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SUMMARY:Joanna Hershon & Phyllis Grant
DESCRIPTION:Joanna Hershon and Phyllis Grant discuss their new books\, St. Ivo and Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes. \nPraise for St. Ivo \n“From the very first sentences of St. Ivo\, I felt certain I was in good hands. What happens when we can no longer communicate with the people we know best? What happens when what was once fluent between two people becomes indecipherable? Not a tender novel\, exactly\, though there is tenderness in these pages. In St. Ivo Joanna Hershon paints a portrait of grief\, of survival\, but also of hope. Anyone who has ever loved fiercely\, desperately\, will devour this story\, as I did. The effect here is cumulative and I found myself reading the final pages with the book gripped in both hands.”—Mary Beth Keane\, author of Ask Again\, Yes \n“St. Ivo is a wise and revealing book\, full of elegant menace—a novel whose tensions threaten to break its surface on every page. But Hershon is a master of control\, showing us patiently\, and with rich verisimilitude\, how a parent’s love for an estranged child persists despite separation and silence; how longtime friendships hurt and heal; and how loss compels us to know ourselves\, much as we might wish to look away.”—Julie Orringer\, author of The Flight Portfolio \n“An elegant\, suspenseful gem of a novel. I admired the crisp writing and intelligent depictions of people\, but more than that I needed to know what was going to happen next—I devoured it in a weekend.”—Adelle Waldman\, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. \nAbout St. Ivo \nIt’s the end of summer when we meet Sarah\, the end of summer and the middle of her life\, the middle of her career (she hopes it’s not the end)\, the middle of her marriage (recently repaired). And despite the years that have passed since she last saw her daughter\, she is still very much in the middle of figuring out what happened to Leda\, what role she played\, and how she will let that loss affect the rest of her life. \nEnter a mysterious stranger on a train\, an older man taking the subway to Brooklyn who sees right into her.Then a mugging\, her phone stolen\, and with it any last connection to Leda. And then an invitation\, friends from the past and a weekend in the country with their new\, unexpected baby. \nOver the course of three hot September days\, the two couples try to reconnect. Events that have been set in motion\, circumstances and feelings kept hidden\, rise to the surface\, forcing each to ask not just how they ended up where they are\, but how they ended up who they are. \nUnwinding like a suspense novel\, Joanna Hershon’s St. Ivo is a powerful investigation into the meaning of choice and family\, whether we ever know the people closest to us\, and how\, when someone goes missing from our lives\, we can ever let them go. \nPraise for Everything is Under Control \n“What a beautiful\, rich\, and poetic memoir this is. Phyllis Grant writes of longing\, suffering\, celebration\, family\, and food with such delicate power. Like the best chefs\, she knows how to make a masterpiece from a few simple ingredients: truth\, taste\, poignancy\, and love. This is a wonderful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert\, author of City of Girls and Eat\, Pray\, Love \n“Phyllis Grant has the voice of a poet and the sensuality of a cook. This very brave book makes you want to experience the world with equal intensity. As for the recipes … completely irresistible.” —Ruth Reichl\, author of Save Me the Plums \n“How do we locate ourselves in time? In our families? Within the intricacies of our own appetites? With raw candor and discipline\, Phyllis Grant peels back the layers of her innermost experience and gives us a memoir as rich and nuanced\, as delicate as life itself.” —Dani Shapiro\, author of Inheritance \nAbout Everything is Under Control \nPhyllis Grant’s Everything Is Under Control is a memoir about appetite as it comes\, goes\, and refocuses its object of desire. Grant’s story follows the sometimes smooth\, sometimes jagged\, always revealing contours of her life: from her days as a dancer struggling to find her place at Julliard\, to her experiences in and out of four-star kitchens in New York City\, to falling in love with her future husband and leaving the city after 9/11 for California\, where her children are born. All the while\, a sense of longing pulses in each stage as she moves through the headspace of a young woman longing to be sustained by a city into that of a mother now sustaining a family herself. \nWritten with the transparency of a diarist\, Everything Is Under Control is an unputdownable series of vignettes followed by tried-and-true recipes from Grant’s table—a heartrending yet unsentimental portrait of the highs and lows of young adulthood\, motherhood\, and a life in the kitchen.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joanna-hershon-phyllis-grant/
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:N.K. Jemisin And Rebecca Roanhorse For Borderlands Books
