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SUMMARY:The Visual Word: Working with Poetry
DESCRIPTION:David Annwn and Thomas Ingmire reflect on their working processes and explore new insights about their collaborations. Their discussion will center on specific works now on exhibition at the Book Club of California and the many curious issues relating to creating visual interpretations of poetry. David will also read some finished poems and discuss the impulses behind their creation. 5 p.m.: Reception 6 p.m.: Program
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-visual-word-working-with-poetry/
LOCATION:The Book Club of California\, 312 Sutter St\, Suite 510\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Aja Couchois Duncan + Adrian Arias
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series! \nBrowse books and enjoy a glass of wine while listening to internationally acclaimed poets and artists such as Jonathan Richman\, David Meltzer\, Diane di Prima and California Poet Laureate Al Young. The series is curated by Friends’ Resident Poet Jack Hirschman. \nProceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library. \nFeatured poet(s): Aja Couchois Duncan & Adrian Arias
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aja-couchois-duncan-adrian-arias/
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Shipwreck Presents: A Song of Ice and Fire
DESCRIPTION:“7th I am your OG  and I will be respected as such” Cersei to Margaery\, probably \nWelp\, with the 6th season imminent\, it’s finally time for us to take on A Song of Ice and Fire. Yep\, the whole f*cking series. Maybe this’ll spur GRRM to finish The Winds of Winter. Hey\, has anyone thought of tweeting him about that? Anyway\, Winter is Cumming\, etc. \nFeatured writers: Gabriel Cubbage\,Alan Leggitt\, Tomas Moniz\, Red Scott\,Maggie Tokuda-Hall\, and Feb/March winner Vivenne Pustell. \n— \nWelcome\, Shipsters\, to San Francisco’s premier literary erotic fanfiction event. \nSix Great Writers destroy six notable characters from one Great Book on the first Thursday of every month at our home base\, the Booksmith in San Francisco. \nFics are blind-read by our Thespian-in-Residence\, Baruch Porras-Hernandez\, and you choose the best ship before the writers are unmasked. The winner is cast off from polite society\, and invited back the next month to defend their title. \n$10 advance tickets / $12 at the door. Ticket includes open bar for 21+.\nPLEASE NOTE: No children are ever harmed at Shipwreck\, and consent and inclusion are paramount. We’re not dicks\, we just like dick jokes.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shipwreck-presents-a-song-of-ice-and-fire/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jack Bender w/ Jason Ritter
DESCRIPTION:A producer and director on projects such as Lost\, The Sopranos\, and Game of Thrones\, JACK BENDER shares his brilliant debut book\, Elephant in the Room. \nIf ever there was a children’s book for adults only\, this is the one: sweet and surreal\, playfully Picasso\, and full of cockeyed wisdom. I was charmed\, and I’m giving the damn thing to everyone. I think you ll do the same. My advice is grab a copy immediately. Yesterday\, if possible. -Stephen King\nThe Elephant in the Room\, is a collection of stories told through his art\, a lyrical interweaving of abstraction\, rich color and texture\, and surreal dreaminess. With themes of morality\, identity\, love\, loss\, death\, and birth\, these stories are tender and intimate\, but cut with Bender’s biting humor and a master storyteller’s sense of irony. \nA slideshow presentation will also be featured AND Jack will be interviewed by JASON RITTER\, from NBC’s Parenthood\, Comedy Central’s Drunk History and Another Period\, and Shoshanna’s love interest on HBO’s Girls.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jack-bender-w-jason-ritter/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160407T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160407T213000
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SUMMARY:Rob Spillman + Glen David Gold
DESCRIPTION:Rob Spillman\, one of the founding editors of Tin House Magazine\, talks with Glen David Gold about his memoir\, All Tomorrow’s Parties. \nPraise for All Tomorrow’s Parties: \n“Spillman’s story of rarefied opera culture as a child\, and East German nightlife as an adult\, is limpid and lively in its telling\, and covers fascinating ground. Spillman is endearing and frank in his various adventures.” —Rachel Kushner \n“Achingly beautiful and brilliantly structured.” —David Shields \n“Spillman brilliantly—thrillingly—captures the velocity and the changing sounds of youth as it simultaneously hurls away from\, and toward\, home. This memoir rivets me to the page.” —Nick Flynn \n “Part survivor’s manual\, part travelogue\, part cultural history\, it’s a story of an arts-mad\, idealistic\, brave young man struggling to make his way—and find a place in the world.” —Michael Hainey \nAbout All Tomorrow’s Parties: \nRob Spillman\, the award-winning\, charismatic cofounding editor of the legendary “Tin House” magazine has devoted his life to the rebellious pursuit of artistic authenticity. Born in Germany to two driven musicians\, his childhood was spent among the West Berlin cognoscenti\, in a city two hundred miles behind the Iron Curtain. There\, the Berlin Wall stood as a stark reminder of the split between East and West\, between suppressed dreams and freedom of expression. \nAfter an unsettled youth moving between divorced parents in disparate cities\, Spillman would eventually find his way into the literary world of New York City\, only to abandon it to return to Berlin just months after the Wall came down. Twenty-five and newly married\, Spillman and his wife\, the writer Elissa Schappell\, moved to the anarchic streets of East Berlin in search of the bohemian lifestyle of their idols. But Spillman soon discovered he was chasing the one thing that had always eluded him: a place\, or person\, to call home. In his intimate\, entertaining\, and heartfelt memoir\, Spillman narrates a colorful\, music-filled coming-of-age portrait of an artist’s life that is also a cultural exploration of a shifting Berlin.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rob-spillman-glen-david-gold/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Richard Loranger w/ James Cagney + Annelyse Gelman
