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SUMMARY:Tim Burkett: Zen in the Age of Anxiety
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 11\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nTim Burkett discusses Zen in the Age of Anxiety: Wisdom for Navigating Our Modern Lives. \nABOUT ZEN IN THE AGE OF ANXIETY \nZen wisdom for identifying the causes of mental and emotional anxiety epidemic in today’s world and for finding the path to a peaceful heart in the midst of them–a path that leads directly though the center of the anxiety we’re trying to escape. \nWrestling with fear doesn’t have to be a negative experience. This book offers an approach to life that unlocks a new way of thinking and being in the world\, one that leads directly through the center of the anxieties we seek to avoid. Written in the style of an owner’s manual\, a guide to being human\, Burkett focuses on areas of pain and anxiety as they tend to manifest for modern people: feelings of unworthiness\, and issues surrounding sex\, money\, failure\, and even death. Providing wisdom from Zen (channeled through his many experiences as a psychotherapist) and using language and metaphors from popular culture\, he takes anxiety and teaches us to turn those fears into the building blocks of a fulfilling life. \nTIM BURKETT \nTim Burkett began practicing Zen Buddhism in San Francisco in 1964 with renowned teacher Shunryu Suzuki (author of Zen Mind\, Beginner’s Mind). Tim’s first book\, Nothing Holy About It\, discusses how Zen’s core teachings unfold within the ordinary comedies and tragedies of everyday life. In his books\, as in his life\, Tim reveals how to live in the world with a deep joy that comes from embracing the work and play of this very moment. Tim is the former CEO of the largest non-profit organization in Minnesota for individuals with mental illness. He is a psychologist\, a Zen Buddhist priest\, and the Guiding Teacher of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. \n\nPRAISE\n“This is a book imbued with love and wisdom\, full of passages of fluid prose\, woven in with carefully chosen Zen stories\, poetry\, and relevant research findings. It includes clear explanations of the power of diligent meditation practice to transform our various human difficulties into clear seeing\, equanimity\, and ease\, followed by practical exercises about how to go about this work. This is a book about the substance and beauty of Zen practice\, a book I will happily read and recommend to my own students.”—Jan Chozen Bays\, author of Mindful Eating and How to Train a Wild Elephant \n“I gained so much from reading Tim’s book\, especially about how to hold and handle my own anxieties. Here is an encouraging handbook on how Buddhist values and practices can increase our sense of connectedness and foster inner—and outer—peace. I especially liked Tim’s Nine Keys that can open any of us to healing powers in life events and in ourselves too.”—David Richo\, author of The Five Things We Cannot Change and How to Be an Adult in Relationships \n“With an artless simplicity born of deeply integrated and compassionate wisdom\, Tim Burkett speaks to the beginner’s mind in each one of us.”—Cynthia Bourgeault\, author of The Heart of Centering Prayer \n“Now the guiding teacher at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis\, Burkett uses his teacher’s advice to frame a thoughtful life manual for modern seekers and meditators—especially those who\, like Burkett\, lean away from the rigidity of formal religion. For Burkett\, the Buddhist precepts are gifts\, not rules\, that frame a wholesome life. Zen in the Age of Anxiety can help nontraditionalists find their way with those gifts in hand.”—Tricycle: The Buddhist Review  \n“Through companionable wisdom and focused practice\, Zen in the Age of Anxiety is a guidebook for applying Zen principles to our troubled and harried lives. The book explores the paradox of the centered peace of Zen beliefs in the chaos of modernity. As both a psychologist and a Zen Buddhist priest\, Tim Burkett’s vocations pair a broad knowledge of human behavior with the compassion\, humor\, and openness of Zen.”—Foreword Reviews \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nTuesday\, September 11\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tim-burkett-zen-in-the-age-of-anxiety/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lisa Locascio\, Open Me
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Lisa Locascio for a reading and signing of her evocative novel\, Open Me—the final event in our Debuts of Summer series.  \n  \nRoxana Olsen has always dreamed of going to Paris\, and after high school graduation finally plans to travel there on a study abroad program—a welcome reprieve from the bruising fallout of her parents’ divorce. But a logistical mix-up brings Roxana to Copenhagen instead\, where she’s picked up at the airport by Søren\, a twenty-eight-year-old guide who is meant to be her steward. Instantly drawn to one another\, Roxana and Søren’s relationship turns romantic\, and when he asks Roxana to accompany him to a small town in the north of Denmark for the rest of the summer\, she doesn’t hesitate to accept. There\, Roxana’s world narrows and opens as she experiences fantasy\, ritual\, and the pleasures of her body\, a thrilling realm of erotic and domestic bliss.  She is so enamored by her cohabitation and intense connection with Søren that at first\, she almost doesn’t notice that he does not give her a key to the apartment\, leaving her locked in each day while he works in the library on his African-American literature thesis. \nAs their relationship deepens\, Søren’s temperament darkens\, revealing his depression\, anxiety and prejudices.  