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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.
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LOCATION:Virtual
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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:Afternoon Literary Seminar: 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
DESCRIPTION:THIS SESSION IS ONLINE\n4.50 from Paddington\, Agatha Christie \nAt long last! Join Kimberly to see why Agatha Christie is just so much fun to read. The most best-selling author of all time\, Christie will delight you not just with well-structured problems to solve\, but with clever\, well-drawn\, lovable characters\, charming description of British mid-century life\, quite a bit of social satire and much wry humor. \n 4.50 has the advantage of showcasing Christie’s wise and unassuming Miss Marple\, along with a cast of strong and unforgettable women. \n Whether you’re a long-time devotee\, or have never read Christie\, join the group for a delightful\, unique reading experience.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/afternoon-literary-seminar-4-50-from-paddington-by-agatha-christie/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Heather McGhee\, The Sum of Us
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz\, in partnership with The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz\, Marcus Books\, and the NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch\, present author Heather McGhee in conversation with Alicia Garza\, Principal at Black Futures Lab and co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter. McGhee’s new book\, The Sum of Us\, is a powerful exploration about the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and its rising cost to all of us—including white people—from one of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers. \nRegister for this free online event by clicking here! \nThe Sum of Us is a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here: divided and self-destructing\, still the richest country in the world\, but spiritually starved and vastly unequal. At the heart of the book are the humble stories of Americans yearning to be a part of a better America\, including white supremacy’s collateral victims: white people themselves. With startling empathy\, this heartfelt message from a Black woman to a multiracial America leaves us with a vision for the future of our country—one whose population has ties to every place on the globe—where we finally realize that life can be so much more than zero-sum. \n“Racism is not merely destructive to people of color. It is self-destructive to many white people. Racism is anti-American and anti-human as Heather McGhee expertly and judiciously proves in The Sum of Us. This is the book I’ve been waiting for. The Sum of Us can help us come together to build a nation for us all\, with policies that benefit us all.” —Ibram X. Kendi\, bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist \nHeather McGhee is an expert in economic and social policy. The former president of the inequality-focused think tank Demos\, McGhee has drafted legislation\, testified before Congress and contributed regularly to news shows including NBC’s Meet the Press. She now chairs the board of Color of Change\, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. McGhee holds a BA in American studies from Yale University and a JD from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. \nAlicia Garza believes that Black communities deserve what all communities deserve — to be powerful in every aspect of their lives. An author\, political strategist\, organizer\, and cheeseburger enthusiast\, Alicia founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network\, serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance\, and is a co-founder of Supermajority\, a new home for women’s activism. Alicia has become a powerful voice in the media and frequently contributes thoughtful opinion pieces and expert commentary on politics\, race and more to outlets such as MSNBC and The New York Times. She has received numerous accolades and recognitions\, including being on the cover of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World issue and being named to Bloomberg’s 50 and Politico’s 50 lists. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book\, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (One World Penguin Random House)\, and she warns you — hashtags don’t start movements. People do.     
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-heather-mcghee-the-sum-of-us/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Daphne A. Brooks
DESCRIPTION:discussing her new book \nLiner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound \npublished by Belknap Press / Harvard University 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 to be posted soon) \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \n\nAn award-winning Black feminist music critic takes us on an epic journey through radical sound from Bessie Smith to Beyoncé. \nDaphne A. Brooks explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics\, collectors\, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. How is it possible\, she asks\, that iconic artists such as Aretha Franklin and Beyoncé exist simultaneously at the center and on the fringe of the culture industry? \nLiner Notes for the Revolution offers a startling new perspective on these acclaimed figures—a perspective informed by the overlooked contributions of other Black women concerned with the work of their musical peers. Zora Neale Hurston appears as a sound archivist and a performer\, Lorraine Hansberry as a queer Black feminist critic of modern culture\, and Pauline Hopkins as America’s first Black female cultural commentator. Brooks tackles the complicated racial politics of blues music recording\, song collecting\, and rock and roll criticism. She makes lyrical forays into the blues pioneers Bessie Smith and Mamie Smith\, as well as fans who became critics\, like the record-label entrepreneur and writer Rosetta Reitz. In the twenty-first century\, pop superstar Janelle Monae’s liner notes are recognized for their innovations\, while celebrated singers Cécile McLorin Salvant\, Rhiannon Giddens\, and Valerie June take their place as cultural historians. \nWith an innovative perspective on the story of Black women in popular music—and who should rightly tell it—Liner Notes for the Revolution pioneers a long overdue recognition and celebration of Black woman musicians as radical intellectuals. \nDaphne A. Brooks is author of Jeff Buckley’s Grace and Bodies in Dissent\, winner of the Errol Hill Award for outstanding scholarship in African American performance studies. A professor at Yale University\, she has written liner notes to accompany the recordings of Aretha Franklin\, Tammi Terrell\, and Prince\, as well as stories for the New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Nation\, and Pitchfork. \n  \nPraise for Liner Notes for the Revolution : \n\n\n“A spirited study of how Black women musicians and writers have informed each other despite gatekeepers’ neglect and dismissals… A sui generis and essential work on Black music culture destined to launch future investigations.