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Words & Stories Reading Series at Wetland Garden in Salesforce Park
Wednesday, October 28th from 1:00-1:30pm. Join us for a FREE lunchtime reading in the beautiful Wetlands Garden of the TJPA Salesforce Park! Linda Norton and Chris Baker will be reading from their work, come by!
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Grotto Nights at SFPL: So Good it Has to Go on a Holiday Card hosted by Britta Stromeyer and Jessica Martinez
On Tuesday, November 17th on the 1st Floor of the San Francisco Main Library at 100 Larkin Street, sometimes the best parts of the holidays are the stories we tell. In this generative class, we'll turn your most celebratory, difficult, and hilarious moments of 2026—from vacation adventures to birthday bashes—into narratives or poems that fit on a greeting card. We'll use art, music, and writing prompts to turn your holiday treasures and triumphs into literary gold. The goal is to craft compelling, joyous stories from the memories that shaped you in 2026. This class is all about having fun and creating. We'll provide blank greeting cards, pens, pencils and art supplies to make cards unique to your experience, you can also bring your own notebooks or a laptop.
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9:30-10:30am PT
Spring Write-In with Xandra Castleton
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7:00-9:00pm PT
CLASS Me, Myself, and I: Understanding Memoir with Julie Lythcott-Haims
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7:00-8:00pm PT
Spring Write-In with Laurie Ann Doyle
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6:00-8:30pm PT
Write Your Memoir: A Course in Craft
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6:00-8:30pm PT
Start from Scratch: Write a Short Story in 6 Weeks (with Lindsey Crittenden)
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6:00-8:00pm PT
Getting Started, Getting Unstuck with Kristen Cosby
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6:00-8:00pm PT
Me, Myself, and I: Understanding Memoir with Julie Lythcott-Haims
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6:00-8:00pm PT
Me, Myself, and I: Understanding Memoir with Julie Lythcott-Haims on August 19
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6:00-7:30pm PT
Grotto Nights Workshop: So Good it Has to Go on a Holiday Card hosted by Britta Stromeyer and Jessica Martinez
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6:00-7:30pm PT
EVENT Literary Salon: Spooky Storytelling
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6:00-7:30pm PT
Grotto Nights at SFPL - Jilanne Hoffman in Conversation with Leslie Kirk Campbell
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6:00-7:30pm PT
Write Your Heart Out with Britta Stromeyer
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6:00-7:00pm PT
Fall Write-In: October 28th
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5:00-7:00pm PT
Literary Salon: November 20th
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5:00-7:00pm PT
EVENT Literary Salon: Who am I really and who can I be?
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4:00-7:00pm PT
Grotto Spring Volunteer Fair
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4:00-6:00pm PT
Me, Myself, and I: Understanding Memoir with Julie Lythcott-Haims July 14
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4:00-5:00pm PT
Fall Write-In: October 20th
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2:00-5:00pm PT
Every Sentence Counts: A Hands-On Practicum
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2:00-4:00pm PT
EVENT Lit & Libations: Open House & Mixer
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12 PM to 1:30 PM PT
Litquake x Telegraph Hill Arts and Literature present: An Afternoon with Larua Dave
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12:00-1:30pm PT
Write With Image, Not Explanation (with Sabina Khan-Ibarra)
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12:00-1:30pm PT
Write Stronger Poems Through Form with Sabina Khan-Ibarra
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Fall Write-In: December 2nd
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Fall Write-In: November 18th
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Fall Write-In: October 16th
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Plan Your Novel (with Lisa Lerner)
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Spring Write-In with Kristen Cosby
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Spring Write-In with Lisa Lerner
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Spring Write-In with Lisa Lerner
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12:00-1:00pm PT
Spring Write-In with Kristen Cosby
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11:30am-1:30pm PT
The Poem As Container (with Sabina Khan-Ibarra)
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11:30am-1:30pm PT
Writing Between Forms (with Sabina Khan-Ibarra)
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11:00am-12:00pm PT
Fall Write-In: November 13th
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11:00am-12:00pm PT
Fall Write-In: November 4th
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11:00am-12:00pm PT
Spring Write-In with Sabina Khan-Ibarra
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10:30am-3:30m PT
Write a Grant-worthy Artist Statement (with Lyzette Wanzer)
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1:00-1:30pm PT
EVENT Words & Stories Reading Series at Wetland Garden in Salesforce Park
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1:00-1:30pm PT
EVENT Words & Stories Reading Series at Wetland Garden in Salesforce Park
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1:00-1:30pm PT
EVENT Words & Stories Reading Series at Wetland Garden in Salesforce Park
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1:00-1:30pm PT
EVENT Words & Stories Reading Series at Wetland Garden in Salesforce Park
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1:00-1:30pm PT
EVENT Words & Stories Reading Series at Wetland Garden in Salesforce Park
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10:00am-5:00pm PT
CLASS Strategic Submissions for Beginners with Lyzette Wanzer
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10:00am-4:30pm PT
Introduction to the Lyric Essay (with Lyzette Wanzer)
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10:00am-4:30pm PT
Under Their Skin: A One-Day Ghostwriting Workshop (with Alissa Greenberg)
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10:00am-4:00pm PT
Sin and Syntax Workshop: Grammar Brush-up for Writers (with Constance Hale)
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10:00am-4:00pm PT
Sin and Syntax Workshop: Grammar Brush-up for Writers (with Constance Hale)
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10:00am-12:00pm PT
Canva 101 for Writers
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10:00am-12:00pm PT
How to Write an Irresistible Pitch (with Lisa Lerner)
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10:00am-1:00pm PT
Unlock Your Memoir with Hybrid Structure with Grace Loh Prasad
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10:00am-1:00pm PT
Canva 101 for Writers with Grace Loh Prasad
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10:00-11:30am PT
CLASS How to Write an Irresistible Pitch with Lisa Lerner
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10:00-11:00am PT
Spring Write-In with Janine Kovac
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10:00-11:00amPT
Spring Write-In with Xandra Castleton
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Member Spotlight
Chino Lee Chung
Chino Lee Chung is a queer and trans Chinese Mexican personal essay writer, grassroots activist, and is currently working on a collection of essays that integrate his social activism with his intersectional identities. He’s a recipient of the 2024-2025 San Jose State Steinbeck Fellowship and a member of San Francisco Writers Grotto Ethics Committee and Board. He holds an MFA from the California College of Arts and San Francisco State University. His work appears in "Invitation to Joy – Writer’s Creating in Community", "Gender Queer: voices from beyond the sexual binary", "Our Family Coalition Newsletter", a featured narrator in “So Many Stars; An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color,” and served as an Assistant Fiction Editor at 14 Hills Literary Magazine.
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"You're going to the bookstore, aren't you?" with Lewis Buzbee
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Doug Henderson
Lewis Buzbee, Doug Henderson and T. K. Rex discuss the craft of books, and why we still love bookstores, even after (especially after) working at them.
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