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SUMMARY:Claire Grossman\, Terry Taplin\, Jacq Greyja
DESCRIPTION:Claire Grossman studies English literature at Stanford and is co-curator of Cantíl\, an Oakland-based reading series. \nTerry Taplin is an MFA in Creative Writing Candidate at Saint Mary’s College of California where he serves as an assistant poetry editor at MARY: A Journal for New Writing and is the inaugural Lambda Literary Fellow. He holds a Bachelor’s in Classical Languages: Greek and Latin. He is a former slam champion and is the recipient of the Ina Coolbrith Prize for Undergraduate Poetry (academic year 14-15). Terry lives in Berkeley\, is an instructional assistant in the English Dept. at Berkeley City College\, and is interning as a marketing assistant at Omnidawn Publishing. He is the author of fragmenta (Marigold 2016). \nJacq Greyja is a nonbinary writer from California. They are a graduate student in the Creative Writing MFA program at San Francisco State University\, where they are a William Dickey Poetry Fellow. Jacq’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Hold: A Journal\, BAMPFA\, Bushel Collective\, Bettering American Poetry Vol. II\, Columbia Poetry Review\, Apogee\, Peach Mag\, Berkeley Poetry Review\, and elsewhere. Their first chapbook\,
URL:https://litseen.com/event/claire-grossman-terry-taplin-jacq-greyja/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Día de los muertos / Day of the Dead
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Rafael Jesús Gonzáez\, Jess Medina\, Jan Steckel\, Andrena Zawinski. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dia-de-los-muertos-day-of-the-dead/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181107T193000
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SUMMARY:Samina Ali
DESCRIPTION:Samina Ali is an award-winning author\, activist and cultural commentator. Her debut novel\, Madras on Rainy Days\, won France’s prestigious Prix du Premier Roman Etranger Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction. Ali’s work is driven by her belief in personal narrative as a force for achieving women’s individual and political freedom and in harnessing the power of media for social transformation. She is the curator of the groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed virtual exhibition\, Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art & Voices. Her current project\, a memoir of her near-death experience delivering her firstborn\, takes an unsparing look at gender bias and the crisis of preventable maternal deaths in the U.S. Ali is a former cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Daily Beast. Her work has been featured in The New York Times\, The Economist\, The Guardian\, Vogue\, National Public Radio (NPR) and elsewhere.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/samina-ali/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181108T193000
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SUMMARY:Maxine Hong Kingston & Gary Gach: Pause\, Breathe\, Smile
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nMAXINE HONG KINGSTON + GARY GACH\nPause\, Breathe\, Smile: Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation Is Not Enough\nHosted by Kris Welch \nTickets: $12 advance\, 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, Benefits KPFA Radio\, Info: kpfa.org/events \nPause…breathe… smile Three small words each containing a universe of wisdom. With these words we are invited to bring the practice of mindfulness into every moment of our lives. This handbook by Gary Gach supports the cultivation of awareness\, compassion and joy. The awakening of mindfulness will be discussed by Gary and Maxine Hong Kingston. \nMaxine Hong Kingston\, daughter of Chinese immigrants\, is a poet\, memoirist\, and fiction writer who was born in Stockton\, California\, and educated at the University of California-Berkeley. \nHer honors include the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Medal\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award in Literature\, the National Book Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award\, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Literary Awards. \nWriting for students of all levels\, Gary Gach draws on 50-plus years of study and practice to present this elegant\, accessible demonstration of three central aspects of mindful living. This simple process will “water your own innate seeds of awakening to help you pave your own path to total fulfillment and peace.” \n“A lovely offering of wisdom\, practices\, and kindness to help foster a mindful life and a compassionate heart” – Jack Kornfield\, author of “No Time Like the Present” \nGARY GACH is a writer\, mystic\, and lifelong meditator who has engaged in many roles: actor\, bookstore clerk\, dishwasher\, hospital administrator\, office temp\, stevedore\, teacher and trypographer. Lay-ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh in 2008\, he has authored eight previous books\, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism. \nKris Welch is a veteran\, very popular KPFA on-air host\, a mother\, and grandmother. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/maxine-hong-kingston-gary-gach-pause-breathe-smile/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181114T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181114T190000
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SUMMARY:Kim Stanley Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in celebrating the publication of Red Moon. Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kim-stanley-robinson/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181115T190000
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SUMMARY:InsideStorytime
DESCRIPTION:InsideStorytime will be at Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster Street\, Oakland\, Thursday November 15th\, 7-9pm. \ndetails TBA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:INVASIONS: Calvin Gimpelevich
