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SUMMARY:Nick Estes & Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz Standing Rock vs Dakota Access Pipln
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nNICK ESTES with ROXANNE DUNBAR ORTIZ\nOur History Is the Future: Standing Rock vs the Dakota Access Pipeline\nand the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance \nadvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM. co-sponsored by St. John’s Presbyterian Church \nIn 2016\, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota\, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline\, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the twenty-first century\, attracting tens of thousands of Indigenous and non-Native allies from around the world. Its slogan – “Mni Wiconi” – Water is Life – was about more than just a pipeline. Water protectors knew this battle for Native sovereignty had already been fought many times before\, and that even after the encampment was gone their anti-colonial struggle would continue. In Our History is the Future\, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance from the days of the Missouri River trading forts through the Indian Wars\, the Pick-Sloan Dams\, the American Indian Movement and the campaign for Indigenous Rights at the United Nations. Estes also draws on personal observations from the encampments and from his own growing up as a citizen of Oceti Sakowin (the Nation of the Seven Council Fires)\, making this book a work of authentic history\, a personal story\, and a stirring manifesto for native liberation. \n“This book is a jewel-history and analysis that reads like the best poetry-certain to be a classic work as well as a study guide for continued and accelerated resistance.”\n-Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz\, author of An Indigenous People’s History of the United States \nNick Estes\, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe\, is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico\, and a co-founder of The Red Nation\, an organization dedicated to native liberation. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nick-estes-roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-standing-rock-vs-dakota-access-pipln/
LOCATION:St. John’s Presbyterian Church\, 2727 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94705
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Meredith May - - The Honey Bus
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Meredith May to discuss her new new book The Honey Bus\, on Tuesday\, April 2nd at 7pm. \nAn extraordinary story of a girl\, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old\, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather\, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May\, and in that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes\, in the secret world of bees.May turned to her grandfather and the art of beekeeping as an escape from her troubled reality. Her mother had receded into a volatile cycle of neurosis and despair and spent most days locked away in the bedroom. It was during this pivotal time in May’s childhood that she learned to take care of herself\, forged an unbreakable bond with her grandfather and opened her eyes to the magic and wisdom of nature.The bees became a guiding force in May’s life\, teaching her about family and community\, loyalty and survival and the unequivocal relationship between a mother and her child. Part memoir\, part beekeeping odyssey\, The Honey Bus is an unforgettable story about finding home in the most unusual of places\, and how a tiny\, little-understood insect could save a life. \n  \n* * * \n  \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nMeredith May is an award-winning journalist and fifth-generation beekeeper. \nDuring her sixteen-year career at the San Francisco Chronicle\, her reporting won the PEN USA Literary Award for Journalism\, the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism\, and first place feature writing awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Associated Press. Her series about an Iraqi boy wounded during the second Gulf War was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. \nMeredith is a former professor of  journalism and podcasting at Mills College in Oakland\, CA. She lives in San Francisco\, where she rows on the Bay and cares for several beehives in a community garden. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nTuesday\, April 2\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/meredith-may-the-honey-bus/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:BERKELEY ARTS & LETTERS: Nathan Englander / Kaddish.com
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Pulitzer finalist Nathan Englander for his new novel\, Kaddish.com. More information to come\, but save the date and join us! \n  \nPlease note: This event is ticketed\, and will take place at Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St.