Talks / Interviews
Events
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Walker Talks…on Miguel de Unamuno
Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWalker Brents III explores the philosophy and literary work of Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936), Spanish modernist writer born in the Basque region city of Bilbao. An almost-monthly series of talks by Walker Brents III (9 or 10 talks a year for more than two decades) on various topics in poetry, mythology, folklore, philosophy, etc. Although…
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SFLives Livestream: Journalist Denise Sullivan in conversation with Dr. Saidah Leatutufu-Burch
Independent reporter Denise Sullivan brings the SF Lives series to Bird & Beckett for a Sunday morning livestream. This month's guest is Dr. Saidah Leatutufu-Burch. We expect a wide-ranging discussion on the legacy of local Black history, community organizing, economic justice and the November San Francisco ballot. Dr. Sai (Sy) is a Black and Sāmoan…
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Gil Duran (The Nerd Reich) & Amy Westervelt (Brought to You By)
Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGil Duran, author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy; and Amy Westervelt, author or Brought to You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy, in conversation. Gil Durán was born in Tulare, California, in 1976. The grandson of Mexican immigrant farmworkers, he got his…
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