On the occasion of the publication of Zyzzyva's milestone 125th issue, Booksmith and Zyzzyva invite you to an evening of lively readings and an overall good time. Hosted by Zyzzyva's Oscar Villalon, the event will feature contributors of its most recent issues, including Dan Alter, Jane Marchant, Angie Sijun Lou, Liala Zaray & Yohanca Delgado. Come and join San Francisco's prize-winning literary magazine for this celebration -- and get a copy of No. 125 while you're here. 

Please note: advance sales have ended, but we will have space available at the door – this will go on a first come, first serve basis, with no guarantee of admission for walk-ups. If you need tickets, we recommend you arrive no later than 7pm.

Please note:

• Safety: Masks will be required throughout the duration of the event, capacity will be limited to allow indoor distancing, and we'll have extra ventilation in place. Protocols are subject to change.
• Because we’re limiting capacity, we can't guarantee we'll have space for walk-ins. The best way to ensure you’ll get a seat is to order a ticket through this link.
• If we feel it is not safe to gather, as the event gets closer, we will pivot to a virtual event and your registration will remain valid.
• Questions? Write events@booksmith.com.

About the authors

Dan Alter is a Berkeley poet. He is the author of the collection My Little Book of Exiles (Eyewear Publishing) and his work has appeared in ZYZZYVA, Pank, and Fourteen Hills. 

Jane Marchant is a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in Guernica, Apogee, Catapult, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere. She’s received support from the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation, Tin House, Headlands Center for the Arts, Ucross Foundation, and Oak Spring Garden Foundation, among others. Her photography and book art has been exhibited with the Center for Book Arts, Kala Art Institute, and ACCI Gallery.

Angie Sijun Lou is a Fiction Editor at FENCE and a Ph.D. candidate in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Her stories have appeared in The Kenyon Review, New Letters, Black Warrior Review, The Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. She lives in Oakland, California. 

Liala Zaray is a Bay Area native and holds an MFA in poetry from St. Mary’s College of California. Her work was recently selected as one of the prize-winners for Palette Poetry’s Emerging Poet Prize by Safia Elhillo.

Yohanca Delgado is a 2021-2023 Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford University and a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts fellow. Her recent fiction appears in The Best American Short Stories 2022, The O. Henry Prize Stories 2022, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021, The Paris Review, One Story, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Zyzzyva, and elsewhere. 

Please note:

• Safety: Masks will be required throughout the duration of the event, capacity will be limited to allow indoor distancing, and we'll have extra ventilation in place. Protocols are subject to change.
• Because we’re limiting capacity, we can't guarantee we'll have space for walk-ins. The best way to ensure you’ll get a seat is to order a ticket through this link.
• If we feel it is not safe to gather, as the event gets closer, we will pivot to a virtual event and your registration will remain valid.
• Questions? Write events@booksmith.com.