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Saturday, October 10
 

6:00pm PDT

Literary Speakeasy Presents: Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies
Saturday October 10, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
The Stud
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Co-presented with The Stud

Literary Speakeasy returns to Litquake for another hysterical evening of Bay Area drag superstars putting on their reading glasses to celebrate the most scandalous, most outrageous, and most ridiculous celebrity memoirs and autobiographies! From Real Housewives to Hollywood legends, no book or celebrity is off limits for Fagatha Christie, Lisa Frankenstein, Vanilla Meringue, Piranha Psychotronica, BeBe Sweetbriar, and Laundra Thyme. Come join your hosts James J. Siegel and Elsa Touche for an evening of laughs, queer camp, and prizes! Doors at 5:30pm. 
Speakers
avatar for Fagatha Christie

Fagatha Christie

Tighe Flatley is the creative force behind Fagatha Christie, the literary drag queen, who hosts the Bay Area’s popular Fagatha Christie's Book Club drag show and book matchmaking event. He’s an internationally published, award-winning writer whose fiction has appeared in The MacGuffin... Read More →
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avatar for Lisa Frankenstein
avatar for Vanilla Meringue

Vanilla Meringue

Vanilla Meringue is the bubbly and bodacious alter-ego of make-up artist, Vanilla King. She is proud to be a trans woman and a drag queen. Vanilla can be spotted performing around the Bay Area in stage shows like Harry Poofter, Dragcula, and Jurassic Park! You can find her @vanillameringue... Read More →
avatar for Elsa Touche

Elsa Touche

Beloved San Francisco drag queen Elsa Touche is a former winner of the Ms. California Gold Pageant and was voted San Francisco's "favorite drag queen" by the readers of the San Francisco Weekly newspaper in 2020. She is a host of the legendary Monster Show, the Castro District's longest-running... Read More →
avatar for Piranha Psychotronica

Piranha Psychotronica

Piranha Psychotronica is a San Francisco-based transfeminine genderqueer filmmaker, film programmer, theater artist, writer, and performer. She is best known for creating and producing the stage show series “Select Thine Own Journey” (called a “must-see” by SF Gate) and f... Read More →
avatar for BeBe Sweetbriar

BeBe Sweetbriar

San Francisco-based drag star, also known as “Mother Dust” and “The Drag Queen of Jurassic Park” because of her 20 years of drag performance, BeBe Sweetbriar has graced every notable stage in the Bay Area and many stages around the world including Hong Kong, China and Panama City, Panama. BeBe is 2016 Drag Entertainer of the Year & NITEY Awards Most Notable Drag Queen, and 2007 Miss Gay SF & 2013 SF Pride Community Grand Marshal. BeBe i... Read More →
avatar for James J. Siegel

James J. Siegel

James J. Siegel is a San Francisco-based poet and arts organizer. For the past 11 years, he has been the
host and curator of the monthly Literary Speakeasy show at Martuni’s piano bar, which brings together
Bay Area authors, poets, and songwriters for an evening of words and mart... Read More →
Saturday October 10, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
The Stud 1123 Folsom St, San Francisco
  Performance
 
Wednesday, October 14
 

7:30pm PDT

Trading Pages: A Poetry/Fiction Exchange
Wednesday October 14, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Make-Out Room
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$12 adv / $15 door

Yin and yang? Or oil and water? Join us for this special, hopefully amicable exchange between fiction writers and poets…and no, they are not the unwitting subjects of an elaborate bet. This summer, Zach Williams traded pages with Judy Halebsky, Vanessa Hua with Dean Rader, and Kate Folk with Cintia Santana. Join us as these writers come together to read and respond in appreciation and celebration of each other’s narrative arcs and line breaks. Moderated by Litquake Artistic Director Graham Todd. Doors at 6:30pm.

Moderators
avatar for Graham Todd

Graham Todd

Graham Todd is a fiction writer and the Artistic Director of Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival. He studied literature and religion at Stanford and received his MFA from Bowling Green. His writing has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Southampton Review, Notre Dame Review, Epiphany... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Kate Folk

Kate Folk

Kate Folk is the author of the novel Sky Daddy, which received the California Book Awards’ Silver Medal in Fiction and has been longlisted for The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her story collection... Read More →
avatar for Judy Halebsky

Judy Halebsky

Judy Halebsky is the author of three poetry collections, including Sky=Empty which won the New Issues Prize. At Dominican University of California, she directs the MFA program and teaches courses in poetry and live storytelling. A fan of urban hikes, walking as transportation, and... Read More →
avatar for Cintia Santana

