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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Reading Series Jamil Jan Kochai
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\nWednesday\, November 3\, 2021 – 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nDe La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 1928 St. Marys Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nJamil Jan Kochai is the author of 99 Nights in Logar (Viking\, 2019)\, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. He was born in an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar\, Pakistan\, but he originally hails from Logar\, Afghanistan. His short stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Ploughshares\, and The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018. Currently\, he is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR
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LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,In-person
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SUMMARY:Did I Say You Could Go: Melanie Gideon in conversation with Natalie Baszile
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, August 19\, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of DID I SAY YOU COULD GO with author Melanie Gideon in conversation with Natalie Baszile (author of WE ARE EACH OTHER’S HARVEST: CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN FARMERS\, LAND\, AND LEGACY). \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84357144645 and on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/ggpbooks/live/. \nOrder your copy of DID I SAY YOU COULD GO at http://bit.ly/ggpDidISay\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at http://bit.ly/DidISayAB. Order your copy of WE ARE EACH OTHER’S HARVEST in print from GGP at http://bit.ly/ggpHarvest or in #audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/HarvestAB. \nDescription\n\nA suspenseful\, gripping novel about families and friendships torn apart at the seams by obsession\, secrets\, and betrayal with relentless twists and turns that hurtle forward to a shocking confrontation. \nWhen Ruth\, a wealthy divorcé​e\, offers to host the Hillside Academy kindergarten meet-and-greet\, she hopes this will be a fresh start for her and her introverted daughter\, Marley. Finally\, they’ll be accepted into a tribe. Marley will make friends and Ruth will be welcomed by the mothers. Instead\, the parents are turned off by Ruth’s ostentatious wealth and before kindergarten even begins\, Ruth and Marley are outcasts. \nThe last guest to arrive at the meet-and-greet is Gemma\, a widow and a single mother to her daughter\, Bee. Ruth sets her sights on the mother-daughter duo\, and soon the two families are inseparable. Ruth takes Gemma and Bee on Aspen vacations\, offers VIP passes to Cirque du Soleil\, and pays for dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants. For Gemma\, who lives paycheck to paycheck\, Ruth’s largesse is seductive\, but as the years go by\, she can’t shake the feeling that she’s accruing an increasingly unpayable debt. When Ruth’s affair with a married Hillside dad is exposed\, and she’s publicly shunned\, Gemma uses it to sever ties with Ruth. \nSix years later\, when Gemma finds herself embroiled in a scandal of her own—Ruth comes to her defense. Their renewed friendship rehabilitates their reputations\, but once again\, Gemma starts to feel trapped as Ruth grows more and more obsessed with their relationship. \nA relentless page-turner\, Did I Say You Could Go is the story of friendships steeped in lies and duplicity. It’s about two families who\, when pushed to extremes\, cross the line with devastating results. \nAbout Melanie Gideon\n\nMelanie Gideon is the bestselling author of the novels\, Valley of the Moon and Wife 22\, as well as the memoir The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After. Her books have been translated into thirty-one languages. Wife 22 is currently in development. She has written for The New York Times\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, The Times (London)\, the Daily Mail (London)\, and other publications. She was born and raised in Rhode Island and now lives in the Bay Area. \nAbout Natalie Baszile\n\nNatalie Baszile is the author of the novel Queen Sugar\, which was a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2014\, longlisted for the Crooks Corner Southern Book Prize\, nominated for an NAACP Image Award\, and adapted for television by writer/director Ava DuVernay and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey for OWN. Baszile holds a M.A. in Afro-American Studies from UCLA and is a graduate of Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers. She lives in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/did-i-say-you-could-go-melanie-gideon-in-conversation-with-natalie-baszile/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Ladyparts — author Deborah Copaken in conversation with Ayelet Waldman
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, August 5\, 2021 at 6 PM PDT for a discussion of LADYPARTS with author Deborah Copaken in conversation with Ayelet Waldman (author of A REALLY GOOD DAY: HOW MICRODOSING MADE A MEGA DIFFERENCE IN MY MOOD\, MY MARRIAGE\, AND MY LIFE). \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85308181680 and on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/ggpbooks/live/. \nOrder your copy of LADYPARTS\, at http://bit.ly/ggpLadyparts\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/LadypartsAB. Order your copy of A REALLY GOOD DAY in print from GGP at http://bit.ly/ggpReallyGoodDay or in #audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/ReallyGoodDayAB. \nDescription\n\nA frank\, witty\, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart–from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel\, creator of I May Destroy You) behind Shutterbabe \n  \n“The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you’ll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of healing.”