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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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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:Using Invented and Foreign Languages as Tools for World Building: A Fiction Workshop with Rita Bullwinkel
DESCRIPTION:A dynamic Fiction Workshop facilitated by author\, Rita Bullwinkel. This workshop will be held every Saturday 10 AM – 12 PM from Mar 6 – Apr 10.\n\nCLA WRITERS WORKSHOPS are open to individuals of all backgrounds–including those who are exploring creative writing for the first time–as well as aspiring writers who want to prepare their work for publication. Workshops are modeled on graduate-level creative writing courses\, and may include short in-class writing assignments to jumpstart the writing process\, as well as work outside of class that will entail reading the work of select published writers\, critiquing the work of other workshop participants\, and writing a piece to be workshopped by the class. Each participant will receive written comments from the instructor. Workshops are led by accomplished local authors\, including students and alumni of the San Jose State University Creative Writing Program.\nTuition $250 // Eventbrite\n\nCOURSE DESCRIPTION:\nOne of the big things that makes us\, as readers of fiction\, read on into a book is mystery and\, very often\, that mystery comes in the form of a word or idea we don’t yet understand. As a writer\, one way to rope your readers in is to deliberately use words that you know your audience might not understand\, and then\, through context\, teach your readers the meaning of those words. This is a tool used frequently in fantasy as well as literary writing. In this workshop we will explore several examples of this invaluable literary tool and learn how we can best deploy this strategy in our own fiction.\nRita Bullwinkel is the author of the story collection Belly Up\, which won the 2018 Believer Book Award. Bullwinkel’s writing has been published in Tin House\, The White Review\, Conjunctions\, BOMB\, Vice\, NOON\, and Guernica. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from The MacDowell Colony\, Brown University\, Vanderbilt University\, Hawthornden Castle\, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Both her fiction and translation have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. She is an Editor at Large for McSweeney’s and a Contributing Editor for NOON. She lives in San Francisco and teaches at the California College of the Arts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/using-invented-and-foreign-languages-as-tools-for-world-building-a-fiction-workshop-with-rita-bullwinkel/
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CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,South Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Sister Souljah and Sabrina Jacobs: A Zoom Event: Life After Death
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Marcus Books present: \n  \nSister Souljah and Sabrina Jacobs: A Zoom Event \nLife After Death \nby the bestselling author of “The Coldest Winter Ever” \n…………………………………………………………………………………………… \nTuesday\, March 9\, 2021\, 5:30 PM \n  \nTwenty years ago\, Sister Souljah’s debut novel\, “The Coldest Winter Ever\,” became a bestselling cultural phenomenon. Readers fell in love with the unforgettable Winter Santiago\, daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family\, who captivated her lovers\, friends\, and enemies with her sexy street smarts. For two decades\, readers have begged for answers about what happened to Winter. Now\, at last\, all is revealed in Sister Souljah’s brilliant sequel\, filled with her trademark passion\, danger\, temptation\, and raw adventure. \n  \n“The # 1 author of the Hip-Hop generation!” – Sean “P. Diddy” Combs \n  \n“Sister Souljah spreads messages that are clear\, concise\, and true to the game.” – THE SOURCE \n  \nSister Souljah is best known for her work as a political activist and educator of underclass urban youth. \n  \nSabrina Jacobs is the producer and host of KPFA’s popular show “A Rude Awakening.” In addition she is a frequent host and interviewer on KPFA’S Zoom webinar series with contemporary authors. \n  \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \n  \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/sister-souljah-and-sabrina-jacobs-life-after-death-tickets-135779284495
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sister-souljah-and-sabrina-jacobs-a-zoom-event-life-after-death/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Rebecca Handler & Caroline Paul
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 9 at 6pm PT for the launch of Rebecca Handler’s debut novel\, Edie Richter is Not Alone\, with Caroline Paul on Zoom!\n\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84332843511\n\nPraise for Edie Richter is Not Alone\n\n“Oh how I love this book. I finished Edie Richter Is Not Alone in one sitting\, then reread it immediately. Hilariously heartbreakingly honest on every page\, Rebecca Handler’s novel is that rare thing: a perfect book.”\n—Andrew Sean Greer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less\n\n“Rebecca Handler’s debut novel Edie Richter Is Not Alone features a witty protagonist in the midst of an emotional and physical journey to Western Australia. Handler’s writing is spare and sharp and brings to mind the work of Mary Robison and Lorrie Moore—it made me laugh with recognition and tear up with empathy. Reading this book will make you feel the way all good literature does: it will make you feel less alone.”\n—Vendela Vida\, author of The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty\n\nAbout Edie Richter is Not Alone\n\nFunny\, acerbic Edie Richter is moving with her husband from San Francisco to Perth\, Australia. She leaves behind a sister and mother still mourning the recent death of her father. Before the move\, Edie and her husband were content\, if socially awkward―given her disinclination for small talk.