LITERARY GUIDE

SUNDAY

Nasty Women Poets 2-4 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. www.birdbeckett.com Tony Robles “Fingerprints of a Hunger Strike.” 3 p.m. Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave ., Berkeley.tonyrobles.eventbrite.com

MONDAY

John August, Grant Faulkner “Scriptnotes” podcast featuring August’s “Arlo Finch in the Valley Fire.” 7:30-9:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com David Frum “Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic.” 12 p.m. $10. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www. commonwealthclub.org Fanny Renoir, Ronald Sauer Poetry reading. 7 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. www. birdbeckett.com

TUESDAY

Kelly Corrigan, Daniel Handler “Learning to Say Hard Things.” 6:30 p.m. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www. commonwealthclub.org James Janko, Maxine Hong Kingston “The Clubhouse Thief.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Andrew Keen “How to Fix the Future: Learning From Past Revolutions.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www. commonwealthclub.org Jill Kolongowski “Life Lessons Harry Potter Taught Me.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www. booksinc.net T. Christian Miller “A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Marieke Nijkamp “Before I Let Go.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. www.booksinc.net Robert Sapolsky “Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst.” 7 p.m. $28. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org Sally Yates, Jeffrey Toobin 7:30 p.m. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. www.cityarts.net

WEDNESDAY

Steve Benjamin, Francis Suarez, Sylverster Turner, Greg Dalgon “Cities in Volatile Times.” 7:30 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www. commonwealthclub.org Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz “Loaded: A Disarming History of Second Amendment.” 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave., Berkeley. www.brownpapertickets.com Jackson Fahnestock “Shu Wei’s Revenge: A Young Man’s Journey Into the Depths of the Underworld.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. www.booksinc.net Julie Lythcott-Haims “Real American: A Memoir.” 7 p.m. San Francisco Friends School, 250 Valencia St., S.F. www.booksinc.net Anna Quinn “The Night Child.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com James Syhabout “Hawker Fare.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.eb booksellers.com Jenny Sampson “Skaters: Tintype Portraits of West Coast Skateboarders.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www. pegasusbookstore.com Jonathan Stokes “The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome,” and “The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. www. ggpbooks.com Steve Wasserman, J.K. Dineen, Jeanette Etheridge, Ron Turner “Ransoming Pagan Babies: The Selected Writings of Warren Hinckle.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com

THURSDAY

Hilton Als, Stephen Michael Best “White Girls.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. www. cityarts.net Kelly Corrigan, Lucy Kalanthi “Tell Me More.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. www.ggpbooks.com Liza Gershman “Cuban Flavor.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com James Janko, Judy Halebsky “The Clubhouse Thief” and “Tree Line.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.eb booksellers.com A.J. Lees “Mentored By a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment.” 7:30 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Michelle Meow, John Zipperer “The Michelle Meow Show.” 10 a.m. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis “The Most Dangerous Man in America.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Gerald Sheinfeld “At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www. bookpassage.com Why There Are Words: Reparations Laurie Doyle, Scott Esposito, Shauna Hannibal, Kevin McIlvoy, Tomas Moniz and Kathleen Winter. 7 p.m. $10. Studio 333, 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito. www.whytherearewords.com

FRIDAY

Carl C. Anthony “The Earth, The City, and the Hidden Narrative of Race.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.eb booksellers.com Denise Clifton “Tables From the Rubble.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www. omnivorebooks.com Wendy Pearlman “Voices From Syria.” 12 p.m. $0-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Nate Powell “March: A Graphic History of the Civil Rights Movement.” 7-9 p.m. $10. Cartoon Art Museum, 781 Beach St., S.F.

SATURDAY

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Marie Brennan, Nancy Jane Moore, Deborah Ross, Dave Smeds “Nevertheless, She Persisted.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F.borderlands-books.com Gianna Marino “If I Had a Horse.” 5 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com David Wondrich “Imbibe!” and “Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Writers with Drinks Steph Burt, Ellen Klages, C.B. Lee, Angela Pneuman and Molly Sauter. 7:30 p.m. $5-$20. Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., S.F. www.writerswithdrinks.com Marilyn Yalom “The Amorous Heart: An Unconventional History of Love.” 3 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com