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SUMMARY:Meet Author Yang Huang
DESCRIPTION:Yang Huang grew up in China’s Jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings. Her linked family story collection\, My Old Faithful\, won the Juniper Prize for Fiction. Her debut novel\, Living Treasures\, won the Nautilus Book Award silver medal in fiction. Her essays and short stories have appeared in\nPoets & Writers\, The Margins\, Eleven Eleven\, Asian Pacific American Journal\, The Evansville Review\, and others. She lives in the Bay Area and works for the University of California\, Berkeley. \nBooks will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Laurel Book Store. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/meet-author-yang-huang/
LOCATION:Oakland Main Library\, 125 14th St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Nell Painter presents her memoir OLD IN ART SCHOOL
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is very excited to welcome one of the preeminent historians in the United States\, Nell Painter\, to discuss her memoir Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over\, on Wednesday\, July 11th at 7pm. \n“Nell Painter has courage and intelligence. She reminds us that the only option as we grow older is to grow younger. Never forgetting our curiosity and passion\, we are well armed for the challenge.” —Maira Kalman\, author of The Principles of Uncertainty and Beloved Dog \nHow are women\, and artists\, “seen” and judged by their age\, race\, and looks? And how does this seeing change\, depending upon what is asked of the viewer? What does it mean when someone states (as one teacher does) that “you will never be an Artist”—who defines “an Artist\,” and all that goes with such an identity\, and how are these ideas tied to our shared conceptions of beauty\, value\, and difference? \nOld in Art School represents an ongoing exploration of such questions\, one that ultimately honors curiosity\, openness\, and joy—the joy of embracing creativity\, dreams\, the importance of hard work\, and the stubborn determination of your own value. Nell Painter’s journey is filled with surprises\, even as she brings to bear the incisiveness of her insights from two careers\, which combine in new ways even as they take very different approaches—one searching for facts and cohesion\, the other seeking the opposite. She travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves\, such as Alice Neel\, Faith Ringgold\, or Maira Kalman\, even as she comes to understand how they are undervalued; and struggles with the ever-changing balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable\, sometimes painful demands of a life fully lived. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nNELL PAINTER is the Edwards Professor of American History\, Emerita\, at Princeton University. Her acclaimed works of history include Standing at Armageddon\, Sojourner Truth\, and the New York Times bestseller The History of White People\, which have received widespread attention for their insights into how we have historically viewed and translated ideas of gender\, value\, hierarchy\, and race. She holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts. Her visual artwork has been shown at numerous galleries and in many collections\, including the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art\, the Brooklyn Historical Society\, and Gallery Aferro. She lives in Newark\, New Jersey and the Adirondacks. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, July 11\, 2018 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nell-painter-presents-her-memoir-old-in-art-school/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Chloe Benjamin and Aja Gabel
DESCRIPTION:Friends and talented literary voices\, Chloe Benjamin and Aja Gabel will be in conversation to discuss their fantastic new novels. Benjamin’s national bestseller and Bookshop staff favorite The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice\, reality and illusion. Gabel’s The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition\, friendship\, and the tenderness of youth. \nThe Immortalists \nIt’s 1969 in New York City’s Lower East Side\, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman\, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children–four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness–sneak out to hear their fortunes. \nThe prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast\, searching for love in ’80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician\, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research\, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. \nA sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth\, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice\, reality and illusion\, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story\, the nature of belief\, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds. \nThe Ensemble \nJana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn’t needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music\, for each other. \nBrit is the second violinist\, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry\, a prodigy who’s always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel\, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana\, their flinty\, resilient leader. Together\, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group’s youthful\, rocky start\, they experience devastating failure and wild success\, heartbreak and marriage\, triumph and loss\, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other – by career\, by the intensity of their art\, by the secrets they carry\, by choosing each other over and over again. \nFollowing these four unforgettable characters\, Aja Gabel’s debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes\, cutthroat world of musicians\, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana\, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition\, friendship\, and the tenderness of youth. \nChloe Benjamin is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Immortalists. Her first novel\, The Anatomy of Dreams\, received the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award and was long listed for the 2014 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is a graduate of Vassar College and the M.F.A. in fiction at the University of Wisconsin. She lives with her husband in Madison\, WI. \nAja Gabel’s writing has appeared in BOMB\, The Kenyon Review\, Glimmer Train\, and elsewhere. A former cellist\, she earned her B.A. at Wesleyan University\, her MFA at the University of Virginia and has a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. Aja has been the recipient of fellowships from the Sewanee Writers” Conference\, Literary Arts Oregon\, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, where she was a fellow in fiction. She currently lives in Los Angeles. \nThis free event will take place in Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chloe-benjamin-and-aja-gabel/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Pandemonium Press Presents Poetry of Witness
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: MK Chavez\, Susan Gubernat\, Lucille Lang Day\, James Cagney. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest (see below). Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pandemonium-press-presents-poetry-of-witness/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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