\nIn Perth\, Edie finds herself in a remarkably isolated yet verdant corner of the world\, but Edie has a secret: she committed an unthinkable act that she can barely admit to herself. In some ways\, the landscape mirrors her own complicated inner life\, and rather than escaping her past\, Edie is increasingly forced to confront what she’s done. Everybody\, from the wildlife to her new neighbors\, is keen to engage\, and Edie does her best to start fresh. But her relationship with her husband is fraying\, and the beautiful memories of her father are heartbreaking\, and impossible to stop. Something\, in the end\, has to give.\nWritten in clean spare prose that is nevertheless brimming with the richness and wry humor of the protagonist’s observations and idiosyncrasies\, Edie Richter is Not Alone is Rebecca Handler’s debut novel. It is both deeply shocking and entirely quotidian: a story about a woman’s visceral confrontation with the fundamental meaning of humanity.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-rebecca-handler-caroline-paul/
LOCATION:online
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SUMMARY:Kelly Loy Gilbert and Anna-Marie McLemore
DESCRIPTION:Two much loved critically acclaimed authors. Two fabulous eagerly awaited new books. Join us as we launch Kelly Loy Gilbert’s new book When We Were Infinite and celebrate a week early for Anna-Marie McLemore’s new book The Mirror Season.  \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKelly Loy Gilbert is the author of the William C. Morris Debut Award finalist Conviction and Stonewall Honor Book Picture Us in the Light. When We Were Infinite is a powerful\, achingly romantic drama about the secrets we keep\, from each other and from ourselves. \nAll Beth wants is for her tight-knit circle of friends—Grace Nakamura\, Brandon Lin\, Sunny Chen\, and Jason Tsou—to stay together. With her family splintered and her future a question mark\, these friends are all she has—even if she sometimes wonders if she truly fits in with them. Besides\, she’s certain she’ll never be able to tell Jason how she really feels about him\, so friendship will have to be enough. Then Beth witnesses a private act of violence in Jason’s home\, and the whole group is shaken. Beth and her friends make a pact to do whatever it takes to protect Jason\, no matter the sacrifice. But when even their fierce loyalty isn’t enough to stop Jason from making a life-altering choice\, Beth must decide how far she’s willing to go for him—and how much of herself she’s willing to give up. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna-Marie McLemore is the author of William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist The Weight of Feathers\, Stonewall Honor Book When the Moon Was Ours\, which was longlisted for the National Book Award\, Wild Beauty \, Blanca & Roja\, and Dark and Deepest Red. The Mirror Season is “An unforgettable story of trauma and healing\, told in achingly beautiful prose with great tenderness and care.” ―Karen M. McManus\, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying \nWhen two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party\, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly-magical pastelería\, his secret forest of otherworldly trees\, and the swallows returning to their hometown. \nThis is sure to be a fantastic and thought provoking conversation. \nA post-event temporary access recording of the webinar will be shared with all guests who register. Please consider joining with a book to support programs like this one.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kelly-loy-gilbert-and-anna-marie-mclemore/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:“What it Means to Love America”: Dan Rather on What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel
DESCRIPTION:Limited copies of What Unites Us: The Graphic Novel with signed bookplate available with your ticket purchase!\nInformation and “the news” have become contested territories\, with more people than ever\, especially the young\, feeling that they just can’t trust what they read\, hear and watch. That’s a dangerous situation in the current moment of cultural and political reckoning when Americans need to work together. Times like these are when we’re especially grateful for broadcast journalist Dan Rather. \nDan Rather is the voice America trusts (as well as one of the most surprising Twitter stars of the Trump era). He has been our measured guide and witness to the most significant events of the past four decades\, from the assassination of JFK to the civil rights movement to the Vietnam War. Having covered every President since Eisenhower\, for the past four years he’s been a touchstone of decency and common sense during the most consequential time in recent political history. Now\, as our sorely tested democracy paves a new path forward\, Rather offers a stunning vision for true patriotism\, a “tonic for disaffected millennials and conservative grandpas alike” (People). With a brand-new graphic novel edition of the New York Times bestseller What Unites Us\, his “almost unbearably poignant” (BookPage) essay collection on what it means to be an American\, he reaches beyond generational and ideological divides\, giving us hope and courage. \nIn this live\, virtual conversation between Dan and Priya Clemens\, host of KQED Newsroom\, you’ll have the chance to ask one of our most revered living legends your questions about this extraordinary moment we find ourselves in\, and where we go from here. At the dawn of a new administration\, as hope begins to creep back in\, there’s no better time—and no better person—to guide us. \nEach ticket includes private access to the event recording for 10 days following the live event. \nThis event makes a great gift! You can download a lovely card to forward to your recipient—we’ll take care of the rest\, including shipping books!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/what-it-means-to-love-america-dan-rather-on-what-unites-us-the-graphic-novel/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Rebecca Handler
