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SUMMARY:Word for Word presents: RETABLOS By Octavio Solis
DESCRIPTION:Featuring the Chapters Retablos\, The Way Over\, Consuelo\, El Judío\, La Migra\, La Llorona\, Nothing Happens\, The Quince\, Mexican Apology\, El Segundo\, Neto\, My Right Foot\, and Jeep in the Water\nFebruary 19 – March 15\nDirected by Sheila Balter and Jim Cave \nWord for Word’s latest full production is from author & playwright Octavio Solis. Retablos is a coming of age memoir; each chapter a memory tale\, verging on fable\, which paints a dreamlike picture of life in El Paso in the 60’s and ’70’s. Drawing from his own childhood\, Solis says that he wrote these stories “to see how that skinny brown kid riding his bike out there in the desert made sense of his complicated\, deeply beautiful and troubled world.” Octaviosolis.net \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n“A retablo is a devotional painting\, playwright Octavio Solis tells us. In this poignantly written\, heart-warming coming-of-age memoir\, Solis pays tribute to those cornerstone moments in his life\, negotiating borders at once personal and cultural\, with such color that the reader is left spellbound. Astonishing\, what more can I say?”\n—Greg Sarris\, author of How a Mountain Was Made and longtime Word for Word friend \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn Evening with Octavio Solis\nJoin us on February 27. The evening’s performance of Retablos will be followed by a conversation with the author\, moderated by Greg Sarris. Both writers are longtime friends of Word for Word. Mr. Solis is a nationally renowned playwright in addition to being a prose author\, and Greg Sarris is Tribal Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. The evening includes a reception and book signing to cap off the night. \n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT
URL:https://litseen.com/event/word-for-word-presents-retablos-by-octavio-solis/
LOCATION:Z Space\, 450 Florida Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Radar: Show Us Your Spines Resident Reading
DESCRIPTION:SHOW US YOUR SPINES is a month-long writer residency + reading in collaboration with the SF Public Library’s Hormel Center. For a month QTIPOC writers work with Hormel Center LGBTQIA archives around a specific queer theme\, writing/producing a piece that will then be read/presented the following month at a local venue. \n  \nFEATURING:\nal aguas\nKiyaan Abadani\nmadhvi trivedi-pathak\nManeo Refiloe Mohale
URL:https://litseen.com/event/radar-show-us-your-spines-resident-reading/
LOCATION:El Rio\, 3158 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Catana Chetwynd / Snug
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith presents Catana Chetwynd\, in San Francisco for the first time to present her new book\, Snug. Come meet Catana and her boyfriend John! \nPLEASE NOTE: \n>>  Due to popular demand\, we have added a second night with Catana and John! Wed\, Feb 19 is completely sold out.  \nTICKETS ARE NOW FOR SALE HERE for Thurs\, Feb 20. \nAdvance tickets are highly encouraged — tickets are not guaranteed to be available at the door. \nWe have also moved both events up to a 6:30pm start time\, so Catana can have more time with each fan. If you have any questions or concerns\, please email us at events@booksmith.com. \n  \nWhy bother getting out of bed when you could stay bundled up with that special someone and a book of cozy\, cute comics. From the author of the bestselling Little Moments of Love comes Snug\, a collection of comics that perfectly captures the honest\, playful\, and relatable snapshots of romantic life. \nChetwynds second book has the same charming and inviting style as her first and includes 50 percent new\, never-before-shared comics. Snug is a celebration of the quirks and peculiarities of every one of usand the magic that happens when we find our matching puzzle piece. \n\nCatana Chetwynd is a self-taught traditional artist and the enthusiastic author of Catana Comics. She grew up in Saratoga Springs\, New York\, where she spent her time creating art and pursing an education in psychology until accidentally stumbling into the world of comics. Not only is her boyfriend John the daily inspiration for her drawings\, but he was also the one who suggested a comic series about their relationship in the first place. Thanks to his idea and his inspiring daily antics\, Catana was able to pursue her childhood dream of being a cartoonist. She currently lives on the East Coast with John and their tiny\, angry dog Murph. \n  \n\n** Please note ** \n– This is an all-ages event. \n– The duration of this event is up to the authors. \n– Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. \n– To join the signing line\, you