Poetry and readings in San Francisco in December 2026: what’s on?

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

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  Dec 2 · 6 PM

  Michael Mondavi Biography Book Launch—Deals Drama Drive: Michael Mondavi and the Making of Napa Valley

  Michael Mondavi

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

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  $35

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Dec 2 · 7 PM

  "I Was There Before: Stories Without Names" - a reading by Esmail Rahimian

  Bird & Beckett Books & Records · Glen Park

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  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Thursday, December 3, 2026

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  Dec 3 · 6:30 PM

  Melissa Clark Author Talk • The Big Book of Dinner: Recipes and Rules (and How to Break Them)

  Melissa Clark

  Omnivore Books on Food · Noe Valley

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Friday, December 4, 2026

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  Dec 4 · 10 AM

  Rencontre littéraire avec Charlotte Attry: Le brasier

  Charlotte Attry

  Alliance Française de San Francisco · Polk Gulch

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  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Dec 4 · 6 PM

  PEN 2 POWER

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Dec 4 · 6 PM

  Venture Philanthropy Leader Jim Bildner: Turning Hope Into Action

  Jim Bildner

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

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  $15

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Dec 4 · 7 PM

  FF in SF: A Celebration of 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace

  The Lab · Mission District

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Saturday, December 5, 2026

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  Dec 5 · 1 PM

  Rosanna Xia in conversation with Marina Psaros

  Rosanna Xia

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Sunday, December 6, 2026

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  Dec 6 · 2 PM

  Joan Steinau Lester in Conversation with Jewelle Gomez

  Joan Steinau Lester

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Monday, December 7, 2026

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  Dec 7 · 5:30 PM

  Nicholas Bagley: How Legal Reformers Accidentally Broke America

  Nicholas Bagley

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

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  $25

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Dec 7 · 6 PM

  Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals about Food, Diet, Health and Eating Well

  Daniel Lieberman

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

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  $22

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

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  Dec 8 · 6 PM

  Elizabeth Svoboda in conversation with Sweta Chawla

  Elizabeth Svoboda

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Dec 8 · 7 PM

  Conundrum Chronicles (A StorySlam): You Don't Know Me!

  Fred Brill · Keith Lowell Jensen

  The Marsh San Francisco · Mission District

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  $10–$25

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Thursday, December 10, 2026

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  Dec 10 · 3 PM

  Arion Press Public Tour

  Arion Press · Marina

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  $15

  ✓ Going ★ Interested
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  Dec 10 · 6 PM

  Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates November Dance Shirt

  Kim Shuck

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

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  Free

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  Dec 10 · 7:30 PM

  Jack Crimmens, Melissa Eleftherion & Bill Vartnaw - Taurean Horn Poets

  Bird & Beckett Books & Records · Glen Park

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  Dec 10 · 7:30 PM

  Marlon James, co-presented with Litquake, in conversation with Shereen Marisol Meraji

  Marlon James · Shereen Marisol Meraji

  Sydney Goldstein Theater · Hayes Valley

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  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Sunday, December 13, 2026

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  Dec 13 · 2 PM

  Susanna Kwan, Awake in the Floating City

  Susanna Kwan

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Monday, December 14, 2026

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  Dec 14 · 6 PM

  Out of the Darkness: Rediscovering Classic Swedish Literature

  David Katznelson

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

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  $25

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Tuesday, December 15, 2026

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  Dec 15

  The Moth SF StorySLAM: SECOND CHANCES 2026

  Public Works · Mission / Mid-Market

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  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

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  Dec 16 · 6 PM

  Poets on Jen Siraganian’s Everything Has Been Moved, Even The Dead

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

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  Free

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

Saturday, December 19, 2026

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  Dec 19 · 1 PM

  Arion Press Public Tour

  Arion Press · Marina

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  $15

  ✓ Going ★ Interested

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