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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Wendy Walsh - Continuing the Journey with Dante's Purgatorio (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Continue the journey with Dante on Zoom! Join Wendy Walsh for the reading and study of Purgatorio\, the second cantica of Dante’s Commedia. \nDante and Virgil begin their climb of the immense Mountain of Purgatory in the middle of the unpopulated waters of the Southern Hemisphere. Before reaching Purgatory proper\, they travel through Ante Purgatory and then up through the seven terraces\, each one reflecting one of the seven deadly sins. Their goal is the Earthly Paradise at the top of the mountain and along the way they will meet the many saved souls who are happily purifying themselves for their ascent to Paradise.  Purgatory is “where the soul of man is cleansed\,/ made worthy to ascend to Heaven. (dove l’umano spirito si purga/e di salire al ciel diventa degno” Canto I\, 5-6.) \nWendy Walsh has a PhD in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching Italian language and literature since 1979.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-class-wendy-walsh-continuing-the-journey-with-dantes-purgatorio-via-zoom/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes
DESCRIPTION:Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line\, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020\, Rise & Shine began as a daily writing group in response to the pandemic and NaPoWriMo. Now\, the morning meetings rotate throughout the year with different series. \nAbout This Group:\nThe purpose of this space is to generate new words on the page together. We welcome anyone who would like to start their day with an invigorating poetry writing prompt in a communal setting. Rise & Shine will stay free and donation-based to allow anyone access to this generative writing group. \nThe first hour is spent writing\, and whoever would like to stay and share is welcome to read their draft (not a critique space). Invite surprise onto the page! Discover what wants to be written on that particular day without judgment. Lean into the process. \nOdes:\nThe Winter 2021 series will meet Tuesday mornings at 9 am PST\, starting January 19 and ending March 9 (8 weeks). Our focus will be writing odes! \nAn ode is traditionally a lyric poem written in reverence to a particular object or thing. Modern odes allow a lot of room for exploration. For the purposes of this workshop\, writing an ode simply means “paying particular attention to.” We will practice writing close details of a specific object or thing\, with plenty of room to discover what else there is to see underneath. \n“Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.” Anne Enright \nEach week\, the prompt will include an example ode for inspiration and some starting points\, including a broad topic for focus\, if you choose to take it. Like all Surprise the Line workshops\, you do not need to write to the prompt. Follow your own inspiration wherever it leads. \nFor the comfort of participants\, these sessions will not be recorded.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rise-shine-winter-2021-series-of-odes/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210311T210000
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SUMMARY:Sharpen Your Pencil: Elements of a Poem in Revision
DESCRIPTION:Do you want your poems to sing more sweetly? Resonate more deeply? Read more beautifully? \nIn this 8-week craft workshop\, you will learn structured techniques for writing and revising poems in a small-group setting. Each week\, we will focus on one specific element in poetry\, and use that topic as a guiding principle for revising our poems. \nOften\, we’re given feedback on our work but might not know exactly what to do next. This class will combine theory with practice. The goal is to equip you with the tools to revise your own poems with grace and ease in order to take your work to the next level. \nWhat You’ll Get Out of This Workshop:\n\n8 lesson packets to help you revise poems\, each focused on a different poetic element\, with example poems and short essays\nMANY prompts for revising poems that you can use any time\nSmall-group witness of your revised poems to encourage positive learning\nA fun\, supportive environment with other awesome poets\nSensitivity and integrity toward your voice and process\nReal-time inspiration and feedback from the group\n\nWhat You’ll Need:\n\nA handful (4-8) of written drafts that you feel have some promise\, but aren’t quite “there” yet\, and you’re not sure what they’re missing or what to do next\nSome time each week to practice a revision technique outside of class (30 minutes minimum)\nAbility to detach from the work so you can revise (and create anew!) with pleasure\nDesire to make your poems the best they can be at this moment in time without judgment\nA beginner’s mindset (no matter how long you’ve been writing)\nA sense of adventure and openness to discovery\nNon-attachment to a specific outcome (this is the magic!)\nRespect\, integrity and playfulness with your peers (we are all learning\, writing and practicing together!)