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O C T O B E R17FRIDAY3 PM The Art of the NovelRichard Kadrey is author of ten novelsand dozens of stories. His latest novel,The Getaway God, was published thisAugust. Kadrey created and wrote theVertigo comics mini-series Accelerate.Yiyun Li is author of A Thousand Yearsof Good Prayers, The Vagrants, Gold Boy,Emerald Girl, and Kinder Than Solitude.A native of Beijing, she is recipient of aMacArthur Foundation fellowship, FrankO’Connor International Short Story Award,and more.Kathryn Ma is author of the novel The YearShe Left Us, a New York Times Editor’s Choice.Her story collection All That Work and Still NoBoys won the Iowa Short Fiction Award. Shereceived the Meyerson Prize for Fiction andhas published her short fiction widely.Joshua Mohr (moderator) is author of fournovels, including Damascus, which TheNew York Times called “Beat-poet cool.”His novel All This Life is due in 2015 fromCounterpoint/Soft Skull.Angela Pneuman, raised in Kentucky, is aformer Stegner Fellow and teaches fictionwriting at Stanford. Her collection HomeRemedies was hailed as “call[ing] to mindAlice Munro” (San Francisco Chronicle).Her new novel is Lay It On My Heart.angelapneuman.com2 PMRaising A Reader Story Time“Just one more story… please?” Enjoy this dynamic, interactive read-aloud which willdemonstrate fun strategies proven to develop your child’s interest in books and reading. Thebeloved Bay Area program Raising a Reader will share favorite stories with kids, and provide tipsand tricks to help parents make book sharing at home a joyful learning experience. Raising AReader San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa Counties’ programs support families to readwith their children from birth by providing access to high-quality children’s books, training forparents, and support for early childhood educators. rarbayarea.orgGreen Apple Books on the Park1231 9th Ave.FREE♿2 PMWriting Journeys from U.C. Berkeley ExtensionGraduates from U.C. Berkeley Extension’s Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Writing readtheir best creative works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.Art and Design Center95 Third St.FREEAll Ages ♿72