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SUMMARY:Najwa Zebian / Sparks of Phoenix
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts a special evening with Najwa Zebian\, to celebrate her new book\, Sparks of Phoenix. This will be her only SF/Bay Area event. Please join us! \n  \nPlease note: this is a ticketed event\, to be held at The Bindery (1727 Haight St.) in San Francisco. The price of admission is equal to the cost of Sparks of Phoenix\, which is included with each ticket. Tickets can be purchased here. \n  \nIn Sparks of Phoenix — Zebian’s third book of poetry — she takes her readers on a powerful journey of healing. \nAs the phoenix emerges from its ashes\, Zebian emerges ablaze in these pages\, not only as a survivor of abuse\, but as a teacher and healer for all those who have struggled to understand\, reclaim\, and rise above a history of pain. The book is divided into six chapters\, and six stages of healing: Falling\, Burning to Ashes\, Sparks of Phoenix\, Rising\, Soaring\, and finally\, A New Chapter\, which demonstrates a healthy response to new love as the result of authentic healing. With her characteristic vulnerability\, courage\, and softness\, Zebian seeks to empower those who have been made to feel ashamed\, silenced\, or afraid; she urges them\, through gentle advice and personal revelation\, to raise their voices\, rise up\, and soar. \n  \n\n  \nNajwa Zebian is a Lebanese-Canadian author\, speaker\, and educator. Her passion for language was evident from a young age\, as she delved into Arabic poetry and novels. The search for a home what Najwa describes as a place where the soul and heart feel at peace was central to her early years. When she arrived in Canada at the age of sixteen\, she felt unstable and adrift in an unfamiliar place. Nevertheless\, she completed her education\, and went on to become a teacher as well as a doctoral candidate in educational leadership. Her first students\, a group of young refugees\, led her back to her original passion: writing. She began to heal her sixteen-year-old self by writing to heal her students. Since self-publishing her first collection of poetry and prose in 2016\, Najwa has become an inspiration to millions of people worldwide. Drawing on her own experiences of displacement\, discrimination\, and abuse\, Najwa uses her words to encourage others to build a home within themselves; to live\, love\, and create fearlessly. \n  \n\n  \n** Please note ** \n– This is an all-ages event. \n– The duration of this event is up to the author. \n– Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. \n– 1 ticket = 1 book\, no exceptions. The book must be purchased from Booksmith. If you already have a copy of Sparks of Phoenix\, remember that books make great gifts! If you’ve already gifted Sparks of Phoenix to all of your friends\, it’s ok to buy a different book from Booksmith instead — in that case\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com. \n– Signing\, photo\, and Q&A details to come. \n– RSVP is not necessary\, but appreciated.
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LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Irvine Welsh in conversation with Alan Black
DESCRIPTION:  \n \ncelebrating the release of \nDead Men’s Trousers \nby Irvine Welsh \npublished by Melville House \n\nThe gang from Trainspotting have mostly cleaned up their act… until they are drawn back together to Scotland for one last scheme – a scheme one of them won’t survive. It’s an action-packed\, hilarious and rollicking trip\, as well as a moving elegy to the crew. \n\n\n\nIrvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh\, Scotland. Raised in the tenement homes of Leith\, the prefabs in West Pilton and the maisonettes in Muirhouse. At sixteen\, he left school\, took various jobs\, and eventually moved to London in the seventies. There he spent his free time exploring the London punk scene\, then moved back to Edinburgh to renew his studies. Back home\, and inspired by the nineties rave scene\, he ran into some fascinating characters he immortalised later\, in the pages of Trainspotting. At first dismissed for its unmarketable content\, Trainspotting shot Welsh to fame\, precipitated further by the release of the film\, by Danny Boyle\, three years later. Since then he has written eight other works of fiction. He currently lives in the US. \nAlan Black is a writer and served as the former literary manager of San Francisco’s famous bookish venue Edinburgh Castle Pub. His work has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle\, Salon.com\, and The Christian Science Monitor. He is cofounder of the Scottish Cultural and Arts Foundation and coeditor of Public House\, an anthology. He has also authored the book Kick the Balls: A Bruising Season in the Life of a Suburban Soccer Coach (Plume/Penguin) and co-authored the book The Glorious World Cup (with David Henry Sterry – NAL/Penguin) \nPraise for Irvine Welsh & Dead Men’s Trousers … \n“Raunchy\, profane\, violent\, and frequently hilarious… Dead Men’s Trousers delivers a strangely life-affirming dose of dark absurdity\, ensuring that\, if this is the last we see of these characters\, they won’t soon be forgotten.” – *STARRED* Booklist \n“Unfolds like a Keystone Kops version of Ocean’s 11… Welsh’s entire oeuvre crackles with idiomatic energy and brio\, and this rollicking novel is no different.” —Publishers Weekly \n“Welsh’s peculiar talent is finding the comedy in sex\, addiction\, betrayal\, and death\, and he handles the job so deftly that the novel nearly qualifies as comfort reading even in gross-out mode.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS \n“Blisteringly funny…” —New York Times Book Review \n“It is funny\, unflinchingly abrasive\, authentic\, and inventive\, unerringly on-and off-the pulse. It is a true cult\, the kind of novel you press on perfect strangers. It validates a world fiction hasn’t recognized before.” —Time Out \n“Irvine Welsh writes with skill\, wit\, and compassion that amounts to genius. He is the best thing that has happened to British writing in decades.” —Nick Hornby\, Sunday Times \n“Irvine Welsh writes with style\, imagination\, wit\, and force\, and in a voice which those alienated by much current fiction clearly want to hear.” —The Times Literary Supplement \n“Irvine Welsh is the real thing-a marvelous admixture of nihilism and heartbreak\, pinpoint realism (especially in dialect and tone) and almost archetypal universality. —David Foster Wallace
URL:https://litseen.com/event/irvine-welsh-in-conversation-with-alan-black/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:On the Road Again: Rich With Possibilities
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Bruce Bagnell\, Jan Steckel\, Andrew O. Dugas\, Kathleen McClung. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland. \n 
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LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Elinor Lipman
DESCRIPTION:Elinor Lipman\n\n\n\n\nreturns to Mrs. Dalloway’s to celebrate the publication of her latest novel\, Good Riddance\, in which one woman’s trash becomes another woman’s treasure\, with deliriously entertaining results. A pitch-perfect\, whip-smart new novel from an “enchanting\, infinitely witty yet serious\, exceptionally intelligent\, wholly original\, and Austen-like stylist” (Washington Post). \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 6\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this delightful new romantic comedy\, Daphne Maritch doesn’t quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother\, who held this relic dear. Too dear.The late June Winter Maritch was the teacher to whom the class of ’69 had dedicated its yearbook\, and in turn she went on to attend every reunion\, scribbling notes and observations after each one–not always charitably–and noting who overstepped boundaries of many kinds. In a fit of decluttering (the yearbook did not\, Daphne concluded\, “spark joy”)\, she discards it when she moves to a small New York City apartment. But when it’s found in the recycling bin by a busybody neighbor/documentary filmmaker\, the yearbook’s mysteries–not to mention her own family’s–take on a whole new urgency\, and Daphne finds herself entangled in a series of events both poignant and absurd. \nElinor Lipman is the award-winning author of eleven novels\, including The View from Penthouse B and The Inn at Lake Devine; one essay collection\, I Can’t Complain; and Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus. She lives in New York City. \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
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LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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