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SUMMARY:Janaka Stucky
DESCRIPTION:celebrating the release of his new book \nAscend Ascend \nfrom Third Man Books \nWritten over the course of twenty days\, coming in and out of trance states brought on by intermittent fasting and somatic rituals while secluded in the tower of a 100-year-old church\, Ascend Ascend is Janaka Stucky’s most powerful book to date. \nRooted in the Jewish mystical tradition of Hekhalot literature\, which chronicles an ascent up the Kabbalistic Tree of Life to witness the Merkabah\, or “chariot of God\,” this book-length poem drafts a surreal\, mythological landscape in which maximalist language shreds the natural world. Light becomes rainbowed sex. Intestines tangle into an aria. The sky is gallowed. At the center of this apocalyptic devastation stands the speaker of these poems\, asserting: I explode. I shall love. I ascend. Stucky’s verse reminds us that even as we sink deeper and deeper into unknown darkness\, we become our own flashlight beaming outward. \nEqual parts Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” and Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain\,” Ascend Ascend makes us both passenger and witness as we participate in the ecstatic destruction of the self through its union with the divine. \nJanaka Stucky is a poet\, performer\, independent-press publisher\, and impresario\, based in Boston\, Massachusetts. The founder of Black Ocean\, an independent press\, and publisher of its journal Handsome\, he is also the author of three collections of his poetry: Your Name Is The Only Freedom\, The World Will Deny It For You\, and The Truth Is We Are Perfect. \nVisit: http://www.blackocean.org/ \nWhat has been said about the work of Janaka Stucky: \n\n\n“Janaka Stucky is extraordinary\, and his work riveting.”— Jimmy Page\, Led Zeppelin \n\n\n\n\n\n“It is steeped in soil\, rot\, stardust\, moonlight\, the dissolution of the self\, and ‘heartblood pouring from a ram horn/ On the pubic shadow of the earth.’ Part prayer\, part yowl\, part spell\, it’s grounded in the ancient and the occult.”— The Boston Globe \n\n\n\n\n\n“Ascend Ascend is a passionate trance poem of praise\, incantation and divination … One is grateful\, in these imperiled times\, for such forceful ritual and invocation: ‘Every word along the way / Lit like a flame upon / The wick of its origin.’— Anne Waldman\, author of Trickster Feminism \n\n\n\n\n\n“Stucky’s writing is a miracle\, not only in its genius\, but in its generosity. This is a love poem that shocks with secret links and revelations. It will lift you out of whoever you think you are.”— Pam Grossman\, host of The Witch Wave podcast \n\n\n\n\n\n“A genuine return to a poetry of extasis\, both in experience & in language. Breathtaking and wonderful\, I’m truly delighted to add Ascend Ascend to my repertory of contemporary works.”— Jerome Rothenberg\, editor of Technicians of the Sacred \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/janaka-stucky/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Launch for Anniqua Rana / Wild Boar in the Cane Field
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts the launch for Anniqua Rana‘s debut novel\, Wild Boar in the Cane Field. More information to be announced soon\, but please save the date and join us! \nOne day\, a baby girl\, Tara\, is found\, abandoned and covered in flies. She is raised by two mothers in a community rife with rituals and superstition. As she grows\, Tara pursues acceptance at all costs. Saffiya\, her adoptive mother\, and Bhaggan\, Saffiya’s maidservant\, are victims of the men in their community\, and the two women\, in turn\, struggle and live short but complicated lives. The only way for the villagers to find solace is through the rituals of ancient belief systems. Tara lives in a village that could be any village in South Asia\, and she dies\, like many young women in the area\, during childbirth. Her short life is dedicated to her efforts to find happiness\, despite the fact that she has no hope of going to school or making any life choices in the feudal\, patriarchal world in which she finds herself. Poignant and compelling\, Wild Boar in the Cane Field depicts the tragedy that often characterizes the lives of those who live in South Asia — and demonstrates the heroism we are all capable of even in the face of traumatic realities. \n\nAnniqua Rana lives in California with her husband and two sons. When she’s not working as an educator in the community college system\, she visits her family in Pakistan and England. The rest of the time\, she reads\, cooks\, travels\, and enjoys mystical music and poetry and does whatever it takes to keep her grounded and happy. \n\nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \nThis is an all ages event. The bar opens at 7pm; event starts at 7:30pm. \nAs with all of our events\, seating may be limited; you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing the book below — when checking out\, just be sure to include a note that you’d like to attend the event. \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/launch-for-anniqua-rana-wild-boar-in-the-cane-field/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement
DESCRIPTION:Editor Shelly Oria discusses the new collection Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement  with Rita Bullwinkel\, Thea Matthews and Yalitza Ferreras. \nPraise for Indelible in the Hippocampus \n“This book is a proper danger to patriarchal silencing.” —Ashley Judd  \n“This anthology does so much to humanize\, again\, the stories that have emerged from the #MeToo Movement\, already much dismissed and pushed off to the margins. And while that would be enough\, it is more than that. There are many beloved writers here\, in discussions of the movements that led to this moment\, the ways in which too many of us have struggled alone with what happened to us\, the legacy of the culture that created these assaults\, and inspiration for taking action on restorative justice. This is a book for those losing heart\, those already fighting\, and those just finding their voice. Which means give it to everyone.” — Alexander Chee  \n“Indelible in the Hippocampus is a vital act of witnessing\, a fortification for the body and the sprit\, a reckoning with violences that belong to both the present and the past. ‘Speaking lights a candle in a room inside us\,” Gabrielle Bellot writes. This is a book that is going to light so many candles\, in so many rooms.” — Laura van den Berg  \nAbout Indelible in the Hippocampus \n“Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter\,” said Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford when she testified to congress in September 2018 about the men who victimized her. A year earlier\, in October 2017\, the hashtag #MeToo shone a light on the internalized\, normalized sexual harassment and abuse that’d been ubiquitous for women for generations. \nAmong the first books to emerge from the #MeToo movement\, Indelible in the Hippocampus is a truly intersectional collection of essays\, fiction\, and poetry. These original texts sound the voices of black\, Latinx\, Asian\, queer\, and trans writers\, to name but a few\, and says “me too” 22 times. Whether reflecting on their teenage selves or their modern-day workplaces\, each contributor approaches the subject with unforgettable authenticity and strength. \nTogether these pieces create a portrait of cultural sea-change\, offering the reader a deeper understanding of this complex\, galvanizing pivot in contemporary consciousness. \nFeaturing Kaitlyn Greenidge\, Melissa Febos\, Syreeta McFadden\, Rebecca Schiff\, Diana Spechler\, Hossannah Asuncion\, Nelly Reifler\, Courtney Zoffness\, Quito Ziegler\, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan\, Jolie Holland\, Lynn Melnick\, Caitlin Delohery\, Caitlin Donohue\, Gabrielle Bellot\, Karissa Chen\, Elissa Schappell\, Samantha Hunt\, Honor Moore\, Donika Kelly\, Paisley Rekdal\, and Hafizah Geter.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/indelible-in-the-hippocampus-writings-from-the-me-too-movement/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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