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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
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Surprise the Line":MAILTO:nancywoowriter@gmail.com
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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
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SUMMARY:Tim Harford in conversation with Randall Munroe (creator of xkcd)
DESCRIPTION:Tim Harford\, called  “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (New Statesman)\, and Randall Munroe in conversation about The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics (Riverhead Books). \nThis event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. \nREGISTER HERE \nAbout The Data Detective\nFrom “one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics” (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart\, lively\, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics. \nToday we think statistics are the enemy\, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That’s a mistake\, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics—we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are\, at heart\, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.” If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly—understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray—statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter. \nAs “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (New Statesman)\, Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective\, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience\, curiosity\, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result\, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh\, unexpected\, and insightful. \nAbout the participants\nTim Harford is an award-winning columnist\, broadcaster\, and economist. He is the author of Messy\, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy\, and the million-selling The Undercover Economist\, and is the host of the Cautionary Tales podcast. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society\, and in 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to improving economic understanding. \nRandall Munroe is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer\, the science question-and-answer blog What If\, and the popular webcomic xkcd. A former NASA roboticist\, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full-time. He lives in Massachusetts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tim-harford-in-conversation-with-randall-munroe-creator-of-xkcd/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Nicole Perlroth in conversation with David Sanger
DESCRIPTION:discussing Nicole Perlroth’s new book \nThis Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber Weapons Arms Race \nPublished by Bloomsbury Books \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 to be posted soon) \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \nFrom The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth\, the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive\, invisible\, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of global warfare. \nZero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected. One of the most coveted tools in a spy’s arsenal\, a zero day has the power to silently spy on your iPhone\, dismantle the safety controls at a chemical plant\, alter an election\, and shut down the electric grid (just ask Ukraine). \nFor decades\, under cover of classification levels and non-disclosure agreements\, the United States government became the world’s dominant hoarder of zero days. U.S. government agents paid top dollar-first thousands\, and later millions of dollars- to hackers willing to sell their lock-picking code and their silence. \nThen the United States lost control of its hoard and the market. \nNow those zero days are in the hands of hostile nations and mercenaries who do not care if your vote goes missing\, your clean water is contaminated\, or our nuclear plants melt down. \nFilled with spies\, hackers\, arms dealers\, and a few unsung heroes\, written like a thriller and a reference\, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is an astonishing feat of journalism. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews\, The New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth lifts the curtain on a market in shadow\, revealing the urgent threat faced by us all if we cannot bring the global cyber arms race to heel. \nNicole Perlroth covers cybersecurity and digital espionage for The New York Times. She has covered Russian hacks of nuclear plants\, airports\, and elections\, North Korea’s cyberattacks against movie studios\, banks and hospitals\, Iranian attacks on oil companies\, banks and the Trump campaign and hundreds of Chinese cyberattacks\, including a months-long hack of The Times. Her first book\, “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends\,” about the global cyber arms race\, will publish in February 2021. The book\, and several of her Times articles\, have been optioned for television. A Bay Area native\, Ms. Perlroth is a guest lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a graduate of Princeton University and Stanford University. \nDavid E. Sanger is a national security correspondent and a senior writer. In a 36-year reporting career for The New York Times\, he has been on three teams that have won Pulitzer Prizes\, most recently in 2017 for international reporting. His newest book\, “The Perfect Weapon: War\, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age\,’ examines the emergence of cyberconflict as the primary way large and small states are competing and undercutting each other\, changing the nature of global power. \nCritical praise for This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends \n“The best kind of reportage . . . a rollicking fun trip\, front to back\, and an urgent call for action before our wired world spins out of our control. I’ve covered cybersecurity for a decade and yet paragraph after paragraph I kept wondering: ‘How did she manage to figure *that* out? How is she so good?'” –  Garrett M. Graff\, Wired\, author of New York Times bestseller THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY \n“A stemwinder of a tale of how frightening cyber weapons have been turned on their maker. Perlroth takes a complex subject that has been cloaked in techspeak and makes it dead real for the rest of us.” –  Kara Swisher\, co-founder of Recode and host of the New York Times podcast “Sway” \n“Perlroth’s terrifying revelation of how vulnerable