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Dispatches From The City of Awe: Free Reading (SF Main Library)

SFCWI(San Francisco Creative Writing Institute) invites local writers, including recent graduates from San Francisco’s MFA programs, to join us for a literary social to kick off our Dispatches From the City of Awe Project
What we bring: some great local headliners, light refreshments, and a stage at SFPL’s Main Branch, a listening booth to record your San Francisco stories.
What you bring: stories and poems about how much you love living in San Francisco.
4:30-5:30 pm Mingling & Refreshments
5:30-7:30 pm READING
100 Larkin Street
Latino/Hispanic Room
FREE
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Want to be one of our featured performers? Send a bio (100 words or less), a headshot, and a short description of what you might read to dispatches@sfwriting.institute
Want to submit a piece for our Dispatches From the City of Awe blog? https://dispatchesfromthecityofawe.com

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*This event is funded by Svane's Foundation and SFCA in collaboration with San Francisco Creative Writing Institute
Categories: *Top Pick*, Community, In Person, Literature

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