–Lori Gottlieb\, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone \n  \nI’m crawling around on the bathroom floor\, picking up pieces of myself. These pieces are not a metaphor. They are actual pieces. \nTwenty years after her iconic memoir Shutterbabe\, Deborah Copaken is at her darkly comedic nadir: battered\, broke\, divorcing\, dissected\, and dying–literally–on sexism’s battlefield as she scoops up what she believes to be her internal organs into a glass container before heading off to the hospital . . . in an UberPool. \nLadyparts is her irreverent inventory of both the female body and the body politic of womanhood in America\, the story of one woman brought to her knees by the one-two-twelve punch of divorce\, solo motherhood\, healthcare Frogger\, unaffordable childcare\, shady landlords\, her father’s death\, college tuitions\, sexual harassment\, corporate indifference\, ageism\, sexism\, and plain old bad luck. Plus seven serious illnesses\, one atop the other\, which provide the book’s narrative skeleton: vagina\, uterus\, breast\, heart\, cervix\, brain\, and lungs. She bounces back from each bum body part\, finds workarounds for every setback–she transforms her home into a commune to pay rent; sells her soul for health insurance; turns FBI informant when her sexual harasser is nominated to the White House–but in her slippery struggle to survive a steep plunge off the middle-class ladder\, she is suddenly awoken to what it means to have no safety net. \nSide-splittingly funny one minute\, a freak horror show the next\, quintessentially American\, Ladyparts is an era-defining memoir for our time. \nAbout the Panelists\n\nDeborah Copaken is the bestselling author of Shutterbabe\, The Red Book\, and Between Here and April. An Emmy Award-winning news producer and award-winning photojournalist\, she is also a columnist at The Atlantic and a screenwriter for the Netflix show Emily in Paris. Her New York Times Modern Love column\, “When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist\,” was adapted for this TV series\, and she has performed on the New York City stage multiple times. Her essays have also appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Observer\, Financial Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and The Nation. She lives in Brooklyn. \nAyelet Waldman is the author of the novels Love and Treasure\, Red Hook Road\, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits\, and Daughter’s Keeper\, as well as of the essay collection Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes\, Minor Calamities\, and Occasional Moments of Grace\, and the Mommy-Track Mystery series. She was a federal public defender and taught at Loyola Law School and the UC Berkeley School of Law\, where she developed and taught courses on the legal implications of the war on drugs. She lives in Berkeley\, California\, with her husband\, Michael Chabon\, and their four children.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ladyparts-author-deborah-copaken-in-conversation-with-ayelet-waldman/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #70
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
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SUMMARY:Jeremy Lent & Joanna Manqueros: The Web of Meaning
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents\nJeremy Lent & Joanna Manqueros \nThe Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe \nRethinking values based on science and traditional wisdom Indigenous\, Buddhist\, and Taoist traditions have held for millennia that all life is interconnected. Modern science has now validated their insight. What does this mean for how we should live?  This groundbreaking new book weaves together the latest scientific findings and age-old philosophical insights to show how some of our most ingrained beliefs about human nature and the world are mistaken-and offers a powerful alternative to help us heal a planet in peril. \nTHE WEB OF MEANING isn’t just a challenge to outmoded beliefs. It is an invitation to a new worldview that integrates insights from some of the world’s great wisdom traditions with modern science to offer a new way of thinking about ourselves and the world that is both intellectually sound and spiritually vibrant. In this far-reaching and boundary-defying book\, Lent\, described by Guardian columnist George Monbiot as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age\,” weaves together the latest research in neuroscience and evolutionary biology with Buddhist\, Taoist\, and Indigenous wisdom\, and shows how these seemingly disparate streams of thought are eminently compatible. He argues that\, taken together\, they are key to facing the existential problems of the 21st century and can lead to a flourishing future for all. \nJeremy Lent wrote The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning. \nJoanna Manqueros hosts every Tuesday on KPFA at 11 AM\,  a celebration of the global music which heals and revives us. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/jeremy-lent-joanna-manqueros-the-web-of-meaning-tickets-159477650947
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jeremy-lent-joanna-manqueros-the-web-of-meaning/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T180000
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SUMMARY:FUNDRAISER: Nomadic Press & BAMBDFEST 2021 Present: BlackLit: A Series of Poetic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:As part of BAMBDFEST 2021\, BlackLit brings together 10 Nomadic Press writers and 2 musicians who have been paired up in poetic conversations weeks prior to the event. This is a fundraiser for the Nomadic Press Black Writers Fund (we have a short goal of raising $2\,000 by the end of the evening).\nEmceed by the one-and-only Dior J. Stephens!\nPoet pairs:\nAyodele Nzinga + Juba Kalamka\nAsantewaa Boykin + Dee Allen\nLauren Wheeler + Odelia Younge\nKeith Donnell Jr. + Daniel B. Summerhill\nDazié Grego-Sykes + Nazelah Jamison\nMusic pair:\nBlackberri + TBA\nAbout the Nomadic Press Black Writers Fund (NPBWF):\nAt Nomadic Press we are proud of our recent work to support Black writers through our initiative\, the Nomadic Press Black Writers Fund (NPBWF)\, and we’d like to thank those who have contributed to the fund. Our mission is to level the playing field for Black writers.\nOur campaign and fundraiser last December enabled us to provide $3\,500 to our roster of 24 Black writers\, which allowed us to provide $143 to each writer. We’d like to continue this work. In 2021\, our goal is to raise $8\,000 to support 32 Black writers with $250 each. We hope that you consider donating to the fund. No donation is too small (or too big).\n$8\,000.00 would allow us to guarantee 32 writers $250.00 each. A donation of $250 supports one author; $750 supports three.\nBelow are four ways to give to NPBWF:\n1) Make a one-time donation: https://www.nomadicpress.org/store/blackwritersfundonetime\n2) Make a monthly recurring donation: https://www.nomadicpress.org/store/blackwritersfundrecurring\n3) Donate via a “ticket” through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/fundraiser-nomadic-press…\n4) Donate via the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: FUNDRAISER: Nomadic Press & BAMBDFEST 2021 Present: BlackLit: A Series of Poetic Conversations\nTime: Aug 11\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89931132235…\nMeeting ID: 899 3113 2235\nPasscode: 033189\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,89931132235#\,\,\,\,*033189# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,89931132235#\,\,\,\,*033189# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 899 3113 2235\nPasscode: 033189\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxgdKdrIL
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fundraiser-nomadic-press-bambdfest-2021-present-blacklit-a-series-of-poetic-conversations/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:We Are the Brennans — a discussion with Tracey Lange
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, August 12\, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of WE ARE THE BRENNANS with author Tracey Lange in a GGP Online Chat. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83468349847\, and on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/ggpbooks/live/. \nYou can order a print copy at http://bit.ly/ggpBrennans\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at http://bit.ly/BrennansAB. \nStaff Reviews\n\nI ABSOLUTELY love this book! WE ARE THE BRENNANS is the debut novel by Tracey Lange and centers around the Brennan family and the secrets that threaten to destroy their wonderfully dysfunctional Irish Catholic family.— Kathleen \nDescription\n\nIn the vein of Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again\, Yes and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s The Nest\, Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shame—and the redemptive power of love—in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets. \nWhen twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital\, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused\, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it’s not easy. She deserted them all—and her high school sweetheart—five years before with little explanation\, and they’ve got questions. \nSunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the east coast\, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays\, however\, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them. When a dangerous man from her past brings her family’s pub business to the brink of financial ruin\, the only way to protect them is to upend all their secrets—secrets that have damaged the family for generations and will threaten everything they know about their lives. In the aftermath\, the Brennan family is forced to confront painful mistakes—and ultimately find a way forward\, together.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/we-are-the-brennans-a-discussion-with-tracey-lange/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210813T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210813T193000
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #71
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
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LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210817T190000
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SUMMARY:Lisa Wells + Joanna Manqueros: Believers: Making a Life at End World
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & presents:\nLisa Wells + Joanna Manqueros: A Zoom Event\nBelievers: Making a Life at the End of the World \nIn search of answers and action\, award-winning poet and essayist Lisa Wells brings us Believers\, introducing trailblazers and outliers from across the globe who have found radically new ways to live and reconnect to the Earth in the face of climate change. \nWe find ourselves at the end of the world; how then shall we live? \nLike many of us\, Lisa Wells has spent years overwhelmed by news of apocalyptic-scale climate change and a coming sixth extinction. She did not need to be convinced of the stakes. But what can be done? Wells embarked on a pilgrimage\, seeking answers in dedicated communities-outcasts and visionaries-on the margins of society. \nWells meets Finisia Medrano\, an itinerant planter and misanthrope leading a group of nomadic activists to rewild the American desert. She finds a group of environmentalist Christians practicing “watershed discipleship” in New Mexico; another group in Philadelphia turning the tools of violence into tools of farming-guns into plowshares. She watches the world’s greatest tracker teach how to read a trail\, and visits botanists who are restoring land overrun by invasive species and destructive humans. She talks with survivors of catastrophic wildfires in California as they try to rebuild in new ways that acknowledge the fires will come again. \nBlending reportage\, memoir\, history\, and philosophy\, Wells opens up seemingly intractable questions about the damage we have done and how we might reckon with our inheritance. “Brilliant in its quest. . . [and] an essential document of our time” (Charles D’Ambrosio)\, Believers demands transformation: If the Earth is our home\, if our home is being destroyed-how then shall we live? \nLisa Wells is the author of The Grief Tower\, Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids\, and The Simple Life. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/lisa-wells-joanna-manqueros-believers-making-a-life-at-the-end-of-world-tickets-159198058679
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lisa-wells-joanna-manqueros-believers-making-a-life-at-end-world/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210817T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210817T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T012906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T012906Z
UID:64728-1629226800-1629234000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Virtual Get Lit #75