must purchase a book from Booksmith — no exceptions. If you already have a copy of Snug and Little Moments of Love\, remember that books make great gifts! If you’ve already gifted both of Catana’s books 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– Candid photos will be allowed but due to timing\, we are unable to accommodate requests for posed photos. \n– Accessibility is important to us! Please let us know in advance if you have any special needs and we will do our absolute best to accommodate you: events@booksmith.com. \n– If you can’t attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Snug\, order below and be sure to enter your request in the special field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/catana-chetwynd-snug-2/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen featuring Kaecey McCormick
DESCRIPTION:Willow Glen Library\n1157 Minnesota Avenue\, San José\, CA\, 95125\n(408) 808-3045 or (408) 266-1361\nFree and open to the public. \nKaecey McCormick is an author\, artist\, and educator whose mission is to help people access creativity as a tool for effecting change in their lives. Named the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate for the City of Cupertino\, she enjoys helping the community celebrate poetry. Kaecey works as a writer and creativity coach\, and her writing appears in her book Pixelated Tears (Prolific Press) and numerous journals and anthologies. When not creating\, Kaecey enjoys time with her husband and four daughters..
URL:https://litseen.com/event/third-thursdays-willow-glen-featuring-kaecey-mccormick/
LOCATION:Willow Glen Library\, 1157 Minnesota Ave\, San Jose \, CA\, 95125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:“Poetry from Prisoners”
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to present a sampling of “Poetry from Prisoners” incarcerated in California. Readers will include poets Rose Black and Ken Weisner\, currently teaching at the Salinas Valley State Prison poetry workshop. \nRose and Ken are also two of the founders of Right to Write Press – Promoting the growth of emerging writers incarcerated in California State prisons.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-from-prisoners/
LOCATION:Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:William T. Vollmann
DESCRIPTION:reading from his new novel \nThe Lucky Star: A Novel \npublished by Viking/Penguin \nThe National Book Award winning author returns to his original fictional territory–the lives of the dispossessed in San Francisco–with a parable about the limitations of desire and life at the margins of society \nIn such earlier works of fiction as The Rainbow Stories and The Royal Family\, William T. Vollmann wrote of pimps\, prostitutes\, addicts and homeless dreamers in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. In this new novel\, Vollmann returns there with a story that centers around a woman with magical powers whom everyone loves\, and who has to love them all back. \nAfter being initiated into a coven of island witches\, Neva begins to fulfill her fate in a Tenderloin dive bar. Her worshippers include Richard\, the introverted\, alcoholic\, occasionally omniscient narrator; a profane\, aggressive transgender sex worker named Shantelle; the brisk but motherly barmaid Francine; and the former Frank\, who has renamed herself after her idol Judy Garland. When Judy starts to love Neva too much\, Judy’s retired policeman boyfriend embarks on a mission of exposure and destruction. \nCrafted out of language by turns spiritual and sexually graphic\, The Lucky Star aches with compassion as it explores celebrity culture\, gender identity\, incest\, Christian sacrifice and\, most of all\, the quotidian and sometimes faltering heroism of marginalized people who in the face of humiliation and outright violence seek to love in their own way\, and stand up for who they are. \nPraise for The Lucky Star \n“[A] provocatively playful novel . . . As Neva evolves from an innocent to an icon on par with Marlene Dietrich\, at least in the eyes of the Y Bar circle\, she guides and mentors their sexual self-discovery\, helping define their boundaries and gain confidence . . . Vollmann’s challenging novel is full of memorable moments.” —Publishers Weekly \n“Vollmann pours his signature fascination with outcasts\, women’s sexuality\, violence\, and injustice into this gargantuan\, omnivorously explicit\, ravening orgy of trauma and resilience. Rooted in interviews with women survivors\, this is a molten amalgam of cynicism and compassion\, horror and beauty.” —Booklist \nWilliam T Vollmann is an award winning novelist\, journalist\, war correspondent\, short story writer\, essayist\, and painter. He is the author of ten novels\, four short story collections\, nine works of non-fiction\, and numerous limited special editions. His novel Europe Central won the 2005 National Book Award. He has won numerous honors for his work including the Whiting Foundation Award and the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Award for his fiction.