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Notable NYC: 2/10–2/16
Saturday 2/10: Sophia La Fraga, Richard Kennedy, Monica de la Torre, and Keijaun Thomas join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 2/11: Alanna Schubach, Paul Cohen, Paul Florez, Abigail...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 11/28–12/4
Wednesday 11/28: Tired of high childcare costs, harsh employment policies, no paid family leave, and no dependable working hours? Alissa Quart will be discussing Squeezed, her book of close-up...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 1/9–1/15
Wednesday 1/9: Gigi Pandian, bestselling author of the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mysteries, will be reading from her newest book, The Accidental Alchemist. Book Passage Ferry Building in San Francisco...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 2/13–2/19
Wednesday 2/13: Reema Zaman will be reading from I Am Yours, her debut memoir that Cheryl Strayed called, “Tender, fierce, compassionate, and wise.” Green Apple Books on the Park in San Francisco at...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 4/3–4/9
Wednesday 4/3: Have lunch with last week’s Local Book Pick author! Meredith May will be reading from The Honey Bus at this literary luncheon. Orinda Books in Orinda at 11:30 a.m. ($20, tickets...
View ArticleNotable Los Angeles: 6/3–6/9
Monday 6/3: Amanda Stern discusses Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life, in conversation with Lisa Edelstein. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore. Tuesday 6/4: Jason Turbow discusses and signs...
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What to Read When You’re Grieving
For nearly two decades, I’ve claimed that reading grief memoirs was purely “research” for my own book. Only now, after finally publishing The Goodbye Diaries: A Mother-Daughter Memoir last month, can I...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 11/27–11/3
Thursday 11/28: Happy Thanksgiving from Notable SF! Friday 11/29: Tom Brokaw will be discussing (and signing) his new book, The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate. Book Passage Ferry...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 12/4–12/10
Wednesday 12/4: Dave Eggers will be reading from The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment. Book Passage Ferry Building in San Francisco at 6 p.m. Michael Frank will be discussing his new novel, What...
View ArticleNotable San Francisco: 3/4–3/10
Wednesday 3/4: One Book at a Time, an artist’s book collecting salon series especially for beginners, with Mary Austin, is at San Francisco Center for the Book at 6 p.m. Javad Djavahery is in...
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