LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
Laurel Blossom, Brian Komei Dempster “Poetry Flash.” 3 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Anne-Marie Fyfe, C.L. Dallat The poets in conversation. 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Peter Gough “Sounds of the New Deal: The Federal Music Project in the West.” 1 p.m. SF Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin St., S.F. www.sfpl.org. Shobha Rao “An Unrestored Woman.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Juan Thompson “Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
MONDAY
Lisa Kotin “My Confection: Odyssey of a Sugar Addict.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net. Somini Sengupta “The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young.” 7 p.m. $8-$10. Recital Hall, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
TUESDAY
Karima Cammell, Clint Marsh “The Troll Cookbook.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Allison Hopelain, Russell Moore “This is Camino.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com. Robert E. Johnson, Janet L. Bryon, Maggi Kelly “Berkeley Walks: Revealing Rambles Through America’s Most Intriguing City.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books on Solano, 1855 Solano Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-6888. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Elizabeth Percer “All Stories Are Love Stories.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com.
WEDNESDAY
Sean Carroll, Lisa M. Krieger “The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters.” 7 p.m. $8-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Daniel Clowes “Patience.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff “The Missing Kennedy.” 5:15 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. “Suspended Sentences” A discussion of Patrick Modiano’s novel. 6:45 p.m. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. (415) 393-0100. www.milibrary.org. Val Rosenfeld, Flor Fortunati “Voices of the Undocumented.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600. www.booksinc.net. Bryan Stevenson, Jeffrey Toobin “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net. David Reid “The Brazen Age.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books on Solano, 1855 Solano Ave., Berkeley. 510-525-6888. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Douglas Rushkoff “Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Lauren Weedman “Miss Fortune.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.
THURSDAY
Tracy Chevalier “At the Edge of the Orchard.” Noon. $55. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Brian Evenson, Colin Winnette “A Collapse of Horses.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Tracey Helton “The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 6539965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Maggie Kast “A Free, Unsullied Land.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books, 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com. Wes Nisker “You Are Not Your Fault and Other Revelations.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net. Leonard Pitt “My Brain on Fire.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Douglas Rushkoff, Marina Gorbis “Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity.” 6:30 p.m. $7-$22. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
FRIDAY
Melissa Cistaro “Pieces of My Mother.” 1 p.m. College of Marin, Kentfield Library, 835 College Ave., Kentfield. www.bookpassage.com. Harlan Coben “Fool Me Once.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Anne-Marie Fyfe “House of Small Absences.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com. Readings from the West Marin Review Readings by Frances Lefkowitz, Roy Mash, Michelle Chayes, Bob Kubik, Jan Dederick and Denise Parsons. 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. (707) 762-0563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
SATURDAY
Zoe Burke “No Gun Intended.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 850 Fourth St., San Rafael. (415) 524-2800. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Marla Cooper “Terror in Taffeta.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Greg Miraglia “Coming Out From Behind the Badge.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Hannah Papp “The Mystical Backpacker.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. T.J. Reilly “Ladies Invited.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Penny Wolin “Descendants of Light: American Photographers of Jewish Ancestry.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.