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SUMMARY:A [quarantined] Room of One’s Own- FICTION Night
DESCRIPTION:A [quarantined] Room of One’s Own- Virtual Reading Series- FICTION night \nIf you\, like the rest of us\, are feeling isolated with a sudden and vast amount of free time.. AND you like authors and stories and amazing women\, please join us on ZOOM for a virtual literary series Tuesday nights at 6:30pm PST. \nThis event features three fiction writers: Ariel Gore\, Jennifer Lewis\, and Kara Vernor. \nFind us HERE: https://zoom.us/j/494918296
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-quarantined-room-of-ones-own-fiction-night/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Archive 48 Release Party: The Earthly Days of Jose Revueltas
DESCRIPTION:Binational publisher Archive 48\, dedicated to Mexican and U.S. literature\, launches its U.S. wing with the first-ever English translation of an important work by  Jose Revueltas. Join us to celebrate its release. \n  \nTranslator Matthew Gleeson and publisher Pedro Jiménez celebrate the publication of Earthly Days by José Revueltas. \n \nMexican author Revueltas was a lifelong militant whose political activities stretched from the 1930s Communist Party to the 1968 student movement—and sent him to prison several times. His important writing career included prize-winning novels that lay bare the underbelly of Mexican society\, as well as screenplays for noir films during Mexican cinema’s Golden Age. But most of his dark and complex work still remains neglected in English. \nEarthly Days\, originally published in 1949\, is a quintessential Revueltas novel that marries Communist struggle\, noir narrative\, and psychological depth exploration. It also turned out to be his most controversial: it was withdrawn from circulation when Mexican Marxist circles attacked it as politically heretical\, and this is its first appearance in English. \nMatthew Gleeson is a writer and translator based in Mexico. With Audrey Harris\, he co-translated The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila (New Directions\, 2018). With Giada Diano\, he co-edited Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960-2010 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Norton/Liveright\, 2015). \nPedro Jimenez is an editor\, translator and essayist. He has translated Etel Adnan’s Seasons into Spanish—to be published in Mexico by Archive48 in 2019. He has written various articles and art reviews in English and Spanish for digital outlets and print journals. He is the founder of Archive48\, a bilingual publishing project based in San Francisco. \nArchive 48‘s goal is the publication of compelling literary works in affordable editions. Like the face of Janus\, Archivo 48 looks north and south to bring the best of contemporary and modernist literature from Mexico and the United States cross borders. They seek books that have not been fully recognized by the literary status quo of each country\, in an effort to open new conversations.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/archive-48-release-party-the-earthly-days-of-jose-revueltas/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters: Linda Sarsour / We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents an evening with Women’s March co-organizer Linda Sarsour​ for her memoir\, We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders. Please join us! \nPlease note: This event is ticketed and will be at First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley. Tickets\, including discounted book bundles\, are on sale now. \nAdvance tickets are highly encouraged to ensure admission. Unless noted here\, tickets will be available at the door. \n\nOn a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn\, nineteen-year-old Linda Sarsour stared at her reflection\, dressed in a hijab for the first time. She saw in the mirror the woman she was growing to be — a young Muslim American woman unapologetic in her faith and her activism\, who would discover her innate sense of justice in the aftermath of 9/11. Now heralded for her award-winning leadership of the Women’s March on Washington\, in We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders Linda Sarsour offers a poignant story of community and family. \nFrom the Brooklyn bodega her father owned\, where Linda learned the real meaning of intersectionality\, to protests in the streets of Washington\, DC\, Linda’s experience as a daughter of Palestinian immigrants is a moving portrayal of what it means to find one’s voice and use it for the good of others. We follow Linda as she learns the tenets of successful community organizing\, and through decades of fighting for racial\, economic\, gender\, and social justice as she becomes one of the most recognized activists in the nation. We also see her honoring her grandmother’s dying wish\, protecting her children\, building resilient friendships\, and mentoring others even as she loses her first mentor in a tragic accident. Throughout\, she inspires readers to take action as she reaffirms that we are not here to be bystanders. \nIn his foreword to the book\, Harry Belafonte writes of Linda\, “While we may not have made it to the Promised Land\, my peers and I\, my brothers and sisters in liberation can rest easy that the future is in the hands of leaders like Linda Sarsour. I have often said to Linda that she embodies the principle and purpose of another great Muslim leader\, brother Malcolm X.” \nThis is her story. \n\nLinda Sarsour is an award-winning civil rights activist\, community organizer\, and mother of three. A Palestinian Muslim American born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York\, she is the former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York and the cofounder of the first Muslim online organizing platform\, MPower Change. She is also a founding member of Justice League NYC\, a leading force of activists\, artists\, youth\, and formerly incarcerated individuals committed to criminal justice reform through direct action and policy advocacy.