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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 19\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series \nLyrics and Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. \nHosted and curated by Mk Chavez and Sharon Coleman. Every third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 19\, 2017 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705\n\n\n\n\nEvent Category:\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Spring in Translation: Poets on Translation
DESCRIPTION:Lighting one candle\nWith another candle;\nAn evening of spring.\n–Yosa Buson \nA reading by five poet/translators. A reading of translation\, of translating and of not translating. \nNorma Cole\nJavier O. Huerta\nAlex Cigale\nAraceli\nTerry Taplin
URL:https://litseen.com/event/spring-in-translation-poets-on-translation/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Mystical Poetry and the Awakened Heart
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Acharya Shunya and Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brianfeaturing heartfelt conversations on Bhakti and the Hidden Sweetness\, and poetry reading by Yogacharya from her latest award-winning poetry collection\, “The Moon Reminded Me”. \nPoetry says what the mind can only glimpse but the heart knows full well. It is the ancient language of the soul spoken by all mystic bards of Bhakti\, the yoga of devotion calling us to awaken to divine Love. Through the ages\, poetry persists as the soul insists on revealing itself again and again. Yogacharya Ellen O’Brian’s reading from her collection of poems invites the mind to sink into the heart of divine remembrance. \nCome—listen\, meditate\, remember what matters most\, who you really are. \nApril 20\, 2017 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, 8:30 – 9:00 pm – Book signing by Yogacharya\nVedika Global Emeryville\, CA\nThis event is open to the public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mystical-poetry-and-the-awakened-heart/
LOCATION:Vedika Global\, 5950 Doyle St.\, Emeryville\, CA\, 94608\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Dana Goia Reading
DESCRIPTION:Please join California poet laureate\, Dana Gioia\, El Cerrito poet laureate\, Maw Shein Win\, and Kiara Chatman and Camila Morales-Jimenez\, Poetry Out Loud Student Champions of Contra Costa County for a poetry reading and conversation. The event will take place on Thursday\, April 20th at 6:30pm at the El Cerrito Public Library located at 6510 Stockton Avenue. \nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dana-goia-reading/
LOCATION:El Cerrito Public Library\, 6510 Stockton Ave\, El Cerrito\, CA\, 94530\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Small Press Celebration: Editorial Argonáutica
DESCRIPTION:IESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Mark Haber\, Scott Esposito and Editorial Argonáutica to the store to celebrate their latest bilingual books on Thursday\, April 20th at 7pm. \nArgonáutica is a Mexican press based in Monterrey\, Mexico\, an industrial city torn between the “Texas Way of Life” and one of the richest cultures in the world. Their mission is to bring world literature together\, to reflect on the translation process and to promote authors that would otherwise not cross their borders. In addition to its artistic value\, literature tells the story of culture and its individuals\, as well as the way they interact with each other. Argonáutica’s goal is to help create a dialogue between the voices in each culture. \n[El proyecto editorial de Argonáutica arrancó con el objetivo de acercar las literaturas del mundo\, profundizar en el acto de la traducción y destacar la figura del traductor.  Un aspecto distintivo de la editorial es la intención de publicar ediciones bilingües en las que sea posible cotejar las particularidades\, giros y modos de cada lengua. Este enfoque permite abordar el fenómeno de la traducción como arte y como intercambio cultural. \nEn Argonáutica vemos la literatura como un elemento de contacto entre culturas y\, por lo tanto\, buscamos colaborar con instituciones culturales de diferentes países para establecer alianzas y proyectos editoriales en conjunto. Además de su valor estético\, la literatura da cuenta de la diversidad de individuos y comunidades que interactúan en el contexto global de la contemporaneidad. \nArgonáutica\, además de proyecto editorial\, pretende ser una plataforma para el diálogo intercultural de voces literarias provenientes de distintas latitudes.] \n* * * \nMark Haber‘s Melville´s Beard [Las barbas de Melville] is a collection of nine absurd stories varying in structure and tone. Each examines the human condition and the dilemmas we face in the tempest of our own self-induced problems. These are obscure\, weird and\, in many cases\, disturbing stories. Mark’s stories are ageless because they speak to us\, demanding we question our own natures\, regardless of time and space. \n[Es un libro de nueve relatos absurdos\, con diferentes estructuras y tonos. Mark escribe sobre la condición humana\, sobre los problemas a los que nos enfrentamos y que nosotros mismos creamos. Las suyas son historias oscuras\, extrañas y perturbadoras. Son atemporales porque cuestionan la naturaleza del hombre sin importar tiempo o espacio.] \nMark was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Clearwater\, Florida. He is the store manager of Brazos Bookstore in Houston\, Texas. He has been a juror on the Best Translated Book Award for 2016 and 2017. His criticism has appeared in The Rumpus\, Music & Literature\, LitHub. and The Quarterly Conversation. His debut collection of short stories\, Deathbed Conversions\, was published in 2009. \n* * * \nScott Esposito‘s Latin American Mixtape [Mixtape Latinoamericano] is not just a collection of literary essays on Latin American writers\, it’s also about the insight that comes from a magnificent reader from abroad reading the great writers of a foreign continent. It includes three never-before-published pieces\, exclusive interviews and a sharp point of view on literature. \n[La serie de ensayos «lados b»\, como los llama el autor\, no hablan solo del trabajo de autores latinoamericanos\, sino también de la perspectiva de un extradordinario lector extranjero a partir de la lectura de grandes escritores. Incluye tres textos inéditos\, entrevistas y una agudísima visión de la literatura en general.] \nScott is the author of The Surrender (2016\, Anomalous Press)\, The Doubles (forthcoming\, Civil Coping Mechanisms) and co-author of The End of Oulipo? (written with Lauren Elkin\, Zero Books\, 2013). Some of his texts have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement\, La Tempestad (Mexican magazine)\, Granta en español\, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times\, among others. He is a senior editor of Two Lines Press\, contributing editor of BOMB magazine\, and founder of The Quarterly Conversation. \n  \nBoth books will be available for purchase at the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/small-press-celebration-editorial-argonautica/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:JP Voyer
