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SUMMARY:Ellen Klages
DESCRIPTION:San Francisco in 1940 is a haven for the unconventional. Tourists flock to the cities within the city: the Magic City of the World’s Fair on an island created of artifice and illusion; the forbidden city of Chinatown\, a separate\, alien world of exotic food and nightclubs that offer authentic experiences\, straight from the pages of the pulps; and the twilight world of forbidden love\, where outcasts from conventional society can meet. \nSix women find their lives as tangled with each other’s as they are with the city they call home. They discover love and danger on the borders where magic\, science\, and art intersect. \nInspired by the pulps\, film noir\, and screwball comedy\, Passing Strange is a story as unusual and complex as San Francisco itself from World Fantasy Award winning author Ellen Klages. \nEllen Klages is the author of two acclaimed historical novels: The Green Glass Sea\, which won the Scott O Dell Award\, and the New Mexico Book Award; and White Sands\, Red Menace\, which won the California and New Mexico Book awards. Her story\, “Basement Magic”\, won a Nebula Award and Wakulla Springs\, co-authored with Andy Duncan\, was nominated for the Nebula\, Hugo\, and Locus awards\, and won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. She lives in San Francisco\, in a small house full of strange and wondrous things.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ellen-klages/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Min Jin Lee w/ Elaine Petrocelli
DESCRIPTION:Profoundly moving and gracefully told\, Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations\, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja\, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family\, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them. Betrayed by her wealthy lover\, Sunja finds unexpected salvation when a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan to start a new life. \nSo begins a sweeping saga of exceptional people in exile from a homeland they never knew and caught in the indifferent arc of history. In Japan\, Sunja’s family members endure harsh discrimination\, catastrophes\, and poverty\, yet they also encounter great joy as they pursue their passions and rise to meet the challenges this new home presents. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs\, they are bound together by deep roots as their family faces enduring questions of faith\, family\, and identity. \nMin Jin Lee’s debut novel\, Free Food for Millionaires\, was one of the “Top 10 Novels of the Year” for The Times (London)\, NPR’s Fresh Air\, and USA Today. Her short fiction has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts. Her writings have appeared in Conde Nast Traveler\, The Times (London)\, Vogue\, Travel+Leisure\, Wall Street Journal\, New York Times Magazine\, and Food & Wine. Her essays and literary criticism have been anthologized widely. She served as a columnist for the Chosun Ilbo\, the leading paper of South Korea. She lives in New York with her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/min-jin-lee-w-elaine-petrocelli/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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SUMMARY:Nina LaCour
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Nina LaCour back to the store to discuss and sign her new young adult novel\, We Are Okay\, on Thursday\, February 16th at 7:00 pm. This will be Nina’s publication party and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. \nYou go through life thinking there’s so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone\, your wallet\, and a picture of your mother.\nMarin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks\, not even her best friend Mabel\, but even thousands of miles away from the California coast\, at college in New York\, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now\, months later\, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break\, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.\nAn intimate whisper that packs an indelible punch\, We Are Okay is Nina LaCour at her finest. This gorgeously crafted and achingly honest portrayal of grief will leave you urgent to reach across any distance to reconnect with the people you\nlove. \nNina LaCour is the author of the award-winning Hold Still and the widely acclaimed The Disenchantments. Formerly a bookseller and high school English teacher\, she now writes and parents full time. A San Francisco Bay Area native\, Nina lives with her family in Richmond\, California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nina-lacour/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:To Live + Write in Alameda Story Slam
DESCRIPTION:To Live & Write in Alameda and Books Inc. proudly present Alameda Story Slam! February’s theme will be “Unrequited.” Join us for an evening full of original stories and fun!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/to-live-write-in-alameda-story-slam/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Oki Sogumi + Wendy Trevino
