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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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180628T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Jam
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180629T190000
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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SUMMARY:Adrienne Eberhardt / closing reception for Emotional Science
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts a closing for Adrienne Eberhardt‘s exhibition Emotional Science \nEmotional Science presents experimental and analog work Adrienne made as a teenager in her makeshift darkroom in St. Louis\, Missouri. She will also be displaying a more recent series of self portraits entitled “Closer Still.” \n  \nArtist statement: The long\, isolating gray winters growing up in Missouri were always a highly creative period for me. I spent so many days inside my darkroom\, listening to music\, looking at negatives and experimenting with image making. I was intrigued by the concept of photography: that light enabled an image to reflect off a mirror and record time. Many of the images I made represent 1-2 hour exposures of me literately standing in the dark with my enlarger dodging and burning parts of an image in to see what I could pull from it. \n  \nAdrienne’s technique may be described as a subtle interplay of the intentional and the accidental\, which in turn reflects the cycle of disorder and reconstruction that characterize memory and life experience. By playing with light and texture\, she allows the medium and method to interpret her subjects\, often distorting individual features and rendering spaces ambiguous. The emotions explored have no definable shape and cannot be limited to the experience of one person; rather the purpose and process of her work is to remove forced definitions and expected categories to create an experience that is simultaneously recognizable and universal. \n  \nHer more recent body of work entitled “Closer Still” is a series of self portraits and represents two important firsts: using herself as a subject\, and working in a digital medium. She painted exposed photographic paper and allowed the water and paint to dry in puddles\, again letting time and randomness play a role in the formulation of the texture and final image. In “An Unusual Appearance of Light” the figure interacts with her environment by surfacing with clarity\, arms raised up in a possible combination of surrender\, exhibition\, and confrontation. The figure appears to invite the viewer into a direct and mutual transmission of thought and feeling\, and the distinct light surrounding the subject in this moment gives clues about what is before her. As with all of Adrienne’s work the exchange between subject and viewer is left ambiguous\, inviting the viewer to explore the concept behind the process and his or her own possibilities of seeing. \n  \nAdrienne\, the Creative Director of her own multi-disciplinary design studio based in San Francisco\, will be on hand with originals and limited edition prints for sale\, and a cash bar will be open from 6 – 9pm. \n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery at 1727 Haight. RSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/adrienne-eberhardt-closing-reception-for-emotional-science/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry Event: GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets\, artists\, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. \nTo participate in the open mic sessions\, please arrive by 4 and plan to listen to all of the featured poets. Seating/space is limited.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-event-gears-turning-w-kim-shuck-4/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180708T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T160118
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SUMMARY:LaborFest 2018  Giving Voice: LaborFest Writers' Anthology 2005-2018
DESCRIPTION:The collection includes a selection of works of fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry by writers Phyllis Holliday\, Margaret Cooley\, Keith Cooley\, Adele Kearney\, Nellie Wong\, Jerry Path\, and Alice Rogoff. Hear stories about the lives and struggles of laborers\, farmers\, cooks\, cowboys\, and coalminers from China\, Ireland\, Britain\, rural Wisconsin\, and the Old West. The anthology will be hot off the press and this event is the first opportunity to buy a book. Join us for an evening of readings from our new anthology as we honor our deceased members Phyllis Holliday and Adele Kearney. \nContact: info@laborfestwriters.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laborfest-2018-giving-voice-laborfest-writers-anthology-2005-2018/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180709T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180709T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T160118
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SUMMARY:The Diesel Readers Book Group discuses THE INTERIOR CIRCUIT
DESCRIPTION:East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group’s discussion of The Interior Circuit\, by Francisco Goldman\, on Monday July 9th at 7pm. \nThe Interior Circuit is Francisco Goldman’s brilliant chronicle of his emergence from grief five years after his beloved wife’s death\, symbolized by his attempt to overcome his fear of driving in Mexico City (the DF). When organized crime erupts in the city in an unprecedented way during the summer of 2013\, Goldman sets out to try to understand the menacing challenges the DF now faces. By turns exuberant\, poetic\, reportorial\, philosophical\, and urgent\, The Interior Circuit fuses a personal journey to a searing account of one of the world’s most remarkable and often misunderstood great cities. \n\n** The Diesel Readers is an ongoing group\, and is open to all. ** \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nMonday\, July 9\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-diesel-readers-book-group-discuses-the-interior-circuit/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180710T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180710T133000
