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SUMMARY:The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night Featuring Alan Harris
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jennifer Barone\, Ingrid Keir\, live jazz with Daniel Heffez\, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends.\nOpen Mic sign-up for poetry only starts at 6:45pm – 3min time limit\, pick your best poem to read with live jazz accompaniment\, a few open slots to read without music mid-set. FREE admission. Full menu and bar available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wordparty-poetry-jazz-night-featuring-alan-harris/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers\, Longhairs\, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat by Jonathan Kauffman
DESCRIPTION:This enlightening narrative history—an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan— traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods and the diverse fringe movements\, charismatic gurus\, and counterculture elements that brought them to the mainstream and created a distinctly American cuisine. \n“An outstanding food and cultural history…In this informative\, briskly paced first book…Kauffman is equally thorough in tracing how these early innovators inspired the food co-ops and whole food stores that exist today.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hippie-food-how-back-to-the-landers-longhairs-and-revolutionaries-changed-the-way-we-eat-by-jonathan-kauffman/
LOCATION:Mechanics Institute\, 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer Plus Book Reading "Murderous Fiction: 3 Novels About Death"
DESCRIPTION:Visiting author James Han Mattson joins local authors Andrew Demcak and Tim Floreen at a Perfectly Queer Plus San Francisco book reading\, “Murderous Fiction: 3 Novels About Death\,” on Tuesday\, May 15 from 7pm to 8pm at Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro St.\, San Francisco. Author signing follows the readings. Free admission\, free refreshments. Door prizes at 7pm! \nABOUT THE AUTHORS:\nJames Han Mattson was born in Seoul\, Korea and raised in North Dakota. A Michener-Copernicus Fellowship recipient and graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he has taught at the University of Iowa\, the University of Cape Town\, the University of Maryland\, the George Washington University\, and the University of California – Berkeley. His first novel The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves was an Amazon Literature and Fiction Pick\, an Amazon Best Book of the Month\, a Publishers Lunch Bookseller Pick\, a Kindle First Pick\, a New York Post Required Reading\, and was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. He currently lives in Maryland. \nAndrew Demcak is an American poet and novelist\, the author of four poetry collections and five young adult novels. His books have been featured by the American Library Association\, Verse Daily\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, The Best American Poetry\, and Poets & Writers. His new book Lazarus was a finalist for the prestigious 2018 Dorset Prize for Poetry. \nTim Floreen writes young adult science fiction. The New York Public Library named his first novel\, Willful Machines\, one of the best teen books of 2015 and\, in a starred review\, Kirkus described it as “gothic\, gadgety\, and gay\,” which is an accurate assessment. Booklist called his second novel\, Anatomy of a Murderer\, “incisive\, startling\, and intense.” Tim lives in San Francisco with his partner\, their two cat-obsessed daughters\, and two very patient cats. To find out more about Tim and his secret obsession with Wonder Woman\, visit him online at timfloreen.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-plus-book-reading-murderous-fiction-3-novels-about-death/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Carmen Giménez Smith
DESCRIPTION:Carmen Giménez Smith\nTuesday\, May 15\, 2018\, 7:00 p.m.\, City Lights Booksellers\, 261 Columbus Avenue\, San Francisco\n\n  \ncelebrating the release of \nCruel Futures \nCity Lights Spotlight Series No. 17 \n\nA Latina feminist State of the Union address at the intersection of pop culture and interiority. \nCruel Futures\, the fifth collection from Latinx feminista Carmen Giménez Smith\, is a witchy confessional and wildly imagistic volume that examines subjects as divergent as Alzheimers\, Medusa\, mumblecore\, and mental illness in sharp-witted\, taut poems dense with song. Chronicling life on an endangered planet\, in a country on the precipice of profound change compelled by a media machine that produces our realities\, the book is a high-energy analysis of popular culture\, as well as an exploration of the many social roles that women occupy as mother\, daughter\, lover\, and the resulting struggle to maintain personhood—all in a late capitalist America. Like Joanne Kyger\, Giménez Smith deploys humor while depicting the quotidian and its function as sacrament. \nPraise for Cruel Futures: \n“Carmen Giménez Smith’s beautiful book\, Cruel Futures is one of those rare books\, rare pieces of art\, that manages to be extremely intimate\, vulnerable and close while also doing a kind of searing cultural critique. The poems can be tender or ironic\, and sometimes a blending of the two\, which is not easy\, but occasionally yields lines like these\, from the amazing and amazingly titled poem ‘Ravers Having Babies’: ‘So much to do so little skin / left for transformation . . .’ Somehow those lines for me get at the remarkable humanity in this book\, the remarkable wisdom\, which is ravenous\, sorrowful\, and dreaming. Like\, probably\, you are. Like me.”