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising Goal: $2000 \nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. N.K. Jemisin is the author of The City We Became. In 2018\, she became the first author to win three Best Novel Hugos in a row for her Broken Earth trilogy. Rebecca Roanhorse is a NYTimes bestselling and Nebula\, Hugo and Locus Award-winning speculative fiction writer and the recipient of the 2018 Astounding (Campbell) Award for Best New Writer. \nAll proceeds benefit Borderlands Books. Become a Borderlands sponsor now! \n\nMay 27 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite\n\n\nWe use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code. (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video\, but it’s nice to see faces.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/n-k-jemisin-and-rebecca-roanhorse-for-borderlands-books/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Alta Asks Live: Matthew Zapruder
DESCRIPTION:Poet Matthew Zapruder will join Alta Asks Live and host Heather Scott Partington on Wednesday\, May 27 at 12:30 p.m. PST to discuss his latest collection\, “Father’s Day\,” the role of poetry in a time of global crisis\, how he’s teaching college from his Oakland home\, and much more. REGISTER: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/alta-asks-live-matthew
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alta-asks-live-matthew-zapruder/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Guerrilla Lit: Farooq Ahmed\, Nicole Mabry\, Peter Kline
DESCRIPTION:Dixon Place Presents Guerrilla Lit Reading Series: Virtual Edition. \nWe are pleased to announce that the reading scheduled for Wednesday\, May 27 features Farooq Ahmed\, Nicole Mabry\, and Peter Kline. \nThis virtual reading will occur on Zoom at 7:30 PM. \nTHIS EVENT REQUIRES ADVANCE REGISTRATION. \nRegister for this meeting here: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsf-qqqzsoHdAZ4S9KORubUVSsEY-U9rk1\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nAbout the Readers: \nRaised in the great state of Kansas\, Farooq Ahmed is a graduate of the Columbia University Creative Writing Program and of Brown University\, where he studied biochemistry. He is a Contributing Editor for Photonics magazine\, and his writing has appeared in the Financial Times\, Nature\, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His work has been lauded by the South Asian Journalists Association\, and he lives in Los Angeles. KANSASTAN is his debut novel. \nNicole Mabry grew up in Northern California but has lived in Queens for the past 17 years. She went to college at UCLA and Cal State Hayward\, graduating with degrees in Art History\, Photography and Digital Graphics. She currently works at NBCUniversal managing Photography Post Production for Bravo\, SYFY and USA Network. Her award-winning photography has graced the covers of books internationally and has been featured in shows throughout the city. After a successful 20-year career in photography\, she decided to take a left turn and go from telling a story with an image\, to telling a story with words. Nicole’s debut novel\, an apocalyptic women’s fiction thriller\, was inspired by a dream she had when a real life snow storm shut down all forms of public transportation in the city. PAST THIS POINT tells the story of one woman and her dog fighting to survive during a deadly virus outbreak that renders New York City a ghost town. \nA former Wallace Stegner Fellow and Merrill House and Clampitt House resident\, Peter Kline teaches writing at the University of San Francisco and in Stanford University’s Master of Liberal Arts Program. He is the author of two poetry collections\, Deviants (SFASU Press\, 2013)\, and Mirrorforms\, which was published by Parlor Press/Free Verse Editions in the fall of 2019. \nDixon Place Literary Programs are generously supported by the Axe Houghton Foundation and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. \nWe’d be so grateful if you considered making a donation to keep the literary fires burning at Dixon Place. If you can\, please donate here: \nhttps://shop.vendini.com/dixonplace/product-details/donation/054d4ca95ace388c1932e38137522652
URL:https://litseen.com/event/guerrilla-lit-farooq-ahmed-nicole-mabry-peter-kline/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T180000
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SUMMARY:Litquake on Lockdown: Sarah Ray and A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety
DESCRIPTION:A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The “climate generation”—late millennials and iGen\, or Generation Z—is demanding that policy makers and government leaders take immediate action to address the dire outcomes predicted by climate science. Those inheriting our planet’s environmental problems expect to encounter challenges\, but they may not have the skills to grapple with the feelings of powerlessness and despair that may arise. Author and professor Sarah Jaquette Ray releases her new book A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety (UC Press)\, an “existential tool kit” for the climate generation. Combining insights from psychology\, sociology\, social movements\, mindfulness\, and the environmental humanities\, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt\, resist burnout\, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. FREE\, $5 suggested donation \nStreamed live on Crowdcast and Facebook Live!\nBooks are available from your favorite indie bookstores\, or order from bookshop.org!\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n \nSarah Jaquette Ray\nSarah Jaquette Ray teaches environmental studies at Humboldt State University in Arcata\, California\, and is also the author of The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/litquake-on-lockdown-sarah-ray-and-a-field-guide-to-climate-anxiety/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:YOU'RE GOING TO DIE PRESENTS: I'VE GOT A SONG FOR THAT
