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SUMMARY:Clair Brown
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Clair Brown’s talk draws from her book Buddhist Economics to discuss how we can create a sustainable\, equitable economy for all people. \nGlobal warming and global inequality are interrelated problems that we must solve if we want future generations to enjoy life. Buddhist Economics addresses how to move from an economy driven by consumption and “more is better” to an economy that creates a meaningful\, comfortable life for everyone. Clair will outline what we must do — from the individual to a community to a global level — to create a prosperous meaningful life in a sustainable world. \nClair Brown is Professor of Economics\, Emerita at the University of California\, Berkeley. Clair’s economic approach and life as an economist is published in Eminent Economists II – Their Life and Work Philosophies (Cambridge University Press\, 2013). In 2011\, Clair began a field\, Buddhist Economics\, at UC Berkeley. Buddhist economics integrates global sustainability and shared prosperity to provide a holistic model of economic behavior and well-being. Her book Buddhist Economics: An enlightened approach to the dismal science will be published by Bloomsbury Press in February 2017. \nThis event is free for OLLI members as well as uC Berkeley factuly\, students and staff. $10 for the general public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/clair-brown/
LOCATION:Freight & Salvage\, 2020 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170201T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
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SUMMARY:Laurie Frankel w/ Kristin Clark
DESCRIPTION:Discussing Frankel’s novel\, This Is How it Always Is\, inspired by her Modern Love column for the New York Times\, “From He to She in First Grade.” \n“Well-plotted\, well-researched\, and unflaggingly interesting…As thought-provoking a domestic novel as we have seen this year.”–Kirkus (starred review) \n“A lively and fascinating story of a thoroughly modern family and the giant\, multifaceted love that binds them. . . .Sparkles with wit and wisdom.”– Maria Semple
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laurie-frankel-w-kristin-clark/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170201T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170201T213000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
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SUMMARY:Robert Pinsky + Murray Dewart
DESCRIPTION:Robert Pinsky and Murray Dewart discuss Poems About Sculpture and At the Foundling Hospital: Poems \nPegasus Books Downtown welcomes former poet laureate ROBERT PINSKY and sculptor MURRAY DEWART and for a discussion of their book Poems About Sculpture. Edited by Dewart and with a foreward by Pinsky\, Poems About Sculpture is a unique anthology of poems from around the world and across the ages about our most enduring art form. Mr. Pinsky will also discuss his latest poetry collection\, At the Foundling Hospital. \nROBERT PINSKY \nRobert Pinsky is the author of several books of poetry\, including Gulf Music\, Jersey Rain\, The Want Bone\, and The Figured Wheel. His bestselling translation of The Inferno of Dante sets a modern standard. He was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000. Among his awards and honors are the William Carlos Williams Award\, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize\, the PEN/Voelcker Award\, the Korean Manhae Prize\, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the PEN American Center. He teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Boston University. \nMURRAY DEWART \nMurray Dewart is an internationally recognized sculptor who has built large public sculptures in China\, Israel\, and across the United States. He has work in more than thirty permanent collections\, among them the Museum of Fine Arts Boston\, The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum\, Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum\, and the Museum of San Marco University in Lima\, Peru.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/robert-pinsky-murray-dewart/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170202T121000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170202T125000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
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SUMMARY:Forrest Gander
DESCRIPTION:Forrest Gander is a writer and translator of international renown whose most recent titles include the novel\, The Trace\, the translations Alice Iris Red Horse: Poems of Gozo\, and Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda. His poetry collection Core Samples from the World was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has received two Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry and is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Guggenheim\, Howard\, and Whiting Foundations.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/forrest-gander/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170202T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170202T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170131T040105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170131T040105Z
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SUMMARY:Patricia Minger