\n\n8-Week Schedule\nWorkshop A will be offered on Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm PST starting January 20 and ending March 10. Workshop B will be offered Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm PST starting January 21 and ending March 11. Please see the calendar for full dates. \n\nWeek 1: From First Draft to Finished – How to approach revision\, editing\, and the creative flow.\nWeek 2: Lines Lines Lines (& Stanzas) – Line breaks\, line lengths\, units of meaning on the page.\nWeek 3: Exploding the Image – Sinking deeper into metaphor & meaning.\nWeek 4: Word Choice & Diction – Words are pretty important to poems.\nWeek 5: Repetition & Patterns – Let’s investigate how refrains can change the game.\nWeek 6: Sound & Rhythm – Poems are music! Can you make them siiiing?\nWeek 7: Titles & Endings – Let’s not overlook these important bookends!\nWeek 8: Final Workshop – Recap and Review\n\nWorkshop Structure:\nWe’ll spend some time in the first meeting talking about what revision is\, how to do it\, and what our blocks/goals are. You’ll be invited to bring a working poem in to share with the group to introduce your work and receive productive feedback. Then\, at the end of the first class\, you’ll receive the prompt for the week to try out some revision techniques for that poem. When you return next week\, bring both the earlier draft and the revised version to share! \nBecause the focus is on revising our work\, each week you will be given the opportunity to revise a piece\, and then share both versions. The purpose of this is to get feedback from the group about how the poem has evolved to reinforce what you are learning. If the poem feels “done\,” great! If not\, we celebrate a step in its development. \nBONUS: For anyone writing toward a manuscript right now\, this class provides a great opportunity to revise your 8 poems toward a specific theme\, topic\, narrative or question\, if you choose to\, with a bonus prompt for guidance. \nCritique Style as Witness:\nIn this style of workshop\, we practice “witness” as our mode of giving comments on each other’s work rather than “criticism.” This means that we speak from our personal viewpoint (own your “I”)\, make observations rather than criticisms (what we notice rather than what’s “wrong”)\, ask productive questions\, and give all feedback with the intent of helping the writer learn more about their own process of writing that poem. \nWriting poetry is an act of discovery\, and it is a privilege to be able to take part in each other’s discovery process. In this way\, we cultivate an atmosphere of trust\, respect and integrity. We never tell another writer the “correct answer” to their poem; rather\, we act as believing mirrors for each other’s work and help each other recognize nuggets of beauty to be explored. \nMotivating Philosophy:\nStructure allows room for experimentation. Add elements of craft to your unique aesthetic\, stir\, and see what happens. Taking our work seriously doesn’t mean taking ourselves too seriously! Invite surprise onto the page. Have fun! Poetry is discovery. What else is there to do but create? \nLimit 6 per group
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sharpen-your-pencil-elements-of-a-poem-in-revision/
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Lunch Poems: Kiki Petrosino
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Lunch Poems\nA noontime poetry reading series\nReadings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two weeks before the event. All readings will be recorded and posted to youtube. To keep up to date\, please join our list by emailing poems@library.berkeley.edu. \nLink for all readings: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/96370640480 \n\nKiki Petrosino\nKiki Petrosino is the author of four books of poetry: White Blood: a Lyric of Virginia (2020)\, Witch Wife (2017)\, Hymn for the Black Terrific (2013) and Fort Red Border (2009)\, all from Sarabande Books. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her poems and essays have appeared in Poetry\, Best American Poetry\, The Nation\, The New York Times\, FENCE\, Gulf Coast\, Jubilat\, Tin House and on-line at Ploughshares. She teaches at the University of Virginia as a Professor of Poetry. Petrosino is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize\, a Fellowship in Creative Writing from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and an Al Smith Fellowship Award from the Kentucky Arts Council.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-lunch-poems-kiki-petrosino/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The Life Beyond: A Conversation About Grief and Cancer with Authors and Survivors Christine Corrigan and Laraine Herring (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists tells Christine Shields Corrigan’s story of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine\, and how that forces her\, as a wife\, mom\, and meticulous list-maker\, to confront her deepest fears of illness\, death\, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again. From the discovery of a “junky” cyst\, to chemotherapy and surgery\, sleepless nights filled with rosaries and “what ifs\,” and shifting family dynamics\, her adult experience mirrors her teen bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma\, with one exception—she no longer has parents keeping her in the dark. With the ghosts of cancer past hovering