DESCRIPTION:Author Calvin Gimpelevich is touring the West Coast in support of INVASIONS: the debut short fiction collection\, just out from Instar Books! Come out to Wolfman Books at 7 p.m. on Thursday\, November 15\, for an evening of rad new trans fiction by Calvin\, as well as work from other local LGBT writers! \nMore on Invasions: http://www.instarbooks.com/books/invasions.html \n“Invasions blew my mind. Flipping between speculative worlds deeply rooted in realness and emotion and more familiar landscapes that tip on the edges of personal apocalypses\, Gimpelevich’s writing is strong and sure\, taking us places we really haven’t been. I’m hooked.”–Michelle Tea \nAbout Calvin: Calvin Gimpelevich was born in San Francisco and has lived around the West Coast. A recipient of awards from Artist Trust\, Jack Straw Cultural Center\, the Speculative Literature Foundation\, 4Culture\, CODEX/Writer’s Block\, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, his work has appeared in Electric Literature\, Plentitude\, cream city\, THEM\, and other publications. He has cats. \nLocal featured readers TBA!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/invasions-calvin-gimpelevich/
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=UTC:20181115T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181115T213000
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SUMMARY:Reese Erlich & Norman Solomon: The Iran Agenda Today
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nReese Erlich & Norman Solomon\nThe Iran Agenda Today: The Real Story Inside Iran and What’s Wrong with US Policy \nHosted by Sabrina Jacobs \nAdvance tickets: $12 at 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM info: kpfa.org/events \nBased on frequent\, first-hand reporting in Iran and the United States\, The Iran Agenda Today explores the turbulent recent history between the two countries and reveals how it has led to a misguided showdown over nuclear technology. Foreign correspondent Reese Erlich notes that all the major U.S. intelligence agencies agree Iran has not had a nuclear weapons program since at least 2003. He explores why Washington nonetheless continues saber rattling\, and he provides a detailed critique of mainstream media coverage of Iran. The book further details the popular protests that have rocked Tehran despite repression by the country’s own Deep State. Erlich offers insights on Iran’s domestic politics\, popular culture\, and diverse populations over this recent era. His analysis draws on past interviews with high-ranking Iranian officials\, the former shah’s son\, Reza Pahlavi\, and Iranian exiles in Los Angeles\, as well as his trip to Tehran with actor Sean Penn. In a starred review of Inside Syria\, Publisher’s Weekly wrote that Erlich’s “insights and conclusions are objective and valuable… essential reading for understanding the current turmoil in the Middle East.” \nNorman Solomon is the author of a dozen books including “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy\, where he coordinates the ExposeFacts.org program for whistleblowers and press freedom\, and co-founder of RootsAction.org. \nSabrina Jacobs is host and producer of the popular A Rude Awakening\, aired on KPFA\, Mondays 3:30-4pm. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/reese-erlich-norman-solomon-the-iran-agenda-today/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Sketchtasy
DESCRIPTION:Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents Sketchtasy. Sketchtasy brings 1990s gay culture startlingly back to life\, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact of growing up at a time when desire and death are intertwined. With an intoxicating voice and unruly cadence\, this is a shattering\, incandescent novel that conjures the pain and pageantry of struggling to imagine a future. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers \n\n5433 College Avenue\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mattilda-bernstein-sycamore-sketchtasy/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T150000
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SUMMARY:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018:\n\n November 3\, December 1\n\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\nSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n\nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n\nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n\n\nRelated
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-open-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T190000
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SUMMARY:JOURNAL RELEASE: NOMADIC JOURNAL 2018: COVENANT
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2018: Covenant! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA and pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($15 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/journal-release-nomadic-journal-2018-covenant/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T190000
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SUMMARY:How We Get Free: A Conversation on Black Feminism\, Politics\, and Liberation
DESCRIPTION:On December 1\, the night before the fifth annual Howard Zinn Book Fair\, three leading activist-scholars will come together in conversation about Black Feminism past and present. The speakers\, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor\, Cat Brooks and Zoé Samudzi\, each coming from a unique radical tradition\, will combine their own research and experience with the history of past movements to explore questions around race\, gender\, class\, and ultimately\, liberation. What is the role of elections? Of #BlackLivesMatter? Of Trump? How should we be organizing today for our collective liberation? This event will also feature poetry readings by Idrissa Simmonds. \n\nIn the last several years\, Black feminism has reemerged as the analytical framework for the activists response to the oppression of trans women of color\, the fight for reproductive rights\, and of course\, the movement against police abuse and violence. The most visible organizations and activists connected to the Black Lives Matter movement speak openly about how Black feminism shapes their politics and strategies today. —Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor\nHow We Get Free: A Conversation on Black Feminism\, Politics\, and Liberation takes place Saturday December 1st\, 7pm\nat the First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland\, CA 94612. A sliding scale donation of $5-10 is requested and the event is sponsored by the Howard Zinn Book Fair and the International Socialist Organization and all proceeds will go to the book fair. And please attend the Fifth Annual Howard Zinn Book Fair on Sunday\, Dec. 2 frm 10-6 at City College of SF at 1125 Valencia St.