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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Odd Mondays March 2020 Reading: Larkin\, Sindell & Subramanian
DESCRIPTION:Odd Mondays offers you three very different novels for March: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HEAVEN by Mathangi Subramanian\, THE PUGILIST POETS OF VENICE by Jon Sindell\, and SWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT by Allie Larkin. Hear excerpts from these very original works Monday\, March 9\, 6:30pm at Folio Books\, 3957 24th St. in Noe Valley. Free admission and free refreshments. \nHere’s more about the books:\nA PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HEAVEN by Mathangi Subramanian\nIn the tight-knit community known as Heaven\, a ramshackle slum hidden between luxury high-rises in Bangalore\, India\, five girls on the cusp of womanhood forge an unbreakable bond. Muslim\, Christian\, and Hindu; queer and straight; they are full of life\, and they love and accept one another unconditionally. Whatever they have\, they share. When the local government threatens to demolish their tin shacks in order to build a shopping mall\, the girls and their mothers refuse to be erased. Together\, they wage war on the bulldozers sent to bury their homes\, and\, ultimately\, on the city that wishes that families like them would remain hidden forever. \nTHE PUGILIST POETS OF VENICE by Jon Sindell\nMeet Hammerhead Hirsch\, a charismatic middle-aged boho known in the 60s as “The Pugilist Poet” for his Golden Gloves boxing crown and Beat poetry chops. Thirty years later\, Head has become a first-time father and his joy is immense—until the mom bolts. Can Head last fifteen rounds as a single dad with a paltry income\, scanty prospects\, biting personal demons\, and a “ball-and-chain” kid? The tale is told by a worshipful youth who accompanies Head and his son every step of the way on a ten-year-long\, three-way journey of struggles\, missteps\, love\, and growth. \nSWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT by Allie Larkin\nWhen recently divorced Katie Ellis and her rescue dog Bark move back in with Katie’s grandmother in Florida\, she becomes swept up in a reunion of her grandmother’s troupe of underwater performers. Although most of the mermaids have since lost touch\, Katie helps Nan search for her old friends on Facebook\, sparking hopes for a reunion show. Katie is up for making some fabulous costumes\, but first\, she has to contend with her crippling fear of water. Then\, Katie’s college love Luca\, a documentary filmmaker\, enters the scene. She struggles to balance her hopes with her anxiety and begins to realize just how much Bark’s fears are connected to her own\, in this thoughtful\, charming novel about hope after loss and friendships that span generations.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/odd-mondays-march-2020-reading-larkin-sindell-subramanian/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Alec Karakatsanis / Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts an evening with Alec Karakatsanis for his new book\, Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System. More information to be announced soon\, but please save the date and join us! \nFormer public defender and civil rights attorney Alec Karakatsanis has made it his mission to challenge the fact that we have developed two legal systems in this country: one for the rich\, and one for the poor. He and his organization\, Civil Rights Corps\, have brought lawsuits across the nation challenging cash bail\, modern-day debtors’ prisons\, and prosecutorial misconduct. They have won landmark cases that strike at the heart of America’s crisis of mass human caging\, freeing tens of thousands of people from jail and returning tens of millions of dollars to his clients and their families. Composed of three essays written across the span of this rising star’s dynamic legal career\, Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System calls for a radical and collective reckoning with the way our criminal punishment system has evolved. \n\nA former public defender\, Alec Karakatsanis is the founder of Civil Rights Corps\, an organization designed to challenge systemic injustice in the criminal legal system. He was named the 2016 Trial Lawyer of the Year by Public Justice and was awarded the Stephen B. Bright Award for contributions to indigent defense in the South by Gideon’s Promise. Karakatsanis is interested in ending human caging\, surveillance\, the death penalty\, immigration laws\, war\, and inequity. The author of Usual Creuelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System\, he lives in Washington\, DC. \n\n  \n  \nThis event is free and all ages. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \nIf you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Usual Cruelty\, order below and be sure to put your request in the special field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alec-karakatsanis-usual-cruelty-the-complicity-of-lawyers-in-the-criminal-injustice-system/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Christopher Kerr\, Death Is but a Dream at Bookshop Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:Hospice of Santa Cruz County\, in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz\, presents Dr. Christopher Kerr who will discuss and sign copies of his new book\, Death Is but a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End—the first book to validate the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears. \nChristopher Kerr is a hospice doctor. All of his patients die. Yet he has cared for thousands of patients who\, in the face of death\, speak of love and grace. Beyond the physical realities of dying are unseen processes that are remarkably life-affirming. These include dreams that are unlike any regular dream. Described as “more real than real\,” these end-of-life experiences resurrect past relationships\, meaningful events and themes of love and forgiveness; they restore life’s meaning and mark the transition from distress to comfort and acceptance. \nDrawing on interviews with over 1\,400 patients and more than a decade of quantified data\, Dr. Kerr reveals that pre-death dreams and visions are extraordinary occurrences that humanize the dying process. He shares how his patients’ stories point to death as not solely about the end of life\, but as the final chapter of humanity’s transcendence. Kerr’s book also illuminates the benefits of these phenomena for the bereaved\, who find solace in seeing their loved ones pass with a sense of calm closure. \nBeautifully written\, with astonishing real-life characters and stories\, this book is at its heart a celebration of our power to reclaim the dying process as a deeply meaningful one. Death Is but a Dream is an important contribution to our understanding of medicine’s and humanity’s greatest mystery. \nChristopher Kerr is the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer for The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Buffalo\, New York. Born and raised in Toronto\, Canada\, Chris earned his MD as well as a PhD in Neurobiology. Outside of direct patient care\, Chris’ focus is in the area of patient advocacy. His passion is palliative care and a belief that such care should be throughout the continuum of illness. Under Dr. Kerr’s medical leadership\, Hospice Buffalo now serves 1\,000 patients a day\, half of whom receive services prior to hospice. \nDr. Kerr’s background in research has evolved from bench science towards the human experience of illness as witnessed from the bedside\, specifically patient’s dreams and visions at the end of life. Although medically ignored\, these near universal experiences often provide comfort and meaning\, as well as insight into the life led and the death anticipated. To date\, the research team at Hospice Buffalo has published multiple studies on this topic and documented over 1\,500 end-of-life events\, many of which are videotaped. This work was the subject of his TEDx Buffalo Talk which has been viewed over 2 million times. It has been the subject of reports on The BBC\, in The New York Times\, The Atlantic Monthly\, Scientific American Mind\, Huffington Post\, and Psychology Today. It will also be featured in an upcoming Netflix production and a documentary film to be released in 2020. It has also gathered international attention and Dr. Kerr’s work will also be published in a book (Death Is But A Dream) by Penguin Random House to be released in February\, 2020. \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by March 7th.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/christopher-kerr-death-is-but-a-dream-at-bookshop-santa-cruz/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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