\, Berkeley. Tickets\, including discounted book bundles\, are available in advance here. Unless otherwise noted here\, general admission tickets will be available at the door. \nLarry is an atheist in a family of orthodox Memphis Jews. When his father dies\, it is his responsibility as the surviving son to recite the Kaddish\, the Jewish prayer for the dead\, every day for eleven months. To the horror and dismay of his mother and sisters\, Larry refuses – thus imperiling the fate of his father’s soul. To appease them\, and in penance for failing to mourn his father correctly\, he hatches an ingenious if cynical plan\, hiring a stranger through a website called kaddish.com to recite the daily prayer and shepherd his fathers soul safely to rest. \nThis is Nathan Englander’s freshest and funniest work to date: a satire that touches\, lightly and with unforgettable humor\, on the conflict between religious and secular worlds\, and the hypocrisies that run through both. A novel about atonement; about spiritual redemption; and about the soul-sickening temptations of the internet\, which\, like God\, is everywhere. \n  \n\nNathan Englander is the author of the novels Dinner at the Center of the Earth and The Ministry of Special Cases\, and the story collections For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank\, winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His short fiction has been widely anthologized\, most recently in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories. His play The Twenty-Seventh Man premiered at The Public Theater in 2012. He also translated the New American Haggadah and co-translated Etgar Keret’s Suddenly a Knock on the Door. He is Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University and lives in Brooklyn\, New York\, with his wife and daughter.\n  \nPlease note\n– Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \n– Signing and additional details coming soon. \n– This event is all ages. RSVP is appreciated but not necessary. \nAccessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you. \n– If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Kaddish.com\, and/or any of Nathan’s books\, order below and put your request in the comments field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-nathan-englander-kaddish-com/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:April in Paris: Springtime in Blossom
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: James Cagney\, Sara McAulay\, George Korolog\, Lucille Lang Day. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland. \n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/april-in-paris-springtime-in-blossom/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:RACHEL KLEINFELD at Books Inc. Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Rachel Kleinfeld discusses her comprehensive work\, A Savage Order: How the World’s Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security. \nThe most violent places in the world today are not at war. More people have died in Mexico in recent years than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. These parts of the world are instead buckling under a maelstrom of gangs\, organized crime\, political conflict\, corruption\, and state brutality. Such devastating violence can feel hopeless\, yet some places–from Colombia to the Republic of Georgia–have been able to recover. \nIn this powerfully argued and urgent book\, Rachel Kleinfeld examines why some democracies\, including our own\, are crippled by extreme violence and how they can regain security. Drawing on fifteen years of study and firsthand field research–interviewing generals\, former guerrillas\, activists\, politicians\, mobsters\, and law enforcement in countries around the world–Kleinfeld tells the stories of societies that successfully fought seemingly ingrained violence and offers penetrating conclusions about what must be done to build governments that are able to protect the lives of their citizens. \nTaking on existing literature and popular theories about war\, crime\, and foreign intervention\, A Savage Order is a blistering yet inspiring investigation into what makes some countries peaceful and others war zones\, and a blueprint for what we can do to help. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 3\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc.\n1491 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rachel-kleinfeld-at-books-inc-berkeley/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A "Weekly" Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 3\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series \nIn celebration of National Poetry Month\, our flagship reading series Lyrics & Dirges is going weekly! (For April only). \nLyrics & Dirges features a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Currently in its ninth year\, its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman and Mk Chavez. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 3\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704\n\n\n\n\nEvent Category:\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-weekly-reading-series/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Dana Frank: The Long Honduran Night in the Aftermath of the Coup
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & St. John’s Presbyterian Church present: \nDANA FRANK\n“The Long Honduran Night: Resistance\, Terror\, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup” \nadvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM info: kpfa.org/events \nAs the United States continues to tear-gas and imprison asylum seekers on the U.S.-Mexico border\, we wonder why so many Hondurans are fleeing their homeland\, now one of the most violent countries in the world due to a devastating drug war and a political crisis stemming largely from a U.S.