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SUMMARY:Poetry with Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, Brittany Perham
DESCRIPTION:Poetry with Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, Brittany Perham\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, June 22\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nPegasus welcomes renowned poets Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, and Brittany Perham\, for an evening of shared words from recent works. \nKim Addonizio is the author of a dozen books\, most recently Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life (Penguin)\, and a poetry collection\, Mortal Trash (W.W. Norton). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times\, The Sun\, Poetry\, Narrative\, and elsewhere. She is an occasional presenter for BBC Radio. She lives in Oakland\, CA\, and teaches poetry workshops privately and online. Visit her at www.kimaddonizio.com. \n \n  \nDonna Masini’s third book of poems\, 4:30 Movie (W.W. Norton and Co.\, 2018) will be out this May.  She is the author of Turning to Fiction (W.W. Norton 2004)\, That Kind of Danger (Beacon Press\, 1994)\, and a novel\, About Yvonne (W.W. Norton\,1998). Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies including Poetry\, Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, Open City\, The Paris Review\, Parnassus\, Pushcart Prize\, Brooklyn Poets\, Best American Poetry 2015.  A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships\, she is a Professor of English at Hunter College where she teaches in the MFA Creative Writing program. She is at work on a novel\, The Good Enough Mother. \n \nBrittany Perham is the author of Double Portrait (W.W. Norton\, 2017)\, which received the Barnard Women Poets Prize; The Curiosities (Free Verse Editions\, 2012); and\, with Kim Addonizio\, the collaborative chapbook The Night Could Go in Either Direction (SHP\, 2016). She is a Jones Lecturer in the Creative Writing Program at Stanford University\, where she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. She lives in San Francisco. \n \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nFriday\, June 22\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMortal Trash: Poems (Paperback)\n\nBy Kim Addonizio\n$15.95\nISBN: 9780393354348\nAvailability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days\nPublished: W. W. Norton & Company – August 1st\, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:30 Movie: Poems (Hardcover)\n\nBy Donna Masini\n$25.95\nISBN: 9780393635508\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: W. W. Norton & Company – May 29th\, 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDouble Portrait (Hardcover)\n\nBy Brittany Perham\n$26.95\nISBN: 9780393354010\nAvailability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days\nPublished: W. W. Norton & Company – August 8th\, 2017
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-with-kim-addonizio-donna-masini-brittany-perham/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:For Kids ages 4-8 Leslie Crawford
DESCRIPTION:Presents Sprig the Rescue Pig\, nspired by the true story of a feisty swine who escapes a delivery truck and ends up at an animal sanctuary\, this gently humorous tale introduces kids to an intelligent\, inquisitive\, and very appealing pig. \n“May Sprig help people to see what wonderful individuals pigs truly are.”–Sy Montgomery\, author of The Good Good Pig\, Tamed & Untamed\, and The Soul of an Octopus \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of Sprig the Rescue Pig by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 23\, 2018 – 4:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nThings aren’t looking good for Sprig\, who is packed into a fast-moving truck with dozens of other pigs. He doesn’t know where they’re going but his nose knows there’s something better out there. \nSo with one dramatic leap\, or really more of a tumble\, Sprig sets out on a pig-centered adventure that leads him to his new best friend\, a girl named Rory. Inspired by true events\, this light-hearted tale introduces kids to an intelligent and inquisitive pig who finds his way to an animal sanctuary. \nThe book includes a bonus section called “More About Pigs\,” where curious readers will learn that pigs are smart enough to play video games\, enjoy sleeping in cozy pig piles\, run really fast\, and other amazing facts. \nA journalist and editor for more than twenty years\, Leslie Crawford has primarily written about health and education. It was thanks to her 12-year-old daughter Molly\, who has never met an animal she doesn’t like\, that Leslie developed an interest in writing about animals. Crawford lives in San Francisco with her two children\, six chickens\, five foster pigeons\, and a bearded dragon lizard named Georgia.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/for-kids-ages-4-8-leslie-crawford/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:CATHY CASSADY: TRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID
DESCRIPTION:SAT. JUNE 23RD\, 4-6PM \n\n\nTRAVEL TIPS FOR THE TIMID BY CAROLYN CASSADY\n\nJoin us for an afternoon with Cathy Cassady\, eldest daughter of Neal and Carolyn Cassady\, and editor of the newly published Travel Tips for the Timid\, written and richly illustrated by Carolyn. \nFor many years\, and somewhat unbeknownst to her children until after her passing\, Carolyn Cassady remained hard at work writing and painting\, and this book is part of the trove of art and writing she left behind. Travel Tips for the Timid follows Carolyn’s journeys abroad with her children\, dispelling the kind of surprises that often catch travelers—particularly first-time travelers—by surprise. \nThis event will include readings from the book\, as well as a discussion and Q&A with Cathy about Carolyn’s exceptional life and work. \n\nCarolyn Cassady (April 28\, 1923–September 20\, 2013)\, immortalized as “Camille” in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road\, graduated from Bennington College with a degree in Drama. She moved to Denver to pursue her Masters in Theater Arts; while there\, she met and married Neal Cassady\, who became known as the inspiration for Jack Kerouac\, Allen Ginsberg\, and Ken Kesey. But Carolyn was a prolific artist in her own right. Aside from enjoying painting\, sculpting\, drafting\, block printing\, embroidery\, upholstering\, and theater arts\, she also published two memoirs\, Heart Beatand Off the Road. She was fortunate enough to be able to pursue her passion for the theater as the Artistic Director for both the San Jose Light Opera Company and the Santa Clara University Drama Department. For many years\, she designed stage sets\, costumes\, and hairstyles for the local dance school. When her three kids were grown and gone\, Carolyn moved to England\, where she lived her remaining thirty years.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cathy-cassady-travel-tips-for-the-timid/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Rodney Koeneke\,  Dodie Bellamy\, and Ross Simonini \nHosted by Kevin Killian
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash -- featuring Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, and Brittany Perham
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday\, June 24th at 3pm. The month’s feature poets are Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, and Brittany Perham. \nKim Addonizio’s latest book of poems is Mortal Trash. Terrance Hayes calls it  “Peerless poetry…reliably remarkable clarity\, edge\, and emotion.” This is her seventh collection. She’s been a finalist for the National Book Award\, received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, two NEA Fellowships\, and a Pushcart Prize. Among her other publications are four books of fiction and her Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life. An occasional presenter for BBC radio\, she teaches workshops privately and online. \nDonna Masini’s new book of poems is 4:30 Movie. Tracy K. Smith says\, “Truly inspired…4:30 Movie is a stunning\, playful\, searing\, healing collection that will enlarge the reader and revive something crucial in American poetry.” Her two previous collections are Turning to Fiction and That Kind of Danger.  She has also published a novel\, About Yvonne. The recipient of an NEA Fellowship and another from the New York Foundation for the Arts\, she has won a Pushcart Prize and appeared in Best American Poetry 2015. \nBrittany Perham’s second book of poems\, Double Portrait\, won the Barnard Women Poets Prize\, selected by Claudia Rankine. Eavan Boland says\, “This unswerving\, ambitious work brings the reader on a wild and thrilling journey. The poems lead into a world where desire\, the body\, memory and invention are looked at in the bright light of language; nothing forgiven\, everything laid bare.…” She is also the author of the full-length collection The Curiosities and\, with Kim Addonizio\, the chapbook The Night Could Go in Either Direction. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, she is now a Jones Lecturer in their Creative Writing Program.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-featuring-kim-addonizio-donna-masini-and-brittany-perham/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Wolff Translator’s Prize Winner Isabel Fargo Cole: Unearthing Wolfgang Hilbig
DESCRIPTION:Goethe-Institut San Francisco | ART-Lounge | 530 Bush Street (entrance street level) | San Francisco\, California \n\n\n\nJoin us for a double celebration at the Goethe-Institut San Francisco! We will toast Berlin-based translator Isabel Fargo Cole\, winner of this year’s Helen & Kurt Wolff Prize for her translation of Wolfgang Hilbig’s Old Rendering Plant\, and the recent publication of The Tidings of the Trees. Cole will discuss the translator as discoverer\, the challenges of recreating the experience of language\, and the artistic intimacy one cultivates by translating multiple works by the same writer with editor and critic Joseph Schreiber.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wolff-translators-prize-winner-isabel-fargo-cole-unearthing-wolfgang-hilbig/
LOCATION:Goethe Institut\, 530 Bush St #204\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jonathan White\, Tides
