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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges in Translation
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics and Dirges returns with a fabulous reading focusing on literary translation. We have three translators who are also poets and writers to present their recent translations as well as speaking about how translating and their own creative writing inform each other.\n\nWe are on Zoom (link below) and FB Live (Lyrics & Dirges page)\n\nAnna Christine Rodas\nKaveh Bassiri\nZackary Sholem Berger\n\nAnna Christine Rodas is an itinerant teacher and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a Master’s Degree in Community Development and worked in this field both here in the Bay Area and internationally. Her academic research in Central American Literary Studies explores the social realities of war\, violence\, and trauma. Her poetry is an effort to bring the voices of these experiences to the page\, especially those of women. She views the female body as a colonized space and the written word as a practice to reclaim sovereignty.\n\nKaveh Bassiri is the author of two chapbooks: 99 Names of Exile (2019)\, winner of the Anzaldúa Poetry Prize\, and Elementary English (2020)\, winner of Rick Campbell Chapbook Prize. He is also the recipient of a 2019 translation fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His translations have appeared in The Common\, Chicago Review\, Denver Quarterly\, Colorado Review\, Two Lines\, The Los Angeles Review\, and The Massachusetts Review.\n\nZackary Sholem Berger (zackarysholemberger.com\, Twitter @DrZackaryBerger) is a poet and translator in English\, Yiddish\, and Hebrew. He writes frequently for the Yiddish Forward and other publications. His latest translation is Essential Prose of Avrom Sutzkever (White Goat Press\, 2020).\n\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, Linux\, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/94477442252\nOr iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833\,94477442252# or +12532158782\,94477442252#\nOr Telephone:\nDial:\n+1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)\n+1 253 215 8782 (US Toll)\n+1 346 248 7799 (US Toll)\n+1 312 626 6799 (US Toll)\n+1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)\n+1 301 715 8592 (US Toll)\nMeeting ID: 944 7744 2252\nInternational numbers available: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/u/ab18rLmNGx
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SUMMARY:Patricia Engel joined by Roberto Lovato\, Jean Guerrero\, Juliana Delgado Lopera
DESCRIPTION:Patricia Engel is joined by Roberto Lovato\, Jean Guerrero\, Juliana Delgado Lopero \ncelebrating the launch of her new novel \nInfinite Country \npublished by Simon and Schuster \n———- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. \n———– \nFor readers of Valeria Luiselli and Edwidge Danticat\, an urgent and lyrical novel about a Colombian family fractured by deportation\, offering an intimate perspective on an experience that so many have endured—and are enduring right now. \nTalia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá\, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight\, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north. \nHow this family came to occupy two different countries\, two different worlds\, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia’s parents\, Mauro and Elena\, fall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogotá with their firstborn\, Karina\, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visa\, and we see the births of two more children\, Nando and Talia\, on American soil. We witness the decisions and indecisions that lead to Mauro’s deportation and the family’s splintering—the costs they’ve all been living with ever since. \nAward-winning\, internationally acclaimed author Patricia Engel\, herself a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrants\, gives voice to all five family members as they navigate the particulars of their respective circumstances. And all the while\, the metronome ticks: Will Talia make it to Bogotá in time? And if she does\, can she bring herself to trade the solid facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her mother and siblings in America? \nRich with Bogotá urban life\, steeped in Andean myth\, and tense with the daily reality of the undocumented in America\, Infinite Country is the story of two countries and one mixed-status family—for whom every triumph is stitched with regret\, and every dream pursued bears the weight of a dream deferred. \n  \nPatricia Engel is the author of The Veins of the Ocean\, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; It’s Not Love\, It’s Just Paris\, winner of the International Latino Book Award; and Vida\, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway and Young Lions Fiction Awards\, New York Times Notable Book\, and winner of Colombia’s national book award\, the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her stories appear in The Best American Short Stories\, The Best American Mystery Stories\, The O. Henry Prize Stories\, and elsewhere. Born to Colombian parents\, Patricia teaches creative writing at the University of Miami. \nRoberto Lovato is a journalist and a member of The Writers Grotto. He is one of the country’s leading writers and thinkers on Central American gangs\, refugees\, violence and other issues. Lovato is also a co-founder of #DignidadLiteraria\, the national movement formed to combat the invisibility and silencing of Latinx stories and books in the U.S. publishing industry. He is also recipient of a reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center and a former fellow at UC Berkeley’s Latinx Research Center. His essays and reporting have appeared in numerous publications including Guernica\, Boston Globe\, Foreign Policy\, Guardian\, Los Angeles Times\, Der Spiegel\, La Opinion\, and other national and international publications. His most recent book is Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family\, Migration\, Gangs\, and Revolution in the Americas published by Harper Collins. He lives in San Francisco. \nJean Guerrero is an investigative journalist\, author and former foreign correspondent. She is the author of Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir (2018\, One World\,) winner of the PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize. Ms. Guerrero is the recipient of an Emmy Award for the KPBS Sereis AMERICA’S WALL. She is a contributor to the New York Times as well as NPR\, PBS\, and other public media\, and her writing is featured in Best American Essays 2019\, edited by Rebecca Solnit. She is the author of the book HATE MONGER: Stephen Miller\, Donald Trump\, and the White Nationalist Agenda. Guerrero lives in La Mesa\, California. \nJuliana Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer\, historian\, speaker and storyteller based in San Francisco. They’re the author of The New York Times acclaimed novel Fiebre Tropical\, out March 2020 from The Feminist Press. Juli is also the author of Quiéreme (Nomadic Press 2017) and ¡Cuéntamelo! (Aunt Lute 2017) an illustrated bilingual collection of oral histories by LGBT Latinx immigrants which won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. Juli’s received awarded fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook\, Headlands Center for The Arts\, Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and The SF Grotto. Their work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Teen Vogue\, The Kenyon Review\, McSweeney’s\, The Rumpus\, The White Review\, LALT\, Four Way Review\, Broadly\, TimeOut Mag to name a few. They are the former executive director of RADAR Productions  a queer literary non-profit in San Francisco. \n  \n  \nPraise for Infinite Country: \n\n“Patricia Engel is a wonder; her novels are marvels of exquisite control and profound and delicately evoked feeling. Infinite Country knocked me out with its elegant and lucid deconstruction of yearning\, family\, belonging\, and sacrifice. This is a book that speaks into the present moment with an oracle’s devastating coolness and clarity.” —Lauren Groff\, author of Florida and Fates and Furies  \n“Clear\, moving\, and perfectly calibrated\, Infinite Country follows the members of one mixed-immigration status family as they navigate dreams\, distance\, and the bonds of love and memory. Patricia Engel is a stunning writer with astonishing talents.” —Lisa Ko\, author of The Leavers \n“Infinite Country is a wonder\, and Patricia Engel is a magician. Epic yet exquisitely private\, a book to make you marvel.” —R.O. Kwon\, author of The Incendiaries \n“Engel’s vital story of a divided Colombian family is a book we need to read… The rare immigrant chronicle that is as long on hope as it is on heartbreak.