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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 1d

RSVP and details for our event with @roqueraquel.bsky.social, @caroderobertis.bsky.social and Alexis Aceves Garcia below! @graywolfpress.bsky.social
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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 1d

"Algarabía tells a story about those who aren’t gods, those who don’t have that kind of power...It disavows heroes, but not the idea that everyday things can become heroic, especially if you are trans." @roqueraquel.bsky.social joins us tomorrow!
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A Conversation with Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

I have read every one of Roque Raquel Salas Rivera’s books. I first discovered him via while they sleep (under the bed is another country) (2019), then went all the way back to Caneca de anhelos tu…

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 8d

Join us next Thursday, Oct. 9 to celebrate Arterian's collection with Sara Borjas and Cindy Juyoung Ok. Details and RSVP at this link: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-1...

Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 8d

Diana Arterian joins us next week--along with Sara Borjas and Cindy Juyoung Ok--to celebrate her collection Agrippina the Younger. See what Arterian wrote about her Roman obsession for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy below.
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Power, Motherhood and Murder: On the Life and Death of Agrippina the Younger

My first point of contact with Agrippina the Younger’s story was her murder. I was on my commute, listening the radio, when a voice wended from the speakers, describing the dreadful details of her …

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 16d

Presented in proud partnership with @catranslation.org and in-conversation with Tess Taylor

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 16d

“As in her equally great translations of Inferno and Purgatorio, Bang translates Paradiso in lively, contemporary language. Yes, those are funny, unobtrusive references in her translation to The Simpsons, T.S. Eliot, and Roberta Flack” Bang joins us tomorrow!
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Your Prayers are Answered in Mary Jo Bang’s Translation of Dante’s "Paradiso" - Chicago Review of Books

You made your way through hell and you climbed up and out of purgatory. Don’t deny yourself the peace and rest Mary Jo Bang depicts in her excellent translation of Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso. As in he...

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Green Apple Books @greenapplebooks.bsky.social · 17d

It's nearly time for Litquake (@litquake.org), and we couldn't be happier to be the participating bookseller at some festival standouts. First up, Ada Limón and Matthew Zapruder celebrate Limón's farewell lap as U.S. Poet Laureate. www.ticketweb.com/event/an-eve...

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 17d

Praise for Martha's Daughter:

“David Haynes is a master storyteller—intelligent, insightful, generous, and wickedly funny. Martha’s Daughter is a delight from beginning to end.”—Natalie Baszile, author of Queen Sugar

Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 17d

@hayneswrites.com joins us tomorrow night to celebrate MARTHA'S DAUGHTER (@mcsweeneys.net) with Erica Vital-Lazare. Free to attend, RSVP and details at the link below. greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Graphic reads “Green Apple Books presents David Haynes joined by Erica Vital-Lazare. Wednesday, September 24. 7pm. 1231 9th Ave (Inner Sunset). Free to attend, please RSVP. Details at the link in our bio.” The graphic features author photos of Haynes and Vital-Lazare on either side of Haynes’ book, Martha’s Daughter. The book’s cover is black with a collage of paintings of someone's face, a tree, a cityscape, and more in various shades od blue, orange, green, yellow, lavender.

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 29d

Last night @henricole.bsky.social gave one of the most beautiful readings ever at @booksonthepark.bsky.social and it was an event. Glad I got to be there. Afterwards we went to the Little Shamrock and drank a toast to beloved Seamus Heaney.

Henri Cole reading poems from his new book The Other Love at Green Apple Books on the Park.

Henri Cole at the Little Shamrock where we joined poets Peter Kline, Will Brewer and Brian Tierney for a round of drunks. Wonderful company.

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · 23d

So fabulous. Thank you Doug, thank you Henri. We are so lucky.

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cute short showing our cute wares. Thanks to @visual.segments on YouTube!
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Green Apple Books グリーン・アップル・ブックス #greenapple #books #sanfrancisco #本 #サンセット #サンフランシスコ #アメリカ

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · Sep 6

I was talking today with @henricole.bsky.social about our upcoming event at @booksonthepark.bsky.social and I told him it was warm in San Francisco. I said "Today it feels like maybe 75" and of course later I learned it was 67. But that is high for us.

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Sep 8

If we know nothing else, we know that SF weather is unpredictable. Even from block to block. Can't wait to see you both on Wednesday!

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Sep 5

Can't wait!

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Sep 4

We have some great things coming your way in the next week, starting tonight! RSVP and find details at the following link: greenapplebooks.com/events/calen...

@elainehsiehchou.bsky.social @transitbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @henricole.bsky.social @dapowell.bsky.social

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Green Apple Books @greenapplebooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Catch us next week at @booksonthepark.bsky.social! RSVP and details at this link: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

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River Wilde @riverwilde.bsky.social · Aug 28

Book haul from a quick trip over to San Francisco. Love me some Indy zines! 💚 Green Apple Books

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh wow this is a HAUL! ❤️🍏

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Jul 7

Tomorrow! We can't wait to welcome Dr. Nia Imara for a celebration of her book, Painting the Cosmos. RSVP and details in the thread.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397209...

Dr. Nia Imara’s ‘Painting The Cosmos’ Underscores the Connections in Everything

A book from the Oakland artist and astrophysicist shows how a diversity of cosmic forces created life itself.

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Jul 1

RSVP and details at this link
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9th Ave: Joanna Sokol with Jon Carroll

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Jul 1

Joanna Sokol's A REAL EMERGENCY is a fascinating, urgent read about emergency medicine in San Francisco. Catch her here tomorrow (7/2)! Details in the thread.
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Joanna Sokol’s ‘A Real Emergency’ looks under the hood of a broken emergency response system

During her decade-long career driving an ambulance, Joanna Sokol searched for the reasons the emergency response system seemed to be so dysfunctional.

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Jun 30

RSVP and details at the link below!
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9th Ave: Christine Henneberg

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Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Jun 30

Our event with @chennebergmd.bsky.social is tomorrow night! Proceeds benefit @accessrj.bsky.social! Check out this Datebook piece and RSVP in the thread. datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/christ...

An S.F. abortion doctor delivers a new voice in reproductive rights in debut novel

Christine Henneberg’s “I Trust Her Completely” explores abortion, queer parenthood and life in the Bay Area.

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