-backed coup. Dana Frank’s powerful narrative recounts the tumultuous time in Honduras that witnessed then-President Manuel Zelaya overthrown in 2009. Told through first-person experiences layered with deeper political analysis\, this narrative weaves together two perspectives; first\, the broad picture of Honduras since the coup\, including the coup itself and its continuation in two repressive regimes; secondly\, the evolving Honduran resistance movement\, plus an emerging solidarity movement in the United States. \nWhile full of disturbing incidents\, this narrative directly counters mainstream media coverage that portrays Honduras as a pit of unrelenting awfulness\, in which powerless sobbing mothers cry over bodies in the morgue. Rather\, it’s about sobering challenges and the inspiring collective strength with which people can face them. \nDana Frank\, Professor of History Emerita at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, is the author of Baneras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America. Since the 2009 military coup her articles about human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras have appeared in The Nation\, New York Times\, Politico Magazine\, Foreign Affairs.com\, The Baffler\, Los Angeles Times\, Miami Herald\, and many others\, and she has testified before both the US Congress and Canadian Parliament. \nDiana Martinez is KPFA’s senior producer for Letters and Politics. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dana-frank-the-long-honduran-night-in-the-aftermath-of-the-coup/
LOCATION:St. John’s Presbyterian Church\, 2727 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94705
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Ben Lerner
DESCRIPTION:Ben Lerner was born in Topeka\, Kansas. He has received fellowships from the Fulbright\, Guggenheim\, and MacArthur Foundations\, among other honors. He is the author of three books of poetry (The Lichtenberg Figures\, Angle of Yaw\, and Mean Free Path)\, two novels (Leaving the Atocha Station and 10:04). and a work of criticism (The Hatred of Poetry). His most recent books are collaborations: Blossom (with Thomas Demand)\, The Polish Rider (with Anna Ostoya)\, and The Snows of Venice (with Alexander Kluge). He is Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ben-lerner/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Solito\, Solita Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 4\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nJoin the editors and two narrators of Solito\, Solita for a discussion of this powerful new book from Voice of Witness and Haymarket Books. Solito\, Solita tells the stories of youth refugees fleeing their home countries and traveling for hundreds of miles seeking safety and protection in the United States. In an era of fear\, xenophobia\, and outright lies\, these stories amplify the compelling voices of immigrant youth. What can they teach us about abuse and abandonment\, bravery and resilience\, hypocrisy and hope? \nNarrators:\nGabriel\, who after surviving sexual abuse starting at the age of eight fled to the United States\, and through study\, legal support and work\, is now attending UC Berkeley. \nSoledad\, a young woman from Honduras who fled at age 14 after being abused by her stepfather\, abandoned by her mother\, and forced into child labor. She recently graduated from SFSU. \nEditors:\nSteven Mayers is a writer\, oral historian\, and professor of English at the City College of San Francisco. \nJonathan Freedman is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist\, author\, and writing mentor at the City College of San Francisco. \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, April 4\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704
URL:https://litseen.com/event/solito-solita-book-launch/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:W. Thomas Boyce OFFSITE
DESCRIPTION:A celebration and reading from his new book The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive.  \n“The Orchid and the Dandelion is based on groundbreaking research that has the power to change the lives of countless children–and the adults who love them.”–Susan Cain\, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts \n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 5\, 2019 – 6:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom one of the world’s foremost researchers and pioneers of pediatric health–a book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents\, teachers\, psychologists\, psychiatrists\, and child development experts coping with “difficult” children\, fully exploring the author’s revolutionary discovery about childhood development\, parenting\, and the key to helping all children find happiness and success. \nW. Thomas Boyce\, M.D.\, is the Lisa and John Pritzker Distinguished Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Health and chief of the Division of Developmental Medicine at UCSF. He is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine and codirector of the Child and Brain Development Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He lives with his wife in Oakland. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2407 Dana St\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94720
URL:https://litseen.com/event/w-thomas-boyce-offsite/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley\, 2407 Dana St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Occult Features of Anarchism: Erica Lagalisse in Conversation with Andrej Grubačić