Cintia Santana

Cintia Santana is a poet, translator, and interdisciplinary artist. Her debut poetry collection, The Disordered Alphabet (Four Way Books, 2023) received the 43rd Annual Northern California Book Award in Poetry, the 2024 IPPY Bronze Medal, the 2023 North American Book Award's Silver... Read More →
avatar for Dean Rader

Dean Rader

Dean Rader is a San Francisco-based poet, essayist, translator and critic. He has authored or co-authored 14 books. His debut collection of poems, Works & Days, won the 2010 T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize. His 2014 collection Landscape Portrait Figure Form was named by The Barnes & Noble... Read More →
avatar for Vanessa Hua

Vanessa Hua

Vanessa Hua is a nationally bestselling author of Coyoteland, A River of Stars and Forbidden City, and story collection Deceit and Other Possibilities, a New York Times Editors’ Pick. A National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, she has also received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, a California Arts Council Fellowship, and a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing, as well as... Read More →
avatar for Zach Williams

Zach Williams

Zach Williams' debut short story collection, Beautiful Days, was a New Yorker Best Book of 2024, a finalist for the 2025 California Book Award for First Fiction, and longlisted for the 2025 PEN / Robert W. Bingham Prize. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, ... Read More →
Wednesday October 14, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco
  Performance
 
Thursday, October 15
 

6:00pm PDT

for colored girls who considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf 50th Anniversary
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts
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FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Ntozake Shange’s famed choropoem for colored girls who considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. First performed at the women’s bar Bacchanal right here in Albany before becoming the second play by a Black woman to run on Broadway,  for colored girls is a series of poetic monologues accompanied by dance movements and music. To honor Shange’s legacy, join amalee b., Briana Grogan, Jaine, Mukethe Kawinzi, Erica Lewis, Carl Nickolas, and Wendy M. Thompson. Curated by London Pinkney as they weave the work together. Doors at 5:30pm.
Speakers
avatar for Briana Grogan

Briana Grogan

Briana Grogan (she/they) is a Black queer femme poet from Southern California. She received her MFA in Poetry from Mills College and was a 2025 Lambda Literary Fellow and Rosemary’s House Fellow, as well as a 2023 grant recipient of the San Francisco Arts Commission. Their poetry... Read More →
avatar for Jaine

Jaine

Jaine is an Afro feminine futurist completing her final year of her MFA program at San Francisco State, as an Editor in Chief for 14 Hills: the SFSU Review. Her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry seek to explore ghosts, the outer universe, and the strange-complicated existence of love... Read More →
avatar for London Pinkney

London Pinkney

London Pinkney is a writer and the editor-in-chief of The Ana. She is currently working on her debut essay collection that explores the history & culture of Black Californians.
avatar for Mukethe Kawinzi

Mukethe Kawinzi

Mukethe Kawinzi is a trans shepherd and land steward working at the intersection of the pastoral, modern negritude, queer identity, and contemporary rural life. He has farmed in sustainable and organic agriculture for six years, with a focus on small ruminants, artisanal cheesemaking, non-violent livest... Read More →
avatar for Wendy M. Thompson

Wendy M. Thompson

Wendy M. Thompson is a poet, writer, and scholar who hails from Oakland, California. Her debut poetry collection Black California Gold maps out life in the Bay Area during the 1980s and 1990s and was a finalist for the 2025 Martin Cruz Smith Award: Emerging Diverse Voices prize... Read More →
avatar for amalee b.

amalee b.

amalee b. (they/she) works across experimental writing, painting, installation, and the curatorial. Currently, they facilitate a monthly poetry workshop inspired by the Black Radical Tradition at The Sanctuary in Oakland. Amalee’s practice is motivated by the principle that we should... Read More →
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts 1175 Folsom St, San Francisco
  Performance, FREE
 
Friday, October 16
 

8:15pm PDT

Generation Women: Wins & Losses
Friday October 16, 2026 8:15pm - 9:45pm PDT
The Lost Church
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$25 / $3 early bird discount until October 11th (code earlybird15)

Co-presented with Generation Women

We’re pleased to once again welcome Generation Women, a live multigenerational storytelling series. One woman or nonbinary performer in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s+ will share an original true story on the theme of “Wins & Losses,” whether personal, professional, psychological, or completely enigmatic. Founded by author Georgia Clark in New York City in 2017, the mission of Generation Women is to amplify underheard voices and create space for intergenerational connection and community. Featuring S.C. Bandreddi, Alexandra Romanoff, Kate Schatz, Bora Reed, Dashka Slater, and Sandra Jackson-Opoku. Hosted by writer, editor, and curator Samantha Schoech. Doors at 7:30pm.

