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SUMMARY:Quiet Lightning
DESCRIPTION:curated by Sarah Carpenter and Gracie Malley! \nsubmissions are open through Apr 18 \nStudioToBe \, 906 Washington St.\, Oakland \nfree + all ages
URL:https://litseen.com/event/quiet-lightning-on-may-7/
LOCATION:StudioToBe\, 906 Washington St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jamel Brinkley / A Lucky Man
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts the Bay Area launch for Jamel Brinkley and his debut book\, A Lucky Man: Stories. Please join us in celebration! \nIn the nine expansive\, searching stories of A Lucky Man\, fathers and sons attempt to salvage relationships with friends and family members\, and confront mistakes made in the past. An imaginative young boy from the Bronx goes swimming with his group from day camp at a backyard pool in the suburbs\, and faces the effects of power and privilege in ways he can barely grasp. A teen intent on proving himself a man through the all-night revel of J’Ouvert can’t help but look out for his impressionable younger brother. And at a capoeira conference\, two brothers grapple with how to tell the story of their family\, caught in the dance of their painful\, fractured history. \nThis stunning debut by Jamel Brinkley reflects the tenderness and vulnerability of black men and boys whose hopes sometimes betray them\, especially in a world shaped by race\, gender\, and class—where luck may be the greatest fiction of all. \n  \n\n  \n“This is the rare debut that introduces not a promising talent but a major writer\, fully formed.” – Garth Greenwell \n  \n“An unmissable debut short story collection\, Jamel Brinkley’s poignant A Lucky Man is revelatory in its crafting of prose and language. A wonderful read.” – The Root \n  \n“Spectacular. . . . Quite simply stunning. . . . [Jamel Brinkley] shines a light on difficult truths.” – Nylon \n  \n\n  \nJamel Brinkley was raised in the Bronx and Brooklyn\, New York. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His work has received fellowships from Kimbilio Fiction and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. Beginning this fall\, he will be a 2018-2020 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University. \n  \n  \nRSVP is appreciated\, but not required. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of A Lucky Man\, order below and put your request in the comments field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jamel-brinkley-a-lucky-man/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Tessa Fontaine / The Electric Woman
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts Tessa Fontaine for her first book\, The Electric Woman\, in conversation with Molly Giles. Please join us! \nThis astonishing memoir of pushing past fear follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery — through her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous\, spirited mother. \nTurns out\, one lesson applies to living through illness\, keeping the show on the road\, letting go of the person you love most\, and eating fire: \n  \nThe trick is there is no trick. \nYou eat fire by eating fire. \n  \nTwo journeys—a daughter’s and a mother’s—bear witness to this lesson in The Electric Woman. \nFor three years Tessa Fontaine lived in a constant state of emergency as her mother battled stroke after stroke. But hospitals\, wheelchairs\, and loss of language couldn’t hold back such a woman; she and her husband would see Italy together\, come what may. Thus Fontaine became free to follow her own piper\, a literal giant inviting her to “come play” in the World of Wonders\, America’s last traveling sideshow. How could she resist? \nTransformed into an escape artist\, a snake charmer\, and a high-voltage Electra\, Fontaine witnessed the marvels of carnival life: intense camaraderie and heartbreak\, the guilty thrill of hard-earned cash exchanged for a peek into the impossible\, and\, most marvelous of all\, the stories carnival folks tell about themselves. Through these\, Fontaine trained her body to ignore fear and learned how to keep her heart open in the face of loss. \nA story for anyone who has ever imagined running away with the circus\, wanted to be someone else\, or wanted a loved one to live forever\, The Electric Woman is ultimately about death-defying acts of all kinds\, especially that ever constant: good old-fashioned unconditional love. \n  \n\n  \nTessa Fontaine’s writing has appeared in PANK\, Seneca Review\, The Rumpus\, Sideshow World\, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the University of Alabama and is working on a PhD in creative writing at the University of Utah. She also eats fire and charms snakes\, among other sideshow feats. She lives in South Carolina. The Electric Woman is her first book. Author photo by Claire Marika. \n  \n  \n  \nMolly Giles has published a novel\, Iron Shoes\, and four award winning collections of short stories\, Rough Translations\, Creek Walk\, Bothered\, and All the Wrong Places. She taught Creative Writing for many years at San Francisco State University and the University of Arkansas. \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of The Electric Woman\, and/or any of Molly’s books\, order below and put your request in the comments field. \n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nThis is an all ages event. The bar opens at 7\, event begins at 7:30pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tessa-fontaine-the-electric-woman/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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