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 5\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nErica Lagalisse presents her new book\, Occult Features of Anarchism (PM Press\, 2019). In conversation with anarchist dissident and historian\, Andrej Grubačić. \n  \n  \nAbout the Book: \nIn the nineteenth century anarchists were accused of conspiracy by governments afraid of revolution\, but in the current century various “conspiracy theories” suggest that anarchists are controlled by government itself. The Illuminati were a network of intellectuals who argued for self-government and against private property\, yet the public is now often told that they were (and are) the very group that controls governments and defends private property around the world. Intervening in such misinformation\, Lagalisse works with primary and secondary sources in multiple languages to set straight the history of the Left and illustrate the actual relationship between revolutionism\, pantheistic occult philosophy\, and the clandestine fraternity. \nExploring hidden correspondences between anarchism\, Renaissance magic\, and New Age movements\, Lagalisse also advances critical scholarship regarding leftist attachments to secular politics. Inspired by anthropological fieldwork within today’s anarchist movements\, her essay challenges anarchist atheism insofar as it poses practical challenges for coalition politics in today’s world. \nStudying anarchism as a historical object\, Occult Features of Anarchism also shows how the development of leftist theory and practice within clandestine masculine public spheres continues to inform contemporary anarchist understandings of the “political\,” in which men’s oppression by the state becomes the prototype for power in general. Readers behold how gender and religion become privatized in radical counterculture\, a historical process intimately linked to the privatization of gender and religion by the modern nation-state. \nPraise: \n“This is surely the most creative and exciting\, and possibly the most important\, work to come out on either anarchism or occultism in many a year. It should give rise to a whole new field of intellectual study.”\n—David Graeber\, professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science\, author of Debt: The First 5\,000 Years \n“A tour de force. Any self-respecting radical should know this history\, right down to the dirty history of the ‘A for anarchism’ sign from its location within Freemasonry and magic. Ripping apart with historical detail our contemporary common sense we learn the tactics of how elite radicals claim power through difference. The significance of this history for the politics of now should not be underestimated and most certainly more widely known. Essential reading.”\n—Beverley Skeggs\, director of the Atlantic Fellows programme at the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science\, author of Class\, Self\, Culture \n“Lagalisse excavates the theological\, spiritual roots of anarchism to identify some of the contemporary shortcomings of left activism. Engrossing\, enlightening\, and often surprising\, the book delights and dazzles as it ruminates on a stunning array of topics from gender and intersectionality to secret societies\, the occult\, and conspiracy.”\n—Gabriella Coleman\, professor of anthropology at McGill University\, author of Hacker\, Hoaxer\, Whistleblower\, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous \nErica Lagalisse is an anthropologist and writer. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science\, where she is conducting a research project on dynamics surrounding the “conspiracy theory” in social movement spaces. \nAndrej Grubačić is an anarchist dissident and historian and chair of the Anthropology and Social Change department at the California Institute of Integral Studies. His books include Don’t Mourn\, Balkanize!: Essays After Yugoslavia\, Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism\, Marxism and Radical History\, and Living at the Edges of Capitalism Adventures in Exile and Mutual Aid.  \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nFriday\, April 5\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704
URL:https://litseen.com/event/occult-features-of-anarchism-erica-lagalisse-in-conversation-with-andrej-grubacic/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:The FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB at Books Inc. Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:The FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg.  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSaturday\, April 6\, 2019 – 10:00am\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc.\n1491 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-first-saturday-book-club-at-books-inc-berkeley/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING
DESCRIPTION:3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\n \n \nSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison 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)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n \n \n\n\n\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-open-poetry-reading-5/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 7\n3:00pm\n\nEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday\, April 7th at 3pm. This month we will be joined by poets from Sixteen Rivers: Maya Khosla\, Barbara Swift Brauer\, and Camille Norton. \nMore Details to Come! \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSunday\, April 7\, 2019 – 3:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-2/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Natalie Devora at Alameda Authors Series 3