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred) \n\n\n\n“A memorable line—”It was her idea to tie up the nun.”— launches the narrative with the force of a cannon as it switches back and forth between the present and the past. The immigrant’s story might be well-traveled ground\, but Engel (The Veins of the Ocean\, 2016) constructs a layered narrative outlining how the weight of every seemingly minor choice systematically cements into a crushing predicament…Lively folktales of the Muisca peoples punctuate Engel’s remarkable novel as it illuminates the true costs of living in the shadows. Told by a chorus of voices and perspectives\, this is as much an all-American story as it is a global one.” —Booklist (starred review) \n“Powerful and poignant\, Infinite Country crystallizes the questions we are asking today about migration\, family\, and our vision of the future. Patricia Engel has written a memorable and brutally honest response to the simplistic notion of what constitutes the American Dream.” —Maaza Mengiste\, author of The Shadow King \n“Infinite Country is both a timely and timeless novel. In beautiful prose\, Patricia Engel brings to life the courage and complexity of the immigrant experience\, illuminating the hardship of life between two countries and two languages\, and the search for family and belonging.” —Jennifer Clement\, author of Gun Love  \n“Everything Patricia Engel writes is lit up from the inside with beauty and power. Her prose is gorgeous and her characters are always achingly alive. —Carolina de Robertis\, author of Cantoras \n“What a breathtaking novel this is\, about family\, forgiveness\, and love while contending with the terrifying unknowns of being an immigrant in a merciless era. There is mercy\, however\, in every scene of Infinite Country—the kind of profound\, understated mercy that manifests in exceptional works of fiction. Patricia Engel is a tremendous writer\, and Infinite Country is her best novel yet.” —Idra Novey\, author of Those Who Knew  \n“A tender\, beautifully written\, and deeply transporting story springing with love and hope. The questions at the heart of Infinite Country are some of the most urgent of our time: Who is allowed in? How will I be known? What is home? Clever\, strong\, and born searching\, Talia hooked me the second she decided to tie up that nun.” —Dina Nayeri\, author of The Ungrateful Refugee \n\n\n\n“Patricia Engel has an elegant voice. But that finesse has a way of making the shocks and surprises in her fiction more stunning. Infinite Country is her most satisfying work. You won’t be sorry. Well\, you will be sorry when it ends.” —Luis Alberto Urrea\, author of House of Broken Angels and The Devil’s Highway \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuli Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer\, historian\, speaker and storyteller based in San Francisco. They’re the author of The New York Times acclaimed novel Fiebre Tropical\, out March 2020 from The Feminist Press. Juli is also the author of Quiéreme (Nomadic Press 2017) and ¡Cuéntamelo! (Aunt Lute 2017) an illustrated bilingual collection of oral histories by LGBT Latinx immigrants which won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. Juli’s received awarded fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook\, Headlands Center for The Arts\, Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and The SF Grotto. Their work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Teen Vogue\, The Kenyon Review\, McSweeney’s\, The Rumpus\, The White Review\, LALT\, Four Way Review\, Broadly\, TimeOut Mag to name a few. They are the former executive director of RADAR Productions  a queer literary non-profit in San Francisco.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patricia-engel-joined-by-roberto-lovato-jean-guerrero-juliana-delgado-lopero/
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #33
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom mundo. Curated y hosted by Josiahluis Alderete.\n\nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form:\nhttps://forms.gle/aHgoJxdUFXZXHjgQA\n\nThis month’s features: TBA\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like these\, please support Nomadic Press by donating via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating or buying a “ticket” at Eventrbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe will be posting the features’ Venmo handles during the event.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Speaking Axolotl\nTime: Jan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Thu\, 12 occurrence(s)\nJan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nFeb 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMar 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nApr 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMay 20\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJun 17\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJul 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nAug 19\, 2021 08:00 PM\nSep 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nOct 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nNov 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nDec 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYtd…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82006774895\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,82006774895# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,82006774895# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koTOCjKqF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-33/
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SUMMARY:mai c. doan
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, March 19\, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link)\nmai c. doan is a mixed femme poet and writer from Southern California. She has published and performed her work though the National Queer Arts Festival\, Entropy Magazine\, the Poetry Project\, and more. She holds an MFA from Mills College\, where she attended as a Community Engagement Fellow. water/tongue (Omnidawn\, 2019)\, her first full-length book\, is a 2020 Lambda Literary Award nominee\, is. Find her on the internet at maicdoan.com.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T180000
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #51
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\n\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\n\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
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SUMMARY:Maxima Kahn and Indigo Moor