American institutions and individuals are to clandestine cyberattacks by malicious hackers is possibly the most important book of the year . . . Perlroth’s precise\, lucid\, and compelling presentation of mind-blowing disclosures about the underground arms race a must-read exposé.” –  Booklist\, starred review \n“The definitive history of cyberwarfare. Nicole Perlroth connects the dots and the behind the scenes action of every serious intrusion\, cyberattack and cyberespionage revelation in the last decade\, offering recommendations for stopping the cyberwar none of us want to see.” –  Clint Watts\, author of MESSING WITH THE ENEMY \n“A must-read tale of cloak-and-dagger mercenary hackers\, digital weapons of mass destruction and clandestine\, ne’er-do-well government agencies. Perlroth’s intrepid reporting shows why the consequences could be frightening.” –  Lawrence Ingrassia\, author of BILLION DOLLAR BRAND CLUB \n“Usually\, books like this are praised by saying that they read like a screenplay or a novel. Nicole Perlroth’s is better: her sensitivity to both technical issues and human behavior give this book an authenticity that makes its message–that cybersecurity issues threaten our privacy\, our economy\, and maybe our lives–even scarier.” –  Steven Levy\, author of HACKERS and FACEBOOK \n“Reads like a modern-day John le Carré novel\, with terrifying tales of espionage and cyber warfare that will keep you up at night\, both unable to stop reading\, and terrified for what the future holds.” –  Nick Bilton\, Vanity Fair\, author of AMERICAN KINGPIN \n“An essential cautionary tale [that] exposes the motivations and misgivings of the people helping governments hack into our devices. After Perlroth’s incisive investigation\, there’s no excuse for ignoring the costs of the cyber arms race. Indeed\, we are already deeply vulnerable.” –  Sarah Frier\, Bloomberg\, author of NO FILTER \n“100% gripping. For anyone interested in cybersecurity\, whether as student\, policymaker\, or citizen\, it is well worth your read.” –  P.W. Singer\, author of LIKEWAR \n“Nicole Perlroth does what few other authors on the cyber beat can: she tells a highly technical\, gripping story as if over a beer at your favorite local dive bar. A page-turner.” –  Nina Jankowicz\, author of HOW TO LOSE THE INFORMATION WAR \n“[A] wonderfully readable new book. Underlying everything Perlroth writes is the question of ethics: what is the right thing to do? Too many of the people she describes never seemed to think about that; their goals were short-term or selfish or both . . . a rip-roaring story of hackers and bug-sellers and spies that also looks at the deeper questions.” –  Steven M. Bellovin\, Professor of Computer Science\, Columbia University \n“From one of the literati\, a compelling tale of the digerati: Nicole Perlroth puts arresting faces on the clandestine government-sponsored elites using 1s and 0s to protect us or menace us-and profit.” –  Glenn Kramon\, former senior editor\, The New York Times \n“The murky world of zero-day sales has remained in the shadows for decades\, with few in the trade willing to talk about this critical topic. Nicole Perlroth has done a great job tracing the origin stories\, coaxing practitioners into telling their fascinating tales and explaining why it all matters.” –  Kim Zetter\, author of COUNTDOWN TO ZERODAY \n“Reads like a thriller. A masterful inside look at a highly profitable industry that was supposed to make us safer\, but has ended up bringing us to the brink of the next world war.” –  John Markoff\, former New York Times cybersecurity reporter \n“A whirlwind global tour that introduces us to the crazy characters and bizarre stories behind the struggle to control the internet. It would be unbelievable if it wasn’t all so very true.” –  Alex Stamos\, Director of the Stanford Internet Observatory and former head of security for Facebook and Yahoo \n“Lays bare the stark realities of disinformation\, hacking\, and software vulnerability that are the Achilles’ Heel of modern democracy. I work in this field as a scientist and technologist\, and this book scared the bejesus out of me. Read it.” –  Gary McGraw\, author of SOFTWARE SECURITY \n“A powerful case for strong cybersecurity policy that reduces vulnerabilities while respecting civil rights.” –  Kirkus Reviews
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nicole-perlroth-in-conversation-with-david-sanger/
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SUMMARY:Robert B. Reich - The System: Who Rigged It\, How We Fix It (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:From the bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good\, comes an urgent analysis of how the “rigged” systems of American politics and power operate\, how this status quo came to be\, and how average citizens can enact change. \nMillions of Americans have lost confidence in our political and economic system. With the characteristic clarity and passion that has made him a central civil voice\, Robert B. Reich shows how wealth and power have interacted to install an elite oligarchy\, eviscerate the middle class\, and undermine democracy. Using Jamie Dimon\, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase as an example\, Reich exposes how those at the top propagate myths about meritocracy\, national competitiveness\, corporate social responsibility\, and the “free market” to distract most Americans from their accumulation of extraordinary wealth and power. They have chosen to uphold self-serving policies that line their own pockets and benefit their bottom line. Reich’s objective is not to foster cynicism\, but rather to demystify the system so that we might instill fundamental change and demand that democracy works for the majority once again. \nRobert B. Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California\, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations and has written fifteen books\, including The Work of Nations\, which has been translated into twenty-two languages\, and the bestsellers The Common Good\, Saving Capitalism\, Supercapitalism\, and Locked in the Cabinet. His articles have appeared in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and The Wall Street Journal\, and he writes a weekly column for The Guardian and Newsweek. He is co-creator of the award-winning film Inequality for All\, and the Netflix original Saving Capitalism\, and co-founder of Inequality Media. He lives in Berkeley and blogs at robertreich.org. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/robert-b-reich-the-system-who-rigged-it-how-we-fix-it-virtual-event/
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