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SUMMARY:Books & Brews: Hamilton Edition Race to Revolution!
DESCRIPTION:Join Bookshop Santa Cruz at Lupulo for our Race to Revolution game\, a new event for history buffs who love Hamilton! This literary revolution in downtown Santa Cruz will feature not only the finest hops– but we’ll also be bringing a selection of books based around fantastic founders of the United States\, and test your knowledge about history in a fun game. The winning team in this Race To Revolution will get a swag bag\, a Hamilton-themed prize\, and bragging rights of historic proportions. \nIn the first days of our nation\, the character of our country was hotly debated in pubs and breweries across the land\, with those like Alexander Hamilton\, Thomas Paine and many others using this unique community space as crucible for freedom and expression. And lest we forget\, our many founding mothers like Abigail Adams and Phillis Wheatley wrote pamphlets\, letters and poems that were read in such beer-soaked locales\, adding to the great American experiment. In that spirit we invite you to join us for an evening celebrating the ideals this country was founded upon\, and hopefully introduce you to a founder or two you maybe never knew.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/books-brews-hamilton-edition-race-to-revolution/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Bright Heroines in Dark Times: A She Writes Mystery Tour
DESCRIPTION:Five mystery writers with tough and original heroines discuss how and why they write crime and suspense. Why are so many women drawn to the mystery genre\, as readers and writers\, and what makes a great heroine? \nJoin Michelle Cox (A Ring of Truth)\, JL Doucette (Last Seen)\, Jennifer Dwight (The Tolling of Mercedes Bell)\, Judith Newton (Oink)\, and Kate Jessica Raphael (Murder Under the Bridge) for a lively and fun-filled discussion and book signing\, plus refreshments
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bright-heroines-in-dark-times-a-she-writes-mystery-tour/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/donnelle-mcgee-vincent-meis/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Swan Huntley
DESCRIPTION:The Descendants meets Single White Female in this captivating novel about a woman who moves her family to Hawaii\, only to find herself wrapped up in a dangerous friendship\, from the celebrated author of We Could Be Beautiful. \nWhen Nancy and her family arrive in Kona\, Hawaii\, they are desperate for a fresh start. Nancy’s husband has cheated on her; they sleep in separate bedrooms and their twin sons have been acting out\, setting off illegal fireworks. But Hawaii is paradise: they plant an orange tree in the yard; they share a bed once again and Nancy resolves to make a happy life for herself. She starts taking a yoga class and there she meets Ana\, the charismatic teacher. Ana has short\, black hair\, a warm smile\, and a hard-won wisdom that resonates deeply within Nancy. They are soon spending all their time together\, sharing dinners\, relaxing in Ana’s hot tub\, driving around Kona in the cute little car Ana helps Nancy buy. As Nancy grows closer and closer to Ana skipping family dinners and leaving the twins to their own devices she feels a happiness and understanding unlike anything she’s ever experienced\, and she knows that she will do anything Ana asks of her. A mesmerizing story of friendship and manipulation set against the idyllic tropical world of the Big Island\, The Goddesses is a stunning psychological novel by one of our most exciting young writers. \nSwan Huntley is the author of We Could Be Beautiful. She earned her MFA from Columbia University and has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the Ragdale Foundation. She lives in California and Hawaii. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/swan-huntley-2/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Calligraphy Typewriters: The Selected Poems of Larry Eigner
DESCRIPTION:With Jennifer Bartlett\, Norma Cole\, Steve Dickison\, Richard Eigner\, Norman Fischer\, Jack Foley\, Kathleen Frumkin\, Lyn Hejinian\, Stephen Ratcliffe\, Kit Robinson \nJoin us for a celebration of Larry Eigner’s Selected Poems on what would be his 90th birthday. \nLarry Eigner (August 7\, 1927\, Swampscott\, MA – February 3\, 1996\, Berkeley\, CA) began writing poetry at age eight and was first published at age nine. Revered by poets and artists across a broad spectrum of generations and schools\, Eigner’s remarkably moving poetry was created through enormous effort: because of severe physical disabilities\, he produced his texts by typing with only one index finger and thumb on a 1940 Royal manual typewriter\, creating a body of work that is unparalleled in its originality. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/calligraphy-typewriters-the-selected-poems-of-larry-eigner/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Donnelle McGee + Vincent Meis - POETS! - Featured Readers Followed by an Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Donnelle McGee reads recent poems and other work. Vincent Meis reads from his novel\, Deluge (Fallen Bros. Press\, 2016).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/donnelle-mcgee-vincent-meis-poets-featured-readers-followed-by-an-open-mic/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Janelle Brown