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Maxima Kahn\, Fierce Aria\, and Indigo Moor\, Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something \, online via Zoom\, free\, 3:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: please click here; you will receive an email with a link to join the reading) \nMORE ABOUT THE READERS\nPlease join us for a Poetry Flash virtual reading on Sunday\, March 21 at 3:00 pm PDT! We are excited to bring you Maxima Kahn and Indigo Moor via Zoom. To register for this reading\, please click on the link in the calendar listing above. After you register\, you will receive an email invitation with a link to join the reading. Thank you for continuing to support Poetry Flash and our reading series during these unprecedented times. \nThis reading is co-sponsored by Moe’s Books in Berkeley; the featured books are available at bookshop.org/lists/poetry-flash-readings. \nMaxima Kahn’s first full-length collection of poems is Fierce Aria. Annie Finch says\, “I have learned to walk into the valley of my fears and losses\,” writes Maxima Kahn\, and the evidence of what she has learned is all over these amazing poems. Fierce Aria is a book with a post-Wallace Stevens mission: to coax the still perfection of ideas out of the abstract realm\, so they can take shape in the messy wilderness of reality. Distinctive\, honed\, vulnerable\, musical\, courageous\, honest\, Maxima Kahn’s poems are fully ripened\, fully considered—each one ready to drop richly into the hand like a subtly contoured fruit.” Kahn also writes poetry\, essays and fiction. Her work has been featured in numerous literary journals\, and on blogs such as The Creative Penn\, Tiny Buddha\, Positively Positive and The Startup; her own blog is Creative Sparks at BrilliantPlayground.com. She is also an improvisational violinist\, a composer\, and a dancer. She lives in the Sierra Nevada in California. \nIndigo Moor’s new book is Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something\, recipient of The Backwaters Prize in Poetry\, Honorable Mention\, University of Nebraska Press. Cornelius Eady says\, “I strongly suggest you carry Moor’s brilliant book\, Everybody’s Jonesin’ for Something\, home.…In this dazzling book\, you will read just how closely this poet has been paying attention\, to us\, to his histories\, foreign and domestic\, to our mighty (and sometimes mighty confusing) nation. Jonesin’ is a verse flashlight to all the corners you thought no one was supposed to pay attention to\, line by beautifully crafted line\, truth by earned truth. You’ll reach the last line of the last poem\, and trust me\, that’s when the hunger for more will begin.” Also a scriptwriter\, Moor is Poet Laureate emeritus of Sacramento. His other works include Tap-Root\, Through the Stonecutter’s Window (winner of the Northwestern University’s Cave Canem Prize)\, and In the Room of Thirsts and Hungers: The Mirrored Tragedies of Paul Robeson and Othello.
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SUMMARY:Michael Eric Dyson: Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books present: \n  \nMichael Eric Dyson: A Zoom Event \nLong Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America \nHosted by Sabrina Jacobs \n  \nBuilding on Tears We Cannot Stop\, a passionate call to America to finally reckon with race and start the journey to Redemption\, Michael Eric Dyson’s new book\, LONG TIME COMING: Reckoning with Race in America grapples with the cultural and social forces that have shaped our nation in the brutal crucible of race. In five chapters-each addressed to a contemporary martyr from Breonna Taylor to Rev. Clementa Pinckney-Dyson traces the genealogy of antiblackness from the slave ship to the street corner where Floyd lost his life-and where America gained its will to confront the ugly truth of systemic racism. \n  \nThe night of May 25\, 2020 changed America. George Floyd\, a 46-year-old black man\, was killed during an arrest in Minneapolis when a white cop suffocated him. The video of that night’s events went viral\, sparking the largest protests in the nation’s history and the sort of social unrest we have not seen since the sixties. While Floyd’s death was certainly the catalyst\, (heightened by the fact that it occurred during a pandemic whose victims were disproportionately of color) it was in truth the fuse that lit a powder keg that has been filling since America’s promising but perilous beginning. In LONG TIME COMING\, Dyson examines the cultural imperatives of black death\, the plague of police brutality\, the white theft of black bodies and opportunities. \n  \nMICHAEL ERIC DYSON – Distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies\, College of Arts & Science\, and of Ethics and Society\, Divinity School\, and Centennial Professor at Vanderbilt University- is one of America’s premier public intellectuals\, and the author of seven New York Times bestsellers. \n  \nSABRINA JACOBS is the producer and host of KPFA’s popular show “A Rude Awakening.” \n  \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \n  \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/michael-eric-dyson-sabrina-jacobs-reckoning-with-race-in-america-tickets-137147695449
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210326T180000
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #52
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME! \nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\n\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-52/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210328T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210328T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
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SUMMARY:Barbara Hamby and Barbara Ras
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Flash presents a virtual poetry reading by Barbara Hamby\, Holoholo\, and Barbara Ras\, The Blues of Heaven\, online via Zoom\, free\, 3:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: please click here; you will receive an email with a link to join the reading) \nMORE ABOUT THE READERS\nPlease join us for a Poetry Flash virtual reading on Sunday\, March 28 at 3:00 pm PDT! We are excited to bring you Barbara Ras and Barbara Hamby via Zoom. To register for this reading\, please click on the link in the calendar listing above. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Thank you for continuing to support Poetry Flash and our reading series during these unprecedented times. \nThis reading is co-sponsored by Moe’s Books in Berkeley; the featured books are available at bookshop.org/lists/poetry-flash-readings. \nBarbara Ras’s new book of poems is The Blues of Heaven\, both personal\, dealing with grief over the death of a brother and memories of growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Polish immigrants\, and national\, reflecting on gun violence\, the climate crisis\, and the fecklessness of an ignorant\, corrupt government. Naomi Shihab Nye said\, “The Blues of Heaven radiates with immense tenderness—here are poems of vivid painterly wonderment\, perfect pacing and weight\, elegantly woven counterpoints of shimmering imagery.” Ras’s previous collections include Bite Every Sorrow\, winner of the Walt Whitman Award and a Kate Tufts Discovery Award\, One Hidden Stuff\, and The Lost Skin. Her poetry has been published in The New Yorker\, Tin House\, Granta\, Orion\, and elsewhere\, and she’s been awarded fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation\, among others. She lives in San Antonio\, Texas\, and is the founding director emerita of the Trinity University Press. \nBarbara Hamby’s new book of poems is Holoholo\, the Hawaiian word for strolling without a fixed destination. A collage of one woman’s consciousness\, spoken in an American lingo\, including Yiddish and street talk\, its three sections motor across wars\, racial tension\, street violence\, and other assorted national chaos. Billy Collins said\, “”Barbara Hamby’s poems are wild\, outspoken\, seriously funny\, motor-mouth rambles that take us through hoops of association to places both unexpected and unimpeachable. This collection offers a generous helping of poems so crackling with references and busy with verbal energy you might feel them buzzing in your hands.” She’s the author of seven previous collections\, most recently Bird Odyssey and On the Street of Divine Love: New and Selected Poems. Her book of linked stories\, Lester Higata’s 20th Century\, was the winner of the 2010 University of Iowa John Simmons Award. A 2010 Guggenheim fellow\, she is also co-editor\, with her husband David Kirby\, of Seriously Funny\, an anthology of poetry.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/barbara-hamby-and-barbara-ras/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210331T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
