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SUMMARY:Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club 2
DESCRIPTION:New York Times best-selling novelist Chuck Palahniuk and acclaimed artist Cameron Stewart (with cover art by legendary artist David Mack) have collaborated for one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary event of 2016… the return of Tyler Durden. Ten years after starting Project Mayhem\, Tyler Durden lives a mundane life. A kid\, a wife. Pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won’t last long\, the wife has seen to that. He’s back where he started\, but this go-round he’s got more at stake than his own life. The time has arrived . . . Rize or Die. \nTickets: $33\, includes a copy Fight Club 2. \nA ticket must be purchased in advance to be included in the signing event. Only copies of Fight Club 2 purchased through Booksmith will be signed. One ticket admits only one person into the signing line\, no exceptions. \nThe first four people to purchase a ticket will receive a signed\, leather-bound copy of one of Palahniuk’s previous books. The next ten people to purchase a ticket will receive a signed fake arm (realistic bloated human flesh texture included).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chuck-palahniuk-fight-club-2/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Melba Abela + David Meltzer
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series! \nBrowse books while listening to internationally acclaimed poets and artists such as Jonathan Richman\, David Meltzer\, Diane di Prima and California Poet Laureate Al Young. The series is curated by Friends’ Resident Poet Jack Hirschman. (For a list of the scheduled readers\, please see the line up below.) \nProceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/melba-abela-david-meltzer/
LOCATION:Readers Bookstore\, Fort Mason Center\, Building C\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Literary Speakeasy One Year Anniversary!
DESCRIPTION:It’s time again to order up a martini and enjoy the talent of some of the best Bay Area performers! This month\, Literary Speakeasy celebrates its one-year anniversary at Martuni’s Piano Bar. And this month we have one of the best line-ups yet as we welcome Peter Bullen\, guitarist and songwriter Jeff Desira\, Ginger Murray\, Jim Provenzano\, and Anna Pulley. Your host this month and every month is James J. Siegel. \nLiterary Speakeasy is a FREE event with NO drink minimum. All attendees will receive a FREE raffle ticket for a chance to win the night’s secret Speakeasy prize. \nCome join us for our one-year anniversary\, and raise a glass to some of the best talent in the San Francisco Bay Area! \nPeter Bullen came late to writing having failed at conversation\, and also from having noticed that people give you their attention if you are holding text\, trembling a little\, and standing in front of a microphone. He was a Quiet Lightning Neighborhood Hero in 2014 his work has appeared in sparkle & blink\, eleven eleven\, Red Light Lit\, LA Review of Books\, Oakland Review\, Blotterature\, and Sweet Wolverine. He finds the listing of literary credits tedious and is always jealous of everyone else’s\, which makes his own listing highly suspect. Read more about Peter at:WETRIEDOURBEST.WORDPRESS.COM \nA native of the San Francisco Bay Area\, Jeff Desira has had a diverse musical career before coming into his own as a singer-songwriter\, crafting honest and endearing pop songs and ballads. Jeff has currently been performing with guitarist Greg Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven\, Monks of Doom)\, Andrew Griffin (Felsen/Cake/Camper Van Beethoven)\, bassist Ben Bernstein\, and vocalist Carrie Davoli. Jeff’s latest release\, “Weathervane”\, includes two singles that are being featured in the forthcoming 2016 romantic comedy “The Way We Weren’t” produced by Brian DiMuccio (20th Century Fox\, Outpost 31 Media)\, and is currently recording another solo release. Get the new debut solo album “Weathervane” by Jeff Desira at:http://www.jeffdesira.com/ or\nhttp://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jeffdesira. \nGinger Murray is a writer and performance storyteller. She has appeared just about everywhere and done just about everything. She is also an avid lover of bad girls\, radical idiots\, and thinkers. She delights in wild expressions\, stories\, and the adventures of sublime chaos. \nJim Provenzano is the author of the novels PINS\, Monkey Suits\, Cyclizen\, the Lambda Literary Award winner Every Time I Think of You\, its Lammy Finalist sequel Message of Love\, as well as the stage adaptation of PINS. He’ll be reading from his new short story collection\, Forty Wild Crushes. A journalist in LGBT media for three decades\, he lives in San Francisco.http://jimprovenzano.blogspot.com/ \nAnna Pulley’s debut book\, The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (with Cats!) was published in April 2016 through Flatiron Books. Hailing from southern Arizona\, Anna is a freelance writer living in Oakland. She has been the Managing Editor of the East Bay Express\, the Arts and Culture Editor at SF