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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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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:Virtual Event: Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter with Raina Telgemeier
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON TUESDAY\, MARCH 2 AT 5PM PT FOR THE LAUNCH OF MEGAN WAGNER LLOYD AND MICHELLE MEE NUTTER’S BOOK\, ALLERGIC\, WITH RAINA TELGEMEIER ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J-UKISA_R8OgXu7bA1T8aQ\n \nAbout Allergic \nA coming-of-age story featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to find the perfect pet! \nAt home\, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with the new baby they’re expecting\, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie thinks a new puppy is the answer\, but when she goes to select one on her birthday\, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She’s severely allergic to anything with fur! \nCan Maggie outsmart her allergies and find the perfect pet? With illustrations by Michelle Mee Nutter\, Megan Wagner Lloyd draws on her own experiences with allergies to tell a heartfelt story of family\, friendship\, and finding a place to belong.
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SUMMARY:Cassandra Clare with Holly Black
DESCRIPTION:This event is online. Webinar access comes with a signed copy of Chain of Iron \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n We are absolutely thrilled to welcome New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Clare for CHAIN OF IRON\, the dangerous and romantic sequel to Chain of Gold in which the Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London. \nCordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale\, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions\, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana\, a legendary hero’s blade. \nBut the truth is far grimmer. James and Cordelia’s marriage is a lie\, arranged to save Cordelia’s reputation. James is in love with Grace Blackthorn whose brother\, Jesse\, died years ago. Cortana burns Cordelia’s hand when she touches it\, while her father has grown bitter and angry. And a serial murderer is targeting the Shadowhunters of London\, killing under cover of darkness\, then vanishing without a trace. \nTogether with the Merry Thieves\, Cordelia\, James\, and Lucie must follow the trail of the knife-wielding killer through the city’s most dangerous streets. All the while\, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie\, that she plans to raise Jesse from the dead; Cordelia\, that she has sworn a dangerous oath of loyalty to a mysterious power; and James\, that he is being drawn further each night into the dark web of his grandfather\, the arch-demon Belial. And that he himself may be the killer they seek. \nClick here for a table read of a party scene from Chain of Iron and get a glimpse into why this is a must read. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCassandra Clare\, named the new queen of fantasy by the Wall Street Journal\, is the author of the #1 New York Times\, USA TODAY\, Wall Street Journal\, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles. She is also the coauthor of the bestselling Magisterium series with Holly Black. The Shadowhunter Chronicles have been adapted as both a major motion picture and a television series. Her books have more than fifty million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. \nShe will be chatting with Holly Black\, her longtime critique partner and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty fantasy novels for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for an Eisner and a Lodestar Award\, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic Award\, a Nebula\, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into 32 languages worldwide and adapted for film.  They will be discussing the writing process and their craft. Following the discussion there will be an audience Q&A. \nDon’t wait – RSVP early to guarantee your spot in this webinar. This will be so much fun and is bound to sell out early. It does not get better than this! \nPlease note: Each ticket comes with a signed copy of Chain of Iron\, a Chain of Iron tour exclusive enamel pin and a Chain of Iron paper doll set (while supplies last) \nPlease also note that we have a zero tolerance policy for harassment or intimidation of any kind during our virtual events. In the event that someone joins the event who is not there to celebrate the author\, the store will immediately remove any disrespectful comments and remove this individual from the event. Once removed\, they cannot rejoin. If at any time an unsafe atmosphere occurs before or during the event\, both the author and event partner will have the right to withdraw from the event immediately and without further obligation.