DESCRIPTION:Join Pro Arts and Little Black Cart on April 20th\, 7:00 – 9:00 at Pro Arts Gallery for a book launch and reception for the English language version of “Inquiry Into the Causes and Nature of the Misery of People” by JP Voyer. \nThis statement from the co-translator of Voyer’s book\, Isaac Cronin\, explains briefly why he believes The Inquiry is the most important work of social criticism written since World War II. \n“In the early 70s as the Situationist International imploded Voyer’s timely call for a detailed critique of Marx and the materialist economists fell on deaf ears in Paris. There was no public response by Debord or anyone else in his camp who had been directly challenged to take up this task. In the following years Voyer proceeded to make a series of bold discoveries. An Inquiry Into The Causes And Nature of The Misery of People takes on\, among other classic economists\, Adam Smith\, whose masterpiece is alluded to in Voyer’s title. For the first time\, and in a systematic fashion\, Voyer shows: 1) that the economy doesn’t exist except as a false idea and practice on the part of our enemies; 2) that in our world communication\, the most human of human acts\, is what commodities\, not people\, do and 3) that there is no such thing as exchange value vs. use value\, that there is only value which is the language of abstraction commodities speak to each other without slaves who transport these commodities participating in the discussion.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jp-voyer/
LOCATION:Pro Arts Gallery\, 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Christine No + Jenee Darden
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Uptown Fridays reading you won’t forget\, featuring readings by Christine No and Jenee Darden\, with music by Nkechi. \nSuggested donations of $5-25 collected at the door\, but no one turned away for lack of funds. \nRed wine and Red Bay coffee will be available. \nInformation about performers: \nChristine No is a writer and filmmaker whose work has appeared at the Sundance Film Festival\, in sPARKLE+bLINK\, Columbia Journal\, Story Magazine\, APOGEE\, Atlas and Alice; and is forthcoming in The Oakland Review\, Nomadic Journal and the anthology “If You Can Hear This: Poems in Protest of an American Inauguration” by Sibling Rivalry Press. She is a VONA Alum\, a Pushcart Prize Nominee and the First Place Poetry Winner the 2016 Litquake Writing Contest. She lives in Oakland with her talking dog\, Brandy. \nJeneé Darden is an award-winning journalist\, public speaker and proud East Oakland native. She has reported for NPR\, Time\, Ebony\, The LA Times and other outlets. Visit her website CocoaFly.com to read her research series Under the Covers: The Popularity and Debate Over Black Erotic Literature. Jeneé is a former National Book Foundation summer fellow. She has a master’s in journalism from the University of Southern California and a BA in ethnic studies from UC San Diego. \nAs a singer-songwriter Nkechi’s voice and music explore a range of music territory\, from acoustic soul to folk rock and pop in a signature inspirational and lyrical sound. Nkechi’s rich vocal textures and knack for improvisation make her live performances a dynamic one-of-a-kind experience. She writes conscious messages delivered through verse\, rhyme\, and melody. Nkechi’s EP Soul Rock Butterfly is available on the Music page. \nOur musical guest Nkechi believes her Creator designed her to utilize an integration of her left and right brains which requires a daily practice of staying out of her own way and not taking herself too seriously. Nkechi’s passion is exploring Christ’s love\, the source of her joy\, gratitude and talent\, through the creative and entertainment arts. The website for Nkechi’s creative happenings is www.nkechi.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/christine-no-jenee-darden/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Poetry Weekend: Ishmael Reed + Tennessee Reed
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee Reed is the author of seven poetry collections\, a memoir and a novel. Tennessee has read her work throughout the Continental United States\, Alaska\, Hawaii\, England\, the Netherlands\, Germany\, Switzerland\, Italy\, Israel and Japan. She is the secretary of PEN Oakland and the managing editor of Konch Magazine. \nIshmael Reed is author of thirty books to date\, including his eleventh non-fiction work\, The Complete Muhammad Ali (Baraka Books\, July\, 2015); his tenth novel\, Juice! (2011); and New and Collected Poems\, 1964-2007 (2007). His seventh play\, The Final Version\, premiered at New York’s Nuyorican Poets Café in December 2013; his other six plays are collected in Ishmael Reed\, THE PLAYS (2009). In addition he has edited numerous magazines and fourteen anthologies\, of which the most recent is Black Hollywood Unchained (2015). He is also a publisher\, songwriter\, public media commentator\, lecturer\, and founder of the Before Columbus Foundation and PEN Oakland\, non-profit organizations run by writers for writers. After teaching at the University of California\, Berkeley for over thirty years\, he retired in 2005 and now teaches at California College of the Arts. He is a MacArthur Fellow\, with other honors including the University of Buffalo’s 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award\, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominations\, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Award\, and San Francisco LitQuake’s 2011 Barbary Coast Award. Awarded the 2008 Blues Songwriter of the Year from the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame\, his collaborations with jazz musicians for the past forty years were also recognized by SFJazz Center with his appointment\, from 2012-2016\, as San Francisco’s first Jazz Poet Laureate and in Venice\, Italy\, where he became the first Alberto Dubito International awardee \, May\, 2016\, honored as “a special artistic individual who has distinguished himself through the most innovative creativity in the musical and linguistic languages.” His online international literary magazine\, Konch\, can be found at ishmaelreedpub.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-weekend-ishmael-reed-and-tennessee-reed/