DESCRIPTION:Local author Patricia Minger shares her dazzling debut novel\, The Magic Flute. Patricia spent over 25 years singing with the Lamplighters Music Theater of San Francisco and other Bay Area musical groups\, and her artistic flair translates beautifully in The Magic Flute\, an intimate exploration of the world of grand opera.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patricia-minger/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170202T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170202T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170131T040245Z
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SUMMARY:Lisa Wade
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Wade\, PhD discusses her revelatory work\, American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. Lisa will be in conversation with Peggy Orenstein\, author of the bestselling book Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape. \nThe hookup is now part of college life. Yet the drunken encounter we always hear about tells only a fraction of the story. Rising above misinformation and moralizing\, Lisa Wade offers the definitive account of this new sexual culture and demonstrates that the truth is both more heartening and more harrowing than we thought. \nOffering invaluable insights for parents\, educators\, and students\, Wade situates hookup culture within the history of sexuality\, the evolution of higher education\, and the unfinished feminist revolution. Using new research\, she maps out a punishing emotional landscape marked by unequal pleasures\, competition for status\, and sexual violence. She discovers that the most privileged students tend to like hookup culture the most\, and she considers its effects on racial and sexual minorities\, students who opt out\, and those who participate ambivalently. \nAccessible and open-minded\, compassionate and brutally honest\, American Hookup explains where we are and how we got here\, asking not How do we go back? but Where do we go from here?
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lisa-wade/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170202T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170202T213000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20161223T035932Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash: Thompson + Hunter
DESCRIPTION:Interweaving poetry and fiction\, words and silence\, poet Ruth Thompson and fiction writer Sandra Hunter perform in the Poetry Flash series at Moe’s Books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-thompson-hunter/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170203T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170203T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170131T042014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170131T042014Z
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SUMMARY:Nina Lindsay + Rosa Lane
DESCRIPTION:Nina Lindsay is the author of Because (2016) and Today’s Special Dish (2007) both from Sixteen Rivers Press. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner\, the Kenyon Review\, Ploughshares\, Poetry International\, the Colorado Review\, Fence\, and other journals\, and has been awarded the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prize.  Lindsay lives in Oakland and works for the Oakland Public Library.  \nRosa Lane is author of Tiller North\, winner of the 2014 Sixteen Rivers Press Poetry Competition released in April 2016\, and Roots and Reckonings\, a chapbook. She earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has won several awards and appeared in Crab Orchard Review\, New South\, Ploughshares\, and elsewhere. Rosa has taught at Berkeley City College\, Ashland University (Ohio)\, and Southeast University (Nanjing\, China). She currently lives in Berkeley with her partner.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nina-lindsay-rosa-lane/
LOCATION:Studio One Arts Center\, 365 45th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170204T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20161223T022555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161223T022555Z
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SUMMARY:BAPC: First Saturday + Contest Winners
DESCRIPTION:Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot) \nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden) \nAll Ages Welcome \nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-first-staurday-contest/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170204T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20161129T055728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161129T055728Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Not Writing
DESCRIPTION:Local literary lights share other talents \nYoussef Alaoui ~ instrumental music \nJudy Clement Wall ~ house artist \nSharon Coleman ~ dance\, with choreography by Hilary Snyder \nPaul Corman-Roberts ~ drums \nJamey Genna ~ singing or acting \nSarah Kobrinsky ~ dance \nCharles Kruger ~ magic \nLisa Martinovic ~ singing \nColleen McKee and Ruth Crossman ~ singing duet \nDeborah Steinberg ~ singing \nSandra Wassilie ~ acting
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-not-writing/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170204T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170131T042242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170131T042242Z