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special art opening featuring works by Richard Loranger and readings by Richard Loranger and James Cagney. Music by the ever-so-talented Annelyse Gelman. \nDonations will be called for throughout the night\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available. \nParking: Street parking is usually available\, but the easiest thing to do is to park at the Walgreens just a block away. Here is a handy map (you should see Nomadic Press on there): https://goo.gl/maps/SgaHMhV88MA2 \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/richard-loranger-w-james-cagney-annelyse-gelman/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:William Taylor Jr.: To Break the Heart of the Sun
DESCRIPTION:Hello friends! Please join me and some of my favorite people in helping to celebrate the release of my new book of poetry\, To Break the Heart of the Sun. Indulge in an evening of words\, music and wine in the heart of North Beach\, \nFeaturing: \nJon Bennett\nMK Chavez\nCharlie Getter\nColleen McKee\nSB Stokes\nWilliam Taylor Jr.\nZarina Zabrisky and Simon Rogghe \nIt’s gonna be fun.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/william-taylor-jr-to-break-the-heart-of-the-sun/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:CCA MFAW: Word World 2016 #1
DESCRIPTION:At California College of the Arts\, Timken Lecture Hall\n1111 8th Street\, San Francisco \nWord World is the culminating event of the MFA Program in Writing at California College of the Arts that features graduating students reading from their thesis. \nAn evening of poetry\, prose\, and writings in between\, this night is also a community celebration as these students enter a new phase of their writing careers. \nFeatured Writers \nKate Robards\nBjorn Svendsen\nKeiran King\nRobyn Hester\nDaniel Delacruz\nRachel Alexandra Kass
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cca-mfaw-word-world-2016-1/
LOCATION:California College of Arts\, 1111 8th Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160408T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160408T210000
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SUMMARY:Lip Service West: 1\,500-Word True Stories
DESCRIPTION:Originating in Los Angeles and made famous in Miami\, where it was touted as the “hottest\, smartest\, most-honest literary event in South Florida\,” Lip Service has come to the Bay Area.  \nFeaturing April’s Lineup: \nSean Craven \nDorian Maffei \nAllie Marini \nTomas Moniz \nRob Pierce \nPairing gritty\, real\, and raw writing with live performance\, Lip Service offers audiences the rare glimpse into the personal lives of the artist. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking\, embarrassing and brutally honest\, Lip Service West promises to be unlike any literary event you’ve ever experienced. \nLip Service West is co-produced by Joe and Justine Clifford and is held bi-monthly. Read more about the series here: http://www.lipservicewest.com. \nThis event may contain material not suitable for children
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lip-service-west-1500-word-true-stories/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poetry & Jazz: Three Dynamic Duos
DESCRIPTION:Poetry & Jazz: Three Dynamic Duos. Three amazing sets of poets and musicians blend words and music: Michael McClure with saxophonist George Brooks\, Devorah Major (from Daughters of Yam) with harpist Destiny Muhammad\, and Genny Lim with Francis Wong on saxophone. Saturday\, April 9\, 2:00 – 4:00 pm\, 3rd Floor Community Meeting Room. \n“McClure’s poetry is a blob of protoplasmic energy.”\n— Allen Ginsberg \n“Michael McClure’s poetry and prose is one of the more remarkable achievements in recent American literature.”\n— The London Times Literary Supplement \n“Blowing gorgeous tones ….. [Brooks] succeeds to a startling and almost rapturous degree.” —San Francisco Bay Guardian \nMichael McClure at the age of 22 gave his first poetry reading at the legendary Six Gallery event in San Francisco\, where Allen Ginsberg first read Howl. Today McClure is more active than ever\, writing and performing his poetry at festivals\, colleges\, and clubs across the country. \nHe has performed and recorded extensively with musicians including Ray Manzarek\, the Doors’ keyboardist\, composer Terry Riley\, and saxophonist George Brooks. \nMcClure has given hundreds of reading in venues as varied as the Fillmore Ballroom\, Yale University\, Stanford\, The National Biodiversity Conference at the Smithsonian\, and the Library of Congress. He has received numerous awards\, including a Guggenheim Fellowship\, an Obie Award for Best Play\, an NEA grant\, the Alfred Jarry Award\, and a Rockefeller grant for playwriting. His play\, The Beard\, has played a role in U.S. censorship and free speech battles since 1966 when it won the first lawsuit. \nMcClure has made two television documentaries — The Maze and September Blackberries. His