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan White\, Tides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, June 25\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes marine conservationist Jonathan White for a reading and signing of his new book\, Tides: The Spirit of the Ocean. \nIn Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean\, writer\, sailor and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic\, he shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China\, he races the Silver Dragon\, a twenty-five foot tidal bore that crashes eighty miles up the Qiantang River; in France\, he interviews the monks that live in the tide-wrapped monastery of Mont St. Michel; in Chile and Scotland\, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation; and in Panama and Venice\, he delves into how the threat of sea level rise is changing human culture – the very old and very new. \nJonathan White is an active marine conservationist\, a sailor\, and a surfer. His first book\, Talking on the Water: Conversations about Nature and Creativity\, is a collection of interviews exploring our relationship with nature and features Gretel Ehrlich\, David Brower\, Ursula K. Le Guin\, Gary Snyder\, Peter Matthiessen\, and others. White has written for the Christian Science Monitor\, The Sun\, Orion\, Surfer’s Journal\, and other publications. He holds an MFA in creative nonfiction and lives with his wife and son on a small island in Washington State. \n\nThis event will be free at Bookshop Santa Cruz with open seating. Chairs for open seating are usually set up an hour before the event begins.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean (Paperback)\n\nBy Jonathan White\, Peter Matthiessen (Foreword by)\n$18.95\nISBN: 9781595348517\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Trinity University Press – June 15th\, 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTides–GET IT SIGNED\n\n$18.95\nSKU: S781595348517\n\n\n\n\n\n\nName (optional)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you cannot join us for this event\, you can still have a copy of his book Tides signed for you at the event. Books must be paid for in advance and can either be shipped or held for pick-up in the store once they are signed. Internet orders must be placed by Friday\, June 22nd. After that\, please call the store to inquire about signed editions at 831-423-0900. \nMost authors will be happy to add a name to their signature\, but this service is at their discretion and isn’t guaranteed.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jonathan-white-tides/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Poetry Express presents a reading with Sandra Anfang\, Looking Glass Heart
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Express presents a reading with Sandra Anfang\, Looking Glass Heart\, Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, free\, 7:00-9:00
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-express-presents-a-reading-with-sandra-anfang-looking-glass-heart/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:BINDERY: Joel Selvin / Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long\, Strange Trip
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery is delighted to host Joel Selvin and Pamela Turley for Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead’s Long\, Strange Trip. Please join us! \nThe Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of guitarist Jerry Garcia\, but the band very nearly died along with him. When Garcia passed away suddenly in August of 1995\, the remaining band members experienced full crises of confidence and identity. So long defined by Garcia’s vision for the group\, the surviving “Core Four\,” as they came to be called\, were reduced to conflicting agendas\, strained relationships\, and catastrophic business decisions that would leave the iconic band in shambles. Wrestling with how best to define their living legacy\, the band made many attempts at restructuring\, but it would take twenty years before relationships were mended enough for the Grateful Dead as fans remembered them to once again take the stage. \nAcclaimed music journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joel Selvin was there for much of the turmoil following Garcia’s death\, and he’ll offer a behind-the-scenes account of the ebbs and flows that occurred during the ensuing two decades. Plenty of books have been written about the rise of the Grateful Dead\, but this final chapter of the band’s history has never before been explored in detail. Culminating in the landmark tour bearing the same name\, Fare Thee Well charts the arduous journey from Garcia’s passing all the way up to the uneasy agreement between the Core Four that led to the series of shows celebrating the band’s fiftieth anniversary and finally allowing for a proper\, and joyous\, sendoff of the group revered by so many. \n  \n\n  \nJoel Selvin is an award-winning journalist who has covered pop music for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1970. Selvin is the author of the bestselling Summer of Love and coauthor\, with Sammy Hagar\, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Red. He has written twelve other books about pop music. Selvin lives in San Francisco\, California. \n  \n  \nAtlanta-based freelance writer Pamela Turley was the founder and executive director of Square Globe Theater\, an award-winning educator and pioneer in the home schooling field\, producer-writer of “Blind Alley Radio Show” for Atlanta NPR outlet\, and author of a dating manual. Her articles on health\, beauty and science have appeared in a variety of newspapers\, magazines and Web sites. She attended more than 150 concerts by various editions of the post-Garcia Grateful Dead bands. \n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery at 1727 Haight. \n  \nThis is an all ages event. The bar opens at 7\, event begins at 7:30pm. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bindery-joel-selvin-fare-thee-well-the-final-chapter-of-the-grateful-deads-long-strange-trip/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Glen David Gold in conversation with Oscar Villalon