around her\, Chris falls into the same overprotective traps her taciturn Irish-Catholic parents created\, striving to keep her family’s life “normal\,” when it is anything but\, and soldiering through on her own\, until a neighbor’s unexpected advice and gift move her to accept others’ help. With fierce honesty\, poignant reflection\, and good humor\, Chris shares a journey filled with sorrow\, grace\, forgiveness\, and resilience\, as she wends her way through cancer for the second time. Again offers practical guidance and hope to individuals that they have the strength to forge a path beyond a diagnosis. \nWhat if a gift lived inside grief? Laraine Herring’s The Grief Forest follows Bunny\, who captures her grief in a bubble the color of her father’s soul after her dies. She carries this grief with her\, afraid that if she lets it go\, she will lose her daddy. Bunny’s grief leads her to The Grief Forest and Grandmother Bunny\, who meets her at the Forest’s edge. Bunny is afraid of all the grief she sees there\, so she runs away and meets Death\, who guides her deeper into the Forest. Each animal she meets expresses an aspect of grief. As Bunny’s grief begins to take on a life of its own\, she becomes desperate to hold onto it\, afraid of who she would be without it. She falls deeper into the Forest\, meeting creatures of the sea and creatures of the night. When she meets Cobra\, everything she thought she knew about grief falls away and she has to make a choice: hold on to a life that has gone\, or learn how to be alive in a new environment. For all ages\, The Grief Forest is a journey through complicated grieving\, showing examples of delayed grief\, absent grief\, PTSD\, attachment\, disenfranchised grief\, and many more. Bereavement is a place. When we grieve\, we enter this mysterious world and we do not leave it unchanged. And by meeting our grief\, sitting quietly with it and listening to it\, we can access its deeper wisdom\, helping to heal not only the griever\, but the whole world. \nChristine Shields Corrigan\, a two-time cancer survivor\, wife\, and mom\, gives voice to the beautiful ordinary in her lyrical and practical essays. Her work about family\, illness\, writing\, and resilient survivorship has appeared in The Brevity Blog\, Dreamer’s Creative Writing and Anthology\, Grown & Flown\, The Potato Soup Journal and Anthology\, Purple Clover\, Ravishly.com\, Wildfire Magazine\, and the Writer’s Circle 2 Anthology. Corrigan’s essay about how her cancer experiences helped her cope with the COVID-19 pandemic is included in (Her)orics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A graduate of Manhattan College and Fordham University School of Law\, Chris teaches creative nonfiction writing for an adult education program\, provides writing workshops for cancer support groups\, and serves on the programming committee of the Morristown Festival of Books. She lives in Somerset County\, New Jersey\, with her family and devoted Cavalier King Charles spaniel. \nLaraine Herring is a tenured professor of creative writing and psychology. Her fiction has won the Barbara Deming Award for Women\, and her nonfiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has volunteered for Hospice of the Valley\, directed the New Song Center for Grieving Children’s support group\, worked with women in transitional housing and women recovering from addiction. Her work—whether it’s her paid employment\, her volunteer work\, or her creative work—focuses on the power of stories to heal what’s hidden within us. Her most recent book is The Grief Forest\, a book about what we don’t talk about. Her trilogy of writing books from Shambhala have been on Poets & Writers top ten books for writers. Her memoir\, A Constellation of Ghosts: A Speculative Memoir with Ravenswill be released in October 2021 from Regal House Publishing. She is a colon cancer survivor and lives with many wise cats in northern AZ.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-life-beyond-a-conversation-about-grief-and-cancer-with-authors-and-survivors-christine-corrigan-and-laraine-herring-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Dispatches from the Race War
DESCRIPTION:Essays on racial flashpoints\, white denial\, violence\, and the manipulation of fear in America today. \n“What Tim Wise has brilliantly done is to challenge white folks’ truth . . . to see that they have a responsibility to do more than sit back and watch\, but to recognize their own role in co-creating . . . a fair\, inclusive\, truly democratic society.”—Michelle Alexander\, author of The New Jim Crow \nIn this collection of essays\, renowned social-justice advocate Tim Wise confronts racism in contemporary America. Seen through the lens of major flashpoints during the Obama and Trump years\, Dispatches from the Race War faces the consequences of white supremacy in all its forms. This includes a discussion of the bigoted undertones of the Tea Party’s backlash\, the killing of Trayvon Martin\, current day anti-immigrant hysteria\, the rise of openly avowed white nationalism\, the violent policing of African Americans\, and more. Wise devotes a substantial portion of the book to explore the racial ramifications of COVID-19\, and the widespread protests which followed the police murder of George Floyd. \nConcise\, accessible chapters\, most written in first-person\, offer an excellent source for those engaged in the anti-racism struggle. Tim Wise’s proactive approach asks white allies to contend with—and take responsibility for—their own role in perpetuating racism against Blacks and people of color. Dispatches from the Race War reminds us that the story of our country is the history of racial conflict\, and that our future may depend on how—or if—we can resolve it. “To accept racism is quintessentially American\,” writes Wise\, “to rebel against it is human. Be human.” \n“Tim Wise’s new book gives us the tools we need to reach people whose understanding of our country is white instead of right. And without pissing them off!”