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SUMMARY:National Kidney Foundation - 32nd Annual Author Luncheon (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:The National Kidney Foundation’s Authors Luncheon is the largest literary event of its kind in the Bay Area\, allowing those who are passionate about literature to join with NKF in the effort to transform kidney care and improve the lives of millions through education\, advocacy\, and research\, \nFor 32 years the Authors Luncheon has welcomed nearly 1\,000 Bay Area guests to celebrate renowned\, bestselling authors. Doing our part to keep our community safe in the face of COVID-19\,on December 5\, 2020 we are taking the event VIRTUAL; connecting with our guests where they are—from the comfort of their favorite reading nooks all over the GLOBE.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Kerrin Meis - Exploring Eastern Turkey: Art\, Culture\, and Politics (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Travelers to Turkey (actual and virtual) miss the real Turkey. In this class\, participants will (virtually) tour through: Ankara\, home of the award-winning Archaeological Museum; the Hittite sites of Yazilkaya and Bozakoy with their history-revealing sculpture; Trabzon\, home of the Hagia Sophia Church with its priceless Byzantine frescoes and the precariously perched Monastery of Sumela; Erzurum’s distinctive Mosque and Madrasa; the ghostly remains of the church of Ani and monasteries hugging the Armenian border; the mind-blowing palace of Ishak Pasha with its conglomeration of architectural styles; Akdamar on Lake Van\, home of the 10th-century Cathedral of the Holy Cross with astonishing and amusing relief sculpture; Mardin\, the golden city on Syria’s border—an architecture student’s paradise; captivating Diyarbakir\, the unofficial capital of Kurdistan\, with its Roman walls\, intriguing bazaar\, and fascinating Ulu Mosque; Nemrut Dag\, home of the monolithic sculptures and tomb of the megalomaniac ruler Antiochus I; Gobekli Tepe\, the most important archaeological site extant with finds from 11000 BC; Gazientep with the world’s largest and most spectacular collection of Roman mosaics from the sunken city of Zeugma. The “problems” with the Kurds and the Armenian genocide will be addressed. \nHayirli yolculuklar! \nKerrin Meis taught art history at SFSU for ten years and has led study tours in Europe. Her Book Passage classes have been favorites for years.
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Chris Rainier (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Chris Rainier’s Mask presents a striking collection of rare masks steeped in ancient tradition\, captured through the lens of one of the world’s most celebrated documentary photographers. \nChris is a documentary photographer and National Geographic explorer who is highly respected for his documentation of endangered cultures and traditional languages around the globe. He is a fellow at the Royal Geographic Society in London. Prior to Mask\, he published five books documenting traditional cultures around the globe\, from the Stone Age tribes of New Guinea to the ancient tradition of tattoo body marking. Rainier is the director of the Cultural Sanctuaries Foundation\, a global program focused on legally preserving biodiversity and cultural heritage. Rainier has photographed on all seven continents\, focusing on the preservation of the planet’s last wildernesses and traditional cultures. \nPhil Cousineau is an award-winning writer and filmmaker\, teacher and editor\, lecturer and travel leader\, and storyteller and TV host. His fascination with the art\, literature\, and history of culture has taken him from Michigan to Marrakesh\, Iceland to the Amazon\, in a worldwide search for what the ancients called the “soul of the world.” With more than 35 books and 15 scriptwriting credits to his name\, the “omnipresent influence of myth in modern life” is a thread that runs through all of his work. His books include Stoking the Creative Fires\, Once and Future Myths\, The Art of Pilgrimage\, The Hero’s Journey\, Wordcatcher\, The Painted Word\, The Oldest Story in the World\, The Book of Roads\, and The Accidental Aphorist. \n  \nBelow\, please find links to purchase their books.
