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SF's Literary Festival

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Poet John Shoptaw reading at Poetic Tuesday today. Thanks to all poets and to Yerba Buena Gardens Festival! (at Jessie Square)

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Thank you! #litquake #sf #literaryfestival

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Commemorate Oakland native Jack London at this year's #OaklandBookFestival. Presented by Litquake, four experts will explore London's literary legacy and what it teaches us about literature, art, and the issues we face today. For more information and other #OaklandBookFestival events, visit oaklandbookfestival.org

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A little #EdwardLear to help you celebrate #NationalLimerickDay 👨🏽

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Join Litquake co-founder Jack Bouleware in conversation with Frances Stroh about her debut book Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss. Event followed by book sales and signings. Register today! (Link in bio). Monday, May 9th, 7:30 PM $15 #litquake #litquakeepicenter #sfevents #authorevent #authorsinconversation #sf #memoir #writerscommunity (at Alamo Drafthouse San Francisco)

[teenageers]

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[observando]

Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.

William Golding (via observando)

[literature]

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery

Anaïs Nin (via literature)

[literature]

I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed (via literature)

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"Or maybe truth's not the right word, because we also get their misapprehensions and rationalizations. But we get what they believe to be true." Only 8 tickets remaining for Litquake's Master Class Mixer: Tom Barbash "The Craft of the Short Story" April 30th, 1-4 PM litquake.org/events #litquake #sfevents #authorevents #masterclassmixer #tombarbash (at Mechanics Institute)

[hammennys]

What literature can do is describe felt experience, the flickering, bewildered places that people actually inhabit.

Maggie Nelson (via hammennys)

[literatureismyutopia]

In celebration of Charlotte Brontë’s 200th birthday (born April 21st, 1816), here are some of my favorite Jane Eyre covers.

[the-final-sentence]

Lift up your dark heart and sing a song about how time drifts past you like the gentlest, almost imperceptible breeze.

Jim Harrison, from “Cold Poem” (via the-final-sentence)

[litquake]

Master Class Mixer: "The Craft of the Short Story" This Saturday, April 30th from 1-4 PM, join award-winning short story writer Tom Barbash as he imparts wisdom on how to write an impactful piece of short fiction. This three-hour seminar will conclude in a wine reception with the author. Register today at litquake.org/events #litquake #sfevents #masterclassmixer #sf (at Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room)

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Submissions are still open for Litquake's 2016 Festival and Lit Crawl! Finish your final edits, follow the link in our bio, and submit before May 1st to be considered. Good luck! #litquake #litcrawl #litcrawlsf #sf #sfevents #literaryfestivals #literarycontest #agathachristie

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Does your YA novel need a little inspiration? Join best-selling YA author Nina LaCour this Saturday, April 16th, from 1-4 PM for an intensive writing seminar set to provide you with the strategies and techniques to find the heart of your works in progress. Hurry, only 9 tickets remaining! Register today at litquake.org #masterclassmixer #litquake #litquake2016 #sfevents (at Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room)