LOCATION:California Jazz Conservatory\, 2087 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Poetry Weekend: Al Young + Dan Robbins
DESCRIPTION:Author of more than 22 books of poetry\, fiction and essays\, Al Young’s many honors include Stegner\, Guggenheim\, Fulbright\, and NEA Fellowships. Active on writing and music scenes since his Detroit teens\, he has sung and played folk and blues guitar with rock legend Felix Pappalardi\, performed with Frank Zappa saxophonist Ian Underwood\, the avant-garde singer Jeanne Lee and pianist Ran Blake\, Tuck & Patti\, drummer Omar Clay\, Italian trumpet star Paolo Fresu in Milano\, French singing idol Joe Dassin\, pianist Kenny Cox\, bassist Marian Hayden\, and with David Murray at Yoshi’s. A two-time Grammy nominee for album liner notes\, his credits include George Benson’s Breezin’ album\, and all of Verve’s Jazz for Lovers series. As California poet laureate (2005-2008)\, Young tours the Golden State with gifted\, soulful bassist-guitarist Dan Robbins; their collaboration and friendship deepens. AlYoung.org \nDan Robbins has played and recorded in settings ranging from solo\, duo\, trio\, etc. to big band and orchestra\, and is known for driving\, creative\, harmonically and melodically rich background and lead parts on bass. He doubles on both acoustic bass\, and four\, five\, six\, and seven-string electric bass\, in styles ranging from solo jazz chord-melody arrangements\, to hard-swinging jazz double bass accompaniment\, acoustic and electric funk\, Brazilian\, Afro-Cuban\, Carribean\, rock\, R&B\, blues\, tango\, Indian\, and fusion styles\, as well as arco (played with the bow) classical and comtemporary interpretations of composed music. He is also known to employ looping and effects to create the impression of a “one man band”. \nHe brings a fiery improvisational spirit and energy to all the projects he is involved with.  Currently co-leading the funk trio Wasabi\, he also has an ongoing duo project with distinguished California Poet Laureate Al Young\, and plays bass for the Hristo Vitchev Quartet\, Idiot Fish 3\, Joe DeRose & Amici\, Primary Colors\, Vandivier\, and also does solo concerts.  He also teaches privately\, and for the Monterey Jazz Festival and San Jose Jazz Society.  His career has taken him to Europe and Asia\, and he also freelances in studios and venues in the Bay Area and beyond.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-weekend-al-young-dan-robbins/
LOCATION:California Jazz Conservatory\, 2087 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:West Marin Review VII Reading
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes contributors of the West Marin Review VII\, to the store on Sunday\, April 23rd at 3:00 pm. The reading participants include\, Claire Blotter\, Elaine Elinson\, Kathleen Goodwin\, Anuja Mendiratta\, Larry Ruth\, Vicki DeArmon\, and Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman. \n The West Marin Review is an award-winning literary and art journal published by Point Reyes Books and friends in the rural enclave of West Marin\, CA. It offers an intriguing variety of art\, poetry and prose from new\, as well as\, established contributors. The journal provides a blend of fiction and essays\, humor\, nature\, memoir\, poetry\, art\, and often\, music. Contributors hail from places near and far- from rural California to Paris and everywhere in between. This volume features prose by\, among others\, Rick Bass\, Stephanie E. Dickinson\, Elaine Elinson\, Blair Fuller and David Miller; poetry by Jody Farrell\, Roy Mash\, and others; and art by Mark Ropers\, Wendy Schwartz\, and others. This event will focus on local writers and artists with a list of participants to be named shortly. \nClaire Blotter teaches poetry writing to elementary and high school students as a Poet in the Schools. She has published three chapbooks and lives near Deer Island Preserve in Novato\, California. \nSan Francisco writer Elaine Elinson is coauthor of Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves\, Suffragists\, Immigrants\, Strikers and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California\, which won a Gold Medal in the California Book Awards in 2010. \nKathleen Goodwin is a painter\, photographer\, and publisher of fine art books. Born in South Africa\, she has lived in Inverness for twenty-five years drawn to the area’s open expanses and wildlife. \nAnuja Mendiratta is a poet\, a daughter of Indian immigrants\, an independent consultant\, and a walker of this beautiful earth. She resides in Berkeley\, California and loves being outdoors. \nAt fourteen\, Larry Ruth and a friend set out for Yosemite and hiked the John Muir Trail. They spent the last night on Mount Whitney in a snowstorm in July. \nVicki DeArmon is the Marketing & Events Director at Copperfield’s Books. She’s also the former publisher of Foghorn Press and a fiction writer. \nGabriel Schillinger-Hyman\, age seventeen\, attends Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco. A classical and jazz pianist\, he also enjoys the visual arts\, including cartooning and landscape painting. He spends his free time in Point Reyes.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/west-marin-review-vii-reading/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Be About It Presents: Julie Mannell + Friends