\, SF. \nFor more information see profiles below and check our website: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://howardzinnbookfair.com/\n\nFeaturing……\n \n\n\n\n\nKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University. She is the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation\, an examination of the history and politics of Black America and the development of the social movement Black Lives Matter in response to police violence in the United States. Taylor’s book\, How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective explores the history of the Combahee River Collective\, a trailblazing 1960s-70s group of radical black feminists through interviews with the groups founders. Her research examines race\, housing\, and public policy. \nCat Brooks was a candidate for Oakland mayor in 2018. She is a leading activist in the Black Lives Matter Movement and co-founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project whose mission is to rapidly respond to and ultimately eradicate state violence in communities of color. Brooks is also a KPFA radio host\, playwright and actor. \nZoé Samudzi is a writer\, photographer\, and third year doctoral student in Medical Sociology at the University of California\, San Francisco. Her doctoral research explores the Namibian genocide\, German colonialism\, and eugenics. She is a co-author of As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Our Liberation. Her work seeks to merge political theory\, visual studies and photography\, and critical approaches to science in service of a blended multidisciplinary means of articulating Blackness(es). \nIdrissa Simmonds is a poet\, essayist\, fiction writer\, and workshop facilitator. Winner of the 2013 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize\, Idrissa has been a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Award and a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant in poetry. Her work has most recently appeared in Black Renaissance Noire\, James Franco Review\, Fourteen Hills Press\, and Room Magazine. She has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook\, Bread Loaf Writers Conference\, Poets House\, and VONA/Voices. She is co-editor of BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic. She curates Brunch & Word\, a bi-coastal literary salon.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/how-we-get-free-a-conversation-on-black-feminism-politics-and-liberation/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181204T193000
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SUMMARY:Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”
DESCRIPTION:Join us for fruitcake and cheer in this annual Mrs. Dalloway’s tradition. \n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, December 4\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst published in 1956\, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection from Capote about his rural Alabama boyhood is a perfect gift for fans young and old\, a “gem of a holiday story.” (School Library Journal\, starred review). \nSeven-year-old Buddy inaugurates the Christmas season by crying out to his cousin\, Miss Sook Falk: “It’s fruitcake weather!” Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd but enduring friendship and the memories the two friends share of beloved holiday rituals. \nReader Thomas Lynch is an actor and longtime resident of the Elmwood. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/thomas-lynch-reads-truman-capotes-a-christmas-memory/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181205T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181205T200000
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SUMMARY:El Cerrito Out Loud: Poetry Event
DESCRIPTION:Join City Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel for “El Cerrito Out Loud” at Off the Grid. Hear featured poets and participate in an open mic and writing activities. All ages encouraged to participate. No experience necessary. Food available for purchase at food trucks.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/el-cerrito-out-loud-poetry-event/
LOCATION:San Pablo & Fairmount Avenues\, 6159 Fairmount Avenue\, El Cerrito\, 94530
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T121000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T125000
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SUMMARY:Mary Jo Bang
DESCRIPTION:Mary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing\, Louise in Love\, The Last Two Seconds\, and Elegy\, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award—and a translation of Dante’s Inferno\, illustrated by Henrik Drescher. She has received a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship at the American Academy of Berlin. She teaches creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-jo-bang/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T203000
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SUMMARY:NEW DATE! In Common Writers Series: Kiese Laymon and Tongo Eisen-Martin\, reading their work