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SUMMARY:Claudio Saunt & Mickey Huff: Unworthy Republic: A Zoom event
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nCLAUDIO SAUNT & MICKEY HUFF: A Zoom Event \nUnworthy Republic: Dispossession of Native Americans\nand the Road to Indian Territory\nFinalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction\nPublishers Weekly “Top 10” Best Book of 2020 \n“One of the most important books published on U.S. history in recent years and should be required reading for all Americans.”-Sven Beckert\, author of Empire of Cotton \n“”Unworthy Republic” is a powerful and lucid account\, weaving together events with the people who experienced them up close….Saunt has written an unflinching book that reckons with this history and its legacy.”-Jennifer Szalai\, New York Times \n“There has been insufficient ‘reckoning with the conquest of the continent\,’ Claudio Saunt relays in this excellent new book. In many accounts of U.S. history\, the discussion of the mass deportation of native nations during the 1830s remains far too brief. Deportation’s legacies in law\, culture\, and community continue to this day and find powerful exploration in this important addition to the field.” \n-Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone)\, professor of history and American studies\, Yale University \n“Unworthy Republic offers a much-needed corrective to the American canon\, showing how a heavy-handed president\, a deadlocked Congress\, and a lust for profit combined to construct a shameful national legacy. This book is timely\, provocative\, heart-wrenching\, and original?a riveting story that invites us all to reflect on how we got where we are today.” \n-Elizabeth Fenn\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Encounters at the Heart of the World \nClaudio Saunt is the author of award-winning books\, including West of the Revolution\, A New Order of Things\, and Black\, White\, and Indian. He lives in Athens\, Georgia. \nMickey Huff is the currently Director of Project Censored and president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/claudio-saunt-mickey-huff-tickets-137141043553
URL:https://litseen.com/event/claudio-saunt-mickey-huff-unworthy-republic-a-zoom-event/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210402T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210402T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
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SUMMARY:Aiden Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 2\, 2021 | 5:00 pm PDT | Zoom (RSVP to receive the event link)\nAiden Thomas is a YA author with an MFA in creative writing from Mills College. Originally from Oakland\, California\, they now make their home in Portland\, Oregon. Aiden’s special talents include: quoting The Office\, finishing sentences with “is my FAVORITE\,” and killing spiders. Aiden is notorious for not being able to guess the endings of books and movies\, and organizes their bookshelves by color. In Aiden’s debut novel\, Cemetery Boys\, a trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aiden-thomas/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mills College":MAILTO:syoung@mills.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210402T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210301T054544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T054544Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #53
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\n\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\n\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\n\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-53/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210407T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210407T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
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SUMMARY:Greg Grandin & Edwards-Tiekert: Empire's Workshop
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: \nGreg Grandin & Brian Edwards-Tiekert Zoom Event\nEmpire’s Workshop: Latin America\, the U.S.\, and the Rise of the New Imperialism \n“Grandin has always been a brilliant historian; now he uses his detective skills in a book that is absolutely crucial to understanding our present.” -Naomi Klein\, author of No Logo \n“Greg Grandin knows the history of modern Guatemala better than anybody else in the world outside of that country-and therefore understands the nature of U.S. attitudes and action toward Latin America at their most disturbing. This grants him keen insight into the manic ferocity behind U.S. imperialism across the globe today\, which he describes in fine\, rich\, vivid\, bitter detail. Grandin also shrewdly observes that the outrages possible in little U.S. neo-colonies are not so easy to accomplish on a grand scale… -John Womack\, author of Zapata \nThe British and Roman empires are often invoked as precedents to the Bush administration’s aggressive foreign policy. But America’s imperial identity was actually shaped much closer to  home. In a brilliant excavation of long-obscured history\, Empire’s Workshop shows how Latin America has functioned as a proving ground for American strategies and tactics overseas. Historian Greg Grandin follows the United States’ imperial operations from Jefferson’s aspirations for an “empire of liberty” in Cuba and Spanish Florida to Bush’s policies\, where many of the administration’s leading lights first embraced the deployment of military power to advance free market economics and enlisted the evangelical movement in support of their ventures. \nGreg Grandin is the author of Fordlandia\, Empire’s Workshop\, The Last Colonial Massacre\, and the award-winning The Blood of Guatemala. \nBrian Edwards-Tiekert is the founder and co-host of UpFront\, the morning drive-time public affairs program on KPFA Radio. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/greg-grandin-brian-edwards-tiekert-latin-america-us-new-imperialism-tickets-138075257813
URL:https://litseen.com/event/greg-grandin-edwards-tiekert-empires-workshop/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210408T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210408T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210301T014038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T014038Z
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SUMMARY:Women Lit #UNBOUND Presents: Secrets and the Search for Self: Alka Joshi on The Henna Artist