—James W. Loewen\, author\, Lies My Teacher Told Me \n“Tim Wise’s latest is more urgent than ever. Unflinchingly\, and page after page\, Wise calls out a brutal truth\, one unwelcome to so many white people: The racial trauma playing out across this nation\, hour after hour\, day after day\, is inflicted—be it actively or unwittingly—by them. But as Wise also\, so rightly\, notes\, this isn’t the whole story. Despite what some would hope for this nation\, we are not doomed to a white-sparked race war. Just as this nation’s history is steeped in racial oppression\, so too is it rich with anti-racist resistance. It is to this anti-racist resistance that white people in particular\, but the country as a whole\, must now commit. . . . no matter what.”—Heather Ann Thompson\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dispatches-from-the-race-war/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES\, Lauren Groff
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 “Shelter and Place\,” a theme about world building when the world seems to be falling apart\, about writing about place\, about seeking and finding and not finding shelter in stormy times\, and of course\, what it means to be a writer and a person writing while sheltering in place. \nFEBRUARY 4TH FEATURED WRITER: LAUREN GROFF\nLauren Groff is the author of five books\, most recently Fates and Furies\, a novel\, and Florida\, a short story collection. She has twice been shortlisted for the National Book Award\, has won the Story Prize and France’s Grand Prix de L’héroïne\, and was named one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists.  Her next novel\, Matrix\, is slated for publication by Riverhead in September 2021. \nRegister for this FREE event series here. \nThe Living Writers Series runs on select Thursdays from 5:20-6:55p.m. Authors’ books available for pick up or delivery via Bookshop Santa Cruz. Find them here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-living-writers-series-lauren-groff/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Dr. Larry Ward - America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:“I am a drop in the ocean\, but I’m also the ocean. I’m a drop in America\, but I’m also America. Every pain\, every confusion\, every good and every bad and ugly of America is in me. And as I transform myself and heal and take care of myself\, I’m very conscious that I’m healing and transforming and taking care of America. I say this for American cynics\, but this is also true globally. It’s for real.” So says Zen Buddhist teacher Dr. Larry Ward. \nShot at by the police as an 11-year-old child for playing baseball in the wrong spot\, as an adult\, Larry Ward experienced the trauma of having his home firebombed by racists. At Plum Village Monastery in France\, the home in exile of his teacher\, Vietnamese peace activist and Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh\, Dr. Ward found a way to heal. In these short reflective essays\, he offers his insights on the effects of racial constructs and answers the question: how do we free ourselves from our repeated cycles of anger\, denial\, bitterness\, pain\, fear\, violence? Larry Ward looks at the causes and conditions that have led us to our current state and finds\, hidden in the crisis\, a profound opportunity to reinvent what it means to be a human being. This is an invitation to transform America’s racial karma. \nThe assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the catalyst that sparked the young Larry Ward’s journey into a life of planetary peacemaking. Dr. Ward’s introduction to Buddhist practice began in Calcutta in 1977\, but it was when he met Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1991 that the practice became truly central to his life. He is ordained as a Dharma teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village tradition and has accompanied Thich Nhat Hanh on peace-building missions internationally\, as well as throughout the United States. Dr. Ward brings 25 years of experience in organizational change and local community renewal in 20 countries to his work as director of the Lotus Institute and as an advisor to the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management\, in Claremont\, California. Dr. Ward holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Buddhism and research on the neuroscience of meditation.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dr-larry-ward-americas-racial-karma-an-invitation-to-heal-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Dantiel W. Moniz in conversation with C Pam Zhang
