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SUMMARY:H O L L O W A Y : R E A D I N G : S E R I E S Annual Faculty Reading\, with Cecil Giscombe\, Robert Hass\, Lyn Hejinian\, Geoffrey G. O’Brien\, John Shoptaw\, and Sara Nicholson
DESCRIPTION:Annual Faculty Reading\, with Cecil Giscombe\, Robert Hass\, Lyn Hejinian\, Geoffrey G. O’Brien\, John Shoptaw\, and Sara Nicholson\nREADINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
URL:https://litseen.com/event/annual-faculty-reading-with-cecil-giscombe-robert-hass-lyn-hejinian-geoffrey-g-obrien-john-shoptaw-and-sara-nicholson/
LOCATION:Maude Fife Room\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Jan Steckel at Sacred Grounds Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Lambda Literary Award-winning poet Jan Steckel is featured tonight at San Francisco’s longest-running weekly open mic at Sacred Grounds Café. Your host is Daniel Philip Brady at this open mic that has run every Wednesday night since at least 1972. Open Mic slots are five minutes\, shorter if very crowded; sign up at 7 PM. Food is good and reasonably priced. A video will be shot of you at the open mic if you don’t object\, so you can look at it later online at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sacred-Grounds-café or http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/SacredGrounds_YouTube.htm and polish your performance skills or just admire yourself.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jan-steckel-at-sacred-grounds-open-mic/
LOCATION:Sacred Grounds\, 2095 Hayes at Cole\, San Francisco\, 94117
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:BOOKSMITH: Thomas Page McBee / Amateur
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts an evening with Thomas Page McBee as he celebrates his new book\, Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man. Please join us! \n  \nFrom an award-winning writer whose work bristles with “hard-won strength\, insight\, agility\, and love” (Maggie Nelson)\, an exquisite and troubling narrative of masculinity\, violence\, and society. \n  \nIn this groundbreaking new book\, the author\, a trans man\, trains to fight in a charity match at Madison Square Garden while struggling to untangle the vexed relationship between masculinity and violence. Through his experience boxing–learning to get hit\, and to hit back; wrestling with the camaraderie of the gym; confronting the betrayals and strength of his own body–McBee examines the weight of male violence\, the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes\, and the limitations of conventional masculinity. A wide-ranging exploration of gender in our society\, Amateur is ultimately a story of hope\, as McBee traces a new way forward\, a new kind of masculinity\, inside the ring and outside of it. \n  \nIn this graceful\, stunning\, and uncompromising exploration of living\, fighting\, and healing\, we gain insight into the stereotypes and shifting realities of masculinity today through the eyes of a new man. \n  \n\n  \n“Until I read this book\, I didn’t realize how tired I was of reading about masculinity as cold\, hard\, and fixed. Amateur is a warm hug. It’s also an invitation to everyone who’s ever struggled to accept failure\, searched for a sense of belonging\, or said “Ugh\, men” in an exasperated tone to think harder and be kinder. I want the world to read it.” – Ann Friedman\, New York Magazine columnist and co-host of Call Your Girlfriend \n  \n“Amateur is a brutally honest look at the problems with masculinity\, laced through with hope\, and joy\, and possibility. Thomas McBee confronts fears and realities with grace\, toughness and poetry. A beautiful book.” – Michelle Tea\, author of Black Wave and How to Grow Up \n  \n\n  \nThomas Page McBee is the author of the Lambda award-winning memoir Man Alive: A True Story of Violence\, Forgiveness\, and Becoming a Man\, which was named a best book of 2014 by NPR\, BuzzFeed\, Kirkus Reviews\, and Publishers Weekly. His writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Playboy\, Glamour\, The Rumpus\, and Pacific Standard. He lives in Brooklyn. \n  \nRSVP is appreciated\, but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/booksmith-thomas-page-mcbee-amateur/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Joe Clifford in conversation with David Corbett
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 29\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nMystery authors Joe Clifford (Broken Ground) and David Corbett (The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday) discuss their most recent works.\n  \nA former homeless junkie\, Joe Clifford has dedicated his life to education and the craft of writing and helping other ex-junkies find a voice and a platform for their creative energies. He is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University and holds an MFA degree from Florida International University. He is the acquisitions editor for Gutter Books and the producer of Lip Service West\, a gritty reading series in Oakland\, California. Clifford is the author of several acclaimed books―two of which were Anthony Award nominees: Lamentation\, his first novel in the Jay Porter series\, and his anthology (editor) Trouble in the Heartland. Broken Ground is the fourth novel in his Jay Porter series. In all his Jay Porter novels\, Clifford uses the backdrop of drug abuse to shine a light on the misunderstood and marginalized\, while weaving personal tragedies into narratives that compel and transcend as well as entertain. Clifford lives with his wife\, Justine\, and two sons in the San Francisco Bay Area.\n \nDavid Corbett worked as a private investigator for fifteen years before becoming the widely acclaimed author of multiple novelsincluding The Devil’s Redhead\, Done for a Dime (a New York Times Notable Book)\, Blood of Paradise (nominated for numerous awards\, including the Edgar)\, and Do They Know I’m Running. David’s short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies\, with two stories selected for Best American Mystery Stories. He has taught at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program\, 826 Valencia\, Chuck Palahniuk’s LitReactor\, and the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joe-clifford-in-conversation-with-david-corbett/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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