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun afternoon in Oakland! After the reading\, we will meet at the Fairlyland sign at Lake Merritt for open mic readings and a low-rent afterparty. BYOB. \nJulie Mannell is a writer of poetry\, fiction and essays\, and an editor at Matrix Magazine. She is the recipient of the HarperCollins/Constance Rooke Scholarship\, the Mona Adilman Poetry Prize\, the Lionel Shapiro Award for Excellency in Creative Writing\, and The Vagenius Award (presented by Roseanne Barr). Her work has been featured in the National Post\, Toronto Star and Huffington Post\, among others. At the moment\, Mannell is an MFA candidate at the University of Guelph and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in English Literature and Philosophy. Originally from Fonthill\, Ontario\, she currently splits her time between Montreal and Toronto. She was recently named one of the Top 30 Poets Under 30. Twitter/insta/snap: @juliemannell. \nhttp://www.juliemannell.com/ \nKenta Maniwa is from Oakland\, California. His writing can be found in Hobart\, Metatron\, Spy Kids Review\, Cosmonauts Avenue\, Bottlecap Press\, and Be About It Press. His new chapbook\, Japanese Tim Duncan\, will be published this year. \nJesse Prado lives in Hayward and blogs at thegreatcratsby.tumblr.com and tweets from @prado_jesse \nMark Cronin recently requested all of his work be deleted from various websites such as Atticus Review and Volume 1 Brooklyn. All of his previous books are out of print. His first novel was going to be published in May of 2017 by a major publisher but it is not anymore. He holds no degrees and has never won an award. His favorite word is “erasure”. \nThe Open Minds are a rock n’ roll sister duo based out of the Bay Area. They have created a distinguished and distinctive sound that is both reminiscent and all their own. Their performances are high-drive\, electric and spontaneous\, creating a unique experience every time that will leave you wanting more. \nJoined by: Jesse Prado\, Ken Ta\, Mark Cronin\, and The Open Minds
URL:https://litseen.com/event/be-about-it-presents-julie-mannell-friends-at-wolfman-books/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poetry Weekend: White\, Davis\, Ellis\, + McZeal
DESCRIPTION:The CJC is proud to present four local poets\, George Davis\, Amos White\, Amber McZeal\, and James Ellis for our final day of Poetry Weekend. George Davis will be hosting the event\, showcasing individual sets by each poet. \nGeorge W. Davis\nBorn on a ranch in Arizona\, raised on a farm in Indiana\, schooled in Indiana\, Virginia\, New York\, and Vermont. Professional work as teacher\, manager of Racesales\, cattleman\, consultant\, librarian\, merchant of books and records for Jazzschool\, poet\, speaker\, ranter and activist has led him to fishing\, tutoring in public schools\, and the joy and privilege of husbandhood and grandfatherdom. \nAmos White\nAmos White is an awarded haiku poet and author\, producer/director and activist recognized for his vivid literary imagery and breathless poetic interpretations. Amos was a finalist in the NPR National Cherry Blossom Haiku Contest 2013 and published in several national reviews and anthologies. He serves on several literary and arts nonprofit boards\, is Founder and Host of the Heart of the Muse creative’s salon\, Executive Producer and Host of Beyond Words: Jazz+Poetry show; and produces the Oakland Haiku and Poetry Festival. \nJames Ellis\nJames Ellis is a San Francisco Bay Area performance poet.  His work has appeared in numerous publications\, such as poetry magazines Out of Our and The 16th and Mission Review.  His poems\, at City Lights Books SF and University Press Books in Berkeley\, are sold inexpensively; through YouTube\, given freely; and archived at UC Berkeley Bancroft Library. A Poets and Writers Foundation grant recipient\, his work with interpretive jazz band\, Nova Jazz\, is on display every third Tuesday at SF’s Piano Fight’s Word Party.  He knows life is good because he’s alive to see it. \nAmber McZeal\nAmber McZeal is an artistic scholar steeped in the improvisational traditions of New Orleans. Her current body of work\, Mudzimu\, is a combination of original music compositions and afro-futurist mythos explores the transgenerational inheritance of separation from land\, home and personhood\, and the subsequent psychic limbo that it conjures\, as well as the generative abyss that it promises. Through sound and word\, her sci-fi journey shifts the perception of this limbo from exile to chrysalis. \nShe relocated to the Bay Area in 2006 to complete her B.A. in Sound Therapy\, Trauma Studies\, and Sacred Intellectualism. Amber is currently a doctoral student of depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the Community Psychology\, Liberation Psychology\, and Ecological Psychology specialization.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-weekend-white-davis-ellis-mczeal/
LOCATION:California Jazz Conservatory\, 2087 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Generations #44
DESCRIPTION:READERS \nA curated selection of San Francisco Bay Area poets\, writers and storytellers. and musical guest. Including: \nTerrilynn Cantlon + Aqueila Lewis\nRaluca Ioanid + Kathleen Wallace\nLiz Green + Reed Walker\nNatriece Spicer + Kwesi Wilkerson “the Dreamer”\nDavid Brehmer + Daniel Ari\nTasha Mini + Teri Lee Kline\nMk Chavez + Norma Smith \nSpecial Music Guest: Azuah! \nCURATORS\nKelechi Ubozo (Guest) + Sandra Wassilie + Amos White (Board) \n\nSuggested donation $7.00 (admission)\, $10.00 with a souvenir chapbook \nDirections  The bellevue Club is located in Oakland\, CA at 525 Bellevue Dr. on Lake Merritt and walkable from 19th Street BART. The Bellevue Club offers a full service hotel with a full bar and stunning views of the jewel of Oakland\, Lake Merritt. Map\, Event Page. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-generations-44/
LOCATION:The Bellevue Club\, 525 Bellevue Drive\, Oakland\, CA\, 94610\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Jacqueline Winspear
DESCRIPTION:Jacqueline Winspear reads from her latest Maisie Dobbs adventure\, In This Grave Hour. \n\n\n\n“A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander.”–Maureen Corrigan\, NPR’s Fresh Air \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 25\, 2017 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nSunday September 3rd 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain’s declaration of war with Germany\, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs’ flat to await her return. Dr. Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as a boy\, some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War. \nIn a London shadowed by barrage balloons\, bomb shelters and the threat of invasion\, within days another former Belgian refugee is found murdered. And as Maisie delves deeper into the killings of the dispossessed from the “last war\,” a new kind of refugee — an evacuee from London — appears in Maisie’s life. The little girl billeted at Maisie’s home in Kent does not\, or cannot\, speak\, and the authorities do not know who the child belongs to or who might have put her on the “Operation Pied Piper” evacuee train. They know only that her name is Anna. \nAs Maisie’s search for the killer escalates\, the country braces for what is to come. Britain is approaching its gravest hour — and Maisie could be nearing a crossroads of her own. \nJacqueline Winspear is the author of the bestselling Maisie Dobbs series\, which includes Journey to Munich\, A Dangerous Place\, Leaving Everything Most Loved\, Elegy for Eddie\, and eight other novels. Her standalone novel\, The Care and Management of Lies\, was also a bestseller and a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. Originally from the United Kingdom\, she now lives in California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jacqueline-winspear/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Andrés Barba
