Bay Area literary events, April 4
SundayBarry Kraft
Shakespeare Insult Generator. 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Lorrie Moore
Bark. 7:30 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. (831) 423-0900.MondayLorrie Moore, Mona Simpson
Bark and Casebook. 7:30 p.m. Nourse Auditorium, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 469-4780.Brigid Schulte
Overwhelmed. 7 p.m. Books Inc., 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. (650) 321-0600.Ali H. Soufan
The Black Banners. 7 p.m. World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., Second Floor, S.F. (415) 293-4600.Biz Stone
Things a Little Bird Told Me. 6:30 p.m. $10-$35. Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market St., S.F. (415) 597-6705.TuesdayEd Attanasio
Bushers. 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020.Pete Hautman
Klaatu Diskos. 4 p.m. Copperfields Books, 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma. (707) 762-0563.Judy Maher, Kayla Sussell, Diana Arnold, Jim Bernard, Fred Dodsworth, Wilfred Galila, Tomas Moniz
The authors will read from their works. 7:30 p.m. Moes Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. (510) 849-2087.Nikki McClure
Collect Raindrops. 6:30 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Kristin Ohlson
The Soil Will Save Us. 7 p.m. Copperfields Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. (707) 823-2618.Mary Roach
Gulp. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Beth Shapiro
Extracting DNA. 7:30 p.m. Nourse Auditorium, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 469-4780.Ben Tarnoff
The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature. 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1760 4th St., Berkeley. (510) 525-7777.Ayelet Waldman
Love & Treasure. 7 p.m. Books Inc., 1375 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame. (650) 685-4911.WednesdayJared Diamond
Guns, Germs, and Steel. 7 p.m. $8-$15. Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market St., S.F. (415) 597-6705.Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez
Everyone Wants to Be Me or Do Me. 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688.Gina Frangello, Kate Milliken, Michelle Richmond
A Life In Men, If Id Known You Were Coming and Golden State. 7:30 p.m. Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., S.F. (415) 931-3633.Michael Lewis
Flash Boys. 7:30 p.m. Nourse Auditorium, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 469-4780.T.V. Paul
The Warrior State. 7 p.m. World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., Second Floor, S.F. (415) 293-4600.Jeremy Rifkin
The Zero Marginal Cost Society. 6 p.m. $7-$20. Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market St., S.F. (415) 597-6705.Mary Roach
Gulp. 7 p.m. Copperfields Books, 138 N. Main St., Sebastopol. (707) 823-2618.Jennifer Sattler
Pig Kahuna Pirates! 5 p.m. Books Inc., 1344 Park St., Alameda. (510) 522-2226.Michelle Theall
Teaching the Cat to Sit. 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020.ThursdayColman Andrews
My Unusual Table. 6 p.m. Book Passage, One Ferry Building, S.F. (415) 835-1020.Ann Brashares
The Here and Now. 6 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Arlo Crawford
A Farm Dies Once a Year. 7:30 p.m. Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F. (415) 863-8688.Emma Donoghue
Frog Music, with musical accompaniment. 12 p.m. Alexander Book Co., 50 Second St., S.F. (415) 495-2992.Emma Donoghue
Frog Music. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Iris Jahaml Dunkle
Gold Passage. 6 p.m. Copperfields Books, 2316 Montgomery Dr., Santa Rosa. (707) 578-8938.Carla Hall
Carlas Comfort Foods. 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712. www.omnivorebooks.com.Tony Kushner
Angels in America. 7:30 p.m. Nourse Auditorium, 275 Hayes St., S.F. (415) 469-4780.Matt Taibbi
The Divide. 6:30 p.m. $10-$45. Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market St., S.F. (415) 597-6705.Marty Brounstein
Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust. 7 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St. Members $12, public $15. (415) 292-1233.FridayKate Ascher
The Way to Go. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Beth Howard
Ms. American Pie. 6:30 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712.SaturdayJoe Cross
The Reboot with Joe Juice Diet. 1 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Jed Diamond
Stress Relief For Men. 4 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.William Goodson
The Blue-Eyed Girl. 7 p.m. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960.Michael Ruhlman
Egg. 3 p.m. Omnivore Books, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F. (415) 282-4712.Deborah Underwood
Here Comes The Easter Cat. 4 p.m. Books Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View. (650) 428-1234.Writers With Drinks
Featuring Eileen Gunn, April Sinclair, Caitlin Donohue, Nona Caspers and Siouxsie Q. 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. Make-out Room, 3225 22nd St., S.F. (415) 647-2888.