Other book events

Peg Alford Pursell

reads from her debut book of flash fictions and prose poetry, “Show Her a Flower, a Bird, a Shadow” (ELJ Editions), with Grant Faulkner (“Fissures”) (7:30 p.m. Thursday, Booksmith, 1644 Haight St. Free). www.booksmith.com.

Because We Come From Everything:

The Poetics of Migration features readings by Jack Hirschman and Jack Marshall on the Syrian refugee crisis, which they discuss with Jonathan Curiel (7 p.m. Thursday, City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave. Free). www.citylights.com.

Omnidawn Night

presents authors with new books by the Richmond press: Andrew Seguin (“The Room in Which I Work”), Daniel Poppick (“The Police”), Kelli A. Noftle (“Adam Cannot Be Adam”), John Liles (“Follow the Dog Down”), Mary Hickman (“Rayfish”) and Donald Justice (“Compendium: A Collection of Thoughts on Prosody”) (7:30 p.m. Friday, Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave., Free). www.moesbooks. com.

Liminal’s bimonthly

showcase of feminist writers falls out on SWAN day (Support Women Artists Now), with a dozen featured readers including Steffi Drewes, Nana K. Twumasi, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta and Marguerite Muñoz (7 p.m. Saturday, Liminal, 3037 38th Ave., Oakland. Free).

Lives and Voices Not Heard,

curated by Bonnie Kwong, features readings by Nghiep Lam and Eddy Zheng on the theme of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ experiences facing deportation, followed by a panel including a representative from the Asian Law Caucus (4 p.m. Sunday, Liminal, 3037 38th Ave, Oakland).