Word and Performance

Jeff Bell
Reading from Rewind, Replay, Repeat. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Jacqueline Berger
Reading from The Mythologies of Danger. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Melodie Bowsher
Reading from My Lost and Found Life. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Marie Brenner
Vanity Fair correspondent Marie Brenner in conversation with KQED-FM's Cynthia Gorney.

Michael Cadnum
Reading from The King's Arrow. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Cave Canem
An afternoon of poetry reading and spoken word performances by African-American authors.

Cheers To Muses
Readings by contemporary Asian American Women. From the recently published "Cheers to Muses."

Lindsey Crittenden
Reading from The Water Will Hold You. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Family as History
Readings from the 2008 Irish-American Festival, featuring Daniel Tobin.

The Gasmen
Seven-piece band performing at the 2008 Irish-American Festival.

Philip Kan Gotanda
Philip Kan Gotanda in conversation with Chloe Veltman, discussing his creative process and his most recent play, "After the War."

E. Lynn Harris
Reading from Basketball Jones

Jack Hirschman
The poet laureate of San Francisco reads from his newest collection, "All That's Left."

Josh Kornbluth
The Josh Kornbluth Show

Wendy Lichtman
Reading from Do the Math. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Toni Mirosevich
Reading from The Rooms We Make Our Own. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Malin Alegria Ramirez
Reading from Estrella’s Quinceñera. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Role of Women in Afghanistan
Sunday, November 16 panel discussion

Kay Ryan
United States Poet Laureate Kay Ryan reads 6 poems at SFPL. Introduced by John Y. Cole, Director, the Center for the Book, Library of Congress.

Julia Scheeres
Reading from Jesus Land. Part of Litquake '07: Off the Richter Scale.

Lalita Tademy
Lalita Tademy discusses her book "Cane River" with Scott Shafer of KQED-FM. "Cane River" was the library's selection for the One City One Book program in 2007.

Gail Tsukiyama
Gail reads from "The Samurai’s Garden," explains how it was written and answers questions from the audience.