DESCRIPTION:Who do you want people to think you are? \nBay Area-native Janelle Brown celebrates the release of her propulsive new novel\, Watch Me Disappear. \nA year after Billie Flannigan a Berkeley mom with an enviable life goes missing on a hike\, the husband and daughter she leaves behind struggle to maintain the illusion of normal life. Meanwhile\, alcohol and depression\, and loose ends that just don’t make sense erode the foundations of the life they once had. \nBrown\, the bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and This is Where We Live\, does it again with a heart-stopping new novel that will leave you breathless. \nWith by-lines in nationally syndicated magazines across the country including Vogue\, Elle\, Wired\, and Self\, Brown is an unstoppable force. Her work has been lauded by The San Francisco Chronicle\, the Los Angeles Times\, and more. Join us as we toast one of the Bay Area’s own on the release of her explosive new book!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/janelle-brown/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Justin McFarr
DESCRIPTION:Moe’s welcomes first time novelist Justin McFarr as we help him launch The Bear Who Broke the World. \nJustin McFarr grew up in the Bay Area during the 70’s and 80’s as a latchkey kid. He is a proud graduate of both UCLA and the MPW program at USC\, and has attended the New York State Summer Writers Institute at Skidmore College and the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. His short stories have been published in numerous magazines and online journals\, and will be collected in the forthcoming Controlled Chaos: Stories from Wheeler Street Press. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his family. The Bear Who Broke The World is his first novel. \nAbout The Bear Who Broke the World: \n1976. Berkeley\, California. 11-year-old Daedalus Stephen O’Neill and his 6-year-old brother Demian spend the Bicentennial summer struggling to find normalcy and refuge from the dangerous indifference of the adults that surround them. With an impetuous mother\, an unpredictable boyfriend\, and a menacing neighbor to protect themselves against\, the brothers are forced to navigate their own way through an unrestrained world of drugs\, alcohol\, and sexual activity.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/justin-mcfarr/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Augustus Rose
DESCRIPTION:Augustus Rose discusses his new novel\, The Readymade Thief with Robin Sloan. \n\nPraise for The Readymade Thief \n“In his highly addictive and multi-faceted first novel\, Augustus Rose pits an irrepressible and gritty young heroine against a sinister group of fanatics. The Readymade Thief is a kickass debut from start to finish.”—Colson Whitehead\, author of The Underground Railroad \n\n“The Readymade Thief is my favorite kind of book: an improbable one. The novel is a map of things—urban exploration\, secret societies\, the city of Philadelphia\, Marcel Duchamp\, very possibly the Home Alone movies—and if those things don’t seem to fit together\, well\, that’s the magic of the improbable book\, and the transmutation of obsessions\, by energy and intellect\, into something wholly new: a novel that’s unexpected\, uncategorizable\, unputdownable.”—Robin Sloan\, author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore \n\n“The Readymade Thief is a brilliant\, suspenseful\, and cinematic novel with an unforgettable heroine and a big story about art\, the nature of consciousness\, and all points in between. Be prepared to lose yourself in it.”—Edan Lepucki\, author of California and Woman No. 17 \n\nAbout The Readymade Thief \nLee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run\, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. \nAfter taking the fall for a rich friend\, Lee reluctantly accepts refuge in the Crystal Castle—a cooperative of homeless kids squatting in an austere\, derelict building. But homeless kids are disappearing from the streets in suspicious numbers\, and Lee quickly discovers that the secret society’s charitable façade is too good to be true. She finds an unexpected ally in Tomi\, a young artist and hacker whose knowledge of the Internet’s black market is rivaled only by his ability to break into and out of buildings. From abandoned aquariums to highly patrolled museums to the homes of vacationing Philadelphians\, Tomi and Lee can always chart a way to the next\, perfect hide-out. \nBut the harder Lee tries to escape into the unmapped corners of the city\, the closer she unwittingly gets to uncovering the disturbing agenda of the very men who pull the strings of the secret society she’s hoped to elude\, a group of fanatics obsessed with the secrets encoded in the work of early-twentieth-century artist Marcel Duchamp. What these men want is more twisted than anything Lee could’ve imagined\, and they believe Lee holds the key to it all. \nThe Readymade Thief  heralds the arrival of an astoundingly imaginative and propulsive new voice in fiction for fans of Marisha Pessl and Ernest Cline.