DESCRIPTION:We’re in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time limit + live music. All ages are welcome. Emceed by Abe Becker.\nNomadic Press’ Safe Space Statement and Process: https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess\nPoster by Jevohn Tyler Newsome\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly-get…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $200.\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Get Lit\nTime: Feb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Tue\, until Dec 21\, 2021\, 11 occurrence(s)\nFeb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMar 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nApr 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMay 18\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJun 15\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJul 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nAug 17\, 2021 07:00 PM\nSep 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nOct 19\, 2021 07:00 PM\nNov 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nDec 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZIkcOmhrD8qGNS4vvapk6…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86970924020\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nOne tap mobile\n+13126266799\,\,86970924020# US (Chicago)\n+19292056099\,\,86970924020# US (New York)\nDial by your location\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc84C7yxDO
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-get-lit-75/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210818T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210818T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210731T213029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210731T213029Z
UID:64664-1629311400-1629315000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges
DESCRIPTION:3rd Wednesdays\, 6:30pm. Here for the latest.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-4/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210819T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210819T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210731T214506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210731T214521Z
UID:64682-1629385200-1629396000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Fiction Seminar with Lysley Tenorio and Anthony Doerr: SCENE-STEALING: Scenes by Contemporary Masters and What To Take From Them
DESCRIPTION:Register for a cocktail hour literary seminar with SMC MFA fiction Professor Lysley Tenorio with guest author Anthony Doerr\nYou know the saying: good artists borrow\, great artists steal. In this class\, we’ll aim for greatness\, examining the ways contemporary fiction writers render scenes in their work. How do they use this building block of narrative to generate drama and suspense\, and to develop both external and internal conflict in their fiction? How do they use dialogue\, internal monologue\, and action to develop character\, in order to give readers an immersive emotional experience? By studying the strategies used by these celebrated authors\, we’ll learn to use their techniques for our own work. \nOne of the writers we’ll read is Anthony Doerr\, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the New York Times bestseller\, All The Light We Cannot See. Doerr will make a special virtual visit to our class to offer advice on writing scenes. To celebrate this incredible opportunity\, the class will include a signature cocktail\, which you can prepare during the class break and enjoy during his visit.  The cocktail recipe (with a non-alcoholic\, mocktail option) will be sent to students in advance. \nThis three-hour class includes close readings and discussion\, in-class writing and sharing\, and an author visit.  Recommended (but not required) readings will be sent to students one week before the class. \nLysley Tenorio is the author of the novel The Son of Good Fortune\, and the story collection Monstress. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship\, a Whiting Award\, the New American Voices Award\, a Stegner fellowship\, and the Rome Prize.  His stories have appeared in  the Atlantic\, Zoetrope: All-Story\, and Ploughshares\, and have been adapted for the stage in San Francisco and New York City.  A finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\, he will be a 2021-22 Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University.  He is a professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. \nAnthony Doerr is the author of All the Light We Cannot See\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize\, the Carnegie Medal\, the Alex Award\, and a #1 New York Times bestseller. He is also the author of the story collections Memory Wall and The Shell Collector\, the novel About Grace\, and the memoir Four Seasons in Rome. He has won five O. Henry Prizes\, the Rome Prize\, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award\, the National Magazine Award for fiction\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and the Story Prize. Born and raised in Cleveland\, Ohio\, Doerr lives in Boise\, Idaho\, with his wife and two sons.  His new novel\, Cloud Cuckoo Land\, will be published in the fall of 2021. \nFunds raised from this seminar will go to support scholarships for BIPOC/Global Majority students and LGBTQ!+ students in the MFA in Creative Writing program
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fiction-seminar-with-lysley-tenorio-and-anthony-doerr-scene-stealing-scenes-by-contemporary-masters-and-what-to-take-from-them/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,In-person
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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:20210819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210819T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T012656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T012656Z
UID:64725-1629399600-1629406800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #38
