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SUMMARY:Larry Bloom on Sol LeWitt
DESCRIPTION:Lary Bloom discusses his new biography\, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas. \nAbout Sol LeWitt \nSol LeWitt (1928-2007)\, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century\, upended traditional practices of how art is made and marketed. A key figure in minimalism and conceptualism\, he proclaimed that the work of the mind is much more important than that of the hand. For his site-specific work–wall drawings and sculpture in dozens of countries–he created the idea and basic plan and then hired young artists to install the pieces. Though typically enormous and intricate\, the physical works held no value. The worth was in the pieces of paper that certified and described them. LeWitt championed and financially supported colleagues\, including women artists brushed aside by the bullies of a male-dominated profession. Yet the man himself has remained an enigma\, as he refused to participate in the culture of celebrity. Lary Bloom’s book draws on personal recollections of LeWitt\, whom he knew in the last years of the artist’s life\, as well as LeWitt’s letters and papers and over one hundred original interviews with his friends and colleagues\, including Chuck Close\, Ingrid Sischy\, Philip Glass\, Adrian Piper\, Jan Dibbets\, and Carl Andre. This absorbing chronicle brings new information to our understanding of this important artist\, linking the extraordinary arc of his life to his iconic work. Includes 28 illustrations. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/larry-bloom-on-sol-lewitt/
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:Lary Bloom on Sol LeWitt
DESCRIPTION:Lary Bloom discusses his new biography\, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas. \nAbout Sol LeWitt \nSol LeWitt (1928-2007)\, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century\, upended traditional practices of how art is made and marketed. A key figure in minimalism and conceptualism\, he proclaimed that the work of the mind is much more important than that of the hand. For his site-specific work–wall drawings and sculpture in dozens of countries–he created the idea and basic plan and then hired young artists to install the pieces. Though typically enormous and intricate\, the physical works held no value. The worth was in the pieces of paper that certified and described them. LeWitt championed and financially supported colleagues\, including women artists brushed aside by the bullies of a male-dominated profession. Yet the man himself has remained an enigma\, as he refused to participate in the culture of celebrity. Lary Bloom’s book draws on personal recollections of LeWitt\, whom he knew in the last years of the artist’s life\, as well as LeWitt’s letters and papers and over one hundred original interviews with his friends and colleagues\, including Chuck Close\, Ingrid Sischy\, Philip Glass\, Adrian Piper\, Jan Dibbets\, and Carl Andre. This absorbing chronicle brings new information to our understanding of this important artist\, linking the extraordinary arc of his life to his iconic work. Includes 28 illustrations. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lary-bloom-on-sol-lewitt/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190720T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190720T193000
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SUMMARY:Charlie Getter & Tom Stolmar
DESCRIPTION:Charlie Getter & Tom Stolmar\nNot to be missed!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/charlie-getter-tom-stolmar/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190720T193000
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poetry Marathon
DESCRIPTION:* Saturday\, July 20\n____ Curator: Tongo Eisen-Martin ____\nReaders:  TBA \n  \n       * Saturday\, September 28\n100 Thousand Poets For Change / Bay Area Poetry Marathon joint event\n____ Curator: Donna de la Perrière ____\nReaders:  TBA\n\n_____________________________________________________ \nAll events will be held at ALLEY CAT BOOKS\,\n3036 24th Street (in the Mission\, between Harrison & Treat)\n\nDoors open at 7:00pm.  Readings begin at 7:30pm sharp. \n+ + + + + + +\nFor more information\, email Donna de la Perrière at baypoma@zoho.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poetry-marathon-6/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190721T160000
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SUMMARY:Silent Book Club SF
DESCRIPTION:Bring a book\, bring a friend\, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club\, there’s no assigned reading. All books and all ages are welcome. \nWe’ll kick off introvert happy hour at 4pm with some light chatter and informal book recommendations before settling in to read quietly\, but if you’d rather just pull up a chair and read\, by all means do so. No one will be shushed or shamed. The bar will be open for late afternoon libations. \nHappy reading and hope to see you there! \n\n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \nPhoto by Cody Pickens for O Magazine
URL:https://litseen.com/event/silent-book-club-sf-2/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190722T190000
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SUMMARY:Chuck Klosterman / Raised in Captivity
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith welcomes Chuck Klosterman back to the store for his new story collection\, Raised in Captivity. More information to be announced soon\, but please save the date and join us! \nMicrodoses of the straight dope\, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection\, from the best-selling author of But What if We’re Wrong? \nA man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one\, very special\, play. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode\, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties with the new generation of students. An obscure power pop band wrestles with its new-found fame when its song “Blizzard of Summer” becomes an anthem for white supremacists. A couple considers getting a medical procedure that will transfer the pain of childbirth from the woman to her husband. A woman interviews a hit man about killing her husband but is shocked by the method he proposes. A man is recruited to join a secret government research team investigating why coin flips are no longer exactly 50/50. A man sees a whale struck by lightning\, and knows that everything about his life has to change. A lawyer grapples with the unintended side effects of a veterinarian’s rabies vaccination. \nFair warning: Raised in Captivity does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard\, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company\, though. Funny\, wise and weird in equal measure\, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory\, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes\, fears and preoccupations. Ceaselessly inventive\, hostile to corniness in all its forms\, and mean only to the things that really deserve it\, it marks a cosmic leap forward for one of our most consistently interesting writers. \n\n\nChuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books (including Sex\, Drugs\, and Cocoa Puffs; I Wear the Black Hat; But What If We’re Wrong?; and Killing Yourself to Live) and two novels (Downtown Owl and The Visible Man). He has written for The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, GQ\, Esquire\, Spin\, The Guardian\, The Believer\, Billboard\, The A.V. Club\, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years\, appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits\, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons. \n\nThis is a free\, all-ages event\, but seating may be limited; you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing the book below — when checking out\, just be sure to include a note that you’d like to attend the event. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Raised in Captivity\, order below and put your request in the comments field. \nIf you’d like to request a signed copy of any of Chuck’s other books\, order here and be sure to include your request in the comments field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chuck-klosterman-raised-in-captivity/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190723T190000
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SUMMARY:Erik Davis: High Weirdness
DESCRIPTION:A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick\, Terence McKenna\, and Robert Anton Wilson\, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought\, dreamed\, and experienced reality—but how did their writings reflect\, as well as shape\, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? \nIn High Weirdness\, Erik Davis—America’s leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital\, iconoclastic thinkers\, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America’s West Coast at a time of radical technological\, political\, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality. \nErik Davis is an author\, podcaster\, award-winning journalist\, and independent scholar based in San Francisco. His wide-ranging work focuses on the intersection of alternative religion\, media\, and the popular imagination. In addition to High Weirdness\, he is also the author of Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica (2010)\, The Visionary State: A Journey through California’s Spiritual Landscape (2006)\, a short critical volume on Led Zeppelin (2005)\, and the celebrated TechGnosis: Myth\, Magic\, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (1998). Erik’s scholarly and popular essays on music\, technoculture\, drugs\, and spirituality have appeared in scores of books\, magazines\, and journals\, and his writing has been translated into a dozen languages. Davis has spoken widely at conferences\, retreat centers\, and festivals\, and has been interviewed by CNN\, the BBC\, public radio\, and the New York Times. He explores the “cultures of consciousness” on his long-running weekly podcast Expanding Mind.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/erik-davis-high-weirdness/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190723T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190723T210000
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SUMMARY:John Corbett: Pick Up the Pieces
DESCRIPTION:John Corbett discusses his new book\, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. \nPraise for Pick up the Pieces \n“[A] thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride down his version of 1970s memory lane. . . . music lovers are sure to enjoy Corbett’s delightful book about a fascinating\, often misunderstood time of musical innovation.”— Booklist \n“Just as a rich gumbo benefits from the perfect combination of diverse ingredients\, so does Corbett’s analysis and so do the 1970s songs and performances he examines. . . . Corbett is in the upper echelon of music criticism.”— Library Journal \n“Corbett is the Carl Sagan of vinyl. Funny and irreverent\, he’s voyaged across the stars and the human imagination to bring us music both ‘pathetic and sublime’ from that most misunderstood of decades\, the 1970s.”— Rainn Wilson \nAbout Pick up the Pieces \nUnless you lived through the 1970s\, it seems impossible to understand it at all. Drug delirium\, groovy fashion\, religious cults\, mega corporations\, glitzy glam\, hard rock\, global unrest—from our 2018 perspective\, the seventies are often remembered as a bizarre blur of bohemianism and disco. With Pick Up the Pieces\, John Corbett transports us back in time to this thrillingly tumultuous era through a playful exploration of its music. Song by song\, album by album\, he draws our imaginations back into one of the wildest decades in history. \nRock. Disco. Pop. Soul. Jazz. Folk. Funk. The music scene of the 1970s was as varied as it was exhilarating\, but the decade’s diversity of sound has never been captured in one book before now. Pick Up the Pieces gives a panoramic view of the era’s music and culture through seventy-eight essays that allow readers to dip in and out of the decade at random or immerse themselves completely in Corbett’s chronological journey. \nAn inviting mix of skilled music criticism and cultural observation\, Pick Up the Pieces is also a coming-of-age story\, tracking the author’s absorption in music as he grows from age seven to seventeen. Along with entertaining personal observations and stories\, Corbett includes little-known insights into musicians from Pink Floyd\, Joni Mitchell\, James Brown\, and Fleetwood Mac to the Residents\, Devo\, Gal Costa\, and Julius Hemphill. \nA master DJ on the page\, Corbett takes us through the curated playlist that is Pick Up the Pieces with captivating melody of language and powerful enthusiasm for the era. This funny\, energetic book will have readers longing nostalgically for a decade long past.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/john-corbett-pick-up-the-pieces/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190723T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190723T210000
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SUMMARY:Dirty Old Women Read Erotica
DESCRIPTION:Older women: Wise enough to tell the truth about sex – what they want\, what they’ve done\, what makes them hot. Dirty Old Women celebrates erotic writing by self-identified older women of all flavors. On Tuesday\, July 23\, hear Beth Elliott and Christine Kammler. \nBeth Elliott is the author of four books\, two fiction and two non-fiction\, including her recently completed experimental erotic fiction collection The Smart Drug Masochists.  She is also a singer-songwriter who has released one album to date\, the “checkered career retrospective” Buried Treasure. Beth has written articles and reviews for Sisters\, Sapphire\, The Lesbian Tide\, and other women’s and lesbian publications.  She was the editor of Wavelength\, the newsletter for SapphSIG\, a Mensa lesbian special interest group\, and was a columnist for Telewoman and the weekly Bay Area Reporter newspaper. \nChris Kammler is a writer\, director\, performance artist and world traveler. Her work spans poetry\, fiction and drama. \nAs always\, we start with an open mic that’s open to all. Featured readings begin at 8 pm at Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster at 21st St.\, Oakland. This event is free\, inclusive and accessible!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dirty-old-women-read-erotica-2/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Kuchinskas":MAILTO:susan@kuchinskas.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190723T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190723T213000