DTSTAMP:20260414T160118
CREATED:20180422T232556Z
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SUMMARY:Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Presents Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake
DESCRIPTION:Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Poetic Tuesdays guest curated by Litquake\, Poetic Tuesdays features an array of poets and music.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yerba-buena-gardens-festival-presents-poetic-tuesdays-with-litquake-2/
LOCATION:Jessie Square\, 736 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180710T133000
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SUMMARY:Poetic Tuesdays with Jason Bayani
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy line breaks during your lunch break\, as some of the Bay Area’s best poets and musicians share their work in the great outdoors. \nThis year see’s a new host and curator\, Jason Bayani\, artistic director for Kearny Street Workshop (the oldest multi-disciplinary Asian Pacific American multi-disciplinary arts organization in the country) as well as a Kundiman fellow and a veteran of the National Poetry Slam scene whose work has been published in Fourteen Hills\, Muzzle Magazine\, Mascara Review\, the National Poetry Slam anthology Rattapallax\, Write Bloody’s classroom anthology Learn Then Burn\, and other publications. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason Bayani
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetic-tuesdays-with-jason-bayani/
LOCATION:Yerba Buena Gardens\, 750 Howard St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180710T200000
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer San Francisco "Summer Reading List"
DESCRIPTION:What to read when there’s a summer chill in the air in San Francisco? Perfectly Queer has five suggestions: Admissions by Eric Sasson\, Alpha Wave by Andrew Demcak\, Eros and Dust by Trebor Healey\, The Last Time I Saw Her by Kathy Knowles\, and Unseasonable Weather by Luiza Flynn-Goodlett. You can hear a sample of each at Perfectly Queer SF’s “Summer Reading List\,” Tuesday\, July 10\, 7-8pm at Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro St. in The City by the Bay. Free admission\, tasty treats and drinks\, and summer door prizes! \nHere’s a bit about the authors:\nANDREW DEMCAK is an American poet and novelist\, the author of four poetry collections and five Young Adult novels. His books have been featured by the American Library Association\, Verse Daily\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, Best American Poetry\, and Poets and Writers. He was a finalist for the prestigious Dorset Poetry Prize\, the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Poetry Prize\, and the Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence in Poetry. About his new teen horror novel\, How Do You Deal with a Dead Girl?\, Kirkus Reviews said\, “An eerily amusing horror tale that will have readers rooting for the characters.” \nLUIZA FLYNN-GOODLETT is the author of the chapbooks Unseasonable Weather (dancing girl press\, 2018) and Congress of Mud (Finishing Line Press\, 2015). Her work can be found in Third Coast\, Granta\, Quarterly West\, DIAGRAM\, The Rumpus\, and elsewhere. She serves as editor-in-chief for the Foglifter journal and lives in sunny Oakland\, California. \nTREBOR HEALEY is the recipient of a Lambda Literary Award\, two Publishing Triangle Awards\, and a Violet Quill Award. He is the author of three novels (Faun\, A Horse Named Sorrow\, and Through It Came Bright Colors)\, a book of poetry (Sweet Son of Pan)\, and two collections of stories (Eros and Dust\, A Perfect Scar). He co-edited the anthologies Beyond Definition and Queer & Catholic. See www.treborhealey.com. \nKATHLEEN KNOWLES grew up in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania but has lived in San Francisco since 1979. She has written her whole life but published for the first time in 2012. Her first novel\, Awake Unto Me\, won the GCLS 2013 prize for historical romance and was named by Out in Print as one of its 2012 Notable Books. To date\, Kathleen has written seven romance novels. She is married and she and her spouse–and pets–live on top of one of San Francisco’s forty-nine hills. \nERIC SASSON is the author of the short-story collection Margins of Tolerance and the novel Admissions. He is a frequent contributor to Vice\, The New Republic\, and GOOD magazines. His articles have been featured on “Meet the Press” and “Morning Joe Scarborough.” Other publication credits include pieces in them\, Salon\, Five Points\, Best Gay Stories 2013\, and BLOOM. He was born\, bred\, and still resides in Brooklyn.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-san-francisco-summer-reading-list/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Zoe Samudzi presents AS BLACK AS RESISTANCE
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Zoe Samudzi to discuss her book As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation\, on Tuesday\, July 10th at 7pm. \nOver the course of United States history\, resistance against oppression and the gains made from various struggles for everyone’s equality have often been Black led. However\, liberal politics and the lack of strong leftist political power are two problems impeding the continued progress of Black America. Expanding on their original essay The Anarchism Of Blackness\, Samudzi and Anderson make the case for a new program of transformative politics for Black Americans\, one rooted in an anarchistic framework likened to the Black experience itself. This is not a compromising book that negotiates with intolerance. As Black as Resistance is a declaration for everyone who is ready to continue progressing towards liberation for all people. \nAbout the Author \nZoé Samudzi is a writer and doctoral student in Medical Sociology at the University of California\, San Francisco. Her research focuses on the scientific logics that produce race and gender\, particularly focusing on transgender health and the ways Blackness is constructed.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zoe-samudzi-presents-as-black-as-resistance/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Film Critic Joseph McBride on Ernst Lubitch
