LITERARY GUIDE

SUNDAY

Dan Richman “Myth Mess.” 2 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. 415-586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com Monday

Sabine Bergman, Sivani Babu “Adventure 2019!” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-9270960. www.bookpassage.com Jackie Speier “Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707-762-0563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com Denise Sullivan, JoAnn DeLuna Poetry reading followed by open mike. 7 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. 415-586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com

TUESDAY

Cary McClelland “Silicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-9270960. www.bookpassage.com David Priess “How to Get Rid of a President.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com Stephany Wilkes “Raw Material: Working Wool in the West.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510525-7777. www.booksinc.net

WEDNESDAY

Marc Freedman, Courtney E. Martin “How to Live Forever.” $10-$55. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org Gigi Pandian “The Alchemist’s Illusion.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com

THURSDAY

Joe Clifford “The One That Got Away.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com Angela Y. Davis, Ibram X. Kendi, Jeff Chang Davis’ “Freedom Is a Constant Struggle” and Kendi’s “Stamped From the Beginning.” 7:30 p.m. Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-392-4400. www.cityarts.net

Alison Hart, Lady H, Cynthia Onetta Toliver, Robert Fisher, Gloria Fisher, Keith Grier “Mostly White.” Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. 510-522-2226. www.booksinc.net

Yang Huang, Rita Bullwinkel, Tom Barbash, Jane Ciabattari, Grant Faulkner The Flash Fiction Collective presents Miniature Stories for the 21st Century. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. 415-8638688. www.booksmith.com Thomas Kohnstamm, Broke-Ass Stuart Schuffman “Lake City.” 7 p.m. East Bay Book Sellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. 510-6539965. www.ebbooksellers.com Megan McDowell Discussing her translation of Samanta Schweblin’s “Mouthful of Birds.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com Gordon Sondland “Tough Choices.” 12 p.m. $7-$15. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org Kiersten White, Adrienne Young “Slayer” and “Sky in the Deep.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. 650-321-0600. www.booksinc.net

Why There Are Words 9th Anniversary Celebration: Nisha Batsha, Jack Boulware, Lydia Kiesling, Dickson Lam, Huda Al-Marashi, Caille Millner, Nayomi Munaweera and Jeremy Vasquez are featured. 7 p.m. $10. Studio 333, 333 Caledonia St., Sausalito. www.whytherearewords.com

FRIDAY

Ivan Arguelles, Neeli Cherkovski Poetry reading. 7 p.m. Nefeli Caffe, 1854 Euclid Ave., Berkeley. 510-841-6374. William Shatner In conversation along with a screening of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” 7:30 p.m. $49 and up. Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino. 800745-3000.

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Jeff Tweedy, George Saunders “Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back).” 7:30 p.m. $35. Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-392-4400. www.cityarts.net

SATURDAY

Dr. Barbara Adams “Women, Minorities & Other Extraordinary People: The New Path for Workforce Diversity.” 3 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com

Rosie Allen A Celebration of Life for Raphael ‘Ray’ Taliaferro Sr. 11 a.m. Free. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org

Judy Bebelaar, Rob Cabral “And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of Peoples Temple From High School to Jonestown.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Nikki Furrer “A Woman’s Guide to Cannabis.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-9270960. www.bookpassage.com

Carla Hall “Soul Food.” 3 pm. $30. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-2824712. www.omnivorebooks.com

Kamala Harris “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey.” 6:30 p.m. $55-$75. The Curran, 445 Geary St., S.F. sfcurran.com

Vijaya Nagarajan “Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India — An Exploration of the Kolam.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com

Samantha R. Vamos “The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung.” 11 a.m. Books Inc., 317 Castro St., Mountain View. 650-4285-1234. www.booksinc.net

Writers With Drinks Colin Winnette, Arwen Elys Dayton, Simon Sheppard, Izzy Oneiric and John Briscoe are featured. 7:30 p.m. $5-$20. The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd St., S.F. www.writerswithdrinks.com