Thumbing its nose at the pandemic, that cheeky annual booklovers blowout known as Litquake is back in the Bay Area for 2020, entering its third decade with an expanded version that takes full advantage of what the digital era has to offer.

 Now running a full slate of authors over 16 days instead of the traditional 10, Litquake rumbles into virtual high gear at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 with a “Sex and Vanity” session featuring Bay Area author Amy Tan in conversation with “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan about his new novel, which bears the S&V title and revolves around a young woman caught between suitors, one a privileged WASP and the other – not nearly so desirable to her social-climbing family.

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