Other book events

Community Voices: Poets Speak, a weekly series curated by Arisa White that features Cave Canem poets reflecting on the exhibitions at the Museum of the African Diaspora, spotlights Alyss Dixon, winner of the San Francisco Foundation’s 2015 Joseph Henry Jackson Award (5 p.m. Thursday, MoAD, 685 Mission St., Free). www.moadsf.org.

NEA fellow and winner of the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction Josh Barkan is in town to read from and discuss his new story collection “Mexico” (7:30 p.m. Thursday, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave., Free). www.greenapplebooks.com.

Anna Avery hosts a new series of readings by regional literary curators. This episode features Amy Berkowitz (“Tender Points”) and Paul Ebenkamp (“The Louder the Room the Darker the Screen”) (7 p.m. Friday, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th St., free). alleycatbookshop.com

Nomadic Press presents its Uptown Fridays series, curated by Ren e Vaz and featuring Truong Tran (“Four Letter Words”) and Farah Amezcua (7 p.m. Friday, Nomadic Press, 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, $5-25). facebook.com/events/ 1941132959478802

The Center for the Art of Translation presents Mexican author Yuri Herrera with his new book “Kingdon Cons” (translated into English by Lisa Dillman). He’ll be in conversation with Caille Millner (“The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification”) (7:30 p.m. Saturday, Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 Ninth Ave, S.F. www.catranslation.org.