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SUMMARY:Hilary Zaid discusses PAPER IS WHITE (w/ Jane Mason)
DESCRIPTION:More info to come
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hilary-zaid-discusses-paper-is-white-w-jane-mason/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Mallory Ortberg reads from The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
DESCRIPTION:Mallory Ortberg\, co-creator of The Toast\, reads from her new book\, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror. A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk and fairy tales (but with a feminist spin) that find the sinister in the familiar and the familiar in the alien–from the author of Texts From Jane Eyre. \n      \nAbout the Book \nFrom Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from her beloved “Children’s Stories Made Horrific” series\, “The Merry Spinster” takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and her best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature has become among the most popular on the site\, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views\, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg’s eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting\, familiar and alien all at the same time\, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children’s stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror\, emotional clarity\, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. \nReaders of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg’s boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg’s oeuvre will delight in her unique spin on fiction\, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling is always at work just beneath the surface. \nUnfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material\, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected\, and frequently\, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves\, and each other\, as we tuck ourselves in for the night. \nBed time will never be the same. \nMallory Ortberg is the co-creator of the Toast and the author of the New York Times Bestseller Texts From Jane Eyre.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mallory-ortberg-reads-from-the-merry-spinster-tales-of-everyday-horror/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180316T210000
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SUMMARY:Divining Triptychs: Printmaking\, Dance\, and Poetry Across Millennia
DESCRIPTION:Works by Robert Woods\, Lucinda Weaver\, and Alan Bern\nLive performances:\nFriday\, March 16\, at 7:30 pm\nSaturday\, March 17\, at 4:30 pm\nDoors open 30 min prior. \nPACES: dance and poetry fit to the space is the collaborative performance company of Dancer & Choreographer Lucinda Weaver and Poet and Storyteller Alan Bern. Bern and artist Robert Woods have worked together under the imprint of Lines & Faces for over forty years. All three come together in this one-of-a-kind performance “Divining Triptychs: Printmaking\, Dance\, and Poetry across Millennia.” \nLucinda Weaver grew up dancing in Berkeley\, California\, with Ruth Hatfield. She studied at UC Berkeley with David Wood and in New York City\, where she met Margaret Jenkins who invited her to be a founding member of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company in San Francisco. She then lived in Europe where she worked and performed as a solo dancer/choreographer. Currently\, she is on the guest faculty of the Accademia Teatro Dimitri\, a physical theater university in Switzerland. \nAlan Bern is a poet\, short story writer\, and performer. He has two books published by Fithian Press: No no the saddest (2004) and Waterwalking in Berkeley (2007). His third book\, greater distance and other poems\, with design and illustrations by Robert Woods\, was released by Lines & Faces in 2015. Alan worked for over 15 years in the commercial printing industry. He became a librarian in 1992 and is now a Children’s Librarian at Berkeley Public Library.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/divining-triptychs-printmaking-dance-and-poetry-across-millennia/
LOCATION:berkeley art center\, 1275 Walnut Street\, Berkeley\, 94709
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Divining Triptychs: Printmaking\, Dance\, and Poetry Across Millennia
DESCRIPTION:Lucinda Weaver\, who danced with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company\, and poet Alan Bern have performed together for fifteen years as PACES: dance & poetry. Bern and Weaver will perform a dance/poetry collaboration based on broadsides by Robert Woods and Alan Bern. Performances take place March 16 & 17. All funds donated to the BAC by the performers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n$15 advance/$20 at the door; $10 BAC Members & youth under 18\nDoors open 30 min prior. A brief reception will follow the performances.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/divining-triptychs-printmaking-dance-and-poetry-across-millennia-2/
LOCATION:Berkeley Art Center\, 1275 Walnut Street\, Berkeley\, 94709
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180316T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180316T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Talks: W. Kamau Bell