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SUMMARY:Arisa White\, Maw Shein Win + Daniel Riddle Rodriguez
DESCRIPTION:Open House! Swing by the for a chance to meet the current 2016-2017 Workroom Artist Program cohort\, learn more about the artist program and their work\, and enjoy readings by Arisa White\, Maw Shein Win\, and Daniel Riddle Rodriguez\, as well as music by The Open Minds. \nRed Bay Coffee and red wine available. Donations will be called for throughout the night\, as will sign ups for the next program cohort (limited to 10 people).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/arisa-white-maw-shein-win-daniel-riddle-rodriguez/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170205T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170205T160000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20161223T033812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161223T033812Z
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SUMMARY:Michael McClure
DESCRIPTION:A landmark work of bio-romanticism\, Mephistos and Other Poems is the first completely new collection in five years from legendary Beat and SF Renaissance poet Michael McClure\, reflecting his interests in mammal consciousness and ecological survival. The title sequence stems from McClure’s ongoing “grafting” experiment\, growing new poems from fragments of previously ones. Some Fringes is a series of haiku-like nature poems\, while the seventeen-part Rose Breaths derives from the poet’s practice of meditation. The freestanding poems grouped under the title Being pay homage to many of McClure’s collaborators and fellow travelers like Bruce Conner\, Terry Riley\, and Dave Haselwood. The book climaxes with Song Heavy\, recounting McClure’s recent encounter with a beached whale in Rockport\, Massachusetts\, and recalling his classic For the Death of 100 Whales\, which he read at the Six Gallery in 1955\, the inaugural moment of American eco-poetics. \nMichael McClure is an award-winning American poet\, playwright\, songwriter\, and novelist. After moving from Kansas to San Francisco as a young man\, he was one of the five poets who participated in the Six Gallery reading that featured the public debut of Allen Ginsberg’s landmark poem Howl. A key figure of the Beat Generation\, McClure is immortalized as Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac’s novels The Dharma Bums and Big Sur. He also participated in the sixties counterculture alongside musicians like Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. McClure remains active as a poet\, essayist\, and playwright and lives with his second wife\, Amy\, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-mcclure-2/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170207T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170202T044715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170202T044715Z
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SUMMARY:Rafael Jesús Gonzalez
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Rafael Jesús González. An open mic follows the featured readers. Everyone welcome. There is always room. It’s time to showcase your work. Free drawing for books\, broadside\, and Spice Monkey Gift Card. The series is on the first Tuesday of each month in The Loft at Spice Monkey\, 1628 Webster Street\, Oakland\, 6:30-9:00 pm. Free\, we pass the hat.\ninformation: pandemoniumpress@gmail.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rafael-jesus-gonzalez/
LOCATION:Spice Monkey\, 1628 Webster St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170208T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T071337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T033801Z
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SUMMARY:Brandon Brown
DESCRIPTION:Brandon Brown’s books include THE GOOD LIFE (Big Lucks Books\, 2016)\, TOP 40 (Roof Books\, 2014)\, FLOWERING MALL (Roof Books\, 2012)\, THE PERSIANS BY AESCHYLUS (Displaced Press\, 2011)\, and THE POEMS OF GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS (Krupskaya\, 2011)\, and many chapbooks\, including Tooth Fairy (2008) and Memoirs of my Nervous Illness (Cy Press\, 2006). Since 1998\, he has lived in the Bay Area\, where he has programmed literary events\, edited small press materials under the imprint OMG!\, and written about art and culture for Art Practical and Open Space\, the blog and magazine of the SFMOMA. He is a co-editor at Krupskaya\, organizes with the Bay Area Public School\, and lives in Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/brandon-brown/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170208T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T073138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T033847Z
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SUMMARY:Laura Atkins w/ Stan Yogi