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/william-t-vollmann/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet\, an open mic and great drinks and treats! \nAlameda Poet Laureate Gene Kahane hosts. All attendees are encouraged to make a donation to the Alameda Food Bank that night to support those needing help this holiday season. \nAs Charles Dickens wrote\, “it is a time\, of all others\, when Want is keenly felt\, and Abundance rejoices.” Let’s all rejoice by sharing our cultures\, our words\, and our hearts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peom-poetry-every-other-month-2/
LOCATION:Julie’s Coffee and Tea Garden\, 1223 Park St.\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:The Racket : Revenge
DESCRIPTION:There are themes and then there are THEMES and no one is surprised that REVENGE is absolutely a THEME. We imagine tales of murder and lust and backstabbing and danger and excitement and sex (there is has to be sex right?) and for some reason we think everything is covered in thick\, red velvet and dimly lit and maybe there’s a vampire because vampires are probably pretty vengeful but maybe that’s just because now we’re thinking thick\, red velvet and goblets full of red wine and maybe some of these stories will be set in castles with vampires… Could somebody please dump some ice on us so we can cool down? \nAnyways\, it’s going to be quite the evening. \nFree beer\, until it is not around anymore.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-racket-revenge/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Christine Carter / The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters and The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley co-present the launch for the new book by Christine Carter\, Ph.D.\, The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction. \nTodays teenagers and preteens are growing up in an entirely new world\, one that is defined by social media and mobile devices. This has huge implications for our parenting. Understandably\, many parents are paralyzed by new problems that didn’t exist less than a decade ago\, like social media and video game obsession\, sexting\, and vaping. \nA highly acclaimed sociologist and coach at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and the author of Raising Happiness\, Dr. Christine Carter melds research — including the latest findings in neuroscience\, sociology\, and social psychology — with her own real-world experiences as the mother of four teenagers. In The New Adolescence\, you’ll find realistic ways to help teens and preteens find joy\, focus\, ease\, motivation\, fulfillment and engagement. \nInside\, find practical guidance for: \n>  Providing the structure teens need while giving them the autonomy they seek\n>  Helping them overcome distractions\n>  Teaching them the art of strategic slacking\n>  Protecting them from anxiety\, isolation\, and depression\n>  Fostering the real-world\, face-to-face social connections they desperately need\n>  Effective conversations about tough subjects including sex\, drugs\, and money \nThe New Adolescence is a realistic and reassuring handbook for parents. It offers road-tested\, science-based solutions for raising happy\, healthy\, and successful teenagers. \n——————-\n​\nChristine Carter\, PhD\, is the author of The Sweet Spot (2017) and Raising Happiness (2011). A sociologist and Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center\, Carter draws on the latest scientific research in psychology\, sociology and neuroscience and uses her own real-world experiences to give parenting\, productivity and happiness advice. A sought-after keynote speaker and coach\, Dr. Carter also teaches online classes that help people live their most fulfilling lives. She lives with her husband\, four teenagers\, and dog\, Buster\, in Marin County\, California. \n​\nPlease note: \nDoors at 6pm. Program at 7pm. Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \nSigning details TBA soon. \nTickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. All ticket sales are final. \nThis event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-christine-carter-the-new-adolescence-raising-happy-and-successful-teens-in-an-age-of-anxiety-and-distraction/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:In Common Writers Series: Jennifer Bartlett and Denise Leto\, reading and in conversation