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SUMMARY:John Corbett
DESCRIPTION:John Corbett discusses his new book\, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music. \nPraise for Pick up the Pieces \n“[A] thoroughly enjoyable—and gorgeously written—joy ride down his version of 1970s memory lane. . . . music lovers are sure to enjoy Corbett’s delightful book about a fascinating\, often misunderstood time of musical innovation.”— Booklist \n“Just as a rich gumbo benefits from the perfect combination of diverse ingredients\, so does Corbett’s analysis and so do the 1970s songs and performances he examines. . . . Corbett is in the upper echelon of music criticism.”— Library Journal \n“Corbett is the Carl Sagan of vinyl. Funny and irreverent\, he’s voyaged across the stars and the human imagination to bring us music both ‘pathetic and sublime’ from that most misunderstood of decades\, the 1970s.”— Rainn Wilson \nAbout Pick up the Pieces \nUnless you lived through the 1970s\, it seems impossible to understand it at all. Drug delirium\, groovy fashion\, religious cults\, mega corporations\, glitzy glam\, hard rock\, global unrest—from our 2018 perspective\, the seventies are often remembered as a bizarre blur of bohemianism and disco. With Pick Up the Pieces\, John Corbett transports us back in time to this thrillingly tumultuous era through a playful exploration of its music. Song by song\, album by album\, he draws our imaginations back into one of the wildest decades in history. \nRock. Disco. Pop. Soul. Jazz. Folk. Funk. The music scene of the 1970s was as varied as it was exhilarating\, but the decade’s diversity of sound has never been captured in one book before now. Pick Up the Pieces gives a panoramic view of the era’s music and culture through seventy-eight essays that allow readers to dip in and out of the decade at random or immerse themselves completely in Corbett’s chronological journey. \nAn inviting mix of skilled music criticism and cultural observation\, Pick Up the Pieces is also a coming-of-age story\, tracking the author’s absorption in music as he grows from age seven to seventeen. Along with entertaining personal observations and stories\, Corbett includes little-known insights into musicians from Pink Floyd\, Joni Mitchell\, James Brown\, and Fleetwood Mac to the Residents\, Devo\, Gal Costa\, and Julius Hemphill. \nA master DJ on the page\, Corbett takes us through the curated playlist that is Pick Up the Pieces with captivating melody of language and powerful enthusiasm for the era. This funny\, energetic book will have readers longing nostalgically for a decade long past.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/john-corbett/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190724T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190724T210000
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SUMMARY:This is Now: Richard A. Clarke on Cyber Threat
DESCRIPTION:Cyberwar”— or cyber-anything\, for that matter— has always carried a whiff of science fiction about it. But it’s not fiction\, it’s certainly not entertainment\, and – as terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke warns us— multiple cyberwars are underway already. The battlefronts range from simple identity theft to the disruption of nuclear programs and medical care. The Pentagon even has a word for this new front line: the fifth domain. That’s where ongoing skirmishes for our security as individuals and as citizens are being fought. \n\nRichard Clark has long experience in American security matters. He’s served as a key advisor on intelligence and counterterrorism to three US presidents. In 1998 President Bill Clinton appointed him as the National Coordinator for Security\, Infrastructure Protection\, and Counterterrorism for the U.S. National Security Council. His latest book\, The Fifth Domain: Defending our Country\, Companies\, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats\, calls on that long experience to tackle one of the most pivotal battlegrounds in modern security. \nJoin us at Kepler’s as he shares deep research from boardrooms\, government conference rooms\, and quantum computing labs—  all in pursuit of “cyber resilience”\, a position of strength against web hacking\, election interference\, and other boogeymen of the digital realm that are all too real.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/this-is-now-richard-a-clarke-on-cyber-threat/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190724T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190724T210000
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SUMMARY:Kristen Arnett: Mostly Dead Things
DESCRIPTION:Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel\, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. \nPraise for Mostly Dead Things \n“Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and most surprising first novels I’ve ever read. A love letter to Florida and to family\, to half-lit swamps and the 7/11\, and to the beasts that only pretend to hold their poses inside us. In Kristen Arnett’s expert hands\, taxidermy becomes a language to capture our species’ impossible and contradictory desire to be held and to be free.”- Karen Russell\, author of SWAMPLANDIA! \n“If Heather Lewis and Joy Williams had a child it might be this―I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel like it. There’s a gunslinger cool to every sentence\, like someone is telling you the last story they’ll ever tell you. Kristen Arnett is the queen of the Florida no one has ever told you about\, and on every page she brings it to a steely and vivid life.”- Alexander Chee\, author of HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL \n“Mostly Dead Things packs messed-up families\, scandalous love affairs\, art\, life\, death and the great state of Florida into one delicious\, darkly funny package. Kristen Arnett is wickedly talented and a wholly original voice”- Jami Attenberg\, author of ALL GROWN UP \nAbout Mostly Dead Things \nOne morning\, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has committed suicide\, right there on one of the metal tables. Shocked and grieving\, Jessa steps up to manage the failing business\, while the rest of the Morton family crumbles. Her mother starts sneaking into the shop to make aggressively lewd art with the taxidermied animals. Her brother Milo withdraws\, struggling to function. And Brynn\, Milo’s wife―and the only person Jessa’s ever been in love with―walks out without a word. As Jessa seeks out less-than-legal ways of generating income\, her mother’s art escalates―picture a figure of her dead husband and a stuffed buffalo in an uncomfortably sexual pose―and the Mortons reach a tipping point. For the first time\, Jessa has no choice but to learn who these people truly are\, and ultimately how she fits alongside them. \nKristen Arnett’s debut novel is a darkly funny\, heart-wrenching\, and eccentric look at loss and love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kristen-arnett-mostly-dead-things/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190724T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190724T213000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
