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SUMMARY:The Bloom: Reading #50
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE EVENT\nMembers of MIXED WRITES\, a group of mixed race women writers\, will honor Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice—the most light-filled day of the year\, by reading work on the theme of fathers and inner light. \nWe will be celebrating the 50th Reading of The Bloom\, and the anniversary of Mixed Writes (Faith Adiele\, Maria T. Allocco\, Jackie Graves and Audrey T. Williams). \nABOUT THE WRITERS\nMARIA T. ALLOCCO is a South Korean and Italian Voices of Our Nation alum and was an Academy of American Poets Prize winner by age twenty. Her pieces have been featured on KPFA andMutiny Radio\, and performed for SOMArts\, LitQuake\, Kearny Street Workshop\, The Intersection For The Arts\, and The San Francisco International Arts Festival. Her work has been published inThe Lantern Review\, Fusion Magazine\, Monday Night\, Sparkle and Blink\, and in the new book Pariahs: Writing From Outside The Margins. She’s a co-founder of the bay area’s first mixed race meditation group\, and teaches yoga to ‘at-risk’ youth. Find her at: writetoheal.us \nJACKIE GRAVES believes in the transformative power of words. She is currently working on a memoir of healing that celebrates family\, spirituality\, and sisterhood. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including residencies at the Julia and David White Artist Colony\, Jentel Artist Residence Program\, Djerassi Resident Artist Program\, and Soapstone\, a Writing Retreat for Women. She received theCity of Oakland Spoken Word Fellowship\, the Ardella Mills Prize for Fiction\, and was a finalist in the Poets & Writers California Voices Contest. She teaches English at Laney College. \nAUDREY T. WILLIAMS is an Oakland-based writer. She is a VONA alum\, and working towards an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at CCA. Audrey is currently writing the manuscript for “Chutney and Chitlins\,” a mixed-race family memoir that makes use of hybrid creative nonfiction using narratives and images. The book begins with stories from her African-American father as he joined thenewly integrated US Marines in the late 1950’s (possibly the first African American US Marine sent to US embassy duty in Rangoon\, Burma). In Burma\, he mets Audrey’s mother\, whose heritage is a mixture of European and South Asian ancestry (Anglo-Indian-Burmese). Her website:audreyTwilliams.com. \nABOUT THE BLOOM\nThe Bloom is a literary series featuring Bay Area writers\, where a past reader curates five readers around a theme. It’s an entertaining evening of diverse voices and personal style\, bridging narratives and communities. It was founded by Margaret Bacon\, Tara Dorabji\, and Jason Wyman in the summer of 2012.
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LOCATION:Mercury Cafe\, 201 Octavia St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Joe Clifford Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Pegasus Downtown hosts the launch party for December Boys – a new thriller by local author Joe Clifford  \nJay Porter\, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire\, is investigating an accident claim when he learns the teenager behind the wheel was arrested for minor drug possession and sentenced to a hardcore behavioral modification center. At the county courthouse\, Jay meets Nicki\, a young college intern\, who tips him off to a possible scandal – first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to private institutions for political kickbacks. He learns that long-time family nemeses\, Adam and Michael Lombardi\, may have a stake in the scheme. Is Jay’s mission to help these kids a legitimate crusade? Or is his thirst for revenge driven by the guilt he feels over his own junkie brother’s death? These questions conspire to tear apart tranquility and drive a wedge between Jay and his wife Jenny. With help from new friend Nicki\, and a couple of old friends\, Jay finds himself thrust back into a past he had hoped to leave behind\, putting everything – and everyone he loves – at risk in pursuit of the truth. \nJoe Clifford is acquisitions editor for Gutter Books and managing editor of The Flash Fiction Offensive. He also produces Lip Service West\, a “gritty\, real\, raw” reading series in Oakland\, CA. Joe is the author of three books: Choice Cuts\, Wake the Undertaker\, and Junkie Love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joe-clifford-book-launch/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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