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Andrés Barba to the store to discuss and sign\, Such Small Hands\, on Wednesday\, April 26th at 7:00 pm. This is Transit Books inaugural book and we are so pleased to be a part of it! \nLife changes at the orphanage the day seven-year-old Marina shows up. She is different from the other girls: at once an outcast and object of fascination. As Marina struggles to find her place\, she invents a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. Written in hypnotic\, lyrical prose\, alternating between Marina’s perspective and the choral we of the other girls\, Such Small Hands evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance. \nAndrés Barba is the one the most lauded contemporary Spanish writers. He is the author of twelve books\, including August\, October and Rain Over Madrid. In addition to literary fiction\, he has written essays\, poems\, books of photography\, and translations of De Quincey and Melville. His books have been translated into ten languages. \nTransit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature\, based in Oakland\, California. Founded in 2015\, Transit Books is committed to the discovery and promotion of enduring works that carry readers across borders and communities. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 26\, 2017 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nDIESEL\, A Bookstore\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andres-barba/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer East Bay Reading "National Poetry Month"
DESCRIPTION:We’ve asked poet Roberto F. Santiago to be guest curator for National Poetry Month\, and he has selected poets Denise Benavides\, Robert Andrew Perez\, and Shelley Wong to read Wednesday\, April 26\, 7:15pm at Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph\, Oakland. Come celebrate Queer poetry in the East Bay! What you will donation\, free refreshments\, and door prizes for the prompt! \nbiographies:\nGuest curator Roberto F. Santiago received his MFA from Rutgers University\, BA from Sarah Lawrence College and is an MSW Candidate at UC Berkeley. He has received fellowships from CantoMundo\, Squaw Valley Community of Writers\, Sarah Lawrence College\, and Lambda Literary Foundation​. Roberto is​ the recipient of the Alfred C. Carey Poetry Prize and his debut book of poetry\, Angel Park (Tincture\, 2015)\, was a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry. More at https://therfsantiago.com/ \nDenise Benavides is a queer xicana performance artist\, poet\, and educator based in Oakland\, California. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is currently teaching at Skyline College. Her debut collection of poetry\, Split\, was released in the winter of 2016 by Kórima Press. More at http://www.denisebenavides.com/ \nRobert Andrew Perez is the author of the collection the field (Omnidawn). He edits chapbooks for speCt! and the magazine Oar in West Oakland\, where he also teaches and lives with his partner. Recent work can be found in the journals Vinyl\, DIAGRAM\, and Eleven Eleven. He has forthcoming work for Lambda Literary’s Spotlight series and in Fourteen Hills. More at robertandrewperez.com. \nShelley Wong lives in Oakland and is the author of Rare Birds from Diode Editions. Her poems have appeared in Crazyhorse\, Fairy Tale Review\, Sixth Finch\, and Vinyl. A Kundiman fellow and a Pushcart Prize recipient\, she holds an MFA from Ohio State University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-east-bay-reading-national-poetry-month/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Shanthi Sekaran
DESCRIPTION:Shanthi Sekaran’s has written two novels: the first is The Prayer Room (MacAdam/Cage\, 2009); and the second is Lucky Boy (Penguin Random House\, 2017). Her short prose has appeared in the New York Times\, Canteen magazine\, Mutha magazine\, and New California Writing.\n\nShe’s a member of the SF Writers’ Grotto and the Portuguese Artists Colony.\n\nShe earned her BA from UC Berkeley\, her MFA in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University\, and a Creative Writing PhD from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (UK).\nSekaran joined CCA’s Writing faculty in fall 2010.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shanthi-sekaran-4/
LOCATION:A2 Cafe\, 5212 Broadway St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170427T210000
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SUMMARY:Ericka Huggins
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, April 27 for one evening with activist\, former political prisoner\, and poet Ericka Huggins as she reaches into her own history\, reading the words of sheroes and heroes that span the last 50 years of her life. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement\, she made a commitment to the Human Rights Movement and is a witness to movements across formations today. \nEricka is introduced by writers Chinaka Hodge and Zoé Samudzi\, both sharing their thoughts and works in criticism of the moment. The entire evening features open dialogue with audience members. \nGrand Lake Theatre\nThursday\, April 27 • 7PM\nhttp://matatu.eventbrite.com/\nco-presented by the Oakland Book Festival\n__________\nERICKA HUGGINS is a human rights activist\, poet\, educator\, Black Panther leader and former political prisoner. Her extraordinary life experiences have enabled her to speak to audiences around the world on issues relating to the physical and emotional well-being of women\, children and youth\, whole being education\, over-incarceration\, and the role of the spiritual practice in sustaining activism and promoting change. \nAs a result of her 14-year tenure as a leader of the Black Panther Party (the longest of any woman in leadership)\, Ericka brings a unique\, complete and honest perspective to the challenges and successes of the Black Panther Party and its significance today.