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SUMMARY:John Kaag
DESCRIPTION:Paperback release for John Kaag’s new book\, American Philosophy. \n\nPraise for American Philosophy \n“Kaag’s accounts are accurate\, engaging and scrupulous. They show profound learning. They’re also genuinely entertaining\, recapturing lost details of thinkers’ personal lives without sensationalism. The further you go on in the book\, and the more of Kaag’s skillful miniatures you take in\, the deeper it becomes. You realize he is also making an unconventional argument for who was right\, and who was wrong\, in the classical tradition of American philosophy from about 1830 to 1930\, in Transcendentalism and Pragmatism and Idealism and beyond. It is an argument strikingly suited to our time . . . American Philosophy succeeds\, not as a textbook or survey\, but a spirited lover’s quarrel with the individualism and solipsism in our national thought.” ―Mark Greif\, The New York Times Book Review \n\n“John Kaag hits the sweet spot between intellectual history and personal memoir in this transcendently wonderful love song to philosophy . . . this is the most enthralling book of intellectual history I’ve read since David Edmonds’ and John Eidinow’s Wittgenstein’s Poker . . . With its lucid\, winning blend of autobiography\, biography\, and serious philosophical reflection\, American Philosophy provides a magnificently accessible introduction to fundamental ideas about freedom and what makes life significant. It’s an exhilarating read.” ―Heller McAlpin\, NPR \n\n“Is life worth living?” This is the age-old but forever timely question at the center of this remarkable and daring memoir. Part history of American philosophy\, part personal narrative\, American Philosophy: A Love Story\, takes us deeply into that ‘epic love affair with wisdom’ that is philosophy\, but it does so through the wonderfully intimate lens of the author himself\, a young and accomplished philosopher who has summoned the nerve to expose his flaws\, his failures\, his deepest doubts about it all\, a rare act of creative courage and generosity that leads us to where the heart of true philosophy lies: to a deep and abiding sense of wonder. This is an absolutely stellar memoir.” ―Andre Dubus III \n\nAbout American Philosophy \nJohn Kaag is a dispirited young philosopher at sea in his marriage and his career when he stumbles upon West Wind\, a ruin of an estate in the hinterlands of New Hampshire that belonged to the eminent Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking. Hocking was one of the last true giants of American philosophy and a direct intellectual descendent of William James\, the father of American philosophy and psychology\, with whom Kaag feels a deep kinship. It is James’s question “Is life worth living?” that guides this remarkable book.
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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:Marin Poetry Center: Thomas Centolella + Diana Goetsch
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Centolella is the author of four collections of poetry. The most recent\, Almost Human\, won the Dorset Prize from Tupelo Press\, selected by Edward Hirsch. His honors include the American Book Award\, the Lannan Literary Award\, the California Book Award\, the Northern California Book Award\, and publication in the National Poetry Series. He is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University where he studied poetry with Denise Levertov and fiction with Grace Paley. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies and on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac. He has taught creative writing for many years in the Bay Area. \nDiana Goetsch is the author of eight collections of poems—most recently Nameless Boy (2015\, Orchises) and In America (forthcoming from Rattle)—and the recipient of numerous honors and awards. Her work has appeared in many leading magazines and anthologies including The New Yorker\, Poetry\, The Gettysburg Review\, The Iowa Review\, Ploughshares\, The Southern Review and Best American Poetry. Known as a generous and innovative teacher\, Diana has taught writing in colleges\, MFA programs\, art centers\, jails and living rooms for 30 years. Currently she is the Grace Paley Teaching Fellow in writing at The New School.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marin-poetry-center-thomas-centolella-diana-goetsch/
LOCATION:Falkirk Cultural Center\, 1408 Mission Ave\, San Rafael \, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Bawdy Storytelling: Sexual Napalm
DESCRIPTION:October brings Bawdy back to the Verdi Club with tales of unforgettable sexual chemistry. Got your own story to tell on our stage? Send a voice memo to dixie@bawdystorytelling.com. Check back for more info on this month’s San Francisco lineup!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bawdy-storytelling-sexual-napalm/
LOCATION:Verdi Club\, 2424 Mariposa St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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