Book events

Jesse Eisenberg is in conversation with Steven Winn about Eisenberg’s debut story collection, “Bream Gives Me Hiccups,” part of City Arts & Lectures’ “On Arts” series benefiting the 826 Valencia Scholarship Program. (7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. $29. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F.) www.cityarts.net/event/jesse-eisenberg.

Poetry Flash presents poets Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong and Khaty Xiong (7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. Free. Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley). www.moesbooks. com/pages/Store-Events-html.

5+5 Gay Poets Dead and Alive series: Bruce Snider, Ari Banias, Roberto F. Santiago, Joshua Merchant and Joe Wadlington in the second of a two-part series presented by the Gay Ancestors Project. (6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. Free. Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th St., S.F.). www.facebook. com/events/743802455752141.

Elana Chavez, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta and Rae

Armantrout read for the Heart’s Desire series (7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Free. Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland). www.facebook.com/events/9939732 30665563.

Muthoni Kiarie joins Anita Felicelli, Emily Kiernan, Jennifer S. Cheng and Beth Minh Nguyen at the Hazel Reading Series (5 p.m. Sunday, Nov 15. Free. California Institute of Integral Studies, 1453 Mission St., S.F.). www.facebook. com/events/1004102462966442.

Poets Monica McClure of New York and Trisha Low of Oakland read for Small Press Traffic (5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. $6-$10. Artists’ Television Access, 992 Valencia St., S.F). www.facebook.com/events/1510037189307314.