\n__________\nCHINAKA HODGE is a poet\, educator playwright and screenwriter. Originally from Oakland\, California\, she​ ​graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study in May of 2006\, and was honored to be the​ ​student speaker at the 174th Commencement exercise. Chinaka was a 2012 Artist in Residence at The​ ​Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin\, CA. In early 2013\, Hodge was a Sundance Feature Film lab​ ​Fellow for her script\, 700th& Int’l. Since its early days\, Chinaka has served in various capacities at Youth​ ​Speaks/The Living Word Project\, the nation’s leading literary arts non­profit. During her tenure there\,​ ​Hodge served as Program Director\, Associate Artistic Director\, and worked directly with Youth Speaks’​ ​core population ­­ as a teaching artist and poet mentor. Her poems\, editorials\, interviews and prose have​ ​been featured in Newsweek\, San Francisco Magazine\, Believer Magazine\, PBS\, NPR\, CNN\, C­Span\,​ ​and in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry.\n__________\nZOÉ SAMUDZI is a queer black woman whose work is dedicated to reclaiming and reframing narratives both within the academy and outside of it. Wielding black feminist & womanist epistemologies\, she interrogates structural whiteness and theorizes on decolonizing ways of knowing and truth-telling.\n__________\nThe Kenyan matatu\, the Thai tuk-tuk\, and the Brooklyn dollar van are means of public transport used by people around the world. MATATU replicates these vehicles as a mode of collective and publicly accessible transportation\, rooted in local community and global diasporas\, that shuttles audiences from one arthouse experience to the next. \nMATATU is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts\, and supported by KQED\, East Bay Express\, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Learn more about us at www.matatufestival.org/weare \nThe OAKLAND BOOK FESTIVAL is an annual celebration of ideas\, debate\, and the arts that will take place this year at Oakland City Hall on Sunday\, May 21st. The 2017 festival revolves around the theme of “Equality” and will feature over one hundred artists\, activists\, academics\, and other public intellectuals that are aiming to achieve it in their own way. All events at the OBF are free and open to the public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ericka-huggins/
LOCATION:Grand Lake Theatre\, 3200 Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94610\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special: An "Elevator Pitch" Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:We’re locked in an elevator together. For the next three minutes (or less) I am your captive audience. What will you try to sell me? Give me your best elevator pitch. \nAs always\, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, dances\, or sales pitches on our optional theme (or any topic). \nOur April features are: K.R. Morrison & Robert Andrew Andres Perez Jr\n— \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, April 29th\, 2017\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by Hollie Hardy \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS \nWhen she’s not writing poems or drumming in an all-girl garage rock band\, K.R. MORRISON teaches English Literature and Creative Writing to inner city high school students at Galileo in San Francisco\, CA. Writing for many years\, she finally reads at open mics around the Bay Area\, including many Saturday Night Specials. K.R. Morrison has been featured twice in Bay Area Generations\, and her first publication “When in Mexico” appeared in Switchback Magazine in July\, 2016. She’s currently working on a poetry collection entitled\, “From Her Wrist\,” and hopes to have it published by someone awesome once it’s done. \nBorn in Manila & raised in the sprawling outer edges of Los Angeles County\, ROBERT ANDREW PEREZ moved to the Bay Area to earn his BA from Berkeley & MFA from Saint Mary’s College of California\, where he occasionally teaches. He is an alum of the Lambda Literary fellowship & a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for poetry. His first poetry collection\, “The Field\,” was released in fall 2016 from Omnidawn. His work has also appeared or is forthcoming in DIAGRAM\, The Awl\, Eleven Eleven\, The Laurel Review\, The Cortland Review\, and Fourteen Hills. His poetry was also featured in Public Pool and Vinyl Poetry. He’s a 2017 guest editor for the online journal The Elephants. Currently\, he’s in the throes of finishing a feature-length comedy about a divorce and wine tasting called “Stone Fruit.” More at robertandrewperez.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-an-elevator-pitch-open-mic/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:THERE 14
DESCRIPTION:THERE\n\n\nNEXT THERE: THERE 14 – Saturday\, April 29 \, 2017 – short story writer and SF Chronicle columnist Caille Milner\, Oakland author Margaret Lee\, Oakland poet Emma Catherine Perry\, and for halftime entertainment\, the world premiere debut of the new East Bay band The Braxton Hicks! \nTHERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza) is a reading series showcasing emerging and established writers from Oakland and Berkeley\, with the occasional San Franciscan. Doug hosts it on the third Friday of each month at Octopus Literary Salon in Uptown Oakland. It also features a live original musical performance by a local musical artist at “halftime” of each month’s reading\, and Doug’s famous original LitQuiz literary trivia contest. It’s from 7:00-9:00pm. THERE has been putting the there back in Oakland since 2015! \nMaxine Hong Kingston & Earll Kingston reading at THERE 5\, 3/18/16\n\n \nClaire Perry reads at the launch of THERE\, 10/16/15 \n\nWe’ve featured such celebrated authors as Maxine Hong Kingston\, Yiyun Li\, Yaa Gyasi\, Carolina DeRobertis\, Grant Faulkner\, Frances Dinkelspiel\, Janis Cooke Newman\, Zac Unger and many more\, THERE emphasizes fiction but also includes non-fiction\, memoir and poetry. \nTHERE debuted October 16\, 2015 with guest authors Claire Perry\, Cynthia Salaysay and Rosa del Duca\, live music by Rosa del Duca and Doug Sovern\, and special guest Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/there-14/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Lone Glen Welcomes BACS
