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SUMMARY:This is Now with Angie Coiro presents: Ken Jennings on humor and the media
DESCRIPTION:Ken Jennings grew up in Seoul\, South Korea\, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz show Jeopardy! In 2004\, he successfully auditioned for a spot on the show and went on an unprecedented seventy-four game victory streak worth $2.52 million. Jennings’s book Brainiac\, about his Jeopardy! adventures\, was a critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller\, as were his follow-up books Maphead and Because I Said So! He is also the author of Planet Funny. Jennings lives in Seattle with his wife Mindy and two children. \nFrom John Stewart to Donald Trump\, Chaucer to Sumerian Tablets\, fart jokes to Cable TV “zingers\,” Ken Jennings lends his signature wit and whizzing\, encyclopedic perspective to the history of humor and how it came to dominate our modern world. Today\, an unprecedented number of people get their news from comedy shows. Newspapers race to find the catchiest headline with an avidity that forgets the need to inform. In our democracy\, showmanship has replaced good-nature debate. Jennings looks at the foundations of these current manifestations and what this says for where we might be headed.
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LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Darnell L. Moore: Coming of Age Black & Free in America
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1FM and Marcus Books present \nDARNELL L. MOORE\n“No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America”\nHosted by Greg Bridges \nwheelchair access advance tickets: $12 : : T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, KPFA benefit \nWhat happens to the black boys who come of age in neglected\, heavily policed\, and economically desperate cities that the War on Drugs and mass incarceration have created? How do they learn to live\, love\, and grow up? Where should they turn when history rejects their very existence? Darnell explores these questions in NO ASHES IN THE FIRE. When Darnell Moore was fourteen years old\, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school\, harassed him because they assumed he was gay\, and poured gasoline on him. He barely escaped with his life. On many other occasions there were terrifying confrontations\, including some within his family… \nThree decades later\, Moore is an award-winning writer and activist\, a leader in the Movement for Black Lives\, and a tireless advocate for justice and liberation. No Ashes in the Fire is his compelling account of how that bullied\, frightened teenager not only survived\, but found such a unique calling. An editor-at-large at the content distributor Urban One\, and a columnist at Logo\, Darnell L. Mooore describes his bold\, candid memoir as “snapshots of my life” molded by forces of “brutality\, poverty\, and self-hatred.” \nDarnell L. Moore (born in 1976 in Camden\, NJ) is an American writer and activist whose work is characterized by anti-racist\, feminist\, queer\, and anti-colonial thought and advocacy. His essays\, social commentary\, poetry and interviews have appeared in various national and international media venues\, including The Feminist Wire\, Ebony Magazine\, and The Huffington Post.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/darnell-l-moore-coming-of-age-black-free-in-america/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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