DESCRIPTION:Cultural commentator\, radio and television host\, and comedian W. Kamau Bell combines humor with astute social commentary. The Berkeley resident and self-proclaimed “blerd”–or\, black nerd– is host of the Emmy-winning CNN series United Shades of America.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-talks-w-kamau-bell/
LOCATION:Zellerbach Hall\, UC Berkeley\, 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180320T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180320T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
CREATED:20180129T122921Z
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SUMMARY:The Wu-Tang Clan's "U-God" Hawkins discusses RAW
DESCRIPTION:More info to come
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wu-tang-clans-u-god-hawkins-discusses-raw/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180320T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180320T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
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SUMMARY:Get Lit #34 (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. Hosted by Christine No with music by TBD. \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-34-music-by-tbd/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Michael David Lukas: The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
DESCRIPTION:Michael David Lukas reads from The Last Watchman of Old Cairo — the spellbinding new novel from the author of the internationally bestselling\, The Oracle of Stamboul. \n  \nABOUT THE LAST WATCHMAN OF OLD CAIRO \nIn this spellbinding novel\, a young man journeys from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old family secrets. \nJoseph\, a literature student at Berkeley\, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day\, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep\, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. For generations\, the men of the al-Raqb family have served as watchmen of the storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo\, built at the site where the infant Moses was taken from the Nile. Joseph learns of his ancestor Ali\, a Muslim orphan who nearly a thousand years earlier was entrusted as the first watchman of the synagogue and became enchanted by its legendary—perhaps magical—Ezra Scroll. The story of Joseph’s family is entwined with that of the British twin sisters Agnes and Margaret\, who in 1897 depart their hallowed Cambridge halls on a mission to rescue sacred texts that have begun to disappear from the synagogue. \nThe Last Watchman of Old Cairo is a moving page-turner of a novel from acclaimed storyteller Michael David Lukas. This tightly woven multigenerational tale illuminates the tensions that have torn communities apart and the unlikely forces—potent magic\, forbidden love—that boldly attempt to bridge that divide. \nAdvance praise for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo \n“A beautiful\, richly textured novel\, ambitious and delicately crafted\, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo is both a coming-of-age story and a family history\, a wide-ranging book about fathers and sons\, religion\, magic\, love\, and the essence of storytelling. This book is a joy.”—Rabih Alameddine\, author of the National Book Award finalist An Unnecessary Woman \n“Michael David Lukas has given us an elegiac novel of Cairo—Old Cairo and modern Cairo—with a bit of Berkeley thrown in. His prose is deeply evocative\, and a sense of mystery and profound tristesse pervade this unusual narrative\, which tells the story of a young California man on a quest to understand a puzzling gift left for him by his late father\, the descendant of generations of watchmen at the venerable Ben Ezra synagogue in the depths of Old Cairo. The novel is enhanced by Lukas’ impressive historical research on the Geniza and the colorful characters involved in rescuing its treasure trove of documents. But his greatest flair is in capturing the essence of that beautiful\, haunted\, shabby\, beleaguered\, yet still utterly sublime Middle Eastern city.”—Lucette Lagnado\, author of The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit and The Arrogant Years \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nMichael David Lukas is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Oracle of Stamboul\, which was a finalist for the California Book Award\, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award\, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize and has been published in fifteen languages. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey\, a student at the American University of Cairo\, and a night-shift proofreader in Tel Aviv. A graduate of Brown University\, he has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He works in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley and lives in Oakland\, California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-david-lukas-the-last-watchman-of-old-cairo/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books on Solano\, 1855 Solano Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94707\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180321T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180321T153000
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SUMMARY:The Afternoon Series Welcomes Brynn Saito on "Intimate Ecologies: Crisis\, Community\, and the Poem"
