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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Nancy Au -- Spider Love Song and Other Stories
DESCRIPTION:Nancy Au’s debut collection is rich with scents\, sounds\, imaginative leaps\, and unexpected angles of vision. These seventeen stories present the challenges facing characters whose inner and outer lives often do not align\, whose spirits attempt flight despite dashed hopes and lean circumstances. Marginalized by race\, age\, and sexuality\, they endeavor to create new worlds that honor their identities and their Chinese heritage. SPIDER LOVE SONG AND OTHER STORIES treads the fault line that forms between lovers\, families\, friends\, cultures—exposing injuries and vulnerabilities\, but also the strength and courage necessary to recast resentment and anger into wonder and power. Au’s lyrical style\, humor\, and tender attention to her characters’ fancies and failings make this powerful debut a delight to read. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \nNancy Au’s stories and essays have appeared in Redivider\, Gulf Coast\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, Cincinnati Review\, and The Pinch\, among many others. She has an MFA from San Francisco State University and teaches creative writing at California State University–Stanislaus. She is co-founder of The Escapery\, a writing and art un-school. Her flash fiction\, which is included in the Best Small Fictions 2018\, also won The Vestal Review’s 2018 VERA Flash Fiction Prize as well as Redivider’s Blurred Genre Contest. \n  \nPraise for SPIDER LOVE SONG AND OTHER STORIES: \n“These stories sparkle with life and secrets\, joy and power\, pain and hilarity and sharp insights into the\nhuman heart. Nancy Au is a rare and blazing talent\, and this debut collection is a house of wonders\,\nthrilling and unforgettable.”    —Carolina De Robertis\, author of CANTORAS \n“Foxes\, turtles\, ducks\, oysters\, fish\, badgers\, beetles\, damselflies\, bees: all manner of creatures scratch\, swim\, thrum\, and shimmer through these tender and fantastic stories. Characters struggle with the entanglements of the living and the dead\, like the “spiders’ webs [that] can wind around anything that doesn’t pay attention\,” while they long to be out in the world that both compels and terrifies. I was spellbound by Au’s unique vision and language that pay attention to the many wild\, rich worlds that hold us.”  —Peg Alford Pursell\, author of A GIRL GOES INTO THE FOREST
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LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:LIT STARTS: Writing Humor
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of The San Francisco Writers Grotto’s new series LIT STARTS with a writing night on humor. \nAbout Writing Humor \nA fill-in book from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto\, authors of the best-selling 642 Things series. \nFocus on a single aspect of the craft of writing with help from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Writing Humor starts with a foreword by author Chris Colin\, who offers pointers for developing your own comedic style. The rest of the book consists of prompts and space to write\, providing opportunities to explore your voice in various hilarious scenarios. Among other ideas\, you’ll be asked to write: \n\nan account of a bachelor\, from the perspective of his refrigerator\na Craigslist ad for something you are desperate to sell\na eulogy to a pair of jeans that no longer fit\nan evaluation of a coworker in the form of a school report card\na list of embarrassing moments that are funny in hindsight\n\nPerfectly sized to take to a café\, on vacation\, or on your morning commute\, this book is designed for practicing your creative writing a little bit at a time.\nSpecial Features \n\nPaperback with textured cover stock\, flaps\, and a lay-flat binding\nAdvice from a published writer\, followed by fill-in prompts and space to write\nPart of a collection of single-subject writing prompt books by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto\n\nCheck out the other books in the Lit Starts series: Writing Action\, Writing Character\, and Writing Dialogue. \nThe San Francisco Writers’ Grotto is a community of writers that was founded in 1994. It now has more than 100 members who share workspace and teach classes in downtown San Francisco. Chris Colin is the author most recently of What to Talk About\, and the coauthor of This Is Camino\, which was nominated for a James Beard Award.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lit-starts-writing-humor/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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