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SUMMARY:Queeriosity: Writing + Performance Workshop (Youth Centered)
DESCRIPTION:Queeriosity: Writing and Performance workshops celebrates LGBTQQIA+ youth voices in the Bay Area. Taught by Youth Speaks poets including Sarah O’Neal and Janae Johnson. \nEvery Wednesday | March 20th – May 22\n5:00pm – 7:00pm\nat Qulture Collective\, 1714 Franklin St\, Oakland\, CA 94607 (near 19th Street BART) \nThis LGBTQIA+ centered workshop will explore personal and historical narratives that (re)frame perceptions of language\, sexuality & gender. Participants will be encouraged to write\, learn performance techniques\, and create the dopest space imaginable. \nSign-Up: https://goo.gl/forms/OWMXtikx5RvHzBnB3 \n**First time and/or experienced writers are encouraged to attend. This is intended to be a space where your authentic self is not only welcomed- it’s celebrated.** \nNote: This is a FREE youth-centered (13-19 years old) Workshop\, and anyone can join! 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/queeriosity-writing-performance-workshop-youth-centered/
LOCATION:Qulture Collective\, 1714 Franklin Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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SUMMARY:Aysegül Savas
DESCRIPTION:Aysegül Savas discusses her new novel\, Walking on the Ceiling. \nPraise for Walking on the Ceiling \n“Ayşegül Savaş is an enormous new talent who writes with the rigor of Didion and the tenderness of Sebald. Walking on the Ceiling holds the immediacy of youth and the depth of long-earned wisdom at once. Its elegant voice is sure to summon old memories and longings from each reader\, relighting them anew.”\n—Catherine Lacey\, author of The Answers \n“In Walking on the Ceiling\, Aysegul Savas investigates the inability of any story to accurately evoke lived experience—yet her unconventional narrative succeeds in doing just that. Savas’s celebration of the minutest details of Paris and Istanbul is juxtaposed\, to devastating effect\, against rising political tensions. This quietly intense debut is the product of a wise and probing mind.”\n—Helen Phillips\, author of The Beautiful Bureaucrat \n“Walking on the Ceiling is an elegant meditation on grief\, identity\, memory and homecoming. Moving between Paris and Istanbul\, the novel captures the tangle of narrative around history\, both personal and collective. I fell in love with this book.”\n—Katie Kitamura\, author of A Separation \n“Sensual\, fragile\, scented with hope and loss\, Walking on the Ceiling is a powerful debut and Ayşegül Savaş is an extremely talented rising star.” —Dorthe Nors\, author of Mirror\, Shoulder\, Signal \nAbout Walking on the Ceiling \nA mesmerizing novel set in Paris and a changing Istanbul\, about a young Turkish woman grappling with her past – her country’s and her own – and her complicated relationship with the famous British writer who longs for her memories. \nAfter her mother’s death\, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore\, she meets M.\, an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. \nM. is working on a new novel set in Turkey and Nunu tells him about her family\, hoping to impress and inspire him. She recounts the idyllic landscapes of her past\, mythical family meals\, and her elaborate childhood games. As she does so\, she also begins to confront her mother’s silence and anger\, her father’s death\, and the growing unrest in Istanbul. Their intimacy deepens\, so does Nunu’s fear of revealing too much to M. and of giving too much of herself and her Istanbul away. Most of all\, she fears that she will have to face her own guilt about her mother and the narratives she’s told to protect herself from her memories. \nA wise and unguarded glimpse into a young woman’s coming into her own\, Walking on the Ceiling is about memory\, the pleasure of invention\, and those places\, real and imagined\, we can’t escape.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aysegul-savas/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190516T180000
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SUMMARY:Meet Journalist and Anti-Death Penalty Activist\, Michael Kroll
DESCRIPTION:Michael Kroll is a prolific writer; he has published numerous magazine and newspaper pieces\, some award-winning\, most of which focus on our own criminal justice system and\, in particular\, the death penalty. Hear him read from his works and discuss his varied interests and memoir-writing experiences.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/meet-journalist-and-anti-death-penalty-activist-michael-kroll/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library – Main Branch\, 125 - 14th Street\, Oakland\, 94612
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190516T190000
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SUMMARY:Mike Boughn + Sunnylyn Thibodeaux - poets!