DESCRIPTION:Fred Korematsu Speaks Up \nLaura Atkins and Stan Yogi chronicle the real-life story of Fred Korematsu and his fight for justice when his family is forced into internment by the U.S. government during WWII.\nAbout Fred Korematsu Speaks Up \nFred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio\, playing tennis\, and hanging around with his friends—just like lots of other Americans. But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes on the West Coast and move to distant prison camps. This included Fred\, whose parents had immigrated to the United States from Japan many years before. But Fred refused to go. He knew that what the government was doing was unfair. And when he got put in jail for resisting\, he knew he couldn’t give up. \nInspired by the award-winning book for adults Wherever There’s a Fight\, the Fighting for Justice series introduces young readers to real-life heroes and heroines of social progress. The story of Fred Korematsu’s fight against discrimination explores the life of one courageous person who made the United States a fairer place for all Americans\, and it encourages all of us to speak up for justice.\nAdvance Praise \n“Atkins and Yogi raise good questions…that will inspire a new generation of activists. This first book in the Fighting for Justice series is a must-read for all civics classrooms.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) \n“Brilliant.”—Elizabeth Partridge\, award-winning author of Marching for Freedom: Walk Together\, Children\, and Don’t You Grow Weary
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laura-atkins-w-stan-yogi/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170209T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170209T180000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T074108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T033918Z
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SUMMARY:Adam Hochschild
DESCRIPTION:Adam Hochschild is the author of eight books; the latest\, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans and the Spanish Civil War\, 1936-1939\, appeared in 2016. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, the PEN USA Literary Award\, the Gold Medal of the California Book Awards\, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/adam-hochschild/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170209T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T074643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T034351Z
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SUMMARY:Women of Color Author Panel at Books Inc. Alameda
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of African American History Month Books Inc. in Alameda proudly presents the Women of Color Author Panel featuring CaT Bobino\, author of In the Know: Setting Up Your Child for the Stem World; Brittney Shipp\, Emmy-nominated TV meteorologist and author of the picture book The Meteorologist in Me; Yvetta Franklin\, author of the middle grade kids book The Code Switch; Marietta Harris\, author of Thou Shalt Not Kill\, an Emily Jenkins mystery; and Tina Maria Scott\, author of the inspiring memoir One Breast to Love and Living Life Victoriously.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/women-of-color-author-panel-at-books-inc-alameda/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170210T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T075935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T034523Z
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SUMMARY:Digging for Pony Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Come help Justine TenZeldam celebrate my first book of poetry\, prose and photographs with some of my favorite people – Gina and the group at LIMINAL! Copies of the book will be on the sale at the event and are also on sale now onAmazon.com with a 25% off DISCOUNT CODE available for pre-orders now: X6XUPBW9 \nMore: Self-published\, the book covers a period in the writer’s life when she was breaking loose from old ideas\, patterns and from a long career in advertising sales. tenZeldam also has a background in publishing and events promotion/sponsorship. \nMost of the work is adult oriented\, with the disclaimer of NSFW applicable. Her nickname is “Badd Gramma” after all. (She is a grandmother\, actually\, and a good one according to said children.) \nIn the spirit of DIY there will be an open mic for poets and singers and open floor for dancers (must sign up 30 minutes prior. Space limited and be cleared by organizers.) \nGina Goldblatt\, Founder and Creative Director of LIMINAL\, will be serving tasty beverages to support the community programs they offer. There will also be a raffle\, and donations of prizes are currently being sought. \nPre-sale copies of the book are on sale now with a discount code of X6XUPBW9 offering 25% off. Order now and get your copy signed by the author (moi) that night! \nFor more information contact me directly via facebook or email eastbayjustine@ gmail \n(18 and over. Donation optional)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/digging-for-pony-release-party/
LOCATION:The Liminal Center\, 3037 38th Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94619\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="The Liminal Center":MAILTO:gina@theliminalcenter.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170210T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T080306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T034557Z
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SUMMARY:Elan Mastai