DESCRIPTION:Glen David Gold in conversation with Oscar Villalon\nTuesday\, June 26\, 2018\, 7:00 p.m.\, City Lights Booksellers\, 261 Columbus Avenue\, San Francisco\n\ndiscussing Glen David Gold’s new memoir \nI Will Be Complete \nfrom Alfred Knopf \nThis event is co-sponsored by Zyzzyva \nFrom the best-selling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside\, a big-hearted memoir told in three parts: about growing up in the wake of the destructive choices of an extremely unconventional mother. \nGlen David Gold was raised rich\, briefly\, in southern California at the end of the go-go 1960s. But his father’s fortune disappears\, his parents divorce\, and Glen falls out of his well-curated life and into San Francisco at the epicenter of the Me Decade: the inimitable ’70s. Gold grows up with his mother\, among con men and get-rich schemes. Then\, one afternoon when he’s twelve\, she moves to New York without telling him\, leaving him to fend for himself. I Will Be Complete is the story of how Gold copes\, honing a keen wit and learning how to fill in the emotional gaps: “I feel love and then it’s like I’m driving on black ice with no contact against the road.” He leads us though his early salvation at boarding school; his dream job at an independent bookstore in Los Angeles in 1983; a punk rock riot; a romance with a femme fatale to the soundtrack of R.E.M.; and his attempts to forge a career as a writer. Along the way\, Gold becomes increasingly fascinated with his father’s self-described “cheerful amorality” and estranged from his mother\, who lives with her soulmate\, a man who threatens to kill her. Clear-eyed and heartbreaking\, Gold’s story ultimately speaks to everyone who has struggled with the complexity of parental bonds by searching for–and finding–autonomy. \nGlen David Gold’s first novel\, Carter Beats the Devil\, has been translated into fourteen languages.  His short stories and essays have appeared in McSweeney’s\, Playboy\, and The New York Times Magazine.  He lives in Los Angeles. \nAdvance praise for I Will Be Complete: \n“I Will Be Complete is the best memoir I’ve read in years. It’s likely the best memoir published in years. Gold’s a novelist and this book reads like the best fiction. It’s exciting\, beautiful\, and clear-eyed in a way most memoirs aren’t. Oh\, and you’ll never forget this charming\, intelligent\, unique narrator.” —Darin Strauss\, author of National Book Critics Circle Award winner Half a Life and Chang and Eng \n“We expect the story of a boy and his mother ought to go a certain way. I Will Be Complete goes in ways you’d never expect. The people shatter\, reassemble themselves\, and shatter all over again. The prose is crystalline\, hard as real diamonds\, flashing\, revealing. The story is simple\, just a boy and his mother’s long disintegration\, but the journey is darkly complicated\, heartbreaking\, beautiful as hell.”  —Mark Childress\, author of Crazy in Alabama \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/glen-david-gold-in-conversation-with-oscar-villalon/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, June 26th at 7:00 p.m. when we welcome editor Margot Kahn and award-winning author Pam Houston as they celebrate their new book This is the Place. \n\nPraise for This is the Place: \n\n“…an honest portrait of the U.S.\, pieced together like an imperfect American quilt. We need more books like this.” — BUST \n\n“This collection\, encompassing a spectrum of races\, ethnicities\, religions\, sexualities\, political beliefs and classes\, could not be timelier….open this book\, hear its chorus of voices and remember that we are a nation of individuals\, bound to each other by our humanity.” — The New York Times Book Review
URL:https://litseen.com/event/margot-kahn-and-kelly-mcmasters/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:SPANISH LANGUAGE BOOK CLUB MEETING
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a lively discussion about \n“Milena o el femur mas bello del Mundo” by Jorge Cepeda Patterson \nTo join the book group please contact iranyi@me.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/spanish-language-book-club-meeting/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:A Poetry Reading with Neeli Cherkovski & Clark Coolidge
DESCRIPTION:Neeli Cherkovski is the author of many books of poetry\, including his most recent collection\, Elegy for My Beat Generation (Lithic Press). He was the coeditor of Anthology of L.A. Poets (with Charles Bukowski) and Cross-Strokes: Poetry between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Cherkovski also wrote biographies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Charles Bukowski\, as well as the critical memoir Whitman’s Wild Children (1988). He has lived in San Francisco since 1974. \nBorn and raised in Providence\, Rhode Island\, experimental poet and jazz musician Clark Coolidge has been connected to both the Language movement and the New York School. His poetry utilizes syntactical and sonic patterns to engage\, and generate\, meaning. In a 1968 poetics statement\, he noted\, “Words have a universe of qualities other than those of descriptive relation: Hardness\, Density\, Sound-Shape\, Vector-Force\, & Degrees of Transparency/Opacity.” Coolidge’s numerous collections of poetry include his Selected Poems 1962-1985.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-poetry-reading-with-neeli-cherkovski-clark-coolidge/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Keep Begin Detach: inspired by Pauline Oliveros
