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SUMMARY:Zoom Forward! #3 with Irene Reti\, Cameron Vanderscoff\, and Sarah Rabkin
DESCRIPTION:Phren-Z\, The Hive Poetry Collective\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #3 with Irene Reti\, Cameron Vanderscoff\, and Sarah Rabkin part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series—an ongoing reading series to showcase writers\, keep our cultural spritits high\, and support Bookshop Santa Cruz.  \nIn the 1960s\, a small team of innovators gathered on a stunning sweep of land overlooking the California coast. They envisioned a new and different kind of university—one that could reinvent public higher education in the United States. Through this oral history of the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, we hear first-person accounts of the campus’s evolution\, from the origins of an audacious dream through the sea changes of five decades. More than two hundred narrators and a trove of archival images contribute to this dynamic\, nuanced account. Today\, UC Santa Cruz is a leading research university with experimental roots. This is the story of what was learned\, what was lost\, and what has grown along the way. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP for Zoom Forward! #3 with Irene Reti\, Cameron Vanderscoff\, and Sarah Rabkin HERE. LIVE on Zoom (link and instructions provided upon signup)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPraise for Seeds of Something Different:\n“I kept marveling\, ‘So that’s what was happening!’ I could not put it down.”\n—Nikki Silva of NPR’s The Kitchen Sisters
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LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:National Poetry Month: Stegner Fellows Reading + Happy Hour!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Ruby happy hour in honor of National Poetry Month featuring readings by Monica Sok\, Safia Elfhillo\, Claire Meuschke\, and Taneum Bambrick; all current Stegner fellows at Stanford University. Drinks and bites served at 5:30pm followed by performances! \nAbout the poets: \nMonica Sok is a Cambodian American poet and the daughter of former refugees. She is the author of A Nail the Evening Hangs On (Copper Canyon Press\, 2020). Her work has been recognized with a “Discovery” Prize from 92Y. She has received fellowships from Poetry Society of America\, Hedgebrook\, Elizabeth George Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, Kundiman\, Jerome Foundation\, MacDowell Colony\, and others. Sok has taught poetry to Southeast Asian youths at Banteay Srei and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland. She is originally from Lancaster\, Pennsylvania. \nSafia Elhillo is the author of The January Children (University of Nebraska Press\, 2017)\, which received the the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets and an Arab American Book Award\, and Girls That Never Die (One World/Random House 2021)\, as well as a novel in verse forthcoming in 2021 from Make Me A World/Random House. A co-editor of the anthology Halal If You Hear Me (Haymarket Books\, 2019)\, Elhillo was listed in Forbes Africa’s 2018 “30 Under 30” and is a 2019-2021 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. \nClaire Meuschke is the author of Upend (Noemi Press\, 2020). From the Bay Area\, she has lived in New York City\, New Mexico\, and Arizona. She is poetry editor for Contra Viento and assistant poetry editor for DIAGRAM. She is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and lives in Oakland. \nTaneum Bambrick is the author of VANTAGE\, which was selected by Sharon Olds for the 2019 American Poetry Review/Honickman first book award (Copper Canyon Press). Her chapbook\, Reservoir\, was selected by Ocean Vuong for the 2017 Yemassee Chapbook Prize. Her poems and essays appear or are forthcoming in theNew Yorker\, The American Poetry Review\,PENAmerica\, and elsewhere. She is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. \nNOTE: This event is co-ed but we ask that all our guests be mindful of the Ruby’s mission to create a safe space that prioritizes the voices of women and nonbinary artists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource:: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-poetry-month-stegner-fellows-reading-happy-hour-tickets-91356199853