DESCRIPTION:Screenwriter Elan Mastai shares his critically-acclaimed debut novel\, All Our Wrong Todays. You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we’d have? Well\, it happened. In Tom Barren’s 2016\, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars\, moving sidewalks\, and moon bases\, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed . . . because it wasn’t necessary.\nExcept Tom just can’t seem to find his place in this dazzling\, idealistic world\, and that’s before his life gets turned upside down. Utterly blindsided by an accident of fate\, Tom makes a rash decision that drastically changes not only his own life but the very fabric of the universe itself. In a time-travel mishap\, Tom finds himself stranded in our 2016\, what we think of as the real world. For Tom\, our normal reality seems like a dystopian wasteland.\nBut when he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family\, his career\, and maybe\, just maybe his soul mate\, Tom has a decision to make. Does he fix the flow of history\, bringing his utopian universe back into existence\, or does he try to forge a new life in our messy\, unpredictable reality? Tom’s search for the answer takes him across countries\, continents\, and timelines in a quest to figure out\, finally\, who he really is and what his future our future is supposed to be.\nAll Our Wrong Todays is about the versions of ourselves that we shed and grow into over time. It is a story of friendship and family\, of unexpected journeys and alternate paths\, and of love in its multitude of forms. Filled with humor and heart\, and saturated with insight and intelligence and a mind-bending talent for invention\, this novel signals the arrival of a major talent.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elan-mastai/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170211T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170211T220000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170109T103336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T103336Z
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SUMMARY:28 Kisses Chapbook Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Kim’s first chapbook\, 28 Kisses\, will be published by be about it press in February 2017. To celebrate\, Kimberly Kim is bringing some friends together for a special evening of poetry and fun. 28 Kisses is the perfect Valentine’s day gift for your person to kiss this holiday. \nWe will have copies of the chapbook for sale at the event\, as well as refreshments. Please stay tuned for more information. \nWe have two confirmed readers for the night so far: \nAdriane Tillman\nand\nIvy Johnson \nMore to be announced soon!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/28-kisses-chapbook-release-party/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170213T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T082907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T143523Z
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SUMMARY:Norman Fischer + Kit Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Norman Fischer is a poet\, essayist\, and Zen Buddhist priest. A graduate of the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop\, his latest poetry collections are Magnolias All At Once (Singing Horse\, 2015) Escape This Crazy Life of Tears: Japan 2010 (Tinfish\, 2014)\, and The Strugglers (Singing Horse\, 2013).  Just out from Chax a collection of tanka (very brief poems): any would be if. In 2015 Universiity of Alabama Press brought out a collection of essays\, Experience: Thinking\, Writing\, Language and Religion. Fischer lives with his wife Kathie on a cliff overlooking the Pacific at Muir Beach. \nKit Robinson was born in Evanston\, Illinois\, grew up in Cincinnati\, went to Yale\, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area ever since. He is the author of Marine Layer (BlazeVOX)\, Catalan Passages (Streets and Roads)\, Determination (Cuneiform)\, The Messianic Trees: Selected Poems\, 1976-2003 (Adventures in Poetry)\, and many other books of poetry\, including collaborations with Ted Greenwald\, A Mammal of Style (Roof) and Takeaway (c_L Books).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/norman-fischer-and-kit-robinson/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170215T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170215T203000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T083929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170204T041606Z
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SUMMARY:Simone White
DESCRIPTION:Readings begin at 6:30pm\, are free & open to the public\, and will take place in the Hearst Field Annex\, room D37\, at UC Berkeley.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/simone-white/
LOCATION:Hearst Field Annex\, Hearst Field Annex\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170215T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170114T085838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T035317Z
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SUMMARY:Lyrics + Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics and Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. \nHosted and curated by Mk Chavez and Sharon Coleman. Every third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170216T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170216T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170131T054758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170131T054758Z
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SUMMARY:Nina LaCour