DESCRIPTION:June 27 (wednesday) in the evening time from 6:30-8pm \nThe Event \nKeep Begin Detach: Multimedia Essays \nCome to EM Wolfman for an exploration of text and image\, music and silence\, meditation and performance. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros\, Katarina Countiss and friends will bring engaging elements to classics and original work. \nThere’s time for you to read or perform something if you want to (read: open mic) \nHope to see you there and tune in to the event streaming on fb!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/keep-begin-detach-inspired-by-pauline-oliveros/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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CREATED:20180531T222314Z
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer-East Bay: Pride Zine Fest
DESCRIPTION:Guest curator Anand Vedawala presents four East Bay queer zine creators: Erin Stokes\, Lawrence Lindell\, Maira\, and Nia King
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-east-bay-pride-zine-fest/
LOCATION:Laurel Book Store\, 1423 Broadway\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Who Will Speak For America?
DESCRIPTION:Who Will Speak For America?\nWednesday\, June 27\, 2018\, 7:00 p.m.\, City Lights Booksellers\, 261 Columbus Avenue\, San Francisco\n\nwith Veronica Scott Esposito\, Charlie Jane Anders\, and Craig Santos Perez \nDrawing on the success of Writers Resist\, a national day of literary protest\, Who Will Speak for America? presents the best contemporary writing on American identity\, justice\, and dissent\, and asserts a constructive vision of American society. Coedited by Stephanie Feldman and Nathaniel Popkin. \nIncluding essays\, poetry\, stories\, photography\, speeches\, and cartoons from: Samira Ahmed\, Charlie Jane Anders\, Cynthia Arrieu-King\, Cynthia Atkins\, Linh Dinh\, Veronica Scott Esposito\, Ken Kalfus\, Eileen Myles\, Marc Anthony Richardson\, Craig Santos Perez\, and many others. \nAll royalties benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center\, which is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry\, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/who-will-speak-for-america/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:BINDERY: Porochista Khakpour / Sick
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts an evening with the author of Sons and Other Flammable Objects and The Last Illusion\, Porochista Khakpour for her new book Sick: A Memoir. Porochista will be in conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang (The Border of Paradise). Please join us! \n  \nFor as long as writer Porochista Khakpour can remember\, she has been sick. For most of that time\, she didn’t know why. All of her trips to the ER and her daily pain and lethargy only ever resulted in one question: How could any one person be this sick? Several drug addictions\, three major hospitalizations\, and over $100\,000 later\, she finally had a diagnosis: late-stage Lyme disease. In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible\, an honest\, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness\, misdiagnosis\, addiction\, and the myth of full recovery. Sick is a candid\, illuminating narrative of hope and uncertainty\, boldly examining the deep impact of illness on one woman’s life. \n  \n\nPorochista Khakpour’s debut novel Sons and Other Flammable Objects was a New York Times Editor’s Choice\, one of the Chicago Tribune’s Fall’s Best\, and the 2007 California Book Award winner in the “First Fiction” category. Her second novel The Last Illusion was a 2014 “Best Book of the Year” according to NPR\, Kirkus\, Buzzfeed\, Popmatters\, Electric Literature\, and many more.  Among her many fellowships is a National Endowment for the Arts award. Her nonfiction has appeared in many sections of The New York Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, Elle\, Slate\, Salon\, and Bookforum\, among many others. Currently\, she is guest faculty at VCFA and Stonecoast’s MFA programs as well as Contributing Editor at The Evergreen Review. Born in Tehran and raised in the Los Angeles area\, she lives in New York City’s Harlem. Her author photo was taken by Sylvie Roskoff. \n  \nEsmé Weijun Wang is a novelist and essayist. Her debut novel\, The Border of Paradise\, was called a Best Book of 2016 by NPR and one of the 25 Best Novels of 2016 by Electric Literature. She was named by Granta as one of the “Best of Young American Novelists” in 2017\, and is the recipient of the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize for her forthcoming essay collection\, The Collected Schizophrenias. Born in the Midwest to Taiwanese parents\, she lives in San Francisco\, and can be found at esmewang.com and on Twitter @esmewang. \n  \n\nPlease note: This event is free and all ages\, and will be at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nDoors and bar open at 7. Event starts at 7:30pm. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \n  \nAccessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you. \n\n\n\n\nBooks:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSick: A Memoir (Paperback)\n\nBy Porochista Khakpour\n$15.99\nISBN: 9780062428738\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Harper Perennial – June 5th\, 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSons and Other Flammable Objects (Paperback)\n\nBy Porochista Khakpour\n$14.00\nISBN: 9780802143860\nAvailability: Out of Stock – Usually Ships in 1-5 Days\nPublished: Grove Press – September 1st\, 2008\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Border of Paradise (Paperback)\n\nBy Esme Weijun Wang\n$16.00\nISBN: 9781939419699\nAvailability: On Our Shelves Now\nPublished: Unnamed Press – April 12th\, 2016
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bindery-porochista-khakpour-sick/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry Jam
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-jam-2/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, 100 Larkin St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:LONG SHOT & WORKS BY DANNY SHOT
DESCRIPTION:appearing with Jack Hirschman and Jessica Loos \nWorks honors the longtime Long Shot magazine\, credo of “Writing from the Real World.” This collection of poems traverses a course from the swamps of New Jersey to the endless possibilities of the open road\, with rest stops along the way to visit with family ghosts\, highlight striking moments encountered during a 30-plus year career as a New York City public high school teacher\, and report upon the twilight years of the Beat Generation. Shot’s engaging poetry is raw\, from the gut\, deceptively rich\, and humane in the face of an increasingly post-humanistic world. \n\nDanny Shot was a longtime publisher and editor of Long Shot arts and literary magazine\, which he founded along with Eliot Katz in 1982 in New Brunswick\, New Jersey. Born in the Bronx and raised in Dumont\, New Jersey\, by German Jewish refugees\, Danny graduated Rutgers College in 1980 with a B.A. in English. Shot’s poetry has appeared in bum rush the page (Def Poetry Jam)\, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (Henry Holt)\, and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder’s Mouth) among other anthologies and numerous journals. Shot has read his poetry throughout the United States and appeared on television (WNBC\, New York) as part of Felipe Luciano’s Wordchestra. He has spent over 30 years as a NYC public high school teacher\, serving in the South Bronx\, Harlem\, and Brooklyn. Mr. Shot lives in Hoboken (home of Frank Sinatra and baseball) where he is the poet-in-residence of the Hoboken Historical Museum.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/long-shot-works-by-danny-shot/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Michael Isikoff & David Corn\, Russian Roulette
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Michael Isikoff and David Corn—”Two of the best and most accomplished investigative reporters of their generation…[A] superpower reporting team” (Rachel Maddow)—for a discussion and signing of their #1 New York Timesbestseller Russian Roulette. \n  \nTWO OF AMERICA’S TOP REPORTERS AND THE EXPLOSIVE UNTOLD STORY OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY \nThe incredible\, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency. \nRUSSIAN ROULETTE covers the bizarre events and relationships\, explains the stakes\, and reveals how a foreign government nefariously infiltrated the country’s political process and helped alter the future of America. \n\nWhat were Trump’s business deals in Russia—and how did they really come about?\nWhat was the huge business deal Trump signed with a Putin-connected oligarch and what happened to it?\nWho was the secret Russian government source who alerted U.S. officials that Putin planned to mount an extensive covert operation to undermine American democracy—and why didn’t the Obama administration act on this tip-off?\nWhy did Vladimir Putin hold a grudge against Hillary Clinton— and how did that influence his decision to order a cyber-attack on the U.S. election?\nWhat role did Russian social media trolls play in the 2016 election—and how did they secretly influence the highest levels of the Trump campaign?\nHow did Obama and his aides react to the intelligence showing Putin hacked the 2016 campaign? What did they fear the most? And why didn’t Obama respond more forcefully?\nWhat was the secret plan that White House officials prepared to strike back against Putin and why did a senior Obama aide order it shelved?\nWhy were Hillary Clinton campaign officials so worried about the FBI that they wouldn’t meet with FBI agents to discuss Russian cyber-attacks against her campaign?\nWhy did it take nine months for the Democratic National Committee to do something about Moscow’s penetration of its computer system?\n\n  \nRUSSIAN ROULETTE is a story of political skullduggery un­precedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international intrigue\, cyber espionage\, and superpower rivalry. After U.S.