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SUMMARY:MARY: A Journal of New Writing
DESCRIPTION:MARY: A Journal of New Writing is accepting submissions for our Spring 2018 issue. If you have poetry\, nonfiction\, or fiction you would like to share\, please send it our way! Authors of works selected for the Spring 2018 Issue will be offered a small honorarium. Submissions are open until March 7th. We look forward to reading your work! For more information about our submission guidelines\, please use the following link: https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/nod e/15842
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-a-journal-of-new-writing-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Release Party for HOWL:The Record Album
DESCRIPTION:Release Party for HOWL:The Record Album\n\n  \nConcord Music reissues Allen Ginsberg reading HOWL on vinyl \nOpening statement by Garett Caples (Poetry Editor\, City Lights)\, and Ann Charters (BEAT Scholar) \nAppearance by Bill Belmont (Producer Concord Music/Fantasy Records) and the Poet Laureate of San Francisco Kim Shuck \nReminiscences of Allen Ginsberg and readings from HOWL by Neeli Cherkovski \nCraft Recordings\, the Catalog division of Concord Music\, is pleased to announce a deluxe vinyl box set\, celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s iconic Howl And Other Poems\, one of the most important pieces of modern American literature. Due out February 23rd\, the collection offers Ginsberg’s recording of the poems\, pressed on translucent red vinyl – reproducing the original 1959 LP release\, as well as a replica of the synonymous book of poetry\, published in 1956 by City Lights for their Pocket Poets series. Also included in the box set is a photo of Ginsberg from the ’50s\, a reproduction of the original City Lights reading invite from 1956 and a booklet\, with new liner notes by Beat scholar Ann Charters\, as well as notes by poet Anne Waldman. \nAllen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was one of the best-known writers of the Beat Generation as well as a leading figure in the counterculture movement. Tirelessly prolific throughout his life\, Ginsberg was most closely associated with was Howl – a poetic rage against society’s conformism and capitalism\, which rocked the literary world upon its publication\, and has gone on to be one of the most widely performed poems of the 20th Century. \nHowl is also noteworthy\, as it was at the center of a high-profile 1957 obscenity trial\, resulting in the arrest of City Lights publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, and bookstore manager Shigeyoshi Murao. The trial stands today as a prominent case for First Amendment rights\, having set a legal precedent for the publication of controversial works. Murao and Ferlinghetti were ultimately acquitted of charges\, as Howl was proven to be of redeeming social importance. Two years later\, Berkeley’s Fantasy Records (home to Dave Brubeck and\, eventually\, Vince Guaraldi and Creedence Clearwater Revival) issued a recording of Ginsberg reciting the contents of the pocket poem.  Although “Howl” itself is the centerpiece of the program\, each additional reading by Ginsberg is full of passion\, showcasing his brilliance both as a poet and a performer. His vaudevillian delivery carries the full weight of his honest observations on life\, love\, spirituality and existence. \nIn his introduction\, box set producer Bill Belmont notes that Howl “established the Beat generation of poets…as a cultural movement.” He goes on to argue that “the Beats successfully transitioned the generation gap between the mid-century post-war Beatnik movement to the more culturally transformative ’60s generation. In many ways\, the Beats influenced the cultural and musical era that followed.” Indeed\, Ginsberg was closely associated with several musicians of the era – most famously with Bob Dylan\, with whom he collaborated; but his work also has been cited as an influence by the likes of the Clash and Patti Smith\, as well as more modern acts\, such as Lana Del Rey and U2. \nIn her new liner notes\, Ann Charters shares her own experiences of hearing a live reading of the poem by Ginsberg in the mid-’50s\, recalling that “Courtesy shown to his listeners\, and patience sharing his poetry with large audiences\, were as much a part of Ginsberg as his breath. They were all essential parts of his being\, a poet honored worldwide in his lifetime as the quintessential ‘rebel bard.’” Decades after its recording\, Howl And Other Poems remains a lively and intimate listen\, and a reminder of Ginsberg’s consummate genius as both a writer and a performer.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/release-party-for-howlthe-record-album/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Roseann Lake / Leftover in China
DESCRIPTION:Roseann Lake visits The Bindery to discuss her new book\, Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World’s Next Superpower. Join us! \nForty years ago\, China enacted the one-child policy\, only recently relaxed. Among many other unintended consequences\, it resulted in both an enormous gender imbalance—with a predicted twenty million more men than women of marriage age by 2020—and China’s first generations of only-daughters. Given the resources normally reserved for boys\, these girls were pushed to excel in school and thrive in their careers\, as if they were sons. \nIn Leftover in China\, American journalist Roseann Lake chronicles the lives of these women\, who she first met during her years working as a television reporter in Beijing. Throughout China’s booming city centers\, Lake saw passionate\, highly-educated young Chinese women acquiring wealth\, property\, and a measure of independence in record numbers. Yet while her female colleagues ascended in their careers\, many struggled to find suitable romantic partners\, in spite of an overwhelmingly large male population and immense traditional\, parental\, and societal pressures to wed. \nKnown as “leftovers” if they’ve failed to marry by age twenty-five\, these women represent a China where gender roles have not evolved as vigorously as society itself\, and where new professional opportunities have made women less willing to compromise their careers or concede to marriage for the sake of it. Some find their potential suitors’ conservative expectations on the roles of women