DESCRIPTION:Intimate Ecologies: Crisis\, Community\, and the Poem  \nThis talk will inquire into the limits\, complexities\, and possibilities of community-based poetry and poetics in this moment of social and economic precarity. Drawing on recent work with the Yonsei Memory Project—an arts-based initiative surfacing connections between the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans and current civil liberties debates—we’ll explore a number of threads\, questions: What is the role of poem-making and poem-speaking in maintaining communal memory? What are the implications of considering the poet as diagnoser\, preserver\, creator\, or disrupter within a particular collective? Considering “community” as one form of public intimacy/assembly\, we’ll ask: can the poem\, too\, enact a coalitional space and way of loving? We’ll move through a variety of fields (zen buddhism; critical theory) and conjure writings by Judy Grahn\, June Jordan\, Gloria Anzaldúa and others in order to trace these lines of inquiry. \n\nBrynn Saito is the author of two books of poetry\, Power Made Us Swoon and The Palace of Contemplating Departure. Brynn is the recipient of a Kundiman Asian American Poetry Fellowship and a California State Library Civil Liberties grant. Saito is the 2018 Distinguished Visiting Writer in Poetry in the MFA in Creative Writing program.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-afternoon-series-welcomes-brynn-saito-on-intimate-ecologies-crisis-community-and-the-poem/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180321T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180321T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series \nLyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. \nHosted and Curated by Mk Chavez\, Sharon Coleman\, and Lark Omura.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-3/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180321T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180321T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Curated and hosted by a committee of graduate students\, the Graduate Student Reading Series showcases the dynamic and welcoming arts community here at Saint Mary’s College.\nAll readings are free and open to the public. \nSecond Year MFA Students Reading their Work: \nYiwei Li (Creative Nonfiction)\, Briana Swain (Poetry)\, William Montes (Poetry)\, Laura Zink (Fiction) \n  \nLOCATION:\nDe La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/graduate-student-reading-series/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180322T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180322T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180219T072141Z
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SUMMARY:InsideStoryTime: Symptoms
DESCRIPTION:Teadings from Pola Oloixarac (Savage Theories)\, Raina Leon (Profeta Without Refuge)\, Anne-christine d’Adesky (The Pox Lover)\, Eryk Salvaggio (Antlers)\, and Faruk Ates.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime-symptoms/
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:20180322T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180322T210000
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SUMMARY:Michael David Lukas
DESCRIPTION:reads from his new novel\, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo. \n“A beautiful\, richly textured novel\, ambitious and delicately crafted.”– Rabih Alameddine \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, March 22\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this spellbinding novel\, a young man journeys from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old family secrets. \nJoseph\, a literature student at Berkeley\, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day\, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep\, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family. For generations\, the men of the al-Raqb family have served as watchmen of the storied Ibn Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo\, built at the site where the infant Moses was taken from the Nile. Joseph learns of his ancestor Ali\, a Muslim orphan who nearly a thousand years earlier was entrusted as the first watchman of the synagogue and became enchanted by its legendary–perhaps magical–Ezra Scroll. The story of Joseph’s family is entwined with that of the British twin sisters Agnes and Margaret\, who in 1897 depart their hallowed Cambridge halls on a mission to rescue sacred texts that have begun to disappear from the synagogue. \nThe Last Watchman of Old Cairo is a moving page-turner of a novel from acclaimed storyteller Michael David Lukas. This tightly woven multigenerational tale illuminates the tensions that have torn communities apart and the unlikely forces–potent magic\, forbidden love–that boldly attempt to bridge that divide. \nMichael David Lukas is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Oracle of Stamboul\, which was a finalist for the California Book Award\, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award\, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize\, and has been published in fifteen languages. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey\, a student at the American University of Cairo\, and a night-shift proofreader in Tel Aviv. A graduate of Brown University\, he has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He works in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley and lives in Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-david-lukas/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180323T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180323T140000