many books of poetry include his most recent collections\, Mysteriosos and other Poems (New Directions) and Of Indigo and Saffron: Selected and New Poems (University of California Press). \nMcClure’s songs include “Mercedes Benz\,” popularized by Janis Joplin. \nGeorge Brooks\, saxophonist and composer\, has been hailed as the “leading American voice in Indian jazz fusion”. He has performed and recorded with such notable musicians as Terry Riley\, John McLaughlin\, Zakir Hussain\, Larry Coryell\, the Brooklyn Philharmonic\, and the Kronos Quartet; with blues greats Etta James\, Albert Collins\, Roy Rogers\, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown; R+B legends the Temptations\, Mary Wilson\, the Shirelles\, and Doors pianist Ray Manzarek. \nBrooks has received commissions from the American Composers Forum\, Opera Piccola\, the Berkeley Jazz School and The SFMOMA. His compositions have been performed by Yo-Yo Ma\, The Liverpool Philharmonic and have appeared in films by Merchant/Ivory Productions. \nDevorah Major was San Francisco’s third Poet Laureate\, and is an award winning poet and fiction writer\, creative non-fiction writer\, performer\, editor\, and part-time senior adjunct professor at California College of the Arts as well as the poet-in-residence of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Her first novel\, An Open Weave\, was awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She is the recipient of a 2002 California Arts Council Spoken Word Literary Arts Fellowship. For over twenty years she has been a part of poetry performance group\, Daughters of Yam. \nDestiny Muhammad is Governor Emeritus and Educational Chair Emeritus of the Recording Academy\, San Francisco Chapter. Her genre ‘Celtic to Coltrane’ is cool and eclectic with a feel of Jazz & storytelling to round out the sonic experience. \nGenny Lim is an American poet\, playwright\, and performer. She is a recipient of the Bay Guardian Goldie and received the James Wong Howe Award for her play\, Paper Angels\, which premiered at the UC Zellerbach Playhouse. For over twenty years she has been a part of the poetry performance group\, Daughters of Yam.  Her books of poetry include Winter Place\, Child of War\, Paper Gods and Rebels. Her work is included in the Oxford Book of Women’s Writing. \nFrancis Wong\, considered one of “the great saxophonists of his generation”\, is a prolific recording artist featured on more than forty titles. He has performed his innovative brand of jazz and creative music for audiences worldwide. Wong’s imaginative career straddles roles as varied as performing artist\, youth mentor\, composer\, artistic director\, community activist\, music producer. Wong was a California Arts Council Artist in Residence and a Rockefeller Next Generation Leadership Fellow. He has also taught at SF State University and at UC Santa. \nProgram hosted by poet\, Kirk Lumpkin. Kirk’s recent projects include: Positive Voodoo by the Wild Buds (West Coast Mardi Gras Music); Sound Poems\, by The Word-Music Continuum Kirk’s unique performance ensemble uniting music and spoken word; his original rock songs CD\, Moondog Sessions and the latest collection of his poetry\, In Deep.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-jazz-three-dynamic-duos/
LOCATION:Central Library\, Berkeley Public Library\, 2090 Kittredge St\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Narratives by Dominican Women
DESCRIPTION:With this new Latino literary collection Erika M. Martínez has brought together twenty-five engaging narratives written by Dominican women and women of Dominican descent living in the United States. The first volume of its kind\, Daring to Write’s insightful works offer readers a wide array of content that touches on a range of topics: migration\, history\, religion\, race\, class\, gender\, and sexuality. The result is a moving and imaginative critique of how these factors intersect and affect the daily lives of these Latina women. \nThe volume opens with a foreword by Julia Alvarez and includes short stories\, novel excerpts\, memoirs\, and personal essays and features work by established writers such as Angie Cruz and Nelly Rosario\, alongside works by emerging writers. Narratives originally written in Spanish appear in English for the first time\, translated by Achy Obejas. An important contribution to Latino/a studies\, these writings will introduce readers to a new collection of rich literature. \n“Be prepared for a feast\, and then\, as with all such blessings of plenty\, share it: tell others about this book\, put it on your syllabi\, on the shelves of your bookstores and libraries. Nourish yourself and others with the rich and savory sancocho of the work collected here. As we Dominicans say when a visitor arrives at mealtime\, ¡A buen tiempo! Readers\, you have indeed come at a good time.” —Julia Alvarez\, from the foreword \n“Daring to Write gathers in one volume and for the first time Dominican women writing across genres and against gender norms and borders of all kinds. The result is a moving and imaginative critique of how gender\, race\, and class intersect in the daily lives of women in the Dominican Republic and in the diaspora. This book is an important contribution to women’s studies and Latino/a studies.”