-Russia relations soured\, as Vladimir Putin moved to reassert Russian strength on the global stage\, Moscow trained its best hackers on U.S. political targets and exploited WikiLeaks to disseminate information that could affect the 2016 campaign. The Russians were wildly successful\, and the great break-in of 2016 was no “third rate burglary.” It was far more sophisticated and sinister—a brazen act of political espionage designed to interfere with the election. At the end of the day\, Trump\, the candidate who pursued business deals with Russia\, won. And millions of Americans were left wondering what the hell happened? \nThis gripping and behind-the-scenes story of high-tech spying and political crisis takes the reader inside the White House\, the Kremlin\, the U.S. intelligence community\, the Trump and Clinton campaigns\, and both political parties. It chronicles the strange relationship between Trump and Putin and the ties between Trump’s inner circle—including Paul Manafort\, Donald Trump Jr.\, Michael Flynn\, and Jared Kushner—and the Russians. \n  \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz with open seating. Chairs for open seating are usually set up an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-isikoff-david-corn-russian-roulette/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:My Old Faithful: Book Talk and Signing with Author Yang Huang
DESCRIPTION:Local author Yang Huang’s new novel My Old Faithful\, a Juniper Prize winner\, depict the lives of one family over thirty years in China and the United States. Richly textured narratives from the mother\, the father\, the son\, and the daughters paint a nuanced portrait of family life\, full of pain\, surprises\, and subtle acts of courage. \nJoin us to hear about the inspirations for My Old Faithful as a family navigates the children’s adolescent years amidst vast social and economic change. \nThe Mercury News says: My Old Faithful is “a rich contemporary narrative of family dynamics and social upheaval.”\n\nSan Francisco Chronicle says\, “My Old Faithful zooms readers straight into the minds and hearts of each member of a middle-class family in a struggling\, censored\, restricted China….we feel ourselves becoming each protagonist in the course of each story.”\n\nYang Huang previously spoke at San Francisco Main Library about her debut novel Living Treasures\, a Nautilus Book Award winner. Books will be available for purchase. The program is to be conducted in English and Chinese.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/my-old-faithful-book-talk-and-signing-with-author-yang-huang/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, Main Branch\, 100 Larkin St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Terry Brooks
DESCRIPTION:With 23 New York Times bestsellers and 21 million copies of his books in print\, Terry Brooks is one of America’s most celebrated authors. Join us\, as we welcome the distinguished author of Shannara! Adapted for TV\, a well of inspiration to countless fantasy and science-fiction authors ranging from Patrick Rothfuss to Karen Russell\, the Four Lands remain one of the most enduring and beloved worlds in literature. \nToday\, over forty years after the release of The Sword of Shannara\, mega-bestselling author Terry Brooks returns to the iconic series. The Fall of Shannara\, a four-part\, standalone new series\, introduces an unforgettable coda to his iconic saga. \nCelebrate the release of volume two of this hotly-anticipated series: The Skaar Invasion. \n“The Sword of Shannara is an unforgettable and wildly entertaining epic\, animated by Terry Brooks’s cosmically generative imagination and storytelling joy.”—Karen Russell\, New York Times bestselling author of Swamplandia!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/terry-brooks/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180630T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180630T220000
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poetry Marathon
DESCRIPTION:Readers TBA!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poetry-marathon-4/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Collapse by Cassandra Dallett
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of Cassandra Dallett’s full-length poetry collection\, Collapse! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA\, pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers\, and of course\, the star of the evening\, Cassandra Dallett. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($12 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-collapse-by-cassandra-dallett/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180702T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180702T210000
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SUMMARY:POETS! - James Cagney & Cassandra Dallet followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:James Cagney\nCassandra Dallet\nplus open mic \nJerry Ferraz & SF Poet Laureate Kim Shuck co-host \nJames Cagney is a poet from Oakland\, and has featured at many venues in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. His work has been published online and in print. His first collection\, Black Steel Magnolias\, will be published by Nomadic Press this August. Visit his blog at https://thedirtyrat.blog/ \nCassandra Dallett lives in Oakland\, and is a two-time Pushcart nominee and Literary Death Match winner. She has published online and in many print magazines\, including Slip Stream\, Sparkle & Blink\, Chiron Review\, Stone Boat Review\, and Great Weather For Media. A full-length book of poetry\, Wet Reckless\, was released on Manic D. Press in May 2014. Since then\, she’s produced the collections Bad Sandy (Lucky Bastard Press)\, Pearl Tongue (Be About It Press)\, The Water Wars (Pedestrian Poets Series)\, On Sunday\, A Finch (Nomadic Press)\, which was nominated for a California Book Award\, and most recently Armadillo Heart (Paper Press) with MK Chavez.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-to-be-announced-followed-by-an-open-mic-15/