“—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) \n“Enlightening…a fresh perspective on more than a century’s worth of Black female musicians… Brooks combines an impressive archive of musical works and the artists’ own words to convincingly reveal how they each impacted popular culture. Music aficionados should take note.“—Publishers Weekly \n“Daphne Brooks has written a gloriously polyphonic book. Moving through the tumult of the twentieth century and the millennium\, she scores\, archives\, and curates the history of Black woman musicians and their radical modernities\, all created in a culture that presumed they had no voices or minds. What did they do to be so Black\, brilliant\, and blue? Listen. And read on.”—Margo Jefferson\, author of the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning Negroland \n“Effortlessly poetic\, deeply historical\, and insistently imaginative\, Liner Notes for the Revolution doesn’t merely give voice to unheeded and crucial innovators; it offers a new method for approaching music history itself.”—Ann Powers\, author of Good Booty \n“Daphne Brooks’s brilliant evocation of what gets lost when women of color don’t speak\, let alone sing\, is one of the most moving testaments to the power of silence\, and what breaking that silence means\, that I have ever read. Vivid\, joyful\, and heartbreaking in its passionate understanding of soul in all its manifestations\, Liner Notes for the Revolution is itself a new kind of music: propulsive\, witty\, wise\, and true.”—Hilton Als\, author of White Girls \n“For Daphne Brooks\, black feminist sound is sensuous thought. In Liner Notes for the Revolution\, she feels and shows and says this with such devotion\, such critical and emotional intelligence\, such archival commitment and dexterity\, and such urgent social aspiration that listening itself is new again.”—Fred Moten\, author of All That Beauty \n“Liner Notes for the Revolution is a groundbreaking and breathtaking volume from one of our leading cultural historians that will forever change the way we write and think about American culture. Daphne Brooks insists upon the genius of black women music-makers\, listeners\, and critics. This transformative work of intellectual generosity is sure to join the ranks of classic works such as Amiri Baraka’s Blues People and Greil Marcus’s Lipstick Traces.”—Farah Jasmine Griffin\, author of Harlem Nocturne
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daphne-a-brooks/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Anne Corley Baum - Small Mistakes\, Big Consequences
DESCRIPTION:Small Mistakes\, Big Consequences for Interviews is a lighthearted look at the top 20 interviewing mistakes that people make without realizing the potential consequences. Learn how to identify these common character mistakes that can make or break your interview—and hiring prospects. Avoid making these mistakes yourself and learn how to interview and manage these personality types. It also offers advice to the interviewer. \nSmall Mistakes\, Big Consequences: Develop Your Soft Skills to Help You Succeed is a lighthearted look at the top 16 business mistakes that people make without realizing the potential consequences.  Readers will learn how to identify these common mistakes that can make or break your relationships as well as learn how to avoid making these mistakes themselves\, and learn how to work with and manage people who exhibit these personality types. The book is filled with simple\, actionable business tips to help readers succeed. It’s a guide to navigating the speed bumps on the road to the corner office. \nAnne Corley Baum is the Lehigh Valley Market President for Capital BlueCross.  She has run leadership training programs through her own company Vision Accomplished\, that focuses on leadership development.  She has spent years serving in leadership roles and teaching leadership to high potential employees on their way to the C -Suite. She is a certified protocol and etiquette consultant and has run programs on perfecting your professional image\, leadership\, and executive coaching\, how to succeed in the international arena\, and dining at the corporate table. She has also led programs for young adults including interviewing and job skills and etiquette and dining programs for children and teens. She has been interviewing candidates for over 30 years for various positions.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anne-corley-baum-small-mistakes-big-consequences/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Lydia Millet Discussing her novel\, A Children's Bible
DESCRIPTION:Lydia Millet joins us for a virtual event to celebrate the paperback release of A Children’s Bible (W.W. Norton)\, one of the New York Times “Top Ten Books of 2020”. \nThis event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. \nRegistration info coming soon. \nAbout A Children’s Bible\nLonglisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction \nPulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet’s sublime new novel—her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven—follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. \nContemptuous of their parents\, who pass their days in a stupor of liquor\, drugs\, and sex\, the children feel neglected and suffocated at the same time. When a destructive storm descends on the summer estate\, the group’s ringleaders—including Eve\, who narrates the story—decide to run away\, leading the younger ones on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside. \nAs the scenes of devastation begin to mimic events in the dog-eared picture Bible carried around by her beloved little brother\, Eve devotes herself to keeping him safe from harm. \nA Children’s Bible is a prophetic\, heartbreaking story of generational divide—and a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation. \nAbout Lydia Millet\nLydia Millet has won awards from PEN Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books have been shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award and longlisted for the National Book Award. She lives outside Tucson\, Arizona.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lydia-millet-discussing-her-novel-a-childrens-bible/
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