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Center’s In Common Writers Series opens 2020 with a double program featuring two remarkable poet/writers\, each with significant work in disability poetics and activism. This event—the first of two evenings with Jennifer Bartlett and Denise Leto—is supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund\, and is free and open to the public. \nJennifer Bartlett was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received a BA from the University of New Mexico and an MFA from Vermont College. She is the author of Hindrances of a Householder (Chax 2016)\, Autobiography/Anti-Autobiography (theenk Books\, 2014)\, lullaby without any music (Chax Press\, 2012)\, and Derivative of the Moving Image (University of New Mexico Press\, 2007). Of her work\, Nathaniel Tarn writes\, “Jennifer Bartlett has created not a new form of surrealism\, nor of magical realism\, but a kind of supernal realism which leaves room for dreams\, visions\, and angels as well as the panoplies of both country and urban life.” \nBartlett is currently finishing a biography on the life of Black Mountain poet Larry Eigner. In 2017\, she cofounded Zoeglossia\, a literary organization pioneering an inclusive space for poets with disabilities. With Sheila Black and Michael Northen\, she also coedited Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability (Cinco Puntos Press\, 2011). Bartlett has received fellowships from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Counsel\, New York Foundation for the Arts\, and the University of Connecticut\, among others. She lives in Brooklyn\, New York\, and she works part-time in the Office of the President of New York City Transit. Here she works with a team on bringing accessibility to the New York City transit system. In addition to being a poet and writer\, she is an activist for people with disabilities throughout New York. \nDenise Leto is a multidisciplinary poet\, writer\, editor\, and dance dramaturge. She wrote the book of poetry for the collaborative dance performance Your Body is Not a Shark\, exploring feminist embodiment\, voice\, and disability poetics. Her work has appeared in publications such as Posit: A Journal of Literature and Art; The Force of What’s Possible: Writers on Accessibility and the Avant-Garde; and Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability. She has been a visiting artist at the University of Iowa\, Naropa University\, Djerassi Resident Artists Program\, the Breadloaf Poetry Fellowship in Sicily\, and the Queer Sugarloaf Art Residency. Denise is a member of Olimpias\, an international disability performance collective. The collaborative article\, “In Practice: A Dancer Poet Creature Conversation” with Sima Belmar was published in the December issue of In Dance. Her current project is an ecopoetic exploration of the San Francisco Bay. New poems are forthcoming in Quarterly West and Rogue Agent. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated event: \nIn Common Writers Series\nDenise Leto and Jennifer Bartlett\nreading from their work\nFriday February 21\n7:00 pm @ The Green Arcade\n1680 Market Street (at Gough)\, San Francisco\nfree and open to the public\nsupported by The Walter & Elise Haas Fund \nFeatured: \nZoeglossia: A Community for Writers with Disabilities \nIn Practice: A Dancer Poet Creature Conversation with Denise Leto (with Sima Belmar) \n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center
URL:https://litseen.com/event/in-common-writers-series-jennifer-bartlett-and-denise-leto-reading-and-in-conversation/
LOCATION:The Poetry Center\, San Francisco State University\, 1600 Holloway Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94132\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Elwin Cotman\, Vernon Keeve\, Adrienne Oliver\, and Alexandra Mattraw Reading
DESCRIPTION:Local writers Elwin Cotman\, Vernon Keeve\, and Adrienne Oliver read from their work. \nElwin Cotman grew up in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, whee the post-industrial landscape was a great inspiration for him. He is a writer of urban fantasy. He is also the author of two collections of speculative short stories\, The Jack Daniels Sessions EP and Hard Times Blues. His work has appeared in Grist\, Weird Fiction Review\, Black Gate\, The Thought Erotic\, The Southwestern Review\, and Cabinet des Fees\, among others. His third collection\, Dance on Saturday\, is being published by Small Beer Press in 2020. \nVernon Keeve III is a Virginia born writer. He currently lives and teaches in Oakland. His purpose is to teach the next generation the importance of relaying their personal narratives\, sharing their experiences\, and taking control of their destinies. He holds a MFA from CCA\, and a MA in Teaching Literature from Bard College. His full-length collection of poetry\, Southern