DESCRIPTION:Mike Boughn + Sunnylyn Thibodeaux – poets!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mike-boughn-sunnylyn-thibodeaux-poets/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Namwali Serpell in conversation with Ismail Muhammad
DESCRIPTION:reading from and discussing her new novel \nThe Old Drift \nfrom Hogarth Books \nOn the banks of the Zambezi River\, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls\, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation\, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. The tale? A playful panorama of history\, fairytale\, romance and science fiction. The moral? To err is human. \nIn 1904\, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river\, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark\, foggy with fever\, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black\, white\, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century\, into the present and beyond. As the generations pass\, their lives – their triumphs\, errors\, losses and hopes – form a symphony about what it means to be human. \nFrom a woman covered with hair and another plagued with endless tears\, to forbidden love affairs and fiery political ones\, to homegrown technological marvels like Afronauts\, microdrones and viral vaccines – this gripping\, unforgettable novel sweeps over the years and the globe\, subverting expectations along the way. Exploding with color and energy\, The Old Drift is a testament to our yearning to create and cross borders\, and a meditation on the slow\, grand passage of time. \n\nNamwali Serpell was born in Lusaka and lives in San Francisco. Her first novel\, The Old Drift\, is forthcoming with Hogarth (Penguin Random House) in 2019. She won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story\, “The Sack.” In 2014\, she was chosen as one of the Africa 39\, a Hay Festival project to identify the most promising African writers under 40. In 2011\, she received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. Her first published story\, “Muzungu\,” was selected for The Best American Short Stories 2009\, shortlisted for the 2010 Caine Prize\, and anthologized in The Uncanny Reader. You can read her writing in The New Yorker\, The New York Review of Books\, Tin House\, Triple Canopy\, The Believer\, n+1\, McSweeney’s\, Bidoun\, Cabinet\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, The L.A.Review of Books\, Public Books\, The Guardian\, and in these six short story anthologies.  She is associate professor of English at UC Berkeley. Her first book of literary criticism\, Seven Modes of Uncertainty\, was published in 2014 by Harvard UP. Visit: www.namwaliserpell.com \nIsmail Muhammad is a writer and critic living in Oakland\, California\, where he works as the reviews editor of The Believer. His work has appeared in Bookforum\, The Nation\, and Slate. \nAdvance praise for THE OLD DRIFT: \n“Recalling the work of Toni Morrison and Gabriel García Márquez as a sometimes magical\, sometimes horrifically real portrait of a place\, Serpell’s novel goes into the future of the 2020s\, when the various plot threads come together in a startling conclusion. Intricately imagined\, brilliantly constructed\, and staggering in its scope\, this is an astonishing novel.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred) \n“In this smartly composed epic\, magical realism and science fiction interweave with authentic history\, and the ‘colour bar\,’ the importance of female education\, and the consequences of technological change figure strongly. It’s also a unique immigration story showing how people from elsewhere are enfolded into the country’s fabric… Serpell’s novel is absorbing\, occasionally strange\, and entrenched in Zambian culture—in all\, an unforgettable original.”\n—Booklist (starred) \n“Comparisons with Gabriel García Márquez are inevitable and likely warranted. But this novel’s generous spirit\, sensory richness\, and visionary heft make it almost unique among magical realist epics.”\n—Kirkus (starred) \n“It’s hard to believe this is a debut\, so assured is its language\, so ambitious its reach\, and yet The Old Drift is indeed Namwali Serpell’s first novel\, and it signifies a great new voice in fiction. Feeling at once ancient and futuristic\, The Old Drift is a genre-defying riotous work that spins a startling new creation myth for the African nation of Zambia…Serpell’s voice is lucid and brilliant\, and it’s one we can’t wait to read more of in years to come.”