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SUMMARY:Smut: An Unseemly Story (The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson)
DESCRIPTION:One of England’s finest and most loved writers\, Alan Bennett\, explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in this tender and surprising story. In The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson\, a recently bereaved widow finds interesting ways to supplement her income by performing as a patient for medical students\, and renting out her spare room. Quiet\, middle-class\, and middle-aged\, Mrs. Donaldson will soon discover that she rather enjoys role-play at the hospital\, and the irregular and startling entertainment provided by her tenants.A master storyteller dissects a very English form of secrecy with this story of the unexpected in otherwise apparently ordinary lives.  Directed by Amy Kossow.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/smut-an-unseemly-story-the-greening-of-mrs-donaldson/
LOCATION:Z Space\, 450 Florida Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Benjamin Ludwig
DESCRIPTION:Readers who loved Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime\, Jack from Room\, and Bee from Where’d You Go\, Bernadette\, will be thrilled to get to know Ginny Moon in this unforgettable debut that affirms of how fiction has the power to change the way we look at the world. \nTold in an extraordinary and wholly unique voice that will candidly take you into the mind of a curious and deeply human character. \nFor the first time in her life\, Ginny Moon has found her “forever home”-a place where she’ll be safe and protected\, with a family that will love and nurture her. It’s exactly the kind of home that all foster kids are hoping for. So why is this 14-year-old so desperate to get kidnapped by her abusive\, drug-addict birth mother\, Gloria\, and return to a grim existence of hiding under the kitchen sink to avoid the authorities and her mother’s violent boyfriends? \nWhile Ginny is pretty much your average teenager-she plays the flute in the school band\, has weekly basketball practice and studies Robert Frost poems for English class-she is autistic. And so what’s important to Ginny includes starting every day with exactly nine grapes for breakfast\, Michael Jackson\, bacon-pineapple pizza and\, most of all\, getting back to Gloria so she can take care of her baby doll. \nA compulsively readable and touching novel\, this story is about being an outsider trying to find a place to belong and making sense of a world that just doesn’t seem to add up. \nBenjamin Ludwig lives in New Hampshire with his family and is a life-long teacher of English and writing. He holds an MAT in English Education and an MFA in Writing. Shortly after he and his wife married they became foster parents and adopted a teenager with autism.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/benjamin-ludwig/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170511T200000
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SUMMARY:Simon Wickhamsmith on Mongolian Poet Tseveendorjin Oidov
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Mongolian translator Simon Wickhamsmith and Scott Esposito about Wickhamsmith’s translation of Tseveendorjin Oidov’s The End of the Dark Era. Wickhamsmith was awarded a PEN/Heim Translation grant for his work on the book\, and he’ll talk about how he became interested in Mongolian literature and the challenges of translating from the language. \nLight snacks and drinks will be provided. Come prepared to join the conversation!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/simon-wickhamsmith-on-mongolian-poet-tseveendorjin-oidov/
LOCATION:Center for the Art of Translation office\, 582 Market St #700\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170511T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170511T210000
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CREATED:20170324T014536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170512T030143Z
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta: Our monthly bilingual poetry series and open mic.
