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SUMMARY:Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes
DESCRIPTION:Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line\, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020\, Rise & Shine began as a daily writing group in response to the pandemic and NaPoWriMo. Now\, the morning meetings rotate throughout the year with different series. \nAbout This Group:\nThe purpose of this space is to generate new words on the page together. We welcome anyone who would like to start their day with an invigorating poetry writing prompt in a communal setting. Rise & Shine will stay free and donation-based to allow anyone access to this generative writing group. \nThe first hour is spent writing\, and whoever would like to stay and share is welcome to read their draft (not a critique space). Invite surprise onto the page! Discover what wants to be written on that particular day without judgment. Lean into the process. \nOdes:\nThe Winter 2021 series will meet Tuesday mornings at 9 am PST\, starting January 19 and ending March 9 (8 weeks). Our focus will be writing odes! \nAn ode is traditionally a lyric poem written in reverence to a particular object or thing. Modern odes allow a lot of room for exploration. For the purposes of this workshop\, writing an ode simply means “paying particular attention to.” We will practice writing close details of a specific object or thing\, with plenty of room to discover what else there is to see underneath. \n“Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.” Anne Enright \nEach week\, the prompt will include an example ode for inspiration and some starting points\, including a broad topic for focus\, if you choose to take it. Like all Surprise the Line workshops\, you do not need to write to the prompt. Follow your own inspiration wherever it leads. \nFor the comfort of participants\, these sessions will not be recorded.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES\, Tess Taylor & Danusha Laméris
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 “Shelter and Place\,” a theme about world building when the world seems to be falling apart\, about writing about place\, about seeking and finding and not finding shelter in stormy times\, and of course\, what it means to be a writer and a person writing while sheltering in place. \nFEBRUARY 25TH FEATURED WRITERS: TESS TAYLOR & DANUSHA LAMÈRIS \nTess Taylor is the author of five collections of poetry\, including The Misremembered World\, selected by Eavan Boland for the Poetry Society of America’s inaugural chapbook fellowship\, and The Forage House\, called “stunning” by The San Francisco Chronicle. Work & Days was named one of The New York Times best books of poetry of 2016.  In spring 2020 she published two books of poems: Last West\, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art as a part of the Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures exhibition\, and Rift Zone\, from Red Hen Press\,  hailed as “brilliant” in the LA Times. \nDanusha Laméris’ first book\, The Moons of August (Autumn House\, 2014)\, was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize. Some of her poems have been published in The Best American Poetry\, The New York Times\, The American Poetry Review\, The Gettysburg Review\, Ploughshares\, and Tin House. She’s the author of Bonfire Opera\, (University of Pittsburgh Press\, Pitt Poetry Series\, 2020)\, and the recipient of the 2020 Lucille Clifton Legacy Award. Danusha teaches poetry independently and was the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County\, California. \nRegister for this FREE event series here. \nThe Living Writers Series runs on select Thursdays from 5:20-6:55p.m. Authors’ books available for pick up or delivery via Bookshop Santa Cruz. Find them here.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Ed Frauenheim / Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are very pleased to host a virtual event with Ed Frauenheim for his new book Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection\, co-authored with Edward M. Adams. \nFree and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order Reinventing Masculinity here. We’re offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \nAbout the book\nIn a recent FiveThirtyEight poll\, 60 percent of men surveyed said society puts pressure on men to behave in a way that is unhealthy or bad. Men account for 80 percent of suicides in the United States\, and three in ten American men have suffered from depression. Ed Adams and Ed Frauenheim say a big part of the problem is a model of masculinity that’s become outmoded and even dangerous\, to both men and women. \nThe conventional notion of what it means to be a man–what Adams and Frauenheim call “Confined Masculinity”–traps men in an emotional straitjacket; steers them toward selfishness\, misogyny\, and violence; and severely limits their possibilities. As an antidote\, they propose a new paradigm: Liberating Masculinity. It builds on traditional masculine roles like the protector and provider\, expanding men’s options to include caring\, collaboration\, emotional expressivity\, an inclusive spirit\, and environmental stewardship. \nThrough hopeful stories of men who have freed themselves from the strictures of Confined Masculinity\, interviews with both leaders and everyday men\, and practical exercises\, this book shows the power of a masculinity defined by what the authors call the five Cs: curiosity\, courage\, compassion\, connection\, and commitment. Men will discover a way of being that fosters healthy\, harmonious relationships at home\, at work\, and in the world. \nAbout the author\nEd Frauenheim is co-author of several books\, including A Great Place to Work For All\, Organized Innovation\, and Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