DESCRIPTION:celebrating Dantial W. Moniz new novel \nMilk Blood Heat \npublished by Grove Atlantic Press \n—- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. Link coming soon. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. Link coming soon. \n———– \nA livewire debut from Dantiel W. Moniz\, one of the most exciting discoveries in today’s literary landscape\, Milk Blood Heat depicts the sultry lives of Floridians in intergenerational tales that contemplate human connection\, race\, womanhood\, inheritance\, and the elemental darkness in us all. Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida\, each story delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls\, women\, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning. These intimate portraits of people and relationships scour and soothe and blast a light on the nature of family\, faith\, forgiveness\, consumption\, and what we may\, or may not\, owe one another. \nA thirteen-year-old meditates on her sadness and the difference between herself and her white best friend when an unexpected tragedy occurs; a woman recovering from a miscarriage finds herself unable to let go of her daughter—whose body parts she sees throughout her daily life; a teenager resists her family’s church and is accused of courting the devil; servers at a supper club cater to the insatiable cravings of their wealthy clientele; and two estranged siblings take a road-trip with their father’s ashes and are forced to face the troubling reality of how he continues to shape them. \nWise and subversive\, spiritual and seductive\, Milk Blood Heat forms an ouroboros of stories that bewitch with their truth\, announcing the arrival of a bright new literary star. \nDantiel W. Moniz is the recipient of the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction\, the Cecelia Joyce Johnson Emerging Writer Award by the Key West Literary Seminars\, and a Tin House Scholarship. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in the Paris Review\, Tin House\, Ploughshares\, the Yale Review\, Joyland\, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern\, and elsewhere. Milk Blood Heat is her first book. She lives in Northeast Florida. \nC Pam Zhang is the author of the novel How Much of These Hills is Gold published by Riverhead Books in 2020\, and was long-listed for the 2020 Booker Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dantiel-w-moniz-in-conversation-with-c-pam-zhang/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The Chicken Sisters: Author KJ Dell'Antonia in Conversation With Nancy Davis Kho
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, February 4\, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen’s recent favorites\, THE CHICKEN SISTERS\, with author KJ Dell’Antonia in conversation with Nancy Davis Kho\, author of THE THANK YOU PROJECT. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82283219224. \n(Order your copy of THE CHICKEN SISTERS at http://bit.ly/ggpChickenSisters or in audiobook at http://bit.ly/ChickenSistersAB.) \nDecember 2020 Indie Next List\n\n“I am charmed by The Chicken Sisters! Family fights\, fried chicken\, a dog and her puppies\, mental illness\, a shaky marriage\, a potential romance\, and a reality show taping all combine for a great small-town story. Generations of feuding sisters with competing chicken shack restaurants hash it out for the cameras\, their loved ones\, and themselves. The Chicken Sisters is a delightful read.”\n— Susan Williams\, M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers\, Greenville\, SC \nDescription\n\nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nA REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK \n“A charming\, hilarious\, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also\, a great present for your sister for the holidays!!”–Reese Witherspoon \nThree generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. \nIn tiny Merinac\, Kansas\, Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state–and the legendary feud between their respective owners\, the Moores and the Pogociellos\, has lasted just as long. No one feels the impact more than thirty-five-year-old widow Amanda Moore\, who grew up working for her mom at Mimi’s before scandalously marrying Frank Pogociello and changing sides to work at Frannie’s. Tired of being caught in the middle\, Amanda sends an SOS to Food Wars\, the reality TV restaurant competition that promises $100\,000 to the winner. But in doing so\, she launches both families out of the frying pan and directly into the fire. . . \nThe last thing Brooklyn-based organizational guru Mae Moore\, Amanda’s sister\, wants is to go home to Kansas. But when her career implodes\, helping the fading Mimi’s look good on Food Wars becomes Mae’s best chance to reclaim the limelight–even if doing so pits her against Amanda and Frannie’s. Yet when family secrets become public knowledge\, the sisters must choose: Will they fight with each other\, or for their heritage? \nAbout the Author\n\nKJ Dell’Antonia is the former editor of Motherlode and current contributor to The New York Times\, as well as the author of How to Be a Happier Parent. She lives with her family on a small farm in Lyme\, New Hampshire\, but retains an abiding love for her childhood in Texas and Kansas.