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LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks | GGP Online Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, March 2\, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83154659317 \nYou can order a print copy at http://bit.ly/ggpYearOfWonders or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at http://bit.ly/YearOfWondersAB \nDescription\n\n“Plague stories remind us that we cannot manage without community . . . Year of Wonders is a testament to that very notion.” – The Washington Post \nAn unforgettable tale\, set in 17th century England\, of a village that quarantines itself to arrest the spread of the plague\, from the author The Secret Chord and of March\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize  \nWhen an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village\, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna’s eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666\, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition. As death reaches into every household and villagers turn from prayers to murderous witch-hunting\, Anna must find the strength to confront the disintegration of her community and the lure of illicit love. As she struggles to survive and grow\, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis\, a “year of wonders.” \nInspired by the true story of Eyam\, a village in the rugged hill country of England\, Year of Wonders is a richly detailed evocation of a singular moment in history. Written with stunning emotional intelligence and introducing “an inspiring heroine” (The Wall Street Journal)\, Brooks blends love and learning\, loss and renewal into a spellbinding and unforgettable read. \nAbout the Author\n\nGeraldine Brooks is the author of five novels: the Pulitzer Prize-winning March; the international bestsellers Caleb’s Crossing\, People of the Book\, and Year of Wonders; and\, most recently\, The Secret Chord. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Born and raised in Australia\, she lives on Martha’s Vinyard with her husband\, the author Tony Horwitz\, and their two sons. \nPraise For…\n\nPraise for Year of Wonders: \n“The novel glitters . . . A deep imaginative engagement with how people are changed by catastrophe.” —The New Yorker \n“Plague stories remind us that we cannot manage without community . . . Year of Wonders is a testament to that very notion . . . [The villagers] assume collective responsibility for combating the plague\, rather than seeing it as an act of God before which they are powerless.” —The Washington Post
URL:https://litseen.com/event/year-of-wonders-a-novel-of-the-plague-by-geraldine-brooks-ggp-online-book-club/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Mari Andrew\, My Inner Sky
DESCRIPTION:TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author and illustrator Mari Andrew will be in conversation with award-winning journalist and producer Noor Tagouri about Andrew’s new book\, My Inner Sky\, a collection of essays and illustrations\, divided into phases of the sky—twilight\, golden hour\, night\, and dawn—that serves as a loyal companion for life’s curveballs. \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE! \nA whole\, beautiful life is only made possible by the wide spectrum of feelings that exist between joy and sorrow. In this insightful and warm book\, writer and illustrator Mari Andrew explores all the emotions that make up a life\, in the process offering insights about trauma and healing\, the meaning of home and the challenges of loneliness\, finding love in the most unexpected of places—from birds nesting on a sculpture to a ride on the subway—and a resounding case for why sometimes you have to put yourself in the path of magic. \nMy Inner Sky empowers us to transform everything that’s happened to us into something meaningful\, reassurance that even in our darkest times\, there’s light and beauty to be found. \nPlease note: Mari will be providing an exclusive print for each of her events! One lucky winner will be drawn from our pool of ticketholders to win the giveaway of this original print. Each ticket purchased will enter you to win. \nMARI ANDREW is a writer\, artist\, and speaker based in New York City. She is the author of Am I There Yet? and posts her writing and illustrations on Instagram at @bymariandrew. \nNOOR TAGOURI is an award-winning journalist and producer blazing a trail across mainstream media. At 27\, she’s built an aware and engaged community of over two million social media followers while garnering international praise as one of new media’s most influential voices. Noor’s innovative storytelling spans across media\, emphasizing subcultures and marginalized communities in the U.S. Her documentary and subsequent podcast series\, Sold in America: Inside Our Nation’s Sex Trade received a 2019 Gracies Award for Best Investigative Series. Noor is a touring speaker of 10+ years focused on identity\, representation in media\, and breaking barriers through storytelling. In 2019 Noor announced her consulting and production company\, At Your Service. AYS works with partners to tell representative stories as a form of service. With a finger on the pulse of people’s concerns\, Noor’s storytelling is recognized for her innovative approach to fostering relationships across lines of difference.
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SUMMARY:Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation with Laila Lalami \nBay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights and Grove Atlantic Press \ncelebrate the release of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new novel \nThe Committed \npublished by Grove Press \n———- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by Bay Area Book Festival in conjunction with City Lights on a live streaming platform. You will need a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. This will be a ticketed event. Stand by for more information on how to reserve your virtual seating. \n———- \nTicket purchase is required. \n(Click Here) to register. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \nThe long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers\, The Committed follows the unnamed Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. \nTraumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend\, Man\, and struggling to assimilate into French culture\, the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals whom he meets at dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese “aunt\,” he finds stimulation for his mind but also customers for his narcotic merchandise. But the new life he is making has perils he has not foreseen\, whether the self-torture of addiction\, the authoritarianism of a state locked in a colonial mindset\, or the seeming paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends whose worldviews put them in absolute opposition. The Sympathizer will need all his wits\, resourcefulness\, and moral flexibility if he is to prevail. \nBoth literary thriller and novel of ideas\, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen’s position in the firmament of American letters. \nViet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. His novel The Sympathizer won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, as well as five other awards. He is also the author of the nonfiction books Nothing Ever Dies and Race and Resistance. The Aerol Arnold Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California\, he lives in Los Angeles. \nLaila Lalami is the award winning author of four novels\, including The Moor’s Account\, which won the American Book Award\, the Arab-American Book Award\, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction\, and The Other Americans\, a national bestseller and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction. Her new book\, a work of nonfiction called Conditional Citizens\, was published by Pantheon in September 2020.Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Los Angeles Times\, the Washington Post\, The Nation\, Harper’s\, the Guardian\, and the New York Times. She has received fellowships from the British Council\, the Fulbright Program\, and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a full professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles. \nPraise for The Committed: \nNamed a Most Anticipated Book by USA Today\, TIME\, Forbes and O\, the Oprah Magazine \n“A sumptuous sequel to The Sympathizer . . . The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist captures\, with grace and restraint\, the foibles of two young men caught in a duel between East and West.”—O\, the Oprah Magazine \n“The conflicted spy of Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer returns\, embroiled in Paris’s criminal underworld . . . The pages are rife with prostitutes\, drugs\, and\, in the late pages\, gunplay. But\, as in The Sympathizer\, Nguyen keeps the thriller-ish aspects at a low boil\, emphasizing a mood of black comedy driven by the narrator’s intellectual crisis . . . Nguyen is deft at balancing his hero’s existential despair with the lurid glow of a crime saga. A quirky intellectual crime story that highlights the Vietnam War’s complex legacy.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) \n“Undeniably erudite and culturally fluent as ever—interweaving history\, philosophy\, political treatise\, theology\, even literary criticism—Nguyen effortlessly enhances the story with snarky commentary\, sly judgments\, and plenty of wink-wink-nod-nod posturing to entertain committed readers.”—Terry Hong\, Booklist \n“Call The Committed many things. A white hot literary thriller disguised as a searing novel of ideas. An unflinching look at redemption and damnation. An unblinking examination of the dangers of belief\, and the need to believe. A sequel that goes toe to toe with the original then surpasses it. A masterwork.”—Marlon James\, author of Black Leopard\, Red Wolf \n“The Committed is nothing short of revelatory. As it haunts\, bifurcates\, and envelops us in its illumination of all that we have failed to notice about the far reaches of colonization\, we are also thrilled by its many turns and charms. This book is fierce\, and unrelentingly good. Hilarious and subversive\, philosophical and hallucinatory\, it is much more than a sequel\, more like a necessary appendage in a brilliant and expansive anti-colonial body of work\, from the twisted and playful mind of the one and only Viet Thanh Nguyen. Bravo.”—Tommy Orange\, New York Times-bestselling author of There There \n“This follow-up to his seminal The Sympathizer is Nguyen at his most ambitious and bold. Fierce in tone\, capacious\, witty\, sharp\, and deeply researched\, The Committed marks\, not just a sequel to its groundbreaking predecessor\, but a sum total accumulation of a life devoted to Vietnamese American history and scholarship. This novel\, like all daring novels\, is a Trojan Horse\, whose hidden power is a treatise of global futurity in the aftermath of colonial conquest. It asks questions central both to Vietnamese everywhere—and to our very species: How do we live in the wake of seismic loss and betrayal? And\, perhaps even more critically\, How do we laugh?”—Ocean Vuong\, New York Times-bestselling author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous \n“The Committed\, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s furious and exhilarating sequel to The Sympathizer\, is part gangster-thriller\, part searing cultural analysis of the post-colonial predicament\, seen through the eyes of a Vietnamese-French mixed race bastard double agent. Paris of forty years ago swirls to life around him\, from intellectual salons to filthy toilets—with glimpses of everyone from Johnny Hallyday to Frantz Fanon to Julia Kristeva. Like Ellison’s Invisible Man\, these novels will surely become classics.”—Claire Messud \n“An elegy to idealism\, Orientalism\, and existentialism in all its tragic forms\, Nguyen’s novel doesn’t so much inhabit early eighties Paris\, as it pulls the plug on the City of Light. Think of The Committed as the declaration of the 20th ½ Arrondissement. A squatter’s paradise for those with one foot in the grave and the other shoved halfway up Western civilization’s ass.”—Paul Beatty \n“The Committed is a wonderful successor to The Sympathizer\, a splendid tapestry of a novel\, full of dubious but richly realized characters. It solidifies what we already know — Viet Thanh Nguyen is a gifted storyteller. It is difficult to know where to start with the praise. The characters have a sad and often tragic complexity\, and the language offers a terrific ride for the reader. This is a grand novel full of breathtaking and luminous insights and a pure joy to read. Anticipation is why we come to a book\, and joy is why we keep turning page after page. The Committed offers both\, and so very much more.”—Edward P. Jones\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World \n“The Committed is a rich and exhilarating story of friendship\, loyalty\, and greed. Set in 1980s Paris\, it follows the characters from The Sympathizer as they try to fashion new lives among all the wretched of the earth. Viet Thanh Nguyen gives us an unsparing look at the poisonous effects of ideology—whether colonialism\, communism\, or capitalism—even as he explores the deep-seated need we all have to believe in something. A deep\, compelling and humorous portrait of how we are shaped by fictions others have for us.”—Laila Lalami\, author of The Other Americans\, finalist for the National Book Award \n  \n  \nThis event has been sponsored by the City Lights Foundation
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