––Ross Gay \n“In the body\, through the lyric\, and twitching with every sense of the word ‘nerve\,’ this book sings a mongrel nation into and across its cruel futures. Like Neruda in his Plenos Poderes/Full Powers\, Giménez Smith has all the mastery she needs to cast a cold eye on her positioning\, and ours. In this way Cruel Futures is an autobiography that won’t stay in its genre or premise\, caring less to author a self than to follow turns of magic in words that might soothe our ‘collisions with the living.’ Inheritor and conduit of an Latinx artistic tradition\, this primer on how to ‘feed the yearning’ Anzaldúa wrote of leaves us broken and stronger\, ‘Slick with lip gloss\, with legend.'”––Farid Matuk \n“Declamatory anthems to no nation\, these songs stride as they deal and wheel with skin and kin: history\, catastrophe\, the body\, love. ‘Upturned and defiant\, all types of shade\, no outskirt\, / vital like a saint\,’ the poems in Cruel Futures shimmer with Giménez Smith’s lyric attention: full of grit\, sharp and knowing.”––Hoa Nguyen
URL:https://litseen.com/event/carmen-gimenez-smith-2/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:GET LIT #36 (MUSIC BY MICHAEL ALSO)
DESCRIPTION:IT’S OUR 3-YEAR ANNIVERSARY! \nCome celebrate 36 continuous months of Nomadic Press‘ Get Lit show! Started by J. K. Fowler and Annelyse Gelman three years ago\, we have been graced with the brand-new words of over 450 writers\, the tunes of over 30 different musicians\, and some phenomenal hosts\, including Annelyse Gelman\, Joshua Merchant\, Claudette Dráca-Luna Davis\, Wonder Dave\, Isobel O’Hare\, Christine No\, Abe Becker\, Paul Corman-Roberts\, and Zephir O’Meara. \nDoors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. Hosted by Abe Becker with music by Michael Also. \nFeatured lineup of writers so far includes: Soma Mei Sheng Frazier\, Audrey T. Williams\, Zach Goldberg\, Zack Hanson\, Paul Corman-Roberts\, Gwen Schulte\, Chris “L7” Cuadrado\, Marguerite Munoz\, Fred Dodsworth\, Andrew Heald\, Danee Black-Queen D\, and others TBA. \nSuggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and wonderful food by Guadalajara Restaurant & Tequila Bar just down the block. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present. \nGet beer. Get lit. Then Get Tacos.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-36-music-by-michael-also-2/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Genny Lim\, Kitty Tsui and Nellie Wong w/Bill Crossman on piano
DESCRIPTION:Nellie Wong was born and raised in Oakland. A long-time activist for radical social change and a retired office worker\, Nellie was honored by Oakland High School with a building in her name. She is the author of four poetry books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. She is co-featured in the documentary film\, “Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\,” by Allie Light and Irving Sarah. Genny Lim is San Francisco Jazz Poet Laureate. She has been featured at Jazz Festivals and World Poetry Festivals in the U.S. and around the world. Her award-winning play “Paper Angels\,” was the first Asian American play to be aired on PBS’s American. Lim’s performance piece\, “Don’t Shoot! A Requiem in Black\,” dedicated to Black Lives Matter\, recently premiered at Safe House. She is author of five poetry collections and co-author of the seminal\, Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island. Kitty Tsui’s WORDS OF A WOMAN WHO BREATHES FIRE was the first book by a Chinese American lesbian; her second BREATHLESS – EROTICA won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award. WORDS OF A WOMAN WHO BREATHES FIRE will be out as a Sapphic Classic along with new poems from NICE CHINESE GIRLS DON’T in July\, 2019. Bill Crossman is a pianist\, composer\, human rights activist\, philosopher/educator\, poet\, playwright\, and author. As a pianist\, Crossman’s specialty is free jazz/free improvisation. His musically improvised “John Brown’s Truth” musical premiered at the 2009 International Society of Improvised Music Festival at UC Santa Cruz\, and has since been performed throughout northern California and in New York City.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/genny-lim-kitty-tsui-and-nellie-wong-w-bill-crossman-on-piano/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Rahna Reiko Rizzuto / Shadow Child
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts Rahna Reiko Rizzuto (Hiroshima in the Morning and Why She Left Us) for her new novel\, Shadow Child. Please join us! \nShadow Child is a gorgeous novel about three strong women\, the dangerous ties of family and identity\, and the long shadow our histories can cast. Twin sisters Hana and Kei grew up in a tiny Hawaiian town in the 1950s and ‘60s\, so close they shared the same nickname. Mixed-race and fatherless\, they were raised in dreamlike isolation by their loving yet unstable mother. But when their cherished threesome with Mama is broken\, and then further shattered by a violent betrayal that neither young woman can forgive\, it seems their bond may be severed forever—until\, six years later\, Kei arrives on Hana’s lonely New York City doorstep with a secret that will change everything. Flashing back to 1942\, readers meet Lillie\, a young Japanese woman orphaned as a baby on the steps of a rural church in California. After she falls in love with Donald\, the only other Japanese person Lillie has known\, the young couple weds and moves in with his parents in Los Angeles\, only to find that in that time of war\, Japanese Americans were viewed with distrust and hostility. From the internment camps in World War II America\, to the exotic beaches and caves of Hawaii\, to the bustling metropolis of New York City\, Shadow Child follows these extraordinary women as they search for acceptance\, family\, and a truer sense of identity and happiness than what they’d known. \nRahna Reiko Rizzuto is the author of the memoir Hiroshima in the Morning\, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle. Her debut novel\, Why She Left Us\, won an American Book Award. The first woman to graduate from Columbia College with a BA in Astrophysics\, she was raised in Hawaii and lives in Brooklyn.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rahna-reiko-rizzuto-shadow-child/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Julia Dixon Evans