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/augustus-rose/
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:Lunada Literary Lounge Fall Season Opener
DESCRIPTION:LUNADA Literary Lounge – Fall Season Opener\nSpoken Word * Música * Open Mic\nMonday\, August 7\, 2017 | 7:30 pm \nFeaturing Chris Abani\, Denise Chavez\, & special guests. Open Mic sign-up 7:00pm. \nPlease arrive early\, anticipating a full house. \nAt Lunada’s Fall Season Opener we swing the gate wide with a fierce and resounding bang\, featuring a special evening of visiting writers and faculty of the Las Dos Brujas Writers Workshops. Nigerian novelist\, poet\, essayist\, screenwriter and playwright Chris Abani\, will join leading Chicana playwright and novelist Denise Chavez\, in exchange with additional local luminaries from around the Bay\, to celebrate the celestial phenomena and 17 year lunar literary tradition we represent. \nOPEN MIC sign-up starts at 7:00pm: 8 spots on the list\, 5 min. ea.\, inviting poets\, storytellers\, emcees\, musicians\, laureates and first-timers to share their voices under the lunar spotlight. \nHost & Curator: Sandra García Rivera \n$5.00 Admission: Please arrive early\, in anticipation of a full house. \nGALERIA DE LA RAZA\n2857 24th Street\, at Bryant\nSF\, CA 94110\nLUNADA is the Bay Area’s only full moon bilingual literary ritual & performance gathering devoted to spoken word\, música\, song\, and story. Located in the heart of the Mission District at Galería de la Raza\, and guest curated by some of the Bay Area’s most dynamic word slingers and artists\, each LUNADA features community poets\, local legends\, visiting mystics\, and other mero meros of the stage. Voted Best Literary Night of 2016 by the SF Bay Guardian. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \n\nChris Abani is a novelist\, poet\, essayist\, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Nigeria to an Igbo father and English mother\, he grew up in Afikpo\, Nigeria\, received a BA in English from Imo State University\, Nigeria\, an MA in English\, Gender and Culture from Birkbeck College\, University of London and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He has resided in the United States since 2001. He is the recipient of the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award\, the Prince Claus Award\, a Lannan Literary Fellowship\, a California Book Award\, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award\, a PEN Beyond the Margins Award\, the PEN Hemingway Book Prize and a Guggenheim Award. Through his TED Talks\, public speaking and essays Abani is known as an international voice on humanitarianism\, art\, ethics\, and our shared political responsibility. His critical and personal essays have been featured in books on art and photography\, as well as Witness\, Parkett\, The New York Times\, O Magazine\, and Bomb. \nDenise Chávez is a leading Chicana playwright and novelist who comes out of the Southwest United States. Chávez has been honored with many awards for her literary contribution in Chicana writing. New Mexico State University awarded her play “The Wait” with Best Play. In 1995\, she received the New Mexico Governor’s Award in literature and the El Paso Herald Post Writers of the Pass distinction. This same year she was awarded with the Premio Aztlan Award\, American Book Award\, and Mesilla Valley Writer of the Year Award\, all for her work of Face of an Angel. She is also a founding member of the National Institute of Chicana Writers. Chávez focuses her writing in the Southwest\, “in heat and dust” where she claims “love is as real as the land.” From here\, she draws inspiration for her characters that reflect the love that “is as real as the land.” She has written over of 21 plays\, novels\, and a children’s book. Chávez is also represented in anthologies including An Anthology: The Indian Rio Grande\, Voices: An Anthology of Nuevo Mexicanos Writers\, An Anthology of Southwestern Literature\, as well as many others.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunada-literary-lounge-fall-season-opener/
LOCATION:Galería de la Raza\, 2857 24th Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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