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SUMMARY:Kristen Arnett and Esmé Weijun Wang
DESCRIPTION:Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel\, Mostly Dead Things with Esmé Weijun Wang. \nPraise for Mostly Dead Things \n“Mostly Dead Things is one of the strangest and funniest and most surprising first novels I’ve ever read. A love letter to Florida and to family\, to half-lit swamps and the 7/11\, and to the beasts that only pretend to hold their poses inside us. In Kristen Arnett’s expert hands\, taxidermy becomes a language to capture our species’ impossible and contradictory desire to be held and to be free.”- Karen Russell\, author of SWAMPLANDIA! \n“If Heather Lewis and Joy Williams had a child it might be this―I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel like it. There’s a gunslinger cool to every sentence\, like someone is telling you the last story they’ll ever tell you. Kristen Arnett is the queen of the Florida no one has ever told you about\, and on every page she brings it to a steely and vivid life.”- Alexander Chee\, author of HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL \n“Mostly Dead Things packs messed-up families\, scandalous love affairs\, art\, life\, death and the great state of Florida into one delicious\, darkly funny package. Kristen Arnett is wickedly talented and a wholly original voice”- Jami Attenberg\, author of ALL GROWN UP \nAbout Mostly Dead Things \nOne morning\, Jessa-Lynn Morton walks into the family taxidermy shop to find that her father has committed suicide\, right there on one of the metal tables. Shocked and grieving\, Jessa steps up to manage the failing business\, while the rest of the Morton family crumbles. Her mother starts sneaking into the shop to make aggressively lewd art with the taxidermied animals. Her brother Milo withdraws\, struggling to function. And Brynn\, Milo’s wife―and the only person Jessa’s ever been in love with―walks out without a word. As Jessa seeks out less-than-legal ways of generating income\, her mother’s art escalates―picture a figure of her dead husband and a stuffed buffalo in an uncomfortably sexual pose―and the Mortons reach a tipping point. For the first time\, Jessa has no choice but to learn who these people truly are\, and ultimately how she fits alongside them. \nKristen Arnett’s debut novel is a darkly funny\, heart-wrenching\, and eccentric look at loss and love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kristen-arnett-and-esme-weijun-wang/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190726T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190726T213000
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SUMMARY:LAUNCH for Sarah Rose Etter\, w/Trisha Low & Tommy Pico / The Book of X
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts Sarah Rose Etter for the launch of her anticipated debut novel\, The Book of X. She’ll be joined byTrisha Low and Tommy Pico. \nA surreal exploration of one woman’s life and death against a landscape of meat\, office desks\, and bad men. \nThe Book of X tells the tale of Cassie\, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm\, to a desk job in the city\, to finally experiencing love\, she grapples with her body\, men\, and society\, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday—school-age crushes\, paying bills\, the sickness of parents—with the surreal—rivers of thighs\, men for sale and fields of throats—Cassie’s realities alternate to create a blurred\, fantastic world of haunting beauty. \n\n“Etter brilliantly\, viciously lays bare what it means to be a woman in the world\, what it means to hurt\, to need\, to want\, so much it consumes everything.” –Roxane Gay\, author of Bad Feminist \n“I loved every page of this gorgeous\, grotesque\, heartbreaking novel.” – Carmen Maria Machado\, author of Her Body and Other Parties \n\nSarah Rose Etter is the author of Tongue Party\, selected by Deb Olin Unferth as the winner of the Caketrain Press award\, and The Book of X\, her first novel\, which is available from Two Dollar Radio. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Cut\, Electric Literature\, Guernica\,VICE\, New York Tyrant\, Juked\, Night Block\, The Black Warrior Review\,Salt Hill Journal\, The Collagist\, and more. She has been awarded residences at Disquiet International program in Portugal and the Gullkistan Writing Residency in Iceland. Author photo by Natalie Graf. \nTrisha Low is a poet and performer living in the East Bay. She is the author of The Compleat Purge (Kenning Editions\, 2013) and Socialist Realism(Emily Books/Coffee House Press\, 2019). Author photo by Kari Orvik. \nTommy “Teebs” Pico is author of the books IRL\, Nature Poem\, Junk\, Feed\, and myriad keen tweets including “sittin on the cock of gay.” Originally from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumeyaay nation\, he now splits his time between Los Angeles and Brooklyn. He co-curates the reading series Poets with Attitude\, co-hosts the podcast Food 4 Thot\, and is a contributing editor at Literary Hub. Author photo by Niqui Carter. \n\nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \nThe Bindery bar opens at 7pm. Event starts at 7:30pm. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \nIf you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of The Book of X\, order below and put your request in the comments field. To request signed copies of Trisha’s book\, do the same thing here; for Tommy’s\, here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/launch-for-sarah-rose-etter-w-trisha-low-tommy-pico-the-book-of-x/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190727T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190727T160000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
CREATED:20190606T023812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190606T023812Z
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SUMMARY:SF Creative Writing School Student Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Student Showcase readings “Write From The Gut” featuring our faculty\, alumni and current students reading works in progress. \nWith your host Paul Corman-Roberts