\n—Daisy Hernández\, coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism \nYalitza Ferreras was a 2014–15 Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University. She received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, where she won the Delbanco Thesis Prize. Her writing appears in the Colorado Review and Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education. She is currently working on a novel and a collection of short stories. \nErika M. Martínez\,recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and a Hedgebrook Writing Residency\, holds an MFA in English and creative writing from Mills College. Her writing has been adapted for the stage and has been featured in the anthologies Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education\, Homelands: Women’s Journeys across Race\, Place\, and Time\, and Second Sense of Place: The Washington State Geospatial Poetry Anthology. Her work has also appeared in Muthamagazine.com\, Consequence magazine\, and the Afro-Hispanic Review. She has taught creative writing in the Dominican Republic and is the editor of the annual Middle & High School Voices for the National Writing Project in New Hampshire. \n– See more at: http://moderntimesbookstore.com/event/yalitza-ferreras-and-erika-m-martinez-daring-to-write-contemporary-narratives-by-dominican-women/#sthash.ML9mbwJi.dpuf
URL:https://litseen.com/event/contemporary-narratives-by-dominican-women/
LOCATION:Modern Times Bookstore Collective\, 2919 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Ethan Miller\, Daniel Higgs\, + Sylvie Simmons
DESCRIPTION:Readings by Ethan Miller\, Daniel Higgs\, and Sylvie Simmons: \nEthan Miller is a founding member of the bands Comets on Fire and Howlin’ Rain. His debut book of poetry\, The Glasgow Birds\, The Denver Shitter and Other Poems of Musical Life is a dream stroll through 15 years of musical life on the road. From concrete\, road-journal like storytelling prose poems to headier abstract rabbit holes and experimental waking dreams. Copies of this limited edition chapbook will be available for sale! http://www.silvercurrentrecords.com/index.php \nDaniel A.I.U. Higgs\, interdimensional song-seamstress and corpse-dancer of the Mystic Crags was born in the harbor city of Baltimore\, USA in the early-mid sixties of the previous millennium. Having begun singing 25 years ago\, he is perhaps best known as the singer and lyricist of the band Lungfish\, which is now\, as it often has been\, quasi if not entirely defunct. Presently\, the music Daniel manifests proceeds without the blessing/curse and help/hindrance of collaborative influence. http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/daniel-higgs \nSylvie Simmons\, a widely regarded writer and rock historian since the late 1970s\, is one of few women to be included among the predominantly male rock elite. She’s a cult fiction writer and the author of biographies of Leonard Cohen\, Serge Gainsbourg\, and Neil Young\, among others. She’s also a singer-songwriter and ukulele player\, signed to Light in the Attic Records. http://sylviesimmons.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ethan-miller-daniel-higgs-sylvie-simmons/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers: Kim Vogee
DESCRIPTION:Left Coast Writers® Launch \nInspired by real-life events\, author Kim Vogee artfully combines the elements of a Western with the 21st century. Paths intersect and twist from Silicon Valley\, to Colorado\, to the wide-open spaces of the high desert of the Three Corner country of Oregon\, Idaho\, and Nevada. Three Corner Rustlers is a contemporary story featuring an estranged daughter\, Carson\, who is returning to her childhood home; C.J.\, an ex-con whose life is changed by an unusual mentor a wild mustang named Rio; plus a criminal network of cattle thieves\, Federal agents\, and a rancher whose livelihood is threatened. The journeys of these characters are woven together in this modern-day tale to surprising conclusions.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/left-coast-writers-kim-vogee/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with T.J. Stiles
DESCRIPTION:T. J. Stiles\, winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize (and dad of two)\, comes to the Mill Valley library in April to discuss his most recent biography The Last Trials of Custer with Write on Mama Mary Allison Tierney. They’ll discuss the craft of storytelling in nonfiction and the biographer’s dilemma: when to stop the research.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/in-conversation-with-t-j-stiles/
LOCATION:Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Gears Turning Poetry Series: Clara Hsu\, Linda Noel + Sharon Coleman
DESCRIPTION:Linda Noel is a former poet laureate for Ukiah and has a long time association with California Poets in the Schools . The most recent place to read her work in print is in the anthology\, Red Indian Road West. \nClara Hsu practices the art of multi-dimensional being: mother\, musician\,\npurveyor of Clarion Music Center (1982-2005)\, traveler\, translator and poet. \nSharon Coleman‘s a fifth-generation Northern Californian with a penchant for learning languages and their entangled word roots. She co-curates the reading series Lyrics & Dirges and co-directs the Berkeley Poetry Festival. \nA Note From Your Host\, Kim Shuck: This month the Gears are some legends and some favorites. The only struggle with having Linda come to San Francisco is moving the conversation from my living room to the bookstore for the reading. When Clara and I first met she gave me the great pleasure of hearing Polish spoken at a poetry venue\, a language I miss from my childhood with Polish grandparents. Sharon is a fellow traveler and good company. All three are phenomenal at poeming. Once again\, Ed Dang joins in on guitar. Bring a friend and a poem. There will be an open mic after the reading. \n– See more at: http://moderntimesbookstore.com/event/gears-turning-poetry-series-hosted-by-kim-shuck-with-clara-hsu-linda-noel-sharon-coleman-and-music-by-ed-dang/#sthash.Nxa4Ha0K.dpuf
