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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Eric Nguyen and Lydia Kiesling
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, May 10 at 6pm PT when Eric Nguyen joins us to discuss his debut novel\, Things We Lost to the Water\, with Lydia Kiesling on Zoom!\n\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88925265993\n\nPraise for Things We Lost to the Water\n“I was captivated. The writing is absolutely gorgeous…The voice is strong and this is a powerful novel…Well worth a read. Really enjoyed.”—Roxane Gay\, via Goodreads\n\n“This is an elemental book\, of water\, for sure\, but also of other elements of life\, including love and loss. Vietnamese people know all about these elements\, coming from a country whose entire length is bordered by a sea\, and from a history saturated with loss. Love is one element that has enabled their survival\, but sometimes at a cost. Eric Nguyen’s powerful novel ripples and gleams with the unpredictable flow and surge of love\, which\, like water\, can drown us or sustain us. From a war to a hurricane\, from an ocean to a flood\, Things We Lost to the Water proves itself to be a novel that sustains us.”—Viet Thanh Nguyen\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer\n\n“Exquisitely well-written\, Things We Lost to the Water is a tender\, haunting story of loss\, love\, family and survival. A moving and powerful debut.”—Charles Yu\, National Book Award-winning author of Interior Chinatown\n\nAbout Things We Lost to the Water\nA stunning debut novel about an immigrant Vietnamese family who settles in New Orleans and struggles to remain connected to one another as their lives are inextricably reshaped.\n\nWhen Huong arrives in New Orleans with her two young sons\, she is jobless\, homeless\, and worried about her husband\, Cong\, who remains in Vietnam. As she and her boys begin to settle in to life in America\, she continues to send letters and tapes back to Cong\, hopeful that they will be reunited and her children will grow up with a father.\n\nBut with time\, Huong realizes she will never see her husband again. While she attempts to come to terms with this loss\, her sons\, Tuan and Binh\, grow up in their absent father’s shadow\, haunted by a man and a country trapped in their memories and imaginations. As they push forward\, the three adapt to life in America in different ways: Huong gets involved with a Vietnamese car salesman who is also new in town; Tuan tries to connect with his heritage by joining a local Vietnamese gang; and Binh\, now going by Ben\, embraces his adopted homeland and his burgeoning sexuality. Their search for identity—as individuals and as a family—threatens to tear them apart\, un­til disaster strikes the city they now call home and they are suddenly forced to find a new way to come together and honor the ties that bind them.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Aaron Carnes\, In Defense of Ska
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT: Aaron Carnes\, music editor at the Good Times\, will be in conversation with Good Times editor Steve Palopoli about Carnes’ new book In Defense of Ska. \nRegister for this free Crowdcast event here! \nWhy doesn’t ska get its due as a rich\, diverse genre the way punk\, metal\, hip-hop and electronic music does? Or more to the point\, why are ska fans so embarrassed of this music they love? The era of ska shame is officially over. In Defense of Ska is the much-needed response to years of ska-mockery. No longer do ska fans need to hide in the basement\, skanking alone in their sharp suits\, slim ties and porkpie hats. Now the time to take to the streets and fight music snobbery\, or at least crank up the ska without being teased ruthlessly. \nIn a mix of interviews\, essays\, personal stories\, historical snapshots\, obscure anecdotes\, and think pieces\, In Defense of Ska dissects\, analyzes and celebrates ska in exactly the way fans have been craving for decades. This book will enlist ska-lovers as soldiers in the ska army\, and challenge ska-haters’ prejudices to the core. \nAaron Carnes is a music journalist based out of Sacramento\, California. His work has appeared in Playboy\, Salon\, Bandcamp Daily\, Sierra Club\, Noisey\, Sun Magazine\, and he’s the music editor at Good Times Santa Cruz weekly newspaper\, where he tries to sneak in ska content whenever his boss isn’t looking. Aaron has been listening to ska since the early ’90s. He used to play drums in a ska band. Now he just plays ska on his car stereo. When he’s not defending ska\, he enjoys backpacking with his wife Amy Bee\, and talking about music from every existing genre. Ska will always be his favorite. \nCarnes hosts the podcast In Defense of Ska and can be found on Twitter and Instagram @indefenseofska. His Substack newsletter is aaroncarnes.substack.com and Spotify playist\, which consists of the songs and bands mentioned in the book\, in order\, can be found here. \nAuthor photo credit: Amy Bee (Instagram: @_amy_bee)\nCover photo credit: Cam Evans (Instagram: @photofromcam)
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