Lit Crawl

More than 200 authors appear in a three-hour literary crawl through the heart of the Mission District. Three phases, each starting at the top of the hour, will carry you through our version of the traditional pub crawl, from bars and cafes to galleries, laundromats, and even a few bookstores. All Lit Crawl events are free; see specific venues for age restrictions.

Phase I: 6-6:45 pm

Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia Street
In The Conflict Zone: Writings on War, Struggle, and Strife
Aneesha Capur, David Corbett, Yanina Gotsulsky, the writing of Denis Johnson, Sarah Stone

Ti Couz, 3108 16th Street
Mommy Lit: Authors from the Writing Mamas Salon
Cindy Bailey, Tania Malik, Jessica O’Dwyer, Anne-Christine Strugnell, Maija Threlkeld, Dawn Yun

Gestalt Haus (21 and over), 3159 16th Street
Food & Drugs: Authors from Canteen and Opium magazines
Po Bronson, Robin Ekiss, Eric Feezell, Ben Greenman, Elizabeth Koch, Todd Zuniga

Adobe Books, 3166 16th Street
Almost Everybody: The Best of the Here Comes Everybody Reading Series
Chaim Bertman, Matthew Clark Davison, Suzanne Kleid, mimi lok, Evan Rehill, Anne-E. Wood

Double Dutch, 3192 16th Street
Real Life: Memoir Authors Tell It Like It Is
Clane Hayward, Alan Kaufman, Scott Keneally, Bridget Kinsella, Rachel Sarah, Max Valerio

Forest Books, 3080 16th Street
Doorways of Perception: Authors Writing About Spirituality and Religion
Zsuzsanna Budapest, Charles Halpern, Brenda Knight, Maria Nemeth, Brad Olsen, M.J. Ryan

Muddy Waters Café, 521 Valencia Street
Writers Corps: Strengthening Communities Through the Written Word
Mahru Elahi, Myron Michael Hardy, Cindy Je, Melissa Lozano, Milta Ortiz, Beto Palomar, Karla Robinson

Casanova (21 and over), 527 Valencia Street
Border Crossings: Travel Writers Share Stories of Adventure
Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Georgeanne Brennan, Larry Habegger, Ken Matusow, Tanya Schaffer, Richard Sterling

Good Vibrations (18 and over), 603 Valencia Street
Under the Sheets: Erotica Writers Heat Things Up
Charlie Anders, Jen Cross, Gina de Vries, Marlo Gayle, Carol Queen, Lori Selke, Simon Sheppard

Phase II: 7-7:45 pm

Elbo Room (21+), 647 Valencia Street
Small Press Fest: Small Presses, Local Lit Mags, Members of Ecstatic Monkey

Upstairs:

Five Fingers Review: Susanne Dyckman, Brian Teare

Instant City: Jennifer Blowdryer, Scott Upper

Manic D Press: Jennifer Joseph, Jon Longhi

Downstairs:

1111: Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Rusty Morrison

14 Hills: Antonio Fernandez, Jenny Pritchett

Switchback: Harbeer Sandhu, Valerie Witte

New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street
Revolutionary Roots: Faculty and Students from New College Read Their Work
Daniel Cassidy, Neeli Cherkovski, Carolyn Cooke, Maceo Cabrera Estévez, Alison Luterman, Lisa Rosenberg

New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street
War and Peace: Readers from the Veterans of War/Veterans of Peace Project
Shepherd Bliss, Dennis Fritzinger, Robert Jost, Pauline Laurent, Paul Ocampo, Julie Thi Underhill

New College. Room Four, 777 Valencia Street
Other Words: San Francisco International Poetry Festival
Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Bas Boettcher, Emidio Clementi, Kathleen Fraser, Juerg Halter, Martin Reiner

New College Creamery, 780 Valencia Street
Kearny Street Workshop: Musings on Migration and Other Journeys
Oscar Bermeo, Rebecca Jane Foust, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Vanessa Merina, Thy Tran, Kunal Mukherjee

The Beauty Bar (21 and over), 2299 Mission Street
Girls Tell All: Authors From the Anthologies Bad Girls and The Bigger the Better, The Tighter the Sweater
Joyce Maynard, Mary Roach, Elizabeth Rosner, Samantha Schoech, Ellen Sussman, Lisa Taggart, Lolly Winston

826 Valencia Street
Celebrate The 826 Quarterly
Come hear the range and talent of San Francisco’s next wave of authors! Join 826 Valencia for a special reading celebrating the 8th volume of its student-written literary journal, The 826 Quarterly, representing the best in poetry, short fiction, a set of words newly needed in the dictionary, journalism, and memoir by authors under 18. Plus Paul Madonna will read from his foreword to this new outing of the Quarterly. Should you miss it? Nope—not even on a school night!