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to a generous grant from the Walter & Elise Haas Fund\, The Poetry Center is thrilled to launch our new In Common Writers Series. We’ll present six double-programs (twelve events in all) during 2018–19\, featuring a series of remarkable writers from across the US\, paired in conversation and performance with (for the most part) local area writers with whom they share strong affinities. Each featured guest writer appears at The Poetry Center—we’re doing outreach in particular to students and faculty in SF State’s College of Ethnic Studies—reading here and in conversation with their paired writer\, and then off-campus with both writers reading their work at one of the Bay Area’s local bookstores. We want to recognize our local bookstores as crucial cultural centers and\, paradoxically maybe\, among the most long-lived and durable cultural sites in this violently gentrified greater community. Both events are free and open to the public. Note: Marcus Books Oakland event\, 6:30 pm door; readings at 7pm sharp! \nKiese Laymon will be presenting his powerful new book Heavy: An American Memoir (Scribner\, 2018)\, and coming to San Francisco from his hometown of Jackson\, Mississippi. After reading\, then joining Tongo Eisen-Martin in conversation at The Poetry Center during the afternoon\, Thursday December 6\, the two of them will each present their own work that same evening at Oakland’s landmark Marcus Books\, “the oldest African American-themed bookstore in the country.” \n“Oh my god. I just finished Heavy by Kiese Laymon. It is. Astonishing. Difficult. Intense. Layered…. Wow. Just wow.” —Roxane Gay \nKiese Laymon is a black southern writer\, born and raised in Jackson\, Mississippi. Laymon attended Millsaps College and Jackson State University before graduating from Oberlin College. He earned an MFA in Fiction from Indiana University. Laymon is currently a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of the award-winning novel\, Long Division\, a collection of essays\, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America\, and Heavy: An American Memoir\, brand new from Scribner in October 2018. Laymon has written for numerous publications including New York Times\, NPR\, Los Angeles Times\, Esquire\, The Guardian\, McSweeneys\, Colorlines\, The Best American Series\, Ebony and many others. He is a contributing editor of Oxford American. \nBorn in San Francisco\, Tongo Eisen-Martin is the author of someone’s dead already (Bootstrap Press\, 2015) and Heaven Is All Goodbyes (City Lights Books\, Pocket Poets Series\, 2017). He is a movement worker\, educator\, and poet who has organized against mass incarceration and extra-judicial killing of Black people throughout the United States. Subscribing to the Freirian model of education\, he designed curricula for oppressed people’s education projects from San Francisco to South Africa. His latest curriculum on extrajudicial killing of Black people\, We Charge Genocide Again\, has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. He uses his craft to create liberated territory wherever he performs and teaches. He recently lived and organized around issues of human rights and self-determination in Jackson\, MS. Eisen-Martin was The Poetry Center’s premier Mazza Writer in Residence in 2017\, and has recently taught writing at Mills College and the St. Mary’s College in the Bay Area. Heaven Is All Goodbyes was recognized with a California Book Award\, an American Book Award\, and was short-listed for Canada’s prestigious Griffin International Poetry Prize for 2018. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated event: \nIn Common Writers Series\nKiese Laymon\nreading and in conversation with Tongo Eisen-Martin\nThursday OCT 25\n*1:00pm @ The Poetry Center\nHUM 512\, SFSU\, free and open to the public\nsupported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund \nFEATURE: Kiese Laymon\, What Bill Cosby Taught Me About Sexual Violence and Flying\nVIDEO: Kiese Laymon with Mark Anthony Neal\, on Heavy: An American Memoir \n\n\n\nFEATURE: Rules Are Meant to Be Broken\, an interview with Tongo Eisen Martin\, by Erica Lewis\nVIDEO: Mazza Writer in Residence\, Tongo Eisen-Martin\, in performance and in conversation\nVIDEO: Tongo Eisen-Martin with Marshall Trammell\, in performance \n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center and Marcus Books Oakland
URL:https://litseen.com/event/new-date-in-common-writers-series-kiese-laymon-and-tongo-eisen-martin-reading-their-work/
LOCATION:Marcus Books\, 3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T210000
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SUMMARY:Noir: Nighthawks
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Jon Sindell\, Sara McAulay\, Robert Pesich\, Susan Cohen. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/noir-nighthawks/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20181127T002006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T002006Z
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SUMMARY:WOULD YOU BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THAT OUTFIT?
DESCRIPTION:WOULD YOU BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THAT OUTFIT?\nA multimedia event celebrating the aesthetics of ’80s and ’90s underground clubbing by pájaros\, maricones\, mariposas\, mariquitas and those who love them. \nCurated by artists Juliana Delgado Lopera & Rebeka Rodriguez in collaboration with Aunt Lute Books\, this 1980s Latinx fashion extravaganza will include: \n*A runway featuring YOU – fabulous young and elder queers! \n*A kiki panel on the resiliency of people living and performing on 16th street in the 80s and 90s [FULL LINEUP TO BE ANNOUNCED] \n*A cute and cuir photo booth \n*DRAG! \nAnd more! Bring your best looks for a chance to win some fabulous prizes (glamorous books)! \nThis event is FREE! Ages 21 and up. The Stud is ADA accessible. \n  \n  \nWhen:  December 6\, 2018 @ 7pm\nWhere: The Stud (399 9th St\, San Francisco\, CA) \n===== \nAbout the curators:\nJuliana Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer\, historian based in San Francisco. The recipient of the 2014 Jackson Literary award\, she’s the author of Quiéreme (Nomadic Press 2017) and ¡Cuéntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants (Aunt Lute 2017)\, which won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. She is currently the Creative Director of RADAR Productions. \nRebeka Rodriguez is an artist\, curator\, and cultural producer working in San Francisco communities. She is currently the Civic Engagement Manager at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the founder of BYOQ\, a daytime music\, art & performance festival. \nAunt Lute Books is a nonprofit women’s publishing press based in San Francisco. For over thirty years\, we have been publishing literature that voices the perspectives of women who have been traditionally under-represented in mainstream and small press publishing.         \n  \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/would-you-be-caught-dead-in-that-outfit/
