Jan 20 2009
Writers Remembered — Saturday, January 31
Koret Auditorium in the Main Library
Every year, the Library holds a special event to honor writers who have died in the previous year. Friends, relatives, and colleagues of the writers read from the honorees’ work and talk about their lives.
Writers to be honored this year include Tony Hillerman, Studs Terkel, David Foster Wallace, William F. Buckley, Helen Yglesias, and many more. Gerry Nicosia will be the host.
The library promises “an array of well-known authors” will be there to reminisce.
The event’s producer says, “This is more a celebration than a requiem. Many participants simply get up and tell embarrassing stories about those who are no longer around to refute them.”
When:
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Where:
Auditorium in the basement of the Main Library, Larkin and Grove (near Market)
Logistics:
This is a popular event, and the auditorium may be full at times, but people come and go all afternoon.
While you’re in the Library, you might want to check out an exhibit of photographs of wildlife in San Francisco (coyotes, bats, raccoons, rabbits, woodpeckers, quail, hawks, and more), on the fifth floor in the Wallace Stegner Environmental Center.
More Information:
San Francisco Public Library
Phone 415-557-4400
(edited to add in a few more things)
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