DESCRIPTION:Poets Oki Sogumi and Wendy Trevino read from new work\, and engage in conversation with one another and their audience. This event is free and open to the public. \nOki Sogumi first surfaced in Seoul\, Korea c. 1988 and resides in Philadelphia\, USA. Her chapbooks include Underglazy (Portable Press at Yo-Yo labs) and Smear Jelly Dreaming A goo daughter & Time Travel and Friendship (Museum of Expensive Things). She is currently writing a sci-fi novella (forthcoming from Publication Studio Oakland) that chronicles the end of the world.\n\nWendy Trevino was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. She now lives and works in San Francisco. Her chapbook 128-131 was published by Perfect Lovers Press in 2013. Her chapbook Brazilian Is Not a Race was published by Commune Editions in 2016. Her poems have appeared in various print and online journals\, including Abraham Lincoln\, Armed Cell\, the Capilano Review\, LIES\, Macaroni Necklace\, Mondo Bummer\, ELDERLY\, and Open House. Wendy is not an experimental writer.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oki-sogumi-wendy-trevino/
LOCATION:The Poetry Center\, San Francisco State University\, 1600 Holloway Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94132\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Story Is the Thing: Kepler’s Quarterly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the second installment of the Story Is the Thing\, Kepler’s quarterly reading series on the theme That Electrifying Moment. \nJeanne Althouse‘s  flash fiction and longer stories have appeared in various literary journals and anthologies\, including Matter Press\, Shenandoah\, Pif Magazine\, Pindeldyboz \, Madison Review\, Hawaii Review\, the MacGuffin\, Red Rock Review\, Referential\, and Jewel\, a publication of Gray Sparrow Press. Her story\, “Goran Holds his Breath” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. An early draft of her first novel was finalist in the Augury Books Editor’s Prize. \nAngela Pneuman is the author of the novel Lay It on My Heart and the short story collection Home Remedies. She is a former Stegner fellow at Stanford\, where she has taught creative writing since 2001. Her fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories\, New England Review\, Ploughshares\, Iowa Review\, and many other literary journals. Recently she joined the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference as its executive director. \nShobha Rao is the author of the collection of short stories\, An Unrestored Woman\, published in March 2016. Kirkus Reviews called An Unrestored Woman “stunning and relentless.” She is the winner of the 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction. She has been a resident at Hedgebrook and is the recipient of the Elizabeth George Foundation fellowship. Her story “Kavitha and Mustafa” was chosen by T.C. Boyle for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories 2015. She lives in San Francisco. \nTanya Rey‘s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Granta\, The Nervous Breakdown\, McSweeney’s\, Catapult and others. She holds an MFA degree in fiction from New York University and has received fellowships from the San Francisco Writers Grotto\, Hambidge Center for the Arts\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts\, the Rona Jaffe Foundation\, UCross Foundation and Blue Mountain Center. She lives and writes in Oakland\, CA. \nRick Trushel tutors recent immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala\, helping them improve their spoken and written language skills. Recently he’s had short pieces published at 101 Words and The SUN magazine. He likes to procrastinate\, as he erroneously believes his writing improves when he does this. \nGenanne Walsh is the author of Twister\, awarded the Big Moose Prize for the Novel from Black Lawrence Press. Twister was also a finalist for the 2016 Housatonic Book Award in Fiction. Excerpts appeared in Puerto del Sol\, Blackbird\, and Red Earth Review. She lives in San Francisco with her wife and dogs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames Warner‘s short stories have appeared in ZYZZYVA\, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine\, Santa Monica Review\, Mid-American Review\, Narrative\, and many other literary magazines. He is also the author of All Her Father’s Guns\, a novel from Numina Press which satirized U.S. politics back in the days when that was even possible.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/story-is-the-thing-keplers-quarterly-reading-series/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Ethel Rohan
