San Francisco-born Lorna Dee Cervantes is the award-winning author of From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger, Drive: The First Quartet, and her latest, Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems. She is this year’s UC Regents Lecturer at Berkeley.
Monthly Archive: August 2009
Subterranean SF: Hard-Boiled Writing with an Edge
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An evening of readings exposing San Francisco’s sinister underbelly. Join a darkly inspired roster of literary and crime fiction masters as they delve into the shadowy realms of mayhem, murder, and much more.
Hosted by San Francisco Noir 1 & 2…
Litquake Schedule: Friday, Oct. 9
Litquake and Kepler’s whet your literary appetite with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, live and in person at the Kepler’s store in Menlo Park. The festival then launches with Black, White, and Read: Litquake’s Book Ball at the Herbst Theatre, our only-in-SF mashup of recession elegance, literary hijinks and smarty-pants schmooze! …
Litquake Schedule: Saturday, Oct. 10
The SF Main Library’s Koret Auditorium hosts Litquake’s traditional “Off the Richter Scale” reading series from 11 am to 6 pm, with each hour devoted to a different literary style and genre. Evening events range from musicians and music writers, to sci-fi authors of color, and queer fiction read out…
Litquake Schedule: Sunday, Oct. 11
Sunday afternoon at the Koret, our “Shaken and Stirred: Litquake in Conversation” presents hour-long panel discussions that highlight the cutting-edge subjects of literary life, from genre writing, to science, books to film, and the value of the essay. British author Roz Savage is at Books Inc., our customized Literary North…
Litquake Schedule: Monday, Oct. 12
The SF Foundation Center hosts our annual industry panel discussions on how to get your first book published, and sage advice from first-time authors. You may need to clone yourself to guarantee seeing all the evening events, from punk rock storytelling at Broadway Studios, to “Poets in the Pews” at…
Litquake Schedule: Tuesday, Oct. 13
Many bookstore events to choose from, with bestselling authors like Mary Roach, Thad Carhart, and Project Runway’s Christian Siriano. Mechanic’s Institute hosts a panel discussion “Where the Mind Meets the Brain,” One City One Book author Doug Dorst chats with Adam Johnson at the SF Main Library, the National Book…
Litquake Schedule: Wednesday, Oct. 14
Elementary schools and children’s authors once again invade the SF Main Library for the first day of Kidquake, local bookstores host visiting authors Kathleen Kent, Linda Gordon, and award-winning chef John Besh, and Amy Tan receives Litquake’s Barbary Coast Award in a star-studded tribute at Herbst Theatre!
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Litquake Schedule: Thursday, Oct. 15
Day two of Kidquake at the library presents more authors and workshops for middle school kids, and bookstore evening events feature bestselling writers Sarah Vowell, James Ellroy, and Tracy Kidder. If that’s not enough, the Supperclub hosts readings in bed from the country’s foremost erotica authors, the Contemporary Jewish Museum…