grating against their own sensibilities. Still others find themselves on the track to powerful careers\, surrounded exclusively by an older guard of already-married men and a dearth of compatible bachelors; the majority of China’s surplus men are poor\, uneducated\, and tied to the rural areas where they were born. \nThe result is a mounting social quagmire: a generation of millions in limbo\, torn between past and future\, born into a country advancing rapidly on the world stage while nevertheless remaining\, when it comes to matters of the heart\, caught in “a distant\, anachronistic realm that seem[s] straight out of a Jane Austen novel.” \nLeftover in China combines Lake’s rigorous reporting\, historical and demographic research\, and scores of touching (and often humorous) real life anecdotes from colleagues and friends to illuminate this curious and portentous moment in the history of the world’s most populous nation. Through her remarkably candid subjects\, Lake regales us with stories of desperate mothers hacking their daughters’ dating profiles to secure a quick proposal. She tells of professional mistresses and the extravagantly wealthy men who compete for them\, and the subtle art of saijiao\, or “the strategically executed temper tantrum.” One of Lake’s friends compares modern China to “a giant episode of Sex and the City\, except that instead of bawdy Samantha\, we have our practical and traditional Charlotte-like mothers.” \nUltimately\, Leftover in China reminds us that China’s population of young women will prove crucial for the country’s future. As Lake writes\, “Channeling their full economic engagement is not only a social imperative; it’s an economic necessity.” \n— \nRoseann Lake is The Economist’s Cuba correspondent. She was previously based in Beijing\, where she spent time as a television reporter and journalist. Her China coverage has appeared in Foreign Policy\, The Atlantic\, Salon and Vice\, among others. She divides her time between New York City and Havana.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roseann-lake-leftover-in-china/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Morgan Jerkins / This Will Be My Undoing
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to host Morgan Jerkins for This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black\, Female\, and Feminist in (White) America. Please join us! \n  \nJerkins’ highly-anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture\, feminism\, black history\, misogyny\, and racism with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black woman today—perfect for fans of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist\, Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me\, and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists. \n  \nMorgan Jerkins is only in her twenties\, but she has already established herself as an insightful\, brutally honest writer who isn’t afraid of tackling tough\, controversial subjects. In This Will Be My Undoing\, she takes on perhaps one of the most provocative contemporary topics: What does it mean to “be”—to live as\, to exist as—a black woman today? This is a book about black women\, but it’s necessary reading for all Americans. \nDoubly disenfranchised by race and gender\, often deprived of a place within the mostly white mainstream feminist movement\, black women are objectified\, silenced\, and marginalized with devastating consequences\, in ways both obvious and subtle\, that are rarely acknowledged in our country’s larger discussion about inequality. In This Will Be My Undoing\, Jerkins becomes both narrator and subject to expose the social\, cultural\, and historical story of black female oppression that influences the black community as well as the white\, male-dominated world at large. \nWhether she’s writing about Sailor Moon; Rachel Dolezal; the stigma of therapy; her complex relationship with her own physical body; the pain of dating when men say they don’t “see color”; being a black visitor in Russia; the specter of “the fast-tailed girl” and the paradox of black female sexuality; or disabled black women in the context of the “Black Girl Magic” movement\, Jerkins is compelling and revelatory. \n  \n\n  \n“Morgan Jerkins is a star\, a force\, a blessing\, a scholar and a critic\, and now can add great American essayist to that list! I found myself sighing\, nodding\, gasping\, laughing\, and crying while reading this collection-but mostly cheering! We can all sleep well at night knowing this country will inherit heart\, mind\, and soul like this. It’s safe to say I’ve never read anyone this young-barely at quarter life!-who can understand herself\, those around her\, past and present\, with such dignity and clarity and generosity. Intersectionality in America is dissected\, investigated\, celebrated and challenged all without being pedantic or preachy or pretentious. And Jerkins is the sort of benevolent intellectual you want to spend time with-who will never lie to you\, but also will never let you lie to her. I’ve long known that feminism and arts and media owe so much to the excellent work of black women and This Will be My Undoing is yet another testament to that.” —Porochista Khakpour\, author of Sons & Other Flammable Objects\, The Last Illusion\, and Sick \n  \n\n  \nMorgan Jerkins is a twenty-something-year-old living and writing in New York. She graduated from Princeton with an AB in comparative literature\, specializing in nineteenth-century Russian and modern Japanese literature\, and has an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Jenkins is currently a contributing editor at Catapult and a Book of the Month judge. She has also written for Vogue\, the Atlantic\, Rolling Stone\, the New Yorker\, the Guardian\, andthe New York Times\, among many others.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/morgan-jerkins-this-will-be-my-undoing/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:USF MFA Reading Series: Sam Lipsyte
DESCRIPTION:Sam Lipsyte is the author of five books of fiction\, including The Fun Parts\, Home Land\, and The Ask. A Guggenheim fellow and winner of the Believer Book Award\, he lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/usf-mfa-reading-series-sam-lipsyte/
LOCATION:USF Fromm Hall – FR 125 – Maraschi Room\, 2130 Fulton Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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