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SUMMARY:Bernard-Henri Levy in conversation with Adam Gopnik
DESCRIPTION:City Lights in conjunction with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and Yale University Press celebrate the release of Bernard-Henri Levy’s new book:\n\nThe Virus in the Age of Madness \npublished by Yale University Press \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———— \nEvent is free\, but registration is required \n(CLICK HERE) to register \n———— \n(Purchase Book Here) link to be posted soon! \n————- \nWorld-renowned philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy interrogates the many meanings and metaphors we have assigned to the pandemic—and what they tell us about ourselves. \nWith medical mysteries\, rising death tolls\, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe\, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world.\nDrawing on the philosophical tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Lacan and Foucault\, Lévy asks uncomfortable questions about reality and mythology: he rejects the idea that the virus is a warning from nature\, the inevitable result of global capitalism; he questions the heroic status of doctors\, asking us to think critically about the loci of authority and power; he challenges the panicked polarization that dominates online discourse. Lucid\, incisive\, and always original\, Lévy takes a bird’s-eye view of the most consequential historical event of our time and proposes a way to defend human society from threats to our collective future. \nBernard-Henri Lévy is a philosopher\, activist\, filmmaker\, and the author of over thirty books. He is widely regarded as one of the West’s most important public intellectuals. His books include Who Killed Daniel Pearl?\, In the Footsteps of Tocqueville\, The Spirit of Judaism\, among others. \nAdam Gopnik is an award-winning writer and essayist. Since 1986 he has served as a staff writer for The New Yorker\, contributing nonfiction\, fiction\, memoir\, and criticism. He is the author of the books Paris to the Moon\, Through the Children’s Gate\, and A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism\, among others.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bernard-henri-levy-in-conversation-with-adam-gopnik/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Shruti Swamy and Meng Jin
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, August 11 at 5pm PDT when Shruti Swamy discusses her story collection A House is a Body with Meng Jin on Zoom.\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88151795344 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,88151795344#  or +12532158782\,\,88151795344#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799\nWebinar ID: 881 5179 5344\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdI8BFm5B \nPraise for A House is A Body \n“Swamy’s A House Is a Body will not simply be talked about as one of the greatest short story collections of the 2020s; it will change the way all stories—short and long—are told\, written\, and consumed. There is nothing\, no emotion\, no tiny morsel of memory\, no touch\, that this book does not take seriously. Yet\, A House Is a Body might be the most fun I’ve ever had in a short story collection.” —Kiese Laymon\, author of Heavy \n“I’ve been reading Shruti Swamy’s stories for a long time and so for me to have them here together is cause for great celebration. These stories are written with such rare patience and a restraint that they are at times\, almost unbearably tense. That’s a story writer. Not a book to read in a hurry. Take your time\, as Swamy did. No need for hyperbole\, either. The beauty and timeless grace of these stories will always speak for themselves.”\n—Peter Orner\, author of Maggie Brown & Others: Stories \n“The winner of two O. Henry Prizes\, Shruti Swamy will publish her first short-story collection this summer\, and you won’t want to miss out on reading it. The 12 stories in A House Is a Body move between India and the U.S.\, focusing on women’s interior lives and the ways in which their identities differ from the perceptions and presumptions of those around them.”\n—Bustle\, “The Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020” \nAbout A House is a Body  \nDreams collide with reality\, modernity with antiquity\, and myth with identity in the twelve arresting stories of A House Is a Body. In “Earthly Pleasures\,” a young painter living alone in San Francisco begins a secret romance with one of India’s biggest celebrities\, and desire and ego are laid bare. In “A Simple Composition\,” a husband’s professional crisis leads to his wife’s discovery of a dark\, ecstatic joy. And in the title story\, an exhausted mother watches\, hypnotized by fear\, as a California wildfire approaches her home. Immersive and assured\, provocative and probing\, these are stories written with the edge and precision of a knife blade. Set in the United States and India\, they reveal small but intense moments of beauty\, pain\, and power that contain the world. \nA House Is a Body introduces a bold and original voice in fiction\, from a writer at the start of a stellar career. \nAbout Shruti Swami \nThe winner of two O. Henry Awards\, Shruti Swamy’s work has appeared in The Paris Review\, McSweeney’s\, Prairie Schooner\, and elsewhere. In 2012\, she was Vassar College’s 50th W.K. Rose Fellow\, and has been awarded