Migrant Mixtape\, was published by Nomadic Press in 2018 and is the recipient of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award. \nAdrienne Danyelle Oliver is a poet-educator currently living in Oakland\, CA. Her previous work has appeared in Digital Paper\, The Womanist\, Storytelling\, Self & Society (Wayne State University Press 2018) and The Musuem of African American Diaspora’s poet corner. A Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) alumna\, Adrienne enjoys writing about intergenerational healing and 1930s era history leading up to the civil rights era. When she is not writing\, Adrienne is reading or watching documentaries. She also leads a monthly writing and healing circle for Black women.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elwin-cotman-vernon-keeve-adrienne-oliver-and-alexandra-mattraw-reading/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Paul E. Joseph in conversation with with Dr. Waldo E. Martin Jr. at City Lights Books
DESCRIPTION:The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. \npublished by Basic Books \n\nThis dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King upends longstanding preconceptions to transform our understanding of the twentieth century’s most iconic African American leaders. \nTo most Americans\, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence\, black power vs. civil rights\, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts. While nonviolent direct action is remembered as an unassailable part of American democracy\, the movement’s militancy is either vilified or erased outright. In The Sword and the Shield\, Peniel E. Joseph upends these misconceptions and reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who\, despite markedly different backgrounds\, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography\, not only of Malcolm and Martin\, but also of the movement and era they came to define. \nPeniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan professor of political values and ethics at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written several previous books on African American history\, including Stokely: A Life. He lives in Austin\, Texas. \nDr. Waldo E. Martin Jr. is a life long activist and educator. He is the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and Citizenship at the University of California\, Berkeley and the author of numerous important books on African American history which include: “No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America” and as co-author with Joshua Bloom “Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party”\,
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paul-e-joseph-in-conversation-with-with-dr-waldo-e-martin-jr-at-city-lights-books/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T145147
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Generations: Poets & Writers Salon | Foster City\, CA
DESCRIPTION:Bay Area Generations: Poets & Writers Salon\nThursday\, February 20\, 2020\n7-9 pm\nat Penelope’s Coffee & Teas\, Foster City \nA literary salon featuring curated works of Bay Area poets\, writers and storytellers. Powered by California Writers Club SF Peninsula Branch. \nWith fine Poets & Authors\, featuring:\nAudrey Kalman + Marianne Brems\nIda J. Lewenstein + Jeannine Gerkman\nSusan Frey + Maurine Killough\nMegan McDonald + Darlene Frank \n& Special Music Guest! \nBay Area Generations: – Poets & Writers Salon\n@ Penelope’s Coffee & Tea\nComfy cafe | Food available for purchase \nGet Tickets! http://bit.ly/BAG76tx\nMap: http://bit.ly/BAGPenelope \nDoors Open: 6:30 p.m. Show: 7 pm\nSuggested donation $10\, includes chapbook\n*No one turned away for lack of funds.* \nBay Area Generations literary reading series features paired readers of differing generations in a curated submission based show. Since 2013\, over 400 hundred notable authors\, poets\, writers\, playwrights and musicians have read poetry and stories\, or performed at this celebrated literary salon. \nSubmit to our next show! http://bit.ly/BAG77fbs \nWebsite: www.bayareagenerations.com\nFB: www.facebook.com/bayareagenerations\nEvents: www.facebook.com/bayareagenerations/events \nHelp us keep presenting good literature readings.\nDonate here: www.paypal.me/BayAreaGenerations \n#reading #books #poetry #sflit #writers #openmic
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-generations-poets-writers-salon-foster-city-ca/
LOCATION:Penelope’s Coffee & Tea\, 3 Plaza View Ln\, Ste N\, Foster City\, CA\, 94404\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T145147
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SUMMARY:Jenny Offill: Weather