URL:https://litseen.com/event/national-poetry-month-stegner-fellows-reading-happy-hour/
LOCATION:The Ruby\, 23rd and bryant street\, san francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:National Poetry Month: Stegner Fellows VIRTUAL Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special VIRTUAL Ruby gathering in honor of National Poetry Month featuring readings by Monica Sok\, Safia Elfhillo\, Claire Meuschke\, and Taneum Bambrick; all current Stegner fellows at Stanford University. \n[This is a Virtual Ruby event\, taking place over Zoom. Join us: https://zoom.us/j/285830870?pwd=VU00MlhjZ3VTQVBLZi9Ta3R2TmVSdz09 Password will be sent with registration. Nonmembers are welcome to join; please donate if you are able!] \nAbout the poets: \nMonica Sok is a Cambodian American poet and the daughter of former refugees. She is the author of A Nail the Evening Hangs On (Copper Canyon Press\, 2020). Her work has been recognized with a “Discovery” Prize from 92Y. She has received fellowships from Poetry Society of America\, Hedgebrook\, Elizabeth George Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, Kundiman\, Jerome Foundation\, MacDowell Colony\, and others. Sok has taught poetry to Southeast Asian youths at Banteay Srei and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland. She is originally from Lancaster\, Pennsylvania. \nSafia Elhillo is the author of The January Children (University of Nebraska Press\, 2017)\, which received the the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets and an Arab American Book Award\, and Girls That Never Die (One World/Random House 2021)\, as well as a novel in verse forthcoming in 2021 from Make Me A World/Random House. A co-editor of the anthology Halal If You Hear Me (Haymarket Books\, 2019)\, Elhillo was listed in Forbes Africa’s 2018 “30 Under 30” and is a 2019-2021 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.\n \nClaire Meuschke is the author of Upend (Noemi Press\, 2020). From the Bay Area\, she has lived in New York City\, New Mexico\, and Arizona. She is poetry editor for Contra Viento and assistant poetry editor for DIAGRAM. She is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and lives in Oakland. \nTaneum Bambrick is the author of VANTAGE\, which was selected by Sharon Olds for the 2019 American Poetry Review/Honickman first book award (Copper Canyon Press). Her chapbook\, Reservoir\, was selected by Ocean Vuong for the 2017 Yemassee Chapbook Prize. Her poems and essays appear or are forthcoming in theNew Yorker\, The American Poetry Review\,PENAmerica\, and elsewhere. She is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. \n—————– \n*While we shelter in place during the Covid19 pandemic\, The Ruby’s physical location will be closed. As a collective\, we’ll continue to gather online for virtual workshops\, events\, and discussions. All are welcome to join us for these events. * For those who can afford it and would like to support The Ruby during this uncertain time\, we are offering 3 tiers of virtual membership: $5/week\, $15/week\, and $25/week. (Though we have some money in our emergency savings account to get us through the next little while\, we’re pretty nervous about the future\, and how long this might go on for.) Please help only if it’s feasible for you. If you’re in a tough time financially right now\, we absolutely get it. Please\, take care of yourself and stay connected to this community so we can help. \nHere are the tiers of virtual membership (use these links to sign up):\n$5/week – https://www.joinit.org/o/the-ruby/aRsJyABygL4FvvEJT\n$15/week – https://www.joinit.org/o/the-ruby/o56ggrnNNx9rzn6AA\n$25/week – https://www.joinit.org/o/the-ruby/q37HfmWSQMoLzPt4p \nWant to make a one-time donation of more or less? We can still accept donations through last year’s GoFundMe. Link is here. \nOur Virtual Ruby calendar will be updated as events are added. \n  \nImage\, pictured from left to right: Monica Sok (photo credit Andria Lo)\, Taneum Bambrick\, Safia Elhillo (photo credit Aris Theotokatos)\, and Claire Meuschke.
