LITERARY GUIDE
SUNDAY
T.C. Boyle “The Terranauts.” 2 p.m. The Chapel, 777 Valencia St., S.F. www.booksinc.net. Ashley Christensen “Poole’s: Recipes and Stories From a Modern Diner.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com. Dale Dougherty “Free to Make.” 2 p.m. Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. (415) 776-1111. www.booksinc.net. Jewelle Gomez “The Gilda Stories.” 3 p.m. Borderlands Books, 866 Valencia St., S.F. www.borderlands-books.com.
Elizabeth Lesser “Marrow.” 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Andres Neuman “How to Travel Without Seeing.” 6 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Laurence A. Rickels “The Psycho Records.” 5 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Mike Stax “Swim Through the Darkness,” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com.
TUESDAY
Mac Barnett “The Magic Wand.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. (707) 762-0563. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Frances Dinkelspiel “Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California.” 7 p.m. $8-$22. Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. www.commonwealthclub.org.
Fuschia Dunlap “Land of Fish and Rice.” 12:30 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com; 6 p.m. $131.40 includes a Chinese feast. Camino, 3917 Grand Ave., Oakland. Constance Hale “The Natives Are Restless: A San Francisco Dance Master Takes Hula Into the TwentyFirst Century.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 6539965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Arlie Hochschild, J.D. Vance Hochschild’s “Strangers in Their Own Land” and Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy.” 12:30 p.m. Free-$15. Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F. (415) 3930100. www.milibrary.org. Rebecca Katz “Clean Soups.” 7 p.m. Diesel, 2419 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. (415) 785-8177. www.dieselbookstore.com. Lawrence Levy, Michal Lev-Ram “To Pixar and Beyond.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com. Terri Tate “A Crooked Smile.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
WEDNESDAY
Diane Ehrensaft, Lisa Kenney “Creating Gender Sensitive and Inclusive Environments for All Children and Teens.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com. A Celebration of Elena Ferrante A tribute to the “Neapolitan Novels.” 5 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Isaac Fitzgerald, Wendy MacNaughton “Knives & Ink: Chefs and Tattoos.” 8 p.m. Free. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. (415) 292-1233. www.jccsf.org/arts. Lisa Q. Getterman “Sous Vide at Home.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com. Michael Krasny “Let There Be Laughter: A Treasury of Great Jewish Humor and What It All Means.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.
John Mercer “The Long Arm of Lunacy: More Swearing in English.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books on Solano, 1855 Solano Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-6888. www.pegasusbookstore.com.
Noah and Logan Miller “Let the Good Prevail.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
Mark Oldman “How to Drink Like a Billionaire: Mastering Wine with Joie de Vivre.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com.
Tara Sim, Sabaa Tahir “Timekeeper.” 7 p.m. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com.
Jeremiah Tower, Amanda Haas “Table Manners: How to Behave in the Modern World and Why Bother.” 6:30 p.m. $7-$25. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 5976705. www.commonwealthclub.org.
THURSDAY
Adam Gazzaley “The Distracted Mind.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Richard Muller “Now: The Physics of Time.” 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. (510) 704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com. In Deep Radio Angie Coiro with Jade Chang, author of “The Wangs vs. The World.” Noon. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 324-4321. www.keplers.com. Gerald Nachman “Showstoppers!” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com.
SATURDAY
Inga Aksamit “Highs and Lows on the John Muir Trail.” 11 a.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Michael Connelly “The Wrong Side of Goodbye.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 8351020. 5 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Molly Yeh, Phyllis Grant “Molly on the Range.” 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.