DESCRIPTION:For the third year\, AAUW Alameda presents a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda and nearby\, now co-sponsored by the Friends of the Alameda Free Library. Our April author Natalie Devora will discuss her memoir Black Girl\, White Skin\,  and her current writing projects. \nBiography \nNatalie Devora is a writer and activist. Living as a Black woman with albinism affords her a unique lens through which she navigates the world. She has been featured on NPR’s Code Switch She currently serves as the National Coordinator for International Albinism Awareness Day with the National Association for Albinism and Hypopigmentation NOAH.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/natalie-devora-at-alameda-authors-series-3/
LOCATION:Alameda Free Library\, 1550 Oak Street\, Alameda\, 94501
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alameda AAUW":MAILTO:alameda-ca@aauw.net
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SUMMARY:Claudia Castro Luna
DESCRIPTION:MFA Alumnae Reading & Reception\nTuesday April 9\, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room\nReception at 5:15 for newly admitted graduate students\, followed by readings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClaudia Castro Luna is the 2018–2020 Washington State Poet Laureate. Her books include the Pushcart nominated Killing Maríasand This City. She served as Seattle’s Civic Poet from 2015 to 2017 and created the acclaimed Seattle Poetic Grid. Her poems and nonfiction have appeared in Poetry Northwest\, La Bloga\, Dialogo\, and This Is The Place: Women Writing About Home. Claudia is currently working on a memoir\, Like Water to Drink\, about her experience escaping the civil war in El Salvador.\n\n  \n\n\nRenee Macalino Rutledge \n\nRenee Macalino Rutledge’s debut novel The Hour of Daydreams was a finalist for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices award\, a Foreword INDIES Gold Winner\, and 35 over 35 winner. Her work can be found in The Margins\, Mutha Magazine\, Women Writers Women’s Books\, Ford City Anthology\, Literary Hub\, Necessary Fiction\, Colorlines\, TAYO Literary Magazine\, and others. While at Mills\, Rutledge served as the fiction editor for 580 Split.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/claudia-castro-luna/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mills College":MAILTO:syoung@mills.edu
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SUMMARY:Poets Michael Brownstein an Julien Poirier
DESCRIPTION:Poet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book\, Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations\, includes provocative poems such as “After Patriarchy Collapses and Capitalism Crumbles\,” “The Jewish Poem\,” “Slipping the Leash” and the title poem — works transcending the political into a vision of what is possible on a global scale. \nJulien Poirier is the author of Out of Print (City Lights\, 2016) among other books. His poems have appeared in the New York Times\, Dispatches and elsewhere. He teaches poetry at San Quentin State Prison.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-michael-brownstein-an-julien-poirier/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poet Michael Brownstein
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, Apr 09\, 2019 7:00 PM \nLocation: \nThe basement at Moe’s\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nPoet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book\, Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations\, includes provocative poems such as “After Patriarchy Collapses and Capitalism Crumbles\,” “The Jewish Poem\,” “Slipping the Leash” and the title poem — works transcending the political into a vision of what is possible on a global scale. \nThe poems in Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations urge us to abandon today’s ruthlessly competitive mindset that is running our future into the ground. They expose nationalism for what it is — a myth separating us from our common humanity. We have forgotten who profits from this separation: the corporate\, political\, and military leaders of phantom entities created in our name. \nLet’s Burn the Flags of All Nations is a handbook for change. It calls on us to free ourselves from the fictions fed to us since childhood about who we are\, asking if we have what it takes to work out a new life: \n“It’s time to risk everything\nOpen the gates\, tear down the fences\nRoam wherever we like along\nRivers and mountains without end\nBecause we ourselves\nAre those rivers and mountains…” \n“Bold and inspiring\, unyielding in their rigorous truth\, these poems work to transform habitual patterns of fear and greed into the sane and generous life we all deserve. Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations should be required reading for everyone.” (Lynne Twist\, author of The Soul of Money) \n“These tough\, uncompromising poems of witness\, rage\, and anarchic wit unmasks the dysfunction of the human realm as it presses its Anthropocene agenda on the rest of the universe. They call for the end of patriarchy.” (Anne Waldman\, author of Trickster Feminism) \n“Wonderful\, powerful poems that excite the heart and reveal truths behind the so-called patriotism that feeds into the hands of the 1%.” (John Perkins\, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man) \n“Michael Brownstein’s new collection sees through the spectral delusions of our age and points toward the potential for a planetary awakening into a state of unified consciousness and cooperative being.” (Daniel Pinchbeck\, author of How Soon Is Now?) \n“Both bardic and vatic – that is\, both poetic and prophetic – this book says truth with druidic intensity.” (Peter Lamborn Wilson\, author of Ec(o)logues) \n“These heartfelt poems express the pain and beauty of being alive in this most challenging of times.” (Starhawk\, author of The Earth Path) \n* * * \nMichael Brownstein grew up rural. His first glimpse of a collective human destiny – urban version – came while taking part in the events of May ’68 in Paris. (People pouring into the streets from out of nowhere without doubt or hesitation…) He is the author of three novels – Self-Reliance\, The Touch\, and Country Cousins – as well as ten poetry titles including World on Fire\, a book-length poem about corporate globalization and consciousness change. Michael taught at Naropa Institute during its formative years. He lives in the Catskill mountains.