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SUMMARY:Two Voices Salon w/ Chris Andrews on César Aira
DESCRIPTION:Chris Andrews joins us to talk about his newest translation\, Ema\, the Captive\, from the prolific Argentine writer César Aira. \nMore event details to come. \nChris Andrews is a translator and professor at the University of Western Sydney\, Australia. He has translated numerous books by César Aira and Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño\, as well as a critical study of poetry and science and a collection of poems. \nCésar Aira is an Argentine author and translator who has written more than 80 novels and translated and edited works from multiple languages. Aira also writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El País. In 1996 he received a Guggenheim scholarship\, and was a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. \nSnacks and beverages provided\, please join us for the final Salon of 2016!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/two-voices-salon-w-chris-andrews-on-cesar-aira/
LOCATION:Center for the Art of Translation office\, 582 Market St #700\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Resistance\, Radio Heart
DESCRIPTION:MC: PAUL OCAMPO\, KSW Board Member \nparty \nto gather artists\, activists\, citizens of the bay area\, in resistance and solidarity. we will dance\, drink\, and poetry. \nchapbook launch \nto celebrate the publication of radio heart; or\, how robots fall out of love (finishing line press\, 2016) by margaret rhee.\n\nmany of these poems were written with the guidance of truong tran and kearny street workshop. we want to take time to honor where the poetry emerged from\, we write together\, and not alone. \nfeaturing \nDEBBIE YEE\nVIRGIE TOVAR\nSEAN Y MANZANO\nMARIA FIANI\nDANIEL REDMAN\nISELA FORD with\nMARGARET RHEE \naward ceremony \nto honor artist and poet TRUONG TRAN for years of service\, mentorship\, and friendship to writers and artists of color in the bay area. to celebrate and express our gratitude for his indomitable\, gorgeous radical spirit fighting for what is fair and good. \nthis award will be given by CAPRE (Concerned Artists and Poets for Racial Equity) in light of the post-elections\, and the need for resistance. \nwe will celebrate truong with testimonials of his mentorship and impact of his art and poetry\, we also invite attendees to share their words of resistance in the space. \nALSO\, \non display\, speciality books by graphic design firm THE MYSTERY PARADE: themysterparade.com \nCAKE – DRINKS – PRETTY THINGS \nBIOS: \nIsela Ford\, born in Mexico and later emigrated to San Francisco\, in the mid-seventies\, is committed to improving the lives of marginalized peoples and creating opportunities for their voices to be heard. Growing up in the Mission District during the 1970’s and 1980’s set the foundation for learning\, growing\, and appreciating people and cultures from all walks of life. Her appreciation and committment uplifting disenfranchised people\, particularly people of color\, led her to work for the SF Department of Public Health\, specifically working with adults in SF jails for over 15 years. \nMaria is a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnic Studies and Critical Theory at UC Berkeley. Her academic work focuses on P.T.S.D.\, moral injury\, and suicide; in addition to her academic life\, she is an ARC fellow\, a YBCA arts fellow\, co-founder of the Life Writing Student and New Scholar Network and co-founder of an art collective titled (Un)Forbidden: a Valediction \nPaul was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the US at eleven years old. He earned a Master’s degree in Asian American Studies at UCLA and MFA in creative writing at ASU. He has been published in anthologies and magazines including Veterans of War\, Veterans of Peace and The New Engagement. He currently works at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus. \nVirgie Tovar travels around the world lecturing on the social effects of fat discrimination and diet culture. She is the founder of Babecamp\, a 4 week online course designed for women who want to break up with diet culture but don’t know how. She started thr hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight. Tovar has been featured by the New York Times\, Tech Insider\, Al Jazeera and NPR.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/resistance-radio-heart/
LOCATION:Kearny Street Workshop\, 1246 Folsom St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161208T213000
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SUMMARY:West Marin Review Launch party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal evening featuring authors and artists reading from and talking about their work published in the new West Marin Review\, Volume 7. This award-winning literary and arts journal features prose\, poetry\, and art selected from contributors from across the nation\, but the focus this night is on local writers and artists\, several from San Francisco. West Marin Review is published by Point Reyes Books in collaboration with a group of professional artists\, writers\, and editors from West Marin.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/west-marin-review-launch-party/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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