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SUMMARY:Two Languages / One Community w/ Poets Chun Yu and Michael Warr
DESCRIPTION:Over the course of three workshops\, participants will be guided by the authors through structured exercises\, individually\, and in small groups\, with the goal of supporting participants as they chronicle their experiences through creative storytelling. Participants will write an original short poem or memory\, which will be translated into English and Chinese\, published\, and shared at a public culminating event at OACC in May. The workshops will be conducted at OACC on Fridays 2/23\, 3/23\, and 4/13 from 1-2p\, with optional time from 2-3p for participants to continue writing or working together. Workshops are limited to ten participants who can commit to attending the entire series\, and who would ideally be willing to share their work both verbally at a culminating event at OACC in May 2018\, and in print. \nThe poem “Black Star” based on the photograph of Michael Warr’s mother\, Gaynell Warr\, has been translated into Mandarin by Chun Yu. \nSign-up online at https://tinyurl.com/2Lang1Community or call 510-637-0455. Registration deadline noon on Wed. 2/21/18.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/two-languages-one-community-w-poets-chun-yu-and-michael-warr/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180324T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180324T160000
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SUMMARY:Gearbox Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an afternoon of poetry!\nWe meet the fourth Saturday every month. \nGearbox Poetry\nSaturday\, March 24\, 2018\nat Gearbox Gallery\n770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland. \nPoetry Feature: Clive Matson. Clive began his career as a poet among the Beats in 1960s Greenwich Village. He was mentored and influenced by Allen Ginsberg\, John Wieners\,\nDiane di Prima and Herbert Huncke. He is the author of 9 volumes of poetry and the creative writing text “Let The Crazy Child Write!” and has been a creative writing teacher for 30 years. He frequently performs his works in Bay Area reading venues and will perform excerpts from his newest poem\, “Hello Paradise\, Paradise Good-bye”. The long poem was premiered last year in Paris\, France\, the city of Climate Accord\, and treats the topic of modern day threats of extinction and civil unrest. Clive is the recipient of the Berkeley Lifetime Achievement in Poetry Award in 2012\, was named the Best East Bay Writing Teacher in 2006 and received a PEN Oakland Josephine Miles National Award in 2003. To learn more\, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Matson and http://matsonpoet.com/ \nPlease join us for Clive’s reading\, along with an open mic. \nThe poetry reading is from 2 – 4 pm\, with open mic sign-up starting at 1:30.\nHosted by David Zeltzer\, dzeltzer@acm.org.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gearbox-poetry/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 nW. Grand\, Oakland
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Zeltzer":MAILTO:dzeltzer@acm.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180324T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180324T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Nomadic Press' Spring 2018 Chapbook Collection
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch four new 2018 Spring Chapbook Collection chapbooks byAlexandra Naughton\, Jesse Prado\, John Gosslee\, and Kay Nilsson into the universe! \nReadings by all authors and all books will be available for purchase and signing at the event ($10 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-nomadic-press-spring-2018-chapbook-collection/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180327T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180327T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
CREATED:20180128T224815Z
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SUMMARY:Fady Joudah
DESCRIPTION:Fady Joudah’s fourth poetry collection is Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance. His poetry and translations have earned him numerous national and international prizes\, the Yale Series\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Griffin Poetry prize among others. He is a practicing physician of internal medicine in Houston\, Texas.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fady-joudah/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180328T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180328T170000
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SUMMARY:THERE
DESCRIPTION:NEXT THERE: THERE 22 – Friday\, April 20\, 2018\, with award-winning Oakland author Nayomi Munaweera\,  local novelist Yang Huang\, East Bay writer Stevan Cavalier and the debut of local musical group Postcapitalism. \nTHERE (THe Eastbay Reading Extravaganza) is a reading series showcasing emerging and established writers from Oakland and Berkeley\, with the occasional San Franciscan. Doug hosts it on the third Friday of each month at Octopus Literary Salon in Uptown Oakland. It also features a live original musical performance by a local musical artist at “halftime” of each month’s reading\, and Doug’s famous original LitQuiz literary trivia contest. It’s from 7:00-9:00pm. THERE has been putting the there back in Oakland since 2015!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/there/