Weekly\, the Social Media and Communications Fellow at Mother Jones\, and has written about everything from bars and restaurants to news to theater to sex toys\, in addition to writing several different sex and relationship columns for The Chicago Tribune’s RedEye\, AfterEllen\, and more. Her work can also be found in New York magazine\, The Toast\, San Francisco magazine (“The Oakland Issue” won a National Magazine Award)\, BuzzFeed\, Fusion\, AlterNet\, The Bay Citizen\, Salon\, The Daily Dot\, and The Rumpus. She has also been a guest on Dan Savage’s Savage Love Podcast. \nJames J. Siegel is the host and curator of Literary Speakeasy at Martuni’s Piano Bar in San Francisco. The series celebrates its one-year anniversary this month. James is the author of the poetry collection “How Ghosts Travel\,” published earlier this year by Spuyten Duyvil Press. His work has appeared in several journals and anthologies\, including Assaracus\, The Cortland Review\, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review\, and Divining Divas: 100 Gay Men On Their Muses.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/literary-speakeasy-one-year-anniversary/
LOCATION:Martuni’s\, 4 Valencia St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by Tamara Cushway and Michael Warr \nReadings by devorah majors\, CS Giscombe\, Al Young\, and Michael Warr \nA bookrelease party and evening of poetry celebrating \nOf Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin \nComplied by Phil Cushway\, Edited by Michael Warr \nPublished by W.W. Norton \nCity Lights celebrates the release of this stunning new anthology that illuminates today’s black experience through the voices of our most transformative and powerful African American poets. \n\nIncluded in this extraordinary volume are the poems of 43 of America’s most talented African American wordsmiths\, including Pulitzer Prize–winning poets Rita Dove\, Natasha Tretheway\, Yusef Komunyakaa\, and Tracy K. Smith\, as well as the work of other luminaries such as Elizabeth Alexander\, Ishmael Reed\, and Sonia Sanchez. Included are poems such as “No Wound of Exit” by Patricia Smith\, “We Are Not Responsible” by Harryette Mullen\, and “Poem for My Father” by Quincy Troupe. Each is accompanied by a photograph of the poet along with a first-person biography. The anthology also contains personal essays on race such as “The Talk” by Jeannine Amber and works by Harry Belafonte\, Amiri Baraka\, and The Reverend Dr. William Barber II\, architect of the Moral Mondays movement\, as well as images and iconic political posters of the Black Lives Matter movement\, Malcolm X\, and the Black Panther Party. Taken together\, Of Poetry and Protest gives voice to the current conversation about race in America while also providing historical and cultural context. It serves as an excellent introduction to African American poetry and is a must-have for every reader committed to social justice and racial harmony. \n\nPhilip Cushway is the owner of Artrock and the author of Art of the Dead. \n\n\nMichael Warr received a Creative Work Fund award for “Tracing Poetic Memory.” He is deputy director of the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/of-poetry-and-protest-from-emmett-till-to-trayvon-martin/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Cesar L. Baquerizo
DESCRIPTION:Cesar L. Baquerizo shares his stunning debut novel\, A Safe Place with You. “Grow And Live Normally” is a clinic in Ecuador that was opened to treat general addictions before moving to what the religious families viewed as the ultimate sin – homosexuality. The center boasts that they alone are able to cure families of this hidden secret inflicting their children. The unfortunate youths are misunderstood in a time when homosexuality was not just frowned upon\, but also illegal. They are sent to the clinic by their families where they are held against their will in the sexual reorientation wing. They find themselves subjected to physical and emotional trauma that tests their strength to survive and their courage to fight for their identities. Inspired by true events\, A Safe Place With You follows a young man named Tomas DIaz and his group of new found friends as they try to find themselves during an era of heightened ignorance and hatred. Will they be able to survive the closed doors of Grow and Live Normally? At its core\, this is a story about love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cesar-l-baquerizo/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Yuyutsu Sharma
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with the distinguished Himalayan poet and translator Yuyutsu Sharma\, Quaking Cantos and A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems\, currently Visiting Poet at Columbia University\, Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, dinner and socializing 7:00\, reading and book signing 8:00-9:30 (rsvp to Estelle Schneider\, estelabella2003@yahoo.com to give the restaurant an estimate)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yuyutsu-sharma/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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