Memory Piece: Lisa Ko w/ Esmé Weijun Wang
Saturday Mar. 23 · 7:30pm
Green Apple Books on the Park
1231 9th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122
Join us and Green Apple Books on the Park for bestseller Lisa Ko's Memory Piece. Moving from the predigital 1980s to the art and tech subcultures of the 1990s to a strikingly imagined portrait of the 2040s, Memory Piece is an innovative and audacious story of three lifelong friends as they strive to build satisfying lives in a world that turns out to be radically different from the one they were promised. FREE (masks required)
Lisa Ko is the author of the nationally bestselling novel The Leavers, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Ko’s short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and her essays and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times and The Believer. |
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Berkeley Symphony: Literary Soundscapes
Saturday Mar. 23 · 7:30pm
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley
2407 Dana St, Berkeley, CA 94704
Literary Soundscapes is a concert of musical storytelling features three-time Grammy nominee Nicholas Phan with Joel Puckett’s There Was a Child Went Forth, and vocalists Clairdee, Arianna Rodriquez, Olivia Johnson, and narrator Wendel Patrick performing on Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods of Jazz, Parts 1 and 3, by Oscar-nominated composer Laura Karpman. $40 (use discount code SPRING25 and save 25% off!) |
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The Manicurist's Daughter Book Launch: Susan Lieu
Saturday Apr. 13 · 7pm
Great Star Theater
636 Jackson Street San Francisco, CA 94133
Join Vietnamese-American multihyphenate storyteller Susan Lieu for her electric nationwide book launch of "The Manicurist's Daughter." Delving into themes of grief, identity, and intergenerational trauma, this gripping memoir explores the crumbling of the American Dream after her mother's tragic death during plastic surgery. Moderated conversation, Q&A, and book signing to follow event. Book for sale by Eastwind Books. $5 |
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Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral
Saturday Apr. 13 · 7pm
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street San Francisco, CA 94108
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Litquake, the largest independent literary festival on the West Coast. Returning for our 9th year to this gloriously Gothic space, enjoy a special evening of exalted verse with poetry in the pews from a distinguished roster of poets. Curated and hosted by D.A. Powell and Preeti Vangani, four celebrated poets will share their work: Brenda Hillman, Cathy Park Hong, Dong Li, and Brian Tierney. A book sale and signing will follow the readings. FREE, $5-10 suggested donation |
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How They Did It: High-Stakes Memoir
Sunday Apr. 28 · 3 - 5pm
Page Street San Francisco
297 Page St San Francisco, CA 94102
co-presented by LitCamp
In the latest “How They Did It” conversation co-presented by Litquake and LitCamp, we’ll hear from four intrepid authors of recent memoirs, all of whom took the heroic step of committing their fascinating stories to the page. Eddie Ahn (Advocate), Sylvia Brownrigg (The Whole Staggering Mystery), Margaret Juhae Lee (Starry Field), and Carvell Wallace (Another Word for Love) bravely unfurl stories of family, memory, ambition, healing, and love. Our moderator is Rachel Howard, author of the memoir The Lost Night. What did they risk on the page? What, if anything, do they regret? And how can they stir other would-be memoirists to take up the mantel of bravery and write their stories, no matter the stakes? $25 |
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SongWriter Live with Susan Orlean and Diana Gameros
Thursday June 13 · 7pm
The Commons · 2601 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA 94110
co-presented by KQED
Litquake and KQED Live present a night with SongWriter, a podcast that turns stories into songs (featured guests include Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Roxane Gay, and Craig Finn of The Hold Steady).
In this special live recording event, bestselling author Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief, The Library Book) will share a story from her recent collection On Animals, and local songwriter Diana Gameros will play a brand new song written in response. SongWriter’s creator Ben Arthur will host, and engage the artists in a conversation with UC Berkeley researcher Laura Simone Lewis on animal intelligence. $29 |
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