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gears-turning-poetry-series-clara-hsu-linda-noel-sharon-coleman/
LOCATION:Modern Times Bookstore Collective\, 2919 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Nicholas Friedman\, Rachel Richardson + Olga Zilberbourg
DESCRIPTION:Come on out for a fantastic night of writing and music at the next Bazaar Writers Salon\, coming up on Sunday\, April 10th in San Francisco at the Bazaar Café. \nReadings by Nicholas Friedman\, Rachel Richardson\, and Olga Zilberbourg\nMusic by Kathleen Knighton\nHosted by Peter Kline \nNicholas Friedman’s poetry has appeared in The New York Times\, Parnassus\, POETRY\, Southwest Review\, Yale Review\, and other publications. Friedman received a Ruth Lilly Fellowship in 2012 and is currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford University.\n\nKathleen Knighton grew up among the mountains and valleys of West Virginia and followed a meandering path westward to San Francisco. Her musical roots extend across the map too\, ranging from folk to rock to country and blues. Knighton’s strength as a singer/songwriter can be found between the rippling lines of her new EP\, Brook Stones. She has toured as a vocalist in a dozen countries and was a featured performer at the West Coast Songwriters Conference in 2013. \nRachel Richardson is the author of two books of poems\, Hundred-Year Wave and Copperhead. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine\, Slate\, Kenyon Review\, and elsewhere\, and she has been awarded Stegner and NEA Fellowships. She lives in Berkeley and coordinates poetry events for the Bay Area Book Festival. \nOlga Zilberbourg grew up in Russia and moved to the United States at the age of seventeen. Two books of her short fiction have been published in Russia; in English\, her work appears in Epiphany\, Printers Row\, Narrative Magazine\, Hobart\, Santa Monica Review\, J Journal\, and other print and online magazines. She co-hosts the weekly San Francisco Writers Workshop that meets at Alley Cat Books on Tuesday nights.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nicholas-friedman-rachel-richardson-olga-zilberbourg/
LOCATION:Bazaar Cafe\, 5927 California St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160410T213000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160405T015439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160405T015439Z
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SUMMARY:Green Apple Books Staff Reading
DESCRIPTION:When our booksellers aren’t selling you other people’s words\, many of them are writing their own. \nJoin us for a night of readings featuring Green Apple booksellers. \nAdult beverages and childish snacks will be served.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/green-apple-books-staff-reading/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160411T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160411T180000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160405T132525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160405T132525Z
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SUMMARY:Does the Secret Mind Whisper?  Celebrating Bob Kaufman\, Poet
DESCRIPTION:The Before Columbus Foundation in association with the Oakland Book Festival and the African-American Center of the San Francisco Public Library presents: \nDoes the Secret Mind Whisper?\nCelebrating Bob Kaufman\, Poet \nFeaturing:\nAnne Waldman\nWill Alexander\nDavid Boyce\nKevin Carnes \nThe life and legacy of Bob Kaufman\, one of the most innovative and exciting voices in American poetry of the late 20th century\, is celebrated by a gathering of formidable talents.  \nAnne Waldman\, a towering presence in international arts and letters\, one of the pre-eminent poets of our times\, will be joined by African-American surrealist poet\, playwright\, and essayist Will Alexander\, presenting original work as well as classics from Kaufman himself. \nCollaborating with both Waldman and Alexander will be multi-instrumentalists David Boyce on saxophones and Kevin Carnes on drums and various percussion. Boyce and Carnes have been among the most fertile and imaginative improvisers in the world of the legendary Broun Fellinis.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/does-the-secret-mind-whisper-celebrating-bob-kaufman-poet/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, 100 Larkin St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160411T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160411T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160405T133554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160405T133554Z
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SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers: Southern Sampler Artists Colony Poets
DESCRIPTION:The Left Coast Writers® and the Southern Sampler Artists Colony Poets invite you to join them for an evening of poetry readings in celebration of National Poetry Month! Poems of all shapes and sizes will be shared and recited\, so usher in the spring with a wonderful evening amongst talented friends.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/left-coast-writers-southern-sampler-artists-colony-poets/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160411T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T003755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T003755Z
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SUMMARY:Jacquelyn Mitchard