residencies at the Millay Colony for the Arts\, Blue Mountain Center\, and Hedgebrook. She is a Kundiman fiction fellow\, a 2017 – 2018 Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University\, and a recipient of a 2018 grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. She lives in San Francisco. \nAbout Meng Jin \nMeng Jin was born in Shanghai and lives in San Francisco. A Kundiman Fellow\, she is a graduate of Harvard and Hunter College. Little Gods is her first novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-shruti-swamy-and-meng-jin/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Well-RED Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Reading Series\nTuesday\, August 11\, 7pm on Zoom\nfeaturing Safia Elhillo and MK Chavez\nopen mic preceeds the featured readers \nonline on Zoom\nregistration link to come \npresented with Works/San José \nTypically featured at Works/San José art and performance center\, performance begins via Zoom at 7:00pm sharp! \nFirst 15 people to register for a free ticket get on the open mic list. Curators will email all registrants the meeting ID and password. \nEach open mic participant has 5 minutes. \nbios to come.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/well-red-virtual/
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Jana Marcus\, Line of Blood
DESCRIPTION:When a newspaper article about a murdered mobster from the 1940s was discovered in her grandmother’s secret drawer\, award-winning photographer and local author Jana Marcus began what became a decades-long quest to uncover her family’s hidden history and solve a 75-year-old cold case. Join us on the Crowdcast platform as she discusses the investigation\, the shocking secrets of her father’s family\, and her new book\, Line of Blood: Uncovering a Secret Legacy of Mobsters\, Money\, and Murder\, with journalist Wallace Baine. \nRegister for this free Crowdcast event soon!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-jana-marcus-line-of-blood/
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CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virgil Wander by Leif Enger | GGP Online Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, August 11\, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Leif Enger’s novel\, VIRGIL WANDER. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85844599184. \nYou can order a copy in hardcover at https://bit.ly/GGPVW\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at https://bit.ly/GGPVWAB. \nStaff Reviews\n\n  \nI LOVE THIS BOOK! \nThe characters are so delightful and fully realized I wanted to drop down into Greenstone and meet Virgil\, Rune\, Nadine\, and Bjorn at the Wise Old or the Agate for breakfast! \n— Samantha \n  \nOctober 2018 Indie Next List\n\n \n“From the fated flight of Virgil Wander’s Pontiac into the frigid waters of Lake Superior to an encounter with Rune\, an enigmatic kite enthusiast searching for word of a long-lost son\, and other interactions with the citizens of Greenstone\, Minnesota\, Leif Enger’s new novel is a most welcome\, albeit quirky\, story of words and people lost and found. Lovers of Peace Like a River\, rejoice! Enger is back with another enchanting and enriching tale of community and revival\, with his ever-deft touch of magic and grace. A perfect remedy for those whose hearts ache from our present reality\, Virgil Wanderis a treasure to be shared with all readers.”\n— Mark Nichols\, Bank Square Books\, Mystic\, CT \nDescription\n\nThe first novel in ten years from award-winning\, bestselling author Leif Enger\, Virgil Wander is a sweeping story of new beginnings against all odds that follows the inhabitants of a hard luck town in their quest to revive its flagging heart. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures of kite-flying\, movies\, fishing\, baseball\, necking in parked cars and falling in love\, Virgil Wander is a swift\, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked upper Midwest by an award-winning master storyteller.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virgil-wander-by-leif-enger-ggp-online-book-club/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Geri Spieler & Rick Kaplowitz - San Francisco Values (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:As Americans are one step from deciding who will be our next president\, Geri Spieler and Rick Kaplowitz\, the authors of San Francisco Values: Common Ground for Getting America Back on Track shed light on major issues today and how San Francisco’s value system can help us vote for the right candidate. Tracing the evolution of the country by using their city’s progressive culture as a baseline\, the authors’ research uncovers real laws and undisputed facts\, as well as dispel the vitriolic conservative view of San Francisco as “un-American.” Spieler and Kaplowitz reveal how the Bay Area is family-friendly\, equality-based\, and patriotic—values in common with cities and towns across the USA.  Viewed from national\, regional\, and San Franciscan perspectives\, San Francisco Values includes insights on racial inequities\, health care\, homelessness\, and immigration. \nSpieler\, an investigative journalist\, and Kaplowitz\, a former college dean with a degree from Harvard\, live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/geri-spieler-rick-kaplowitz-san-francisco-values-virtual-event/
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