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 27\, 2020\n6:30 PM 9:00 PM\nGLOBALLY (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’re Going to Die Presents: I’ve Got a Song for That\nwith Scott Ferreter\, The Singer and The Songwriter\, Chelsea Coleman & just 10 uniquely precious participants. \nI’ve Got A Song For That is You’re Going to Die‘s way of bringing songs right to the doorsteps of your heart. \nWe invite you to this intimate gathering with our most powerful songwriters in which songs are offered directly to your places of pain\, your longings\, & your aching humanity. In this unique space\, songs & stories are offered in service of an even deeper togetherness. This will be an intentionally small\, closed group in order to offer a safe & contained space that wouldn’t be possible in a larger gathering. \nIGASFT is an explicitly interactive offering\, which relies on everyone arriving with a willingness to share. While the space will be supportive & gentle\, the content might span the human experience—expect realness\, connection\, & feeling. \nDATE: Wednesday\, May 27th\nTIME: 6:30pm – 9pm\nLOCATION: Zoom\nPRICE: Sliding Scale $40 – $100 \nTO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT\, PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL WITH THE SUBJECT LINE “I’ve Got a Song For That” TO thu@yg2d.com.\nYou’ll receive a confirmation email with payment instructions.\nIn order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering\, space for this event will be limited\, & registration is required to attend. \n***Two (2) full scholarships are available with one (1) of those scholarships reserved specifically for QTBIPOC. For more information e-mail thu@yg2d.com*** \nMortally Yours\,\nthe You’re Going to Die Team\nwww.yg2d.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-presents-ive-got-a-song-for-that/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Alka Joshi with Angie Coiro
DESCRIPTION:This event is online.\nJoin us for an event with Alka Joshi\, your new favorite novelist. Reading during this time period can be challenging… but the exquisite story we’re about to share is guaranteed to sweep you away to another time and place. \nWe know you’ll love Alka’s debut\, The Henna Artist\, as much as we do. Beautiful and compellingly readable\, this novel effortlessly evokes post-Raj 1950s Jaipur\, all while completely enmeshing you in the conflicts and politics that drive the courageous protagonist Lakshmi Shastri. Against all odds\, and after fleeing an arranged marriage to an abusive older man\, the teenaged Lakshmi carves out a living for herself as a henna artist\, friend\, and confidante to wealthy\, upper-caste women within the grand Pink City. Then\, as a grown woman several years into this new life\, an exciting twist suddenly threatens to unravel all that Lakshmi has built. \nIn conversation with our own award-winning in house journalist\, Angie Coiro\, this is one literary conversation you do not want to miss. \nMore than just a romantic work of historical fiction\, The Henna Artist is based off Alka’s late mother’s life— but 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. \nCaptivating and smart\, this is the perfect read for your digital book group— a novel that will transport you completely each time it is opened. \nRegistration for this event is open\, with the additional options of making a tax-deductible donation to Kepler’s Literary Foundation\, or supporting Kepler’s Books with a (non-tax-deductible) book purchase.  Donations will go toward Kepler’s Literary Foundation programs online\, in local schools and throughout our community.  \n**Registration will close one hour before the event; please reserve your spot early to guarantee access\, as registrations are limited.** 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alka-joshi-with-angie-coiro/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:SUSAN CHOI
DESCRIPTION:“A natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability.”  — Joan Didion \nSusan Choi is the award-winning author of five novels. Her fifth novel\, Trust Exercise\, which won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction\, tells the story of a group of teenagers at a competitive arts school in1980s American suburbia. The boundaries of fiction and reality are pushed in a tale that is itself a trust exercise for readers. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation\, Choi teaches fiction writing at Yale and lives in Brooklyn.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/susan-choi/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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