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom mundo. Curated y hosted by Josiahluis Alderete.\nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form:\nhttps://forms.gle/aHgoJxdUFXZXHjgQA\nThis month’s features: TBA\nIf you enjoy spaces like these\, please support Nomadic Press by donating via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating or buying a “ticket” at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly… OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe will be posting the features’ Venmo handles during the event.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Speaking Axolotl\nTime: Jan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Thu\, 12 occurrence(s)\nJan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nFeb 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMar 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nApr 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMay 20\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJun 17\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJul 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nAug 19\, 2021 08:00 PM\nSep 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nOct 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nNov 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nDec 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYtd…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82006774895\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,82006774895# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,82006774895# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koTOCjKqF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-38/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210820T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210820T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T012253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T012253Z
UID:64722-1629482400-1629487800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #72
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-72/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210821T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210821T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210804T225702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210804T225702Z
UID:64857-1629568800-1629572400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Book Celebration: Hurricanes\, Love Affairs\, & Other Disasters by Susan Praver-Pérez
DESCRIPTION:Join us in continuing the celebration of Hurricanes\, Love Affairs\, & Other Disasters\, Susana Praver-Pérez’ first full-length collection of poetry!\nReadings by Nina Serrano\, Josiah Luis Alderete\, Naomi Quiñonez\, Rebeca Lois Lucret\, Elijah Pringle III\, and of course\, Susana Praver-Pérez.\nMusic by Maria Jose Montijo (“Majo”)!\nOrder your copy of Hurricanes\, Love Affairs\, & Other Disasters by Susana Praver-Pérez here: https://www.nomadicpress.org/…/hurricanesloveaffairsand…\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Book Celebration: Hurricanes\, Love Affairs\, & Other Disasters by Susan Praver-Pérez\nTime: Aug 21\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84011211647…\nMeeting ID: 840 1121 1647\nPasscode: 474388\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,84011211647#\,\,\,\,*474388# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,84011211647#\,\,\,\,*474388# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\nMeeting ID: 840 1121 1647\nPasscode: 474388\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kepai2vF6p
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-celebration-hurricanes-love-affairs-other-disasters-by-susan-praver-perez/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210824T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210824T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T020727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T020727Z
UID:64776-1629828000-1629833400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #77
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-77/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210827T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T012057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T012057Z
UID:64719-1630087200-1630092600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #73
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-73/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210828T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T011919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T011919Z
UID:64716-1630173600-1630173600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Book Release: The Move by Keith Donnell Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of The Move\, Keith Donnell Jr.’s first full-length collection of poetry!\nLineup of readers and musician to be announced soon.\nPreorder your copy of The Move here: https://www.nomadicpress.org/store/themove\nAbout the book: Keith Donnell Jr. taps a cultural archive of voices\, forms\, and intergenerational absence. His poems\, so connected by difference\, speak across time\, place\, and persona\, always reaching toward song and the dream of a fluid\, indestructible beating Black heart. The Move puts the cold out and keeps it there.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Book Release: The Move by Keith Donnell Jr.\nTime: Aug 28\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87430457776…\nMeeting ID: 874 3045 7776\nPasscode: 547211\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,87430457776#\,\,\,\,*547211# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,87430457776#\,\,\,\,*547211# US (Tacoma)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 874 3045 7776\nPasscode: 547211\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvADb3xTO
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-the-move-by-keith-donnell-jr/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210903T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T015633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T015633Z
UID:64762-1630692000-1630697400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #74
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-74/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210910T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210910T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210801T015756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T015756Z
UID:64765-1631296800-1631302200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #75
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-75/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T200000