DESCRIPTION:At 62\, debut novelist Alka Joshi shattered literary glass ceilings with The Henna Artist\, the “eloquent and moving” (Publishers Weekly) story of a 17-year-old girl who\, after fleeing a dark past\, finds herself a highly coveted henna artist (and secret confessor) to the wealthy upper-caste women of 1950s Jaipur.  A New York Times bestseller and instant book-club favorite\, this tale lifts the veil on a rarefied\, fascinating world\, fraught with more intrigue and whisper campaigns than the court of Versailles\, with a heroine whose shrewdness and vulnerability are poignantly relatable.  Said actress and bibliophile Reese Witherspoon\, who chose it for her book club\, The Henna Artist “captivated me from the first chapter to the final page.” \nWomen Lit is presenting this exciting first-time novelist and her hypnotic debut with the Sausalito Woman’s Club and Sausalito Books by the Bay for an exclusive\, members-only opportunity. If you’re not yet a Women Lit member\, sign up below and don’t miss your chance to ask Joshi about crafting a remarkable world\, the surprise of taking the book world by storm with her first novel\, and making compulsively readable literary magic. \nEvent Details\nEach ticket includes private access to the event recording for 10 days following the live event. All copies will be shipped by Sausalito Books by the Bay starting April 6. Signed bookplate copies are limited and we can only accept book orders that ship within the United States.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/women-lit-unbound-presents-secrets-and-the-search-for-self-alka-joshi-on-the-henna-artist/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210409T193000
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CREATED:20210301T054724Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #54
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\n\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\n\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\n\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\n\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-54/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210414T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210414T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210314T212317Z
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SUMMARY:Vivian Gornick & Kris Welch: Taking a Long Look\, a Zoom event
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nVIVIAN GORNICK with KRIS WELCH\nTaking a Long Look: Essays on Culture\, Literature and Feminism \nTAKING A LONG LOOK: ESSAYS ON CULTURE\, LITERATURE AND FEMINISM IN OUR TIME is described by Publishers Weekly as “illuminating and a welcome addition to this astute critic’s oeuvre.” \nVivian Gornick has brought together 40 years of  her work. Alternately crackling with energy or lucid with insight\, the essays show us one of America’s most beloved critics at her best. She tackles subjects familiar and not\, from feminism\, literature\, and culture to race\, science\, and ecology. Many of these essays are now out of print\, and several have been revised to reflect Gornick’s initial editorial intent. Featuring a new introduction\, Taking A Long Look illuminates one of the main themes present throughout Gornick’s work: that the painful process of knowing one’s self is what connects us all. \nExploring the lives of Alfred Kazin\, Mary McCarthy\, Philip Roth\, and Herman Melville; the cultural impact of Silent Spring and Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Gornick’s incendiary essays\, first published in the Village Voice\, on the women’s liberation movements of the 70s; plus many a New York story\, these essays show us one of America’s most beloved critics at her best. \nVivian Gornick is a writer and critic whose work has received two National Book Critics Circle Award nominations and been collected in The Best American Essays 2014. Gornick became a legendary writer for Village Voice\, chronicling the emergence of the feminist movements in the 1970s\, and a respected literary critic. Her works include the memoirs Fierce Attachments-ranked the best memoir of the last fifty years by the New York Times-The Odd Woman and the City\, and Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader\, as well as the classic text on writing\, The Situation and the Story. \nKris Welch is a veteran\, very popular KPFA on-air host\, a mother\, and a devoted  grandmother. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/vivian-gornick-kris-welch-taking-a-long-look-tickets-137661131149
URL:https://litseen.com/event/vivian-gornick-kris-welch-taking-a-long-look-a-zoom-event/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210301T054841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T054841Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #34
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom mundo. Curated y hosted by Josiahluis Alderete.\n\nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form:\nhttps://forms.gle/aHgoJxdUFXZXHjgQA\n\nThis month’s features: TBA\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like these\, please support Nomadic Press by donating via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating or buying a “ticket” at Eventrbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe will be posting the features’ Venmo handles during the event.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Speaking Axolotl\nTime: Jan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Thu\, 12 occurrence(s)\nJan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nFeb 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMar 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nApr 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMay 20\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJun 17\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJul 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nAug 19\, 2021 08:00 PM\nSep 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nOct 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nNov 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nDec 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYtd…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82006774895\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,82006774895# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,82006774895# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koTOCjKqF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-34/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210416T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210416T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210301T055020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T055020Z
UID:62535-1618596000-1618601400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #55
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\n\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\n\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\n\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\n\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-55/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210418T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210418T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210415T052532Z
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SUMMARY:CWC SPEAKER SERIES: Emily Cotler of WaxCreative Author Websites
