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SUMMARY:Karen Finley
DESCRIPTION:Karen Finley \n\n\n\nOpening statement by Amy Scholder \ncelebrating the release of \nGrabbing Pussy \nBy Karen Finley \npublished by OR Books \nIn a breathless cascade of poetry and prose\, celebrated performance artist Karen Finley here lays bare the psychosexual obsessions that have burst to the surface of today’s American politics. \nBased on her widely praised performance piece Unicorn Gratitude Mystery (“Wickedly funny”—The New York Times)\, Finley explores the Shakespearean dynamics that surface when libidos and loyalties clash in the public and private personas of Donald Trump\, Hillary and Bill Clinton\, Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner\, and latterly Harvey Weinstein. \nStanding in the tradition of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl\, Finley’s words jolt the reader into new insights about the ways the darkly private can drive the public realm in dizzying twists and turns. The aggression of intimacy\, the disparity of gender\, and the vital importance of hair are all encompassed in Finley’s exhilarating canter. \nKaren Finley is a performance artist whose work has long provoked controversy and debate. She has performed at the Lincoln Center (NYC)\, the ICA (London)\, the Steppenwolf (Chicago)\, and the Bobino (Paris). Her art is in the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles\, among other places. She has received numerous awards\, including a Guggenheim Fellowship\, two Obies\, two Bessies\, and a Ms. magazine Woman of the Year Award. Her previous books include Shock Treatment\, Enough is Enough\, Living It Up\, A Different Kind Of Intimacy\, George and Martha\, and The Reality Shows. Finley is a professor in the department of Art and Public Policy at Tisch School of the Arts\, New York University. \nAmy Scholder has been editing and publishing progressive and literary books for over twenty-five years. Her visionary style has brought high visibility to her authors\, and has been praised for its contribution to contemporary literature and popular culture. She has served as editorial director of the Feminist Press\, editor-in-chief of Seven Stories Press\, US publisher of Verso\, founding co-editor of HIGH RISK Books/Serpent’s Tail\, and editor at City Lights Books. Over the years\, she has published the work of Sapphire\, Karen Finley\, June Jordan\, Kate Bornstein\, Kathy Acker\, David Wojnarowicz\, Dorothy Allison\, Mary Gaitskill\, Joni Mitchell\, Kate Millett\, Elfriede Jelinek\, Muriel Rukeyser\, Laurie Weeks\, Justin Vivian Bond\, Virginie Despentes\, Ana Castillo\, and many other award-winning authors. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/karen-finley/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Kat Gardiner (Little Wonder) with Sea of Bees and Rose Droll
DESCRIPTION:Born in Oklahoma\, raised in the Pacific Northwest\, and currently based in Detroit\, author Kat Gardiner carries a restlessness through her writing that’s been honed by a lifelong search for roots. Her debut collection of short fiction\, Little Wonder\, fictionalizes the experience of opening and closing a music venue and café with her husband in the small Pacific Northwest town of Anacortes\, Washington in 2008. An adult coming-of-age story told in fragments\, Little Wonder explores the bittersweet love affair that takes place between despair and hope whenever you try with all your heart to do something you believe in\, and fail. \nKat Gardiner reads excerpts from Little Wonder along with acoustic performances by Sea of Bees & Rose Droll.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kat-gardiner-little-wonder-with-sea-of-bees-and-rose-droll/
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:Kat Gardiner\, Sea of Bees and Rose Droll
DESCRIPTION:Kat Gardiner discusses her new book from Father/Daughter Records\, Little Wonder: A Micro-Fictionalized Account of Honest Failure. With musical performances by Sea of Bees and Rose Droll. \n\nAbout Little Wonder \n\nKat Gardiner’s debut collection of microfiction\, Little Wonder\, springs from the year she spent in Anacortes\, Washington. Young and idealistic\, she and her husband moved to town to open a café and music venue in the hopes of finding a home there. \n  \nThe experiment lasted exactly one year. \n  \nIn interconnected fragments\, Little Wonder reads like a series of love notes to a former self. Characters navigate frustration\, loss\, heartbreak\, but they also come into new versions of themselves. Little Wonder sheds light on the idea that joy and pain are often two sides of the same coin — and that being alive in this world can necessitate embracing both. \n  \n“Is it because spring is nature’s rebirth that our emotions get so attached to it? All of the descriptions