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SUMMARY:Happy 7th Birthday Voz Sin Tinta!
DESCRIPTION:Voz Sin Tinta is turning 7! To celebrate our special day\, we want YOU to come out and read or come and share space.\nWe will ONLY HAVE A COMMUNITY OPEN MIC. We would not have made it seven years without the community\, and we want to continue to support you all just like you support us.\nThat’s right! TWO HOURS OF OPEN MIC.\nBring food! Bring drinks! Bring adult drinks! Bring a friend! Bring some art to share! Bring yourself! Just come celebrate.
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LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Cancelled: Cathy Park Hong with Vanessa Hua / Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
DESCRIPTION:Please note: this event has been cancelled. \n  \nBooksmith hosts Cathy Park Hong for her new book\, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning\, a ruthlessly honest\, emotionally charged\, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness and the struggle to be human. She’ll be in conversation with Vanessa Hua (Deceit and Other Possibilities and A River of Stars). Please join us! \n\n“Brilliant . . . To read this book is to become more human.” – Claudia Rankine\, author of Citizen \n\nPoet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir\, cultural criticism\, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Part memoir and part cultural criticism\, this collection is vulnerable\, humorous\, and provocative—and its relentless and riveting pursuit of vital questions around family and friendship\, art and politics\, identity and individuality\, will change the way you think about our world. \nBinding these essays together is Hong’s theory of “minor feelings.” As the daughter of Korean immigrants\, Cathy Park Hong grew up steeped in shame\, suspicion\, and melancholy. She would later understand that these “minor feelings” occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality—when you believe the lies you’re told about your own racial identity. Minor feelings are not small\, they’re dissonant—and in their tension Hong finds the key to the questions that haunt her. \nWith sly humor and a poet’s searching mind\, Hong uses her own story as a portal into a deeper examination of racial consciousness in America today. This intimate and devastating book traces her relationship to the English language\, to shame and depression\, to poetry and female friendship. A radically honest work of art\, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche—and of a writer’s search to both uncover and speak the truth. \n\nCathy Park Hong is the author of three poetry collections including Dance Dance Revolution\, chosen by Adrienne Rich for the Barnard Women Poets Prize\, and Engine Empire. Hong is a recipient of the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her poems have been published in Poetry\, The New York Times\, The Paris Review\, McSweeney’s\, Boston Review\, and other journals. She is the poetry editor of The New Republic and full professor at the Rutgers University–Newark MFA program in poetry.\nVanessa Hua is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the author of the national bestseller\, A River of Stars\, and a short story collection\, Deceit and Other Possibilities.  For more than two decades\, she has been writing\, in journalism and fiction\, about Asia and the diaspora. A National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow\, she has also received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award\, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature\, the San Francisco Foundation’s James D. Phelan Award\, and a Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing\, as well as honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Asian American Journalists Association. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, The Washington Post\, and among other publications. The daughter of Chinese immigrants\, she teaches at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco\, Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers\, and elsewhere. \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 Minor Feelings\, 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.
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LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:LAUNCH for Juliana Delgado Lopera / Fiebre Tropical
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery is thrilled to host the launch party for Juliana Delgado Lopera and her debut novel\, Fiebre Tropical. More information to be announced\, but please do yourself a favor and save the date! \nUprooted from her comfortable life in Bogotá\, Colombia\, into an ant-infested Miami townhouse\, fifteen-year-old Francisca is miserable and friendless in her strange new city. Her alienation grows when her mother is swept up into an evangelical church\, replete with Christian salsa\, abstinent young dancers\, and baptisms for the dead. \nBut there\, Francisca also meets the magnetic Carmen: opinionated and charismatic\, head of the youth group\, and the pastor’s daughter. As her mother’s mental health deteriorates and her grandmother descends into alcoholism\, Francisca falls more and more intensely in love with Carmen. To get closer to her\, Francisca turns to Jesus to be saved\, even as their relationship hurtles toward a shattering conclusion. \n\n“Fiebre Tropical is a literary explosion. In a rollicking\, multilingual prose both wise and irreverent\, brimming with snark and queer humor\, Juliana Delgado Lopera crafts a migration tale we’ve never read and badly need.” – Michelle Tea\, author of Against Memoir: Complaints\, Confessions & Criticisms \n“A magnificent