarts.net
FRIDAY
Sarah Kay “Exalted Verse: Litquake at Grace Cathedral.” 7:30-9:30 p.m. Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., S.F. www.gracecathedral.org
Eric Lax, David Thomson “Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking.” 6:30 p.m. $10. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. www.milibrary.org
Eddy Portnoy “Bad Rabbi.” 12:30 p.m. $12-$14. Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. (415) 6557800. www.thecjm.org
Laura Shapiro “What She Ate.” 6:30-9 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com
SATURDAY
Lit Crawl Litquake’s closing night; events throughout the Mission District. www.litquake.org
Richard Branson “Finding My Virginity.” 6 p.m. $15-$110. Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
Jessica Bruder “Nomadland.” 4 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris “Her Right Foot.” 5 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com; 2 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com
Barbara Ridley “When It’s Over.” 7 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Jessica Sliwerski “Cancer Hates Kisses.” 3 p.m. East Bay Book Sellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com