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SUMMARY:Claire Nelson and Signe Johansen
DESCRIPTION:Claire Nelson joins us to discuss her debut memoir\, Things I Learned From Falling (HarperOne). \nThe gripping first-person account of one woman’s survival in Joshua Tree National Park against the odds. \n“A vibrantly physical book”—The Guardian  •  “Uplifting and brave”—Stylist  •   “A riveting account of loneliness\, anxiety and survival”—Cosmopolitan \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nAbout Things I Learned From Falling\nIn 2018\, writer Claire Nelson made international headlines when she fell over 25 feet after wandering off the trail in a deserted corner of Joshua Tree. The fall shattered her pelvis\, rendering her completely immobile. There Claire lay for the next four days\, surrounded by boulders that muffled her cries for help\, but exposed her to the relentless California sun above. Her rescuers had not expected to find her alive. \nIn Things I Learned from Falling Claire tells not only her story of surviving\, but also her story of falling. What led this successful thirty-something to a desert trail on the other side of the globe from her home where no one knew she would be that day? At once the unbelievable story of an impossible event\, and the human journey of a young woman wrestling with the agitation of past and anxiety of future. \nAbout the Author\nClaire Nelson is a New Zealand-born writer who has spent more than a decade in London working in food and travel journalism\, including more than five years at Jamie Oliver’s magazine. She has also written for Elle\, Food and Travel\, Trek & Mountain\, Lodestars Anthology\, and Westjet Canada. Things I Learned from Falling is her first book. She lives in Toronto.
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SUMMARY:Slipping: Mohamed Kheir and Robin Moger in conversation with Yasmine El Rashidi
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Event \n\n\n2:00 pm PT | 3:00 pm MT | 4:00 pm CT | 5:00 pm ET \n\n\nTwo Lines Press joins the Transnational Literary Series to celebrate Mohamed Kheir’s Slipping\, the Egyptian author’s first book to be brought into English by Robin Moger. Mohamed and Robin will be in conversation with Egyptian writer Yasmine El Rashidi. \nMore details and registration information coming soon! \n\n\n\n\nAUTHOR\nMohamed Kheir\n\n\nMohamed Kheir is a novelist\, poet\, short story writer\, journalist\, and lyricist. Slipping (Eflat Al Asabea\, Kotob Khan Publishing House\, 2018; Two Lines Press\, 2021) is his fourth novel and his first to be translated into English. He lives in Egypt.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRANSLATOR\nRobin Moger\n\n\nRobin Moger is a translator of Arabic to English currently based in Cape Town\, South Africa. He has translated several novels and prose works into English including Iman Mersal’s How To Mend (Kayfa ta)\, Nael Eltoukhy’s The Women of Karantina (AUC Press) and Youssef Rakha’s The Crocodiles (7 Stories Press).\n\n\n\n\nCONTACT:\n\nLeslie-Ann Woofter\nlwoofter@catranslation.org\n415.512.8812
URL:https://litseen.com/event/slipping-mohamed-kheir-and-robin-moger-in-conversation-with-yasmine-el-rashidi/
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CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Chaney Kwak and Daniel Handler
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, June 8 at 6pm PT when Chaney Kwak is joined by Daniel Handler for the launch of his book\, The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies from a Sinking Ship on Zoom!\n\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87694059629\n\nPraise for The Passenger\n“In The Passenger\, Chaney Kwak debuts with the ultimate freelancer revenge story: What do you do when the cruise ship you are covering on assignment starts to sink? The result is a gripping story of survival\, capitalism\, maritime history—nothing less than a very modern adventure\, and an instant classic of travel writing.”—Alexander Chee\, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel\n\n“Chaney Kwak’s The Passenger is an unflinching debut about the calamity of survival. Kwak speaks through the silent archives of history—from thousands of Koreans who died at sea to the maritime disasters across the globe. With incendiary humor and transcendent clarity\, Kwak exhumes the crisis of our haunted relationships and goes beyond the headlines in every scrolling smartphone to demand a greater understanding of being alive.“—E. J. Koh\, author of The Magical Language of Others\n\n“Chaney Kwak’s The Passenger somehow\, in one slim volume\, manages to do it all: in this hybrid of investigative journalism and travel writing\, personal and familial memoir\, Kwak chronicles—with searing wit—his long hours aboard a sinking Viking cruise ship\, veering from his family’s history in post-WWII Korea to the history of successful lifeboat deployments\, all against the backdrop of his own failing relationship. Kwak observes human beings with a precise\, compassionate eye\, moving from poignancy as he contemplates his place in the universe to biting social commentary aimed at the Twitter-storm of armchair storm chasers hoping to capitalize on his doom. I loved this book. It left me longing\, guiltily\, for Kwak’s next misadventure.”—Lori Ostlund\, author After the Parade and winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction\n\nAbout The Passenger\nIn March 2019\, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales\, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful\, harrowing\, funny\, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship.\n\nChaney Kwak is a travel writer used to all sorts of mishaps on the road\, but this is a first even for him: trapped on the battered cruise ship\, he stuffs his passport into his underwear just in case his body has to be identified. As the massive cruise ship sways in surging waves\, Kwak holds on and watches news of the impending disaster unfold on Twitter\, where the cruise ship’s nearly 1\,400 passengers are showered with “thoughts and prayers.” Kwak uses his twenty-seven hours aboard the teetering ship to examine his family history\, maritime tragedies\, and the failing relationship back on shore with a man he’s loved for nearly two decades: the Viking Sky\, he realizes\, may not be the only sinking ship he needs to escape.\n\nThe Passenger takes readers for an unforgettable journey from the Norwegian coast to the South China Sea\, from post-WWII Korea to pandemic-struck San Francisco. Kwak weaves his personal experience into events spanning decades and continents to explore the serendipity and the relationships that move us–perfect for readers who love to discover the world through the eyes of a perceptive and humorous observer.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Matthew Clark Davison with Paul Lisicky / Launch for Doubting Thomas: A Novel
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to host the virtual launch for Matthew Clark Davison and his fiction debut\, Doubting Thomas: A Novel. This will be a special evening celebrating queer publishing\, featuring a reading by the author\, a conversation with Paul Lisicky\, and an audience Q&A\, with shout-outs to & words from Amble Press and Foglifter Magazine. Join us! \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order ** signed copies** of the book here and we’ll ship it directly to you (or hold for pickup at our San Francisco shop). \nWe are happy to fulfill orders anywhere in the world – international postage will be invoiced separately. If you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact events@booksmith.com. \nAbout the book\nThomas McGurrin is a fourth-grade teacher and openly gay man at a private primary school serving Portland\, Oregon’s wealthy progressive elite when he is falsely accused of inappropriately touching a male student. The accusation comes just as Thomas is thrust back into the center of his unusual family by his younger brother’s battle with cancer. Although cleared of the accusation\, Thomas is forced to resign from a job he loves during a potentially life-changing family drama. \nDavison’s novel explores the discrepancy between the progressive ideals and persistent negative stereotypes among the privileged regarding social status\, race\, and sexual orientation and the impact of that discrepancy on friendships and family relations. \nBy turns rueful\, humorous\, angry\, and wise\, Doubting Thomas marks the debut of an important writer. \n\nAbout the authors\nMatthew Clark Davison‘s debut novel\, Doubting Thomas\, will be published in Summer 2021 by Amble Press. He is creator and teacher of The Lab :: Writing Classes with MCD\, a non-academic school started in 2007 in a friend’s living room on Douglass Street.The textbook version of The Lab (see below)\, co-authored by bestselling writer Alice LaPlante\, will be published by Norton in 2022. His prose has been recently anthologized in Empty The Pews (Epiphany Publishing) and 580-Split; and published in or on The Advocate\, Exquisite Pandemic\, Guernica\, The Atlantic Monthly\, Foglifter\, Lumina Magazine\, Fourteen Hills\, Per Contra\, Educe\, and others; and has been recognized with a Creative Work Grant\, Cultural Equities Grant. Clark Gross Award for a Novel-in-Progress\, and a Stonewall Alumni Award. \nPaul Lisicky is the author of six books including Later: My Life at the Edge of the World\, one of NPR’S Best Books of 2020\, as well as The Narrow Door\, Unbuilt Projects\, The Burning House\, Famous Builder\, and Lawnboy. His work has appeared in The Atlantic\, BuzzFeed\, Conjunctions\, The Cut\, Fence\, The New York Times\, Ploughshares\, Tin House\, and in many other magazines and anthologies. He has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the James Michener/Copernicus Society\, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, where he has served on the Writing Committee since 2000. He has taught in the creative writing programs at Cornell University\, New York University\, Sarah Lawrence College\, The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere. He is currently an Associate Professor in the MFA Program at Rutgers University-Camden and lives in Brooklyn\, New York. He is at work on a memoir Animal Care and Control. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Chaney Kwak and Daniel Handler