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SUMMARY:Babylon Salon
DESCRIPTION:presents a special \nonline performance \nSaturday\, December 5\, 2020\n5pm PST / 8pm EST \n\n\nRegistration for our Zoom gathering will open soon\n\n\n–— \nin partnership with our friends at  \nThe Booksmith and The Bindery\, \ncurrently offering curbside pickup and in-person browsing \n— \nfeaturing\n \nDouglas Stuart \n(Shuggie Bain; Found Wanting; The Englishman) \nDouglas Stuart is a Scottish – American author. His debut novel\, Shuggie Bain\, was published in 2020 and is shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is a finalist for the National Book Award. Stuart wrote Shuggie Bain over a ten year period and is currently at work on his second novel\, Loch Awe. His short stories\, Found Wanting\, and The Englishman\, were published in The New Yorker magazine. His essay\, Poverty\, Anxiety\, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature was published by Lit Hub. Born in Glasgow\, Scotland\, he has an MA from the Royal College of Art in London and since 2000 he has lived and worked in New York City. \nNafissa Thompson-Spires \n(Heads of the Colored People: Stories) \nNafissa Thompson-Spires earned a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in McSweeney’s “The Organist\,” The Paris Review Daily\, Dissent\, Buzzfeed Books\, The White Review\, The Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal\, and other publications. Her short story “Heads of the Colored People…” won StoryQuarterly’s 2016 Fiction Prize\, judged by Mat Johnson. Her writing has received support from Callaloo\, Tin House\, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She currently works as an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Illinois. Her first book\, Heads of the Colored People\, was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award\, the PEN/ Robert W. Bingham Award\, the PEN Open Book Award\, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize\, and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. \n  \nSarah Ladipo Manyika \n(Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun; In Dependence) \nSarah Ladipo Manyika was raised in Nigeria and has lived in Kenya\, France\, Zimbabwe\, and England. Sarah is a novelist\, short story writer\, essayist\, and founding books editor for Ozy.com. Her debut novel\, In Dependence\, is an international bestseller while her second novel\, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun\, has been translated into a number of languages. Her nonfiction includes personal essays and intimate profiles of people she meets from Mrs. Harris to Toni Morrison and Michelle Obama. Sarah is host of Conversations Across the Diaspora and currently serves as Board Director for the women’s writing residency\, Hedgebrook. \nMeg Elison \n(Find Layla; The Book of Etta; Book of the Unnamed Midwife) \nMeg Elison is a science fiction and horror author\, as well as a feminist essayist and cultural critic. Her work has been on the Tiptree long list\, nominated for the Audie Award\, and won the Philip K. Dick Award. She has also been published in McSweeney’s\, Shimmer\, Fantasy and Science Fiction\, Catapult\, Terraform\, and many other places. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. \nand more to be announced soon \n____________________ \nFree Admission!
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SUMMARY:Babylon Salon Online Performance
DESCRIPTION:Babylon Salon presents a special online performance \n\n\nSaturday\, December 5\, 2020\n5pm PST / 8pm EST \n\n\nRegister for our Zoom gathering here\n\n\n\nin partnership with our friends at The Booksmith and The Bindery\, currently offering curbside pickup and in-person browsing\n\n\n\nfeaturing\n \nDouglas Stuart \n(Shuggie Bain; Found Wanting; The Englishman) \nDouglas Stuart is a Scottish – American author. His debut novel\, Shuggie Bain\, was published in 2020 and is shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is a finalist for the National Book Award. Stuart wrote Shuggie Bain over a ten year period and is currently at work on his second novel\, Loch Awe. His short stories\, Found Wanting\, and The Englishman\, were published in The New Yorker magazine. His essay\, Poverty\, Anxiety\, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature was published by Lit Hub. Born in Glasgow\, Scotland\, he has an MA from the Royal College of Art in London and since 2000 he has lived and worked in New York City. \nNafissa Thompson-Spires \n(Heads of the Colored People: Stories) \nNafissa Thompson-Spires earned a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in McSweeney’s “The Organist\,” The Paris Review Daily\, Dissent\, Buzzfeed Books\, The White Review\, The Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal\, and other publications. Her short story “Heads of the Colored People…” won StoryQuarterly’s 2016 Fiction Prize\, judged by Mat Johnson. Her writing has received support from Callaloo\, Tin House\, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She currently works as an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Illinois. Her first book\, Heads of the Colored People\, was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award\, the PEN/ Robert W. Bingham Award\, the PEN Open Book Award\, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize\, and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. \nMeg Elison \n(Find Layla; The Book of Etta; Book of the Unnamed Midwife) \nMeg Elison is a science fiction and horror author\, as well as a feminist essayist and cultural critic. Her work has been on the Tiptree long list\, nominated for the Audie Award\, and won the Philip K. Dick Award. She has also been published in McSweeney’s\, Shimmer\, Fantasy and Science Fiction\, Catapult\, Terraform\, and many other places. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. \nSarah Ladipo Manyika \n(Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun; In Dependence) \nSarah Ladipo Manyika was raised in Nigeria and has lived in Kenya\, France\, Zimbabwe\, and England. Sarah is a novelist\, short story writer\, essayist\, and founding books editor for Ozy.com. Her debut novel\, In Dependence\, is an international bestseller while her second novel\, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun\, has been translated into a number of languages. Her nonfiction includes personal essays and intimate profiles of people she meets from Mrs. Harris to Toni Morrison and Michelle Obama. Sarah is host of Conversations Across the Diaspora and currently serves as Board Director for the women’s writing residency\, Hedgebrook. \nwith music by \nRachel Lightning Rose\n \nRock vocalist Rachel “Lightning” Rose is best known for her performances with Jefferson Starship and George Clinton\, and is an alumni of the world-famous Berklee College of Music. Her powerful vocals and surrealistic songwriting make for an immersive and chilling experience unlike anything else in popular music. \n____________________ \nFree Admission!
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