LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Marty Brounstein “The Courage and Compassion to Do the Right Thing.” 4 p.m. Peninsula Temple Sholom, 1655 Sebastian Dr., Burlingame. sholom. org Lara Gularte, Mary Mackey “Poetry Flash.” 3 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com Hao Jingfang, Kim Stanley Robinson, John Markoff In conversation. 3 p.m. De Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, S.F. http://dey.ng/AT4as Robert B. Reich, Lynn Woolsey “The Common Good.” 4 p.m. $10-$40. Petaluma Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1094 Petaluma Blvd. S, Petaluma. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Leila Slimani “The Perfect Nanny.” 7 p.m. $20. Berkeley Rep’s Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. www.baybookfest.org Steven J. Zipperstein, LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, Sydney Mintz “Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History.” 7 p.m. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. www.jccsf.org/arts-ideas/ full-calendar
MONDAY
Robert E. Johnson, Janet L. Byron “Berkeley Walks: Expanded and Updated Edition.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Ijeoma Oluo “So You Want to Talk About Race.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.pegasusbookstore.com Sean Penn, Barry Eisler In conversation. 6:30 p.m. $25-$75. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Leili Slimani “A Perfect Nanny.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com
TUESDAY
Jaz Burrows “Dictionary Stories.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Yang Huang “My Old Faithful.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Elizabeth Lasky “The Silver Option.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. www.booksinc.net Rachel Levin “Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Mark Mitton “Math, Magic and Surprise.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$40. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Anne Nesbet “The Orphan Band of Springdale.” 7 p.m. Free. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Sean Penn “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff.” 7:30-8:30 p.m. $42-$60. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael. www.marinjcc.org Elizabeth Rosner “How Do We Heal the Wounds of History? Understanding and Addressing Intergenerational Truma.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Weike Wang “Chemistry.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Maw Shein Win “Invisible Gifts.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Anna Yen “Sophia of Silicon Valley.” 7:30 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
WEDNESDAY
James Dorsey “Baboons for Lunch.” 7 p.m. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Caspar Henderson “A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Gavin Pretor-Pinney “The Cloudspotter’s Guide: The Science, History and Culture of Clouds.” 7 p.m. Finley Community Center, 2060 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa. Cecile Richards, Mina Kim “Make Trouhble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. www.cityarts.net Meg Wolizter “The Female Persuasion.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Hilary Zaid, Nayomi Munaweera “Paper Is White” and “What Lies Between Us.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. www.ggpbooks.com
THURSDAY
Aaron Ableman, Michelle Meow, John Zipperer “The Michelle Meow Show.” Noon. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Jami Attenberg “All Grown Up.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Kathleen Belew “Bring the War Home.” 7:30 p.m. Free. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Dan Bransfield “Pizzapedia.” 6:30 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. www.dieselbookstore.com Janet Dawson, Wendy Hornsby “The Ghost in Roomette Four: A California Zephyr Mystery” and “Number 7, Rue Jacob: A Maggie Macgowen Mystery.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. www.ggpbooks.com James Michael Dorsey “Baboons for Lunch: And Other Sordid Adventures.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. www.booksinc.net Kathryn Haun, Laura Shin “Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: The Basics.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$45. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Leslie Jamison “The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Charlan Nemeth “Defense of Troublemakers: Power of Dissent in Life.” 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3343083 Gavin Pretor-Pinney “The Wave Watcher’s Companion: Ocean Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life’s Undulations.” 7 p.m. Corinthian Yacht Club, 43 Main St., Belvedere. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Amy Siskind “The List.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Kim Steinhardt “The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Ryan H. Walsh “Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books Clement, 506 Clement St., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Why There Are Words: Search Jan Beatty, Jasmin Darznik, Allison Landa, Scott Nadelson, David Rutschman, Hilary Zaid. 7 p.m. $10. Studio 333, 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito. www.whytherearewords.com
FRIDAY
Charles Frazier “Varina.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett “Museums and the Politics of History.” Free with museum admission. 1:30 p.m. Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. thecjm.org/ programs/315 Shlomi Nikki Meredith, Michael Krasny “The Mason Women & Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder.” 7 p.m. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Garrett Murphy, Avotcja Poetry reading. 7 p.m. Nefeli Caffe, 1854 Euclid Avd., Berkeley. www.facebook.com/Nefeli-Cafe Ellen Potter “Big Food and Little Foot.” 4 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
SATURDAY
Susan Alcorn “Healing Miles: Gifts From the Caminos Norte and Primitivo.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Ivan Arguelles, Gilberto Rodriguez, Arturo Mantecon “Perversions / Perversións / Perverseco,” poetry reading. 6 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. www.adobebooks.com David Corbett “The Character of Plot.” 10:30 a.m. $189-$219. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. milibrary. org Caspar Craven “Where the Magic Happens: How a Young Family Changed Their Lives and Sailed Around the World.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com Mark Eisner “Neruda” The Poet’s Calling.” 7 p.m. Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., S.F. www.citylights.com Chalres Frazier “Varina.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Alysia Helming “Protogenesis: Before the Beginning.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Christine Lahti “True Stories From an Unreliable Eyewitness.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com James N. Mattis, Gloria Duffy, George Schultz In conversation. 7 p.m. Parc 55 Hilton Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Ilana C. Myer “Fire Dance.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com Nina Nelson, Randa Nelson “The Clear Skin Diet: The Six-Week Program for Beautiful Skin.” 3 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Halifu Osumare “Dancing in Blackness: A Memoir.” 2 p.m. $10. Museum of the African Ciaspora, 685 Mission St., S.F. dancersgroup.org Nancy Tingley “A Death in Bali.” 11 a.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Frans Vischer “Fuddles.” 12 p.m. Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Ln., Santa Rosa. schulz museum.org Writers With Drinks Shobha Rao, Chelsey Johnson, Chiwan Choi, Javier Zamora, Dominica Phetteplace and Lilah Sturges are featured. 7:30 p.m. $5-$20. Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., S.F. www.writerswithdrinks.com