San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
John Boessenecker “Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West.” 2 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707-7620563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
California International Antiquarian Book Fair 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $15-$25. Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland. www.cabookfair.com
Brian Copeland, Julie LythcottHaims, R.O. Kwon, Ingrid RojasConteras “Race in America,” panel discussion. 6 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
Rachel Dacus, Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas, Eileen Malone, Kathleen McClung, Lenore Weiss, Andrena Zawinski “Poetry Flash: Adlritch Press.” 3 p.m. East Bay Book Sellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. 510-653-9965. www.ebbooksellers.com
Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia and Friends “Poverty Scholarship 101.” 5 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-362-8193. www.citylights.com
Jeff Raz “The Snow Clown.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
Sharon Saline “What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew.” 3 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. 510-704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com
Kim Shuck “Gears Turning,” poetry, art and music. 4 p.m. Adobe Books 3130 24th St., S.F. 415-864-3936. www.adobebooks.com
Aakash Tayagi “A Moveable Feast,” poets tell tales of lands far away. 6:30 p.m. Adobe Books 3130 24th St., S.F. 415-864-3936. www.adobebooks.com
David Thomson “Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire.” 9:30 a.m. Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St., S.F. www.gracecathedral.org
MONDAY
Adriane Aron “Human Rights and Wrongs.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
Caroline Cocciardi “Leonardo’s Knots.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org
Michael Fitzgerald “Devil’s Pipeline.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi, Forrest Gander, Brenda Hillman “Autobiography of Death.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com
Vandana Shiva, Vijaya Nagarajan “Who Really Feeds the World?” 7:30 p.m. $12-$15. First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley. www.mrsdalloways.com
Jeremy Vasquez, Lourdes Figueroa Poetry reading and open mike. 7 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. 415-586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com
TUESDAY
Yangsze Choo “The Night Tiger.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 317 Castro St., Mountain View. 650-4285-1234. www.booksinc.net
Elise Hooper “Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
Jeffrey Leong “Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com
Andrew Knapp & Momo “Find Momo Across Europe.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
Roger McNamee, with John Markoff “Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe,” in conversation. 6:30 p.m. $10-$30. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org
My Life My Stories Senior storytellers. 6:30 p.m. $12. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com
Joyce Carol Oates “Hazards of Time Travel.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-3628193. www.citylights.com David Presti “Mind Beyond Brain: Buddhism, Science, and the Paranormal.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-525-7777. www.booksinc.net
WEDNESDAY
John Boessenecker “Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
Drinking with Lonely Writers Match wits with authors Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, R.O. Kwon, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Sarah Ladipo Manyika and Dashka Slater and emcees Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown. 6 p.m. 826 Valencia Tenderloin Center, 180 Golden Gate Ave., S.F. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. 415-8638688. www.booksmith.com
Liz Fosslien, Mollie West Duffy “No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-525-7777. www.booksinc.net
Freud’s Bar Henry Markman presents “All That Jazz: The Therapy in Music, The Music in Therapy.” 6:30 p.m. East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. 510-653-9965. www.ebbooksellers.com
Fred Gardner “O’Shaughnessey’s.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. 510-3398210. www.ggpbooks.com
Rich Gosse “The Art of Flirting.” 6 p.m. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org
Angela Jenkins, Tomiquia Moss, Tirien Steinbach, Mina Kim “One Pacheck Away: Addressing Homelessness in The Bay Area,” panel discussion. 6:30 p.m. Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F. 415-597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org
Pam Jenoff “The Lost Girls of Paris.” 12:30 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-9270960. www.bookpassage.com
Yasmin Khan, Nik Sharma “Zaitoun: Recipes From the Palestinian Kitchen.” 6:30 p.m $30. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-2824712. www.omnivorebooks.com
Kimberly Marshall Discusses Don Cox’s “Just Another Nigger: My Life in the Black Panther Party.” 6:30 p.m. Free-$15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-393-0100. www.milibrary.org Mayor Michael Tubbs, Dan Pfeiffer In conversation. 7:30 p.m. $29. Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. 415-392-4400. www.cityarts.net
Reema Zaman “I Am Yours.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. 415-742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com
Tim Wendel: “Summer of ’68: The Season that Changed Baseball, and America, Forever.” 6:30 p.m. San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St. sfpl.org
THURSDAY
Tom Barbash, Keith Scribner 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. 415-362-8193. www.citylights.com
John Jay Osborn “Listen to the Marriage.” 7:30 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-5257777. www.booksinc.net
FRIDAY
Hallie Iglehard Austen “The Heart of the Goddess: Art, Myth and Meditations of the World’s Sacred Feminine.” Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
Stephanie Land “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. 707-7620563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
SATURDAY
Jeff Cioletti “Sakepedia: A NonTraditional Guide to Japan’s Traditional Beverage.” 3 p.m. $25. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. 415-282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com
Suzanne Gordon “Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation’s Veterans.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. 707-578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
Yasmin Khan “Zaitoun: Recipes From the Palestinian Kitchen.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
J.R. Krause “Dragon Night.” 1 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510-525-7777. www.booksinc.net
Steven Land “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.” 4 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com