LITERARY GUIDE

SUNDAY

Kassidat — Father’s Day Edition Poetry reading with James Ellis, Bear, Global Val, Tongo, Richard Sanderell, Kim Shuck, Windwong. 4 p.m. Adobe Books 3130 24th St., S.F. (415) 8643936. www.adobebooks.com. Michael Krasny, Jane Smiley “Golden Age.” 4:30 p.m. Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. www.seb.org. Erica Lewis “Mary Wants to be a Superwoman.” 2 p.m. Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery St., S.F. (415) 586-3733. www.birdbeckett.com.

MONDAY

Margaret Casterline Bowen “Jersey Gold: The Neward Overland Company’s Trek to California, 1849.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. (415) 9313633. www.booksinc.net. Carolina De Robertis, Jeff Chang, Aya De León, Cristina García, Kate Schatz, Jane Smiley “Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times.” 7 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Jennifer A. Doudna, Kishore Hari “A Crack in Creationg: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution.” 7:30 p.m. $29. Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 392-4400. www.cityarts.net. Jane Green “The Sunshine Sisters.” Noon. $55 includes meal and signed book. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com; 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Joseph Kanon, Luisa Smith “Defectors.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 9270960. www.bookpassage.com. Christopher Merrill “Self-Portrait with Dogwood.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com.

TUESDAY

Curtis C. Chen, Ariel Waldman “Kangaroo Too.” 7:30 p.m. The Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688. www.booksmith.com. Stephen Hinshaw “Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net. Cleve Jones, Mark Leno “When We Rise, Stitching a Revolution.” 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Barry Lancet “The Spy Across the Table.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. (650) 4285-1234. www.booksinc.net. Brontez Purnell “Since I Laid My Burden Down.” 7:30 p.m. Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 649-1320. www.pegasusbookstore.com. Richard V. Reeves “Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class is Leaving Everyone Else In the Dust, Why That is a Problem, and What to Do About It.” 7 p.m. Green Apple Books 506 Clement St., S.F. (415) 387-2272. www.greenapplebooks.com.

WEDNESDAY

David Boling “The Lost History of Stars.” 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020. www.bookpassage.com. Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee “Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future.” 6:30 p.m. $8-$55. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. Paul Cohen “The Glamshack.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. (415) 931-3633. www.booksinc.net. Gloria Dunn-Violin “How to Retire and Revitalize Your Life After Retirement.” 5:15 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St., S.F. (415) 597-6705. www.commonwealthclub.org. James Forman Jr. “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777. www.booksinc.net. Paul Hawken “A Plan to Combat Climate Change.” 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. (650) 3244321. www.keplers.com. Finn Murphy “The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road.” 7:30 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 742-5833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Achy Obejas “The Tower of Antilles.” 7 p.m. City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Paula Poundstone “The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Colm Tóibín “House of Names.” 7 p.m. $28. JCCSF, 3200 California St., S.F. (415) 292-1233. www.jccsf.org/arts.

THURSDAY

Alexandra Ballard, Danielle Mages Amato, Rachel Sarah Ballard’s “What I Lost” and Amato’s “The Hidden Memory of Objects.” 7 p.m. A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210. www.ggpbooks.com. Mac Barnett “Noisy Night.” 6:30 p.m. Burlington Library, Easton Branch, 1800 Easton Dr., Burlingame. www.bookinc.net. David Boling “The Lost History of Stars.” 6 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 106 Matheson St., Healdsburg. (707) 4339270. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Melvin A. Goodman “Whistleblower at the CIA.” 7 p.m. City Lights, 261 Columbus Ave., S.F. (415) 362-8193. www.citylights.com. Grant Jarrett “The Half-Life of Remorse.” 7 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. (415) 931-3633. www.booksinc.net. Prison University Project “Open Line.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Desmond Tan “Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia.” 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.

FRIDAY

Elaine Miller Bond “Running Wild” and “Living Wild.” 6 p.m. Diesel, 5433 College Ave., Oakland. (510) 653-9965. www.dieselbookstore.com. Barbara Bonner “Inspiring Courage.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Barry Lancet “The Spy Across the Table.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 1330 Lincoln St., Calistoga. (707) 942-1616. www.copperfieldsbooks.com. Renate Stendhal “Kiss Me Again, Paris.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.

SATURDAY

Patti Bretiman “Even Vegans Die.” 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Thomas Centolella “Almost Human.” 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960. www.bookpassage.com. Samin Nosrat “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking.” 5 p.m. Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., S.F. (415) 7425833. www.greenapplebooks.com. Jennifer Shannon “Don’t Feed the Monkey Mind: How To Stop the Cycle of Anxiety, Fear & Worry.” 7 p.m. Copperfield’s Books, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938. www.copperfieldsbooks.com.