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SUMMARY:Lidia Yuknavich in conversation with Lance Olsen
DESCRIPTION:reading from their work and talking about literature \nLidia Yuknavich celebrates the paperback release of \nVerge: stories \npublished by Riverhead Books \nNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by Bustle and Lit Hub \nA fiercely empathetic group portrait of the marginalized and outcast in moments of crisis\, from one of the most galvanizing voices in American fiction \n——— \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———– \nLidia Yuknavitch is a writer of rare insight into the jagged boundaries between pain and survival. Her characters are scarred by the unchecked hungers of others and themselves\, yet determined to find salvation within lives that can feel beyond their control. In novels such as The Small Backs of Children and The Book of Joan\, she has captivated readers with stories of visceral power. Now\, in Verge\, she offers a shard-sharp mosaic portrait of human resilience on the margins.The landscape of Verge is peopled with characters who are innocent and imperfect\, wise and endangered: an eight-year-old black-market medical courier\, a restless lover haunted by memories of his mother\, a teenage girl gazing out her attic window at a nearby prison\, all of them wounded but grasping toward transcendence. Clear-eyed yet inspiring\, Verge challenges us with moments of uncomfortable truth\, even as it urges us to place our faith not in the flimsy guardrails of society but in the memories held—and told—by our own individual bodies. \n\nLance Olsen will also be reading from his recently released novel \nMy Red Heavenpublished by Dzanc Books \nSet on a single day in 1927\, My Red Heaven imagines a host of characters―some historic\, some invented―crossing paths on the streets of Berlin. \nThe subjects include Robert Musil\, Otto Dix\, Werner Heisenberg\, Anita Berber\, Vladimir Nabokov\, Käthe Kollwitz\, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe\, and Rosa Luxemburg―as well as others history has forgotten: a sommelier\, a murderer\, a prostitute\, a pickpocket\, and several ghosts. \nDrawing inspiration from Otto Freundlich’s painting by the same name\, My Red Heaven explores a complex moment in history: the rise of deadly populism at a time when everything seemed possible and the future unimaginable. A terrific read for fans of Richard Powers’ The Overstory and Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin. \nLidia Yuknavitch is the nationally bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan\, The Small Backs of Children\, and Dora: A Headcase\, and of the memoir The Chronology of Water. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the PEN Center USA Creative Nonfiction Award. She lives in Portland\, Oregon. \nLance Olsen is author of more than 25 books of and about innovative writing\, including\, most recently\, the novel Dreamlives of Debris. His short stories\, essays\, and reviews have appeared in hundreds of journals and anthologies\, such as Conjunctions\, Black Warrior Review\, Fiction International\, BOMB\, McSweeney’s\, and Best American Non-Required Reading. A Guggenheim\, Berlin Prize\, D.A.A.D. Artist-in-Berlin Residency\, N.E.A. Fellowship\, and Pushcart Prize recipient\, as well as a Fulbright Scholar\, he teaches experimental narrative theory and practice at the University of Utah\, where he directs the creative writing program. \n\nPraise for VERGE:\n\nPraise for Verge: \n“At several points while reading Verge\, I found myself curled into a ball\, my fingers gripping the pages so tightly they almost tore the paper. It was as if the words had crawled off the page and under my skin.”  —Cornelia Channing\, The Paris Review \n“Full of suspense . . . Young or old\, male or female\, the characters in Verge will shock and impress themselves onto the reader.” —LitHub \n“This book is a gem. . . . A brilliant collection of twenty stories that contain as much compassion as suffering . . . In Yuknavitch’s hands\, words are both swords and feathers. . . . She writes with a sensibility that is both blunt and empathic\, as if to open the reader’s heart and make it bleed.” —Ms. Magazine \n“Diverse and impactful\, unlike some collections\, where only a few stories shine . . . Verge boldly asks some pressing yet unspoken questions\, such as: How is it that Americans can say anything with a straight face? Does it hurt more to keep the secrets or tell them? It also forces us to acknowledge—and even embrace—the unsettling answers.” —San Francisco Chronicle \n“Dynamite. . . . I don’t know of any other writer who can render the brutality of life with such honesty and dazzle. . . . That Lidia Yuknavitch can create such beauty out of the tragedy of contemporary life is testament to her skill as an artist. Verge is volatile and vital\, and it hits where it hurts\, in the most oddly pleasurable way.” —Lambda Literary \n“Lidia Yuknavitch displays the same gift for exploring the borderland between art\, sex\, and trauma that readers have come to expect . . . . [turning] her powers toward life on the margins.” —The Millions  \n“Yuknavitch writes with rare empathy about the repercussions of grief\, loss and dislocation.” —Jane Ciabattari\, BBC Culture \n“Disturbing and delightful all at once.” —BookRiot \n“With the publication of Verge\, Yuknavitch’s writing flies into hyperspace. . . . [Verge is] an act of courage and urgency. The book is historically specific\, yet ultimately timeless.” —The Brooklyn Rail \n“Brilliant. . . . Consistently incisive\, with sharp sentences and a barreling pace. . . . This riveting collection invites readers to see women whose points of view are typically ignored.