DESCRIPTION:Jenny Offill discusses her new novel Weather. \nPraise for Weather \n“This is so good. We are not ready nor worthy.”–Ocean Vuong \n“Jenny Offill conjures entire worlds with her steady\, near-pointillist technique. One feels a whole heaving\, breathing universe behind her every line. Dread\, the sensation of sinking\, lostness\, and being cast away from any sense of safety infiltrates every interaction and private moment in this book\, like ashes from the burning world she describes.”–Sheila Heti \n“Novelists don’t need to dream the end of the world anymore—they need to wake up to it.  Jenny Offill is one of today’s few essential voices\, because she writes about essential things\, in sentences so clipped and glittering it’s as if they are all cut from one diamond.”–Jonathan Dee \nAbout Weather \nFrom the author of the nationwide best seller Dept. of Speculation–one of the New York Times Book Review‘s Ten Best Books of the Year–a shimmering tour de force about a family\, and a nation\, in crisis \nLizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment\, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son before her old mentor\, Sylvia Liller\, makes a proposal. She’s become famous for her prescient podcast\, Hell and High Water\, and wants to hire Lizzie to answer the mail she receives: from left-wingers worried about climate change and right-wingers worried about the decline of western civilization. As Lizzie dives into this polarized world\, she begins to wonder what it means to keep tending your own garden once you’ve seen the flames beyond its walls. When her brother becomes a father and Sylvia a recluse\, Lizzie is forced to address the limits of her own experience–but still she tries to save everyone\, using everything she’s learned about empathy and despair\, conscience and collusion\, from her years of wandering the library stacks . . . And all the while the voices of the city keep floating in–funny\, disturbing\, and increasingly mad.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jenny-offill-weather/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T145147
CREATED:20191227T175246Z
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SUMMARY:Joan Frank
DESCRIPTION:reads from her new collection of essays\, Try To Get Lost \n\nThrough the author (TM)s travels in Europe and the United States\, Try to Get Lost explores the quest for place that compels and defines us: the things we carry\, how politics infuse geography\, media (TM)s depictions of an idea of home\, the ancient and modern reverberations of the word oehotel\, � and the ceaseless discovery generated by encounters with self and others on familiar and foreign ground. Frank posits that in fact time itself may be our ultimate\, inhabited place “the oevastest real estate we know\, � with a oestunningly short � lease.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joan-frank-3/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T145147
CREATED:20200126T202915Z
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SUMMARY:Diane Keaton
DESCRIPTION:Academy-award winning actress Diane Keaton has starred in some of the most memorable films of the past forty years\, including the Godfather trilogy\, Annie Hall\, Manhattan\, The First Wives Club\, and Something’s Gotta Give. She is the author of the best-selling memoir Then Again and the essay collection Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty. Her new memoir\, Brother & Sister\, explores Keaton’s relationship with her brother\, and their divergent life paths. Intertwined with photographs\, journal entries\, letters\, and poetry\, this insightful memoir contemplates the inner workings of a family\, the ties that hold it together\, and the special bond between siblings\,  even when they are pulled far apart. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/diane-keaton/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260507T145147
CREATED:20200126T205243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200126T205243Z
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SUMMARY:Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in “The Chapel” at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided by the one-and-only L7. Hosted by Josiahluis Alderete. \nThis month’s features are TBA. \nDonations will be kindly requested to help pay the features and cover the cost of the space. \nThe 10-slot open mic list opens at 7:30 PM and fills up pretty quick so if you plan on reading get there early \nFree parking in the back of the building and the closest BART station is 19th Street BART in Oakland (about a 15-minute walk straight down Broadway).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-5/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press/Fairmount\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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