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SUMMARY:Oakland Noir
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Eddie Muller & Jerry Thompson \nwith Kim Addonizio\, Nick Petrulakis\, Jamie DeWolf\, Joe Loya \nA celebration of a new crime fiction anthology from Akashic Books \nOakland Noir \n\n\nCalifornia’s noir quotient continues to rise with Oakland Noir\, which reveals all the dark complexities of this prominent city. Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies\, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. \nBrand-new stories by: Nick Petrulakis\, Kim Addonizio\, Keenan Norris\, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder\, Katie Gilmartin\, Dorothy Lazard\, Harry Louis Williams II\, Carolyn Alexander\, Phil Canalin\, Judy Juanita\, Jamie DeWolf\, Nayomi Munaweera\, Mahmud Rahman\, Tom McElravey\, Joe Loya\, and Eddie Muller. \nIn the wake of San Francisco Noir\, Los Angeles Noir\, and Orange County Noir—all popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Series—comes the latest California installment\, Oakland Noir. Masterfully curated by Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller (the “Czar of Noir”)\, this volume will shock\, titillate\, provoke\, and entertain. The diverse cast of talented contributors will not disappoint. \nJERRY THOMPSON is an accomplished violinist\, playwright\, and poet. He is the coauthor of Black Artists in Oakland\, and owned Black Spring Books\, an independent bookstore. \nEDDIE MULLER\, a.k.a. the “Czar of Noir\,” has been nominated for several Edgar and Anthony awards\, and his novel The Distance won a Shamus Award. He produces the San Francisco Noir City Film Festival\, the largest annual film noir retrospective in the world\, and is a frequent host on Turner Classic Movies.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-noir/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Andres Barba + Yiyun Li
DESCRIPTION:Andres Barba discusses his new novel\, Such Small Hands\, with Yiyun Li\, followed by a party sponsored by Transit Books. \n\nPraise for Andres Barba \n\nEvery once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality\, one that casts a light on our darkest feelings. Kafka did that. Bruno Schulz did that. Now the Spanish writer Andrés Barba has done it with the terrifying Such Small Hands.—Edmund White \n\nBarba explores what the dynamics of an orphanage reveal about any insular community and the trials of its inevitable outcast.—Idra Novey\, author of Ways to Disappear \n\nAndrés Barba needs no advice. He has already created a world that is perfectly realized and has a craft that is inappropriate for a writer of his age.—Mario Vargas Llosa \n\nAbout Such Small Hands \n\nShirley Jackson meets The Virgin Suicides\, set at an all-girls orphanage. It was once a happy city; we were once happy girls. . . . Life changes at the orphanage the day Marina shows up. As she tries to find her place\, she creates a game whose rules are dictated by a haunting violence. In hypnotic\, lyrical prose\, Andrés Barba evokes the pain of loss and the hunger for acceptance—a masterwork from the Spanish writer at the peak of his powers.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andres-barba-yiyun-li/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Anselm Berrigan + Hoa Nguyen
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is delighted to host local literary nonprofit Small Press Traffic as they present two superb visiting poets\, Anselm Berrigan and Hoa Nguyen. Please join us! \nSmall  Press Traffic hosts poets Anselm Berrigan and Hoa Nguyen as part of its longtime reading series. Since 1974 Small Press Traffic (SPT) has been at the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area innovative writing scene\, bringing together authors\, readers\, educators\, small presses\, and community members through talks\, readings\, workshops\, and performances. Its mission is to provide a local and national platform for experimental writing\, foregrounding underserved writers and those who identify as women\, people of color\, and/or from the LGBTQI community. \nHoa Nguyen is the author of eight poetry books and chapbooks. She lives in Toronto\, Ontario where she teaches poetics at Ryerson University and curates a reading series. \nAnselm Berrigan‘s recent books of poetry include Come In Alone (Wave\, 2016) and Primitive State (Edge\, 2015). A chapbook\, Degrets\, is forthcoming from Couch Press. He is the poetry editor for The Brooklyn Rail\, and also editor of the just-about-released What Is Poetry? (Just kidding\, I know you know): Selected Interviews from the Poetry Project Newsletter\, 1983-2009. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. If you cannot attend the event\, but would like to request a signed copy of any of our featured authors’ works\, please order below and put your request in the comments field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anselm-berrigan-hoa-nguyen/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jacqueline Winspear
DESCRIPTION:Jacqueline Winspear reads from her latest Maisie Dobbs adventure\, In This Grave Hour. \n\n\n\n“A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander.”–Maureen Corrigan\, NPR’s Fresh Air \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 25\, 2017 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nSunday September 3rd 1939. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain’s declaration of war with Germany\, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs’ flat to await her return. Dr. Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as a boy\, some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War. \nIn a London shadowed by barrage balloons\, bomb shelters and the threat of invasion\, within days another former Belgian refugee is found murdered. And as Maisie delves deeper into the killings of the dispossessed from the “last war\,” a new kind of refugee — an evacuee from London — appears in Maisie’s life. The little girl billeted at Maisie’s home in Kent does not\, or cannot\, speak\, and the authorities do not know who the child belongs to or who might have put her on the “Operation Pied Piper” evacuee train. They know only that her name is Anna. \nAs Maisie’s search for the killer escalates\, the country braces for what is to come. Britain is approaching its gravest hour — and Maisie could be nearing a crossroads of her own. \nJacqueline Winspear is the author of the bestselling Maisie Dobbs series\, which includes Journey to Munich\, A Dangerous Place\, Leaving Everything Most Loved\, Elegy for Eddie\, and eight other novels. Her standalone novel\, The Care and Management of Lies\, was also a bestseller and a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. Originally from the United Kingdom\, she now lives in California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jacqueline-winspear/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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