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Nina LaCour back to the store to discuss and sign her new young adult novel\, We Are Okay\, on Thursday\, February 16th at 7:00 pm. This will be Nina’s publication party and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. \nYou go through life thinking there’s so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone\, your wallet\, and a picture of your mother.\nMarin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks\, not even her best friend Mabel\, but even thousands of miles away from the California coast\, at college in New York\, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now\, months later\, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break\, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.\nAn intimate whisper that packs an indelible punch\, We Are Okay is Nina LaCour at her finest. This gorgeously crafted and achingly honest portrayal of grief will leave you urgent to reach across any distance to reconnect with the people you\nlove. \nNina LaCour is the author of the award-winning Hold Still and the widely acclaimed The Disenchantments. Formerly a bookseller and high school English teacher\, she now writes and parents full time. A San Francisco Bay Area native\, Nina lives with her family in Richmond\, California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nina-lacour/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170216T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170117T013502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170120T035145Z
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SUMMARY:To Live + Write in Alameda Story Slam
DESCRIPTION:To Live & Write in Alameda and Books Inc. proudly present Alameda Story Slam! February’s theme will be “Unrequited.” Join us for an evening full of original stories and fun!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/to-live-write-in-alameda-story-slam/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170218T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170218T153000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170217T034643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170217T034643Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk Series: Maw Shein Win
DESCRIPTION:Kicking off the Workroom Artist Program’s Artist Talk Series is poet Maw Shein Win. Maw Shein Win will talk about various collaborations she has done with visual artists\, musicians\, and other writers over her career. There will be a short Q&A afterwards; however feel free to ask questions throughout the talk. \nMaw Shein Win is a poet\, editor\, and educator who lives and works in the Bay Area. Her writing has appeared in various journals\, including Cimarron Review\, Fanzine\, Eleven Eleven\, the Fabulist\, and the anthology Cross-Strokes: Poetry Between Los Angeles and San Francisco (Otis Books/Seismicity Editions). She is a poetry editor for Rivet: The Journal of Writing that Risks and a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Her most recent poetry chapbook Score and Bone (Nomadic Press) was nominated for a CLMP Firecracker Award. She is the first poet laureate of El Cerrito. http://www.el-cerrito.org/poets \nSuggested donations of $5-25 will be taken for admission at the door\, however nobody will be turned away through lack of funds.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/artist-talk-series-maw-shein-win/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170219T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170219T160000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170117T022828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T020811Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash w/ Michael McLaughlin + Raina J. Léon
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland hosts another installment of Poetry Flash on Sunday\, February 19th at 3pm featuring Michael McLaughlin and Raina J. León. \nPoetry Flash readings are wheelchair accessible; ASL interpreters may be requested one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org. Visit Poetryflash.org for more events and reviews! \nMichael McLaughlin’s debut book of poems is Countless Cinemas. Connie Post says\, “These poems are honest and hard-hitting\, sensual and erotic…Find a quiet seat in the theatre of your mind and absorb the carefully created cinematography of each script.” He is also the author of two novels and two poetry chapbooks and the artist-in-residence at Atascadero State Hospital\, a maximum security forensic facility\, and San Luis Obispo County Coordinator for California Poets in the Schools. A former Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo County\, he runs the Central Coast’s Live from the Core poetry/performance series and is the founding editor of USC’s The Southern California Poetry Anthology. \nRaina J. León’s new book of poems is sombra: (dis)locate. Tara Betts says\, “…León’s new collection…hints at the shadows within history\, languages\, sexuality\, loss\, grief\, and violence unveiled in poems that span countries\, the enigmatic specter of Josephine Baker flouting conventions of respectability and race\, and the brutalities that split peoples’ emotional cares like simple apples.” Her previous collections include Canticle of Idols and Boogeyman Dawn. She also has a 2016 chapbook\, Profeta without Refuge. She is a Cave Canem graduate fellow\, CantoMundo fellow\, and a member of the Carolina African American Writers Collective. She is a founding editor of The Acentos Review\, an online quarterly promoting and publishing LatinX arts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-w-michael-mclaughlin-raina-j-leon/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170221T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170131T062246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170131T062246Z