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:20180328T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180328T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T151900
CREATED:20180325T082318Z
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SUMMARY:Ally Carter at the Livermore Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome Ally Carter to the Livermore Public Library for an author talk and book signing! \nAlly Carter is the author of the Gallagher Girls\, Heist Society\, and Embassy Row young adult series. Carter’s new book\, Not if I Save You First\, comes out on March 27\, 2018. \nPreorder a copy of Not if I Save You First from Towne Center Books at 925-846-8826 and it will be available for pickup at the signing or at the bookstore on its release date. \nPizza and refreshments will be available while supplies last
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ally-carter-at-the-livermore-public-library/
LOCATION:Livermore Public Library\, 1188 S. Livermore Ave.\, Livermore\, 94550
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer East Bay Reading "Lesbian Romance Novels"
DESCRIPTION:Perfectly Queer East Bay presents “Lesbian Romance Novels\,” 4 authors reading from new books\, Wednesday\, March 28\, 7pm Laurel Book Store\, 1423 Broadway\, Oakland. Free admission\, free refreshments & door prizes! Our readers: Eliza Andrews\, Heather Blackmore\, Kathleen Knowles\, and Cass Sellars. http://bit.ly/2FZr8tt A free romantic gift for everyone attending! \nAbout the Authors:\nEliza Andrews is an author of novels that feature lesbian and bisexual protagonists. She’s also a personal trainer\, a meditator\, a sci-fi geek\, and a hick from the South who recently moved to Southern California. In addition to Reverie\, Eliza’s lesfic titles include To Have Loved & Lost\, Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain\, and Paradise (a novella). \nHeather Blackmore oversees finance for technology startups. In a counter-intuitive move\, she got her MSA and CPA with the goal of one day being able to work part-time so she could write. The right and left sides of her brain have been at war ever since. Heather was a Goldie award finalist for debut author and a Rainbow award finalist in the contemporary lesbian romance and debut author categories for her first novel\, Like Jazz. \nKathleen Knowles has written her whole life but published for the first time in 2012. Her first novel\, Awake Unto Me\, won the GCLS 2013 prize for historical romance and was named by Out in Print as one of 2012 Notable Books. She has written six romance novels. The seventh\, The Last Time I Saw Her\, will be published in June 2018. She is married and she and her spouse and pets live atop one of San Francisco’s forty-nine hills. \nCass Sellars is a certified fraud examiner and criminal justice professional. She has led criminal\, financial fraud\, and theft investigations. The Lightning Series\, including Lightning Strikes and Lightning Chasers\, incorporates powerful lesbian characters who fight for justice where wealth and politics are not always the only winning assets. Unexpected Lightning\, Book 3\, will be released in Fall\, 2018. She lives near San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-east-bay-reading-lesbian-romance-novels/
LOCATION:Laurel Book Store\, 1423 Broadway\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="Perfectly Queer East Bay":MAILTO:perfectlyqueersf@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Norman Finkelstein: Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM present \nNORMAN FINKELSTEIN\nGAZA: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom\nHosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert \nAdvance tickets $12\, available at T: 800-838-3006 or Pegasus Books (3 stores)\, Books Inc (Berkeley)\, Moe’s\, Walden Pond Bookstore\, East Bay Books\, Mrs. Dalloway’s\, $15 door\, Benefit KPFA: kpfa.org/events \nBased on scores of human rights reports\, Norman G. Finkelstein’s new book presents a meticulously researched inquest into Gaza’s martyrdom. He shows that although Israel has tried to justify its assaults in the name of self-defense\, in fact Israel’s actions constitute flagrant violations of international law. Finkelstein also documents that the guardians of international law-from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to the UN Human Rights Council-ultimately failed Gaza. One of his most disturbing conclusions is that\, after Judge Richard Goldstone’s humiliating retraction of his UN report\, human rights organizations succumbed to the Israeli juggernaut. Finkelstein’s magnum opus is both a monument to Gaza’s martyrs and an act of resistance against the forgetfulness of history. \n“No scholar has done more to shed light on Israel’s ruthless treatment of the Palestinians than Norman Finkelstein. In Gaza\, he meticulously details Israel’s massacres… while demolishing the myths Israel and its supporters have invented to disguise these shocking events.”\n– John J. Mearsheimer\, Distinguished Service Professor\, University of Chicago \nNorman Finkelstein has the moral gravity of an Old Testament prophet\, the scrupulous attention to detail of a Talmudic scholar\, and the mordant sense of humor of a Yiddish novelist. All these attributes are on display in Gaza: An Inquest into its Martyrdom\, an indictment of Israel’s crimes in the overcrowded Palestinian territory from 2008 up to the present. \nBrian Edwards-Tiekert is the founder and co-host of UpFront\, the morning drive-time public affairs program on KPFA Radio.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/norman-finkelstein-gaza-an-inquest-into-its-martyrdom/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180331T140000
