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The Booksmith

1644 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 94117 map
cross street: Clayton
district: Haight (Upper)

Tel. 4158638688
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Events Calendar
Thu Dec 03
David Thomson on The Moment of Psycho
It was made like a television movie, and completed in less than three months. It killed off its star in forty minutes. There was no happy ending. And it offered the most violent scene to date in American film, punctuated by shrieking strings that sea... More
Tue Dec 08
A Year with Rilke -- An Evening with Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows
One of the most widely read modern poets, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) has influenced generations of writers and served as a trusted guide for countless others on the importance of looking within to find peace in a hectic world. From The Book of Ho... More

About The Booksmith

The Booksmith is San Francisco's leading independent bookstore. We have a lively author events calendar - and many of the biggest names in literature, music and the arts have visited our store. For more info please visit http://www.booksmith.com


Hours
Sunday: 10-8
Monday: 10-10
Tuesday: 10-10
Wednesday: 10-10
Thursday: 10-10
Friday: 10-10
Saturday: 10-10
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Editorial Review
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Heidi Julavits
The Uses of Enchantment
By jesse nathan (01/19/2008)

" It’s late fall in the Boston suburb of West Salem. There’s snow and cloud cover and so it’s hard to say what time of day it is exactly. Two teams of girls playing field hockey shiver on their respective sidelines, waiting for school officials, as they inevitably will, to call the game and let them go home. Just before that happens, though, one of the girls slips off, allegedly to go to the bathroom. Instead she makes her way to the parking lot, where she taps her hockey stick on the glass window of a car idling there. "

Editorial Review
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Gift It Up For Dad
Finding It in San Francisco
By grace chen (06/14/2007)

" No two dads are the same. Thus, finding that one gift to suit all dads is nearly impossible. I begin my search on the premise that San Francisco neighborhoods reflect shops that cater to certain types of people and hence types of dads. The sampling begins in the Haight. "

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