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sf-creative-writing-school-student-showcase/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190728T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190728T153000
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CREATED:20190606T023124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190606T023124Z
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SUMMARY:Life Without Parole - Author Kenneth E. Hartman
DESCRIPTION:Kenneth E. Hartman’s sentence to live without parole was recently commuted by Governor Jerry Brown after he had spent 35 years in prison. He is now an activist for prison and sentencing reform\, as well as a writer.  This afternoon\, Mr.  Hartman will read from his book\, Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars\, the fierce and affecting memoir of a convicted murderer\, whose growing self-awareness enables him to understand his crime and achieve redemption. \nIn 1980\, Kenneth E. Hartman murdered a homeless man in a Los Angeles area park after a drug-fueled binge. Sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by the state of California\, Hartman was soon considered a potent force by the system’s most brutal convicts. To the hellish chaos of a maximum-security prison he brought his own limitless propensity for violence—he often spent months at a time in solitary confinement\, “the Hole.” \nAfter years in the cold embrace of the state prison system\, Hartman discovered a vocation for writing; he also met\, through a chance phone call\, the woman he would marry and have a child by. With poignancy and self awareness\, Hartman chronicles the anarchy and brutish moral code that rules in some of the world’s most infamous prisons\, where physical punishment is the only form of control. Over time\, Hartman evolves into a sentient being; follows his newly discovered spiritual and literary inclinations; and learns to deal with his demanding responsibilities as a family man. The final chapter describes his development of the Honor Program\, which helps motivated prisoners escape the ravages of incarceration. \nMother California is the story of a man who did not succumb to the darkness of the only world left to him. It offers definite proof that there is no such thing as a life beyond redemption.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/life-without-parole-author-kenneth-e-hartman/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190728T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190728T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
CREATED:20190606T032308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190606T032308Z
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SUMMARY:Tucker Malarkey returns to present Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon
DESCRIPTION:Tucker Malarkey\n\n\n\n\nreturns to present Stronghold: One Man’s Quest to Save the World’s Wild Salmon\, the story of Guido Rahr\, a passionate and eccentric environmentalist who has single-mindedly dedicated his life to saving the environment\, working to preserve the world’s last pristine stronghold for salmon in Russia’s Far East–a landscape of ecological richness and diversity that is rapidly being developed for oil\, gas\, minerals\, and timber in the Putin era. \n“A powerful and inspiring story. Guido Rahr’s mission to save the wild Pacific salmon leads him into adventures that make for a breathtakingly exciting read.”–Ian Frazier\, author of Travels in Siberia \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of Stronghold by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, July 28\, 2019 – 3:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nA high school drop-out and rebel more at home in the natural world among animals than among people\, Rahr is a passionate fly fisher. His preternatural ability to understand the fish he was catching led him to fear for their future. What he came to understand is that the fate of the salmon is linked with the fate of humanity\, as they contribute in essential ways to our own habitat. Deeply reported and beautifully written\, Stronghold reveals the astonishing natural history of the salmon\, while also providing a fascinating narrative that takes the reader to remote\, inhospitable terrain and into the world of Russian oligarchs\, corrupt officials\, and impenetrable bureaucracies–as well as bringing us as close as possible to an extraordinary species of endangered fish. It is also a personal book in that Malarkey is Rahr’s first cousin and spent her summers with him on their family’s cabins in the wilds of Oregon. She has accompanied Rahr on many of his expeditions and knows this elusive\, private\, brilliant man as few do. \nTucker Malarkey is the author of the novels An Obvious Enchantment and Resurrection. Stronghold is her first major work of nonfiction. She lives in Berkeley. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tucker-malarkey-returns-to-present-stronghold-one-mans-quest-to-save-the-worlds-wild-salmon/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190728T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190728T183000
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CREATED:20190726T145348Z
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SUMMARY:The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides
DESCRIPTION:Last year\, former Benicia Unified School District groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson won a settlement for the cancer he got as a result of using Round Up produced by Monsanto\, which was bought by Bayer. In his new book The Fight Against Monsanto’s Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides author Mitchell Cohen describes how the herbicide glyphosate has caused cancer in workers and members of our community at large. In the trial it was discovered that Monsanto had conspired to keep medical information secret which showed this was a dangerous substance\, and Johnson’s likely death will be the result of their negligence in pursuit of profits. Cohen looks at the politics behind the pesticide chemical industry\, and why it is not being held accountable.\n\n\nThe San Francisco Labor Council this year also passed a resolution calling on the California Attorney General to remove “Round Up” from the shelves in California. \n  \n Special appearance by Juror #4 from the landmark verdict against Monsanto in Dewayne Johnson’s trial in which the corporation was originally ordered to pay $289 million but after they appealed\, was reduced to $78 million.\n\n\n\nIn conjunction with LaborFest 2019.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-fight-against-monsantos-roundup-the-politics-of-pesticides/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="LaborFest 2019":MAILTO:laborfest@laborfest.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190729T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190729T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
CREATED:20190729T204340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190729T204340Z