Roxana finds herself increasingly drawn to a local outsider\, in many ways Søren’s polar opposite\, whom she learns is a Bosnian Muslim refugee from the Balkan War.  When she decides to sneak out to find him her experiences open in a way she could never have imagined. \nAn erotic coming-of-age like no other\, Open Me is a daringly original and darkly compelling portrait of a young woman discovering her power\, her sex\, and her voice; and an incisive examination of xenophobia\, migration\, and what it means to belong. \n  \nLisa Locascio’s work has been published in The Believer\, Salon\, n+1\, Bookforum\, Tin House\, American Short Fiction\, The Los Angeles Review of Books and elsewhere. She is co-publisher of Joyland and editor of 7x7LA. Lisa was born in Chicago and raised in River Forest\, Illinois\,  and received her PhD in Creative Writing and Literature and MA in English Literature from the University of Southern California. She currently teaches creative writing at Wesleyan. Open Me is her first novel. \n  \n“Locascio’s story of a young American abroad is unflinching in its portrayal of sex\, desire\, racism\, and the excitement and confusion of youth. Infused with erotics and politics\, this is a novel that will haunt you.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer \n“Through the care of her tremendous observations and the beauty of her prose\, Lisa Locascio writes a kind of love letter to the female body and all its power and visceral complexity. This is a story of many important layers\, but one of the many reasons it remains distinct in my mind is because of its honesty about our complicated\, yearning physical selves. A remarkable\, fearless debut.”—Aimee Bender\, author of The Color Master \n“Captivating and darkly clever\, Locascio’s debut melds self-discovery and self-abnegation with raw\, muscular grace.  By turns beguiling\, guileless\, and penetratingly felt\, this book seethes with eroticism\, both physical and emotional—you won’t dare to pry yourself away from it.”—Alexandra Kleeman\, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine \n“A lush\, evocative novel you won’t be able to put down. Open Me is a masterful debut.” —T.C. Boyle\, author of The Harder They Come \n  \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up an hour before the event begins.
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LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:BINDERY: MariNaomi / Losing the Girl
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts MariNaomi as she presents her new book Losing the Girl\, the first of the three-book series Life on Earth. Please join us! \n  \nClaudia Jones is missing. Her classmates are thinking the worst… or at least the weirdest. It couldn’t be an alien abduction\, right? \n  \nNone of Claudia’s classmates at Blithedale High know why she vanished — and they’re dealing with their own issues. Emily’s trying to handle a life-changing surprise. Paula’s hoping to step out of Emily’s shadow. Nigel just wants to meet a girl who will laugh at his jokes. And Brett hardly lets himself get close to anybody. \nIn Losing the Girl\, the first book in the Life on Earth trilogy\, Eisner-nominated cartoonist MariNaomi looks at life through the eyes of four suburban teenagers: early romance\, fraying friendships\, and the traces of a mysterious — maybe otherworldly — disappearance. Different chapters focus on different characters\, each with a unique visual approach. \n  \n\n  \n“Losing the Girl is a success from top to bottom. … There are many familiar elements of teen romance here\, to be sure\, but MariNaomi approaches with a level of sophistication and humanity that’s rare for any story of this kind.” – The Comics Journal \n  \n“…gripping\, affecting graphic novel. … A moody\, compassionate reflection of  adolescence in turmoil.” – Kirkus Reviews \n  \n“(MariNaomi’s) creative artistic effects amplify the tension and awkward emotions\, transforming a familiar story of young love into something memorable and new.” – Publisher’s Weekly \n  \n\n  \nMariNaomi is the award-winning author and illustrator of four comic memoirs and creator of the Cartoonists of Color database. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and many cats and dogs. Visit her website atmarinaomi.com. \n  \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. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bindery-marinaomi-losing-the-girl/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Paul McHugh and Leah Garchik
DESCRIPTION:Paul McHugh discusses his new novel The Blind Pool with  Leah Garchik. \n\nPraise for The Blind Pool \n\n“A taut thriller by a terrific storyteller. The political headlines of today make it timely as hell.” Dan Rather \n\n“You’ll rip through pages to find out what happens!”– Rorke Denver\, former Navy SEAL\, New York Times best-selling-author of “Damn Few” and star of the film “Act of Valor.” \n\nAbout The Blind Pool \n\nA Russian crime ring scores entry to the USA by forging an alliance with a criminal gang that uses a West Texas private prison as their base. Felons are secretly released from that prison and sent out across the nation to work as hard-case enforcers. An assault on a bridge in the Florida Keys tips off authorities to the alliance’s grand plot to subvert\, exploit\, and terrorize the American public. But agents who start to investigate are betrayed by a high-placed FBI mole. Stakes rise to life-or-death when the agents and their women are kidnapped by the cabal. To achieve escape\, wreak vengeance and exact justice stretches the tradecraft and loyalties of these U.S. operators close to a breaking point – and beyond.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paul-mchugh-and-leah-garchik/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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