LOCATION:The Stud Bar\, 399 9th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181207T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181207T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
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SUMMARY:OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by 4-5 Nomadic Press authors in our intimate space amongst the hustle at 23rd and Telegraph Avenue. Come early and catch our authors reading on a street stage just down the block at 6:30 PM. This month features readings by TBD and music by TBD. \nTo help pay for our space and our artists and ensure that we can continue our robust programming series\, we are asking for suggested donations of $10-15 at the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). Nomadic Press books\, as always\, will be for sale at the event. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-first-fridays-at-nomadic-press-6/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181207T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181207T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
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SUMMARY:Studio One Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, December 7th\, feat. Brenda Hillman and Rae Armantrout!\nPlease join us on Friday\, December 7th\, from 7:30-9:30 pm\, \nfor a reading featuring Brenda Hillman and Rae Armantrout\, \nplus art by Patrick Sumner and Peggy Videtta! \n  \n***** \nauthor & artist bios & photos below. \n\n \nAll of our readings are free & open to the public. \nSnacks\, wine & Lagunitas beer will be served. \n\n \n365 45th Street | Oakland | 94609 \nHere’s a map. \n\n \n+ a huge thank you to our generous sponsors! \n\n \nLagunitas Brewing Company \nClorox Company Foundation \nOakland Parks and Recreation Foundation  \n***** \nBrenda Hillman is the author of 10 collections from Wesleyan University Press\, most recently Extra Hidden Life\, among the Days (2018)\, Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (2013)\, and Practical Water (2011). Hillman recently co-translated At Your Feet\, the poems of Ana Cristina Cesar (Free Verse Editions\, 2018). She lives in the Bay Area with her husband\, Robert Hass and is Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at St. Mary’s College in Moraga\, California. \nRae Armantrout’s most recent books\, Versed\, Money Shot\, Just Saying\, Itself\, Partly: New and Selected Poems\, Entanglements\, (a chapbook selection of poems in conversation with physics)\, and Wobble were published by Wesleyan University Press. Wobble was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award. In 2010 her book Versed won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and The National Book Critics Circle Award. Her poems have appeared in many anthologies and journals including Poetry\, Lana Turner\, The Nation\, The New Yorker\, Bomb\, Harper’s\,The Paris Review\, Postmodern American Poetry: a Norton Anthology\, The Open Door: 100 Poems\, 100 Years of Poetry Magazine\, etc.   She is recently retired from UC San Diego where she was professor of poetry and poetics. She lives in the Seattle area. \nPosted by Casey at 11:34 AM No comments:  \nLabels: brenda hillman\, Rae Armantrout \nTHURSDAY\, OCTOBER 18\, 2018\nFriday\, November 2nd\, feat. Raina J. León\, Jacob Kahn\, and Susan Kolodny!\nPlease join us on Friday\, November 2nd at 7:30 pm for a reading featuring Raina J. León\, Jacob Kahn\, \nand Susan Kolodny! \nEvent is FREE. \nLagunitas beer\, wine\, and snacks will be served. \nStudio One Art Center | 365 45th Street | Oakland \nHere’s a map. \nAs always\, a generous thank you to our sponsors: \nLagunitas Brewing Company \nClorox Company Foundation \nOakland Parks and Recreation Foundation \nRaina J. León\, PhD\, CantoMundo graduate fellow\, Cave Canem graduate fellow\, and member of the Carolina African American Writers Collective\, has been published in numerous journals as a writer of poetry\, fiction and nonfiction. She is the author of three collections of poetry\, Canticle of Idols\, Boogeyman Dawn\, sombra: (dis)locate (2016) and the chapbook\, profeta without refuge (2016). She has received fellowships and residencies with Macondo\, Montana Artists Refuge\, the Macdowell Colony\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts\, Vermont Studio Center\, and Ragdale\, among others. She is a founding editor of The Acentos Review\, an online quarterly\, international journal devoted to the promotion and publication of Latinx arts. She is an associate professor of education at Saint Mary’s College of California. She is currently a teaching poet-in residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. \nJacob Kahn is a bookseller and editor and organizer and curator and lots of other things at E.M. Wolfman Books in Oakland\, CA. He is a 2018 Frontier Fellow at Epicenter in Green River\, Utah\, a rural design studio and community-based artist residency\, and his writing can be found in ‘A Circuit of Yields’ (Wolfman Books\, 2014) and elsewhere. \nSusan Kolodny is the author of two poetry collections: After the Firestorm (Mayapple Press\, 2011) and Preserve (Finishing Line Press\, 2017). Her poems appear in New England Review\, Bellingham Review\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, and in other journals and several anthologies\, and have been featured on American Life in Poetry and Poetry Daily. She is a psychoanalyst in practice in the East Bay\, a faculty member at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis\, and author of The Captive Muse: On Creativity and Its Inhibition (PsychoSocial Press\, 2000).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/studio-one-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:Studio One Arts Center\, 365 45th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181217T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181217T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20181031T224158Z