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LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Litquake on Lockdown: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times
DESCRIPTION:Hear from the writers of Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times\nas they read briefly from their contribution and engage in conversation about what’s changed\, what hasn’t\, how we weather what we’re facing not only politically but also culturally\, personally\, artistically\, and as communities who affirm our connections to each other. \nAll authors’ books available from your favorite indie bookstores\, order from bookshop.org! \nLivestream link to be posted the morning of!\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n \nAlicia Garza\nAlicia Garza is an Oakland-based organizer\, writer\, public speaker\, and freedom dreamer who is currently the Special Projects Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance\, the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United… Read More →\n\n \nAya de Leon\nAya de Leon directs the Poetry for the People program\, teaching creative writing at UC Berkeley. Kensington Books publishes her award-winning feminist heist/romance series\, Justice Hustlers: UPTOWN THIEF (2016)\, THE BOSS (2017)\, THE ACCIDENTAL MISTRESS (2018)\, and SIDE CHICK NATION… Read More →\n\n \nChip Livingston\nChip Livingston is the author of the novel\, OWLS DON’T HAVE TO MEAN DEATH; a collection of essays and stories\, NAMING CEREMONY; and two poetry collections\, CROW-BLUE\, CROW-BLACK and MUSEUM OF FALSE STARTS. His writing has appeared in Ploughshares\, Prairie Schooner\, New American… Read More →\n\n \nAchy Obejas\nAchy Obejas is the author of The Tower of the Antilles\, which was nominated for a PEN/Faulkner award\, among other honors. Her novels include Ruins and Days of Awe\, which was a Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year. Her poetry chapbook\, This is What Happened in Our Other Life… Read More →\n\n \nCarolina De Robertis\nA writer of Uruguayan origins\, Carolina De Robertis is the author of the novels Cantoras\, winner of a Stonewall Book Award and a Reading Women Award\, a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and a Lambda Literary Award\, and a New York Times Editors’ Choice; The Gods of Tango\, winner of… Read More →
URL:https://litseen.com/event/litquake-on-lockdown-letters-of-love-and-dissent-in-dangerous-times/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Joanne McNeil: Lurking: How a Person Became a User
DESCRIPTION:Joanne McNeil discusses her new book Lurking: How A Person Became a User with Jenny Odell. \nPraise for Lurking \n“The internet isn’t ‘out there’ somewhere; it’s coextensive with the brain of any writer who’d be worth reading on the subject. In Lurking\, Joanne McNeil writes as an internet ‘supertaster\,’ a veteran of more platforms and forums and flame wars and start-ups than most of us could ever imagine. She employs a trees-not-forest style\, immersing herself in the paradoxes\, and reinscribing her body at the scene. By risking a freely figurative language\, she hacks the mystery at its source.”—JONATHAN LETHEM \n“Without a doubt\, Joanne McNeil is the most original writer on technology working today. This poetic\, empathetic\, and incisive history of the internet will resonate deeply with anyone who goes online to listen and learn\, not shout and grandstand. Never cynical or reductive\, McNeil traces the commercialization of the digital world in unexpected and insightful ways\, revealing what has been lost\, what stolen\, and what utopian possibilities may still be recovered. Lurkers may not be inclined to rally around a manifesto\, but this profound and refreshing meditation will certainly do the trick. Lurkers of the world unite\, or at least read this book.”—ASTRA TAYLOR\, author of The People’s Platform \n“We all know what it’s like to spend time online\, but nobody has written about it with more depth and beauty than Joanne McNeil. Lurking makes the connections between internet protocol and human dignity tangible\, whether reflecting on her early days as an avid 90s web user or zooming out for critical insight into today’s tech giants and tomorrow’s possibilities. I learned something new on every page.”—JACE CLAYTON\, author of Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture \nAbout Lurking \nA concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of view of the user. \nIn a shockingly short amount of time\, the internet has bound people around the world together and torn us apart and changed not just the way we communicate but who we are and who we can be. It has created a new\, unprecedented cultural space that we are all a part of—even if we don’t participate\, that is how we participate—but by which we’re continually surprised\, betrayed\, enriched\, befuddled. We have churned through platforms and technologies and in turn been churned by them. And yet\, the internet is us and always has been. \nIn Lurking\, Joanne McNeil digs deep and identifies the primary (if sometimes contradictory) concerns of people online: searching\, safety\, privacy\, identity\, community\, anonymity\, and visibility. She charts what it is that brought people online and what keeps us here even as the social equations of digital life—what we’re made to trade\, knowingly or otherwise\, for the benefits of the internet—have shifted radically beneath us. It is a story we are accustomed to hearing as tales of entrepreneurs and visionaries and dynamic and powerful corporations\, but there is a more profound\, intimate story that hasn’t yet been told. \nLong one of the most incisive\, ferociously intelligent\, and widely respected cultural critics online\, McNeil here establishes a singular vision of who we are now\, tells the stories of how we became us\, and helps us start to figure out what we do now.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joanne-mcneil-lurking-how-a-person-became-a-user/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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