\n​\nSarsour served as national cochair of the largest single day protest in US history\, the Women’s March on Washington. Named among 500 of the most influential Muslims in the world\, she was also cited as one of Fortune’s 50 Greatest Leaders\, and featured as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. She has won numerous awards for her activism\, including a Champion of Change award from the Obama Administration. She is a frequent media commentator on issues that affect Muslim communities\, Middle East affairs\, and criminal justice reform. She is most recognized for her transformative intersectional organizing work and movement building. \n\nPlease note: \n>> Presentation to be followed by a Q&A. Important signing details to follow.\n>> Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.\n>> If you cannot attend the event and would like to order a signed copy of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders order below and be sure to put your request in the special field.\n>> This 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. If the cost of admission would be a financial hardship that might prevent you from attending\, please let us know. \nFacebook RSVP not required\, but always appreciated.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-linda-sarsour-we-are-not-here-to-be-bystanders-2/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Linda Sarsour / We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: Due to public health concerns around the coronavirus\, this will be a virtual event live-streamed on our Facebook page. Please join us! \n\nBerkeley Arts & Letters presents an evening with Women’s March co-organizer Linda Sarsour​ for her memoir\, We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders. Please join us! \n  \n\nOn a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn\, nineteen-year-old Linda Sarsour stared at her reflection\, dressed in a hijab for the first time. She saw in the mirror the woman she was growing to be — a young Muslim American woman unapologetic in her faith and her activism\, who would discover her innate sense of justice in the aftermath of 9/11. Now heralded for her award-winning leadership of the Women’s March on Washington\, in We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders Linda Sarsour offers a poignant story of community and family. \nFrom the Brooklyn bodega her father owned\, where Linda learned the real meaning of intersectionality\, to protests in the streets of Washington\, DC\, Linda’s experience as a daughter of Palestinian immigrants is a moving portrayal of what it means to find one’s voice and use it for the good of others. We follow Linda as she learns the tenets of successful community organizing\, and through decades of fighting for racial\, economic\, gender\, and social justice as she becomes one of the most recognized activists in the nation. We also see her honoring her grandmother’s dying wish\, protecting her children\, building resilient friendships\, and mentoring others even as she loses her first mentor in a tragic accident. Throughout\, she inspires readers to take action as she reaffirms that we are not here to be bystanders. \nIn his foreword to the book\, Harry Belafonte writes of Linda\, “While we may not have made it to the Promised Land\, my peers and I\, my brothers and sisters in liberation can rest easy that the future is in the hands of leaders like Linda Sarsour. I have often said to Linda that she embodies the principle and purpose of another great Muslim leader\, brother Malcolm X.” \nThis is her story. \n\nLinda Sarsour is an award-winning civil rights activist\, community organizer\, and mother of three. A Palestinian Muslim American born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York\, she is the former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York and the cofounder of the first Muslim online organizing platform\, MPower Change. She is also a founding member of Justice League NYC\, a leading force of activists\, artists\, youth\, and formerly incarcerated individuals committed to criminal justice reform through direct action and policy advocacy.\n​\nSarsour served as national cochair of the largest single day protest in US history\, the Women’s March on Washington. Named among 500 of the most influential Muslims in the world\, she was also cited as one of Fortune’s 50 Greatest Leaders\, and featured as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. She has won numerous awards for her activism\, including a Champion of Change award from the Obama Administration. She is a frequent media commentator on issues that affect Muslim communities\, Middle East affairs\, and criminal justice reform. She is most recognized for her transformative intersectional organizing work and movement building. \n  \nFacebook RSVP not required\, but always appreciated.