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, March 9 for the launch of Rebecca Handler’s debut novel\, Edie Richter is Not Alone on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84332843511\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,84332843511#  or +13462487799\,\,84332843511#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 646 558 8656\nWebinar ID: 843 3284 3511\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdvjc80K3q \nPraise for Edie Richter is Not Alone \n“Oh how I love this book. I finished Edie Richter Is Not Alone in one sitting\, then reread it immediately. Hilariously heartbreakingly honest on every page\, Rebecca Handler’s novel is that rare thing: a perfect book.”\n—Andrew Sean Greer\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less  \n“Rebecca Handler’s debut novel Edie Richter Is Not Alone features a witty protagonist in the midst of an emotional and physical journey to Western Australia. Handler’s writing is spare and sharp and brings to mind the work of Mary Robison and Lorrie Moore—it made me laugh with recognition and tear up with empathy. Reading this book will make you feel the way all good literature does: it will make you feel less alone.”\n—Vendela Vida\, author of The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty  \nAbout Edie Richter is Not Alone \nFunny\, acerbic Edie Richter is moving with her husband from San Francisco to Perth\, Australia. She leaves behind a sister and mother still mourning the recent death of her father. Before the move\, Edie and her husband were content\, if socially awkward―given her disinclination for small talk.\nIn Perth\, Edie finds herself in a remarkably isolated yet verdant corner of the world\, but Edie has a secret: she committed an unthinkable act that she can barely admit to herself. In some ways\, the landscape mirrors her own complicated inner life\, and rather than escaping her past\, Edie is increasingly forced to confront what she’s done. Everybody\, from the wildlife to her new neighbors\, is keen to engage\, and Edie does her best to start fresh. But her relationship with her husband is fraying\, and the beautiful memories of her father are heartbreaking\, and impossible to stop. Something\, in the end\, has to give.\nWritten in clean spare prose that is nevertheless brimming with the richness and wry humor of the protagonist’s observations and idiosyncrasies\, Edie Richter is Not Alone is Rebecca Handler’s debut novel. It is both deeply shocking and entirely quotidian: a story about a woman’s visceral confrontation with the fundamental meaning of humanity.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-rebecca-handler/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Joshua Mohr in conversation with Lidia Yuknavitch
DESCRIPTION:celebrating the launch of his new book \nModel Citizen: a memoir \npublished by MCD/FSG \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. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \nThe intimate\, gorgeous\, garish confessions of Joshua Mohr—writer\, father\, alcoholic\, addict. \nAfter years of hard-won sobriety\, while rebuilding a life with his wife and young daughter\, Joshua Mohr suffers a stroke at the age of thirty-five—his third\, it turns out—which uncovers a heart condition requiring surgery. And fentanyl\, one of his myriad drugs of choice. This forced “freelapse” should fix his heart\, but what will it do to his sobriety? And what if it doesn’t work? \nTold in stunning\, surreal\, time-hopping vignettes\, Model Citizen is a raw\, revealing portrait of an addict. Mohr shines a harsh spotlight into all corners of his life\, throwing the wild joys\, tragedies\, embarrassments\, and adventures of his past into bold relief. His story is heartbreakingly real and yet unreal\, which he captures in vivid\, uncanny imagery\, waking hallucinations that imagine hearts as hot air balloons\, drug cravings as wry Nazi doctors\, secrets as emaciated second selves. \nAnd yet Mohr’s memoir pulses with humanity and humor\, capturing the immediacy of an addict climbing out of the dark pit of his past\, learning to love and be loved\, while never letting go of those experiences that shaped him and broke him. A darkly beautiful\, funny\, incisive confession\, Model Citizen is brimming with hope and resilience\, drawing the universal and human out of every moment. \nJoshua Mohr is the author of the memoir “Sirens” (2017)\, as well as five novels including “Damascus”\, which The New York Times called “Beat-poet cool.” He’s also written “Fight Song” and “Some Things that Meant the World to Me\,” one of O Magazine’s Top 10 reads of 2009 and a San Francisco Chronicle best-seller\, as well as “Termite Parade\,” an Editors’ Choice in The New York Times.  His novel “All This Life” won the Northern California Book Award. He is the founder of Decant Editorial. \nLidia Yuknavitch is the National Bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan and The Small Backs of Children\, winner of the 2016 Oregon Book Award’s Ken Kesey Award for Fiction as well as the Reader’s Choice Award\, the novel Dora: A Headcase\, and a critical book on war and narrative\, Allegories Of Violence (Routledge). Her widely acclaimed memoir The Chronology of Water was a finalist for a PEN Center USA award for creative nonfiction and winner of a PNBA Award and the Oregon Book Award Reader’s Choice. The Misfit’s Manifesto\, a book based on her recent TED Talk\, was publishe by TED Books. Her new collection of fiction\, Verge\, was published by Riverhead Books in 2020. Her writing has appeared widely in publications that include Guernica Magazine\, Ms.\, The Iowa Review\, Zyzzyva\, Another Chicago Magazine\, The Sun\, Exquisite Corpse\, TANK\, and in the anthologies Life As We Show It (City Lights)\, Wreckage of Reason (Spuytin Duyvil)\, Forms at War (FC2)\, Feminaissance (Les Figues Press)\, and Representing Bisexualities (SUNY)\, as well as online at The Rumpus. \n  \nThis event has been sponsored by the City Lights Foundation
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joshua-mohr-in-conversation-with-lidia-yuknavitch/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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