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We are thrilled to be so busy!

After too much time spent trudging through the molasses that is pandemic event-panning, this year has proven to be a wellspring of opportunities, growth, and new friends. There’s so much coming up that we can't wait to tell you about. In the meantime, you can still register for our April 1st celebration of National Poetry Month at Grace Cathedral, and you can submit your event ideas for Litquake 2022. Literature’s return to live events is a group effort, and we’re so pleased to see everyone pitching in. See you next week!
Submit to Litquake 2022!

We’re proud to announce that we are accepting ideas for live readings, panels, debates, exposés, multimedia performances, and everything in between from March 15-April 17. More details about guidelines and how to submit are available on our website. 
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Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral
Friday, April 1 · 7:30-9:30pm
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street
SF, CA 94108


We're counting down the days until our celebration of National Poetry Month! Join five Bay Area authors as they exercise their divine right to poetic performance in the stunning halls of San Francisco’s historic Grace Cathedral. Featuring words from Jesús Castillo, MK Chavez, Randall Mann, Daniel Redman, and Maw Shein Win. Curated and hosted by D.A. Powell. This event is FREE$10-15 suggested donation (pre-registration required).
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*SOLD OUT*
Paragraphs On Ice With Andrew Sean Greer and Daniel Handler 

Tuesday, April 19 · 7:30-9:30pm
Amado's
998 Valencia Street
SF, CA 94110


Join these two bestselling authors for a rollicking evening with cocktails, as they dive deep into favorite paragraphs from literary history, sharing enthusiasm for language and storytelling with the help of an overhead projector, a full bar, and you, the audience. More seats will be made available soon...

Litquake Weekly

 
Literary news, upcoming events, and whatever else we’re looking at...

“The Ferlinghetti Day Parade will honor poet, publisher, painter, and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti on his birthday!” This Thursday, join the good people of North Beach in celebrating Lawrence City Lights

“The war never really left...” Poet Ilya Kaminsky discusses Ukraine • New York Magazine

Not only do they support the work of emerging and emerged writers and artists, but they also nourish humanity, help us think about what it is to be human, challenge us, expose us to diverse viewpoints, make us cry (in a good way), and bring us joy.Read about ten lit mags worth celebrating • Split Lip 

What we determine to be “unthinkable” or “unimaginable” are just that, failures of thought and imagination.Author Jane McGonigal predicted the pandemic, now she’s encouraging us to imagine the next great catastrophes, for the sake of preventing them San Francisco Chronicle Datebook

During the month of March, those various successes and episodes of resilience have culminated into a live-reading series the shop will host to highlight recent works from mostly local authors.Bookshop West Portal has some incredible live events lined up!  Hoodline

In fiction and nonfiction, memoir and essay, women writers have used wit and humour to explore serious subjects, tell a great story, or just get some good laughs.The funniest women in literature according to  Book Riot
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About Litquake
Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city's music, film, and cultural festivals. 2022 Dates: Oct. 6-22. www.litquake.org

Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Alta Magazine, Amazon Literary Partnerships, California Arts Council, California College of the Arts, California Humanities, Center for the Art of Translation, City National Bank, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Grants for the Arts, HarperOne, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Mary A Crocker Trust, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, Mystery Writers of America, Northern California Chapter, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Bernard Osher Foundation, Poetry Foundation, San Francisco Public Library, Swinerton Family Fund, University of San Francisco's MFA Program, Yerba Buena Community Benefit District, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Zellerbach Foundation. Individual Giving: Jared Bhatti, Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown, Margaret and Will Hearst, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy, Craig Newmark, and Nicole Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson. Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7, KQED, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.

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