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poet-michael-brownstein/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:A Fire Story: Brian Fies
DESCRIPTION:Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist whose past projects include the graphic novels Mom’s Cancer and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow\, and the webcomic The Last Mechanical Monster. The day after Brian and his wife\, Karen\, lost their home in the Tubbs fire\, Brian bought paper and pens\, and began writing and drawing A Fire Story. Posted online\, the comic went viral\, and was seen by more than 3 million people. Brian expanded A Fire Story into a full-length graphic novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-fire-story-brian-fies/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190410T213000
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A "Weekly" Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 10\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series \nIn celebration of National Poetry Month\, our flagship reading series Lyrics & Dirges is going weekly! (For April only). \nLyrics & Dirges features a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Currently in its ninth year\, its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman and Mk Chavez. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 10\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704\n\n\n\n\nEvent Category:\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-weekly-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lori Ostlund
DESCRIPTION:Lori Ostlund’s first book\, a story collection entitled The Bigness of the World\, won the Flannery O’Connor Award\, the California Book Award for First Fiction\, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award. Stories from it appeared in the Best American Short Stories and the PEN/O Henry Prize Stories and in literary journals such as ZYZZYVA and New England Review. Her second book\, After the Parade (Scribner\, 2015)\, was a B&N Discover pick and a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is at work on her next two novels and a second story collection. She lives in San Francisco with her wife and two cats\, though she grew up in a hardware store in Minnesota\, cat-less.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lori-ostlund-2/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190412T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190412T213000
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SUMMARY:Namwali Serpell in Conversation with Yael Goldstein Love
DESCRIPTION:discussing Serpell’s new novel The Old Drift\, an electrifying debut that has already garnered three starred advance reviews and accolades from multiple writers. \n“Recalling the work of Toni Morrison and Gabriel García Márquez as a sometimes magical\, sometimes horrifically real portrait of a place\, Serpell’s novel goes into the future of the 2020s\, when the various plot threads come together in a startling conclusion. Intricately imagined\, brilliantly constructed\, and staggering in its scope\, this is an astonishing novel.”–Publishers Weekly \n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 12\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the banks of the Zambezi River\, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls\, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation\, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. The tale? A playful panorama of history\, fairytale\, romance and science fiction. The moral? To err is human. \nFrom a woman covered with hair and another plagued with endless tears\, to forbidden love affairs and fiery political ones\, to homegrown technological marvels like Afronauts\, microdrones and viral vaccines – this gripping\, unforgettable novel sweeps over the years and the globe\, subverting expectations along the way. Exploding with color and energy\, The Old Drift is a testament to our yearning to create and cross borders\, and a meditation on the slow\, grand passage of time. \nNamwali Serpell is a Zambian writer who teaches at the UC Berkeley. She received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award for women writers in 2011 and was selected for the Africa 39\, a 2014 Hay Festival project to identify the best African writers under 40. She won the 2015 Caine Prize for African writing. \nYael Goldstein Love is co-fouder and Editorial Director of the digital literary studio Plympton. She is also the author of the novels Overture and The Passion of Tasha Darsky\, which are actually the same novel. She is currently completing her second novel\, set during the Haitian Revolution. \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/namwali-serpell-in-conversation-with-yael-goldstein-love/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190413T223000