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SUMMARY:Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Photographer B.A. Van Sise discusses his new book\, Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry. Also featuring readings by poets Jane Hirshfield and Dorianne Laux. \nPraise for Children of Grass \n“In Children of Grass\, books fly around Alicia Ostriker like birds\, Vijay Seshadri stands on a ladder propped against the air itself\, and Mark Doty is growing from the forest floor. B.A. Van Sise’s photographs of contemporary poets\, paired with their poems\, are inspired\, playful\, and absolutely gorgeous. The word for what this book is\, what this book gives me\, is pleasure.” —Maggie Smith\, author of Good Bones \n“Van Sise’s imaginative\, creative\, and humorous eye reveals the ‘person’ of the poet and deeper meanings of their poems in ways that sometimes startle\, but always feel truthful. That is the purpose of photography and poetry.” —David Hume Kennerly\, Pulitzer Prize winner and former chief White House photographer \n“Why do we desperately need books like this? At least for me\, it’s because we occasionally need to be reminded that there are still mysteries out there\, questions that have no answers. It is nice to be re-introduced to wonder.” —Arun Venugopal\, WNYC \nAbout Children of Grass \nWith this fascinating synthesis of word and image\, internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography. At times whimsical\, surreal\, challenging\, enigmatic\, joyful and sobering\, these portraits— running adjacent to poems by each of their subjects—highlight some of the most influential poets of our time and celebrate creativity as only these poets in collaboration with Van Sise could convey. Children of Grass is also a timely homage to Walt Whitman—of whom Van Sise is a relative—and his masterpiece\, “Leaves of Grass\,” during this\, the 200th anniversary of his birth. Children of Grass\, will\, like the work of its literary grandfather\, stand as a lasting tribute to the vitality and creativity that flourishes in our country.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/children-of-grass-a-portrait-of-american-poetry-2/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190729T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190729T170000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
CREATED:20190730T014609Z
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SUMMARY:The End of the End of the World Literary Café Presents:  Benjamin Heim Shephard and Lynn Breedlove
DESCRIPTION:The End of the End of the World Literary Café Presents:\nBenjamin Heim Shephard and Lynn Breedlove\nHosted by James Tracy\, author of Dispatches Against Displacement (AK Press)\, Hillbilly Nationalists (Beacon Press) and the forthcoming (with Hilary Moore) No Fascist USA! The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today’s Movements (City Lights) \n  \nIlluminations on Market Street is a heartbreaking\, bitterly funny\, and revelatory look back at a time of crisis in San Francisco\, at the height of the AIDS epidemic. This roman à clef proves the personal is political. It was written with great insight and punishing honesty by veteran social justice and queer activist Benjamin Heim Shepard. The writer of several nonfiction books about politics and the counterculture\, Shepard mined the contents of a personal journal from 30 years ago to create a slightly fictionalized saga of a city under siege and the souls in freefall who populated it. \n45 Thought Crimes (Manic D Press) is Lynn Breedlove’s new book about spirituality for skeptics\, in the body of the beloved. It’s church at a punk show\, a letter to bees\, a map in a crisis\, a guidebook to histories\, to love in a riot. Compassionate table flipping\, commitment to the tactile\, a swipe at the inevitable. Breedlove is also the author of the novel Godspeed\, singer for the bands Tribe 8 / Homobiles / Commando\, and writer/performer of Lynnee Breedlove’s One Freak Show. His work won him the 2012 Harvey Milk LGBT Club Award for Activism.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-end-of-the-end-of-the-world-literary-cafe-presents-benjamin-heim-shephard-and-lynn-breedlove-2/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190730T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190730T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T191617Z
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SUMMARY:Sarah Parcak: Archaeology from Space
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Parcak discusses her new book\, Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past. \nPraise for Archaeology From Space \n“This book is so much more than the memoir of a dedicated archaeologist—it’s an open invitation for all of us to become explorers. She has pioneered crowd source archaeology\, and shows how we can join her on the adventures of discovery that we’ve always dreamed about.” —Peter Jackson\, Academy Award-winning director \n“Divining clues about what’s hidden beneath the earth from satellites high above\, Parcak takes the reader on a worldwide adventure through our shared and ancient past. With delightful wit\, infectious wonder\, and a big dose of wisdom about where we’re headed\, she offers anyone with a computer the chance to become a virtual Indiana Jones.” —Juli Berwald\, author of Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone \n“Part memoir\, part pop-history\, Sarah Parcak’s writing bursts with enthusiasm and illuminates her pioneering research that seems more like science fiction than the hard science it is. Reading this book makes me want to become a space archaeologist!”—Steve Brusatte\, University of Edinburgh paleontologist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs \nAbout Archaeology From Space \nNational Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the exciting new world of space archaeology\, a growing field that is sparking extraordinary discoveries from ancient civilizations across the globe. \nIn Archaeology from Space\, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution\, major discoveries\, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography\, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis\, she shares her field’s biggest discoveries\, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting\, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world’s ancient treasures. \nParcak has worked in twelve countries and four continents\, using multispectral and high-resolution satellite imagery to identify thousands of previously unknown settlements\, roads\, fortresses\, palaces\, tombs\, and even potential pyramids. From there\, her stories take us back in time and across borders\, into the day-to-day lives of ancient humans whose traits and genes we share. And she shows us that if we heed the lessons of the past\, we can shape a vibrant future.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sarah-parcak-archaeology-from-space/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190731T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190731T210000