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SUMMARY:Artist Self-Care Guide Workshop in March
DESCRIPTION:The Artists Self-Care Guide workshop empowers artists with safe and effective tools and strategies for managing daily stress. In this workshop artists will gain greater self-awareness about stress and it’s impact and why it is important to implement a lifestyle of self-care. Participants will develop personalized self-care plans\, identify their support systems\, and learn about the many holistic remedies and techniques used to manage depression\, anxiety\, and self-defeating thoughts. Through honest discussions\, exercises\, and activities artists are equipped with a powerful self-care toolbox designed to meet their individual needs. \nWorkshop Includes:\nFree Membership\nCreating A Culture of Self-Care in the Arts Guidebook valued at $25\nFree post-workshop consultation valued at $100\nPersonalized Self-Care Plan\nFree Raffle\nLight refreshments \nAbout the founder: \nKehinde Koyejo is the founder of the Artist Self-Care Guide (ASCG)\, helping artists manage daily emotional and mental stress by implementing a lifestyle of radical self-care. Kehinde believes that every artist’s life is of great value. She is committed to educating artists about mental and emotional health in deep\, authentic\, and ongoing ways so as to guide more artists towards self-healing. \nKehinde was called to this work after losing her sister to an accidental overdose at a time when a wave of celebrity artists also died by suicide or overdose. In addition to founding ASCG\, Kehinde is a flower essence practitioner with certification in mental health first aid\, and is a strong survivor with years of lived experience. \nAs a professional artist\, Kehinde has been earning her living as an actor for over fifteen years\, and continues to perform both in the United States and abroad. She is an associate artist with the Black Artists Contemporary Cultural Experience (BACCE) in San Francisco\, and a member of SAG-AFTRA and the Actor’s Equity Association. Kehinde holds a BFA in Acting from Pace University\, and a Masters in Performance Studies from NYU. \nKehinde has had the honor of working with theater companies\, health advocates\, colleges\, and a diversity of student and professional artists. Through her trainings and personal guidance\, Kehinde has witnessed major shifts in her client’s’ behavior\, as well as their ability to manage depression\, stress\, anxiety\, and self-defeating thoughts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/artist-self-care-guide-workshop-in-march/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180331T213000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special\, an "Ekphrastic" open mic
DESCRIPTION:“Ekphrastic poems [or stories] focus on works of art—usually paintings\, photographs\, or statues. And modern ekphrastic poems have generally shrugged off antiquity’s obsession with elaborate description\, and instead have tried to interpret\, inhabit\, confront\, and speak to their subjects ” (https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poems?field_form_tid=408) \nYour SNS challenge for March\, is to write something new based on or inspired in some way by a piece of art. \nAs always\, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our optional theme (or any topic). \nOur featured readers for March are Miah Jeffra (and one more tba)\n— \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, March 31\, 2018\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by Hollie Hardy \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS \nMIAH JEFFRA is author of the essay collection “The First Church of What’s Happening” (Nomadic Press 2017). He has been awarded the New Millennium Prize for fiction\, the Sidney Lanier Prize for fiction\, The Oregon Writers Colony Award for nonfiction\, a Lambda Literary Fellowship\, a Ragdale Fellowship & Residency\, and other residencies at Hub City Writers Project\, Arteles and Red Gate. Miah is editor of queer literary collaborative\, Foglifter Press. His favorite color is fried chicken.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-ekphrastic/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180403T173000
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SUMMARY:Tananarive Due
DESCRIPTION:Tananarive Due is a screenwriter\, award-winning novelist\, and leading voice in black speculative fiction. Her most recent book\, Ghost Summer\, won a British Fantasy Award and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Due is the author of 12 novels and a civil rights memoir. She teaches Afrofuturism and black horror at UCLA and creative writing in the MFA program at Antioch University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tananarive-due/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180404T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180404T210000
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SUMMARY:Pandemonium Press: Whan That Aprile . . .