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“Insistently visceral . . . These howls from the throats of women\, queer characters\, the impoverished\, and the addicted remind us of the beauty and pain of our shared humanity. Gutsy stories from one of our most fearless writers.” —Kirkus Reviews \n“A vertiginous and revelatory book whose characters—sometimes in desperate situations\, and sometimes\, finally\, in a place of safety—have much to say about the world that we live in now. Lidia Yuknavitch is astonishing.”\n —Kelly Link  \n“Verge is a wonderful\, challenging book. I know these people. I know their dilemmas\, and where I don’t recognize them\, I believe them. The passion Lidia Yuknavitch brings to the page is astounding. I am caught up\, shaken up\, and now and then simply delighted. ‘Listen to this\,’ I call out to friends\, and then\, minutes later: ‘No\, wait\, listen to this!’”\n—Dorothy Allison        \nPraise for My Red Heaven \n\n“The combined effect of the different styles on display here is virtuosic\, but Olsen never loses sight of the bigger scope of history―or the tragedies the future will hold for most of these characters. This novel manages the impressive task of being both experimental and accessible―and thoroughly moving to boot.”\n―Kirkus Reviews“Inspired by German artist Otto Freundlich’s painting of the same title\, this meditation on the effects of a specific moment in history and the human condition reaches past cultural barriers and time to create a narrative that pushes boundaries and reflects on what is means to dwell in the here and now.”\n―Publishers Weekly \n“Olsen employs a full suite of experimental techniques to tell the story\, including newsreel headlines\, screenplay excerpts\, poetic verses\, and ekphrastic reflections on unsettling scenes of bombed-out and abandoned buildings. But the real draw is Olsen’s supple\, exacting prose\, which captures the energy of cutting-edge art movements amid impending political uncertainty. There’s an eerie familiarity to the air of technological and social breakthroughs\, with fallout or resolution just around the corner.”\n―Booklist \n“Olsen is a fine\, clear stylist. … My Red Heaven captures the eeriness of a city on the brink of an epochal descent into barbarism.”\n―Wall Street Journal \n“Lance Olsen is as innovative as he is prolific and an irreplaceable figure in avant-garde fiction. … Told in vignettes that are formally daring\, yet always musical and accessible\, this is a powerful book in every respect and an important one for readers here in this country in 2020.”\n―Robert Lopez for The Believer \n\n“The fleeting encounters of the famous and not-so-famous dead\, in their own voices\, sketch out a vanishing moment in a Berlin on the brink. Lance Olsen’s My Red Heaven is a work of necromantic dazzlement.”\n―Shelley Jackson\, author of Riddance\, Half Life\, and The Melancholy of Anatomy“Lance Olsen locates his porous\, alluring\, heartbreaking\, and haunted narrative in Berlin on a day in 1927. Poised at a moment of such hope and doom\, it is a ravishing meditation on history\, on time\, and on what is it to be alive.”\n―Carole Maso\, author of Ava and The Art Lover \n“In this twenty-four-hour novel\, Olsen explores new subjectivities and new histories both after and before the moments directly written about. It’s fascinating and wonderfully readable. Kafka\, Nabokov\, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe all make their appearances…and strange lists of newsworthy events cascade down before us now and again. It’s a fitting follow-up to Calendar of Regrets and beautifully written.\n―Samuel R. Delany\, author of Dhalgrenand Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders \n“The moment in which you awaken is on fire. You are alive or the other thing\, falling to scorched earth or ascending to the rooftops of Berlin\, a radiantly red heaven. You feel yourself besieged\, swirling inside one startling sensibility and then another\, deliriums of joy pierced by devastations of loss and sorrow. Sparked by the exuberant energy of his own multivalent perception\, ignited by the brilliance of his wildly playful imagination and unfathomably expansive compassion\, Lance Olsen has translated My Red Heaven\, Otto Freundlich’s abstract cubist painting\, into a novel full of dissonant shocks and thrilling confusions\, a library of loss revealing the perilous ecstasies of life in Berlin between the wars. Layer by layer\, he unpeels a palimpsest of paint\, turning his fiercely attentive\, unbounded love to every being in every moment\, exposing infinite unknown dimensions\, delivering us to exhilaration and terror as we watch the future and the past irradiate our present moment.”\n―Melanie Rae Thon\, author of The Voice of the River\, Silence & Song “Where to stand in this original novel as History that unspeakably painfully hurts while montaging all our astonishing\, poignant\, and gross ironies. Between lives\, even our own\, that are less here than nearby or elsewhere; between Dietrich and Heisenberg; between\, on one hand (literally)\, Arendt and Heidegger showering and thinking about thinking\, and deaths there perhaps are no words for; between what is actually\, terribly being evoked and\, dissolve after dissolve\, an exquisite narrative prose risking again and again an incorrigible lightness. At random\, I thought of Wittgenstein in Duffy’s The World as I Found It; dictatorship in Spufford’s Red Plenty; the sculptural work of Joseph Beuys; and\, where fact seems all the more fact in a context of fictive documentation\, the great Sebald.”\n―Joseph McElroy\, author of Women and Men and Cannonball
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