City Art Gallery, 828 Valencia Street
Heyday Books: Celebrating the Culture and History of California
Arthur Bloomfield, Rose Castillo Guilbault, Gerald Haslam, Andrew Lam, Adam David Miller

The Believer Magazine, 849 Valencia Street
Stephen Elliott Performs “The Score”
In a one time only multimedia performance, Stephen Elliott performs his Believer essay, “The Score,” accompanied by photos, videos, personal asides, and, perhaps, audience participation.

Amnesia (21 and over), 853 Valencia Street
The Beat on the Page: Bay Area Music Writers Take the Mic
Jeff Chang, Wendy Farina, Katy St. Clair, James Stark, Richie Unterberger, Keith & Kent Zimmerman

Borderlands. 866 Valencia Street
Other Worlds: Fantasy and Sci-Fi Authors Explore the Outer Reaches
Marcus Ewert, Austin Grossman, Tim Pratt, Scott Sigler

Mission Playground, Valencia Street at Cunningham Place between 19th and 20th streets
Bark in the Park: Dog-Inspired Readings from Bark Magazine—bring your pup!
Willis Barnstone, Ken Foster, Pam Houston, Merle Kessler, Caroline Paul, Floyd Salas

Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street
Seal Press Explores the F Stop
Female Authors take on Fashion, Fucking, Feminism, Felines, Freestyling, and Felonies
Rachel Kramer Bussel, Jenesha “Jinky” De Rivera, Daphne Gottlieb, Samara Halperin, Julia Serano, Victoria Zackheim

Phase III: 8-8:45 pm

Dog Eared Books, 900 Valencia Street
Babble On: The Best of the Babble On Reading Series
Solidad Decosta, Myron Michael Hardy, Thea Hillman, Phillip T. Nails

Encantada Gallery, 908 Valencia Street
New World/New Words:
Readings from TWO LINES Latin-American edition, in English and Spanish
Elizabeth Bell, Thomas Christensen, Michael Koch, Anita Segástegui, John Oliver Simon, Carolyn Tipton

Ritual Roasters, 1026 Valencia Street
The Grotto: San Francisco’s Famed Writers Collective
Elizabeth Bernstein, Marianna Cherry, Christopher D. Cook, Helena Echlin, Rodes Fishburne, Melanie Gideon, Gerard Jones, Andy Raskin, Meghan Ward

Lost Weekend Video, 1034 Valencia Street
Hot Flashes: Left Coast Writers Read Sexy Little Stories and Poems
Paul Alma Bass, Marianne Betterly-Kohn, Saul Isler, Susan Parker, Diane Walder, Elizabeth Weaver

Marsh Cafe, 1070 Valencia Street
Poetry Trading Post: Write and Listen to Poetry with Small Press Distribution
Elaine Kahn, Joseph Lease, Tanea Lunsford, Dennis Somera, Eileen Tabios, Eli Wolfe (aka Pickleman)

Marsh Theater Upstairs, 1072 Valencia Street
Murder and Mayhem: Bay Area Mystery Writers Take the Stage
Cara Black, Michelle Gagnon, Russell Hill, Cornelia Read, Kirk Russell, Jody Weiner

Lone Palm (21 and over), 3394 22nd Street
Women’s Lit: Authors from the Bay Area Chapter of Word of Mouth
Harriet Scott Chessman, Terry Gamble, Jane Juska, Meredith Maran, Katia Noyes, Lalita Tademy

Latin America Club (21 and over), 3286 22nd Street
Writers with Drinks: Shaken, Not Stirred, with San Francisco’s Best Literary Series
Jaime Cortez, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Annalee Newitz, Masha Tupitsyn, Mary Van Note

Mission Laundromat, 3282 22nd Street
Lit Journals: Authors from On the Page and Tea Party Magazines
Blair Campbell, Deborah Crooks, John Dylan Keith, Clara Hsu, Claire Light, Craig Santos Perez

Revolution Café, 3248 22nd Street
After Armistead: Authors Explore LGBTQ Lit Today
Nona Caspers, Elana Dykewomon, Ali Liebegott, Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Jim Provenzano, Kemble Scott

Make-Out Room (21 and over), 3225 22nd Street
MacAdam/Cage: Independent Publishing at its Best
Craig Clevenger, Angela Mi Young Hur, Susan Ito, Eric B. Martin, Janis Cooke Newman, Sheldon Siegel

Laszlo Bar/Foreign Cinema (21 and over), 2526 Mission Street
The Tasting Course: Authors Write About Food & Wine
Laura Fraser, Shuna Fish Lydon, Davia Nelson of NPR’s Kitchen Sisters, Dylan Schaffer, Derrick Schneider, Julia Flynn Siler, Anthony Tassinello

12 Galaxies (21 and over), 2565 Mission Street
San Francisco Chronicle: The Daily Dish, with Chronicle Columnists and Reporters
Don Asmussen, Eve Batey, Heidi Benson, Leah Garchik, Mark Morford, Michael Shapiro