Moderators
avatar for Samantha Schoech

Samantha Schoech

Samantha Schoech is a staff writer at NYT Wirecutter. Her debut book My Mother’s Boyfriends has been called “witty,” “feral,” and “acutely observed.” She first brought Generation Women to San Francisco in 2022. She lives by the beach in San Francisco with her bookish family... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Alexandra Romanoff

Alexandra Romanoff

Alexandra Romanoff is a journalist, a cultural critic, and the author of the 831 Stories’s Big Fan series. She’s also written three novels (under Zan Romanoff), most recently LOOK, which O: The Oprah Magazine called “one of the LGBTQ books that will change the literary land... Read More →
avatar for Sandra Jackson-Opoku

Sandra Jackson-Opoku

Sandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of three award-winning novels. The River Where Blood is Born won the American Library Association Black Caucus Award. Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him was an Essence Magazine Bestseller in Hardcover Fiction. Savvy Summers and the Sweet Pot... Read More →
avatar for S.C. Bandreddi

S.C. Bandreddi

S.C. Bandreddi hails from California’s Bay Area, where she grew up scribbling stories deep into the night and hasn’t stopped since. When she’s not putting words on paper, she’s usually gaming, rewatching her favorite movies, or at an arcade trying to win as many plushies as she can. She... Read More →
avatar for Kate Schatz

Kate Schatz

Kate Schatz is a feminist author, educator, and public speaker. She's the New York Times–bestselling author of the Rad Women book series; the novel Where the Girls Were; the 33 ⅓ book Rid of Me: A Story; and Do the Work: An Anti-Racist Activity Book, co-written with W. Kamau Bell. She lives in the Bay Area with her wife, three children, and pets. In all she does, Kate is committed to sharing radical histories that shine light on the marginalized people who've truly made America (and the world) great: the people of color, the immig... Read More →
avatar for Bora Lee Reed

Bora Lee Reed

Bora Lee Reed has an MFA in creative writing from Warren Wilson College and an MA in theology from the Graduate Theological Union. She was a 2023 Reese's Book Club LitUp Fellow. She lives and works in Berkeley, CA.
avatar for Dashka Slater

Dashka Slater

New York Times–bestselling author Dashka Slater has been described as a “triple threat” for her success in journalism, adult fiction, and children’s literature. The author of many books of fiction and nonfiction for children, teenagers, and adults, her work has been translated into more than fifteen languages and has sold... Read More →
Friday October 16, 2026 8:15pm - 9:45pm PDT
The Lost Church 988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco
  Performance
 
Wednesday, October 21
 

6:00pm PDT

Rapture: the art that moves us
Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts
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FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation

An interactive evening of poetry, music, drumming, and call-and-response performance where audiences are invited to clap, sing, sway, and become part of the rhythm. Rapture transforms the reading into a collective, full-body experience of sound, movement, and shared energy. Featuring poets and performers BB Brown, Trinh Lê, Sun Park, Matt Pacelli, Kimi Sugioka, and Joe Wadlington. Curated by London Pinkney. Doors at 5:30pm. 
Moderators
avatar for London Pinkney

London Pinkney

London Pinkney is a writer and the editor-in-chief of The Ana. She is currently working on her debut essay collection that explores the history & culture of Black Californians.
Speakers
avatar for Kimi Sugioka

Kimi Sugioka

Kimi Sugioka is a poet, songwriter, and educator. She is the current Poet Laureate for the City of Alameda, a post that includes creating platforms for the presentation of a diverse variety of poets and spoken-word artists. Kimi also performs her own work frequently throughout the... Read More →
avatar for Joe Wadlington

Joe Wadlington

Joe Wadlington is a San Francisco writer, events producer, and drag queen. His writing has been published in the New Yorker, Vox, The San Francisco Chronicle, and the recent collection The Dreams I Dream: Letters to San Francisco. As his drag persona, Jubilee, he hosts the m... Read More →
avatar for Trinh Lê

Trinh Lê

Trinh Lê is a Pushcart-nominated poet of Vietnamese origin. They received the 2025 Black Mountain College Award from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics and were a finalist for the 2024 Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize. As a community archivist at the Bay Area Lesbian Arch... Read More →
avatar for Matt Pacelli

Matt Pacelli

Matt Pacelli is a fast casual restaurant chain specializing in warm, deli-style sandwiches anchored by his preservative-free sourdough bread made with a traditional San Francisco starter.
avatar for Sun Park

Sun Park

Sun Park is a visual artist and writer based in San Francisco whose work is informed by their upbringing and departure from the white Protestant church, current study of saju (Korean astrology), and love of the ocean and other Bay Area landscapes. Sun is a current Creative in Resident... Read More →
Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts 1175 Folsom St, San Francisco
  Performance, FREE

