Arts Listings

A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS --  

Yiyun Li, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. "Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.''  

Monique Truong, Sept. 24, 7 p.m. "Bitter In The Mouth.''  

6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210, www.ggpbooks.com.< 

BOOKS INC., ALAMEDA --  

Tom McCarthy, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. "C.''  

Free. Readings at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 1344 Park St.,  

Alameda. (510) 522-2226, www.booksinc.net.< 

BOOKS INC., BERKELEY --  

Dr. Linda Hawes Clever, Sept. 20, Noon. "The Fatigue  

Prescription.''  

Reese Erlich, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. "Conversations with Terrorists:  

Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence, and Empire.''  

Mae Ngai, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. "The Lucky Ones.''  

James Ellroy, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. "The Hilliker Curse: My Pursuit of  

Women.''  

Irene Butler, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. "Trekking the Globe with Mostly  

Gentle Footsteps: Twelve Countries in Twelve Months.''  

Charles Yu, Sept. 24, 7 p.m. "How To Live Safely In A Science  

Fictional Universe.''  

1760 4th Street, Berkeley. (510) 525-7777, www.booksinc.net.< 

CONCORD LIBRARY --  

Gary Bogue, Sept. 20, 7-8 p.m. "There's a Hummingbird in My  

Backyard.'' Free, no reservations required, ages 4-8.  

2900 Salvio Street, Concord. (925) 646-5455.< 

DIESEL, A BOOKSTORE --  

Brad Warner, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. "Sex, Sin & Zen.''  

Pseudonymous Bosch, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. "This Isn't What It Looks  

Like.''  

Jory John and Avery Monsen, Sept. 26, 3 p.m. "All My Friends Are  

Dead.''  

5433 College Avenue, Oakland. (510) 653-9965.< 

MRS. DALLOWAY'S --  

Claire Marcus, Sept. 19, 4 p.m. "Iona Dreaming.''  

Monique Truong, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m. "Bitter In The Mouth.''  

Mona Simpson, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m. "My Hollywood.''  

2904 College Avenue, Berkeley. (510) 704-8222.< 

OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, MAIN BRANCH --  

Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada, Sept. 19, 2-4 p.m. "Three  

Ways To Make Yourself Irresistible to Agents and Editors.''  

www.cwc-berkeley.com. 

Free. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.;  

Wednesday-Thursday, noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.-5  

p.m. 125 14th St., Oakland. (510) 238-3134, www.oaklandlibrary.org.< 

ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH --  

Isabel Wilkerson, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. "The Warmth of Other Suns.''  

114 Montecito Ave., Oakland. <