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON TUESDAY\, JUNE 8 AT 6PM PT WHEN CHANEY KWAK IS JOINED BY DANIEL HANDLER FOR THE LAUNCH OF HIS BOOK\, THE PASSENGER: HOW A TRAVLE WRITER LEARNED TO LOVE CRUISES & OTHER LIES FROM A SINKING SHIP ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87694059629\nOr One tap mobile :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,87694059629#  or +13462487799\,\,87694059629#\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdR1Y3dnz \nPraise for The Passenger\n“In The Passenger\, Chaney Kwak debuts with the ultimate freelancer revenge story: What do you do when the cruise ship you are covering on assignment starts to sink? The result is a gripping story of survival\, capitalism\, maritime history—nothing less than a very modern adventure\, and an instant classic of travel writing.”—Alexander Chee\, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel \n“Chaney Kwak’s The Passenger is an unflinching debut about the calamity of survival. Kwak speaks through the silent archives of history—from thousands of Koreans who died at sea to the maritime disasters across the globe. With incendiary humor and transcendent clarity\, Kwak exhumes the crisis of our haunted relationships and goes beyond the headlines in every scrolling smartphone to demand a greater understanding of being alive.“—E. J. Koh\, author of The Magical Language of Others \n“Chaney Kwak’s The Passenger somehow\, in one slim volume\, manages to do it all: in this hybrid of investigative journalism and travel writing\, personal and familial memoir\, Kwak chronicles—with searing wit—his long hours aboard a sinking Viking cruise ship\, veering from his family’s history in post-WWII Korea to the history of successful lifeboat deployments\, all against the backdrop of his own failing relationship. Kwak observes human beings with a precise\, compassionate eye\, moving from poignancy as he contemplates his place in the universe to biting social commentary aimed at the Twitter-storm of armchair storm chasers hoping to capitalize on his doom. I loved this book. It left me longing\, guiltily\, for Kwak’s next misadventure.”—Lori Ostlund\, author After the Parade and winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction \nAbout The Passenger \nIn March 2019\, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales\, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful\, harrowing\, funny\, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship. \nChaney Kwak is a travel writer used to all sorts of mishaps on the road\, but this is a first even for him: trapped on the battered cruise ship\, he stuffs his passport into his underwear just in case his body has to be identified. As the massive cruise ship sways in surging waves\, Kwak holds on and watches news of the impending disaster unfold on Twitter\, where the cruise ship’s nearly 1\,400 passengers are showered with “thoughts and prayers.” Kwak uses his twenty-seven hours aboard the teetering ship to examine his family history\, maritime tragedies\, and the failing relationship back on shore with a man he’s loved for nearly two decades: the Viking Sky\, he realizes\, may not be the only sinking ship he needs to escape. \nThe Passenger takes readers for an unforgettable journey from the Norwegian coast to the South China Sea\, from post-WWII Korea to pandemic-struck San Francisco. Kwak weaves his personal experience into events spanning decades and continents to explore the serendipity and the relationships that move us–perfect for readers who love to discover the world through the eyes of a perceptive and humorous observer.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-chaney-kwak-and-daniel-handler/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Mick LaSalle & Richard Wolinsky: Dream State: California at the Movies
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nMick LaSalle & Richard Wolinsky: A Zoom Event \nDREAM STATE: CALIFORNIA IN THE MOVIES \nDream State is a freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen visions of the Golden State\, with LaSalle’s unmistakable contrarian humor as the guide. His writing\, unerringly perceptive and resistant to cliche\, brings clarity to the haze of Hollywood reverie and self-regard. \nIt hardly needs to be argued: nothing has contributed more to the mythology of California than the movies. Fed by the film industry\, the California dream is instantly recognizable to people everywhere\, yet remains elusive for nearly everyone\, including Californians themselves. That paradox is the subject of longtime San Francisco Chronicle columnist film critic Mick LaSalle’s first book in nearly a decade. The opposite of a dry historical primer\, Dream State leaps effortlessly between genres and generations\, moving with ease from Double Indemnity to the first two versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Boyz n the Hood to Booksmart. There are natural disasters\, vicious crimes\, dubious utopias\, wild romances\, and unforgettable nights. Both entertaining and unsettling\, this book is a bold dissection of the California dream and how it shaped the modern world. \nMick LaSalle\, longtime film critic for The San Francisco Chronicle\, is the author of three previous books: Complicated Women: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of Modern Man; Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man\, and The Beauty of The Real: What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses. \nRichard Wolinsky\,  a veteran radio broadcaster\, is the host of Bookwaves and Arts-Waves interviews and discussions on KPFA\, as well as his Probabilities series of extended archive interviews on literature\, theater\, film\, and other visual arts from a progressive viewpoint. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/mick-lasalle-richard-wolinsky-dream-state-california-in-the-movies-tickets-147654956951
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CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Discussion of THE MARVELOUS MIRZA GIRLS | Author Sheba Karim in conversation with Mathangi Subramanian