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SUMMARY:GET LIT #43 (MUSIC BY TBD)
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. \nFeatured lineup of writers TBA \nSuggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and wonderful food by Guadalajara Restaurant & Tequila Bar just down the block. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present. \nGet beer. Get lit. Then Get Tacos.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-43-music-by-tbd/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181220T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181220T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20181128T223923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T223923Z
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SUMMARY:YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY\, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES... OAKLAND EDITION
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 20\, 2018\n7:30 PM  11:00 PM\nStarline Social Club (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHIS SHOW IS IN OAKLAND!!!\nDoors at 7:30pm\nShow at 8pm\n$10 at the door… & NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS \nYou’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes…\nthe OAKLAND EDITION\nw/ Chelsea Coleman \nOn December 20th\, 2018 we will gather in the side room of the Starline Social Club at 7:30pm. At 8pm we will begin a night of music\, poetry\, storytelling\, and emotions-feeling. The theme is death\, grief\, loss\, and our own mortality. Whether our own deaths feel near or far away\, whether we have the privilege of coasting through life in denial of our eventual deaths and the deaths of those we love\, or whether we are face to face with it all too often – most of us have something to say about it. In a world that would rather sweep sadness\, anger\, confusion\, and grief under the rug\, we will make a space for it together. \nThroughout the night\, we will bring some special performers up to the stage\, and the rest is up to you. Bring your stories\, songs\, poems\, or just your rapt attention. The only rule is that your performance must be under 5 minutes (we will give you a warning at 4 minutes). There will be a piano\, an acoustic guitar\, and two mics for you to use if you want! If you want to perform something that requires more than 30 seconds of setup\, email me at chelsea@yg2d.com and we can figure out how to make it work w/o eating into your 5 mins. Get there when doors open at 7:30 if you want to sign up to perform!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-oakland-edition/
LOCATION:Starline Social Club\, 2236 martin Luther King Jr Way\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="You're Going to Die":MAILTO:ned@yg2d.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181228T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181228T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Jan Steckel's Like Flesh Covers Bone
DESCRIPTION:Oakland poet Jan Steckel will read from her new poetry book Like Flesh Covers Bone (Zeitgeist Press\, December 2018)\, followed by an open mic\, hosted by Jeanne Lupton. \n“These poems have come for blood. Honest and direct\, Jan writes often humorous\, always electrified poetry of great depth and courage. Take this journey!” James Cagney\, author of Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory (Nomadic Press\, 2018) \nJan Steckel is a former pediatrician who stopped practicing medicine because of chronic pain. Her latest poetry book is Like Flesh Covers Bone (Zeitgeist Press\, December 2018). Her poetry book The Horizontal Poet (Zeitgeist Press\, 2011) won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award. Her fiction chapbook Mixing Tracks (Gertrude Press\, 2009) and poetry chapbook The Underwater Hospital (Zeitgeist Press\, 2006) also won awards. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Scholastic Magazine\, Bellevue Literary Review\, New Verse News\, November 3 Club\, Assaracus and elsewhere. Her work has been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-launch-for-jan-steckels-like-flesh-covers-bone/
LOCATION:Frank Bette Center for the Arts\, 1601 Paru Street\, Alameda\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jan Steckel":MAILTO:steckeljan@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190106T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20190104T032135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190104T032135Z
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SUMMARY:Memorial Gathering for Julia Vinograd
DESCRIPTION:As most or all of you know\, Julia Vinograd passed away very peacefully on the morning of December 5. There will be a gathering to honor and celebrate her life\, as Honorary Poet Laureate of Berkeley and the Bubble Lady of Telegraph Avenue\, and all around magnificent and inspiring human being\, on Sunday\, January 6. The gathering will include a potluck and a microphone for folks to speak briefly or read a poem. \nChapter 510 & the Department of Make Believe\, a non-profit focused on youth literacy in the East Bay\, have graciously offered their space to us free of charge for this memorial. We will have a box at the door for donations to their organization\, which is doing fabulous work\, and if you can help them out with $5-10 or more\, that would be great. But it is absolutely not required\, and please\, please come regardless. \nHere’s their website so you can check out what they do.http://www.chapter510.org/what-we-do \nSHARE THIS INVITE WITH FRIENDS! FACEBOOK WILL ONLY