DESCRIPTION:Julia Dixon Evans discusses her new novel\, How to Set Yourself on Fire. \n\nPRAISE FOR HOW TO SET YOURSELF ON FIRE \n\n“How to Set Yourself on Fire is a family mystery that slowly reveals itself\, illuminating a poignant emptiness in its lovable but complicated main character. Sheila is funny\, depressed\, searching\, and unpredictable. Her story will move you long after its lovely final scene.”—Lindsay Hunter\, author of Eat Only When You’re Hungry \n\n“This book had me glued. I came for the intrigue buried in the treasure hunt of letters\, but I stayed for the unlikely friendship of thirty-five-year-old Sheila and twelve-year-old Torrey. I would read a whole series of these two having adventures together\, but I’ll have to relish this singularly heartbreaking and hilarious story of lost and found love\, in all its guises.”—Jac Jemc\, author of The Grip of It \n\n“This book features my favorite type of protagonist: the creepy\, socially awkward woman who you can’t help but fall in love with. It’s also the best kind of reading experience: a book that is funny and difficult to put down\, and builds to something that is disarmingly touching.”—Juliet Escoria\, author of Witch Hunt \n\nABOUT HOW TO SET YOURSELF ON FIRE \n\nSheila’s life is built of little thievings.  Adrift in her mid-thirties\, she sleeps in fragments\, ditches her temp jobs\, eavesdrops on her neighbor’s Skype calls\, and keeps a stolen letter in her nightstand\, penned by a UPS driver she barely knows.  Her mother is stifling and her father is a bad memory.  Her only friends are her mysterious\, slovenly neighbor Vinnie and his daughter Torrey\, a quirky twelve-year-old coping with a recent tragedy. \nWhen her grandmother Rosamond dies\, Sheila inherits a box of secret love letters from Harold C. Carr—a man who is not her grandfather. In spite of herself\, Sheila gets caught up in the legacy of the affair\, piecing together her grandmother’s past and forging bonds with Torrey and Vinnie as intense and fragile as the crumbling pages in Rosamond’s shoebox. \nAs they get closer to unraveling the truth\, Sheila grows almost as obsessed with the letters as the man who wrote them.  Somewhere\, there’s an answering stack of letters—written in Rosamond’s hand—and Sheila can’t stop until she uncovers the rest of the story.  Threaded with wry humor and the ache of love lost or left behind\, How to Set Yourself on Fire establishes Julia Dixon Evans as a rising talent in the vein of Shirley Jackson and Lindsay Hunter.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/julia-dixon-evans/
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:Mark Greenside
DESCRIPTION:Mark Greenside\n\n\n\n\nReads from (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living\, a sequel of sorts to I’ll Never Be French (no matter what I do)\, about which the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: “Imagine Larry David . . . spending a summer in a French village–against his will\, of course–and you get some sense of what Mark Greenside goes through.” \nTo reserve a seat\, purchase a copy of (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 15\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery year upon arriving in Plobien\, the small Breton town where he spends his summers\, Mark Greenside picks back up where he left off with his faux-pas-filled Francophile life. Mellowed and humbled\, but not daunted (OK\, slightly daunted)\, he faces imminent concerns: What does he cook for a French person? Who has the right-of-way when entering or exiting a roundabout? Where does he pay for a parking ticket? And most dauntingly of all\, when can he touch the tomatoes? \nDespite the two decades that have passed since Greenside’s snap decision to buy a house in Brittany and begin a bi-continental life\, the quirks of French living still manage to confound him. Continuing the journey begun in his 2009 memoir about beginning life in France\, (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living details Greenside’s daily adventures in his adopted French home\, where the simplest tasks are never straightforward but always end in a great story. Through some hits and lots of misses\, he learns the rules of engagement\, how he gets what he needs–which is not necessarily what he thinks he wants–and how to be grateful and thankful when (especially when) he fails\, which is more often than he can believe. \nMark Greenside has been a civil rights activist\, Vietnam War protestor\, anti-draft counselor\, Vista Volunteer\, union leader\, and college professor. His short stories have appeared in numerous journals and he is the author of a collection\, I Saw a Man Hit His Wife. Greenside resides in Alameda and Brittany.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mark-greenside/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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