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SUMMARY:Lunch Poems: Robert Hass
DESCRIPTION:Robert Hass’s many awards include the National Book Award\, the Pulitzer Prize\, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additionally\, he served as U. S. Poet Laureate (1995-1997) and also founded the long-running Lunch Poems series at University of California\, Berkeley where he is Distinguished Professor in Poetry and Poetics. Among his published books are Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems\, Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 and the forthcoming Summer Snow: New Poems (HarperCollins\, 2020).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunch-poems-robert-hass/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lidia Yuknavitch VERGE Book Tour
DESCRIPTION:Lidia Yuknavitch will read from her new book\, VERGE\, on Thursday\, February 6 at 7:00 PM at East Bay Booksellers. A Q&A and Signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. \nNamed one of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year by Vogue\, VERGE is a fiercely empathetic group portrait of the marginalized and outcast in moments of crisis\, from one of the most galvanizing voices in American fiction. \nLidia Yuknavitch photo by William Anthony
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lidia-yuknavitch-verge-book-tour/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Elaine Kahn
DESCRIPTION:reading from her new book \nRomance or The End: poems \npublished by Soft Skull Press \nRomance or The End takes up the tools of romantic narrative in order to perform the rupture between self and story that occurs at the onset of trauma. Using known and pathologized literary arcs\, Elaine Kahn unspools the fundamental instability of truth\, love\, and language to create an experiential portrait of narrative’s power to both disfigure and restore. \nROMANCE or THE END \nThis is a book about love. \nAnd it is a book about lies. \nLove can be a lie\, but it is also always true. \nThis is a book about truth. \nThis is a book about story. \nThere is no such thing as a true story\, and so there are no stories in this book. \nWithout a story\, there is separation. \nThis is a book about separation. \nEverything is a story. Even the truth. \nThere is nothing truer in this world than the lie of love. \n\nElaine Kahn is the author of Women in Public (City Lights Publishers\, 2015)\, as well as several chapbooks\, including I Told You I Was Sick: A Romance (After Hours Ltd\, 2017)\, A Voluptuous Dream During an Eclipse (Poor Claudia\, 2012)\, and Customer (Ecstatic Peace Library\, 2010). Her writing has appeared in Frieze\, The Brooklyn Rail\, jubilat\, Poetry Foundation\, Art Papers\, and elsewhere. She received an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches at Pomona College and the Poetry Field School. She lives in Los Angeles\, California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elaine-kahn/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Alexis Coe / You Never Forget Your First
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith welcomes back Alexis Coe (Alice + Freda Forever) for her new book\, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. Please join us! \nYoung George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother\, demanded military promotions\, caused an international incident\, and never backed down — even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha\, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named his dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way\, though he lost more battles than he won. \nAfter an unlikely victory in the Revolutionary War cast him as the nation’s hero\, he was desperate to retire\, but the founders pressured him into the presidency — twice. When he retired years later\, no one talked him out of it. He left the highest office heartbroken over the partisan nightmare his backstabbing cabinet had created. \nBack on his plantation\, the man who fought for liberty must confront his greatest hypocrisy — what to do with the men\, women\, and children he owns — before he succumbs to death. \nWith irresistible style and warm humor\, You Never Forget Your First combines rigorous research and lively storytelling that will have readers — including those who thought presidential biographies were just for dads — inhaling every page. \n\n“Every now and then a fresh\, new biography told by a gifted storyteller on a familiar figure captures our imagination. So it is with this spirited and engaging biography of George Washington.” – Doris Kearns Goodwin\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Leadership and Team of Rivals \n“A bewitching combination of erudition and cheek\, You Never Forget Your First is a playful\, disruptive work of history.” – Jennifer Egan\, New York Times bestselling author of Manhattan Beach \n“If you think there is nothing new to learn about George Washington\, then you have a treat in store with Alexis Coe’s You Never Forget Your First. In this keen and savage analysis of our longstanding Washington canon\, Coe dramatically reshapes our understanding of the