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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170516T200000
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SUMMARY:Fenton Johnson
DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Public Library presents  Fenton Johnson for a Launch Party in celebration of his new work\, Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays. Fenton will be in conversation with Andrew Lam\, author of Birds of Paradise Lost–which was a 2013 California Book Awards-finalist for First Fiction. \nPart retrospective\, part memoir\, Fenton Johnson’s collection Everywhere Home: A Life in Essays explores sexuality\, religion\, geography\, the AIDS crisis\, and more. Johnson’s wanderings take him from the hills of Kentucky to those of San Francisco\, from the streets of Paris to the sidewalks of Calcutta. Along the way\, he investigates questions large and small: What’s the relationship between artists and museums\, illuminated in a New Guinean display of shrunken heads? What’s the difference between empiricism and intuition? \nThe collection draws together essays that originally appeared in Harper’s\, The New York Times\, All Things Considered and elsewhere\, along with new work. Johnson reports from the front lines of the AIDS epidemic\, from Burning Man\, from monasteries near and far. His subject matter ranges from Oscar Wilde to censorship in journalism to Kentucky basketball. \nEverywhere Home is the latest title in Sarabande’s Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature. \nFenton Johnson is the author of the novels The Man Who Loved Birds\, Scissors\, Paper\, Rock\, and Crossing the River\, and the nonfiction books Keeping Faith and Geography of the Heart. Johnson has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He writes regularly for Harper’s\, and is a professor in the creative writing programs at the University of Arizona and Spalding University. \nThe thirteen stories in Birds of Paradise Lost shimmer with humor and pathos as they chronicle the anguish and joy and bravery of America s newest Americans\, the troubled lives of those who fled Vietnam and remade themselves in the San Francisco Bay Area. The past memories of war and its aftermath\, of murder\, arrest\, re-education camps and new economic zones\, of escape and shipwreck and atrocity is ever present in these wise and compassionate stories. It plays itself out in surprising ways in the lives of people who thought they had moved beyond the nightmares of war and exodus. It comes back on TV in the form of a confession from a cannibal; it enters the Vietnamese restaurant as a Vietnam Vet with a shameful secret; it articulates itself in the peculiar tics of a man with Tourette s Syndrome who struggles to deal with a profound tragedy. Birds of Paradise Lost is an emotional tour de force\, intricately rendering the false starts and revelations in the struggle for integration\, and in so doing\, the human heart. \nAndrew Lam is the author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, which won the 2006 PEN Open Book Award\, and East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres. Lam is an editor and cofounder of New American Media\, an association of over two thousand ethnic media outlets in America. He was a regular commentator on NPR s All Things Consideredfor many years\, and was the subject of a 2004 PBS documentary called My Journey Home. His essays have appeared in newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times\, The LA Times\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, The Baltimore Sun\, The Atlanta Journal\, theChicago Tribune\, Mother Jones\, and The Nation\, among many others. His short stories have been widely taught and anthologized. Birds of Paradise Lostis his first story collection. He lives in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fenton-johnson-2/
LOCATION:SF Public Library\, 100 Larkin Street\, San Francisco\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170516T200000
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SUMMARY:Eastridge Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Eastridge Open Mic\nwith host Lorenz Dumuk\nTuesday\, May 16\, 2017\, 6:00pm\nFeature: Tyson Amir\nopen mic follows \nBarnes & Noble at Eastridge Mall\n2200 Eastridge Loop\, Suite #1420\, San José\nNearest cross streets are Tully and E. Capitol Expressway\nFree and open to the public \nTyson Amir is an author\, musician\, educator\, community organizer\, and freedom fighter born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the spirit of The Dragon\, George Lester Jackson\, he endeavors to utilize any and all resources at his disposal as weapons to bring about the eventual liberation of his people. Tyson has been engaged in movement work since the late 1990s. His movement work has influenced his artistic work. Black Boy Poems\, his debut release as an author is an example of that. Black Boy Poems is a powerful\, timely\, and revolutionary body of literature that seeks to inspire his people towards liberation. Find out more about Tyson Amir at www.BlackBoyPoems.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastridge-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble at Eastridge Mall\, 2200 Eastridge Loop\, Suite #1420\, San José\, CA\, 95122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170516T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170516T210000
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SUMMARY:GET LIT #24
DESCRIPTION:An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. \nThe emcee for the night will be the one and only NO ‘HARE (Isobel O’Hareand Christine No.) \nFeatured lineup of writers include: and more TBA! \nMusical Guest: \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and coffee by our good friends next door\, Red Bay Coffee. \nDonations will be kindly requested\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-24/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night
DESCRIPTION:The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night: Every 3rd Tuesday of the Month from 7:00-9:30pm\nNEXT: Tuesday May 16th\, 2017\nFeatured Poet: Tatiana Molinar! \nat PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy)\, San Francisco\, CA 94102 – Powell Street BART \nHosted by Jennifer Barone\, Ingrid Keir. Live jazz with Daniel Heffez\, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends. FREE admission\, all ages\, full menu and bar in the front room. Open Mic for poetry only – 3min time limit\, pick your best poem to read with live jazz accompaniment.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wordparty-poetry-jazz-night-3/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:A Leak in the Speakers!