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Alejandro Murguia\, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. \nThis month’s readers TBD.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta-in-may/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:StageWrite presents Mirrors\, Smoke\, & Getting Woke: Short Plays by Short People
DESCRIPTION:Come see a multimedia production of original plays written by fifth graders from SFUSD\, inspired by works of visual art at the de Young Museum\, and performed as staged readings by professional actors with music by The Write-Ons. \nEnter a world where… Mirrors reflect our nature\, ideas have other ideas\, the rebellion starts on Powell Street\, legacies lurk in the shadows\, and money falls out your wazoo!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/stagewrite-presents-mirrors-smoke-getting-woke-short-plays-by-short-people-2/
LOCATION:Brava Theater Center\, 2781 24th Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
ORGANIZER;CN="StageWrite":MAILTO:elana@stagewrite.org
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170511T200000
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SUMMARY:David Weisberg discusses and signs "The American Plan"
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes David Weisberg to the store to discuss and sign The American Plan\, on Thursday\, May 11th at 7:00 pm. This will be his West coast launch and all are welcome to attend. \nA daring and disturbing tale of survival set in Cuba and South Florida during the 1950s and early 60’s\, embracing both the breadth of historical fiction and the intimate intensity of a psychological suspense novel\, The American Plan is a vertiginous ride through the mid-century American psyche. \nCopies of The American Plan will be for sale at the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-weisberg-discusses-and-signs-the-american-plan/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Dodie Bellamy + Kevin Killian
DESCRIPTION:celebrating the release of \nWriters Who Love Too Much: New Narrative 1977-1997 \nEdited by Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian \nPublished by Nightboat Books \nIn the twenty years that followed America’s bicentennial\, narrative writing was re-formed\, reflecting new political and sexual realities. With the publication of this anthology\, the New Narrative era bounds back to life\, ripe with dramatic propulsion and infused with the twin strains of poetry and Continental theory. Arranged chronologically\, the reader will discover classic texts of New Narrative from Bob Glück to Kathy Acker\, and rare materials including period interviews\, reviews\, essays\, and talks combined to form a new map of late twentieth-century creative rebellion. \nDodie Bellamy is the author of numerous works of prose. Her latest book is When the Sick Rule the World. She teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University and California College of the Arts. \nKevin Killian is a San Francisco-based poet\, novelist\, playwright\, and art writer. He is the author of fifteen books and co-wrote Poet Be Like God\, a biography of the American poet Jack Spicer (1925-1965). City Lights published his novel Impossible Princess\, winner of the 2010 Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Erotica . \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dodie-bellamy-kevin-killian/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Marissa Moss
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author and illustrator Marissa Moss shares her touching memoir\, Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love. \nLast Things is the true and intensely personal story of how one woman coped with the devastating effects of a catastrophic illness in her family. \nUsing her trademark mix of words and pictures to sharp effect\, Marissa Moss presents the story of how she\, her husband\, and her three young sons struggled to maintain their sense of selves and wholeness as a family and how they continued on with everyday life when the earth shifted beneath their feet. \nAfter returning home from a year abroad\, Marissa’s husband\, Harvey\, was diagnosed with ALS. The disease progressed quickly\, and Marissa was soon consumed with caring for Harvey while trying to keep life as normal as possible for her young children. ALS stole the man who was her husband\, the father of her children\, and her best friend in less than 7 months. \nThis is not a story about the redemptive power of a terminal illness. It is a story of resilience–of how a family managed to survive a terrible loss and grow in spite of it. Although it’s a sad story\, it’s powerfully told and ultimately uplifting as a guide to strength and perseverance\, to staying connected to those who matter most in the midst of a bleak upheaval. If you’ve ever wondered how you would cope with a dire diagnosis\, this book can provide a powerful example of what it feels like and how to come through the darkness into the light.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marissa-moss-2/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170511T211500