\n—Nylon\, “50 Books You’ll Want to Read in 2019” \n“In turns charming\, heartbreaking\, and breathtaking\, The Old Drift is a staggeringly ambitious\, genre-busting multigenerational saga with moxie for days. . . . I wanted it to go on forever. A worthy heir to Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.”\n—CARMEN MARIA MACHADO\, author of Her Body and Other Parties\n\n“From the poetry and subtle humor constantly alive in its language\, to the cast of fulsome characters that defy simple categorization\, The Old Drift is a novel that satisfies on all levels. Namwali Serpell excels in creating portraits of resilience—each unique and often heartbreaking. In The Old Drift the individual struggle is cast against a world of shifting principles and politics\, and Serpell captures the quicksand nature of a nation’s roiling change with exacting precision. My only regret is that once begun\, I reached the end all too soon.”\n—ALICE SEBOLD\, author of The Lovely Bones\n\n“An astonishing novel\, a riot for the senses\, filled with the music and scents and sensations of Zambia. Namwali Serpell writes about people\, land\, and longing with such compassionate humor and precision there’s an old wisdom in these pages. In short\, make room on your shelf next to a few of your other favorites: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\, Tsitsi Dangarembga\, and Edwidge Danticat jump to mind. It’s brilliant. This woman was born to write!”\n—ALEXANDRA FULLER\, author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight\n\n“It’s difficult to think of another novel that is at once so sweepingly ambitious and so intricately patterned\, delivering the pleasures of saga and poetry in equal measure. The Old Drift is an endlessly innovative\, voraciously brilliant book\, and Namwali Serpell is among the most distinctive and exciting writers to emerge in years.”\n—GARTH GREENWELL\, author of What Belongs to You \n“The Old Drift is a dazzling genre-bender of a novel\, an astonishing historical and futuristic feat\, a page-turner with a plot that consistently and cleverly upends itself. Playfully poetic and outright serious at once\, it is one of the most intelligent debuts I’ve read this year. No matter your reading preference\, there’s something in it for you.”\n—CHINELO OKPARANTA\, author of Under the Udala Trees\n\n“If\, as she writes\, ‘history is the annals of the bully on the playground\,’ then in The Old Drift\, Namwali Serpell wreaks havoc on the Zambian annals by rewriting the past\, creating a new present\, and conjuring an alternative future. In refusing to be bound by genre\, Serpell is audacious and shrewd. This is a Zambian history of pain and exploitation\, trial and error\, and hope and triumph.”\n—JENNIFER MAKUMBI\, author of Kintu\n\n“The Old Drift is an extraordinary meditation on identity\, the history of a nation\, love\, politics\, family\, friendship\, and life. Serpell’s prose is dazzling. Darting back and forth through the decades and mixing different genres\, Serpell has delivered an original\, remarkable\, magical work that both delights and challenges.”\n—CHIKA UNIGWE\, author of On Black Sisters Street
URL:https://litseen.com/event/namwali-serpell-in-conversation-with-ismail-muhammad/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:All the Sweeter
DESCRIPTION:Jean Minton joins us to discuss her book All the Sweeter: Families Share Their Stories of Adopting from Foster Care. \n\nAbout All The Sweeter \nAll the Sweeter tells the stories of families who have adopted one or more children from the US foster care system. Each of the twelve families interviewed has a dedicated chapter in which at least one representative tells their family’s adoption story. Woven through these stories are topical chapters that explore the common challenges these families face\, including the complications that accompany transracial adoptions\, helping children understand adoption\, relationships with birth parents\, and raising a traumatized child. Each year\, over 50\,000 children are adopted from the US Foster Care System. \n  \nInformative and diverse in scope\, All the Sweeter provides a resource to families considering adoption\, families in the process of adoption\, and families who have already adopted children from foster care–with the ultimate goal of facilitating a better life for the children they bring into their lives.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/all-the-sweeter/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:InsideStorytime QUIDDITIES
DESCRIPTION:    \nInsideStorytime QUIDDITIES\, featuring Sarah Stone (Hungry Ghost Theater)\, Lynn Breedlove (Forty-Five Thought Crimes)\, Vincent Chu (Like A Champion)\, Cheryl Ossola (The Wild Impossibility)\, and others\, will occur at Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster Street\, Oakland\, Thursday May 16th\, 7-9 pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime-quiddities/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Happy Endings: Lights\, Camera\, Fashun