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-chicken-sisters-author-kj-dellantonia-in-conversation-with-nancy-davis-kho/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Catana Chetwynd / In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to host a virtual event with #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Catana Comics\, Catana Chetwynd (Snug and Little Moments of Love) for her third book In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together. Come meet Catana and her boyfriend John and get a signed copy of the book\, plus a chance to win limited edition prints\, live drawings from the event\, and other special\, custom-designed gifts! \nPlease note: \n\nThis is a ticketed event\, with each ticket including a copy of the book – no exceptions.\nWe’re happy to say we have *signed copies* while supplies last. More information about this will be announced soon.\nEach ticket holder will be entered into a raffle to win a limited edition print\, live drawings\, and other custom-designed gifts.\nIf you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact us: events@booksmith.com.\n\nWhen you’ve reached that sweatpants-wearing cozy place in your relationship\, it’s all In Love & Pajamas! This brand-new collection of Catana Comics presents 50 percent never-before-seen comics and some fan favorites that delight and amuse readers of all ages. Wholesome\, sweet\, feel-good humor\, a perfect gift for your other half and a welcome add-on to any wedding\, anniversary\, or Valentine’s Day gift. \nCatana Chetwynd is a self-taught traditional artist and the enthusiastic author of Catana Comics. She grew up in Saratoga Springs\, New York\, where she spent her time creating art and pursuing an education in psychology until accidentally stumbling into the world of comics. Not only is her fiancé\, John\, the daily inspiration for her drawings\, but he was also the one who suggested a comic series about their relationship in the first place. Thanks to his idea and his inspiring daily antics\, Catana was able to pursue her childhood dream of being a cartoonist. She currently lives on the East Coast with John and their tiny\, angry dog\, Murph. \nPlease note: This is a ticketed\, all-ages event. Each ticket includes a signed copy of In Love & Pajamas (while supplies last) – no exceptions. If you already have a copy\, remember that books make great gifts! If you’ve already gifted this title to all of your friends\, please write events@booksmith.com and we’ll work things out. \n  \n\n\n\nPolicies\n\nRefund Policy:\nNo refunds or returns. Contact events@booksmith.com with any questions. \nCancellation Policy:\nIf we have to cancel an event\, you will be refunded within 4 business days of the event date.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/catana-chetwynd-in-love-pajamas-a-collection-of-comics-about-being-yourself-together/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T200000
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SUMMARY:The Chicken Sisters: Author KJ Dell'Antonia in Conversation With Nancy Davis Kho
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, February 4\, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen’s recent favorites\, THE CHICKEN SISTERS\, with author KJ Dell’Antonia in conversation with Nancy Davis Kho\, author of THE THANK YOU PROJECT. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82283219224. \n(Order your copy of THE CHICKEN SISTERS at http://bit.ly/ggpChickenSisters or in audiobook at http://bit.ly/ChickenSistersAB.) \nDecember 2020 Indie Next List\n\n \n“I am charmed by The Chicken Sisters! Family fights\, fried chicken\, a dog and her puppies\, mental illness\, a shaky marriage\, a potential romance\, and a reality show taping all combine for a great small-town story. Generations of feuding sisters with competing chicken shack restaurants hash it out for the cameras\, their loved ones\, and themselves. The Chicken Sisters is a delightful read.”\n— Susan Williams\, M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers\, Greenville\, SC \nDescription\n\nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nA REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK \n“A charming\, hilarious\, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also\, a great present for your sister for the holidays!!”–Reese Witherspoon \nThree generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. \nIn tiny Merinac\, Kansas\, Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state–and the legendary feud between their respective owners\, the Moores and the Pogociellos\, has lasted just as long. No one feels the impact more than thirty-five-year-old widow Amanda Moore\, who grew up working for her mom at Mimi’s before scandalously marrying Frank Pogociello and changing sides to work at Frannie’s. Tired of being caught in the middle\, Amanda sends an SOS to Food Wars\, the reality TV restaurant competition that promises $100\,000 to the winner. But in doing so\, she launches both families out of the frying pan and directly into the fire. . . \nThe last thing Brooklyn-based organizational guru Mae Moore\, Amanda’s sister\, wants is to go home to Kansas. But when her career implodes\, helping the fading Mimi’s look good on Food Wars becomes Mae’s best chance to reclaim the limelight–even if doing so pits her against Amanda and Frannie’s. Yet when family secrets become public knowledge\, the sisters must choose: Will they fight with each other\, or for their heritage? \nAbout the Author\n\nKJ Dell’Antonia is the former editor of Motherlode and current contributor to The New York Times\, as well as the author of How to Be a Happier Parent. She lives with her family on a small farm in Lyme\, New Hampshire\, but retains an abiding love for her childhood in Texas and Kansas.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-chicken-sisters-author-kj-dellantonia-in-conversation-with-nancy-davis-kho-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T200000
