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SUMMARY:Onnesha Roychoudhuri discusses THE MARGINALIZED MAJORITY
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Onnesha Roychoudhuri to discuss The Marginalized Majority: Claiming Our Power in a Post-Truth America\, on Thursday\, August 2nd at 7pm. \n“This book is a daring intervention to get us back in the game–and a witty\, delightfully personal meditation on collective power.” –Naomi Klein\, author of No Is Not Enough and This Changes Everything \nEver since the 2016 election\, pundits have been saying our country has never been more divided–that if progressives want to reclaim power\, we need to be “pragmatic\,” reach across the aisle\, and look past identity politics. \nBut what if we’re getting the story all wrong? \nIn The Marginalized Majority\, Onnesha Roychoudhuri makes the galvanizing case that our voices are already the majority — and that our plurality of identities is not only our greatest strength\, but is also at the indisputable core of successful progressive change throughout history. \nFrom the Civil Rights Movement to the Women’s March\, Saturday Night Live to the mainstream media\, Roychoudhuri holds the myths about our disenfranchisement up to the light\, illuminating narratives from history that reveal we have far more power than we’re often led to believe. With both clear-eyed hope and electrifying power\, she examines our ideas about what’s possible\, and what’s necessary — opening up space for action\, new realities\, and\, ultimately\, survival. \nNow\, Roychoudhuri urges us\, is the time to fight like the majority we already are. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nOnnesha Roychoudhuri is a Brooklyn-based writer\, editor\, and educator. Her work has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone\, n+1\, the Virginia Quarterly Review\, Boston Review\, The Nation\, The American Prospect\, Salon\, and Mother Jones. She is the co-founder of Speech/Act\, and organization working at the intersection of storytelling and social justice.
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LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Breakfast 4 Dinner Reading
DESCRIPTION:**THE INCOMPARABLE CLAIRE STRINGER IS COMING 2 TOWN** \n& u know what that means: we’re eating breakfast 4 dinner \nsweet readings & savory bites\nsavory performances & sweet treats\nwrite a waffle eat some poems hug claire while you can \n& if you want to read\, perform etc. let us know!!! lineup tba / v open / we just wanna hear all our friends’ poetry & cry or laugh or whatever u want we want it all \nxoxo \n(PS please invite folks who love claire / sweeties who are cute & cool & nice)
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LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Andrew Lawler
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Lawler\n\n\n\n\npresents The Secret Token: Myth\, Obsession\, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke\, a sweeping account of America’s oldest unsolved mystery\, the people racing to unearth its answer\, and the sobering truths–about race\, gender\, and immigration–exposed by the Lost Colony of Roanoke. \n“A fascinating account of one of our country’s great historical mysteries. Fast-paced and wonderfully written\, with plenty of surprising turns along the way\, The Secret Token is a delight.”–Nathaniel Philbrick \nTo reserve your seat in advance\, purchae a copy of The Secret Token by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 2\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1587\, 115 men\, women\, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina. Chartered by Queen Elizabeth I\, their colony was to establish England’s first foothold in the New World. But when the colony’s leader\, John White\, returned to Roanoke from a resupply mission\, his settlers were nowhere to be found. They left behind only a single clue–a “secret token” carved into a tree. Neither White nor any other European laid eyes on the colonists again. \nWhat happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? For four hundred years\, that question has consumed historians and amateur sleuths\, leading only to dead ends and hoaxes. But after a chance encounter with a British archaeologist\, journalist Andrew Lawler discovered that solid answers to the mystery were within reach. He set out to unravel the enigma of the lost settlers\, accompanying competing researchers\, each hoping to be the first to solve its riddle. In the course of his journey\, Lawler encounters a host of characters obsessed with the colonists and their fate\, and he determines why the Lost Colony continues to haunt our national consciousness. \nThrilling and absorbing\, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the first English settlement in the New World but of how its disappearance continues to define–and divide–America. \nAndrew Lawler is the author of the highly acclaimed Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?. He is a contributing writer for Science\, a contributing editor for Archaeology Magazine\, and has written for The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, National Geographic\, Smithsonian\, and Slate. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
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LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Shannon Wheeler Book Signing!