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SUMMARY:#we - a talk and reading series of queer perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the fourth installment of #we\, a talk and reading series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two writers from various segments of the queer spectrum\, who each give a talk on their perspective on or experience of queerness\, followed by a reading of their creative work. For our fourth event\, experimental non-binary wordsmith Julian Mithra will deliver a talk titled “Hybrid Gender & Genre”\, and read selections of whatever they see fit\, and poet and performer Marvin R. Hiemstra will present his upcoming memoir\, Raven Knows: Your Smile Is Unique\, detailing his amorous evolution through much of the 20th Century both extemporaneously and through passages. Q&A and chat time will follow. \n  \nAbsolutely all are welcome to this sharing of perspectives. The venue is wheelchair accessible\, and ASL translation for the deaf is available on request\, with a two-week notice preferred. \n  \nHosted by Richard Loranger \n  \nfree of charge\, and a hat will be passed \n  \n  \nPERFORMER BIOS \n  \nJulian née Sara Mithra writes about things that haven’t happened and never could happen. If the Color Is Fugitive (Nomadic Press) was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Poetry. Read more experiments in The Lifted Brow\, Meow Meow Pow Pow\, Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea\, Storm Cellar\, Name and None\, and inside bags of Nomadic Coffee. \n  \nFounding Editor-in-Chief of Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review for eight years Marvin R. Hiemstra has published satires and poetic humor in North American Review\, The Satirist\, Amsterdam Quarterly\, Caveat Lector\, and elsewhere.  Dana Gioia called Marvin’s performance DVD\, French Kiss Destiny\, “superb work.”  The Tower Journal defined Poet Wrangler: Droll Poems: “Marvin R. Hiemstra\, profound humor and double-entendre\, offers sheer joy.”  “What I hold closest to my heart is Marvin’s constant reminder of the importance of human affection in this totally terrifying 21st Century!”  Shawn Pittard in The Great American Pinup.  Library Journal reported\, “Whimsical poet/humorist Hiemstra is a very agreeable addition to contemporary American literature.”  Leslie Hills at The Scotsman noted\, “Marvin R. Hiemstra’s A Turquoise Coyote Under Your Pillow is intense\, refreshing theatre.”  RAVEN KNOWS: YOUR SMILE IS UNIQUE   is Marvin’s book of anecdotes that will appear in 2020. Marvin’s talk will share the delightful and sometimes shocking details of his amorous evolution. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/we-a-talk-and-reading-series-of-queer-perspectives/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190731T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190731T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
CREATED:20190707T191926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T191926Z
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SUMMARY:Sarah Rose Etter: The Book of X
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Rose Etter discusses her new novel\, The Book of X\, with Rita Bullwinkel. \nPraise for The Book of X \n“Etter brilliantly\, viciously lays bare what it means to be a woman in the world\, what it means to hurt\, to need\, to want\, so much it consumes everything.” –Roxane Gay\, author of Bad Feminist \n“I loved every page of this gorgeous\, grotesque\, heartbreaking novel.” –Carmen Maria Machado\, author of Her Body and Other Parties \nAbout The Book of X \nA surreal exploration of one woman’s life and death against a landscape of meat\, office desks\, and bad men. \nThe Book of X tells the tale of Cassie\, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm\, to a desk job in the city\, to finally experiencing love\, she grapples with her body\, men\, and society\, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday — school-age crushes\, paying bills\, the sickness of parents — with the surreal — rivers of thighs\, men for sale\, and fields of throats — Cassie’s realities alternate to create a blurred\, fantastic world of haunting beauty.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sarah-rose-etter-the-book-of-x/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20190801T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190801T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
CREATED:20190726T145045Z
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SUMMARY:Women Bike Book Club
DESCRIPTION:For our meeting in August\, we’ll be reading Cat\, by Freya North. This title is a bit of a departure from our past books\, and will be a blast to dissect and discuss! Author’s description: \nShe’s in for the ride of her life. \nHer career is stuck in a rut. \nHer love life has been a tangle. \nBut fortune favours the brave… \nWhen journalist Cat McCabe lands a job reporting on the Tour de France she’s confident it might give her stuttering career the boost it needs and provide a welcome distraction from a messy break-up. Or so she hopes. \nShe quickly realizes Le Tour is not just all about the bikes. Large bulges\, huge egos\, lashings of Lycra and plenty of sexy shenanigans play their part and\, soon enough\, her own life starts to mirror the high peaks and perilous lows of the race as she battles for more than just a scoop. \nWhatever happens\, it’s going to be the ride of her life.\nWith sex\, drugs\, and egos\, the soap opera that is the Tour de France unfolds\, with Cat’s life frequently mirroring the peaks and perils of the race. \nPick up a copy of Cat at Golden Gate! Please call 510-597-5023 or email esanders@oaklandlibrary.org to make sure copies are available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/women-bike-book-club/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library – Golden Gate Branch\, 5606 San Pablo Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94608
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190801T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190801T213000
DTSTAMP:20260411T121126
CREATED:20190708T005944Z
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SUMMARY:J. Ryan Stradal
