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SUMMARY:Conor Dougherty - Golden Gates w/Nellie Bowles
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Conor Doughertyto read from his new book\, Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America on Monday\, February 17th at 7pm. He will be joined in conversation by Nellie Bowles. \nSpacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today\, however\, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of inequality and an economy gone wrong. Nowhere is this more visible than in the San Francisco Bay Area\, where fleets of private buses ferry software engineers past the tarp-and-plywood shanties where the homeless make their homes. The adage that California is a glimpse of the nation’s future has become a cautionary tale. \nWith propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting\, New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America’s housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter\, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist uprisings that have risen in tandem with housing costs. \nTo tell this new story of housing\, Dougherty follows a struggling math teacher who builds a political movement dedicated to ending single-family-house neighborhoods. A teenaged girl who leads her apartment complex against their rent-raising landlord. A nun who tries to outmaneuver private equity investors by amassing a multimillion-dollar portfolio of affordable homes. A suburban bureaucrat who roguishly embraces density in response to the threat of climate change. A developer who manufactures homeless housing on an assembly line. \nSweeping in scope and intimate in detail\, Golden Gates captures a vast political realignment during a moment of rapid technological and social change. \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nConor Dougherty is an economics reporter at The New York Times. He previously spent a decade in New York covering housing and the economy for The Wall Street Journal. He grew up in the Bay Area and lives with his family in Oakland. \nNellie Bowles is a reporter for the New York Times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conor-dougherty-golden-gates-w-nellie-bowles/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters: Thom Hartmann / The Hidden History of the War on Voting
DESCRIPTION:In today’s America\, only a slim majority of eligible voters register to vote and a large percentage of registered voters don’t bother to show up for elections. Is this their responsibility alone\, or is it the insidious result of policies made by our elected officials? Thom Hartmann unveils the hidden war on voting in America\, offering answers as to why the wealthy elite want to block people from voting\, where the idea that only smart people should vote originates\, and why convicts aren’t allowed to vote. Is voter fraud really that common\, or is it just a ploy to make it harder for people to vote? And most importantly\, how can we make voting easily accessible to every citizen? With a perspective that stretches all the way to the founding of our republic\, Hartmann shows how the war on universal suffrage has been waged for centuries—and is far from over. \n​——————- \nThom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host. Talkers magazine named him America’s most important progressive host and has named his show one of the top ten talk radio shows in the country every year for over a decade. A four-time recipient of the Project Censored Award\, Hartmann is also a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four books\, translated into multiple languages. \n​\nPlease note: \nDoors at 6pm. Program at 7pm. Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \nSigning details TBA soon. \nTickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. All ticket sales are final. \nThis event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-thom-hartmann-the-hidden-history-of-the-war-on-voting/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Lewis Watts - Harlem of the West
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Lewis Watts to read from is new book\, Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era on Tuesday\, February 18th at 7pm. \nIn the 1940s and 50s\, a jazz aficionado could find paradise in the nightclubs of San Francisco’s Fillmore District: Billie Holiday sang at the Champagne Supper Club; Chet Baker and Dexter Gordon jammed with the house band at Bop City; and T-Bone Walker rubbed shoulders with the locals at the bar of Texas Playhouse. The Fillmore was one of the few neighborhoods in the Bay Area where people of color could go for entertainment\, and so many legendary African American musicians performed there for friends and family that the neighborhood was known as the Harlem of the West. Over a dozen clubs dotted the twenty-block-radius. Filling out the streets were restaurants\, pool halls\, theaters\, and stores\, many of them owned and run by African Americans\, Japanese Americans\, and Filipino Americans. The entire neighborhood was a giant multicultural party pulsing with excitement and music. In 220 lovingly restored images and oral accounts from residents and musicians\, Harlem of the Westcaptures a joyful\, exciting time in San Francisco\, taking readers through an all-but-forgotten multicultural neighborhood and revealing a momentous part of the country’s African American musical heritage. \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \n  \nLewis Watts is a photographer\, archivist\, and professor emeritus of art at UC Santa Cruz with a longstanding interest in the cultural landscape of the African diaspora in the Bay Area and internationally.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lewis-watts-harlem-of-the-west/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Get Lit # 57: (Music by: GALA)