DESCRIPTION:Beginning in the terrifying darkness of a Christmas Eve tsunami\, Two If by Sea takes the reader from the ravaged shores of Brisbane to the heartland of America to a quaint English village. Jacquelyn Mitchard keeps her story fully anchored in the emotions of her characters: While coping with grief\, finding comfort in the fragile safety of family\, daring to hope for new love\, and summoning the kind of courage that can only come from protecting a child\, these characters resonate with feelings and complexities we recognize as our own. \nJacquelyn Mitchard is the national bestselling author of The Breakdown Lane\, Twelve Times Blessed\, and The Deep End of the Ocean\, which was the very first book picked by Oprah for her book club. She also has several children’s books to her credit: Baby Bat’s Lullaby\, Starring Prima!\, and Rosalie\, My Rosalie. Jackie lives outside Madison\, Wisconsin\, with her husband and eight children.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jacquelyn-mitchard/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160411T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T010315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T010315Z
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SUMMARY:Odd Mondays: A Reading Honoring Jean Pumphrey
DESCRIPTION:Audrey “Jean” Pumphrey was a gifted poet and teacher who lived to share the joys of creative writing with others. She was born in Dayton\, Ohio in 1931 and attended Dennison University before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1953. Jean received her M.A. in English from San Francisco State University and in 1967 began a long career teaching English and Creative Writing at the college of San Mateo. AS the founding director of the College’s Poetry Center\, she brought internationally renowned poets to campus-wide events and classes. She also conducted highly successful creative writing workshops at mental hospitals and community senior centers for persons who had never written before. After Professor Pumphrey retired from the College of San Mateo in 1993\, she became a founding and active member of the Marin Poetry Center\, and also hosted many gatherings of poets and writers in her home in Sausalito. The beauty of the Bay and coastal waters and mountains of Marin County continually inspired her writing. Ms. Pumphrey died in 2014 while at work on this collection. This book came out via a collaborative effort by Jean’s friends. \nThe following poets have been invited to read poems from Jean’s book as well as one of their own\nBarbara Brauer\, Ella Eytan\, Susan Griffin\, Jackie Kudler\, Louise Nayer\, Kate Peper\, James Nihan\, Dr. Catharine Clark Sayles\, Judith Levy-Sender\, Ramon Sender\, Doreen Stock\, Al Young\, Joe Zaccardi.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/odd-mondays-a-reading-honoring-jean-pumphrey/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160411T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T010741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T010741Z
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SUMMARY:April's Perfectly Queer: LGBTQ Readings
DESCRIPTION:April’s Perfectly Queer: LGBTQ Readings presents Trace Peterson and TC Tolbert\, editors of Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics;Julian Talamantez Brolaski\, author of Advice for Lovers; Gr Keer\, author of Heterotextual; and Zoe Tuck\, author of Terror Matrix.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aprils-perfectly-queer-lgbtq-readings/
LOCATION:Books Inc. In the Castro\, 2275 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160412T174500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160412T194500
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T011454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T011454Z
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SUMMARY:RADAR: Gabriel García Román\, Ajuan M. Mance\, Mira Gonzalez\, + Faith Adiele
DESCRIPTION:RADAR Productions Presents: APRIL QUEER READING SERIES at the San Francisco Library \nTuesday\, April 12\, 2016\nSan Francisco Public Library\n100 Larkin Street\nLatino/Hispanic Room (basement level)\n5:45 PM\n==FREE==\nHosted by Juliana Delgado Lopera \nReading followed by artist Q&A\nDid we mention there will be cookies? \nFEATURING…\nGabriel García Román\nGabriel Garcia Roman was born in Zacatecas\, Mexico in 1973 and raised in Chicago. He received his B.A. from The City College of New York where he studied studio art. Garcia is a photo-based artist and craftsman. As an artist\, he is constantly looking for ways to counteract the flatness that’s inherent to the medium of photography: weaving\, folding\, cutting\, interlacing prints or collaging are all different attempts at realizing that goal. Photography allows him to explore aspects of his identity and decode the world he lives in. Queer. Mexican. American. Immigrant. Secular. Catholic. Urban Apartment dweller. Country nomad. Queer Icons\, his most recent body of work\, looks at the\nQTPoC community\, a disenfranchised community and turns them into heavenly beings. The work has been written up by media outlets like\, Fusion\, Huffington Post\, NPR and The Advocate\, to name a few. He currently lives and works in New York City. \nAjuan M. Mance\nA lifelong artist\, Ajuan Mance works in acrylic on paper and canvas\, ink on paper and\, for the 1001 Black Men project\, ink on paper and digital media. She began writing and illustrating the autobiographical comic series Gender Studies in 2014. Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions throughout the Bay Area\, as well as at the University of Oregon\, the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago\, IL\, and the Reinhardt-Fisher Gallery in Trenton\, NJ. Her work has appeared in a number of publications\, including\, most recently\, Cog\, Transition\, and Mission at Tenth. A professor of English at Mills College in Oakland\, Ajuan art work is partly inspired by her teaching and research in U.S. Black literature and history. A 19th-century African American literature specialist\, she holds degrees from Brown University and the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Look for a full-color version of Ajuan’s “Requiem for a Hot Comb” in the upcoming Alphabet anthology\, from Prism Comics\, out this spring. \nMira Gonzalez\nMira Gonzalez is a writer from Los Angeles\, CA. She is the author of two books. Her first book was nominated for The Believer Poetry Award and The Goodreads Choice Award. She lost the latter to the guy who wrote Lord of The Rings\, who is dead. Her work has appeared widely in print and online\, including in Nylon\, VICE\, The Guardian\, Thought Catalog\, Hobart\, Muumuu House and others. \nFaith Adiele\nFaith Adiele is author of the memoirs\, THE NIGERIAN-NORDIC GIRL’S GUIDE TO LADY PROBLEMS and MEETING FAITH\, which won the PEN Open Book Award. She is also writer/narrator/subject of MY JOURNEY HOME\, a PBS documentary about her mixed family\, and editor of COMING OF AGE AROUND THE WORLD: A MULTICULTURAL ANTHOLOGY. She lives in Oakland\, where she runs an African Book Club at Octopus Literary Salon\, and teaches at VONA/Voices: Summer Workshops for Writers of Color\, California College of the Arts\, and The San Francisco Writers’ Grotto.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/radar-gabriel-garcia-roman-ajuan-m-mance-mira-gonzalez-faith-adiele/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, 100 Larkin St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160412T203000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T011908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T011908Z
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SUMMARY:wordWIND Chorus
DESCRIPTION:q. r. hand\, jr. (voice and poetry)\, moved to the SF Bay Area from NYC about forty years ago. Originally published in the 1968 classic\, Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro American Writing\, edited by Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) and Larry Neal\, which has recently been reproduced by Black Classics Press\, he is the author of three poetry books\, i speak to the poet in man (jukebox press)\,how sweet it is (Zeitgeist Press) and whose really blues: new & selected poems (Taurean Horn Press). \nLewis Jordan (saxophone and poetry) is producer of Music at Large (an interdisciplinary music and arts project). He focuses on creative structures for improvisation\, and his interest continues to be meeting and working with performers who delve into their deeper resources for modes of expression that honor their traditions while speaking to the urgency of the present. \nBrian Auerbach (voice and poetry) has published as a music journalist\, poet and photographer. He works as a communications and technology manager at a San Francisco-based university\, while pursuing writing and the visual arts. \nReginald Lockett passed away in 2008. wordWind chorus continues to perform his work.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wordwind-chorus/
LOCATION:Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel\, 999 California St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160412T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160412T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T012448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T012448Z
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SUMMARY:Christina Hutchins + Tess Taylor
DESCRIPTION:Christina Hutchins (Tender the Maker) & Tess Taylor (Work and Days): New Poetry Collections \nFollowed by open mic. \nContact Reference Desk at 526-3720.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/christina-hutchins-tess-taylor/
LOCATION:Albany Library\, 1247 Marin Ave\, Albany\, CA\, 94706\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160412T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160412T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T013557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T013557Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Crane w/ Eden Lepucki
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Crane in conversation with Eden Lepucki\, introduced by Matthew Zapruder \ncelebrating the release of Elizabeth Crane’s new novel \nThe History of Great Things \nfrom Harper-Perennial \nA witty and irresistible story of a mother and daughter regarding each other through the looking glass of time\, grief\, and forgiveness. \nIn two beautifully counterpoised narratives\, two women—mother and daughter—try to make sense of their own lives by revisiting what they know about each other.The History of Great Things tells the entwined stories of Lois\, a daughter of the Depression Midwest who came to New York to transform herself into an opera star\, and her daughter\, Elizabeth\, an aspiring writer who came of age in the 1970s and ’80s in the forbidding shadow of her often-absent\, always larger-than-life mother. In a tour de force of storytelling and human empathy\, Elizabeth chronicles the events of her mother’s life\, and in turn Lois recounts her daughter’s story—pulling back the curtain on lifelong secrets\, challenging and interrupting each other\, defending their own behavior\, brandishing or swallowing their pride\, and\, ultimately\, coming to understand each other in a way that feels both extraordinary and universal. \nThe History of Great Things is a novel about a mother and daughter who are intimately connected and not connected enough; it will make readers laugh and cry and wonder how we become the adults we always knew we should—even if we’re not always adults our parents understand. \nElizabeth Crane is the author of the novel We Only Know So Much\, and three collections of short stories: When the Messenger is Hot\, All this Heavenly Glory\, andYou Must Be This Happy to Enter. Her stories have been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts. She is a recipient of the Chicago Public Library 21st Century Award\, and her work has been adapted for the stage by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company. A feature film adaptation of We Only Know So Much will be released in 2016. \nEdan Lepucki is the author of the novella If You’re Not Yet Like Me originally published by Flatmancrooked\, and recently re-released by Nouvella Press.  