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Literature Talk

Litquake 2026

October 14 at 7:30pm

At Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Presidio Heights, San Francisco

Part of Litquake, SF's annual literary festival
Assigned seating, book early for front rows
Wise Sons deli in the lobby for pre-show bites

Jon Ronson turns his gonzo lens on masculinity in crisis. The bestselling author and master of the absurd delivers an evening of strange true stories, deadpan wit, and unsettling questions at Litquake.

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