DESCRIPTION:12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. \nWe’re headed into our 5th consecutive year at Ale Industries as we celebrate 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. \nDoors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM sharp! Suggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). Donate ahead of time via the Eventbrite ticket link on this event! \nGet beer. Get tacos. Get lit. \nThis month’s performers: TBA \nMusic by: GALA \nNomadic Press Safe Space Statement \nWhite supremacy and white supremacist-capitalist values permeate this country\, including every state\, county\, city\, and political persuasion. This includes the Bay Area. Illustrations of this range from the more obvious neo-nazi hate groups to all-white reading lineups\, white terrorist shootings to labeling racial equity work in the literary community as censorship\, mass incarceration to the voices most often published. Nomadic Press unequivocally stands against all iterations of white supremacy. \nWe are works in progress\, continually doing the work of internally dismantling white supremacist values that have been inherited by virtue of being in the US. Simultaneous with this internal work\, Nomadic Press utilizes a racial equity lense (as proposed by Race Forward) to dismantle white supremacy within publishing and the literary communities in which we work. We are not perfect\, and we are always trying to be better. \nNomadic Press events are active\, real-time safe spaces for those who have been intentionally silenced and marginalized\, and we will work to ensure that the marginalized continue to take their rightful place in our communities. \nDirect and timely non-violent communication and de-escalation techniques will be utilized to privately call in instances of racism\, transphobia\, homophobia\, ableism\, or misogyny whether in the content of one’s reading or in one’s interactions with members of the community. If\, after being called in privately for a mediation\, a community member is unwilling to acknowledge and address the harm they have caused\, we will protect the safety of this space by revoking a reader’s access to the microphone. We encourage community members to come to us if someone has violated these guidelines away from the microphone. If the situation warrants (i. e.\, instances of sexual predation\, violence\, or threats of violence)\, we will make the information public to inform our communities of the present danger. \nWe are communities in progress. We must be better\, always\, and we ask that we work together to ensure that the safety of our most vulnerable members is prioritized above all else. \nRead more about our safe space process here: www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess \nPoster by: Jevohn Tyler Newsome
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-57-music-by-gala/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Oakland Poetry Slam and Wide Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at our new home! There will be music\, a writing workshop\, and Luka’s has 1/2 off burgers! You should come eat\, drink\, and be merry. And of course\, hop on our open mic or poetry slam list to flex your skills. \nYour Feature for the night is D’mani Thomas \n7:00 PM Doors Open \n7:20 PM Writing Workshop led by Tino V.H. Jr. \n7:30 Open mic and Slam lists open \n8:15 Show Begins! \nAbout the Feature: \nD’mani Thomas (he/him/they) is a writer\, horror film enthusiast\, and dance lover. A graduate of UC Berkeley\, D’mani is a two-time member of CAL Slam ( 2017 & 2018)\, earning the “Best Writing As a Team” accolade in 2018. They were a 2019 Pink Plastic House Resident\, a 2019 WUS GOOD Black Hogwarts workshop participant\, and will be a 2020 SHOW US YOUR SPINES resident as well as a 2020 Alley Cat resident . Their work can be found in Cerurove literary journal\, MARY: A Journal of New Writing\, and is forthcoming in Foglifter and elsewhere. \n$Cover$: \nGeneral Admission: $10 \nPerformers (door only): $5 \nBring yo friends\, Bring yo family\, Bring yo date\, but most importantly\, Bring YOSELF!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-poetry-slam-and-wide-open-mic/
LOCATION:Luka’s Taproom & Lounge\, 2221 Broadway\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200218T193000
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SUMMARY:Devi S. Laskar discusses The Atlas of Reds and Blues
DESCRIPTION:Devi S. Laskar will be joined in conversation by Vijaya Nagarajan\, Christine O’Brien\, and Elizabeth Stark\, to celebrate the paperback release of The Atlas of Reds and Blues. \n  \nAbout the Book: \n“Devi S. Laskar’s The Atlas of Reds and Blues is as narratively beautiful as it is brutal. In prose that moves between cushioning characters’ falls and ushering our understandings of characters’ utopias\, Laskar creates a world where the consequences of American terror never stop reverberating. I’ve never read a novel that does nearly as much in so few pages. Laskar has changed how we will all write about state-sanctioned terror in this nation.” —Kiese Laymon\, author of Heavy \n“The entire novel takes place over the course of a single morning\, as Mother lies waiting for help\, and the effect is devastatingly potent.” —Marie Claire \nWhen a woman—known only as Mother—moves her family from Atlanta to its wealthy suburbs\, she discovers that neither the times nor the people have changed since her childhood in a small Southern town. Despite the intervening decades\, Mother is met with the same questions: Where are you from? No\, where are you really from? The American-born daughter of Bengali immigrants\, she finds that her answer—Here—is never enough. \nMother’s simmering anger breaks through one morning\, when\, during a violent and unfounded police raid on her home\, she finally refuses to be complacent. As she lies bleeding from a gunshot wound\, her thoughts race from childhood games with her sister and visits to cousins in India\, to her time in the newsroom before having her three daughters\, to the early days of her relationship with a husband who now spends more time flying business class than at home. \nThe Atlas of Reds and Blues grapples with the complexities of the second-generation American experience\, what it means to be a woman of color in the workplace\, and a sister\, a wife\, and a mother to daughters in today’s America. Drawing inspiration from the author’s own terrifying experience of a raid on her home\, Devi S. Laskar’s debut novel explores\, in exquisite\, lyrical prose\, an alternate reality that might have been. \n  \nSPEAKER BIOS \nDevi S. Laskar is a native of Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, and holds an MFA from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in Tin House and Rattle\, among other publications. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, and is an alumna of The OpEd Project and VONA. The Atlas of Reds and Blues is her first novel. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nVijaya Nagarajan is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of Feeding A Thousand Souls: Women\, Ritual and Ecology in India\, An Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford University Press\, 2019) \nChristine O’Brien’s lyrical essays and short stories have appeared in The Seneca Review and The Slush Pile Magazine\, among other publications. Her memoir\, CRAVE\, A Memoir of Food and Longing\, released in 2018\, was hailed as a “page turner” by Booklist and “a 20th Century fairytale” by The New York Times. She is currently an adjunct professor at Saint Mary’s College of California where she has taught composition for nine years. \nElizabeth Stark is host of the Story Makers Show podcast. She produced the 2019 film Lost in the Middle\, the documentary FtF: Female to Femme\, and the film short\, Little Mutinies. She has taught at UCSC\, Pratt\, St. Mary’s and more\, and is currently teaching at SonomaCountyWritersCamp.com and BookWritingWorld.com. Look out for Optical Illusions\, a forthcoming novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/devi-s-laskar-discusses-the-atlas-of-reds-and-blues/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Steve Almond Q&A with Matthew Zapruder
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\nWednesday\, February 19\, 2020 – 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nDe La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\n\n\nQ&A and discussion with Steve Almond\, author of William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life. The plot of the John Williams’s 1965 novel Stoner is straightforward enough—“Stoner\, the only son of subsistence farmers\, attends college\, unexpectedly falls in love with literature\, and becomes a teacher; he endures a disastrous marriage\, a prolonged academic feud\, and a doomed love affair\, then falls ill and dies\,” Almond writes—but in William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life\, the author sees the novel as a personal reckoning\, a catalyst for sharing his own struggles as a writer\, father\, and husband grappling with his own mortality. \nSteve Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and non-fiction\, including the New York Times bestsellers Against Football and Candyfreak. His short stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories\, the Best American Mysteries\, and the Pushcart Prize anthologies. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Magazine\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Washington Post\, and elsewhere. He hosts the New York Times “Dear Sugars” podcast with Cheryl Strayed. Steve lives outside Boston with his wife and three children. \n  \n\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR\n\n\nCONTACT:\n\n\nKrista Varela Posell ext. 4762 \nwriters@stmarys-ca.edu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/steve-almond-qa-with-matthew-zapruder/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics & 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. Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman and Mk Chavez. \nEvery third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-14/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Month of Love: February Lyrics & Dirges
DESCRIPTION:Bring a date to this lit reading by five Northern Californian writers. We are feature local talent along with refreshments and a book store cat. All free!! Come enjoy and warm your winter bones. \nAntmen Pimentel Mendoza\nGrace Loh Prasad\nApollo Papafrangou\nWill Preston\nLisa Rosenberg \nHosted and curated by Sharon Coleman \nantmen pimentel mendoza (he\, him\, his & she\, her\, hers) is a scorpio\, bakla\, and writer. antmen is based in Huichin Ohlone Land (the San Francisco Bay Area) where he talks about pop music nearly all day and plays with friends. She works at a cultural center where she conspires with undergraduate students of color toward more free and just worlds\, manages a community lending library\, and geeks on curriculum development and workshop facilitation. \nApollo Papafrangou is the author of the acclaimed debut novel Wings of Wax (Olive Leaf Editions\, 2016) and the story collection Concrete Candy\, published by Anchor Books/Doubleday in 1996\, with French and Danish editions. He has also written for HBO Films\, which optioned the film rights to his story The Fence (2000-2004). His fiction and poetry has appeared in ZYZZYVA magazine\, Oakland Review\, The Bookends Review\, Sparkle & Blink\, and the Simon & Schuster anthology Trapped. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College in Oakland\, CA. \nGrace Loh Prasad was born in Taiwan and raised in New Jersey and Hong Kong before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. Grace received her MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College\, and is an alumna of the VONA workshop for writers of color along with residencies at Hedgebrook and the Ragdale Foundation. Her essays have appeared in Longreads\, Catapult\, Jellyfish Review\, Ninth Letter\, Blood Orange Review\, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine\, Memoir Mixtapes\, The Manifest-Station\, and Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. She is a contributor to the anthology Six Words Fresh Off the Boat: Stories of Immigration\, Identity and Coming to America and has work forthcoming in Panorama\, and the anthologies Ms. Aligned 3 and Chrysanthemum: Voices of the TaiwanesDiaspora\, Vol. II. Grace is a member of The Writers Grotto and Seventeen Syllables\, an Asian Pacific American writers collective. She is currently finishing her memoir entitled The Translator’s Daughter (www.translatorsdaughter.com). \nWill Preston was born in Oakland where he is now a middle school teacher\, and will complete the MFA program in creative writing at St. Mary’s College where he is also the Senior Fiction Editor for the literary journal Mary. His short fiction appears in Milvia Street. \nPoet and recovering engineer\, Lisa Rosenberg is the author of A Different Physics\, winner of the Red Mountain Poetry Prize. She holds degrees in physics and creative writing\, and worked for many years in the space program. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford\, she served as the 2017/2018 Poet Laureate of San Mateo County. Lisa’s poems explore natural and cultural landscapes\, the art of making\, and the drive to question inherited models. She was recently named a MOSAIC Fellow with Sangam Arts\, and has been awarded a 2020 Djerassi Residency for Scientists and Artists.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/month-of-love-february-lyrics-dirges/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Slam ft. Terry Taplin!