DESCRIPTION:Last teen open mic of the year\, organized by Rebound Bookstore intern\, Sami Stilson! Come by\, share this event with teens you think would like to be involved. Grown ups more than welcome! \nWriters\, singers\, rappers\, slammers\, speakers\, composers\, musicians\, etc. are welcome\, whether performing or supporting (drop-ins welcome)\nFriendly feedback!\nRSVP at reboundbookstore@aol.com. \nFree Refreshments! Meet like-minded artists! Safe space for all!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-leak-in-the-speakers/
LOCATION:Rebound Bookstore\, 1611 4th Street\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Jeff VanderMeer
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed science fiction writer Jeff VanderMeer\, author of the Southern Reach trilogy\, discusses his new novel\, Borne. \nPraise for Jeff VanderMeer: \n“I’m loving The Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer. Creepy and fascinating.” ―Stephen King on the Southern Reach trilogy \n“VanderMeer masterfully conjures up an atmosphere of both metaphysical dread and visceral tension . . . Annihilation is a novel in which facts are undermined and doubt instilled at almost every turn. It’s about science as a way of not only thinking but feeling\, rather than science as a means of becoming certain about the world. . . . Ingenious.” ―Laura Miller\, Salon \n“If J.J. Abrams-style by-the-numbers stories of shadowy organizations and science magic have let you down one too many times\, then Annihilation will be more like a revelation. VanderMeer peels back the skin of the everyday\, and gives you a glimpse of a world where science really is stretching the bounds of our knowledge–sometimes to the point where we can’t ever be the same . . . [Annihilation] will make you believe in the power of science mysteries again.” ―Annalee Nevitz\, io9 \nAbout Borne: \nIn a ruined\, nameless city of the future\, Rachel makes her living as a scavenger. She finds a creature she names Borne entangled in the fur of Mord\, a gigantic despotic bear that once prowled the corridors of a biotech firm\, the Company\, until he was experimented on\, grew large\, learned to fly\, and broke free. Made insane by the company’s torture of him\, Mord terrorizes the city even as he provides sustenance for scavengers. \nAt first\, Borne looks like nothing at all—just a green lump that might be a discard from the Company\, which\, although severely damaged\, is rumored to still make creatures and send them to far-distant places that have not yet suffered collapse. \nBorne reminds Rachel of the island nation of her birth\, now long lost to rising seas. She feels an attachment that she resents: attachments are traps\, and in this world any weakness can kill you. Yet when she takes Borne to her subterranean sanctuary\, Rachel convinces her lover\, Wick—a special kind of dealer—not to render down Borne as raw genetic material for the drugs he sells. \nBut nothing is quite the way it seems: not the past\, not the present\, not the future. If Wick is hiding secrets\, so is Rachel—and Borne most of all. What Rachel finds hidden deep within the Company will change everything and everyone. There\, lost and forgotten things have lingered and grown. What they have grown into is mighty indeed.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jeff-vandermeer/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Granta: Best of Young American Novelists
DESCRIPTION:Every ten years Granta magazine publishes a special issue of new fiction from the most exciting American writers under the age of forty. The third list of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists will be announced on April 26; join us as we host some of the Best Young American Novelists! \nThe last issue was published in 2007 and featured an extraordinary selection of young writers: Kevin Brockmeier\, Anthony Doerr\, Jonathan Safran Foer\, Nicole Krauss\, Yiyun Li\, Karen Russell\, Akhil Sharma and Gary Shteyngart among them. Similarly\, the list of writers from twenty years ago showcases some of today’s most successful and talented writers: Jonathan Franzen\, Edwidge Danticat\, Jeffrey Eugenides\, Lorrie Moore\, ZZ Packer\, Mona Simpson\, Elizabeth McCracken\, David Guterson\, Madison Smartt Bell\, Sherman Alexie and more. \nGranta’s forthcoming Best of Young American Novelists issue will feature new work from each writer\, creating a timely and authoritative commentary on the state of American writing. \nThe judges for this year’s selection are novelists Patrick deWitt\, A.M. Homes\, Kelly Link\, Ben Marcus and Granta’s editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing. \nCheck back here on April 26\, when we’ll announce which authors will be in the store! \nMore Info Here: http://www.booksmith.com/event/granta-best-young-american-novelists
URL:https://litseen.com/event/granta-best-of-young-american-novelists/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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