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Mary Roach with Zach Weinersmith / Launch for Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are thrilled to host the virtual launch for the inimitable Mary Roach and her new book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. She’ll be in conversation with Zach Weinersmith\, creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and author of the NYT bestselling popular science book\, Soonish. \nPlease note: \n\nThis is a ticketed event. Each ticket includes admission to the event\, a **signed** hardcover copy of the book and complimentary postage anywhere in the US.\nEvent link will be sent to everyone who registers.\nIf you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact us: events@booksmith.com.\nYou can order additional copies of Fuzz here; Mary’s other books here.\nOrder copies of Soonish here.\n\n\nAbout the book\nJoin “America’s funniest science writer” (Peter Carlson\, Washington Post)\, Mary Roach\, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. \nWhat’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago\, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days\, as New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers\, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict\, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. \nRoach tags along with animal-attack forensics investigators\, human-elephant conflict specialists\, bear managers\, and “danger tree” faller blasters. Intrepid as ever\, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter’s Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass\, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait\, learns how to install a vulture effigy\, and gets mugged by a macaque. \nCombining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows\, langur impersonators\, and trespassing squirrels\, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature’s lawbreakers. When it comes to “problem” wildlife\, she finds\, humans are more often the problem—and the solution. Fascinating\, witty\, and humane\, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat. \nAbout the authors\nMary Roach is the author of six best-selling works of nonfiction\, including Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers\, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal\, and\, most recently\, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Her writing has appeared in Outside\, National Geographic\, and the New York Times Magazine\, among other publications. \nZach Weinersmith is the creator of the popular webcomic SMBC\, the creator of the nerd comedy show BAHFest\, and the co-author of the New York Times bestselling popular science book\, Soonish. \nPlease note: This is a ticketed\, all-ages event. Each ticket includes a copy of Fuzz – no exceptions. If you already have a copy\, remember that books make great gifts! If you’ve already gifted this title to all of your friends\, please write events@booksmith.com and we’ll work things out.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-mary-roach-with-zach-weinersmith-launch-for-fuzz-when-nature-breaks-the-law/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210804T181918Z
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Martin Ford / Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are thrilled to host Martin Ford for his new book Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything. More to be announced – save the date and join us! \nPlease note: \n\nThis event is free and all ages\, but registration is required.\nYou can order copies of Rule of the Robots here; Martin’s other books here.\nEvent link will be sent to everyone who registers.\nIf you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact us: events@booksmith.com.\n\nAbout the book\nImagine it’s 2030. You call a bank to discuss your loan application\, but you don’t get to talk to a person. The bank’s AI has spoken: you are denied. At home\, feeling stressed\, you take pills both invented and prescribed by AI to keep your blood pressure in check. You stream a video starring “actors” generated by machine. And before you turn in\, you wonder if collaboration between Big Tech and China means you should choose a new AI provider for your home. \nAs Martin Ford shows in Rule of the Robots\, AI will soon flow through our lives like electricity does today\, remaking every sphere of human activity. Yet even as Ford maps out AI’s disquieting future\, he shows how we can prepare for it\, advocating for policies such as universal basic income and educational reform. It’s crucial that we take his words to heart. \nAbout the author\nMartin Ford is a futurist and the author of New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots\, a prescient look at AI and work. It won the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. His TED Talk on the impact of artificial intelligence on society has been viewed over 3 million times. Author photo by Xiaoxiao Zhao. \nPlease note: \n\nThis event is free and all ages\, but registration is required.\nYou can order copies of Rule of the Robots here; Martin’s other books here.\nEvent link will be sent to everyone who registers.\nIf you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact us: events@booksmith.com.\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-martin-ford-rule-of-the-robots-how-artificial-intelligence-will-transform-everything/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210804T190644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210804T190644Z
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SUMMARY:The Last Thing He Told Me: A Discussion With Author Laura Dave
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, September 16\, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME with author Laura Dave. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84095518061 and on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/ggpbooks/live/. \nYou can order a print copy of THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME at https://bit.ly/ggpLastThing\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at https://bit.ly/LastThingAB. \nDescription\n\n#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\nSELECTION OF THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB\nA HIGHLY ANTICIPATED\, BEST BOOK OF SUMMER SELECTED BY * VOGUE * USA TODAY * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * CNN * TOWN & COUNTRY * PARADE * BUSTLE * AND MORE! \nA “gripping” (Entertainment Weekly) mystery about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life—until he disappears. \nBefore Owen Michaels disappears\, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear\, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter\, Bailey. Bailey\, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey\, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. \nAs Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered\, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss\, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced\, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared. \nHannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past\, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated. \nWith its breakneck pacing\, dizzying plot twists\, and evocative family drama\, The Last Thing He Told Me is a riveting mystery\, certain to shock you with its final\, heartbreaking turn. \nAbout the Author\n\nLaura Dave is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Last Thing He Told Me\, as well as The First Husband\, The Divorce Party\, Eight Hundred Grapes\, and Hello\, Sunshine. She resides in Los Angeles with her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-last-thing-he-told-me-a-discussion-with-author-laura-dave/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T220000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #39
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom mundo. Curated y hosted by Josiahluis Alderete.\nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form:\nhttps://forms.gle/aHgoJxdUFXZXHjgQA\nThis month’s features: TBA\nIf you enjoy spaces like these\, please support Nomadic Press by donating via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating or buying a “ticket” at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly… OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe will be posting the features’ Venmo handles during the event.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Speaking Axolotl\nTime: Jan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Thu\, 12 occurrence(s)\nJan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nFeb 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMar 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nApr 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMay 20\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJun 17\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJul 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nAug 19\, 2021 08:00 PM\nSep 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nOct 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nNov 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nDec 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYtd…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82006774895\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,82006774895# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,82006774895# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koTOCjKqF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-39/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210917T193000
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #76
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-76/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Second Edition of Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory by James Cagney
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of the second edition of Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory by James Cagney!\nLineup of readers and musician to be announced soon.\nPreorders will go live soon.\nAbout the book: The poems in Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory interrogate identity\, family\, loneliness\, and the expectations of masculinity. Using dreams\, blues\, and a chorus of voices\, this collection of poems examines the complexities of intimacy for an adopted person trying to find balance between two families—one rattled by age and illness; the other\, holding space for a son that doesn’t exist. Second edition includes a foreword by Aya De Leon\, introduction by James Cagney\, and a reading guide at the back.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Book Release: Second Edition of Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory by James Cagney\nTime: Sep 18\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89838470310…\nMeeting ID: 898 3847 0310\nPasscode: 327050\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,89838470310#\,\,\,\,*327050# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,89838470310#\,\,\,\,*327050# US (Tacoma)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 898 3847 0310\nPasscode: 327050\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcjRRr6z75
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-second-edition-of-black-steel-magnolias-in-the-hour-of-chaos-theory-by-james-cagney/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210921T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210921T210000
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CREATED:20210801T021158Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Get Lit #76
DESCRIPTION:We’re in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time limit + live music. All ages are welcome. Emceed by Abe Becker.\nNomadic Press’ Safe Space Statement and Process: https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess\nPoster by Jevohn Tyler Newsome\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly-get…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $200.\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Get Lit\nTime: Feb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Tue\, until Dec 21\, 2021\, 11 occurrence(s)\nFeb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMar 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nApr 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMay 18\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJun 15\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJul 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nAug 17\, 2021 07:00 PM\nSep 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nOct 19\, 2021 07:00 PM\nNov 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nDec 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZIkcOmhrD8qGNS4vvapk6…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86970924020\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nOne tap mobile\n+13126266799\,\,86970924020# US (Chicago)\n+19292056099\,\,86970924020# US (New York)\nDial by your location\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc84C7yxDO
