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SUMMARY:Shawn Vestal: Daredevils
DESCRIPTION:Daredevils is the thrilling new book by Shawn Vestal\, who won last year’s PEN Bingham prize for his story collection\,Godforsaken Idaho. \nAt the heart of this exciting novel\, set in Arizona and Idaho in the mid-70s\, is fifteen-year-old Loretta\, who slips out of her bedroom every evening to meet a so-called gentile. Her strict Mormon parents catch her returning one night\, and promptly marry her off to Dean Harder\, a devout yet materialistic fundamentalist who already has a wife and a brood of kids. Then Dean’s teenage nephew\, Jason\, falls for Loretta. A Zeppelin and Tolkien fan\, Jason worships Evel Knievel and longs to leave his close-minded community. He and Loretta make a break for it. They drive all night\, stay in hotels\, and relish their dizzying burst of teenage freedom as they seek to recover Dean’s cache of “Mormon gold.” But someone Loretta left behind is on their trail… \nShawn Vestal made his literary debut with Godforsaken Idaho\, a story collection that won the 2014 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and was shortlisted for the Saroyan Prize. A graduate of the Eastern Washington University MFA program\, his stories have appeared in Tin House\, Ecotone\, McSweeney’s\, The Southern Review and other journals. He writes a column for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane\, Washington\, where he lives with his wife and son.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shawn-vestal-daredevils/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Genny Lim w/ Jon Jang
DESCRIPTION:Genny Lim is a noted poet performer who’s collaborated with the late Max Roach and bassist\, Herbie Lewis. Lim has performed at numerous jazz festivals and venues coast to coast\, including the SF Jazz Poetry Festival and World Poetry Festivals in Venezuela\, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy. Her poetry and vocals can be heard on Asian ImprovArts recordings with her long time collaborators Francis Wong on Devotee and Child of Peace and Jon Jang on Immigrant Suite.  Her collaboration with Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra\, A Day of Infamy\, premiered in 2015 at Herbst Theater and other SF venues. Lim is also the author of the award-winning play\, Paper Angels\, the first Asian American play to be featured on PBS’s American Playhouse in 1985. The drama shed light on Chinese immigrants held on Angel Island and will be presented at the Seattle Fringe Festival in Feb and March 2016. She co-authored\, Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island and several poetry collections\, including Paper Gods and Rebels. Her upcoming collaboration\, Liminal Space\, with drummer Marshall Trammell is set to premiere at the San Francisco International Performing Arts Festival in May 2106. Lim is the subject of a feature documentary\, The Voice\, which aired on PBS in 2002; and was featured in the five-part PBS series\, The United States of Poetry\, and San Francisco Chinatown. \nJon Jang (composer\, pianist) created the idea of SenseUS –Rainbow Anthems\, a collaboration of poets and composers who collectively reimagine the National Anthem as multiple poems in anthems as opposed to a singular song. This work featured poets Genny Lim\, Sonia Sanchez and Victor Hernandez Cruz with musicians Jon Jang\, Max Roach\, John Santos and a large music ensemble that premiered at Davies Symphony Hall in 1990. Jon Jang has also performed with Amiri Baraka Transbluesency and Janice Mirikitani Shadow in Stone. Jang has recorded with Max Roach\, James Newton\, David Murray and Island: The Immigrant Suite No. 1 featuring Genny Lim and the Jon Jang Octet on Soul Note\, a recording company based in Milano\, Italy. His ensembles have toured at major concert halls and music festivals in Europe\, China\, Canada\, United States and South Africa\, four months after the election in April 1994 to end apartheid. During 1999-2001\, Jang toured with Max Roach as part of the Beijing Trio at the Library of Congress in Washington DC\, Chicago\, San Francisco\, Boston\, Zurich\, Berlin\, Milan and the Royal Festival Hall in London. As a scholar\, Jang has taught at Stanford University\, University of California at Berkeley and UC Irvine. In 2012\, Jon Jang was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr.-Cesar Chavez-Rosa Parks Visiting Professor recognition at the University of Michigan.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/genny-lim-w-jon-jang/
LOCATION:Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel\, 999 California St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Happy Hour Stories Celebrates National Poetry Month!
DESCRIPTION:About Happy Hour Stories: \nCreated in 2014 by Pegasus on Solano’s Elizabeth Freeman and Manuela Aronofsky\, Happy Hour Stories is a special story time – for adults! \nEvery last Tuesday of the month\, short stories on a theme are read aloud by Pegasus employees and friends…. Served up with a refreshing drink\, and light snacks. \nPast Happy Hour Stories themes have included a celebration of Black History Month\, LGBTQ Pride\, California-inspired fiction\, and school stories; with special guests such as local authors Elizabeth Rosner\, Darryl Brock\, Nia King\, and Alex Gino\, as well as the Oakland-based band Halcyonaire\, and various professional actors.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/happy-hour-stories-celebrates-national-poetry-month/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books on Solano\, 1855 Solano Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94707\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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