DESCRIPTION:THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!\nBringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999\, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! \nhttp://berkeleyslam.org/\nhttps://twitter.com/berkeleyslam\nInstagram: @berkeleyslam \n—————�————-\nGet ready for our feature Terry Taplin! \nTerry Taplin holds an MFA from Saint Mary’s College where he served as the Lambda Literary Fellow. He is the former Poetry Editor of MARY: A Journal for New Writing\, and is Social Media Managing Editor at Fruity Feline Press. He holds a BA in Classical Languages: Greek and Latin. He is a former slam champion and the recipient of the Ina Coolbrith Prize for Undergraduate Poetry (academic year 2014-15). Terry’s work has appeared in PARADISE NOW and Baest: A Journal of Queer Forms and Affects. He is the author of fragmenta (Marigold 2016)\, and has a chapbook forthcoming from Nion Editions. \n—————�————-\nUPCOMING\n2/26: Ashia Ajani\n—————�————- \nTHE STARRY PLOUGH\n3101 Shattuck Avenue\, 510-841-2082\n(1 block uphill from the Ashby BART).\nEVERY WEDNESDAY\n$7 – $10 sliding scale (most nights)\nCash Prizes!\nWorkshop: 6:30 p.m. Sign-up: 7:30 p.m. Show: 8:30 p.m.\nALL AGES before 10 p.m.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-slam-ft-terry-taplin/
LOCATION:The Starry Plough\, 3101 Shattuck Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet\, an open mic and great drinks and treats! \nAlameda Poet Laureate Gene Kahane hosts. All attendees are encouraged to make a donation to the Alameda Food Bank that night to support those needing help this holiday season. \nAs Charles Dickens wrote\, “it is a time\, of all others\, when Want is keenly felt\, and Abundance rejoices.” Let’s all rejoice by sharing our cultures\, our words\, and our hearts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peom-poetry-every-other-month-2/
LOCATION:Julie’s Coffee and Tea Garden\, 1223 Park St.\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Christine Carter / The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters and The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley co-present the launch for the new book by Christine Carter\, Ph.D.\, The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction. \nTodays teenagers and preteens are growing up in an entirely new world\, one that is defined by social media and mobile devices. This has huge implications for our parenting. Understandably\, many parents are paralyzed by new problems that didn’t exist less than a decade ago\, like social media and video game obsession\, sexting\, and vaping. \nA highly acclaimed sociologist and coach at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and the author of Raising Happiness\, Dr. Christine Carter melds research — including the latest findings in neuroscience\, sociology\, and social psychology — with her own real-world experiences as the mother of four teenagers. In The New Adolescence\, you’ll find realistic ways to help teens and preteens find joy\, focus\, ease\, motivation\, fulfillment and engagement. \nInside\, find practical guidance for: \n>  Providing the structure teens need while giving them the autonomy they seek\n>  Helping them overcome distractions\n>  Teaching them the art of strategic slacking\n>  Protecting them from anxiety\, isolation\, and depression\n>  Fostering the real-world\, face-to-face social connections they desperately need\n>  Effective conversations about tough subjects including sex\, drugs\, and money \nThe New Adolescence is a realistic and reassuring handbook for parents. It offers road-tested\, science-based solutions for raising happy\, healthy\, and successful teenagers. \n——————-\n​\nChristine Carter\, PhD\, is the author of The Sweet Spot (2017) and Raising Happiness (2011). A sociologist and Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center\, Carter draws on the latest scientific research in psychology\, sociology and neuroscience and uses her own real-world experiences to give parenting\, productivity and happiness advice. A sought-after keynote speaker and coach\, Dr. Carter also teaches online classes that help people live their most fulfilling lives. She lives with her husband\, four teenagers\, and dog\, Buster\, in Marin County\, California. \n​\nPlease note: \nDoors at 6pm. Program at 7pm. Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \nSigning details TBA soon. \nTickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. All ticket sales are final. \nThis event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-christine-carter-the-new-adolescence-raising-happy-and-successful-teens-in-an-age-of-anxiety-and-distraction/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
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SUMMARY:Elwin Cotman\, Vernon Keeve\, Adrienne Oliver\, and Alexandra Mattraw Reading
DESCRIPTION:Local writers Elwin Cotman\, Vernon Keeve\, and Adrienne Oliver read from their work. \nElwin Cotman grew up in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, whee the post-industrial landscape was a great inspiration for him. He is a writer of urban fantasy. He is also the author of two collections of speculative short stories\, The Jack Daniels Sessions EP and Hard Times Blues. His work has appeared in Grist\, Weird Fiction Review\, Black Gate\, The Thought Erotic\, The Southwestern Review\, and Cabinet des Fees\, among others. His third collection\, Dance on Saturday\, is being published by Small Beer Press in 2020. \nVernon Keeve III is a Virginia born writer. He currently lives and teaches in Oakland. His purpose is to teach the next generation the importance of relaying their personal narratives\, sharing their experiences\, and taking control of their destinies. He holds a MFA from CCA\, and a MA in Teaching Literature from Bard College. His full-length collection of poetry\, Southern Migrant Mixtape\, was published by Nomadic Press in 2018 and is the recipient of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award. \nAdrienne Danyelle Oliver is a poet-educator currently living in Oakland\, CA. Her previous work has appeared in Digital Paper\, The Womanist\, Storytelling\, Self & Society (Wayne State University Press 2018) and The Musuem of African American Diaspora’s poet corner. A Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) alumna\, Adrienne enjoys writing about intergenerational healing and 1930s era history leading up to the civil rights era. When she is not writing\, Adrienne is reading or watching documentaries. She also leads a monthly writing and healing circle for Black women.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elwin-cotman-vernon-keeve-adrienne-oliver-and-alexandra-mattraw-reading/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20191227T175246Z