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-get-lit-76/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T153000
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CREATED:20210731T214728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210731T214756Z
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon Craft Conversation with Jamil Jan Kochai
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\nWednesday\, September 29\, 2021 – 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nDe La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 1928 St. Marys Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\, 1928 St. Marys Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nThe novelist Thomas Berger once suggested that the sentence was “the cell beyond which the life of the book cannot be traced\, a novel being a structure of such cells.” Continuing this line of thought\, one might argue that a great novel is built upon great sentences. In this craft talk\, we will be thinking through the techniques and theories discussed in Brooks Landon’s Building Great Sentences in order to determine what elements make a great sentence\, and how particular sentences are fashioned by writers like Patrick Chamoiseau\, Sandra Cisneros\, and Annie Proulx.\n\n\nJamil Jan Kochai is the author of 99 Nights in Logar (Viking\, 2019)\, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. \n  \n\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-afternoon-craft-conversation-with-jamil-jan-kochai/
LOCATION:De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 928 St. Marys 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:20210929T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210731T215036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210731T215036Z
UID:64690-1632943800-1632947400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Creative Writing Reading Series with Chris Feliciano Arnold
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\nWednesday\, September 29\, 2021 – 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nDe La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 1928 St. Marys Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nChris Feliciano Arnold has written essays and journalism for The Atlantic\, Harper’s\, Outside\, Vice News\, The New York Times and more. His fiction has been published in 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 received fellowships and scholarships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ 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\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR
URL:https://litseen.com/event/creative-writing-reading-series-with-chris-feliciano-arnold-2/
LOCATION:De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 928 St. Marys Road\, Moraga\, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,In-person
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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:20211012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150844
CREATED:20210804T181537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210804T181537Z
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Saul Griffith with Laura Fraser / Launch for Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are thrilled to present the launch for Saul Griffith and his book Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future. He’ll be in conversation with Laura Fraser (An Italian Affair). \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order Electrify here and we’ll ship it directly to you (or hold for pickup at our San Francisco shop). \nWe are happy to fulfill orders anywhere in the world – international postage will be invoiced separately. If you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact events@booksmith.com. \nAbout the book\nAn optimistic—but realistic and feasible—action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything. \nClimate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now—but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify\, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith’s plan can be summed up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure\, update our grid\, and adapt our households to make this possible. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars\, but the rest of us\, Griffith says\, will stay and fight for the future. \nGriffith\, an engineer and inventor\, calls for grid neutrality\, ensuring that households\, businesses\, and utilities operate as equals; we will have to rewrite regulations that were created for a fossil-fueled world\, mobilize industry as we did in World War II\, and offer low-interest “climate loans.” Griffith’s plan doesn’t rely on big\, not-yet-invented innovations\, but on thousands of little inventions and cost reductions. We can still have our cars and our houses—but the cars will be electric and solar panels will cover our roofs. For a world trying to bounce back from a pandemic and economic crisis\, there is no other project that would create as many jobs—up to 25 million\, according to one economic analysis. Is this politically possible? We can change politics along with everything else. \nAbout the authors\nSaul Griffith\, inventor\, entrepreneur\, and engineer\, is founder of Rewiring America\, a nonprofit dedicated to decarbonizing America by electrifying everything\, and founder and chief scientist at Otherlab. He was a recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant” in 2007. \nLaura Fraser is a journalist and author of three books of nonfiction\, including the NYT-bestselling memoir\, An Italian Affair. As founder and editorial director of Shebooks\, she published 75 short ebooks by women before selling the company to Shewrites Press. She lives around the corner from the Booksmith and launched all three of her books here. She’s also interviewed several authors for the Booksmith. Lately\, she has been collaborating with Saul Griffith and Rewiring America\, the organization he founded. So while she is not objective about the material in Saul’s new book\, she is well-acquainted with it. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-saul-griffith-with-laura-fraser-launch-for-electrify-an-optimists-playbook-for-our-clean-energy-future/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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