Lit Crawl San Francisco: Full Schedule

5:00pm PDT

Bay Area Reporter's Prime Numbers

At the 11th annual Bay Area Reporter reading at Martuni's, host/author Jim Provenzano welcomes writers Erika Atkinson, Iris Bloomfield, Vernon Keeve III, and Alan Lessik. Enjoy a tasty cocktail and enticing prose.

Authors

Vernon Keeve III

Vernon Keeve III is a high school English and history teacher for the Oakland Unified School District. His book of poetry and rants Conversations with a Southern Migrant was published by Nomadic Press in spring 2016

Alan Lessik

Author of The Troubleseeker

Alan Lessik is a novelist, writer, zen practitioner, amateur figure skater, LGBT activist and member of the National Writers Union. His debut novel, The Troubleseeker, was a finalist for Publishing Triangle's 2017 LGBTQ Fiction Award. Critics have compared his writing to Gabriel Garcia... Read More →

Jim Provenzano

Jim Provenzano is the author of the novels Now I'm Here, PINS, Monkey Suits, Cyclizen, the 2012 Lambda Literary Award winner Every Time I Think of You, its sequel Message of Love (a Lammy finalist), and the stage adaptation of PINS. His short fiction collection, Forty Wild Crushes... Read More →

Erika Atkinson

ERIKA ATKINSON was born into a family of penurious Russian Mennonite immigrants on the prairies of central Canada, in southern Manitoba. Having little interest in formal higher education, she instead began preparing to join the Canadian Foreign Service,which brought her to Washington... Read More →

Iris Bloomfield

Iris Bloomfield is an artist and educator from Berkeley, CA. Her writing is concerned with transsexuality, body horror, theology, and trauma. She has been published in sPARKLE & bLINK, Haverthorn, and Matchbox Magazine, with a forthcoming piece in Erase the Patriarchy: an Anthology... Read More →

Saturday October 19, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Phase 1, Venue: Wheelchair Accessible

ADA Accessibility Wheelchair Accessible
Age Restrictions 21+

6:30pm PDT

Writing Salon Interactive

Come feel the spirit of the Writing Salon's popular Round Robin class, with featured readings and an interactive writing activity on postcards which the Writing Salon will mail. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE RELOCATED FROM THE VENUE LISTED IN THE PROGRAM AND ON THE MAP. This event is now located at Martuni's.

Authors

Kevin Dublin

Academic Success Manager & TA, Kickstart Coding

Kevin Dublin is author of the chapbook How to Fall in Love in San Diego and editor of Etched Press. He has been the recipient of fellowships and awards from the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, North Carolina Poetry Society, and more. He enjoys making video adaptations... Read More →

Elaine Beale

Teacher, The Writing Salon

Elaine Beale has published two novels, the most recent of which, Another Life Altogether, was featured in Oprah Magazine and received praise from the Boston Globe, Lambda Literary, and Publishers Weekly, among others. Elaine was the winner of the 2007 Poets & Writers California Writers... Read More →

Andy Touhy

Fiction Instructor, The Writing Salon

Andy Touhy, a recipient of the San Francisco Browning Society's Dramatic Monologue Award and Fourteen Hills' Bambi Holmes Fiction Prize, is also a nominee for inclusion in Best New American Voices. In 2016 his story manuscript, The Secret of Mayo, was named the finalist for BOA Editions... Read More →

Rob Williams

Rob Williams teaches Creative Writing and English at Skyline College and writing workshops on The Lyric Essay, Short Story, and Writing Through Transitions at The Writing Salon in San Francisco. In addition he has led writing workshops at San Diego Writers Ink on flash fiction and... Read More →

Saturday October 19, 2019 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Phase 2

ADA Accessibility Wheelchair Accessible