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, June 8\, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of THE MARVELOUS MIRZA GIRLS with author Sheba Karim in discussion with Mathangi Subramanian (author of A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HEAVEN). \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967599970. \nPre-order your copy of THE MARVELOUS MIRZA GIRLS at http://bit.ly/ggpMirza\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/MirzaAB. \nDescription\n\nGilmore Girls meets vibrant New Delhi in this thoughtful and hilarious new novel about a teen facing family expectations\, relationship complications\, and hidden secrets in a new country—sprinkled with Sheba Karim’s signature wit and steamy romance\, and perfect for readers who loved Mary H. K. Choi’s Emergency Contact and Adib Khorram’s Darius the Great Is Not Okay.   \nTo cure her post-senior year slump\, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia\, Noreen decides to follow her mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi\, hoping India can lessen her grief and bring her voice back. \nIn the world’s most polluted city\, Noreen soon meets kind\, handsome Kabir\, who introduces her to the wonders of this magical\, complicated place. With the help of Kabir—plus Bollywood celebrities\, fourteenth-century ruins\, karaoke parties\, and Sufi saints—Noreen discovers new meanings for home. \nBut when a family scandal erupts\, Noreen and Kabir must face complex questions in their own relationship: What does it mean to truly stand by someone—and what are the boundaries of love? \nAbout the Author\n\nSheba Karim is the author of Mariam Sharma Hits the Road\, That Thing We Call a Heart\, and Skunk Girl. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and NYU School of Law and currently lives in Nashville. You can visit her online at www.shebakarim.com. \nAbout Mathangi Subramanian\n\nMathangi Subramanian is an award-winning Indian American writer\, author\, and educator. She is a graduate of Brown University and the Teachers College of Columbia University\, and the recipient of a Fulbright as well as other fellowships. Her writing has previously appeared in the Washington Post\, Quartz\, Al Jazeera America\, and elsewhere. A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HEAVEN is her first work of literary fiction. \nPraise For THE MARVELOUS MIRZA GIRLS\n\n“Karim’s latest is a searing story of love in its many forms: young and old\, romantic and familial\, and maybe most complex\, our capacity to love a place. A deep dive into the values of travel and firsthand experience\, the book takes an unflinching look at poverty and complicity\, sex and religion\, without ever losing sight of what it is: family drama\, rom-com\, travelogue. Call it what you want\, The Marvelous Mirza Girls is an utter delight.”\n— David Arnold\, author of Mosquitoland and The Electric Kingdom \n“Part self-discovery\, part travelogue\, all charming.”\n— Kendare Blake #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series \nFilled with beautiful imagery\, sensory language\, clever structuring\, and humor\, this is a romantic coming-of-age story…. An engaging and perceptive story of love\, grief\, and personal awakening.\n— Kirkus Reviews
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Laurie R. King\, Castle Shade
DESCRIPTION:Join us online as we celebrate the publication of beloved and award-winning local writer Laurie R. King’s new book\, Castle Shade! A queen\, a castle\, a dark and ageless threat all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in Castle Shade\, the chilling new adventure in bestselling author Laurie R. King’s series. Publishers Weekly says\, “King smoothly slips in fascinating historical details about the life of Marie of Roumania\, all the while keeping the plot galloping along at high speed. This is a treat for old fans and newcomers alike.” \nRegister for this free Crowdcast by clicking here! \nThis is a free event. The featured book may be preordered below. You can make a donation to help support Bookshop Santa Cruz here. Thank you! \nThe queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter of Victoria\, Empress of the British Empire\, and Alexander II\, Tsar of Russia. A famous beauty who was married at seventeen into Roumania’s young dynasty\, Marie had beguiled the Paris Peace Conference into returning her adopted country’s long-lost provinces\, singlehandedly transforming Roumania from a backwater into a force. \nThe castle is Bran: a tall\, quirky\, ancient structure perched on high rocks overlooking the border between Roumania and its newly regained territory of Transylvania. The castle was a gift to Queen Marie\, a thank-you from her people\, and she loves it as she loves her own children. \nThe threat is . . . well\, that is less clear. Shadowy figures\, vague whispers\, the fears of girls\, dangers that may be only accidents. But this is a land of long memory and hidden corners\, a land that had known Vlad the Impaler\, a land from whose churchyards the shades creep. \nWhen Queen Marie calls\, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are as dubious as they are reluctant. But a young girl is involved\, and a beautiful queen. Surely it won’t take long to shine light on this unlikely case of what would seem to be strigoi? \nOr\, as they are known in the West . . . vampires. \nLaurie R. King is the award-winning\, bestselling author of sixteen Mary Russell mysteries\, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli\, and many acclaimed stand-alone novels such as Folly\, Touchstone\, The Bones of Paris\, and Lockdown. She lives in Northern California\, where she is at work on her next Mary Russell mystery.
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