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SUMMARY:Elaine C. Brown & Kelliane Parker at Works in Progress Women's Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:a WOMEN-ONLY event featuring poets\nKelliane Parker & Elaine C. Brown (AKA Poet E. Spoken)\nwith open mic\nHosted by Linda Zeiser\n$7 – $10 Admission includes raffle ticket for 1 of 8 copies of Julia’s book DETOURS\n6:30 – 7:30 Potluck: bring your favorite dish to share.\n7:30 – 10:15 Performance\nProduced by Linda Zeiser & Carolyn Stull Zeiser. To reserve open mic slot\, contact Linda at (510) 701-1022\, ZeiserpoetMC@aol.com\, well in advance. \nElaine C. Brown aka Poet E. Spoken is the co-host of My Word Open at Café Leila in Berkeley. Poet E. Spoken has featured and performed at open mics across the country\, combining free style poetry with history to get people not only to understand what’s going on in this world but motivate them to change mindsets. \nKelliane Parker is a queer Latinx poet. She co-hosts My Word Open Mic. She has featured throughout the Bay Area. Her work has been published in several anthologies and featured in an art and poetry collaboration\, “Have You Heard Us Yet?” She is an activist\, giving voices to survivors of sexual assault and dissociative disorders.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elaine-c-brown-kelliane-parker-at-works-in-progress-womens-open-mic/
LOCATION:Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church\, 424 Monte Vista\, Oakland\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Linda Zeiser":MAILTO:ZeiserpoetMC@aol.com
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SUMMARY:Second Sunday Poetry series
DESCRIPTION:Second Sunday Poetry series presents a reading by Ron Campbell\, Grace Grafton\, and Sarah Haba\, curated by Barb Reynolds\, Britt-Marie’s Restaurant\, 1369 Solano Avenue\, Albany\, free\, 3:30-5:00 (510/527-1314\, brittmariesolano.com)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/second-sunday-poetry-series/
LOCATION:Brit-Marie’s Restaraunt\, 1369 Solano Avenu\, Albany\, CA
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190415T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190415T210000
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SUMMARY:The Diesel Readers Book Group -- In the Midst of Winter
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 15th\n7:00pm\n\nEast Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group’s discussion of In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende\, on Monday April 15th at 7pm. \nAn instant New York Times bestseller\, In the Midst of Winter is about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that offers “a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home” (People). \nDuring the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory\, Richard Bowmaster\, a lonely university professor in his sixties\, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega\, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala\, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house\, seeking help. At a loss\, the professor asks his tenant\, Lucia Maraz\, a fellow academic from Chile\, for her advice. \nAs these three lives intertwine\, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed\, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected\, long overdue love. Allende returns here to themes that have propelled some of her finest work: political injustice\, the art of survival\, and the essential nature of—and our need for—love. \n\n** The Diesel Readers is an ongoing group\, and is open to all. ** \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nMonday\, April 15\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-diesel-readers-book-group-in-the-midst-of-winter/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Herbert Marcuse:Philosopher of Utopia
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, Apr 15\, 2019 7:00 PM \nLocation: \nThe basement at Moe’s\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nHerbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a little-known German scholar when he became one of the 20th century’s most unlikely pop stars: a celebrity philosopher. In the 1960s\, his argument for a “principled utopianism” catalyzed the ideals of a rebellious generation\, and Marcuse became an intellectual guide for activists and revolutionaries around the world. The legacy of his contribution to a radical shift of consciousness has resonated in social-change movements ever since. \nThis comics-format biography brings Marcuse’s life\, work\, and times to a new generation. From his youth in Weimar Germany and early studies with Martin Heidegger\, to his emigration from Nazi Germany along with colleagues of the Frankfurt School\, to his rise as one of its major theorists along with Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin\, to his status as a countercultural icon\, readers are introduced to the theories and circumstances that made Marcuse into one of the world’s most influential intellectuals. \nMentor to a young Angela Davis and often referred to as the unofficial faculty advisor to the New Left\, Marcuse’s controversial critique of the “comfortable unfreedoms” of post-WWII capitalism entered popular consciousness with the 1964 publication of One-Dimensional Man\, which sold over 100\,000 copies in its first years in print. His argument for the possibility of a more humane and sustainable world was grounded in a personal knowledge of the violence of authoritarianism\, and the risk of its resurgence. Perennially relevant\, radical\, and inspiring\, Marcuse’s concept of the Great Refusal —”the protest against that which is”—is a guide for our times. \nPRAISE \n“Nick Thorkelson’s exploration of the ideas and personality of Herbert Marcuse is exactly the sort of comic book I have longed to read. It is engaging\, artful\, and explores the world of revolutionary ideas. Books like this keep the fire going inside.”