San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Tom Clark Memorial Reading 1-4 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. 415-586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com
Shane Stay “The Women’s World Cup 2019 Book.” 1:30 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Ct., Santa Rosa. 707-578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
MONDAY
James Cagney, Natasha Dennerstein, David Hathwell “Poetry Times Three,” poetry reading series. 7 p.m. Folio Books, 3957 24th St., S.F. 415821-3477. foliosf.com
Constance Hale “Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wicked Good Prose.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960. www.bookpassage.com
TUESDAY
Steve Almond “William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life: Bookmarked.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. 650-3210600. www.booksinc.net Barbara Bourland, Colin Winnette “Fake Like Me.” 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. 415-863-8688. www.booksmith.com
Amal El-Mohtar “This Is How You Lose the Time War.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. 415-835-1020. www.bookpassage.com
Lauren Kate “The Orphan’s Song.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. 415-927-0960.
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WEDNESDAY
Jennifer Dumpert, Erik Davis “Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep. 6:30 p.m. $15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-393-0100. www.milibrary.org
FRIDAY
Paul Drexler “Masters of Escape: True Tales from Paul Drexler's San Francisco Notorious: True Tales of Crime, Passion, and Murder.” Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. 415-393-0100. www.milibrary.org
Peter Kasin “The Longshoremen’s and General Strikes of 1934,” presentation commemorating the 85th anniversary of Bloody Thursday. 3 p.m. Hyde Street Pier, S.F. 415-4475000. nps.gov/safr
SATURDAY
Aurora Levins Morales “Medicine Stories: Essays for Radicals.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com
NEXT SUNDAY
Shizue Siegel and contributors “Civil Liberties: Diverse Voices From the San Francisco Bay Area.” 2 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. 415-586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com