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/linda-sarsour-we-are-not-here-to-be-bystanders/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Patrice Vecchione\, My Shouting\, Shattered\, Whispering Voice at Bookshop Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:ookshop welcomes acclaimed local poet\, editor\, and teacher Patrice Vecchione (Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience) for a celebration of her newest book\, My Shouting\, Shattered\, Whispering Voice—the ultimate writing guide for teens. \nEver had an emotion or experience you wanted to express\, but didn’t know how? This guide encourages teens to find their voices\, step up and speak their truths\, and articulate what matters to them most–both personally and politically–whether it be boldly to an outside audience or just privately for themselves. \nYoung adults are reading and writing and performing poetry more than ever before\, and yet it’s the most difficult form for schools to teach. Written in short\, easy-to-digest chapters\, My Shouting\, Shattered\, Whispering Voice includes prompts and inspiration\, writing suggestions and instruction\, brief interviews with some current popular poets such as Kim Addonizio\, Safia Elhillo\, and others\, and poem excerpts scattered throughout the book. \nMy Shouting\, Shattered\, Whispering Voice offers ways to express rage\, frustration\, joy\, and sorrow\, and to substitute apathy with creativity\, usurp fear with daring\, counteract anxiety with the joy of writing one word down and then another to express vital\, but previously unarticulated\, thoughts. Most importantly\, here you can discover the value of your own voice and come to believe that what you have to say matters. \nPatrice Vecchione is a poet\, nonfiction writer and teacher who discovered poetry when she needed it most–as a teenager. She has edited several highly acclaimed anthologies for young adults including most recently\, Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience\, which Newbery Award winning author\, Matt de la Peña\, called “the most important book we will read this year\,” Truth & Lies\, which was named one of the best children’s books by School Library Journal\, Revenge & Forgiveness\, and Faith & Doubt\, named a best book of the year for young adults by the American Library Association. She’s the author of Writing and the Spiritual Life and Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life\, as well as two collections of poetry. For many years\, Patrice has taught poetry and creative writing to young people (often working with migrant children) through her program\, “The Heart of the Word: Poetry and the Imagination.” She is also a columnist for her local daily paper\, The Monterey Herald\, and has published essays on children and poetry for several outlets including the California Library Association Journal. patricevecchione.com. \n“My Shouting\, Shattering\, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry and Speaking your Truth should be required reading for beginning writers as well as those who have been writing for decades. It gives us endless ways to access our creative selves and shows us how to shape our experiences into poetry…This book reassured me that we all have the capacity to create something beautiful and that our words need not be ‘hollow almosts.'” —Marcelo Hernandez Castillo\, author of Children of the Land \n“Patrice Vecchione’s My Shouting\, Shattered\, Whispering Voice is more than a guide to writing poetry. It is an act of generosity and empathy\, a helping hand to anyone who dreams of telling their truth through words on a page. Vecchione offers inspiration\, wisdom and down-to-earth advice\, covering everything from writer’s block to adjectives and stanzas. My Shouting\, Shattered\, Whispering Voice is an invaluable resource\, a book that honors and fosters what Adrienne Rich called “the necessity of poetry.” —Ellen Bass\, author of Indigo
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patrice-vecchione-my-shouting-shattered-whispering-voice-at-bookshop-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Alka Joshi: The Henna Artist w/ Anita Amirrezvani
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an event with Alka Joshi\, your favorite new novelist\, in conversation with Anita Amirrezvani. We know you’ll love Alka’s debut\, The Henna Artist\, as much as we do. Beautiful and compellingly readable\, The Henna Artist evokes post-Raj 1950s Jaipur while completely enmeshing you in the conflicts that drive the protagonist Lakshmi Shastri. Against all odds\, and after fleeing an arranged marriage as a fifteen-year-old to an abusive older man\, Lakshmi carves out a living for herself as a henna artist\, friend\, and confidante to wealthy\, upper-caste women. But in an exciting twist\, all she’s built threatens to unravel. \nMore than just a romantic work of historical fiction\, The Henna Artist is based off Alka’s late mother’s life\, only this story serves as a reimagining of what life might have been like if Alka’s mother hadn’t been in an arranged marriage at 18\, with three children by 21. Instead\, the novel recreates her life as if she had been able to pursue the independence and education that she never enjoyed in real life. The independence and education that Alka’s mother advocated for her. \nAlka will be joined by Anita Amirrezvani\, author of the novels The Blood of Flowers and Equal of the Sun. \nIf you are a guest attending this event and require disability accommodations\, please contact events@keplers.org at your earliest possible convenience\, with at least two weeks’ notice for CART or ASL translation services. Please include the name and ticket type through which your seats were reserved\, the number of guests attending\, and complete information about the accommodations needed\, along with a contact number at which you can be reached. \nTickets to Kepler’s Literary Foundation events are not tax-deductible. Tax deductible donations can be made online at keplers.org/donate \nPhoto of Alka Joshi by Garry Bailey. .
