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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.
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SUMMARY:Southeast Asian American Poetry Reading with Monica Sok and Krysada Phounsiri
DESCRIPTION:Monica Sok and Krysada Phounsiri will be joined by youth poets from Oakland’s Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants and UC Berkeley’s Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) anthology group. \nAbout the poets: \nMonica Sok’s debut poetry collection A Nail in the Evening Hangs On uses poetry to reshape a family’s memory about the Khmer Rouge regime — memory that is both real and imagined — according to a child of refugees. Driven by myth-making and fables\, the book seeks to reclaim the Cambodian narrative with tenderness and an imagination that moves towards wholeness and possibility. \nKrysada Phounsiri is a Lao American professional dancer\, award winning poet\, engineer\, and photographer from San Diego\, CA. He is a Physics & Astrophysics double major\, with a minor in Creative Writing from UC Berkeley. He published his debut poetry book\, “Dance Among Elephants”\, and 2nd poetry book\, “Every Passing Minute”\, under Sahtu Press. Krysada is currently a Senior Optical Engineer working in the BioTech industry. His dance resume includes various competition wins around the globe\, performing in Jabbawockeez MUS.I.C show in Las Vegas\, dancing on movie sets\, and other creative projects. Many of his creative endeavors are connected to exploring Lao / Southeast Asian American identity and how it can be integrated in various spaces. \nRSVP at https://seapoetry.eventbrite.com \n— \nTo purchase copies of the featured poets’ work\, visit www.asiabookcenter.com \n— \nEastwind Books Multicultural Services (EBMS) is a 501(3)c non-profit dedicated to the promotion and accessibility of Asian American and Ethnic Multicultural Literature. EBMS is the community education arm of Eastwind Books of Berkeley which is comprised of a dedicated staff of booksellers\, artists\, poets\, and community workers. Our events are for educational purposes and we appreciate your tax-deductible donations and continued support. \nLearn more about Eastwind here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaSXsyGkjz8
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Lisa Scottoline with Lisa See (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events\, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome under the creeping shadow of fascism. \nElisabetta\, Marco\, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy\, kind-hearted and thoughtful\, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love\, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta’s heart. But in the autumn of 1937\, all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his power\, aligning Italy’s Fascists with Hitler’s Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. In time\, everything that the three hold dear—their families\, their homes\, and their connection to one another—is tested in ways they never could have imagined. \nAs anti-Semitism takes legal root and World War II erupts\, the threesome realizes that Mussolini was only the beginning. The Nazis invade Rome\, and with their occupation come new atrocities against the city’s Jews\, culminating in a final\, horrific betrayal. Against this backdrop\, the intertwined fates of Elisabetta\, Marco\, Sandro\, and their families will be decided\, in a heartbreaking story of both the best and the worst that the world has to offer. \nUnfolding over decades\, Eternal is a tale of loyalty and loss\, family and food\, love and war—all set in one of the world’s most beautiful cities at its darkest moment. This moving novel will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of readers. \nLisa Scottoline is the New York Times-bestselling author of thirty-two novels. She has 30 million copies of her books in print in the United States and has been published in thirty-five countries. Scottoline also writes a weekly column with her daughter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lisa has served as President of Mystery Writers of America and has taught a course she developed\, “Justice in Fiction” at the University of Pennsylvania Law School\, her alma mater. She lives in the Philadelphia area. \nLisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan\, Peony in Love\, Shanghai Girls\, China Dolls\, and Dreams of Joy\, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain\, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the Historymaker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.
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SUMMARY:At The Door: Chapter Two
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly reading series\, featuring only Black & Brown voices. We’re already a chapter in – join us for the incredible lineup we have for “Chapter Two”!\n\nFeatured Readers:\nJosiah Alderete\nKathleen Naytia\nRosa De Anda\nYeva Johnson\nRebeca Flores\nBrian Kim Stefans\n\nWHEW – we just got chills thinking about what this night is gonna be like. Come through!
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SUMMARY:Southeast Asian American Poetry Reading with Monica Sok and Krysada Phounsiri
DESCRIPTION:Monica Sok and Krysada Phounsiri will be joined by youth poets from Oakland’s Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants and UC Berkeley’s Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) anthology group.\n\nAbout the poets:\n\nMonica Sok’s debut poetry collection A Nail in the Evening Hangs On uses poetry to reshape a family’s memory about the Khmer Rouge regime — memory that is both real and imagined — according to a child of refugees. Driven by myth-making and fables\, the book seeks to reclaim the Cambodian narrative with tenderness and an imagination that moves towards wholeness and possibility.\n\nKrysada Phounsiri is a Lao American professional dancer\, award winning poet\, engineer\, and photographer from San Diego\, CA. He is a Physics & Astrophysics double major\, with a minor in Creative Writing from UC Berkeley. He published his debut poetry book\, “Dance Among Elephants”\, and 2nd poetry book\, “Every Passing Minute”\, under Sahtu Press. Krysada is currently a Senior Optical Engineer working in the BioTech industry. His dance resume includes various competition wins around the globe\, performing in Jabbawockeez MUS.I.C show in Las Vegas\, dancing on movie sets\, and other creative projects. Many of his creative endeavors are connected to exploring Lao / Southeast Asian American identity and how it can be integrated in various spaces.\n\nRSVP at https://seapoetry.eventbrite.com\n—\nTo purchase copies of the featured poets’ work\, visit www.asiabookcenter.com\n—\nEastwind Books Multicultural Services (EBMS) is a 501(3)c non-profit dedicated to the promotion and accessibility of Asian American and Ethnic Multicultural Literature. EBMS is the community education arm of Eastwind Books of Berkeley which is comprised of a dedicated staff of booksellers\, artists\, poets\, and community workers. Our events are for educational purposes and we appreciate your tax-deductible donations and continued support.\n\nLearn more about Eastwind here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaSXsyGkjz8
URL:https://litseen.com/event/southeast-asian-american-poetry-reading-with-monica-sok-and-krysada-phounsiri-2/
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