president who could not tell a lie (actually\, he could\, and did). The result is a humorous\, sympathetic and refreshingly human portrait of Washington that is destined to become a classic.” – Karen Abbott\, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park \n“Alexis Coe energetically dusts off an old-boys genre to present a life in full\, without sentiment or whitewashing. It’s a public service\, and it’s also a lot of fun.” – Irin Carmon\, New York Times bestselling co-author of Notorious RBG \n\nAlexis Coe is an award-winning historian and author of the narrative history book Alice + Freda Forever (soon to be a major motion picture). Coe is a consulting producer on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s forthcoming George Washington series on the History Channel\, and has frequently appeared on CNN. She’s the cohost of Audible’s “Presidents Are People\, Too!” and the host of “No Man’s Land.” Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The New York Times Magazine\, The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Slate\, Time\, and many others. She holds a graduate degree in American history\, and was a Research Curator at the New York Public Library. \n\nThis event is free and all ages. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \nAs with all of our events\, seating may be limited; you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing the book below — when checking out\, just be sure to include a note that you’d like to attend the event. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of You Never Forget Your First\, order below and be sure to put your request in the comments field. \nAccessibility is important to us! If you have special needs please let us know and we’ll do our absolute best to accommodate you: events@booksmith.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alexis-coe-you-never-forget-your-first/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Josiah Luis Alderete and James Cagney
DESCRIPTION:This event\, the first in The Poetry Center reading series for 2020\, is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and is free and open to the public. \nJosiah Luis Alderete is a full-blooded Pocho Spanglish speaking poeta from La Area Bahia. He began to write poetry in the kitchen of his Mama’s Mexican restaurant and began performing his work in the Mission District of San Pancho at Cafe Babar back in the ’90’s. He was a founding member of San Francisco’s outspoken word troupe The Molotov Mouths (whose collected writings were published by Manic D Press in 2003). Over the years Josiah Luis has been featured at numerous literary events in La Area Bahia. He is also a radio insurgente whose stories have appeared on KALW’s “Crosscurrents” and whose show “The Spanglish Power Hour” aired on KPFA. In 2017 he was named an AIR New Voice
URL:https://litseen.com/event/josiah-luis-alderete-and-james-cagney/
LOCATION:The Poetry Center\, San Francisco State University\, 1600 Holloway Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94132\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:David Talbot - Between Heaven And Hell
DESCRIPTION:If anyone knows hard work\, it’s David Talbot. A bestselling author and journalist of books such as Season Of The Witch and The Devil’s Chessboard\, nothing seemed capable of stopping him from churning out his signature wit and insight onto the page. Everything changed the day he had his stroke. In his new book\, Between Heaven And Hell\, Talbot dives into the event that tipped his life on its side. Please join us in welcoming David Talbot back to BookShop West Portal to discuss his journey back to health and writing on Thursday\, February 6th at 7PM!\n—-\n“A deeply affecting examination of mortality\, ambition and the priorities of a man who dodged death to live better days.” — Dave Eggers\, bestselling author of The Circle\, Zeitoun\, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius\n—-\nThis book is perfect for:\n– Fans of David Talbot\n– Anyone dealing with or recovering from health issues (particularly stroke or brain injury) and looking for insight and inspiration\n– Gen Xers and baby boomers who understand their risk for stroke\n– Entrepreneurs scared of burnout
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-talbot-between-heaven-and-hell-2/
LOCATION:Bookshop West Portal\, 80 W Portal Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94127\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Tommy Orange Reading & Conversation with Nick Taylor