novel\, by turns electric\, hilarious\, sexy\, thrilling\, wrenching\, and profound. Pa decirlo clarito: Juliana Delgado Lopera is a writer of explosive talent\, and this book is a fierce and radiant contribution\, yes\, to queer literature\, Latinx literature\, and immigrant literature\, but also to literature\, punto.” –Carolina De Robertis\, author of Cantoras \n“When you drive around town\, when you stare out the window\, when you wake up in the middle of the night\, whether you know it or not\, you are waiting for a book like this. Fiebre Tropical is a triumph\, and we’re all triumphant in its presence.” – Daniel Handler\, author of All the Dirty Parts \n\nJuliana Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer and historian based in San Francisco. She is the author of Quiéreme (Nomadic Press 2017) and the illustrated\, bilingual oral history collection ¡Cuéntamelo! (Aunt Lute Books 2017)\, which won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. She is the recipient of the 2014 Jackson Literary Award\, and has received fellowships from the Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, The SF Grotto\, and an individual artist grant from the SF Arts Commission. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Eleven Eleven\, Foglifter\, Four Way Review\, Broadly\, and TimeOut Mag\, among others. Formerly\, she served as the creative director of RADAR Productions\, a queer literary nonprofit in San Francisco. \n\n\nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \nThis is a free\, all-ages event. The bar opens at 6:30pm; event starts at 7pm. \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 here — 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 Fiebre Tropical\, 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/launch-for-juliana-delgado-lopera-fiebre-tropical/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Calico Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:In March 2020\, Two Lines Press will launch a new book series dedicated to capturing vanguard works of translated literature—curated around a particular theme\, region\, language\, historical moment\, or style—in vibrant\, collectible editions. \nWe’re calling it Calico.  \nThe first Calico book\, That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction\, will be published on March 10th. This book collects seven short stories from mainland China and Hong Kong\, all of them erring on the side of the strange\, the speculative. Government mushroom housing? It’s got it. Uncanny fermented grandma teas? Oh yeah. An aging newscaster engaged in an illicit affair with her boss\, who just so happens to get off to her reading the news? Why\, but of course. \nIn a country where the government provides one narrative while real life is often very different\, That We May Live showcases how the speculative provides cover from which Chinese writers can challenge the government’s story and explore their own—and just how difficult it can be to discern reality from absurdity\, comedy from horror. With works from previously untranslated writers and rising stars of international literature—all translated by some of the best Chinese translators around—in addition to being delightfully absorbing\, can be thoughtfully uncomfortable reading experience when you look for the truths at the stories’ surreal edges.” \nThat We May Live features work from Dorothy Tse (translated by Natasha Bruce)\, Enoch Tam (translated by Jeremy Tiang)\, Zhu Hui (translated by Michael Day)\, Chan Chi Wa (translated by Audrey Heijns)\, Chen Si’an (translated by Canaan Morse) and Yan Ge (translated by Jeremy Tiang). \nWe’re excited. We hope you are too. \nMore information about our Calico celebration coming soon! \n  \n\n\nCONTACT:\n\nLeslie-Ann Woofter\nlwoofter@catranslation.org\n415.512.8812
URL:https://litseen.com/event/calico-launch-party/
LOCATION:Churchill’s Office\, 194 Church St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Dr. Shauna Shapiro 'Rewire Your Mind' Lecture and Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for a special event to hear Dr. Shauna Shapiro speak on this very timely topic: Rewire Your Mind: The Science of Mindfulness & Self-Compassion in Parenting and Beyond. \nDr. Shapiro is a world-renowned author\, professor\, scientist\, and mother. She has published three critically acclaimed books and her TEDx talk on the Power of Mindfulness has been viewed over 1.5 million times. \nDr. Shapiro will appear as our guest in partnership with Congregation Kol Shofur Come join us and learn about revolutionary breakthroughs in neuroscience\, and engage in simple\, yet powerful practices that you can apply in daily life from parenting to the workplace. \nThursday\, March 12\, 7-8:30pm at Kol Shofur located at 215 Blackfield Drive\, Tiburon\, CA 94920. This event is free for all to attend. \nSpecial Offer: Shauna’s new “Good Morning\, I Love You” meditation video is available for free. Email to slshapiro@scu.edu \nShauna Shapiro Ph.D. is a professor at Santa Clara University\, she has published over 150 papers and three critically acclaimed books\, translated into 16 languages. Shauna has presented her research to the King of Thailand\, the Danish Government\, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Summit\, and the World Council for Psychotherapy\, as well as to Fortune 100 Companies including Google\, Cisco Systems and LinkedIn. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal\, Mashable\, Wired\, USA Today\, Dr. Oz\, the Huffington Post\, and the American Psychologist. Shauna is a Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute\, co-founded by the Dalai Lama. \nTo order Dr. Shapiro’s new book\, please visit https://drshaunashapiro.com/books/#pre-order or buy a copy at the event. \nBook signing will follow the talk. \nFree \nhttp://www.marinjcc.org info@marinjcc.org 415-444-8000