DESCRIPTION:J. Ryan Stradal\n\n\n\n\nreads from his much-anticipated The Lager Queen of Minnesota\, a novel of family\, Midwestern values\, hard work\, fate\, and the secrets of making a world-class beer\, from the author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest. Please join us for a festive evening of books and brews at Novel Brewing Company (www.novelbrewing.com). \n“Warm\, whimsical\, incredibly well-written and infused with Stradal’s signature sympathy for his characters–those everyday heroes we all know and love. . . a thorough delight\, from beginning to end.”–Nickolas Butler \nYou may order a copy of The Lager Queen of Minnesota in the store\, by clicking below\, or at the event. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 1\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nEdith Magnusson’s rhubarb pies are famous in the Twin Cities–they were named the third-best in the state of Minnesota and St. Anthony-Waterside Nursing Home has quickly become the hottest dinner ticket in town. Still\, she lies awake wondering how her life might have been different if her father hadn’t left their family farm to her sister Helen\, a decision that split their family in two. \nWith the proceeds from the farm\, her sister\, Helen Blotz\, built her husband Orval’s family soda business into the top selling brewery in Minnesota. She single-handedly created the light beer revolution and made their corporate motto ubiquitous: “Drink lots\, it’s Blotz.” But Helen dismisses IPAs as a fad\, and the Blotz fortune begins its inevitable decline. Soon\, though\, she finds a potential savior that’s surprisingly close to home. . . \nDiana Winter earns a shot at learning the beer business from the ground up just as the IPA revolution begins. The stakes couldn’t be higher: just as she’s launching her own brewpub\, she’s due to deliver a baby girl. When the unthinkable happens\, it’s up to Grandma Edith–and a delightfully surprising cadre of grandmother friends–to secure the next generation’s chances for a better future. Can Grandma Edith’s Rhubarb Pie In A Bottle Ale save Diana’s fledgling brewery\, and change their hearts and fortunes forever? \nJ. Ryan Stradal is a contributing editor at Taste Magazine. His bestselling debut\, Kitchens of the Great Midwest\, won the 2016 American Booksellers Association Indie’s Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year and also the 2016 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award for debut fiction. Born and raised in Minnesota\, he now lives in Los Angeles. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nNovel Brewing Co.\n6510 San Pablo Ave\n\nOakland\, CA 94608
URL:https://litseen.com/event/j-ryan-stradal/
LOCATION:Novel Brewing Company\, 6510 San Pablo Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94608
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Simon Hanselmann: Bad Gateway
DESCRIPTION:Simon Hanselmann joins us to discuss his new graphic novel Bad Gateway\, the latest installment in the Megg and Mogg series. \nAbout Bad Gateway \nPerpetually intoxicated\, lovable degenerates Megg and Mogg have drifted through a consequence-free life full of raucous antics. But their heavy drug use\, once a gateway to adventure\, has begun to take a grim psychological toll. As her unstable lifestyle finally catches up to her\, Megg turns to her past to uncover the roots of the self-destructive habits that have led her down this dark path. Bad Gateway is the magnum opus that Simon Hanselmann’s previous work has been building towards\, careening into new psychological depths. \nSimon Hanselmann was born in 1981 in Launceston\, Tasmania. His New York Times best-selling Megg & Mogg series has been translated into thirteen languages\, nominated for multiple Ignatz and Eisner awards\, and won “Best Series” at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2018. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife and a rotating cast of small animals.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/simon-hanselmann-bad-gateway/
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:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING
DESCRIPTION:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING\n\n\n \n\n\n\nUpcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:\n\n August 3\, September 7\n\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\n \n \nSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-open-poetry-reading-9/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Marc Huestis regales with readings from his long-awaited memoir Impresario of Castro Street
DESCRIPTION:Huestis’ book covers 45 years of San Francisco gay history\, starting in 1974 working with the fabled theatre group Angels of Light\, his volatile relationship with Harvey Milk\, co-founding Frameline (now the oldest and largest LGBTQ Film Festival in the world)\, creating first generation AIDS docs in the ’80s and ’90s including his award-winning Sex Is…\, and producing over two decades of legendary Castro extravaganzas feting such stars as Debbie Reynolds\, Ann Miller\, Jane Russell\, Karen Black\, Patty Duke\, and John Waters.  Fasten your seatbelts…
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marc-huestis-regales-with-readings-from-his-long-awaited-memoir-impresario-of-castro-street/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Oval Window - A Poetry & Music Listening Experience
DESCRIPTION:E.K. Keith presents: Oval Window – A Poetry & Music Listening Experience
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oval-window-a-poetry-music-listening-experience/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Mahnaz Badihian + Youssef Alaoui - followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:“Life took me through many different experiences\, but art and poetry never left my side. “\nMahnaz Badihian is a poet\, translator and artist whose work has been published in multiple languages worldwide and presented in several exhibits. Her publications include several books of poetry in Persian and English\, and a Persian translation of Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions\, which became an underground hit within Iran. Her most recent publication is a bilingual CD of poems by Rumi with Jack Hirschman called Like This!. “My brush and pen explain and explore life as it happens\,” says Badihian. Currently\, she resides in San Francisco\, California where she runs an online multilingual literary magazine\, MahMag.org and is a member of the San Francisco Revolutionary Poets Brigade. She had formal training in art under Master Nasr Esfahan in the ancient creative capital of Iran\, Esfahan. Her previous exhibitions have been in Baltimore\, MD; Iowa City\, IA; and London\, England. Most of her paintings are in private collections in the United States\, Europe and Middle East. “Without brush and pen\, I would be lost in the solitude and alienation that I found myself in since childhood. Whatever may affect me\, whether happiness\, war\, human suffering\, or raw creative impulse\, it has always been expressed by my brush and pen.” \nYoussef Alaoui is an Arab Latino. His family and heritage are an endless source of inspiration for his varied\, dark\, spiritual and carnal writings. He has an MFA in Poetics from New College of California. He is a quiet individual experiencing the swirling cosmos as it taps against his window in a house not far from the sea. His work has appeared in Exquisite Corpse\, Big Bridge\, 580 Split\, Dusie Press\, RIVET Journal\, Paris Lit Up\, and nominated for a Pushcart at Full of Crow.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mahnaz-badihian-youssef-alaoui-followed-by-an-open-mic/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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