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SUMMARY:Arthur A. Levine on Instagram IGTV!
DESCRIPTION:reading The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol\, a new larger-than-life holiday hero who brings Hanukkah wonder and generosity to anyone in need! “A new\, entertaining\, and thoughtful addition to the Hanukkah canon.”–Kirkus Reviews \nJoin us on Instagram IGTV. Follow along @MRSDALLOWAYS. Videos disappear after 24 hours so be sure to watch! \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 12\, 2020 – 11:00am\n\n\n\n\n\nNate Gadol is a great big spirit with eyes as shiny as golden coins and a smile that is lantern bright. He can make anything last as long as it is needed\, like a tiny bit of oil that must stretch for eight nights\, a flower that needs to stay fresh to cheer up someone ailing\, or a small lump of chocolate that grows to allow the Glasers to treat their children over the holiday and\, during a harsh winter when medicine is needed more than sweets\, spurs them to share what little they have with the O’Malleys. In this charming holiday hybrid story\, well-known children’s author and editor Arthur A. Levine pairs with award-winning illustrator Kevin Hawkes to offer a mythical\, magical take on the way Jewish families came to give and receive gifts over Hanukkah\, just as their Christian neighbors do at Christmas\, thanks to a loving spirit named Nate Gadol working behind the scenes–together with a certain jolly old soul. \nArthur A. Levine has been a children’s book editor for more than thirty years. He is also the author of many acclaimed picture books for children\, including What a Beautiful Morning\, illustrated by Katie Kath\, and The Very Beary Tooth Fairy\, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen. He had his own eponymous imprint at Scholastic Press and has published many of the most exceptional children’s titles of all time\, including J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series\, Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass\, Shaun Tan’s The Arrival\, and Peggy Rathmann’s Officer Buckle and Gloria.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/arthur-a-levine-on-instagram-igtv/
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SUMMARY:Eastwind Book Club | She Weeps Each Time You're Born
DESCRIPTION:Eastwind Book Club is a community of readers connected by Asian and Asian American literature. Members gather once a month through a virtual meeting to discuss the month’s book selection. November/December’s book club pick is She Weeps Each Time You’re Born by Quan Barry. \nThe book club meeting will take place via Zoom on Saturday\, December 12 at 2pm PST. Register to receive the meeting link. \nJoin our Book Club Facebook group to engage in conversation throughout the month: www.tinyurl.com/ewclub \nBook Club members can use coupon code BOOKCLUB2020 for a 10% discount. Click here to purchase or visit www.asiabookcenter.com \nAbout the book:\nVietnam\, 1972: under a full moon\, on the banks of the Song Ma River\, a baby girl is pulled out of her dead mother’s grave. This is Rabbit\, who is born with the ability to speak with the dead. She will flee from her destroyed village with a makeshift family thrown together by war. As Rabbit channels the voices of the dead\, their chorus reconstructs the turbulent history of a nation\, from the days of French Indochina and the World War II rubber plantations to the chaos of postwar reunification. Radiant\, lyrical\, and deeply moving\, this is the unforgettable story of one woman’s struggle to unearth the true history of Vietnam while also carving out a place for herself within it. \nAbout the author:\nBorn in Saigon and raised on Boston’s north shore\, Quan Barry is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the author of four poetry books; her third book\, Water Puppets\, won the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and was a PEN/Open Book finalist. She has received NEA Fellowships in both fiction and poetry\, and her work has appeared in such publications as Ms. and The New Yorker. Barry lives in Wisconsin.\n~\nEastwind Book Club is co-sponsored by OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates Bay Area Chapters\, Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) and AsAmNews (www.asamnews.com).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastwind-book-club-she-weeps-each-time-youre-born/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T150000
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SUMMARY:Patrick Earl Ryan in conversation with Jewelle Gomez
DESCRIPTION:New Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer\, icon\, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ discuss writing\, queerness\, and If We Were Electric\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special virtual event – New Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer\, icon\, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ discuss writing\, queerness\, and Ryan’s award-winning debut short story collection\, IF WE WERE ELECTRIC\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction\, the first selected by Roxane Gay as the new editor of the prestigious series. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation \n\nPraise for IF WE WERE ELECTRIC: \n“IF WE WERE ELECTRIC\, the debut short story collection from New Orleans’s native Patrick Earl Ryan is\, indeed\, fiercely electric. These twelve startling fictions have been crafted by a writer with an assured and absolutely original voice and a remarkable understanding of how place is as much a compelling character in a good story as the people who populate it. There are stories here about unrequited love and youthful yearning\, the complexities of desire between men\, the beginnings and ends of relationships\, deaths both inevitable and untimely\, the bitter ache of loneliness\, the quiet horrors that unexpectedly befall us\, and the magic of the ordinary world. With this outstanding collection\, Patrick Earl Ryan makes his mark on Southern literature and wow!” – Roxane Gay \n“Infused with all the mystique and mystery that New Orleans is known for comes this enchanting\, hypnotic debut story collection from Patrick Earl Ryan… The stories feature outliers and miscreants trapped in situations that often feel claustrophobic but are impossible to ignore. Ryan is a true natural at weaving textured language and complex characterization into plots that are serpentine and saturated with emotional complexity. This quality is exceptional for a debut author and a definite determinant for a gilded literary career ahead. Addictively gorgeous and mesmerizing\, Ryan’s collection of twelve literary gems are meant to be savored\, re-read\, and reflected upon as readers await his next creation.” – Jim Piechota\, the Bay Area Reporter \nPATRICK EARL RYAN was born and raised in New Orleans\, Louisiana. He is the author of If We Were Electric\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in the Ontario Review\, Pleiades\, Best New American Voices\, Men on Men: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium\, and the James White Review. He was the founder and editor in chief of the LGBTQ literary journal Lodestar Quarterly. \nJEWELLE GOMEZ\, playwright\, novelist\, poet\, and cultural worker\, is the author of eight books\, including the first Black Lesbian vampire novel\, The Gilda Stories. In print more than 25 years\, the novel will soon be a television mini-series. Jewelle’s fiction\, poetry\, and essays have appeared in over 100 anthologies. She is playwright-in-residence at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco.
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Jane Smiley (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Jane Smiley’s latest novel\, Perestroika in Paris\, is a captivating\, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris. \nJane is the author of numerous novels\, including A Thousand Acres\, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize\, and more recently\, the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years trilogy: Some Luck\, Early Warning\, and Golden Age. She is also the author of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. Jane lives in Northern California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-jane-smiley-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Safety & The First Amendment – Holiday Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) will host its annual holiday fundraiser online this year and it is dedicated to the intriguing theme of Equal Protection Under the First Amendment. Funds raised from the event will be used for the organization’s Spring 2021 program and (if needs be) the continued cost of legal action against the City & County of San Francisco. \nThe Festival invites the public to join via Zoom for a packed and interactive program of poetry and spoken word presentations hosted by performance artist\, Nkechi Emeruwa-Neuberg. Featured artists (curated by Kimi Sugioka\, the Poet Laureate of the City of Alameda)\, will address different aspects of the First Amendment. Featured performers include: Kim Shuck\, Jack Hirschman\, Josiah Luis Alderete\, James Cagney\, Kimi Sugioka\, Devorah Major\, and Rosewater Vigilante. Total\, there will FOUR poet laureates (three from San Francisco\, one from Alameda) on the program. \nIn addition to outstanding performances\, the evening will include “surprise” cameo appearances by several Bay Area luminaries\, a sneak-preview of the Festival’s spring 2021 outdoor season and an in-person chat with the Festival’s legal team (Mark Rennie\, Matt Kumin\, and Bill Martinez) as they review the Festival’s First Amendment case against the city.
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