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SUMMARY:Joan Frank
DESCRIPTION:reads from her new collection of essays\, Try To Get Lost \n\nThrough the author (TM)s travels in Europe and the United States\, Try to Get Lost explores the quest for place that compels and defines us: the things we carry\, how politics infuse geography\, media (TM)s depictions of an idea of home\, the ancient and modern reverberations of the word oehotel\, � and the ceaseless discovery generated by encounters with self and others on familiar and foreign ground. Frank posits that in fact time itself may be our ultimate\, inhabited place “the oevastest real estate we know\, � with a oestunningly short � lease.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joan-frank-3/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200126T205243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200126T205243Z
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SUMMARY:Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in “The Chapel” at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided by the one-and-only L7. Hosted by Josiahluis Alderete. \nThis month’s features are TBA. \nDonations will be kindly requested to help pay the features and cover the cost of the space. \nThe 10-slot open mic list opens at 7:30 PM and fills up pretty quick so if you plan on reading get there early \nFree parking in the back of the building and the closest BART station is 19th Street BART in Oakland (about a 15-minute walk straight down Broadway).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-5/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press/Fairmount\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200126T205529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200126T205529Z
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SUMMARY:Children's Book Night at Nomadic Press
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate three amazing children’s books: Sam! (written by Dani Gabriel\, illustrated by Art of Robert Liu-Trujillo)\, I Am Sausal Creek/Soy El Arroyo Sausal (written by Melissa Reyes\, translated by Cinthya Muñoz\, illustrated by Art of Robert Liu-Trujillo)\, and Occasionally Accurate Science (written by July Westhale\, illustrated by Liz Laribee). \nReading and author discussion and book signing to follow. Family friendly\, so please bring everyone to enjoy a relaxed pleasant evening of storytelling and community building. \nLight refreshments and snacks will be provided. Donations will be collected throughout the night\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/childrens-book-night-at-nomadic-press-2/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press/Fairmount\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T123000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20191227T172116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191227T172116Z
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SUMMARY:American Sutra at Oakland Asian Cultural Center
DESCRIPTION:“American Sutra” discussion on author panel for the 2020 National Day of Remembrance. \nTime TBD. \nSponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of Berkeley.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/american-sutra-at-oakland-asian-cultural-center/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200203T215748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T215748Z
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SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance with author Duncan Ryuken Williams
DESCRIPTION:Day of Remembrance:\nDuncan Ryuken Williams discusses his book\, American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War. Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals the little-known story of how\, in the darkest hours of World War II when Japanese Americans were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps\, a community of Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation’s history\, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American. \nSponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Eastwind Books of Berkeley\, and Berkeley JACL. \nOACC’s 2020 Day of Remembrance programs are supported in part by the CA State Library Civil Liberties grant.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/day-of-remembrance-with-author-duncan-ryuken-williams/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200126T015739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200126T015739Z
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SUMMARY:THERE 32
DESCRIPTION:NEXT THERE: THERE 32  will be Saturday\, February 22\, 2020\, at East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue in Oakland\, guests TBA. \nTHERE was featured prominently in the San Francisco Chronicle! \nTHERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza) is a reading series showcasing emerging and established writers from Oakland and Berkeley\, with the occasional San Franciscan. For more than four years. Doug hosted it on the (usually) 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! But sadly\, the Octopus was forced to close its doors in August ’19\, so now THERE is relocating to East Bay Booksellers in the Rockridge district of Oakland\, resuming February 22\, 2020.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/there-32/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200223T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200219T012722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T012722Z
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SUMMARY:Polyglot Author Kiran Bhat Reads from we of the forsaken world (and open mic)
DESCRIPTION:Come out to Kiran Bhat’s upcoming reading from his new book We of the Forsaken World at Oakland’s Café Uccello (340 14th St) next Sunday February 23rd from 2-5 pm. All ages\, open mic to follow.\n\nAbout We of the Forsaken World…:\n\n\nIn a distant corner of the globe\, a man journeys to the birthplace of his mother\, a tourist town destroyed by an industrial spill. In a nameless remote tribe\, the chief’s second son is born\, creating a scramble for succession as their jungles are being destroyed by loggers. In one of the world’s sprawling metropolises\, a homeless one-armed woman sets out to take revenge upon the men who trafficked her. And\, in a small village of shanty shacks connected only by a mud-and- concrete road\, a milkmaid watches the girls she calls friends destroy her reputation. \nIn we of the forsaken world… Kiran Bhat tells the stories of four worlds falling apart\, through the structure of four linguistic chains\, comprised of the accounts of four people witnessing the decline of these worlds\, in four acts. Like modern communication networks\, these sixteen stories connect along subtle lines\, dispersing at the moments where another story is about to take place. they flow together and disconnect. Each story is a parable of its own\, into the mind of a distinct human being. These are the tales of not just sixteen strangers\, but many different lives\, who live on this planet\, at every second\, everywhere. \n\n\nAbout Kiran Bhat:\n\nKiran Bhat is the author of the poetry collections Autobiografia (Letrame Editorial\, 2019) and Kiran Speaks (White Elephant Press\, 2019)\, as well as the Kannada-language travelogue Tirugaatha (Chiranthana Media Solutions\, 2019) and the novel We of the Forsaken World (Iguana Books\, 2019). He has traveled to over 130 countries\, lived in 18 different places\, and speaks 12 languages. He considers Mumbai his spiritual base\, but currently lives in Melbourne.