The Los Angeles Times named her a Face to Watch for 2014. \nMatthew Zapruder is a poet\, editor\, translator\, and professor in the MFA program at the University of California\, Riverside-Palm Desert and at the Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. His poetry has been published by Copper Canyon Press and his work has also appeared in The Boston Review\, The Believer\, Fence\, Bomb\, McSweeney’s\, Jubilat\, Conduit\, Harvard Review and many others. Together with Joshua Beckman he is co-editor of Wave Books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elizabeth-crane-w-eden-lepucki/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160412T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160412T213000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T013114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T013114Z
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SUMMARY:Emerging Writers Festival Day 1
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the English department and MFA program\, the Emerging Writers Festival features two days of readings by five up-and-coming writers of fiction\, poetry\, and nonfiction. On the second day of the festival\, the authors hold a panel discussion on their experiences navigating life as a writer and the complexities of the publishing industry. \nThe Festival’s first day\, April 12\, will include readings from Abeer Hoque\, Lucas Mann\, and Sara Michas-Martin. \nAbeer Hoque is a Nigerian-born Bangladeshi American writer and photographer. She is the author of three books: Olive Witch\, a memoir; The Lovers and the Leavers\, a collection of linked stories\, photographs\, and poems; and The Long Way Home\, a coffee table book of travel photographs and poems. Her photographs have been featured in two solo exhibitions. Hoque has a degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is an alumna of the University of San Francisco’s MFA Program in writing. \nLucas Mann is the author of Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere\, a 2013 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection\, and Lord Fear: A Memoir\, named one of the best books of 2015 by Kirkus Reviews. His essays and stories have appeared in Gawker\, BuzzFeed\, TriQuarterly\,New South\, Wigleaf\, The Kenyon Review\, and elsewhere. He has an MFA from the University of Iowa and is currently an assistant professor of English at The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. \nSara Michas-Martin is the author of Gray Matter\, which received the 2014 Poets Out Loud Prize. Other awards include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship and scholarships to the Bread Loaf and Squaw Valley Writers Conferences. Her poems and essays have appeared in The American Poetry Review\, The Believer\, Best New Poets\, Denver Quarterly\, Harvard Review\, Threepenny Review\, and elsewhere. She has taught at the University of Michigan\, Goddard College\, Stanford\, and the Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/emerging-writers-festival-day-1/
LOCATION:FR 125 – Maraschi Room\, USF\, 2130 Fulton St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T200000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T014202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T014202Z
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SUMMARY:Holloway Reading Series: Frank B. Wilderson\, III
DESCRIPTION:Readings are free & open to the public \nLocation: Maude Fife Room (Wheeler Hall #315)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/holloway-reading-series-frank-b-wilderson-iii/
LOCATION:Maude Fife Room\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T015033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T015033Z
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SUMMARY:The 2015-2016 Steinbeck Fellows
DESCRIPTION:Join the CLA and the Steinbeck Center for readings by this year’s Steinbeck Fellows Candace Eros Diaz\, Jennie Lin\, and Gabriel Thompson. \nApril 13\, 7pm – Reading and Discussion\, MLK Steinbeck Center 590 \nCo-sponsored by the Center for Steinbeck Studies \nAll events are free\, open to the public\, and wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-2015-2016-steinbeck-fellows/
LOCATION:Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies\, SJSU\, 1 Washington Square \, San Jose \, CA\, 95192\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260506T154903
CREATED:20160406T015341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T015341Z
UID:21371-1460574000-1460581200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Jewelle Gomez: The Gilda Stories
DESCRIPTION:Release Party and Celebration for The Gilda Stories: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition.  \nCo-sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jewelle-gomez-the-gilda-stories/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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