DESCRIPTION:Shannon Wheeler Book Signing!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 2\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nNew Yorker cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award-winner Shannon Wheeler signs his brand new book Memoirs of a Very Stable Genius (Image Comics) and hosts a short slide show on the history of cartooned political satire. \n    \nABOUT \nNew Yorker cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award-winner Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man\, Sh*t My President Says\, God is Disappointed in You) debuts MEMOIRS OF A VERY STABLE GENIUS this July from Image/Shadowline Comics. \nMEMOIRS OF A VERY STABLE GENIUS is an irreverent book of personal short stories and gags featuring Shannon Wheeler’s critically acclaimed humor\, pathos\, and honesty—including a 40-page full-color section! \n“Books are like children. It’s with pride I send this one out into the world to fend for itself\, have its heart broken\, take a job that will slowly erode all self-respect\,” said Wheeler. “That said\, this is the best book I’ve ever done.”\n– See more at: https://imagecomics.com/content/view/memoirs-of-a-very-stable-geniusan-irreverent-and-entertaining-new-book-from#sthash.4tf3WwsM.dpuf
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LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash presents Martin Espada\, Lauren Marie Schmidt\, and Gary Soto @ 7:30pm
DESCRIPTION:Martin Espada’s new book of poems is Vivas to Those Who Have Failed. Sandra Cisneros calls him “the Pablo Neruda of North American authors.” Recent collections include The Trouble Ball\, The Republic of Poetry\, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\, and Alabanza\, whose title poem has been widely anthologized and performed. In all\, he’s published fifteen books as poet\, editor\, essayist\, and translator. A former tenants lawyer for the Latino community of the greater Boston area\, he’s received a Shelley Memorial Award\, a Guggenhein Fellowship\, and he’s just won the prestigious 2018 Ruth Lilly Prize for lifetime accomplishment. \nLauren Maris Schmidt’s new book of poems is Filthy Labors. Previous collections include Two Black Eyes and a Patch of Hair Missing\, Psalms of the Dining Room\, and The Voodoo Doll Parade\, winner of the Main Street Rag Author’s Choice Chapbook Series. Among her prizes are the So to Speak Poetry Prize\, Neil Postman Prize for Metaphor\, and The Janet B. McCabe Prize for Poetry. \nGary Soto’s a poet\, essayist\, and novelist. His new book of poems is a revised\, updated edition of The Elements of San Joaquin\, his first collection\, originally published in 1977\, about which La Bloga had said\, “The poet has an impeccable memory for capturing the music and sounds of his childhood. He carries a heavy sense of nostalgia with…grace…” He has since published twelve poetry collections\, including New and Selected Poems\, which was a National Book Award finalist as well as three novels and a memoir among other books. He has also received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.
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LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash: MARTÍN ESPADA\, LAUREN MARIE SCHMIDT & GARY SOTO
DESCRIPTION:Martín Espada‘s new book of poems is Vivas to Those Who Have Failed. Sandra Cisneros calls him “the Pablo Neruda of North American authors.” Recent collections include The Trouble Ball\, The Republic of Poetry\, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\, and Alabanza\, whose title poem has been widely anthologized and performed. In all\, he’s published fifteen books as poet\, editor\, essayist\, and translator. A former tenants lawyer for the Latino community of the greater Boston area\, he’s received a Shelley Memorial Award\, a Guggenhein Fellowship\, and he’s just won the prestigious 2018 Ruth Lilly Prize for lifetime accomplishment.\n\nLauren Marie Schmidt‘s new book of poems is Filthy Labors. Previous collections include Two Black Eyes and a Patch of Hair Missing\, Psalms of the Dining Room\, and The Voodoo Doll Parade\, winner of the Main Street Rag Author’s Choice Chapbook Series. Among her prizes are the So to Speak Poetry Prize\, Neil Postman Prize for Metaphor\, and The Janet B. McCabe Prize for Poetry.\n\nGary Soto‘s a poet\, essayist\, and novelist. His new book of poems is a revised\, updated edition of The Elements of San Joaquin\, his first collection\, originally published in 1977\, about which La Bloga had said\, “The poet has an impeccable memory for capturing the music and sounds of his childhood. He carries a heavy sense of nostalgia with…grace…” He has since published twelve poetry collections\, including New and Selected Poems\, which was a National Book Award finalist as well as three novels and a memoir among other books. He has also received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.\n\nlearn more\n\nContact: books@telegraphbooks.com\n\n7:30pm\n\n\nMoe’s Books \n2476 Telegraph Ave\n94704 Berkeley\, California
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LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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