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=UTC:20180704T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180704T170000
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SUMMARY:Ivy Johnson\, Syd Staiti\, Isabel Bezerra Balé
DESCRIPTION:Ivy Johnson is a poet and performance artist in Oakland\, CA. Her book\, As They Fall\, is a collection of 110 notecards for aleatoric ritual and was published by Timeless\, Infinite Light in 2013. She is co-founder of The Third Thing\, an ecstatic feminist performance art duo. Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs published their self-titled chapbook\, The Third Thing\, in 2016. Her book Born Again is just out from The Operating System. \nSyd Staiti is the author of The Undying Present (Kurpskaya 2015) and In the Stitches (Trafficker 2010). \nIsabel Bezerra Balée writes poems and works at a nonprofit in Berkeley. Previously\, she has taught creative writing at Tulane University. Born and raised in New Orleans\, with roots in Northern Brazil\, she feels a deep connection to floodplains.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ivy-johnson-syd-staiti-isabel-bezerra-bale/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180705T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180705T210000
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CREATED:20180704T024205Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Writing Group
DESCRIPTION:A group of LGTBQ+ writers to share new work
URL:https://litseen.com/event/queer-writing-group/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180706T190000
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CREATED:20180521T213724Z
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SUMMARY:OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by 4-5 Nomadic Press authors in our intimate space amongst the hustle at 23rd and Telegraph Avenue. Come early and catch our authors reading on a street stage just down the block at 6:30 PM. This month features readings by TBD and music by TBD. \nTo help pay for our space and our artists and ensure that we can continue our robust programming series\, we are asking for suggested donations of $10-15 at the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). Nomadic Press books\, as always\, will be for sale at the event. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-first-fridays-at-nomadic-press-3/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:BINDERY: Amber Tamblyn / Any Man
DESCRIPTION:In her electric and provocative debut novel Any Man\, Amber Tamblyn blends genres of poetry\, prose\, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence\, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture. \nA violent serial rapist is on the loose\, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars\, online\, at home — the place doesn’t matter\, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police\, feelings of shame and alienation from their friends and family\, and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears\, fascinations\, and misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims\, publicly dissecting the details of their attack. \nWhat is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal\, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim\, these pages crackle with emotion\, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy. \nAs bold as it is timely\, Any Man paints a searing portrait of survival and is a tribute to those who have lived through the nightmare of sexual assault. \n\nAmber Tamblyn\, author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Dark Sparkler\, has been nominated for Emmy\, Golden Globe\, and Independent Spirit awards. She has published two additional books of poetry\, Free Stallion(2005)\, which won the Borders Book Choice Award for Breakout Writing\, andBang Ditto (2009)\, an IndieNext bestseller. Tamblyn reviews books of poetry for Bust Magazine\, is poet in residence at Amy Poehlers Smart Girls and is a contributing writer for The New York Times. Her work has appeared in Glamour\, Teen Vogue\,the San Francisco Chronicle\, the Iowa Review\, Poets & Writers\, PANK\, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.​ \n  \nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nBar opens at 7\, event begins at 7:30pm. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bindery-amber-tamblyn-any-man/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
DESCRIPTION:June 2\, July 7\, August 4\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\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)\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 🙂\n\n\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-5/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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