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SUMMARY:Lunar New Year Poetry and Calligraphy with Poets Michael Warr\, Chun Yu\, and Calligrapher Aiqin Zhou
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Year of the Ox with us! Poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu read works in English and Chinese (Mandarin) that reflect the essence of the New Year — vanquishing the past\, embracing new beginnings\, and venerating ancestors — while Aiqin Zhou demonstrates her skillful calligraphy by illustrating some of the poems.\nReserve your tickets:\nhttps://calendar.asianart.org/…/lunar-new-year-poetry…/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunar-new-year-poetry-and-calligraphy-with-poets-michael-warr-chun-yu-and-calligrapher-aiqin-zhou/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T203000
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SUMMARY:Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross: Black Women's History of the US
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Marcus Books present:\nDaina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross\nA Black Women’s History of the United States\nWith Sabrina Jacobs \nReaching from the year 1600 to the present day\, A Black Women’s History of the United States – written by renowned authors and historians Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross – provides a necessary\, long-awaited re-centering of American history from the perspective of all those folks who have been left out of our history books.  Wide-ranging and inclusive\, this book examines a diversity of Black women\, including cisgender and transgender women\, rich and poor\, educated and uneducated\, reformers\, enslaved women\, artists\, activists\, imprisoned women leaders\, and everyday people. A critical survey of their complex legacy\, A Black Women’s History of the United States considers not only the exploitation and victimization of Black Women\, but also their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country since its inception. \n“Remarkably comprehensive and accessible\, introductory and sophisticated\, two groundbreaking historians have come together to produce a new history of Black women in the United States.” -Ibram X. Kendi\, author of Stamped From the Beginning \nDaina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author or co-editor of seven previous books\, including The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved\, from Womb to Grave\, in the Building of a Nation – winner of the 2017 SHEAR Book Award for Early American History. \nKali Nicole Gross is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University\, New Brunswick. Her previous books include Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Dismembered  Torso: A Tale of Race\, Sex\, and Violence in America\, winner of the 2017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/diana-ramey-berry-kali-nicole-gross-a-black-womens-history-of-the-us-tickets-130506218613
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daina-ramey-berry-kali-nicole-gross-black-womens-history-of-the-us/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Georgina Marie!!
DESCRIPTION:During Women’s History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into something powerful and a new monthly reading series concept was born\, “Eves at the Beat”.\nThis month’s Eves at the Beat is curated by Georgina Marie!! And MC’s by Mia Ruiz\nLineup of readers:\nBrenda Yeager\, Beulah Vega\, Charity E. Yoro\, Lauren Traetto\, Melissa Eleftherion Carr\, K.R. Morrison\n\nTopic: Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading w/Georgina Marie!\nTime: Feb 4\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the First Thu\, 6 occurrence(s)\nFeb 4\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMar 4\, 2021 07:00 PM\nApr 1\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMay 6\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJun 3\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJul 1\, 2021 07:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZ0pdeqgqjgpGdWQXBj…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89423843331\nMeeting ID: 894 2384 3331\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,89423843331# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,89423843331# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 894 2384 3331\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbQpWeGiUH
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eves-at-the-virtual-beat-womxn-reading-curated-by-georgina-marie/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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