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SUMMARY:Camille Paglia
DESCRIPTION:From the fiery intellectual provocateur: a brilliant essay collection that both celebrates and challenges modern feminism — from motherhood to Madonna\, football to Friedan\, stilettos to Steinem. \n\nWhen Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her best-selling Sexual Personae\, she established herself as a smart\, fearless\, and often dissenting voice among feminists. Now\, for the first time\, her best essays on the subject are gathered together in one concise volume: Free Women\, Free Men. Whether she’s declaring Madonna the future of feminism\, asking if men are obsolete\, calling for equal opportunity for American women years before the founding of N.O.W.\, or urging all women to love football\, Paglia can always be counted on to get a discussion started. The rock-solid intellectual foundation beneath her fiery words assures her timeless relevance.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/camille-paglia-2/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170222T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170117T032645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170117T032645Z
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SUMMARY:Yiyun Li
DESCRIPTION:Yiyun Li reads from her memoir\, Dear Friend\, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life. \n\n\n\n\n“In this exquisite\, intimate\, lyrical memoir\, Yiyun Li reveals her life in flashes appended to an arrestingly coherent philosophy of time\, self\, and place. Uniting the discipline of a scientist with the empathy of a novelist\, she scatters profound and often difficult truths through these generous\, wise\, challenging pages.”– Andrew Solomon\, author of The Noonday Demon and Far from the Tree \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, February 22\, 2017 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn her first nonfiction book\, award-winning novelist Yiyun Li explores the questions we ask ourselves as readers and writers\, as citizens and solitary travelers\, as parents and children: How does one make life livable? How do writing and reading bring us solace\, and help us embrace the conflicts of our daily reality? Tracing the course of her life from China to America\, and from biologist to writer\, Li reflects with startling generosity and humanity on the writers who have shaped her—William Trevor\, Katherine Mansfield\, Marianne Moore\, Ivan Turgenev\, Stefan Zweig\, and more. \nYiyun Li is the author of four works of fiction: Kinder Than Solitude\, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers\, The Vagrants\, and Gold Boy\, Emerald Girl. A native of Beijing and a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, she is the recipient of many awards. In 2007\, Granta named her one of the best American novelists under thirty-five. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker\, A Public Space\, The Best American Short Stories\, and The O. Henry Prize Stories\, among others. She teaches writing at the UC\, Davis\, and lives in Oakland with her husband and their two sons.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yiyun-li-2/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170222T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T021827
CREATED:20170202T050342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170217T035627Z
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SUMMARY:Roof Books
DESCRIPTION:David Buuck lives in Oakland\, CA. He is the co-founder and editor of Tripwire\, a journal of poetics\, and founder of BARGE\, the Bay Area Research Group in Enviro-aesthetics. Recent publications include SITE CITE CITY (2015) An Army of Lovers\, co-written with Juliana Spahr (2013) and Noise In The Face Of (Roof Books\, 2017) \nJean Day’s new books are The Triumph of Life\, soon to appear from Insurance Editions\, and Daydream\, forthcoming from Litmus Press in June. Her various but not exactly checkered career has included bookselling\, marketing\, fundraising\, union activism\, and for the last two decades\, working as a scholarly editor. One of her first books\, A Young Recruit\, was published by Roof in 1988. \nLaura Moriarty is the author of numerous collections of poetry\, including Rondeaux (1990)\, A Semblance: Selected and New Poems\, 1975–2007 (2007)\, A Tonalist (2010)\, and Who That Divines (2014). She is also the author of the short novel Cunning (2000) and the science fiction novel Ultravioleta (2006). \nIn her work\, Moriarty engages language and feminism; the poems buckle and fold against the constraints of hybrid\, projectivist\, and received forms. \nMoriarty has served as archive director for the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University and as deputy director of Small Press Distribution. She has taught at Naropa University\, the Otis Art Institute\, and Mills College. Her honors include a Poetry Center Book Award\, a Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Award in Poetry\, a New Langton Arts Award\, and a Fund for Poetry grant.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roof-books/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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