DESCRIPTION:The Booksmith is delighted to host the launch party for Ethel Rohan’s debut novel\, The Weight of Him. Ethel will read from the book and be in conversation with Edan Lepucki\, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Join us! \nThe Weight of Him tells the story of Billy Brennan. At four hundred pounds\, Billy can always count on food. From his earliest memories\, he has loved food’s colors\, textures and tastes. The way flavors go off in his mouth. How food keeps his mind still and his bad feelings quiet. Food has always made everything better\, until the day Billy’s beloved son Michael takes his own life. \nBilly determines to make a difference in Michael’s memory and undertakes a public weight-loss campaign\, to raise money for suicide prevention—his first step in an ambitious plan to save himself\, and to save others. However\, Billy’s dramatic crusade appalls his family\, who want to simply try to go on. \nDespite his crushing detractors\, Billy gains welcome allies: his community-at-large; a co-worker who lost his father to suicide; a filmmaker with his own dubious agenda; and a secret\, miniature kingdom that Billy populates with the sub-quality dolls and soldiers he saves from disposal at the toy factory where he works. But it is only if Billy can confront the truth of the suffering and brokenness within and around him that he and others will realize the recovery they need. \nSet in rural\, contemporary Ireland\, The Weight of Him is an unforgettable\, big-hearted novel about loss and reliance that moves from tragedy to recrimination to what can be achieved when we take the stand of our lives. \n————————–————————–———\n“The Weight of Him is an achingly sad\, achingly lovely novel that speaks to the essential core of our shared human experience. I will not soon forget it. Ethel Rohan\, a prodigiously skilled short story writer\, has proved herself\, in this debut novel\, to be a master of the long form as well.” — Robert Olen Butler\, author of Perfume River \n“In The Weight of Him Ethel Rohan shows herself to be one of those rare\, courageous writers who dare to take on the ‘ordinary’ and show just how extraordinary it really is. A brave and moving book.” — John Banville\, author of The Blue Guitar \n“Ethel Rohan is a writer of great courage and emotional intelligence. She can also tell a damn good story. The Weight of Him is about loss and about life. It is involving\, terrifying and ultimately quite beautiful.” — Tom Barbash\, author of Stay Up With Me\n————————–————————–——— \nEthel Rohan’s debut novel\, The Weight of Him\, won the inaugural Plumeri Fellowship. She is the author of two story collections\, Goodnight Nobody and Cut Through the Bone\, the former longlisted for The Edge Hill Prize and the latter longlisted for The Story Prize. An award-winning short story writer\, her work has appeared in The New York Times\, World Literature Today\, Tin House Online\, GUERNICA Magazine\, The Stinging Fly\, and many others. Raised in Dublin\, Ireland\, she lives in San Francisco and received her MFA in fiction from Mills College\, CA. She is a member of San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. \nEdan Lepucki is the author of the novella If You’re Not Yet Like Me and the New York Times bestselling novel\, California. Her next novel\, Woman No. 17\, will be published in May. She’s a contributing editor at The Millions and the founder of Writing Workshops Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ethel-rohan-2/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Katie Kitamura
DESCRIPTION:Katie Kitamura reads from and discusses her novel\, A Separation. \nPraise for Katie Kitamura: \n“A slow burn of a novel that gathers its great force and intensity through careful observation and a refusal to accept old\, shopworn narratives of love and loss.” —Jenny Offill\, author of Dept. of Speculation \n“The burnt landscape\, the disappearance of a man\, the brilliantly cold\, precise\, and yet threatening\, churning tone of the narrator—make A Separation an absolutely mesmerizing work of art.” —Rachel Kushner\, author of The Flamethrowers \n“Profound and gripping. I had that rare sense of feeling like I was in a creation specifically made out of words\, that couldn’t have been made out of any other substance. Kitamura combines the calm complexity of Joseph Conrad with the pacing and reveal of Patricia Highsmith. This novel is a wonder and a pleasure.” —Rivka Galchen\, author of Atmospheric Disturbances and Little Labors \n“Hemingway’s returned to life—and this time\, he’s a woman.” —Tom McCarthy\, author of Satin Island \n\nAbout A Separation: \nA mesmerizing\, psychologically taut novel about a marriage’s end and the secrets we all carry. \n\nA young woman has agreed with her faithless husband: it’s time for them to separate. For the moment it’s a private matter\, a secret between the two of them. As she begins her new life\, she gets word that Christopher has gone missing in a remote region in the rugged south of Greece; she reluctantly agrees to go and search for him\, still keeping their split to herself. In her heart\, she’s not even sure if she wants to find him. Adrift in the wild landscape\, she traces the disintegration of their relationship\, and discovers she understands less than she thought about the man she used to love. \n\nA story of intimacy and infidelity\, A Separation is about the gulf that divides us from the lives of others and the narratives we create for ourselves. As the narrator reflects upon her love for a man who may never have been what he appeared\, Kitamura propels us into the experience of a woman on the brink of catastrophe. A Separation is a riveting stylistic masterpiece of absence and presence that will leave the reader astonished\, and transfixed.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katie-kitamura/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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