of the town and the feelings there are so accurate and truthful and achy… I can see the sun sinking down over Anacortes at the end of every page. Little Wonder has the ache of Raymond Carver\, the honesty\, the vulnerability. It’s so melancholic and honest and beautiful.” – Kyle Field (Little Wings) \n  \nAbout Kat Gardiner \n\nBorn in Oklahoma\, raised in the Pacific Northwest\, and currently based in Detroit\, Kat Gardiner carries a restlessness through her writing that’s been honed by a lifelong search for roots. Her debut collection of short fiction\, Little Wonder\, springs from the year Gardiner spent in Anacortes\, Washington\, during her early twenties. Young and idealistic\, she opened a coffee shop and music venue with her husband in the hopes of finding a home in the city’s artistic community. The experiment lasted exactly one year. Gardiner closed the coffee shop and moved away from Anacortes\, ending a stressful and dreamlike chapter in her life. \n\nGardiner studied creative writing at Bennington College in Vermont\, and later took workshops with Tom Spanbauer\, the creator of the technique known as Dangerous Writing\, in Portland\, Oregon. In developing her craft\, she found herself drawn to microfiction\, citing Lydia Davis as a touchstone. “There’s something powerful in succinct details\,” Gardiner says. Writing in short\, interconnected fragments enabled her to revisit the year spent in Anacortes with a new sense of perspective. Little Wonder reads like a series of love notes to a former self\, or a collection of Polaroids made golden with age. Gardiner’s characters navigate frustration\, loss\, and heartbreak\, but they also come into new versions of themselves\, a transformation they may not recognize in the moment. Through poignant vignettes furnished generously with detail\, Gardiner looks into what it means to enter the world and realize that the world is not nearly as amenable to change as an optimistic young person might think. “It’s been liberating to make art out of both the painful and the joyous parts of that experience\,” she says. With Little Wonder\, she’s shed light on the idea that joy and pain are often two sides of the same coin — and that being alive in this world can necessitate embracing both. \n  \nAbout Sea of Bees \n\nSea of Bees is the musical project of Julie Ann Bee\, or Jules as everyone calls her. She sings\, writes the songs\, and plays lots of musical instruments. \n\n“If I had to sum her up in a sentence\, she’s sort of a female Sparklehorse. Her music is rooted very much in folk and rock but wildly experimental; some crazy\, beautiful\, wonderful sounds on her new album “Songs for the Ravens.” On my top 10 for the year.” -Robin Hilton\, NPR radio host \n\n“An unrelenting sense of wide-eyed beauty. The album ends up sounding like some sort of collision between Elliot Smith and The Mamas and the Papas. A talent for elegant\, cathartic songwriting. Build a Boat to the Sun is completely endearing.” The 405 \n\n“I’m not entirely sure why I love this album so much… …That which I cannot put my finger on\, is the mysterious\, wonderful\, and addictive qualities of this album as a whole. Bravo to Jules and her Sea of Bees.” -Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) \n\nAbout Rose Droll \n\nI’m a songwriter based in San Francisco. I’ve been playing piano since I was 7\, and now I play a few other instruments as well. I write and record solo\, and occasionally have a few friends sing on my songs. My music has been called haunting by a few different people\, so maybe that’s accurate. My favorite color is pink and my favorite animal is the cat.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kat-gardiner-sea-of-bees-and-rose-droll/
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:MFA in Writing Program Reading Series presents Ottessa Moshfegh
DESCRIPTION:TUESDAY\, NOVEMBER 13 7:45 – 9:30 p.m.\nLone Mountain Main – LM 100 – Handlery Room\n\n\n\nOttessa Moshfegh is the author of the novels My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Eileen\, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award\, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize\, and awarded the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. Her story collection\, Homesick for Another World\, was a New York Times Notable Book. Moshfegh has received the Pushcart Prize\, the O. Henry Award\, a Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review\, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Originally from Boston\, she lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mfa-in-writing-program-reading-series-presents-ottessa-moshfegh/
LOCATION:USF Lone Mountain Main – LM 100 – Handlery Room\, 2130 Fulton Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
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