––Joe Sacco \n“I believe that Marcuse’s ideas can be as valuable today as they were fifty years ago.”––Angela Y. Davis\, from the foreword \n“Thorkelson’s graphic life of Herbert Marcuse is a riotous romp through 20th-century philosophy. The story of a man who exists at the eye of storm of ideas\, of movements and of social strategies. With workers and students on the streets of Paris once more\, Marcuse’s life and work has never been more relevant.”––Kate Evans\, author of Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography \nABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS \nNick Thorkelson is a cartoonist living in Boston. He has done cartoons on local politics for The Boston Globe and in support of organizations working on economic justice\, peace\, and public health. He is the co-author and/or illustrator of The Earth Belongs to the People\, The Underhanded History of the USA\, The Legal Rights of Union Stewards\, The Comic Strip of Neoliberalism\, and Economic Meltdown Funnies\, and has contributed to a number of nonfiction comics anthologies. He is working on a graphic novel about the end of the Sixties\, A Better World Is Possible. Nick also moonlights as a musician\, animator\, graphic designer\, and painter. \nAndrew T. Lamas teaches urban studies and critical theory at the University of Pennsylvania\, is co-editor of The Great Refusal: Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements (Temple University Press\, 2017)\, and serves on the boards of the International Herbert Marcuse Society\, the Radical Philosophy Review\, and the Bread and Roses Community Fund.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/herbert-marcusephilosopher-of-utopia/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lori Gottlieb
DESCRIPTION:Lori Gottlieb\n\n\n\n\nPresents Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist\, Her Therapist\, and Our Lives Revealed. \n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 16\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lori-gottlieb/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190417T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190417T203000
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SUMMARY:Chris Nealon / with Jessica Laser
DESCRIPTION:READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC\nReadings begin at 6:30pm unless otherwise noted. 2018-2019 Holloway events will be held in the MAUDE FIFE ROOM (315 Wheeler Hall)\nFor updates and event announcements\, join the Holloway Facebook group
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chris-nealon-with-jessica-laser/
LOCATION:Maude Fife Room\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A "Weekly" Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 17\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series \nIn celebration of National Poetry Month\, our flagship reading series Lyrics & Dirges is going weekly! (For April only). \nLyrics & Dirges features a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Currently in its ninth year\, its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman and Mk Chavez. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 17\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704\n\n\n\n\nEvent Category:\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-weekly-reading-series-3/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Jenny Odell - - How to Do Nothing
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 18\n7:00pm\n\nEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Jenny Odell to discuss her new new book How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy\, on Thursday\, March 18th at 7pm. \nA galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention—and our personal information—that redefines what we think of as productivity\, reconnects us with the environment\, and reveals all that we’ve been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world \nNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. \nSo argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention\, she writes\, we can undertake bolder forms of political action\, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment\, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. \nFar from the simple anti-technology screed\, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often\, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative\, timely\, and utterly persuasive\, this book is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJenny Odell is an artist and writer who teaches at Stanford\, has been an artist-in-residence at places like the San Francisco dump\, Facebook\, the Internet Archive\, and the San Francisco Planning Department\, and has exhibited her art all over the world. She lives in Oakland. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, April 18\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jenny-odell-how-to-do-nothing/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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