San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Dennis J. Bernstein, Riva Enteen “Follow The Money: Radio Voices for Peace and Justice.” 2 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. www.birdbeckett.com Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Meg Elison, Ellen Klages, Terry Bisson “SF in SF,” author panel. 6:30 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlands-books.com
Jennifer Egan “Manhattan Beach.” 4 p.m. $18.50. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Daniel Ellsberg, Peter Coyote “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.” 4 p.m. $35$45. Petaluma Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1094 Petaluma Blvd. S, Petaluma. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
A.M. Homes “Days of Awe.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Gears Turning Poetry readings and open mike hosted by Kim Shuck. 4 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. www.adobebooks.com
Samantha Vamos “Alphabet Boats.” 11 a.m. Book Passage, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com
MONDAY
Heather Abel “The Optimistic Decade.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Tania Amochaev “Mother Tongue.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Adam Bannon, Stephanie Tornatore “Healthy Meal Prep.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. www.booksinc.net
California Book Awards 6 p.m. $5. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
David Graeber “Bulls— Jobs.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Timothy Hampton “Montaigne and the Art of Conversation.” 6 p.m. $0-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Johnna Holmgren “Tales From a Forager’s Kitchen.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com
Janet Mock, Mia Birdsong “Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-3924400. www.cityarts.net
The Racket: Cities Noah B. Sanders hosts Chandler Klang Smith. 7 p.m. Adobe Books, 3130 24th St., S.F. www.adobebooks.com
TUESDAY
Lucy Jane Bledsoe “The Evolution of Love.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Jennifer S. Cheng “Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show Poetry reading by Bay Area poets. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Alexandra Mattraw, Tiff Dressen, Norman Fischer “Small Siren.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Darnell L. Moore “Coming of Age Black & Free in America.” 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison St., Oakland.
Gayle Pirie, John Clark “The Foreign Cinema Cookbook: Recipes and Stories Under the Stars.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. www.omnivorebooks.com Poetic Tuesday with Litquake 12:30 p.m. Jessie Square, 745 Mission St., S.F. www.ybgfestival.org
Peter Rubin “Future Presence.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com
Turk & Divis “Quiet Lightning” album release featuring excerpts from Bay Area writers. 7 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com Mary Twomey “Avoiding Scams, Fraud and Financial Exploitation.” 5:15 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth