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SUMMARY:Alta Asks Live: Lynell George
DESCRIPTION:Alta Asks Live: Lynell George\n\n\nWednesday\, December 16 at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time \n\n\n\nOctavia E. Butler’s work is as relevant as ever\, and her journey to success is a surprising and mostly private one—until now. Author and award-winning Alta contributor Lynell George’s extraordinary new book\, A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler​\, examines Butler’s most intimate processes and inspirations. George sits down with Alta books editor David L. Ulin to explore the work\, legacy\, and world of Octavia E. Butler in this free digital discussion. \nREGISTER \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nLynell George​ is a journalist and essayist. ​After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame​ was her first book of essays and photography\, exploring the city where she grew up. As a staff writer for both the ​Los Angeles Times​ and ​L.A. Weekly​\, she focused on social issues\, human behavior\, visual arts\, music\, and literature. She’s taught journalism at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles\, was named a USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellow in 2013\, and received the Huntington Library’s Alan Jutzi Fellowship in 2017 for her studies of Butler. She’s a contributing arts and culture columnist for KCET | Artbound\, and her commentary has also been featured in numerous news and feature outlets\, including ​Alta\, Boom: A Journal of California\, Smithsonian\, K​PCC’s​ the Frame\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Vibe\, the Chicago Tribune\, the Washington Post\, Essence\, Black Clock\, and ​Ms.​ Her liner notes for ​Otis Redding Live at the Whisky a Go Go​ earned a Grammy Award in 2017. \nABOUT THE BOOK\n​More than a biography\, ​A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​: The World of Octavia E. Butler is a collection of ideas about how a writer looks\, listens\, and breathes—how to ​be​ in the world. This book is about the creative process\, but not on the page; its canvas is much larger. Lynell George not only engages the world that shaped Octavia E. Butler\, but explores the very specific processes through which Butler\, a MacArthur “genius\,” shaped herself—her unique process of self-making. It’s about creating a life with what little you have—hand-me-down books\, repurposed diaries\, journals\, stealing time to write in the middle of the night\, making a small check stretch—bit by bit by bit. ​A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​ draws the reader into Butler’s world\, creating a sense of unmatched intimacy with the deeply private science-fiction writer. \nThere has been a great resurgence of interest in Butler’s work. Readers have been turning to her writing to make sense of contemporary chaos\, to find a plot point that might bring clarity or calm. Her books have become the centerpiece of book group discussions\, while universities and entire cities have chosen her titles to anchor Big Read\, Freshman Read\, and One Book/One City programs. ​A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​ brings Butler’s prescient wisdom and careful thinking out of the novel and into the world. \nA Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​ will be beloved by both scholars and fans of Butler\, as well as aspiring writers and creatives who are looking for a model or a spark of inspiration. It offers an album of a creative life—a map that others can follow. Butler once wrote that science fiction was simply “a handful of earth\, a handful of sky\, and everything in between.” This book offers a slice of the ​in between.​
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Ruby Bridges (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:From civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges comes a powerful new book\, This Is Your Time—the first book from Bridges in over twenty years\, released to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her becoming the first Black student to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14\, 1960\, as a six-year-old. Inspired by the recent wave of activism for racial justice led by young people\, Ruby Bridges has penned a powerful letter of encouragement to readers\, recounting her\nexperience integrating the New Orleans public school system and culminating in a call to action for a new generation of young activists and adults to unite. Ruby’s honest and impassioned words\, imbued with love and grace\, serve as a moving reminder that “what can inspire tomorrow often lies in our past.” This Is Your Time will electrify people of all ages as the struggle for liberty and justice for all continues and the powerful legacy of Ruby Bridges endures. \nRuby Bridges is a civil rights activist who at the age of six was the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. She was born in Mississippi in 1954\, the same year the United States Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision ordering the integration of public schools. Her family later moved to New Orleans\, where on November 14\, 1960\, Bridges began attending William Frantz Elementary School\, single-handedly initiating the desegregation of public education in New Orleans. Her walk to the front door of the school was immortalized in Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Live With\, in Robert Coles’s book The Story of Ruby Bridges\, and in the Disney movie Ruby Bridges. This Is Your Time is her first book in over twenty years\, following the publication of her award-winning autobiography\, Through My Eyes. She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to provide leadership training programs that inspire youth and community leaders to embrace and value the richness of diversity. Bridges is the recipient of numerous awards\, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Award\, the Presidential Citizens Medal\, and honorary doctorate degrees from Connecticut College\, College of New Rochelle\, Columbia University Teachers College\, and Tulane University.
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SUMMARY:How to Get Published in The Commuter
DESCRIPTION:Unlike most literary magazines\, The Commuter chooses its weekly piece of poetry\, flash\, graphic\, or experimental narrative almost exclusively from unsolicited submissions—9 out of 10 issues are drawn from the so-called “slush.” (We don’t think it’s slush!) Work published in The Commuter has been recognized by Best American Poetry and Comics\, the Wigleaf Top 50\, and Best Small Fictions. But we get thousands of submissions every year\, and only publish 52 issues. So how can you help your work get recognized? Commuter editors Halimah Marcus\, Kelly Luce\, and Ed Skoog invite you behind the scenes for a frank editorial discussion that is a must-watch for anyone planning to submit. Q&A to follow. Presented by Reedsy.
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