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Literary Arts is pleased to present Tommy Orange\, author of There There on Thursday\, February 6\, 2020 at the Hammer Theatre’s Black Box Theatre at 7PM. The reading will be followed by an on-stage interview with professor\, Nick Taylor\, plus an audience Q&A\, book sale and signing. \nA national bestseller\, There There has won the PEN/Hemingway Award\, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize\, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, and the American Book Award. Hailed as an instant classic\, There There is at once poignant and laugh-out-loud funny\, utterly contemporary and always unforgettable. The novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow\, all connected to each other in ways they may not yet realize. There is Jacquie Red Feather\, newly sober and working to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene\, who is pulling his life back together after his uncle’s death\, has come to work at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil has come to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together\, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American—grappling with a complex and painful history\, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality\, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. \nTommy Orange is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma\, he was born and raised in Oakland\, California. \nNick Taylor is the author of the historical novels Double Switch\, The Setup Man\, The Disagreement\, and Father Junípero’s Confessor. His work has earned a Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship and the Michael Shaara Prize for Civil War Fiction. He has also received support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts\, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, and the William R. Kenan\, Jr.\, Fund for Historic Preservation. Currently Nick serves as Professor of English and Director of the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San José State University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tommy-orange-reading-conversation-with-nick-taylor/
LOCATION:Hammer Theater Center\, 101 Paseo De San Antonio Walk\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Fanny Renoir Variety Show
DESCRIPTION:Join Fanny Renoir and friends for an evening of poetry\, music\, performance\, and films! \nFeaturing: \n\nDOMINIC ANGERAME\nHOWARD MUNSON\nJEFF GIORDANO\nANTHONY BUCHANAN\nJESSICA LOOS\nNATHAN MAY\nROSEMARY MANNO\nKATZ FORSMAN\nJEAN FORSMAN\nJERRY FERRAZ\nBASCIA\nRAYNER\nSELEN OSTURK\nPETER DANIEL WEBSTER
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fanny-renoir-variety-show/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash presents Dan Bellm and Alicia Suskin Ostriker
DESCRIPTION:Alicia Suskin Ostriker’s latest book of poems is Waiting for the Light. Daisy Fried says\, “Ostriker so loves the world\, its griefs\, traumas\, praises\, mysteries\, and joys\, that she teaches us to love the world with her—sometimes  desperately\, heartbrokenly\, never despairingly. Ostriker is an essential poet\, writing at the height of her powers.” Both poet and critic\, she is the author of many previous collections\, most recently The Old Woman\, the Tulip\, and the Dog\, The Book of Life: Selected Jewish Poems\, 1979-2011\, and The Book of Seventy\, winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Among other honors\, she’s received the Paterson Poetry Prize\, the San Francisco State Poetry Center Award\, the William Carlos Williams Award\, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award. Her forthcoming collection\, The Volcano and After: Selected and New Poems\, 2002-2019\, will be published in September. \nDan Bellm is both poet and translator. His recent poetry book is Deep Well. David St. John says of Deep Well\, “These lyrics of memoriam and these deep songs (in Lorca’s sense) of mourning seem almost to etch themselves onto the air. Keep this book at hand; hold its passages close. This is an essential collection of poetry.” Dan Bellm has published three previous books of poems\, One Hand on the Wheel\, Buried Treasure\, winner of both an Alice Fay Di Castangnola Award and the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize\, and Practice\, the 2009 California Book Award-winner. His latest translation is Central American Book of the Dead\, by Mexican poet Balam Rodrigo; others include Speaking in Song\, by Mexican poet Pura López Colomé\, and The Song of the Dead\, by French poet Pierre Reverdy.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-presents-dan-bellm-and-alicia-suskin-ostriker/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, 94704
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Garth Greenwell: Cleanness
DESCRIPTION:Garth Greenwell discusses his new novel\, Cleanness\, with R.O. Kwon. \nPraise for Cleanness \n“Garth Greenwell is an intensely beautiful and gorgeous writer. I can think of no contemporary author who brings as much reality and honesty to the description of sex—locating in it the sublime\, as well as our deepest degradation\, sweetness\, confusion\, and rage. Most American literature seems neutered by comparison. His perfect noticing extends to the way we experience love and loneliness\, the feeling of exile\, and the eternal search for home.”—Sheila Heti\, author of Motherhood \n“So rarely do words make comprehensible the inevitability and confusion of desire as Garth Greenwell’s writing does. His sensibility is akin to James Baldwin’s\, and he observes the world with eyes like those of Tolstoy. With shimmering prose and undiluted intensity\, Cleanness captures the indefinableness of pain and intimacy\, love and alienation\, vulnerability and sustainability.”