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SUMMARY:Why There Are Words: Suggestible
DESCRIPTION:Join Why There Are Words (WTAW) on May 11\, 2017\, at Studio 333 in Sausalito as seven acclaimed authors explore the theme Suggestible. Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:15. Entry fee is $10 at the door\, though donations to WTAW\, a 501(c)3 nonprofit are always welcome. \nJason Bayani is the author of Amulet from Write Bloody Press. He’s an MFA graduate from Saint Mary’s College\, and a Kundiman fellow\, and he works as the artistic director for Kearny Street Workshop. He performs regularly around the country and recently debuted his solo show\, “Locus of Control” in 2016. \nJon Boilard was born and raised in Western Massachusetts\, and has been living in Northern California since 1986. His award-winning short stories have appeared in some of the finest literary journals in the United States\, Canada\, Europe\, and Asia. His debut short story collection\, Settright Road (Dzanc Books\, 2017)\, is preceded by two novels\, The Castaway Lounge (Dzanc Books/2015) and A River Closely Watched (MacAdam Cage/2012)\, a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. He has participated in the Cork International Short Story Festival in Cork\, Ireland\, the Wroclaw Short Story Festival in Wroclaw\, Poland\, and LitQuake in San Francisco. \nAlex Green is the author of the The Stone Roses (Bloomsbury Academic\, 2006)\, Emergency Anthems (Brooklyn Arts Press\, 2015)\, and the novel The Heart Goes Boom (Wrecking Ball\, UK 2017). His music criticism has appeared in Magnet\, CMJ New Music Monthly\, HITS!\, and Creem. Currently\, he’s the Editor-In-Chief of the daily online music magazine Stereo Embers Magazine and he hosts the weekly radio show “The Heart Goes Boom” on Ireland’s Primal Radio. A known moderator in the Bay Area\, he has conducted In Conversation interviews with Janice Cooke Newman\, Maira Kalman\, Joshua Mohr\, Bruce Bauman\, Kenneth Oppel\, Laura Dave\, Kazim Ali\, and Lysley Tenorio. He teaches in both the graduate and undergraduate English programs at St. Mary’s College of California. \nHenry Hoke is the author of Genevieves (winner of the Subito Press prose contest) and The Book of Endless Sleepovers (CCM). His stories appear in The Collagist\, Electric Literature\, Winter Tangerine\, and Carve. He co-created and directs Enter>text: a living literary journal\, and teaches at CalArts and the UVA Young Writers Workshop. \nSandra Hunter’s fiction has received the 2016 Gold Line Press Chapbook Prize\, October 2014 Africa Book Club Award\, 2014 H.E. Francis Fiction Award\, and two Pushcart Prize nominations. She was a finalist for the 2016 Bridgeport Prize and is a 2017 MacDowell Fellow. Her debut novel\, Losing Touch\, was released in July 2014. Her fiction chapbook\, Small Change\, was published in August 2016. She’s just completed her second novel\, The Geography of Kitchen Tables\, and is now working on the sequel. Her favorite dessert: rose-flavored macaroons. \nPaul T. Scheuring was born in Aurora\, Illinois. He attended the UCLA School of Theater\, Film and Television\, and has written numerous projects for film and TV\, including the Golden Globe-nominated series Prison Break\, which has been declared the most anticipated series to return to television. Scheuring also wrote and directed The Experiment\, and served as producer alongside Ridley Scott on Klondike\, a series he created and co-wrote. The Far Shore (March 7\, 2017) is his first novel. He resides in Northern California. \nZach Wyner is a writer and teacher who works with incarcerated youth in the San Francisco Bay Area through an organization called The Beat Within. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and is a contributor to Curly Red Stories\, The Good Man Project and Unbroken Journal. His debut novel\, What We Never Had\, published by Rare Bird Books\, was released this past September. He lives in Oakland with his wife\, stepdaughter\, and infant son.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/why-there-are-words-suggestible/
LOCATION:Studio 333\, 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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SUMMARY:Evolving American Dream
DESCRIPTION:Two contemporary master story tellers\, who focus on the immigrant experience\, talk about how their novels and stories portray the current immigrant experience\, at SHED\, 25 North Street\, Healdsburg\, Thursday\, May 11\, 2017\, 7-8:30 PM.  Shanthi Sekaran\, author of the best selling novel Lucky Boy\, and Vanessa Hua\, author of the acclaimed story collection Deceit and Other Possibilities\, join Oscar Villalon\, Managing Editor of the literary journal\, Zyzzyva\, in a conversation to map out the boundaries and barriers in the modern American immigrant scene.  Your $15 admission gets you a seat for the conversation\, tastes of Grey Stack Cellars stellar wines\, some of the special bites prepared by SHED chef Perry Hoffman\, and a chance to buy Shanthi’s and Vanessa’s books
