Babylon Salon presents:
our Winter 2025 show
featuring Lori Ostlund, Aimee Phan, Kevin Smokler and Susie Hara
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Come for drinks at 5 // Show starts at 5.30pm
in The Sycamore's outdoor patio
Recent performers at Babylon:
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![Jonathan Escoffery (If I Survive You)]()
Jonathan Escoffery (If I Survive You)
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![Ingrid Rojas-Contreras (The Man Who Could Move Clouds; Fruit of the Drunken Tree)]()
Ingrid Rojas-Contreras (The Man Who Could Move Clouds; Fruit of the Drunken Tree)
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![Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown; How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe)]()
Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown; How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe)
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![Douglas Stuart]()
Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain; Young Mungo)
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![Kate Folk]()
Kate Folk (Out There)
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![Tommy Orange (There There)]()
Tommy Orange (There There)
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![R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries; Kink)]()
R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries; Kink)
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![Jenny Odell (How to Do Nothing)]()
Jenny Odell (How to Do Nothing)
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![Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)]()
Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)
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![Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man)]()
Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man)
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![Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar; We Are Each Other's Harvest)]()
Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar; We Are Each Other's Harvest)
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![Namwali Serpell (The Old Drift; The Furrows)]()
Namwali Serpell (The Old Drift; The Furrows)
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![Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies)]()
Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies)
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![Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)]()
Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)
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![Jenny Qi (Focal Point)]()
Jenny Qi (Focal Point)
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![Meg Elison (The Book of Flora)]()
Meg Elison (The Book of Flora)
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![Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People)]()
Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People)
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![Meredith Talusan (Fairest)]()
Meredith Talusan (Fairest)
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![Daniel Alarcón (The King is Always Above the People)]()
Daniel Alarcón (The King is Always Above the People)
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![Anna North (Outlawed)]()
Anna North (Outlawed)
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![Karen Joy Fowler (Booth; We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves)]()
Karen Joy Fowler (Booth; We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves)
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![Jim Shepard (Phase Six; Like You'd Understand Anyway)]()
Jim Shepard (Phase Six; Like You'd Understand Anyway)
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![Vanessa Hua (Forbidden City)]()
Vanessa Hua (Forbidden City)
Your Co-Hosts
Meet your charming Babylon Salon co-hosts:
Laurie Ann Doyle, Lauren C. Johnson, Dominic Lim, Ryan Sloan & Maury Zeff
in partnership with our friends
The Booksmith, at 1727 Haight Street, San Francisco