—Yiyun Li\, author of Where Reasons End \n“In Cleanness\, I found an end to a loneliness I didn’t know—until now—how to describe. Greenwell maps the worlds our language walls off—sex\, love\, shame and friendship\, the foreign and the familiar—and finds the sublime. There are visceral shocks like I’ve never encountered in print\, and they delighted me\, again and again. With each plunge we take beneath the surface of life\, lost and new worlds appear. This could only be the work of a master.”—Alexander Chee\, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel \n“If Henry James were alive in this strange century\, if Thomas Mann had been allowed to write raw sex\, if Virginia Woolf had slummed it more\, if Proust had been born in Kentucky\, if they all commingled their blood and brains\, we might get something like Garth Greenwell. Cleanness lives between Europe and America\, between novel and story\, between fiction and the self. It is indescribable\, and it is genius.”—Rebecca Makkai\, author of The Great Believers \n“I don’t know how Garth Greenwell writes such delicate\, profane fiction. These stories are grace and salt\, tenderness and shadow. Reading this book made me want to sit with my emotions and desires; it made me want to be a better writer.”—Carmen Maria Machado\, author of Her Body and Other Parties \nAbout Cleanness \nIn the highly anticipated follow-up to his beloved debut\, What Belongs to You\, Garth Greenwell deepens his exploration of foreignness\, obligation\, and desire \nSofia\, Bulgaria\, a landlocked city in southern Europe\, stirs with hope and impending upheaval. Soviet buildings crumble\, wind scatters sand from the far south\, and political protesters flood the streets with song. \nIn this atmosphere of disquiet\, an American teacher navigates a life transformed by the discovery and loss of love. As he prepares to leave the place he’s come to call home\, he grapples with the intimate encounters that have marked his years abroad\, each bearing uncanny reminders of his past. A queer student’s confession recalls his own first love\, a stranger’s seduction devolves into paternal sadism\, and a romance with another foreigner opens\, and heals\, old wounds. Each echo reveals startling insights about what it means to seek connection: with those we love\, with the places we inhabit\, and with our own fugitive selves. \nCleanness revisits and expands the world of Garth Greenwell’s beloved debut\, What Belongs to You\, declared “an instant classic” by The New York Times Book Review. In exacting\, elegant prose\, he transcribes the strange dialects of desire\, cementing his stature as one of our most vital living writers. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/garth-greenwell-cleanness/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Andy Warner presents Spring Rain
DESCRIPTION:Andy Warner presents and signs copies of Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love\, Madness\, and Revolutions. \nABOUT THE BOOK \nAn intimate graphic memoir by a New York Times–bestselling writer about his semester abroad in Beirut as he grows close to a crowd of mostly LGBTQ students\, and suffers a mental breakdown while the city erupts into revolution. \nIn 2005 Andy Warner travelled to Lebanon to study literature in Beirut\, one of the world’s most cosmopolitan and storied cities. Twenty-one years old and recently broken up from his girlfriend\, Warner feels his life is both intense and directionless. Immersing himself in the vibrant and diverse city\, he quickly befriends a group of LGBT students\, many of whom are ex-pats straddling different cultures and embracing the freedoms of the multicultural city. Warner and his friends party\, do drugs\, and hook up\, even as violence breaks out in the city—the scars of a fifteen-year civil war reopening with a series of political assassinations and bombings. As the city descends into chaos and violence\, Warner feels his grasp on reality slowly begin to slip as he confronts traumas in his past and anxiety over his future. \nIllustrated in beautiful and intricate detail\, Spring Rain is an absorbing and poignant graphic memoir of a young man’s attempt to gain control over his life as well as a portrait of a city and a nation’s violent struggle to define its future. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nAndy Warner is the NY Times Best Selling author of Brief Histories of Everyday Objects and This Land is My Land. He is a contributing editor at The Nib and teaches cartooning at Stanford University and the Animation Workshop in Denmark. \nHis comics have been published by Slate\, Fusion\, American Public Media\, popsci.com\, KQED\, IDEO.org\, The Center for Constitutional Rights\, UNHCR\, UNRWA\, UNICEF\, and Buzzfeed. He was a recipient of the 2018 Berkeley Civic Arts Grant and the 2019 Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Artist-in-Residency. \nHe works in a garret room in South Berkeley and comes from the sea.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andy-warner-presents-spring-rain/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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