DESCRIPTION:HAPPY ENDINGS is a monthly reading series that showcases new writing and wants to shine a little sun on your soul. \nWhat’s gonna happen? Five writers will come with a piece they’ve prepared in response to a monthly prompt. A panel of judges will be selected from the audience\, and that panel will pick a winner! \n$10/Pay what you can \nThis month’s prompt: Lights\, Camera\, FASHUN \nThis month’s participating writers: Liz Owuor\, Kar Johnson\, and more!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/happy-endings-lights-camera-fashun/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Heather Hansman
DESCRIPTION:Heather Hansman discusses her new book\, Down River: Into the Future of Water in the West. \nPraise for Down River \n“Heather Hansman’s account of her 730-mile solo raft trip down the Green River is more than a terrific adventure story. She ably explains why water in the West doesn’t concern only the West and why simple answers to water questions are never as simple as they seem.” David Owen\, author of Where the Water Goes\n“History\, politics\, science\, reportage\, and adventure all whirl together in Downriver\, a deeply researched and intimate exploration of water’s uncertain fate in the American West. In this narrative journey along the Green River\, Heather Hansman navigates turbulent waters and diverse worldviews with compassion\, grit\, and an overriding respect for complexity. This book is graced with insights that can only be won with a paddle in hand and a sense of our collective future at stake.” Kate Harris\, author of Lands of Lost Borders\n“In her journey down the Green River\, Heather Hansman brilliantly captures the complexity of the Colorado River through the lens of its largest tributary.  Her balanced and thoughtful investigation into the river’s many uses\, the colorful characters that depend on it\,and those who have dedicated careers to it will leave readers questioning their own biases and wanting to learn more about the landscape\, its people\, and its future. Downriver is a must read for those interested in the Colorado River and the future of the West.” Matt Rice\, Director\, Colorado River Basin Program \nAbout Down River \n\nThe Green River\, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River\, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Over its course it meanders through ranches\, cities\, national parks\, endangered fish habitats\, and some of the most significant natural gas fields in the country\, as it provides water for 33 million people. Stopped up by dams\, slaked off by irrigation\, and dried up by cities\, the Green is crucial\, overused\, and at risk\, now more than ever. \nFights over the river’s water\, and what’s going to happen to it in the future\, are longstanding\, intractable\, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. As a former raft guide and an environmental reporter\, Heather Hansman knew these fights were happening\, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey\, in a one-person inflatable pack raft\, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her. Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with farmers\, city officials\, and other people met along the way\, Downriver is the story of that journey\, a foray into the present—and future—of water in the West.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/heather-hansman/
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:Sixteen Rivers Anthology Celebration
DESCRIPTION:America\, We Call Your Name: Poems of  Resistance and Resilience\, was conceived in response to the 2016 presidential election\, combines the voices of poets from across America—from red states and blue states\, high schools and nursing homes\, big cities and small towns—with the voices of poets from other countries and other times. From Virgil and Dante to Claudia Rankine and Mai Der Vang\, from Milton to Merwin\, from Po Chü-i to Robin Coste Lewis\, these voices—now raucous\, now muted\, now lyric\, now plain—join together here in dissent and in praise\, in grief and alarm\, in vision and hope. Local poets will read selections from this inspiring volume.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sixteen-rivers-anthology-celebration/
LOCATION:Falkirk Cultural Center\, 1408 Mission Ave\, San Rafael \, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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