6:30pm PDT

Kearny Street Workshop presents APAture Literary Showcase
Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Arc Gallery
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$15

APAture, the only festival to put the focus on emerging Asian Pacific American artists, returns from Oct. 17th to Dec. 12th for its 27th year. This year's theme, GENERATION, turns our focus toward what we inherit, what we cultivate, and what we pass on—seeding growth for the future health of our communities while honoring the artistic lineages that have brought us to this moment. As we consider what the next generation of artists will hold and shape, we celebrate creative inheritance as an active, collective practice, one that bridges past, present, and future through art. What do you carry forward, and what will you leave behind? This year's literary showcase features writers Alyson Sagala, Bianca Datta, Brandon Vu, Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, Mai-Linh Hong, May-Li Khoe, Monica Korde, Neha M. Sampat, Rose Wong, and Vina Vo. Doors at 6:00pm. 
Speakers
avatar for Alyson Sagala

Alyson Sagala

Alyson Sagala is a writer from San Jose, CA currently based in Mendocino County. She has received support from the Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference, Kearny Street Workshop, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Writers Grotto. She is currently working on her first novel.
avatar for Bianca Datta

Bianca Datta

Bianca Datta (she/her) grew up in Maryland and has lived in San Francisco for the past four years. Formally, she trained as a scientist (studying the colors of butterfly wings) and now works on sustainable foods. She is a 2026 Fellow of the Writer's Grotto Rooted and Written program... Read More →
avatar for Brandon Vu

Brandon Vu

Brandon Vu is an educator in the Bay Area. He was a season 22 member of AWP’s Writer-to-Writer Program and was a finalist for the 2025 Goldline Press Chapbook Competition. Additionally, he was a finalist for the 2026 Robert Phillips Poetry Chapbook Prize. His work has appeared in... Read More →
avatar for Leslie V. Nguyen-Okwu

Leslie V. Nguyen-Okwu

Leslie V. Nguyen-Okwu is a Vietnamese Nigerian American writer and journalist with bylines in The New York Times, BBC, National Geographic, The Economist, and Harper's Bazaar. She has received fellowships and residencies from the Aspen Institute’s Summer Words, Hedgebrook, Tin House... Read More →
avatar for Mai-Linh Hong

Mai-Linh Hong

Mai-Linh Hong is a Vietnamese American refugee poet and literary scholar. Her debut poetry collection, Continental Drift, won the 2025 Trio Award and was published by Trio House Press in July 2026. Poems appear or are forthcoming in Waxwing, Ploughshares, Copper Nickel, Wildness... Read More →
avatar for May-Li Khoe

May-Li Khoe

May-Li Khoe (they/she) is a queer interdisciplinary artist, designer, and writer, born in the Netherlands to Chinese-Indonesian immigrant parents and raised in Vancouver, Canada. In the past, she invented new ways for people and computers to interact, many of which you probably use... Read More →
avatar for Monica Korde

Monica Korde

Monica Korde is a poet and artist from India based in California. She served as Poet Laureate of Belmont (2021–2025) and is the city’s first South Asian immigrant to hold the role. Founder of Project POETRY 360, Monica centers the voices of bipoc, queer, youth, and immigrant artists... Read More →
avatar for Neha M. Sampat

Neha M. Sampat

As a besharam (shameless) brown, queer, disabled woman, Neha M. Sampat centers life on multiple margins through her speaking, writing, creating, and acting up. Their poetry, essays, insight, and art are featured in values-aligned publications and exhibits including The B'K Magazine... Read More →
avatar for Rose Wong

Rose Wong

Rose Wong is Chinese writer and journalist from Hong Kong and Vancouver, Canada and a MFA in Creating Writing candidate at St. Mary’s College of California. Her writing has appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine, Cordella Magazine, Pile Press, the Oregonian, and the Tampa Bay Times... Read More →
avatar for Vina Vo

Vina Vo

Vina Vo is a storyteller, facilitator, and organizer who bridges the cultural and geographic divide caused by displacement and diaspora. Her professional and community work revolve around creating and nurturing communities of belonging through storytelling, interactive learning experiences... Read More →
Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Arc Gallery 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco
  Performance
 
Saturday, October 24
 

5:00pm PDT

Lit Crawl SF
Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Multiple Locations
FREE, $10-15 suggested donation

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl SF brings together authors and fans of all ages for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event!

Full schedule comes out 9/24 at litquake.org/litcrawl


Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Multiple Locations Mission District, San Francisco
  Performance, FREE
 

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