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alka-joshi-the-henna-artist-w-anita-amirrezvani/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Alexandra Chang
DESCRIPTION:Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel\, Days of Distraction. \nPraise for Days of Distraction \n“A startlingly original and deeply moving debut—kaleidoscopic\, funny\, heart-rending\, beautifully observed\, and formally daring.  It struck me as a new variety of novel…. Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.”— George Saunders \n“A wholly engaging joy to read. Chang writes with wit and sharpness as she curates moments\, observations and histories that together make something of beautiful depth and significance. It takes great bravery to make art of so many of those things we fear and love. An important\, gratifying read.”— Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\, author of Friday Black \n“Days of Distraction seized my attention like no other novel\, distracting me entirely from my own life. The magic of this book is that its scale seems small\, fixating on the minute details that make up our days: the anxieties\, the obsessions\, the observations made in the office\, the neighborhood\, the coffee shop. And yet inside Alexandra Chang’s brilliant narrator is a grand\, restless consciousness…. This is a book about America\, and also an American love story\, one that will leave you achingly awakened.” — Eleanor Henderson\, author of Ten Thousand Saints \nAbout Days of Distraction \nA wry\, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path\, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a captivating new literary voice \nThe plan is to leave. As for how\, when\, to where\, and even why—she doesn’t know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication\, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires and start-up bros while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager to manager. And when her longtime boyfriend\, J\, decides to move to a quiet upstate New York town for grad school\, she sees an excuse to cut and run. \nMoving is supposed to be a grand gesture of her commitment to J and a way to reshape her sense of self. But in the process\, she finds herself facing misgivings about her role in an interracial relationship. Captivated by the stories of her ancestors and other Asian Americans in history\, she must confront a question at the core of her identity: What does it mean to exist in a society that does not notice or understand you? \nEqual parts tender and humorous\, and told in spare but powerful prose\, Days of Distraction is an offbeat coming-of-adulthood tale\, a touching family story\, and a razor-sharp appraisal of our times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alexandra-chang/
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:Alexandra Chang at Green Apple Books
DESCRIPTION:Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel\, Days of Distraction. \nPraise for Days of Distraction \n“A startlingly original and deeply moving debut—kaleidoscopic\, funny\, heart-rending\, beautifully observed\, and formally daring.  It struck me as a new variety of novel…. Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.”— George Saunders \n“A wholly engaging joy to read. Chang writes with wit and sharpness as she curates moments\, observations and histories that together make something of beautiful depth and significance. It takes great bravery to make art of so many of those things we fear and love. An important\, gratifying read.”— Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\, author of Friday Black \n“Days of Distraction seized my attention like no other novel\, distracting me entirely from my own life. The magic of this book is that its scale seems small\, fixating on the minute details that make up our days: the anxieties\, the obsessions\, the observations made in the office\, the neighborhood\, the coffee shop. And yet inside Alexandra Chang’s brilliant narrator is a grand\, restless consciousness…. This is a book about America\, and also an American love story\, one that will leave you achingly awakened.” — Eleanor Henderson\, author of Ten Thousand Saints \nAbout Days of Distraction \nA wry\, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path\, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a captivating new literary voice \nThe plan is to leave. As for how\, when\, to where\, and even why—she doesn’t know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication\, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires and start-up bros while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager to manager. And when her longtime boyfriend\, J\, decides to move to a quiet upstate New York town for grad school\, she sees an excuse to cut and run. \nMoving is supposed to be a grand gesture of her commitment to J and a way to reshape her sense of self. But in the process\, she finds herself facing misgivings about her role in an interracial relationship. Captivated by the stories of her ancestors and other Asian Americans in history\, she must confront a question at the core of her identity: What does it mean to exist in a society that does not notice or understand you? \nEqual parts tender and humorous\, and told in spare but powerful prose\, Days of Distraction is an offbeat coming-of-adulthood tale\, a touching family story\, and a razor-sharp appraisal of our times. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alexandra-chang-at-green-apple-books/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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