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Judy Wells\, Kirk Lumpkin\, Mary Mackey\, Rafael Jesús González. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest (see below). Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pandemonium-press-whan-that-aprile/
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:20180404T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180404T213000
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SUMMARY:Shanthi Sekaran
DESCRIPTION:Shanthi Sekaran lives in Berkeley\, California. Her latest novel\, Lucky Boy\,was named an Indie Next Great Read and an Amazon Editors’ Pick. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The New York Times\, Canteen Magazine\, Huffington Post and Best New American Voices. She’s a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto and a Distinguished Visiting Writer in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction at Saint Mary’s College. www.shanthisekaran.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shanthi-sekaran-5/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180405T121000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180405T125000
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SUMMARY:Matthew Zapruder
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Zapruder is the author most recently of Sun Bearand Why Poetry\, a book of prose about poetry. An Associate Professor in the MFA program at Saint Mary’s College of California\, he is also Editor at Large at Wave Books\, and from 2016-7 was Editor of the Poetry Column for the New York Times Magazine. He lives in Oakland\, CA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/matthew-zapruder-2/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180406T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180406T200000
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SUMMARY:Curtis White discusses Lacking Character
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/curtis-white-discusses-lacking-character/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Tom Raworth (1938–2017): A Celebration of His Life and Work
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we remember poet and friend Tom Raworth\, with readings and tributes\, at UC Berkeley’s Maud Fife Room in Wheeler Hall. Miles Champion\, poet and editor of Raworth’s As When: A Selection (Carcanet\, 2015) will be flying in from New York City\, and other poet and artist friends from nearer by and far-flung places will be present\, the latter via audio recording or written memories and tributes. \nCo-sponsored by The Poetry Center and UC Berkeley Department of English\, this event is free and open to the public. \nProgram \nWelcome: Lyn Hejinian \nStephen Emerson\nNorma Cole\nAlastair Johnston\nRita degli Esposti\nDavid Southern\nJean Day\nAlan Bernheimer\nMerrill Gilfillan\nArmando Pajalich\nStephen Vincent\nBruce Ackley\nFanny Howe\nJennifer Dunbar Dorn\nKit Robinson\nGian Antonio Pozzi\nJim Nisbet\nDuncan McNaughton\nLyn Hejinian\nClark Coolidge\nAndy Berlin\nSteve Dickison\nMiles Champion \nFinale: recording of Tom Raworth reading \n\n\n\n\n\n\n• In Memoriam: Tom Raworth\, by Martin Corless-Smith | Tarpaulin Sky\n• Tom Raworth 1938-2017\, by SJ Fowler | 3:AM Magazine\n• Tom Raworth obituary | The Guardian\n• Tom Raworth | Poetry Foundation \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 UC Berkeley Department of English
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tom-raworth-1938-2017-a-celebration-of-his-life-and-work/
LOCATION:Maude Fife Room\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
DESCRIPTION:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018:\n \nMarch 3\, April 7\, May 5\, June 2\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)\n\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\n\n\n\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-2/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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