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SUMMARY:Mills College MFA Alumnae Reading & Reception
DESCRIPTION:Reception at 5:15 pm for newly admitted graduate students\, followed by readings
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mills-college-mfa-alumnae-reading-reception/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Andrea Abi-Karam
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Abi-Karam is an Arab American genderqueer punk poet cyborg. Their first full-length book Extratransmission is forthcoming from Kelsey Street Press in early 2018. Abi-Karam’s previous work\,The Aftermath (Commune Editions) attempts to queer Fanon’s vision of how poetry fails to inspire revolution. Abi-Karam is also a printer and publisher whose small press project Mes Editions seeks to publish emerging writings from queers\, people of color\, and those involved in social movements yet uninvolved in poetry and art scenes. Catch them on the 2018 Sister Spit tour.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andrea-abi-karam/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Michelle Cruz Gonzales
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Cruz Gonzales is the author of The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band. Before attending Mills College\, Gonzales played drums in and wrote lyrics for the groundbreaking 90s femme punk band Spitboy— the subject of the 2017 documentary\, Turn it Around: Story of East Bay Punk. Gonzales holds a BA and MFA in English and creative writing from Mills and is an English instructor at Las Positas College.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michelle-cruz-gonzales/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Steve Zolno: The Future of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:What is democracy and where did it come from? Is it a new development or was it always present in human society? And perhaps the most important question: what can we do to preserve and strengthen democracy among the forces that oppose it? \nIn this book we explore trends throughout history that have brought democratic – and undemocratic – government to people wherever civilization exists. We discuss where democracy has been most\, and least\, successful and why. But our most important task is to clarify what each of us can do\, as politicians or ordinary citizens\, to bring the benefits of democracy more fully into the personal and political lives of those who cherish it.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/steve-zolno-the-future-of-democracy/
LOCATION:Rockridge Branch\, 5366 College Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer: National Poetry Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck\, Aja Couchois Duncan\, Luna Merbruja\, and Lourdes Figueroa
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-national-poetry-month/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Weekday Wanderlust
DESCRIPTION:Hello Wanderlusters. Mark your calendars for TUESDAY APRIL 10. We have a superb line-up waiting just for you with Julia Scott\, John Ellis\, and Amanda Jones reading. Woot! Check out their bios on the FB page as we get closer to the event. \nA reminder: We are at the Mystic Hotel —417 Stockton Street. \nReadings start at 7 p.m. but a group of thirsty travelers and writers can always be found in the Burritt Room (upstairs) at 6 p.m. \nDrop in and say hi\, and come give a warm Weekday Wanderlust welcome to Julia\, John and Amanda. \nSee you on Tuesday\, April 10.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/weekday-wanderlust-3/
LOCATION:Weekday Wanderlust\, 562 Sutter Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Maw Shein Win
DESCRIPTION:Maw Shein Win\n\n  \ncelebrating the release of her new collection of poetry \nInvisible Gifts: Poems \npublished by Manic D Press \nThemes of vulnerability and power emerge through reflections on family\, art\, and loss from an award-winning poet. \nIn her full-length collection of poems\, Win depicts a colorful world imbued with unexpected paradoxes:  nature is both comforting and savagely unnerving; love is permanent and fleeting; and the accuracy and flaws of memory abound. Her experiences with illness and recovery intertwine with her identity as a Burmese American daughter of immigrant doctors. For instance\, in poems like “Hands”: My father’s hands\, frail birds\, shaking wings. / In Burmese\, “win” means bright. / Hands that stitched skin together and brought back life. Win’s unique perspective and artful language offer readers insight into how the heart can bend and mend without breaking. \nMaw Shein Win is a Burmese American poet\, editor\, and educator who lives and works in the Bay Area. Her writing has appeared in many journals and several anthologies\, including Cimarron Review\, Fanzine\, The Fabulist\, and others. She was an Artist in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts and is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. She often collaborates with visual artists\, musicians\, and other writers. Along with composer and musician\, Amanda Chaudhary\, she is part of musical duo Pitta of the Mind that combines poetry with abstract electronic music. A collaborative book with paintings by Los Angeles artist Mark Dutcher\, Ruins of a glittering palace\, was published by SPA/Commonwealth Projects. Her most recent poetry chapbook is Score and Bone on Nomadic Press\, and her poetry was featured in artist Megan Wilson’s mural\, Flower Interruption\, a public artwork in the exhibition Flower Power at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. She is the first poet laureate of El Cerrito. http://www.el-cerrito.org/poets
URL:https://litseen.com/event/maw-shein-win-2/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Rachel Levin
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Levin celebrates the release of her new book Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds. \n\nAbout Look Big \n\nA humorous and helpful illustrated field guide to avoiding interactions–both dangerous and annoying–with 50 wild animals\, including survival techniques\, wildlife etiquette\, and other essential advice. \nAs humans encroach on wild places\, encounters with animals–from bears\, bison\, mountain lions\, and mice to turkeys\, ticks\, rats\, and raccoons–have become increasingly commonplace. But\, wait\, what are the rules for facing a moose up close? Do you run from a coyote or stand your ground? How deadly\, really\, are black widow spiders\, rattlesnakes\, and sharks? Packed with expert tips\, fascinating animal facts\, and harrowing true tales\, Look Big is a must-have survival guide for outdoor\, urban\, and suburban adventurers alike. If you have ever feared the approach of a grizzly\, the spray of a skunk\, or an army of cockroaches in the kitchen\, this book is for you.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rachel-levin/
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:Emerging Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:TUESDAY\, APRIL 10 7:45 – 9:30 p.m.\nFromm Hall – FR 125 – Maraschi Room\n\n\n\nElizabeth Greenwood is the author of the nonfiction book Playing Dead: A Journey through the World of Death Fraud (Simon & Schuster). Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, The New Yorker\, O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Glamour\, Longreads\, The Believer\, Poets & Writers\, Al Jazeera America\, and Dissent\, among others. She has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony\, Hedgebrook\, the Ucross Foundation\, the Norman Mailer Center and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. She holds a BA in history from the University of San Francisco and an MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University\, where she teaches. \nPhillip B. Williams is a Chicago\, IL native and author of Thief in the Interior\, winner of the 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a 2017 Lambda Literary award. He received a 2017 Whiting Award and 2013 Ruth Lilly Fellowship. Phillip is the co-editor in chief of the online journal Vinyl. He is currently visiting professor in English at Bennington College.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/emerging-writers-festival-2/
LOCATION:Fromm Hall – FR 120 – Xavier Auditorium\, USF\, 2130 Fulton St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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