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  • Twain Autobiography in the News

    …e published a century after his death, a very different Twain emerges, more pointedly political and willing to play the role of the angry prophet.” Dead 100 Years, Mark Twain Lets Loose, Jeff Glor, CBS Sunday Morning News “‘The Adventures of Mark Twain’ isn’t the actual title of the memoir by the author of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.’ But the story of how this book is finally coming to be publ… …

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  • Lit Crawl, Phase 2: 7:15-8:15 pm

    …bestselling thrillers The Tunnels, Boneyard, The Gatekeeper, and Kidnap & Ransom have been published in eight countries. Seth Harwood is author of Young Junius and Jack Wakes Up. Visit sethharwood.com to hear him read his books for free. Kelli Stanley: critically-acclaimed noir author who loves bourbon, film noir, and San Francisco. Works: City of Dragons, Nox Dormienda, The Curse-Maker. Simon Wood is an ex-race car driver, a licensed pilot… …

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  • Lit Crawl, Phase 3: 8:30-9:30 pm

    …n over a dozen anthologies, and his visual art has been exhibited in venues across the Bay Area. Rona Fernandez is a writer, fundraiser, and activist. Her writing has appeared in the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, Philippine News, Instant City, and Are We Born Racist? Claire Light is a freelance writer and nonprofit hack. She co-founded Hyphen magazine, and has a story collection, Slightly Behind and to the Left, with Aqueduct Press. Shweta Nar… …

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  • Litquake in the Bookstore

    MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 7:30 pm Tao Lin at The Booksmith Brooklyn-based author and poet Tao Lin returns to San Francisco to read from his newest novel, Richard Yates. The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco FREE; Preferred seating voucher with Booksmith purchase of Richard Yates beginning September 7 and while supplies last. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 6 pm Lan Samantha Chang at Book Passage, Ferry Building Based in Iowa City, fiction writer Lan Sa… …

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  • 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 Critics panel discusses literary translation at City Lights Bookstore, and S.F Cinematheque co-presents a multimedia workshop and ana… …

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  • Bay Area Literary Links

    …afayette Bookstore Moe’s Books Orinda Books Pegasus Fine Books Rakestraw Books North Bay Book Passage Copperfield’s Books Depot Bookstore Habitat Books Point Reyes Books Reader’s Books Peninsula Bay Book Company Kepler’s Moon News South Bay Bookshop Santa Cruz Capitola Book Cafe … …

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  • Thoroughly Modern Maupin: The Legacy of Armistead

    …The Bay Citizen and The New York Times. Under the pen name Kemble Scott he is also the author of two bestselling novels, SoMa and The Sower. “I’m following Armistead Maupin’s career in reverse. He started with a newspaper column, and ended up with a series of provocative books. I’ve done it backwards, but I’m looking forward to hanging out at a naught Hollywood icon’s swimming pool some day soon.” International S… …

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  • Howlapalooza

    … the eye (as though — as Mick LaSalle says in The Chronicle — they have the consciousness of someone living in 2010), but on our responsibility as civilians to weigh the purport of words and how we interact with them: to read books as though on a jury charged with the high task of deciding the future. What makes sense in that gallery may indeed not make sense in the courtroom. Is that true? Present is that righteous recognition that there are boo… …

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  • Hit the Book Bar at Lit Crawl 2011

    …ns in parking spots around the city. The live interviews will explore the artists’ process and ideas while simultaneously giving them a platform to share their art practice with spectators. In collaboration with Litquake, the Book Bar will be making three stops in the streets of Mission during Lit Crawl 2011. Come hear live interviews and readings from selected Crawl authors, starting at Clarion Alley before Phase I. Lit Lounge is the collaborati… …

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  • Litquake’s Pitchapalooza, Sept. 28

    Go to the 2011 Pitchapalooza. On September 28th, book authors Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry team up with fellow authors Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark for Litquake’s first-ever Pitchapalooza! It works like this: Anyone with an idea for a book has the chance to pitch it to a panel of judges. But they get only one minute. Judges will critique everything from idea to style to potential in the marketplace. All attendees come away with c… …

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