DESCRIPTION:Emily Cotler is the Creative Director and principal of Waxcreative Design\, Inc. She is the co-author of Web Redesign 2.0: Workflow that Works\, an established standard for workflow methodologies and user-centered design principles worldwide. (Peachpit Press; 2nd edition; co-written with web design industry titan Kelly Goto\, translated into 14 languages.) \nA graduate of UCLA\, Emily started designing effective websites for authors in the late 1990s. A decade later\, Wax is a leader in fan-based Web sites for authors and others. Her dozens of clients include New York Times best-selling authors Julia Quinn\, Eloisa James\, and Elizabeth Boyle\, and span North America and Europe. \nEmily is passionate about navigation\, luring\, and user pathways. Understanding that audience is more than a statistical demographic\, Emily focuses on reaching visitors based on their level of brand devotion. \nWhen not connected fingertip-to-keyboard\, Emily can be found at the park with her young daughter\, where she often mentally redesigns the play structures for better user flow. Emily lives in Oakland\, California. \n  \n### \n  \nToday\, the California Writers Club is the third oldest writing club in the United States. Membership has grown to 1\,800 members in 22 Branches throughout the state. Although named the Berkeley Branch when the Club reorganized into formal Branches and a Central Board in the mid-1970s\, the Branch meets in Oakland monthly September-June. The statewide Central Board holds its biannual meetings in Oakland as well. \n  \nCWC member/volunteers serve aspiring writers\, published writers\, and supporters by providing speaker programs\, contests\, critique and support groups\, workshops\, publishing opportunities\, networking events (online and F2F)\, and more. \n  \n$10 For Members\, $20 For Non-Members. \n  \nhttps://cwc-berkeley.org berkeley.cwc@gmail.com 510-629-1909
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cwc-speaker-series-emily-cotler-of-waxcreative-author-websites/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="California Writers Club - Berkeley":MAILTO:berkeley.cwc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210420T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210415T050939Z
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SUMMARY:Dave Cook & Jeff Chang: Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books present\nDavey D & Jeff Chang: A Zoom Event\n“Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History”\nThe American Book Award Winner Now Adapted for Young Adults \nCAN’T STOP WON’T STOP: A Hip-Hop History is the story\, adapted for young adults\, of Hip-Hop\, a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever.  Arguably the most definitive book on the subject of hip-hop\, CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP has garnered many honors\, including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. Jeff’s subsequent work has won the Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Work in Popular Culture and American Culture\, and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and Books for a Better Life Award. \nHip-hop is one of the most dominant and influential cultures in America\, giving new voice to the younger generation. An opportunity to provide historical depth to the next generation’s worldview\, the YA edition of CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP explores hip-hop’s beginnings up to the present day. In this new edition\, Jeff Chang and Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook provide a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation has created. Based on original interviews with DJs\, b-boys\, rappers\, activists\, and gang members\, with unforgettable portraits of many of Hip Hop’s forebears\, founders\, mavericks\, and present-day icons\, CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP chronicles the epic events\, ideas and the music that marked the Hip Hop generation’s rise. \nJEFF CHANG has written extensively on culture\, politics\, the arts\, and music. \nDAVE ‘DAVEY D’ COOK was born and raised in the Bronx and is now a longtime resident of Oakland. He is a graduate of Cal Berkeley and a nationally recognized journalist\, adjunct professor at San Francisco State\, Hip Hop historian\, political commentator\, syndicated talk show host\, radio programmer\, media justice and community activist. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/davey-d-jeff-chang-cant-stop-wont-stop-a-hip-hop-history-tickets-143437518479
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dave-cook-jeff-chang-cant-stop-wont-stop-a-hip-hop-history/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210420T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210301T055153Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Get Lit #71
DESCRIPTION:We’re in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time limit + live music. All ages are welcome. Emceed by Abe Becker.\n\nNomadic Press’ Safe Space Statement and Process: https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess\n\nPoster by Jevohn Tyler Newsome\n\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly-get…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $200.\n\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Get Lit\nTime: Feb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Tue\, until Dec 21\, 2021\, 11 occurrence(s)\nFeb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMar 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nApr 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMay 18\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJun 15\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJul 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nAug 17\, 2021 07:00 PM\nSep 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nOct 19\, 2021 07:00 PM\nNov 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nDec 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZIkcOmhrD8qGNS4vvapk6…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86970924020\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nOne tap mobile\n+13126266799\,\,86970924020# US (Chicago)\n+19292056099\,\,86970924020# US (New York)\nDial by your location\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc84C7yxDO
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-get-lit-71/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210301T181727Z
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SUMMARY:Ada Limón & Aria Aber
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 21 2021\, 2:00pm via Zoom \nAda Limón is the author of five books of poetry\, including The Carrying\, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and was named one of the top 5 poetry books of the year by the Washington Post. Her fourth book Bright Dead Things was named a finalist for the National Book Award\, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency M.F.A program\, and the online and summer programs for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. In Spring 2021\, Limón is serving as Distinguished Visiting Writer in Poetry\, teaching English 342: Poetry Workshop and English 352: Poetry Tutorial for the MFA in Creative Writing program. \nAria Aber was raised in Germany. Her debut book Hard Damage won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was published in September 2019. Her poems are forthcoming or have appeared in The New Yorker\, New Republic\, Kenyon Review\, The Yale Review\, Poem-A-Day\, Narrative\, Muzzle Magazine\, Wasafiri and elsewhere. A graduate from the NYU MFA in Creative Writing\, where she was the Writers in Public Schools Fellow\, she holds awards and fellowships from Kundiman\, Dickinson House\, and the Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing. For Spring 2020\, Aber will be the Li Shen Visiting Writer at Mills College. She is at work on a second book of poems and a novel. Aber is serving as the Visiting Editor in Poetry this semester for MFA in Creative Writing Program.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ada-limon-aria-aber/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210423T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210301T055336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T055336Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #56
