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SUMMARY:Dara McAnulty: Award-winning 16-year old author launches Diary of a Young Naturalist in the US
DESCRIPTION:Dara McAnulty\, winner of several major awards\, joins us to launch his extraordinary Diary of a Young Naturalist (Milkweed Editions) in the U.S. \n“Dara’s is an extraordinary voice and vision: brave\, poetic\, ethical\, lyrical\, strong enough to have made him heard and admired from a young age.” — Robert Macfarlane\, author of Underland: A Deep Time Journey \nThis event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. \nRegistration info coming soon \nAbout Diary of a Young Naturalist\nFrom sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty\, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement\, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it. \nDiary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of a year in Dara’s Northern Ireland home patch. Beginning in spring–when “the sparrows dig the moss from the guttering and the air is as puffed out as the robin’s chest”–these diary entries about his connection to wildlife and the way he sees the world are vivid\, evocative\, and moving. \nAs well as Dara’s intense connection to the natural world\, Diary of a Young Naturalist captures his perspective as a teenager juggling exams\, friendships\, and a life of campaigning. We see his close-knit family\, the disruptions of moving and changing schools\, and the complexities of living with autism. “In writing this book\,” writes Dara\, “I have experienced challenges but also felt incredible joy\, wonder\, curiosity and excitement. In sharing this journey my hope is that people of all generations will not only understand autism a little more but also appreciate a child’s eye view on our delicate and changing biosphere.” \nWinner of the Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing and already sold into more than a dozen territories\, Diary of a Young Naturalist is a triumphant debut from an important new voice. \nAbout Dara McAnulty\nDara McAnulty lives with his mum\, dad\, brother Lorcan\, sister Bláthnaid\, and rescue greyhound Rosie in County Down\, Northern Ireland. Dara’s love for nature\, his activism\, and his honesty about autism have earned him a huge social media following from across the world\, and many accolades. In 2017\, he was awarded BBC Springwatch “Unsprung Hero” and Birdwatch magazine “Local Hero”; in 2018\, he was awarded “Animal Hero” of the year by the Daily Mirror and became ambassador for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the iWill campaign; and in 2019\, he became a Young Ambassador for the Jane Goodall Institute and became the youngest-ever recipient of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Medal for conservation.
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SUMMARY:Chet'la Sebree
DESCRIPTION:reading from and discussing \nFIELD STUDY \npublished by FSG Originals \nWinner of the 2020 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets \nChet’la Sebree’s Field Study is a genre-bending exploration of black womanhood and desire\, written as a lyrical\, surprisingly humorous\, and startlingly vulnerable prose poem \n———- \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———- \n(CLICK HERE) to register. (Link to be posted soon!) \n———– \n(CLICK HERE) to purchase book. (Link to be posted soon!) \n———– \nSeeking to understand the fallout of her relationship with a white man\, the poet Chet’la Sebree attempts a field study of herself. Scientifically\, field studies are objective collections of raw data\, devoid of emotion. But during the course of a stunning lyric poem\, Sebree’s control over her own field study unravels as she attempts to understand the depth of her feelings in response to the data of her life. The result is a singular and provocative piece of writing\, one that is formally inventive\, playfully candid\, and soul-piercingly sharp. \nInterspersing her reflections with Tweets\, quips from TV characters\, and excerpts from the Black thinkers—Audre Lorde\, Maya Angelou\, Tressie McMillan Cottom—that inspire her\, Sebree analyzes herself through the lens of a society that seems uneasy\, at best\, with her very presence. She grapples with her attraction to\, and rejection of\, whiteness and white men; probes the malicious manifestation of colorism and misogynoir throughout American history and media; and struggles with\, judges\, and forgives herself when she has more questions than answers. “Even as I accrue these notes\,” Sebree writes\, “I’m still not sure I’ve found the pulse.” \nA poem of love\, heartbreak\, womanhood\, art\, sex\, Blackness\, and America—sometimes all at once—Field Study throbs with feeling\, searing and tender. With uncommon sensitivity and precise storytelling\, Sebree makes meaning out of messiness and malaise\, breathing life into a scientific study like no other. \nChet’la Sebree is the director of the Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts at Bucknell University and the author of Mistress\, winner of the 2018 New Issues Poetry Prize and nominated for a 2020 NAACP Image Award. She earned an MFA in creative writing\, with a focus in poetry\, from American University\, and has received fellowships from the Delaware Division of the Arts\, the MacDowell Colony\, Hedgebrook\, Yaddo\, Vermont Studio Center\, and Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. Her poetry has appeared in the Kenyon Review\, Guernica\, Pleiades\, and elsewhere. \nPraise for FIELD STUDY \n\n\n\n\n“Layered\, complex\, and infinitely compelling\, Chet’la Sebree’s Field Study is a daring exploration of the self and our interactions with others—a meditation on desire\, race\, loss and survival. In this moment of American reckoning\, Sebree shows us—intimately and with vulnerability—the truth of our shared history: that ‘even when we aren’t talking about race we are.'” –Natasha Trethewey\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Memorial Drive \n“Woven from the rough threads of race\, legacy\, and love\, Field Study is a groundbreaking book that vibrates with truth and lyrical beauty. A profound poetic talent\, Chet’la Sebree has created a brilliant book that both haunts and heals.”