LET ME SEND OUT SO MANY. Either use the Share button to invite your (or Julia’s) friends\, or paste the info or event address (www) into an email. \nHere’s the schedule for the afternoon. \n1:30 — POTLUCK (to go throughout the day) \nPlease bring a dish or beverage to share if you can. It’s fine to bring beer or wine\, and of course non-alcoholic bevs are welcomed. We’ll have some paper plates\, plastic forks\, paper towels\, and cups on hand\, but feel free to bring a few of those if you think of it. I’m sure we could use extra. \nThe space has tables to eat at as well as folding chairs and couches. If you’re at a table and not eating\, and see someone who needs a seat to eat\, please oblige them. We’ll try to have enough chairs out for everyone\, of course. \n2 – 5 pm — OPEN MIC TO READ OR SPEAK \nWe’ll provide a microphone for any and all who want to speak about Julia’s life\, or read a poem\, either their own or Julia’s. We’ll have some of her books there to read from if you like. \nThere will be a list to SIGN UP TO SPEAK by the side of the stage. Just ask the person at the door if you can’t find it. \nPlease plan to speak no more than 3 MINUTES\, or one poem. We’re expecting a lot of folks will want to\, so that would be a big help. We’ll have a series of hosts to call out who’s next to read. \nIt’s a pretty big space\, so if you want to talk\, please do quietly toward the back of the room (by the front windows)\, or in the lobby\, so that folks can hear the speakers. \nWe will also have some of Julia’s books on sale by the door. \nWE NEED \n— A crew to set up beforehand\n— A crew to clean up afterward (important! we said we’d leave the place spotless)\n— A few folks to help with the donation box at the door\, and to greet folks and answer questions\n— A few folks to help with hosting\, basically taking turns for 30-60 minutes calling out who’s next to speak \nIf you’re able to help\, please send a private message to Richard Loranger on here\, or email him at hello@richardloranger.com. \nLet’s gather for Julia\, who will be with us for a long time to come.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/memorial-gathering-for-julia-vinograd/
LOCATION:Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe\, 2301 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Richard Loranger":MAILTO:mythkiller@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190110T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20181231T221119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181231T221357Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Circle @BPL Claremont
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Circle at the Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library features you and what you like. Come with a favorite poem — or find one here! If you write poetry\, share one of your own\, too. We will be taking turns in a reading circle. Listeners welcome.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-circle-bpl-claremont/
LOCATION:Claremont Branch\, Berkeley Public Library\, 2940 Benvenue Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190110T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20181128T230238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T230238Z
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SUMMARY:ALISON HART at Books Inc. Alameda
DESCRIPTION:Renowned local poet and writer Alison Hart shares her stunning work of literary fiction\, Mostly White. This special event will include a Reader’s Theater performance featuring Alison Hart\, Lady H a.k.a. Haninah Abdullah\, Cynthia Onetta Toliver\, Robert Fisher\, Gloria Fisher\, and Keith Grier. \nA family saga: four generations of mixed-race African American\, Native American\, and Irish women experience intergenerational trauma as well as the healing brought by nature and music\, leading to triumphant resilience. \nMostly White begins in 1890 when Emma\, a mixed-race Native American and African American girl\, is beaten by nuns and confined in a closet for speaking her language at an Indian Residential school in Maine. From there\, a tale that spans four generations of women unfolds. Emma’s descendants suffer the effects of trauma\, poverty\, and abuse while fighting to form their own identities and honor the call of their ancestors. \n\nAlison Hart studied theater at New York University and later found her voice as a writer. She identifies as a mixed-race African American\, Passamaquoddy Native American\, Irish\, Scottish\, and English woman of color. Her poetry collection Temp Words was published by Cosmo Press in 2015\, and her poems appear in Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California (Scarlet Tanager Books\, 2016) and elsewhere. Hart lives in Alameda\, California. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, January 10\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc.\n1344 Park St\n\nAlameda\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alison-hart-at-books-inc-alameda/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190110T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20181130T040709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181130T040709Z
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SUMMARY:Thomas Kohnstamm: Lake City
DESCRIPTION:East Bay Booksellers welcomes Thomas Kohnstamm to discuss his new new book Lake City. He will be in conversation with Broke-Ass Stuart Schuffman. The novel’s setting is Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood during the 2001 holiday season. In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy and at the peak of Seattle’s first wave of tech-boom gentrification–a wave that never quite made it to his neighborhood–Lane Beuche schemes how to win back his wife (and her trust fund). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers \n\n5433 College Avenue\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/thomas-kohnstamm-lake-city/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190110T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190110T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T005220