\n\nOpen mic to follow\, headlined by Sheryl Bize-Boutte (author of Running for the 2:10)\, Christopher Bernard (author of the novel Meditations on Love and Loss at the Liars’ Café)\, Mary Mackey (author of The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams)\, Pamela McCorduck (author of This Could Be Important\, a history of AI technology) Kristen Caven (author of The Souls of Her Feet\, a modern Cinderella)\, Linda Brown\, and Joan Gelfand (poet and author of the upcoming novel about tech culture and Silicon Valley\, Extreme).\n\nFood provided\, drinks for purchase! We would love to see more guests!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/polyglot-author-kiran-bhat-reads-from-we-of-the-forsaken-world-and-open-mic/
LOCATION:Cafe Uccello\, 340 14th Street\, Oakland\, 94612
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200224T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200224T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200216T011730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T011730Z
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SUMMARY:In Search of My Robot: Media\, Racialized Gender\, and Creativity
DESCRIPTION:Robots\, like any technology\, are not “objective” or “universal”; instead\, machines reveal the process of social formation. This talk by poet\, scholar\, and new media artist Margaret Rhee demonstrates how forms of difference—such as race\, gender\, and sexuality—are shaped by and co-constitutive with technological developments. Specifically\, Rhee illustrates how the robot is a locus of racialization for Asian Americans within modernity’s distinction between humans and machines. \nRhee is the author of Love\, Robot\, named a 2017 Best Book of Poetry by Entropy Magazine and awarded a 2018 Elgin Award by the Science Fiction Poetry Association and the 2019 Best Book Award in Poetry by the Asian American Studies Association. For more information\, visit artsdesign.berkeley.edu. \nMargaret Rhee is a poet\, scholar\, and new media artist. She is the author of Love\, Robot\, named a 2017 Best Book of Poetry by Entropy Magazine and awarded a 2018 Elgin Award by the Science Fiction Poetry Association and the 2019 Best Book Award in Poetry by the Asian American Studies Association. Her poetry chapbooks include Yellow and Radio Heart; or\, How Robots Fall Out of Love\, and forthcoming collection Poetry Machines: A Letter to a Future Reader\, a collection of lyrical essays on poetry\, and the intersections of cinema\, art\, and new media. Currently\, she is completing her monograph How We Became Human: Race\, Robots\, and the Asian American Body. She was a College Fellow in Digital Practice in the English Department at Harvard University and a member of MetaLab @ Harvard. She received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in ethnic studies with a designated emphasis in new media studies. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo and co-leads Palah 파랗 Light Studios\, a creative space for poetry\, participation\, and pedagogy through technology. \nPresented by the Berkeley Center for New Media; cosponsored by the Departments of Ethnic Studies and Comparative Literature.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/in-search-of-my-robot-media-racialized-gender-and-creativity/
LOCATION:Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive\, 2155 Center St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T190000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200126T011950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200126T011950Z
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Writers Series: Aria Aber
DESCRIPTION:Aria Aber was raised in Germany\, where she was born to Afghan refugees. Her debut book\, Hard Damage\, won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was published in 2019. Aber’s poems are forthcoming or have appeared in the New Yorker\, New Republic\, Kenyon Review\, Yale Review\, Poem-A-Day\, Narrative\, Muzzle Magazine\, Wasafiri\, and others. She holds awards and fellowships from Kundiman and Dickinson House and was the 2018–19 Ron Wallace Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing. Aber is the spring 2020 Li Shen Visiting Writer at Mills College.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/contemporary-writers-series-aria-aber/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200225T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20191227T173726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191227T173726Z
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SUMMARY:John Sayles: Yellow Earth
DESCRIPTION:John Sayles works as a fiction writer\, screenwriter\, actor and feature film director. His novel Union Dues (1978) was nominated for the National Book Award and the National Critics’ Circle Award. He has written over a hundred screenplays and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has directed 18 feature films\, with another\, I Passed This Way\, currently in progress. His films Matewan and Lone Star\, as well as his previous novel A Moment in the Sun\, are often used for instruction in History and American Studies courses. Yellow Earth is his fifth novel. \nAbout Yellow Earth: \nRich layers of shale oil are discovered under Yellow Earth\, North Dakota and the neighboring Three Nations Indian reservation. All hell breaks loose. \nIn Yellow Earth\, the site of Three Nations reservations on the banks of the Missouri River in North Dakota\, Sayles introduces us to Harleigh Killdeer\, chairman of the Tribal Business Council. “An activist in his way\, a product of the Casino Era\,” Kildeer\, who is contracted by oil firm Case and Crosby\, spearheads the new Three Nations Petroleum Company. \nWhat follows\, with characteristic lyrical dexterity\, insight\, and wit\, introduces us to a memorable cast of characters\, weaving together narratives of competing worlds through masterful storytelling. \nSet shortly before Standing Rock would become a symbol of historic proportions of the brutal confrontation between native resistance and the forces of big business and law enforcement\, the fate of Yellow Earth serves as a parable for our times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/john-sayles-yellow-earth/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200226T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200226T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20191120T050407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T050407Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Reading Series with Chris Feliciano Arnold