–Ada Limón\, author of The Carrying\, winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry \n“With its steady capture of memory recalled\, quotes\, moments from real and represented (fictive) life\, Chet’la Sebree’s Field Study assembles an exquisite\, if not propulsive leap into the aftermath of a relationship with a white man–only to land with the grace of a skilled dancer. Elliptically reminiscent of Lily Hoang’s Bestiary and Sarah Manguso’s Ongoingness\, this is not an auto-ethnography by a Black woman\, but an immaculate bricolage that both confronts and reckons various channels of knowing and being with the messy\, complicated desires of inter- and intra-racial relationships. Here is a woman who does not “avoid speaking a violence.” Of a wound in healing\, Sebree “pick[s] until no remnants of a scab exist;” in peering deeply into the crevasses of pop culture\, critical race studies\, and literature\, she clears the surface not for restoration\, but unhindered transcendence.” –Diana Khoi Nguyen\, author of Ghost Of\, finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Poetry \n“Chet’la Sebree’s Field Study is a long look at those aspects of a self that are often most difficult to look at—chiefly\, the woundedness from which we make our loves\, and the wounding loves we both flee and mourn. In prose poetry that at crucial moments brilliantly enacts via its syntax the poet’s struggle to look away from that which she must record\, Sebree has composed an elegy that is\, especially in its music\, as alive as a celebration.” –Shane McCrae\, author of The Gilded Auction Block \n“Chet’la Sebree’s Field Study is a luminous\, multi-layered treatise on the complexities of race and desire in America. In contemplating the aftermath of an interracial relationship\, the work virtuosically entwines memory with history\, literature\, pop culture\, and critical theory. This is a wise\, generous work that holds out hope for all kinds of grace\, even as it acknowledges the aches and perils of our current polarized moment. Field Study is a stunning new contribution by an important American voice.” –Kiki Petrosino\, author of White Blood: A Lyric of Virgina \n  \nSponsored by the City Lights Foundation
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SUMMARY:Babylon Salon Summer 2021 Performance
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, June 5\, 2021 when Babylon Salon’s reading & performance series hosts a special Zoom-based show\, featuring Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies); Joshua Mohr (Model Citizen: A Memoir; Sirens; All This Life); Emma Copley Eisenberg (The Third Rainbow Girl) and more!\nReading at 5pm PT/8pm ET. As always\, free admission. Zoom registration info coming soon!\nCo-hosted by our friends at The Booksmith and The Bindery\, now offering curbside pickup. https://www.babylonsalon.com/
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LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Babylon Salon presents Deesha Philyaw\, Meredith Talusan\, Joshua Mohr\, Emma Copley Eisenberg & Sunshine Becker
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and The Bindery are thrilled to partner with Babylon Salon for their Spring event\, featuring readings by Deesha Philyaw\, Meredith Talusan\, Joshua Mohr\, Emma Copley Eisenberg & Sunshine Becker! \nPlease note: this is a free\, virtual event. Zoom information will soon be announced here. \nAbout the authors \nDeesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection\, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies\, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction\, the 2020/2021 Story Prize\, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies focuses on Black women\, sex\, and the Black church\, and is being adapted for television by HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing. Deesha is also a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow. \nMeredith Talusan (she/they) is the author of the critically-acclaimed memoir Fairest and has contributed to many publications\, including The New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Atlantic\, WIRED\, and Condé Nast Traveler. She is also founding executive editor and current contributing editor for them.\, Condé Nast’s LGBTQ+ digital platform. They are currently working on a novel. \nJoshua Mohr is the author of the memoir Sirens and of several novels\, including Damascus\, which The New York Times called “beat-poet cool.” His novel All This Life won the Northern California Book Award. He is the founder of Decant Editorial. \nEmma Copley Eisenberg’s fiction and nonfiction has appeared in McSweeney’s\, Granta\, The Virginia Quarterly Review\, Tin House\, Guernica\, The Washington Post Magazine\, and others. Her first book of nonfiction is The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia which was a NYTimes notable book of 2020 and nominated for an Edgar Award. She lives in Philadelphia\, where she co-directs Blue Stoop\, a hub for the literary arts. Her next two books\, a novel and a collection of short stories\, are forthcoming from Hogarth (Penguin Random House). \nBorn Sunshine Garcia on a hot July 1st\, Sunshine was born to sing and has been blessed beyond imagination to do it as her full time career. Her primary job since 2009 has been as the sole female member of Furthur\, www.furthur.net\, where she serves as a backing vocalist to support the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh and Bob Weir. She recently established a new band with drummer Jay Lane called Jay’s Happy Sunshine Burger Joint www.jhsbj.net 2014 also marks 20 years for Sunshine being a member of the acappella vocal band out of Oakland\, CA – SoVoSo.Sunshine is a vocal performance coach and leading workshops and residencies focusing on using your voice as a musical instrument and as an instrument for positivity in the world. She is excited for the next chapter as Furthur takes a Hiatus for the rest of 2014\, allowing time for her other musical dreams to materialize in the real\, including her own band\, Sunshine Garcia Band featuring Sunshine Becker. \n  \nPlease note: this is a free\, virtual event. Zoom information will soon be announced here.
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