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Telegraph Hill Arts and Literature presents writers, poets, and other artists, while giving back to the creative community and to our neighbors.

10/20/2026

Join us for the first evening in our new Indigenous Voices series — presented with Heyday — as we welcome Greg Sarris (The Last Human Bear) and Jennifer Foerster (The Maybe-Bird) for a conversation on story, land, and memory.

🗓️ Saturday, November 7 · 6:30–8:00pm
📍 Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Ave, SF
🔗 https://telhil.it/Greg-and-Jennifer

Free to attend, RSVP required to reserve your seat — this one will fill up. This gathering kicks off a season of Native American Heritage Month programming at Telegraph Hill Arts and Literature, with more conversations in this series coming later this November.

Come early, stay for the conversation, and bring a friend who loves a good story. We can't wait to see you there. 📖

10/18/2026

Telegraph Hill Arts & Literature: Truong Tran, “How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir”
by Lou Fancher

A new book by Truong Tran, “How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir” (City Lights), brings to mind a strange duo: memories of the movie, Inception, and recent articles about lone-star ticks. The 2010 film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief able to invade victims’ subconscious and steal information. He flips the game and attempts to permanently implant, not extract, an idea in his target’s brain. The tick-related troubles, especially this particular pest, are scaling up and spreading. Embedding them themselves and feeding on human hosts, scores of researchers and reporters are clamoring about alpha-gal syndrome, along with their worries about Lyme disease and questions about other conditions such as dementia that might be related to tick infestations.

How does invasive implantation relate to an American poet who, in an interview, claims his identity as an Asian, an immigrant, a q***r Brown man writing in the English language?

Read Lou's piece through the link in our bio.

10/13/2026

Litquake is in full swing! There are three events next week at . Part of Words Around the World, sponsored by
🎟️ https://telhil.it/events..

✨Oct. 20
Alain Damasio: Horde of the Counterwind

✨Oct. 21
Vigdis Hjorth: Repetition

✨Oct. 23
Carolina Pihelgas: The Cut Line

10/12/2026

Mark your calendars! We are celebrating Native American Heritage Month with three very special events. In collaboration with !!!
🎟️ https://telhil.it/events..

✨Nov. 7
Greg Sarris and Jennifer Foerster in Conversation

✨Nov. 14
Sara Calvosa Olson and Crystal Wahpepah in Conversation

✨Nov. 28
Joey Clift and Terria Smith in Conversation

10/10/2026

Five voices. One dark and delightful evening. 🗓️

Join us for Spooky Stories Night — a community reading of ghost stories, urban legends, and tales best told after dark, featuring five extraordinary Bay Area horror and speculative fiction authors: Cynthia Gómez, Loren Rhoads, Sumiko Saulson, Kristina Ten, and Tamika Thompson.

📍 Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Avenue, San Francisco
🗓️ Wednesday, October 28th at 6:30pm

RSVP isn't required, but we'd love to know you're coming. Bring a friend, bring your curiosity, and settle in for an evening built for community, curiosity, and a little bit of a chill.

Presented by Telegraph Hill Arts and Literature (telhilit.org).

10/09/2026

Litquake is here! There are two events next week at . Part of Words Around the World, sponsored by
🎟️ https://telhil.it/events..

✨Oct. 16
Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry

✨Oct. 17
Jean-Baptiste Phou: Coming Out of My Skin
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10/06/2026

Telegraph Hill Arts & Literature: Australian Ballet Oscar Review
by Lou Fancher

The Australian Ballet’s first return to Berkeley since 2014 celebrated the company’s 60th anniversary with a ravishingly produced and danced Oscar. Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, the two-act story ballet sailed on the wings of composer Joby Talbot’s original orchestral score. Visual production elements lifted the ballet beyond the company’s expected high standards with Jean-Marc Puissant’s wise and wonderful stage and costume design, the capture-every-mood lighting of Jon Goldman, and graceful, sometimes whimsical touches coming from David Bergman’s video designs.

Read Lou's piece through the link in our bio.

10/03/2026

TelHiLit / Libreria Pino: Alessandro Squitti, carte in tavola tra scrittura, cinema e poker
di Serena Perfetto

Docente universitario, montatore freelance, produttore cinematografico e giocatore di poker. Alla domanda su quale sia il mestiere che meglio lo definisce, Alessandro Squitti preferisce partire dalla celebre frase di Federico Fellini: “un artigiano del mestiere”. Nato a Roma e di casa a San Francisco da più di venticinque anni, Squitti ha costruito una carriera variegata tra la California e l'Italia, intrecciando il linguaggio visivo con la passione per la narrazione, in un percorso che oggi trova il suo culmine nel romanzo “Tutto fa bluff”, pubblicato da Libreria Pino.

L'articolo di Serena Perfetto si trova qui: https://bit.ly/4hY3a5w

10/02/2026

Five voices. One dark and delightful evening. 🗓️

Join us for Spooky Stories Night — a community reading of ghost stories, urban legends, and tales best told after dark, featuring five extraordinary Bay Area horror and speculative fiction authors: Cynthia Gómez, Loren Rhoads, Sumiko Saulson, Kristina Ten, and Tamika Thompson.

📍 Telegraph Hill Books, 1501 Grant Avenue, San Francisco
🗓️ Tuesday, October 28th at 6:30pm

RSVP isn't required, but we'd love to know you're coming. Bring a friend, bring your curiosity, and settle in for an evening built for community, curiosity, and a little bit of a chill.

Presented by Telegraph Hill Arts and Literature (telhilit.org).

09/29/2026

Telegraph Hill Arts & Literature: Alessandro Squitti, Showdown Through Writing, Cinema, and Poker
by Serena Perfetto

University professor, freelance editor, film producer, and poker player. When asked which job best defines him, Alessandro Squitti declines and quotes Federico Fellini: “an artisan of the craft.” Born in Rome and having been a San Francisco resident for over twenty-five years, Squitti has built a multifaceted career between California and Italy, putting together the visual language together with a passion for storytelling in a journey that reaches its peak in the novel “Tutto fa bluff” (Everything is a Bluff), published by Libreria Pino.

Read Serena's piece through the link in our bio.

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