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\nWednesday\, February 26\, 2020 – 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nSoda Activity Center: Claeys Lounge\, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\n\n\nChris Feliciano Arnold has written essays for The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, Outside\, Vice News\, The New York Times\, and more. His fiction has been published by Playboy\, The Kenyon Review\, Ecotone and other magazines. His work has been noted in The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Short Stories. He has recieved fellowships and scholarships from the National Endowmnet for the Arts\, the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference\, and the Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon. His first book\, The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First Century Amazon\, is a work of narrative nonfiction published by Picador in June 2018. \n\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR\n\n\nCONTACT:\n\n\nKrista Varela Posell ext. 4762 \nwriters@stmarys-ca.edu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/creative-writing-reading-series-with-chris-feliciano-arnold/
LOCATION:Soda Center\, Claeys Lounge SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga\, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200203T223717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T223717Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash presents a book launch for The Collected Poetry and Prose of Lawrence Fixel
DESCRIPTION:A book launch celebration for The Collected Poetry and Prose of Lawrence Fixel\, by San Francisco poet Lawrence Fixel\, who passed in 2003 at the age of 86. This long awaited new collection has been edited with an introduction by poet Gerald Fleming. Also appearing and presenting on the work of Lawrence Fixel at this evening will be poets Jack Marshall\, Edward Mycue\, Jo-Anne Rosen\, and poet-painter Patti Trimble\, painter Stephanie Sanchez\, photographer Mark Citret\, psychotherapist Robert Cantor\, and teacher Wendy Berkelman. Michael Heller says. “Lawrence Fixel was one of our most beautiful and original writers.…In a world of dogmas\, false certainties and oppressive realities\, he was an angel of Evanescence itself\, fluid\, ungraspable\, seeking as he wrote ‘to find in that which passes\, that which does not pass.’” Gerald Fleming is a poet and editor; he’s published four books of poems\, most recently One\, edited and published the literary magazine Barnabe Mountain Review\, and is currently editing the limited–edition vitreous magazine One (More) Glass.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-presents-a-book-launch-for-the-collected-poetry-and-prose-of-lawrence-fixel/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, 94704
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200216T012700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200216T012700Z
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SUMMARY:Lit Starts: Signing+Writing Workshop with Author Constance Hale
DESCRIPTION:Please Join Us on Thursday\, February 27 at 7 PM for a Practicing the Craft: \nWrite Character\, Dialogue and Action with Constance Hale \nThe Writers Grotto has launched a light-hearted\, smart series on the writing craft\, called Lit Starts. Each of the books deepens your mastery of the writing craft through fun exercises and lively prompts that will change the way you approach the page. The popular writing coach Constance Hale\, a veteran member of the Writers Grotto and author of the Lit Starts series\, will lead interactive exercises and throw out writing prompts to encourage you to put pen to paper. Readers and writers are equally welcome. \nRead more about the Lit Starts books\, and order copies\, at: https://www.ggpbooks.com/event/litstarts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lit-starts-signingwriting-workshop-with-author-constance-hale/
LOCATION:A Great Good Place for Books\, 6120 La Salle Ave.\, Oakland\, California\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200227T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T044600
CREATED:20200203T225913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T230116Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Tallent: Scratched
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Tallent launches Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism\, her bold and brilliant exploration of the ferocious desire for perfection which has shaped her writing life as well as her rich\, dramatic\, and constantly surprising personal life. \n\n\n\n\n “One of the finest explorations I know of what it means to be a woman and an artist.”–Sigrid Nunez \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of Scratched by speaking to a bookseller or clicking on the cover below. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, February 27\, 2020 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nScratched is an intimate account of the uses a child\, and the adult she becomes\, will find for perfectionism and the role it will play in every part of her life. Elizabeth Tallent’s story begins in a hospital in mid-1950s suburban Washington\, D.C.\, when her mother refuses to hold her newborn daughter\, shocking behavior that baffles the nurses. Imagining her own mother’s perfectionist ideal at this critical moment\, Tallent moves back and forth in time\, juxtaposing moments in the past with the present in this innovative and spellbinding narrative. \nTallent traces her journey from her early years in which she perceived herself as “the child whose flaws let disaster into an otherwise perfect family\,” to her adulthood\, when perfectionism came to affect everything. In the decade between 27 and 37\, she published five literary books with Knopf and her short stories appeared in The New Yorker. But this extraordinary start to her career is followed by twenty-two years of silence. She wrote\, or rather published\, nothing at all. Why? Scratched is the remarkable response to that question. \nTallent’s early publications secure her a coveted teaching job at Stanford University. As she toggles between Palo Alto and the Mendocino coast where she lives\, raises her son Gabriel\, and pursues an important psychoanalysis\, she grapples with the perfectionism that has always been home to her. Eventually\, she finds love and acceptance in the most unlikely place\, and finally accepts an “as is” relationship with herself and others. \nHer final triumph is the writing of this memoir\, filled with wit\, humor\, and heart\, and unlike any other you will read. Scratched is a brave book that repeatedly searches for the emotional truth beneath the conventional surface of existence. \nElizabeth Tallent\, author of a novel and four story collections including Mendocino Fire\, has appeared in The Threepenny Review\, The Paris Review\, The New Yorker\, Tin House\, and ZYZZYVA as well as in the Best American Short Stories\, Best American Essays\, O. Henry Prize\, and Pushcart Prize award anthologies. She teaches in Stanford’s Creative Writing Program and lives with her wife\, an antiques dealer\, on the Mendocino Coast.