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\n\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\n\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\n\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\n\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-56/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210425T002854Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Get Lit #73
DESCRIPTION:We’re in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time limit + live music. All ages are welcome. Emceed by Abe Becker.\nNomadic Press’ Safe Space Statement and Process: https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess\nPoster by Jevohn Tyler Newsome\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly-get…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $200.\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Get Lit\nTime: Feb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Tue\, until Dec 21\, 2021\, 11 occurrence(s)\nFeb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMar 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nApr 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMay 18\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJun 15\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJul 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nAug 17\, 2021 07:00 PM\nSep 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nOct 19\, 2021 07:00 PM\nNov 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nDec 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZIkcOmhrD8qGNS4vvapk6…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86970924020\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nOne tap mobile\n+13126266799\,\,86970924020# US (Chicago)\n+19292056099\,\,86970924020# US (New York)\nDial by your location\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc84C7yxDO
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-get-lit-73/
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T200000
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CREATED:20210424T221847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T221913Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special presents: Roots
DESCRIPTION:Join SNS this month\, for a reading about ROOTS. For our April writing challenge\, you are invited to explore an origin story\, history\, or ancestry (your own\, a relative’s\, a fictional character’s) or write about what anchors or nourishes you or what holds you back (literally or metaphorically) or write about trees\, tulips\, turnips or kites. You get the idea \n*Special thanks to Greg Roensch for suggesting this month’s theme.\n\nAPRIL FEATURES:\nMatthew Clark Davison & Andres Cordoba\n\nOPEN MIC: Share your poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our (optional) theme (or any topic).\nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum.\n\nSATURDAY\, April 24\, 2020\n7 – 9:30 pm\n\nHOSTED BY: Hollie Hardy\n\nSIGN UP starts one week in advance\, on April. 17. Requests added in the order received until the list is full.\nTo sign up\, please put your request to read in the event comments\, or direct message Hollie Hardy. Please time your reading & keep it to 3 minutes max.\n\nZOOM INFO:\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nhttps://cccconfer.zoom.us/…/tJMrdOqspjsrHtDrqxtbnGOR1IS…\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the reading.\n\nAUTHOR BIOS\nMATTHEW CLARK DAVISON’s debut novel\, Doubting Thomas\, will be published in Summer 2021 by Amble Press. He’s full-time faculty in Creative Writing at SFSU and creator and teacher of The Lab :: Writing Classes with MCD a non-academic school started in 2007 in a friend’s living room. The textbook version of The Lab \, co-authored by bestselling writer Alice LaPlante\, will be published by Norton in 2022. His prose has been recently anthologized in Empty The Pews (Epiphany Publishing) and 580-Split; and published in or on Guernica\, The Atlantic Monthly\, The Advocate\, Exquisite Pandemic\, Foglifter\, Lumina Magazine\, Per Contra\, and others; and has been recognized with a Creative Work Grant\, Cultural Equities Grant. Clark Gross Award for a Novel-in-Progress\, and a Stonewall Alumni Award.\n\nANDRES CORDOBA is a Massachusetts-born writer. He has received honors such as the Thayer Fellowship For the Arts and the Patricia Kerr Ross Award\, was named a 2019 Breakout 8 Writer in poetry by Epiphany: A Literary Journal\, and was a finalist in Black Warrior Review’s 2020 Poetry Contest. He has just recently militarized his focus; catch him croaking his catharsis in a parking lot with a loaded spliff\, all tobacco heavy-headed with hands muddy from the night shift. More can be found on twitter (@urgoodpalandres) and instagram (@urgoodpal_andres).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-presents-roots/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210425T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210425T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
CREATED:20210415T052903Z
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SUMMARY:CWC WORKSHOP: How To Submit Your Poetry With Keith M. Gaboury
DESCRIPTION:This workshop led by poet Keith M. Gaboury will focus on a step-by-step process of how a poet can submit their poetry to a wide range of literary journals along with presses that accept chapbooks and full-length manuscripts. From such topics as knowing which literary journals to submit to\, formatting a cover letter\, and following submission guidelines\, Keith will break this seemingly daunting process into goals that are readily attainable. All this information will be shared through a Google Doc that will remain active indefinitely. In addition\, the Google Doc will have links to online databases of literary journals / presses and websites that feature active submission calls. At the end of the workshop\, a poet will have a thorough understanding of how they can send their poetry out into the literary world. \nKeith Mark Gaboury earned a M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College. His poems have appeared in such literary publications as Poetry Quarterly and New Millennium Writings along with chapbooks from Duck Lake Books and The Pedestrian Press. He has a forthcoming chapbook from Finishing Line Press. Keith lives in Oakland\, California. Learn more at www.keithmgaboury.com. \n### \nToday\, the California Writers Club (CWC) is the third oldest writing club in the United States. Membership has grown to 1\,800 members in 22 Branches throughout the state. Although named the Berkeley Branch when the Club reorganized into formal Branches and a Central Board in the mid-1970s\, the Branch meets in Oakland monthly September-June. The statewide Central Board holds its biannual meetings in Oakland as well. \nCWC member/volunteers serve aspiring writers\, published writers\, and supporters by providing speaker programs\, contests\, critique and support groups\, workshops\, publishing opportunities\, networking events (online and F2F)\, and more. \n$10 For Members\, $20 For Non-Members. \nhttps://cwc-berkeley.org berkeley.cwc@gmail.com 510-629-1909
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cwc-workshop-how-to-submit-your-poetry-with-keith-m-gaboury/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="California Writers Club - Berkeley":MAILTO:berkeley.cwc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
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SUMMARY:Aviva Chomsky & Mickey Huff: Central America's Forgotten History