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dr-shauna-shapiro-rewire-your-mind-lecture-and-book-signing/
LOCATION:Congregation Kol Shofur\, 215 Blackfield Drive\, Tiburon\, 94920
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: In Common Writers Series: Prageeta Sharma and Dodie Bellamy\, reading and in conversation
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Center’s In Common Writers Series welcomes poet Prageeta Sharma\, visiting from Los Angeles\, together with Dodie Bellamy\, of San Francisco\, reading and in conversation. This event\, the first of two evenings featuring these two writers\, is supported by The Walter & Elise Haas Fund\, and is free and open to the public. \nPrageeta Sharma is the author of the poetry collections Grief Sequence (Wave Books\, 2019)\, Undergloom (Fence Books\, 2013)\, Infamous Landscapes (Fence Books\, 2007)\, The Opening Question (Fence Books\, 2004)\, which won the 2004 Fence Modern Poets Prize\, and Bliss to Fill (Subpress\, 2000). She is the founder of the conference Thinking Its Presence: Race\, Creative Writing\, Literary Studies and Art. A recipient of the 2010 Howard Foundation Award\, she has taught at the University of Montana and now teaches at Pomona College. \nDodie Bellamy’s writing focuses on sexuality\, politics\, and narrative experimentation. She was the 2018-19 subject of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art’s On Our Mind program\, a year-long series of public events\, commissioned essays\, and reading group meetings inspired by an artist’s writing and lifework. Her most recent collection of hybrid essays is When the Sick Rule the World (Semiotext(e)\, 2015). A 17th-Anniversary editon of Cunt-Ups\, her long out-of-print poetry collection\, was released by Tender Buttons Press in 2018. Her essay “The Beating of Our Hearts” was presented at the 2014 Whitney Biennial. With Kevin Killian\, she edited Writers Who Love Too Much: New Narrative 1977–1997 (Nightboat Books\, 2017). In February 2020\, Dodie Bellamy Is on Our Mind\, a compendium of essays examining her career and writing\, is forthcoming from Semiotext(e). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated event: \nIn Common Writers Series\nDodie Bellamy and Prageeta Sharma\nreading and in conversation\nFriday March 13\n7:00 pm @ Artists’ Television Access\n992 Valencia Street (at 21st)\, San Francisco\nfree and open to the public\nsupported by The Walter & Elise Haas Fund \nFeatured: \n“States of flailing and difficulty”: A Conversation with Prageeta Sharma about Writing and Grieving (with Cassandra Cleghorn) \n“Interview with Dodie Bellamy” (interviewer: Lucy Ives) \n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center
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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:Cancelled: Jessi Jezewska Stevens with Rita Bullwinkel: The Exhibition of Persephone Q
DESCRIPTION:Please note: this event has been cancelled. \n  \nJessi Jezewska Stevens discusses her new novel\, The Exhibition of Persephone Q\, with Rita Bullwinkel. \nPraise for The Exhibition of Persephone Q \n“A triumph of tone and intelligence. Percy Q’s perspective is skewed and searching at once\, and through her eyes\, we see afresh not only New York’s post-9/11 landscape but also the world of art\, and love\, and the process of becoming.” —Rivka Galchen\, author of Atmospheric Disturbances \n“Finally a book that exposes how dull Occam’s Razor has become after all these years. Adroitly crafted\, The Exhibition of Persephone Q is a fun\, urbane look at the faulty heuristics of perception and authenticity. Proof positive that in the age of Photoshop and Trumpian Denialism\, the simplest explanation no longer applies.” —Paul Beatty\, author of The Sellout \n“The Exhibition of Persephone Q is a resonant and uncanny novel\, a moving meditation on “how casually one version of reality detaches from the truth; it peels away naturally\, like damp wallpaper in a neglected room.” Jessi Jezewska Stevens is a promising\, persuasive new writer\, and I will be surprised if this doesn’t turn out to be one of the strongest debut novels of 2020.” —Justin Taylor\, Bookforum \nAbout The Exhibition of Persephone Q \nPercy is pregnant. She hasn’t told a soul. Probably she should tell her husband—certainly she means to—but one night she wakes up to find she no longer recognizes him. Now\, instead of sleeping\, Percy is spending her nights taking walks through her neighborhood\, all the while fretting over her marriage\, her impending motherhood\, and the sinister ways the city is changing. \nAmid this alienation—from her husband\, home\, and rapidly changing body—a package arrives. In it: an exhibition catalog for a photography show. The photographs consist of a series of digitally manipulated images of a woman lying on a bed in a red room. It takes a moment for even Percy to notice that the woman is herself . . . but no one else sees the resemblance. \nPercy must now come to grips with the fundamental question of identity in the digital age: To what extent do we own our own image\, and to what extent is that image shaped by the eyes of others? \nCapturing perfectly the haunted atmosphere of Manhattan immediately after 9/11—and the simmering insanity of America ever since—Jessi Jezewska Stevens’s The Exhibition of Persephone Q is a darkly witty satire about how easy it is to lose ownership of our own selves.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jessi-jezewska-stevens-the-exhibition-of-persephone-q/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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