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elizabeth-tallent-scratched/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:E. J. Dionne: Code Red: How Progressives & Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country
DESCRIPTION:Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM \nHosted by Kris Welch \nadvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006  or Marcus Books\, Pegasus Books (3 sites)\, Books Inc (Berkeley)\, Moe’s\, Walden Pond Bookstore\, East Bay Books\, Mrs.Dalloway’s Books $15 door\, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM  info: kpfa.org/events \nNew York Times bestselling author and Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne sounds the alarm in Code Red\, calling for an alliance between progressives and moderates to seize the moment and restore hope to America’s future for the 2020 presidential election. \nBut if progressives and moderates are unable-and unwilling-to overcome their differences\, they could not only enable Trump to prevail again but also squander an occasion for launching a new era of reform. \nDionne calls for a shared commitment to decency and a politics focused on freedom\, fairness\, and the future\, encouraging progressives and moderates to explore common ground and expand the unity that brought about Democrat victories in the 2018 elections. He offers a unifying model for furthering progress with a Politics of Remedy\, Dignity\, and More: one that solves problems\, resolve disputes\, and moves forward; that posits a positive future for Americans with more covered by health insurance\, more with decent wages\, more with good schools\, more security from gun violence\, more action to roll back climate change. Because at this point in our national story\, change can’t wait. \n  \n“A thrilling book\, from one of America’s most universally respected minds.” — Rachel Maddow \n  \nE.J. DIONNE\, JR.\, is a columnist for The Washington Post\, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution\, visiting professor at Harvard University\, and professor at Georgetown University. He is a co-author of the recent New York Times bestseller One Nation After Trump and author of Why the Right Went Wrong. \nKRIS WELCH is a veteran\, very popular KPFA on-air host\, a mother\, and a devoted grandmother. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nhttp://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4486314  510-967-4495
URL:https://litseen.com/event/e-j-dionne-code-red-how-progressives-moderates-can-unite-to-save-our-country/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Slam Jam!
DESCRIPTION:Slam Jam! \nA series presenting original music and poetry featuring a rotating lineup of Bay Area Spoken Word Artists and Musicians. \nHeld on the Cabaret Stage at The Marsh Arts Center 2120 Allston Way\, Berkeley\, CA. \n——————- \nBook Release Party for TUREEDA MIKELL!\nSynchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine\nNomadic Press \nThe wordsmiths with us tonight: \nNOISE ALLSTAR BAND \nGENIUS WESLEY – drums\nDANNY BROWN – saxophone\nMICHAEL TINY LINDSEY – bass\nMANNY BERRY – keys \nON THE MIC \nTONGO EISEN-MARTIN\nKWAN BOOTH\nTUREEDA MIKELL\nJAMES CAGNEY\nABDUL KENYATTA\nMELISSA JONES——————- \nThere is a full bar on-site with great drink specials so this event is 21 & up. \nJoin us at the Marsh Arts Center: a breeding ground for new performance!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/slam-jam/
LOCATION:The Marsh Berkeley\, 2120 Allston Way\, Berkeley\, California\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Richard Wolff: Understanding Socialism
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Democracy at Work present: \nRICHARD D. WOLFF\nUnderstanding Socialism\nWith Sabrina Jacobs \nadvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM  info: kpfa.org/events \n“Richard Wolff’s book is the best accessible and reliable treatment we have of what socialism is\, was\, and should be.” – Cornel West \nA blend of history\, analysis\, and theory\, Understanding Socialism is an honest and approachable text that knocks down false narratives\, confronts failures and the challenges of various socialist experiments throughout history\, and offers a path to a new socialism based on workplace democracy. The crises of global capitalism (inequality\, instability\, unsustainability\, and incipient fascism) deepen daily. Consider Trump’s and Boris Johnson’s desperate extreme-right efforts to be re-elected\, and consider that total global debts (of corporations\, governments\, and households) tripled between 1999 and 2019. Brazil’s Bolsonaro blames Leonardo di Caprio for burning the Amazon. Vast crowds in Chile\, Lebanon\, and France are in the streets demanding basic economic change. These and many other symptoms expose a declining system in mounting troubles. \n“In the same accessible style that has made his programs and lectures such a hit\, he explains his subject in a way that’s not only smart\, but makes the rest of us feel smart. It’s actionable intelligence for every person.” – Laura Flanders \n“Lucid\, brilliant and uncompromising in his dissection of the capitalist system\, he also provides a sane and just socialist alternative to capitalist exploitation\, one we must all fight to achieve.” – Chris Hedges \nSabrina Jacobs is host and producer of the popular A Rude Awakening\, aired on KPFA Radio Monday afternoons. She covers local breaking news as well as global events\, informing listeners about the latest social injustices. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nhttp://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4486333  510-967-4495
URL:https://litseen.com/event/richard-wolff-understanding-socialism/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley\, 2407 Dana St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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