URL:https://litseen.com/event/evolving-american-dream/
LOCATION:SHED\, 25 North Street\, Healdsburg\, CA\, 95448\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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SUMMARY:Glori Simmons
DESCRIPTION:Glori Simmons discusses her new story collection\, Suffering Fools\, winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. \n\nAbout Suffering Fools \n\nA woman running a halfway house for paroled sexual predators is left wondering if her favorite has committed his most unthinkable crime yet. A groundskeeper who has just discovered that his ex is pregnant digs up an infant’s tombstone inscribed with his own name. A traumatic traffic collision sends an aging couple back into their decades long marriage. Whether it be a dying man spying on two teenage lovers or a new mother running from her colicky infant\, the nine stories in Suffering Fools spring from the dark corners of our psyches\, revealing the fears and contradictions that give shape to unconditional love. Suffering Fools is the winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/glori-simmons/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170511T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170511T213000
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SUMMARY:Laura McBride
DESCRIPTION:Laura McBride\n\n\n\n\nreads from her new novel\, ‘Round Midnight\, a story that follows the interconnected lives of four women in Las Vegas\, each of whom experiences a life-changing moment at a classic casino nightclub. \n“Gorgeous\, engrossing\, moving\, and at times wickedly funny\, this brilliant novel pulled me in and didn’t let me go until the shattering final sentence. This is the novel you need to read right now.”–Joanna Rakoff\, author of My Salinger Year and A Fortunate Age \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, May 11\, 2017 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nSpanning the six decades when Las Vegas grew from a dusty gambling town into the melting pot metropolis it is today\, ‘Round Midnight is the story of four women–one who falls in love\, one who gets lucky\, one whose heart is broken\, and one who chooses happiness–whose lives change at the Midnight Room. \nJune Stein and her husband open the El Capitan casino in the 1950s\, and rocket to success after hiring a charismatic black singer to anchor their nightclub. Their fast-paced lifestyle runs aground as racial tensions mount. \nHonorata leaves the Philippines as a mail order bride to a Chicago businessman\, then hits a jackpot at the Midnight Room when he takes her on a weekend trip to Las Vegas. \nEngracia\, a Mexican immigrant whose lucky find at the Midnight Room leads to heartbreak\, becomes enmeshed in Honorata’s secret when she opens her employer’s door to that Chicago businessman–and his gun. \nLast is Coral\, an African-American teacher who struggles with her own mysterious past. A favor for Honorata takes her to the Midnight Room\, where she hits a jackpot of another kind. \nMining the rich territory of motherhood and community\, ‘Round Midnight is a story that mirrors the social transformation of our nation. Full of passion\, heartbreak\, heroism\, longing\, and suspense\, it honors the reality of women’s lives. \nLaura McBride is also the author of the novel We Are Called to Rise. She lives in Las Vegas and teaches composition at the College of Southern Nevada. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laura-mcbride/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Two Voices Salon: Simon Wickhamsmith
DESCRIPTION:Two Voices Salon: Translator Simon Wickhamsmith on Mongolian Poet Tseveendorjin Oidov\n\nCenter for the Art of Translation | 582 Market Street\, Suite 700 | San Francisco\, CA \n\n\nDoors at 5:30. Event will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. \n\n\nJoin us for a conversation with Mongolian translator Simon Wickhamsmith and Scott Esposito about Wickhamsmith’s translation of Tseveendorjin Oidov’s The End of the Dark Era. Wickhamsmith was awarded a PEN/Heim Translation grant for his work on the book\, and he’ll talk about how he became interested in Mongolian literature and the challenges of translating from the language. \nLight snacks and drinks will be provided. Come prepared to join the conversation! \n\n\nCONTACT:\n\nLeslie-Ann Woofter\nlwoofter@catranslation.org\n415.512.8812
URL:https://litseen.com/event/two-voices-salon-simon-wickhamsmith/
LOCATION:Center for the Art of Translation office\, 582 Market St #700\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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