CREATED:20181231T221311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181231T221311Z
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SUMMARY:Raise the Bay: In Her Voice
DESCRIPTION:Speak Your Truth presents its fourth event\, “Raise the Bay: In Her Voice” on January 10\, 2019. Raise the Bay will highlight female-identifying singer/songwriters and spoken word artists in the Bay Area. \nAll of the proceeds from this event (and all of our Speak Your Truth events) directly benefit our education programming\, which aims to diversify the next generation of music industry professionals. \nSpeak Your Truth takes place every other month on our Tier One stage (the top tier of The UC Theatre)\, a 250 capacity nightclub space that provides a platform for emerging local artists to share their talents on stage. For more information\, or to donate directly to the Speak Your Truth event series\, please visit this page. \n$10.00. \nPresented by The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/raise-the-bay-in-her-voice/
LOCATION:The UC Theatre Taub Family Music Hall\, 2036 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:LYNDSAY FAYE at Books Inc. in Alameda
DESCRIPTION:Lyndsay Faye\, author of Edgar-nominated Jane Steele and Gods of Gotham\, will discuss her exciting new historical thriller\, The Paragon Hotel\, which follows Alice “Nobody” from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland’s the Paragon Hotel. \nThe year is 1921\, and “Nobody” Alice James is on a cross-country train\, carrying a bullet wound and fleeing for her life following an illicit drug and liquor deal gone horribly wrong. Desperate to get as far away as possible from New York City and those who want her dead\, she has her sights set on Oregon: a distant frontier that seems the end of the line. \nShe befriends Max\, a black Pullman porter who reminds her achingly of Harlem\, who leads Alice to the Paragon Hotel upon arrival in Portland. Her unlikely sanctuary turns out to be the only all-black hotel in the city\, and its lodgers seem unduly terrified of a white woman on the premises. But as she meets the churlish Dr. Pendleton\, the stately Mavereen\, and the unforgettable club chanteuse Blossom Fontaine\, she begins to understand the reason for their dread. The Ku Klux Klan has arrived in Portland in fearful numbers—burning crosses\, inciting violence\, electing officials\, and brutalizing blacks. And only Alice\, along with her new “family” of Paragon residents\, are willing to search for a missing mulatto child who has mysteriously vanished into the Oregon woods. \nWhy was “Nobody” Alice James forced to escape Harlem? Why do the Paragon’s denizens live in fear—and what other sins are they hiding? Where did the orphaned child who went missing from the hotel\, Davy Lee\, come from in the first place? And\, perhaps most important\, why does Blossom Fontaine seem to be at the very center of this tangled web? \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, January 16\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc. in Alameda\n1344 Park St\n\nAlameda\, CA 94501
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyndsay-faye-at-books-inc-in-alameda/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:MATT COYLE with TERRY SHAMES at Books Inc. Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Joining Books Inc. in Berkeley for an evening of thrills and chills with award-winning mystery writer Matt Coyle sharing his intriguing new novel\, Wrong Light: Rick Cahill #5. Matt will be in conversation with Mystery Writers of America member Terry Shames\, author of the charming Samuel Craddock mystery series. \n\nAbout Wrong Light: Perfect for hard-boiled PI and Noir fans who like a tainted hero living by his own code.\n\nNaomi Hendrix’s sexy voice hovering over the radio waves isn’t the only thing haunting the Southern California nights. A demented soul is stalking Naomi\, hiding in the shadows of the night\, waiting for the right moment to snatch her and fulfill a twisted fantasy.\nWhen Naomi’s radio station hires PI Rick Cahill to protect Naomi and track down the stalker\, he discovers that Naomi is hiding secrets about her past that could help unmask the man. However\, before Rick can extract the truth from Naomi\, he is thrust into a missing person’s case–an abduction he may have unwittingly caused. The investigating detective questions Rick’s motives for getting involved and pressures him to stop meddling.\nWhile Rick pursues Naomi’s stalker and battles the police\, evil ricochets from his own past and embroils Rick in a race to find the truth about an old nemesis. Is settling the score worth losing everything?\n\n\nAbout An Unsettling Crime for Samuel Craddock: When the Jarrett Creek Fire Department is called to douse a blaze on the outskirts of town\, they discover a grisly scene: five black young people have been murdered. Newly elected Chief of Police Samuel Craddock\, just back from a stint in the Air Force\, finds himself an outsider in the investigation headed by the Texas Highway Patrol. He takes an immediate dislike to John Sutherland\, a racist trooper \nCraddock’s fears are realized when Sutherland arrests Truly Bennett\, a young black man whom Craddock knows and respects. Sutherland cites dubious evidence that points to Bennett\, and Craddock uncovers facts leading in another direction. When Sutherland refuses to relent\, Craddock is faced with a choice that will define him as a lawman–either let the highway patrol have its way\, or take on a separate investigation himself. \nAlthough his choice to investigate puts both Craddock and his family in danger\, he perseveres. In the process\, he learns something about himself and the limits of law enforcement in Jarrett Creek. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, January 16\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc.\n1491 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/matt-coyle-with-terry-shames-at-books-inc-berkeley/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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