DESCRIPTION:Lone Glen welcomes BACS\, April 29th!\nApril 10\, 2017\n\n\nLone Glen presents The Bay Area Correspondence School Variety Show and Art Extravaganza! \nOn Saturday evening\, April 29th at 7:30 pm\, come help us celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Bay Area Correspondence School with an evening of poetry\, music\, dance\, and art. We’ll have interactive mail-art activities\, copies of our new chapbook\, tasty refreshments\, and an epistolary-themed variety show. The evening will feature performances and art by Ramsay Bell Breslin\, Joe Cha\, MK Chavez\, Pat Dienstfrey\, Amber DiPietra\, Tiff Dressen\, Patrick Duggan\, Gloria Frym\, Margit Galanter\, Erin Heath\, Evan and Miles Karp of Turk and Divis\, Kristin Kong\, Raina Leon\, Alexandra Mattraw\, Sarah Rosenthal\, Heidi Smith\, Adam Thorman\, Marissa Bell Toffoli\, Della Watson\, Jessica Wickens\, Valerie Witte\, and more! \nJoin us at Lone Glen’s home: 3132 Harrison Street\, Oakland. Bring a friend\, a beverage (if you have the means)\, and an open mind. When you arrive\, look for signs pointing you to the side entrance for our garden and garage performance space. \nThe Bay Area Correspondence School (BACS) is a project that explores experimental writing through online and offline communications\, including mail\, email\, and social media. Mail art and other work by our network can be viewed on our page: https://www.facebook.com/BayAreaCorrespondenceSchool/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lone-glen-welcomes-bacs/
LOCATION:Lone Glen\, 3132 Harrison Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="Lone Glen":MAILTO:anoncheval at gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170430T150000
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SUMMARY:Paul Elias Taylor Celebration of Life
DESCRIPTION:Please save this date to celebrate Paul’s life. We have reserved the community room at Redwood Gardens where his 70th birthday poetry reading was held. \nWe will hold a brief reading and time for those who wish to say a few words about Paul followed by a reception including lunch. \nIf you are interested in reading\, speaking about Paul\, or would like to help organize/contribte in any way\, please reach out to me (Alanna). \nI have invited those I know are interested\, but do not know everyone’s names. Please feel free to invite guests.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paul-elias-taylor-celebration-of-life/
LOCATION:Redwood Gardens\, 2591 Derby Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170430T190000
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SUMMARY:Guts\, Grit & Glory Poetry Night
DESCRIPTION:TWO JACKS DENIM \nPresents  \nIn the Tradition of the Two Jacks – Kerouac & London \nGuts\, Grit & Glory Poetry Night \nSun.\, April 30\, 5-7 p.m. \nFeaturing Readings by Three Stanford Wallace Stegner Fellows \n\nEdgar Kunz\nKai Carlson-Wee\nGrady Chambers\n\nSpecial Guest: Local Poet Guy Biederman \nTwo Jacks Denim\, 2355 Broadway\, Oakland\, CA 94612\, (510) 788-5832\, http://twojacksdenim.com \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1413463852030344/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/guts-grit-glory-poetry-night/
LOCATION:Two Jacks Denim\, 2355 Broadway\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="Two Jacks Denim":MAILTO:twojacksdenim@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Lunch Poems Student Reading
DESCRIPTION:One of the year’s most lively events\, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets\, Cook\, Rosenberg\, and Yang\, as well as students nominated by Berkeley’s creative writing faculty\, Lunch Poems volunteers\, and representatives from student publications.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunch-poems-student-reading/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Story Hour in the Library Student Reading
DESCRIPTION:Story Hour in the Library celebrates the writers in our campus community with an annual student reading. The event will feature short excerpts of work by winners of the year’s biggest prose prizes\, Story Hour in the Library interns\, and faculty nominees.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/story-hour-in-the-library-student-reading/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Babar in Exile
DESCRIPTION:Babar in Exile #8\na revival of the Cafe Babar and Paradise Lounge reading series \nfeaturing\nJon Longhi\nDawn Oberg\nand “Honorary Babarian” Joel Landmine \nwith open mic Hosted by Paul Corman-Roberts and Richard Loranger \nThursday\, May 4\, 2017\n7pm sharp\nfree of charge \nThe Octopus Literary Salon is proud to present Babar in Exile\, a quarterly commemoration and revival of the high energy San Francisco reading series of the 1990’s\, Café Babar and Paradise Lounge. Our eighth installment marks the first anniversary of this series. We are excited to feature two former and very active participants of Babar and Paradise\, Jon Longhi\, whose writing has been compared to Terry Southern\, Charles Bukowski\, and Hunter S. Thompson\, and Dawn Oberg\, a versatile musician who is currently writing and recording songs from and for the Dystopia. As well we welcome “honorary Babarian” Joel Landmine\, who will turn your day inside-out and lay it on the table. So come on down to check out a slice of Bay Area poetry history\, now and in the making\, and make your way home with a bindle full of inspiration and a thimbleful more hope for the species. \nThere will be cake.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/babar-in-exile/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Patricia Lockwood
