Bay Area author events
TODAY Mitali Perkins: “You Bring the Distant Near,” Orinda Books, 2 p.m., www.orindabooks.com.
Jack Marshall and Gerald
Fleming: “Fugitive in Full View” and “One,” East Bay Booksellers, Oakland, 3 p.m., www.ebbooksellers.com.
Janet Fitch: “The Revolution of Marina M,” Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7 p.m., www. bookshopsantacruz.com.
David Sedaris: “Theft by Finding Diaries,” San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m., $67-$77, www. sanjosetheaters.org.
Stephen Elliott: “Sometimes I Think About It,” Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco; 7:30p.m., www. greenapplebooks.com.
Pat Thomas: “Did It! From Yippie to Yuppie: Jerry Rubin,” Pegasus Books Downtown, Berkeley; 7:30p.m., www. pegasusbookstore.com.
MONDAY Anne Fadiman: “The Wine Lover’s Daughter,” Bookshop Santa Cruz, 7 p.m., www. bookshopsantacruz.com.
Ariel Gore: “We Were Witches,” Pegasus Books Downtown, Berkeley; 7:30 p.m., www.pegasusbookstore.com.
David Sedaris: “Theft by Finding Diaries,” War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; 7:30 p.m.; $83-$98; www.shnsf.com.
Eric O’Grey: “Walking with Peety,” Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto; 8 p.m.; $18-$30; www.booksinc.net.
TUESDAY
Chris Matthews: “Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit,” Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto; 7 p.m.; $20-$57; www.commonwealthclub.org.
Claire McMillan: “The Necklace,” Books Inc. Palo Alto, 7
p.m., www.booksinc.net. WEDNESDAY
Chris Cosentino: “Offal Good,” Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco; 6 p.m., www.greenapplebooks.com.
Lesley Berlin: “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age,” Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco; 6:30 p.m.; $15 for nonmembers; www.milibrary.org.
Gayle Brandeis: “The Art of Misdiagnosis,” A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland; 7 p.m., www.ggpbooks.com.
Noam Cohen: “The Know-ItAlls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball,” Books Inc. Mountain View, 7p.m., www.booksinc.net.
Danny Leroux: “100 Things Warriors Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die,” Books Inc. Alameda, 7 p.m., www.booksinc.net.
THURSDAY
Eddie Hart and Dave Newhouse: “Disqualified: Eddie Hart, Munich 1972 and the Voices of the Most Tragic Olympics,” Orinda Books, 6 p.m., www.orindabooks.com.
Mark Bray: “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” City Lights Booksellers, San Francisco; 7 p.m.; www. citylights.com.
David Lebovitz: “L’Apart,” Rakestraw Books, Danville, 7 p.m., www.rakestraw.com.
Dashka Slater: “The 57 Bus,” A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland; 7 p.m., www.ggpbooks.com.
Emma Cline: “The Girls,” Nourse Theater, San Francisco; 7:30 p.m.; $29, www. cityarts.net.
FRIDAY Alejandro Saravia: “Red Yellow Green,” Green Apple Books on the Park, San Francisco; 7:30 p.m., www. greenapplebooks.com.