San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Kim Addonizio, Donna Masini, Brittany Perham “Poetry Flash,” poetry reading. 3 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com
Heather Hansen “Wild Fire: On the Front Lines with Station 8.” 2 p.m. Copperfield’s Books Santa Rosa, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
Claude Jarman “My Life and the Final Days of Hollywood.” 4 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Bishop Swing “The Sacred and the Silly.” 1 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Samantha R. Vamos “Alphabet Boats.” 11 a.m. Books Inc. Palo Alto, 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. www.booksinc.net
MONDAY
Ace Smith “The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige’s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic.” 7 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
TUESDAY
Chris Feliciano Arnold “The Third bank of the River.” 7 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com Paul Auerbach “Enviromedics: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health.” 7 p.m. Burlingame Public Library, 480 Primrose Rd., Burlingame. www.booksinc.net Glen David Gold, Oscar Villalon “I Will Be Complete.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com Ben Goldfarb “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Live of Beavers and Why They Matter.” 6 p.m. Book Passage S.F., One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com Heather Hansen “Wild Fire: On the Front Lines with Station 8.” 7 p.m. Books Inc. Berkeley, 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.booksinc.net Joe Heitzeberg, Ethan Lowry “Craft Beer.” 6 p.m. Williams Sonoma, 340 Post St., S.F. www.williams-sonoma.com/stores/us/ca/san-francisco-post-street**OSET** Margot Kahn “This Is the Place: Women Writing About Home.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books Clement, 506 Clement St., S.F. www.greenapplebooks.com Will Maynez “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and San Francisco: A Love Affair.” 7:30 p.m. $10. Newman Hall at Congregation Sherith Israel, 2266 California St., S.F. sanfranciscohistory.org Dan Pfeiffer “Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F.. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net David Sedaris “Calypso.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books Petaluma, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Max Brooks, ML Cavanaugh, Brian Fishman “How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$55. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Robert Rosenthal “Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorsm’s Money Masters.” 5:30 p.m. $0-$5. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Anna Gatmon “Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World: Four Keys to Fulfillment and Balance.” 10:30 a.m. Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Dr., Corte Madera. www.marinlibrary.org Joe Heitzeberg, Ethan Lowry “Craft Beer.” 6 p.m. Civic Kitchen, 2961 Mission St., S.F. www.civickitchensf.com Ben Rhodes, Audrey Cooper “The World As it Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House.” 12 p.m. $10-$60. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Stacey Abrams, Holly Kernan David Sedaris “Calypso.” 7 p.m. “Minority Leader: how to Lead from $0-27.50. Books Inc. Van Ness, 601 the Outside and Make Real Change.” Van Ness Ave., S.F. www.booksinc.net 6:30 p.m. $10-$55. Commonwealth
Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F.
Joel Selvin, Pamela Turley “Fare
Thee Well: The final chapter of the www.commonwealthclub.org Grateful Dead’s Long, Strange Trip.” Alex Burns, Nate Cohn, Maggie 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., Haberman, Adam Nagourney
S.F. www.booksmith.com “California and Midterm Elections
with The New York Times.” 6:30 p.m. Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman,
$30-$40. Marines’ Memorial Theatre, Eric Schlosser, Ben Rhodes “chain
Reaction 2018.” 6 p.m. $250. SFJazz 609 Sutter St., S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org Center, 201 Franklin St., S.F. 415-6682244. Glen David Gold “I Will Be Comwww.ploughshares.org/chainreaction2018p*le*teO .” 7 . *Book Passage Corte
WEDNESDAY
Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Joe Heitzeberg, Ethan Lowry “Craft Beer.” 6 p.m. Avenado’s, 235 Cortland, S.F. avedanos.com
Sarah Horowitz “Dry-Me-Dry.” 6 p.m. Book Passage Sausalito, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com
Porochista Khakpour “Sick.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. www.booksmith.com
Laura McLively “The Berkeley Bowl Cookbook.” 7 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. www.ebbooksellers.com
Dan Pfeiffer, Clara Jeffery “Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump.” 7 p.m. $8-$60. Santa Clara Univerity, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. www.commonwealthclub.org
Nathaniel Popkin, Stephanie Feldman “Who Will Speak For America?” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. www.citylights.com
THURSDAY
Spencer Christian, Dan Ashley “Surviving Jim Crow Racism, Hurricane Chasing, and Gambling.” 6:30 p.m. $10-$60. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
Vincent Chu, Lisa D. Gray “Like a Champion.” 7 p.m. Books Inc. Chestnut St., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. www.booksinc.net
Charles A. Fracchia “Palimpsest: A Man’s Life in San Francisco.” 6:30 p.m. $0-$15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. www.milibrary.org
Meredith Jaeger “Boardwalk Summer.” 6 p.m. Book Passage S.F., One Ferry Building, S.F. www.bookpassage.com
Don Miguel, Don Jose Ruiz “The Three Questions: How to Discover and Master the Power Within You.” 7 p.m. $40-$50. Petaluma Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1094 Petaluma Blvd. S, Petaluma. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
Laurel Rosenhall, Ben Christopher, Dan Walters, Dave Lesher “Elections Matter: What’s at Stake for California in November?” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. www.commonwealthclub.org
Nonnie Thompson “Time It Was: Memoir of a Modern Pioneer.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.pegasusbookstore.com Jonathan White “Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean.” 6 p.m. Book Passage Sausalito, 100 Bay St., Sausalito. www.bookpassage.com
FRIDAY
Ben Goldfarb “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books San Rafael, 850 Fourth St., San Rafael. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Joel Selvin “Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead’s Long, Strange Trip.” 7 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Wendy Spinale “Ozland.” 7 p.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
TreeGirl Book Award Celebration and Art Show Live music, refreshments, raffle prizes. 5:30 p.m. Heart Tribe, 7 Bolinas Rd., Fairfax. www.hearttribe.com
Daniel H. Wilson “Guardian Angels & Other Monsters.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books Petaluma, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma.
SATURDAY
Charles Durrett “Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities.” 5 p.m. Copperfield’s Books Novato, 999 Grant Ave., Novato. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Michael Genhart “Love is Love.” 11 a.m. Book Passage Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. www.bookpassage.com
Sam Horn “Become an AUTHORpreneur: Turn Your Book Into a Paying Business,” workshop. 10:30 a.m. $149-$189. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. www.milibrary.org
TMI: Sex Worker Confidential A night of storytelling from entertainers in the adult entertainment industry including sex educator Carol Queen, former phone sex operator and stripper Gina Gold. 8 p.m. $10-$20. Center for Sex and Culture, 1349 Mission St., S.F. www.eventbrite. com/e/tmi-sexworker-confidential -tickets-45000024284
Daniel H. Wilson “Clockwork Dynasty.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. borderlandsbooks.com