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Patricia Lockwood to the store to discuss and sign her memoir\, Priestdaddy\, on Thursday\, May 4th at 7:00 pm. \nFather Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met–a man who lounges in boxer shorts\, loves action movies\, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates “like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972”.  His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the Church’s country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents’ rectory\, their two worlds collide.\nIn Priestdaddy\, Lockwood interweaves emblematic moments from her childhood and adolescence–from an ill-fated family hunting trip and an abortion clinic sit-in where her father was arrested\, to her involvement in a cultlike Catholic youth group–with scenes that chronicle the eight-month adventure she and her husband had in her parents’ household after a decade of living on their own. Lockwood details her education of a seminarian who is also living at the rectory\, tries to explain Catholicism to her husband\, who is mystified by its bloodthirstiness and arcane laws\, and encounters a mysterious substance on a hotel bed with her mother. \nLockwood pivots from the raunchy to the sublime\, from the comic to the deeply serious\, exploring issues of belief\, belonging\, and personhood. Priestdaddy is an entertaining\, unforgettable portrait of a deeply odd religious upbringing\, and how one balances a hard-won identity with the weight of family and tradition. \nPatricia Lockwood was born in Fort Wayne\, Indiana\, and raised in all the worst cities of the Midwest. She is the author of two poetry collections\, Balloon Pop Outlaw Black and Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals\, a New York Times Notable Book. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, The New Republic\, Slate\, and the London Review of Books. Lockwood lives in Lawrence\, Kansas. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, May 4\, 2017 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nDIESEL\, A Bookstore\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patricia-lockwood/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Duncan McNaughton + Norma Cole
DESCRIPTION:Readings by two poets in our Reading Room\, programmed by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux. \nDuncan McNaughton has lived in and around the Bay Area since 1973 and established the Poetics Program at New College of California with Louis Patler. His recent books include Tiny Windows and Altoon’s Frog. \nNorma Cole is a poet living in the sanctuary city of San Francisco whose books include Win These Posters and Other Unrelated Prizes Inside. Her new translation of Jean Daive’s White Decimal is forthcoming in 2017. \nProgrammer Sunnylyn Thibodeaux is the author of Universal Fall Precautions and over a dozen small books. She coedits Auguste Press and Lew Gallery Editions.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/duncan-mcnaughton-and-norma-cole/
LOCATION:Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive\, 2155 Center St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive":MAILTO:bampfa@berkeley.edu
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SUMMARY:Uptown Fridays w/ Shideh Etaat + Ingrid Rojas Contreras
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Uptown Fridays reading you won’t forget\, featuring readings by Shideh Etaat and Ingrid Rojas Contreras\, with music by Phillip Michael Hermans. \nSuggested donations of $5-25 collected at the door\, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Red wine and coffee will be available. \nInformation about performers: \nShideh Etaat is a writer and teacher at Mission High School in San Francisco. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. An excerpt from her novel can be found in Tremors\, New Fiction by Iranian Americans\, and she has published short stories in The Delmarva Review\, Amazon’s online journal\, Day One\, and Foglifter. She is a 2011 Breadloaf Work Study Scholar and a 2015 James D. Phelan Award recipient. Her first novel is about a love triangle\, Iranian Jews\, and other strange and wonderful things. \nIngrid Rojas Contreras was born in Bogotá\, Colombia. Her essays and short stories have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Electric Literature\, and Guernica\, and anthologized in Guernica Annual (Haymarket Books)\, Wise Latinas (Nebraska U. Press) and American Odysseys: Writings by New Americans (Dalkey Archive Press). She is the 2014 recipient of the San Francisco Foundation’s Mary Tanenbaum award for non-fiction. She has received scholarships and support from Hedgebrook\, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference\, The Camargo Foundation\, Djerassi Artist Residency Program\, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. She has a column called Book Spine at KQED. Her debut novel\, The Fruit of the Drunken Tree\, is forthcoming from Doubleday in 2018. \nPhillip Michael Hermans is a musician who uses computers and instruments to make music and sound for films\, video games\, theater production\, animation\, dance troupe production\, chamber ensembles and anyone or anything else that may be interested. He enjoys performing\, teaching\, talking and writing about music as well. His website isphilliphermans.com\, his blog is plhermans.wordpress.coom. He wants you to be sure to drink plenty of fluids and be nice to each other.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/uptown-fridays-w-shideh-etaat-ingrid-rojas-contreras/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Homegoing: An Evening with Yaa Gyasi
DESCRIPTION:Yaa Gyasi returns to Berkeley to discuss and sign copies of her extraordinary debut novel. Join us at Pegasus Books Downtown for the paperback launch of Homegoing. \n“Homegoing is an inspiration.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates \nWinner of the NBCC’s John Leonard First Book Prize\nA New York Times Notable Book\nA Washington Post Notable Book\nOne of the Best Books of the Year: NPR\, Time\, Oprah.com\, Harper’s Bazaar\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Mother Jones\, Esquire\, Elle\, Paste\, Entertainment Weekly\, the Skimm\, Minneapolis Star Tribune\, BuzzFeed \n**Free to attend. Seats are on a first-come basis.** \nAbout the Book: \nGhana\, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages\, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village\, imprisoned in the very same castle\, and sold into slavery. \nHomegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi\, from the American Civil War to Jazz Age Harlem. Yaa Gyasi’s extraordinary novel illuminates slavery’s troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed—and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation. \nAuthor Bio: \nYaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville\, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/homegoing-an-evening-with-yaa-gyasi/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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