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Author Readings and Lectures
Co-presented with Litquake and Bay Area Book Festival
Tuesday, 10/20/2026
6:00 - 7:30
Suitable for:
  • Adults
Koret Auditorium
Main Library
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100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

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Silicon Valley’s wealth, power, and technological innovation loom large over the entire Bay Area—but what does the area’s immense influence mean for the rest of us? Hear from three authors who can share deep knowledge of Silicon Valley’s effects on Bay Area housing, economic inequality, urban planning, and public policy. Investigative journalist Brian Barth (Front Street: Resistance and Rebirth in the Tent Cities of Techlandia), anthropologist Manissa Maharawal (Anti-Eviction: The Fight Against Tech-Led Gentrification in San Francisco), and journalist Jonathan Weber (City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco) will be joined by architect and urban planner Vinita Goyal for an urgent and essential conversation. 

Book sales and signing follow the event, courtesy of Borderlands Books.

Sponsored by Mission Local.