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SUMMARY:Andrés Barba
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Andrés Barba to the store to discuss and sign\, Such Small Hands\, on Wednesday\, April 26th at 7:00 pm. This is Transit Books inaugural book and we are so pleased to be a part of it! \nLife changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place\, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic\, lyrical prose\, alternating between Marina’s perspective and the choral we of the other girls\, Such Small Hands evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance. \nAndrés Barba is the one the most lauded contemporary Spanish writers. He is the author of twelve books\, including August\, October and Rain Over Madrid. In addition to literary fiction\, he has written essays\, poems\, books of photography\, and translations of De Quincey and Melville. His books have been translated into ten languages. \nTransit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature\, based in Oakland\, California. Founded in 2015\, Transit Books is committed to the discovery and promotion of enduring works that carry readers across borders and communities. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 26\, 2017 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nDIESEL\, A Bookstore\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
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LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer East Bay Reading "National Poetry Month"
DESCRIPTION:We’ve asked poet Roberto F. Santiago to be guest curator for National Poetry Month\, and he has selected poets Denise Benavides\, Robert Andrew Perez\, and Shelley Wong to read Wednesday\, April 26\, 7:15pm at Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph\, Oakland. Come celebrate Queer poetry in the East Bay! What you will donation\, free refreshments\, and door prizes for the prompt! \nbiographies:\nGuest curator Roberto F. Santiago received his MFA from Rutgers University\, BA from Sarah Lawrence College and is an MSW Candidate at UC Berkeley. He has received fellowships from CantoMundo\, Squaw Valley Community of Writers\, Sarah Lawrence College\, and Lambda Literary Foundation​. Roberto is​ the recipient of the Alfred C. Carey Poetry Prize and his debut book of poetry\, Angel Park (Tincture\, 2015)\, was a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry. More at https://therfsantiago.com/ \nDenise Benavides is a queer xicana performance artist\, poet\, and educator based in Oakland\, California. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is currently teaching at Skyline College. Her debut collection of poetry\, Split\, was released in the winter of 2016 by Kórima Press. More at http://www.denisebenavides.com/ \nRobert Andrew Perez is the author of the collection the field (Omnidawn). He edits chapbooks for speCt! and the magazine Oar in West Oakland\, where he also teaches and lives with his partner. Recent work can be found in the journals Vinyl\, DIAGRAM\, and Eleven Eleven. He has forthcoming work for Lambda Literary’s Spotlight series and in Fourteen Hills. More at robertandrewperez.com. \nShelley Wong lives in Oakland and is the author of Rare Birds from Diode Editions. Her poems have appeared in Crazyhorse\, Fairy Tale Review\, Sixth Finch\, and Vinyl. A Kundiman fellow and a Pushcart Prize recipient\, she holds an MFA from Ohio State University.
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LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Shanthi Sekaran
DESCRIPTION:Shanthi Sekaran’s has written two novels: the first is The Prayer Room (MacAdam/Cage\, 2009); and the second is Lucky Boy (Penguin Random House\, 2017). Her short prose has appeared in the New York Times\, Canteen magazine\, Mutha magazine\, and New California Writing.\n\nShe’s a member of the SF Writers’ Grotto and the Portuguese Artists Colony.\n\nShe earned her BA from UC Berkeley\, her MFA in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University\, and a Creative Writing PhD from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (UK).\nSekaran joined CCA’s Writing faculty in fall 2010.
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LOCATION:A2 Cafe\, 5212 Broadway St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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