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents\nAVIVA CHOMSKY & MICKEY HUFF: A Zoom Event\nCentral America’s Forgotten History: Revolution\, Violence\, and the Roots of Migration \nAviva Chomsky restores the region’s fraught history of repression and resistance to popular consciousness and connects the United States’ interventions and influence to the influx of refugees seeking asylum today. \nAt the center of the current immigration debate are migrants from Central America fleeing poverty\, corruption\, and violence in search of asylum in the United States. In Central America’s Forgotten History\, Aviva Chomsky answers the urgent question “How did we get here?” She outlines how we often fail to remember the circumstances and ongoing effects of Central America’s historical inequality and oppression\, a direct result of colonial and neo-colonial development policies and the cultures of violence and forgetting needed to implement them. \nChomsky expertly recounts Central Americans’ valiant struggles for social and economic justice to restore these vivid and gripping events to popular consciousness. She traces the roots of displacement and migration in Central America to the Spanish conquest and brings us to the present day\, where she concludes that the more immediate roots of migration from the three Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador\, Guatemala\, and Honduras) lie in the wars and in the US interventions of the 1980s and the peace accords of the 1990s. \nChomsky also examines how and why histories and memories are suppressed\, and the impact of losing historical memory. \nAviva Chomsky is the author of several books\, including Undocumented and “They Take Our Jobs!\,”  Chomsky has been active in the Latin American solidarity and immigrants’ rights movements for over thirty years. \nMickey Huff is the current Director of Project Censored and president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/aviva-chomsky-mickey-huff-central-americas-forgotten-history-tickets-137895929437
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aviva-chomsky-mickey-huff-central-americas-forgotten-history/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210430T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Low Rent Prophet by Dani Gabriel
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the release of Dani Gabriel’s full-length collection of poetry\, Low Rent Prophet.\nReadings by Josiah Luis Alderete\, James Tracy\, and of course\, Dani Gabriel. Emcee and musician to be announced soon!\nPreorder your copy here: https://www.nomadicpress.org/store/lowrentprophet\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Book Release: Low Rent Prophet by Dani Gabriel\nTime: Apr 30\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81683548873…\nMeeting ID: 816 8354 8873\nPasscode: 201235\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,81683548873#\,\,\,\,*201235# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,81683548873#\,\,\,\,*201235# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 816 8354 8873\nPasscode: 201235\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc06ffs49o
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-low-rent-prophet-by-dani-gabriel/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T113051
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SUMMARY:See No Stranger: A Radical Vision for Mending our World
DESCRIPTION:This is the book we have been waiting for. It calls us up and calls us into the hard and necessary work to heal our wounds and reimagine the world. —Van Jones \nThe Festival’s opening event\, free to all\, is a clarion call to heal America and our own hearts. The United States\, lauded in its national anthem as “the land of the free and the home of the brave\,” continues to be plagued by endless gun violence\, police murders of unarmed Black people\, threats to democracy\, and hatred of “the other”… with an alarming increase in targeted anti-Asian attacks in the past year\, too. Ever since her Sikh family friend was shot after 9/11\, attorney and activist Valarie Kaur\, the daughter of Sikh farmers in Central California\, has achieved crucial policy change on multiple fronts\, including hate crimes\, racial profiling\, immigration detention\, and solitary confinement. Now she targets hatred itself. Her TED Talk on that topic has garnered more than three million views. \nYou can see Valarie live\, and ask your questions\, as she’s interviewed by Mother Jones race and justice reporter Jamilah King about Kaur’s book See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love\, that expands on that blockbuster TED talk. The book has been praised by visionaries across the progressive spectrum\, from Eve Ensler to Reza Aslan. The New Jim Crow author Michelle Alexander called it “inspirational\, radical…  a reliable moral compass.” What is this “revolutionary love”? It’s far “more than a rush of feeling\,” Kaur says. “Love is fierce labor.” Discover just what this kind of love is and how you too can “be the change you want to see\,” as Gandhi\, and now this powerful woman\, call us to do. \nYou can submit questions when you register\, and we’ll also take questions live during the event. \nRegister Here\n\nFree of charge\, but you must register to receive the viewing link.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/see-no-stranger-a-radical-vision-for-mending-our-world/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Love and Illusion: Kazuo Ishiguro on Klara and the Sun
DESCRIPTION:When bestselling novelist Kazuro Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017\, the Nobel committee described him as having “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection in the world.” Now here’s your chance to ask this “poet of the unspoken” (New York Times) your questions about his vision\, writing life\, and his first novel since winning the Nobel. Reserve your spot now and get your copy of that novel\, Klara and the Sun (complete with a signed bookplate for the first 250 ticket-holders) as soon as it drops in March\, with plenty of time to drink it in before our live event. \nFrom Remains of the Day (“an almost perfect book\,” said The New Yorker‘s James Wood) to Never Let Me Go (deemed “a page-turner and a heartbreaker” by Entertainment Weekly)\, Ishiguro’s equal fluency with wildly imaginative surrealism and the delicate bonds of relationships has changed the literary world’s perception of what a novel can do. Klara and The Sun is no exception. Grounded in a futuristic milieu\, this “dazzling genre-bending work” (Publishers Weekly) sheds powerful beams of light on everything from environmental destruction to the secret sorrows of childhood\, through the adventures of “Artificial Friend” Klara\, a solar-powered humanlike robot designed to be a child’s companion. Ishiguro’s partner for this conversation is rising literary star Yaa Gyasi\, a PEN/Hemingway award winner for Homegoing\, whose newest novel\, 2020’s Transcendent Kingdom\, was called “a book of blazing brilliance” by The Washington Post. \nThese renowned authors come from two very different generations\, backgrounds\, and literary styles\, but they share an uncanny ability to lay bare the secrets of the human heart. And we can’t wait to share their unforgettable presence with you in this much-anticipated headlining event. \nEvent Details\nEach ticket includes private access to the event recording for 10 days following the live event. Signed copies are limited to the first 250 buyers of that ticket type and all copies will be shipped by Green Apple Books in San Francisco starting March 2. We can only accept book orders that ship within the United States.
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LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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