DESCRIPTION:Join film critic Joseph McBride as he discusses the work of Ernst Lubitsch. This is a book launch for How Did Lubitsch Do It\, forthcoming from Columbia University Press in June. \n“Joseph McBride’s study of Lubitsch matches the breadth and range of his incomparable work on Welles and Ford. Reading it\, it is impossible not to want to see each of the director’s greatest films again or for the first time-readers will be driven straight to seek out not only the repertory standards but the silents\, the musicals\, and the German films. It is especially gratifying to see McBride apply his supple understanding of the intricacies of Lubitsch’s sexual politics to the paradoxes lurking for contemporary viewers\, exploring how the films play both against and into feminist readings. McBride doesn’t shy from such explorations\, but never leaps to premature conclusions. The book is an act of devotion matched to the heart\nof its subject.” – Jonathan Lethem
URL:https://litseen.com/event/film-critic-joseph-mcbride-on-ernst-lubitch/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180710T210000
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SUMMARY:LaborFest 2018 Immigrant Girl\, Radical Woman\, a Memoir from the Early 20th Century
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Robbin Henderson\, Matilda Rabinowitz’s memoir challenges assumptions about the lives of early twentieth-century women. In Immigrant Girl\, Radical Woman\, Rabinowitz describes the ways in which she and her contemporaries rejected the intellectual and social restrictions imposed on women as they sought political and economic equality in the first half of the twentieth century. Rabinowitz devoted herself to the notion that women should be entitled to independence\, equal rights\, equal pay\, and sexual and personal autonomy. After immigrating from the Ukraine to the US\, she was radicalized by her experience in sweatshops and became an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World from 1912 to 1917 before choosing single motherhood in 1918.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laborfest-2018-immigrant-girl-radical-woman-a-memoir-from-the-early-20th-century/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180711T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180711T193000
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SUMMARY:Meet Author Yang Huang
DESCRIPTION:Yang Huang grew up in China’s Jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings. Her linked family story collection\, My Old Faithful\, won the Juniper Prize for Fiction. Her debut novel\, Living Treasures\, won the Nautilus Book Award silver medal in fiction. Her essays and short stories have appeared in\nPoets & Writers\, The Margins\, Eleven Eleven\, Asian Pacific American Journal\, The Evansville Review\, and others. She lives in the Bay Area and works for the University of California\, Berkeley. \nBooks will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Laurel Book Store. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/meet-author-yang-huang/
LOCATION:Oakland Main Library\, 125 14th St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180711T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T160118
CREATED:20180522T015723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180522T015723Z
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SUMMARY:Nell Painter presents her memoir OLD IN ART SCHOOL
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is very excited to welcome one of the preeminent historians in the United States\, Nell Painter\, to discuss her memoir Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over\, on Wednesday\, July 11th at 7pm. \n“Nell Painter has courage and intelligence. She reminds us that the only option as we grow older is to grow younger. Never forgetting our curiosity and passion\, we are well armed for the challenge.” —Maira Kalman\, author of The Principles of Uncertainty and Beloved Dog \nHow are women\, and artists\, “seen” and judged by their age\, race\, and looks? And how does this seeing change\, depending upon what is asked of the viewer? What does it mean when someone states (as one teacher does) that “you will never be an Artist”—who defines “an Artist\,” and all that goes with such an identity\, and how are these ideas tied to our shared conceptions of beauty\, value\, and difference? \nOld in Art School represents an ongoing exploration of such questions\, one that ultimately honors curiosity\, openness\, and joy—the joy of embracing creativity\, dreams\, the importance of hard work\, and the stubborn determination of your own value. Nell Painter’s journey is filled with surprises\, even as she brings to bear the incisiveness of her insights from two careers\, which combine in new ways even as they take very different approaches—one searching for facts and cohesion\, the other seeking the opposite. She travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves\, such as Alice Neel\, Faith Ringgold\, or Maira Kalman\, even as she comes to understand how they are undervalued; and struggles with the ever-changing balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable\, sometimes painful demands of a life fully lived. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nNELL PAINTER is the Edwards Professor of American History\, Emerita\, at Princeton University. Her acclaimed works of history include Standing at Armageddon\, Sojourner Truth\, and the New York Times bestseller The History of White People\, which have received widespread attention for their insights into how we have historically viewed and translated ideas of gender\, value\, hierarchy\, and race. She holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts. Her visual artwork has been shown at numerous galleries and in many collections\, including the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art\, the Brooklyn Historical Society\, and Gallery Aferro. She lives in Newark\, New Jersey and the Adirondacks. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, July 11\, 2018 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nell-painter-presents-her-memoir-old-in-art-school/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Chloe Benjamin and Aja Gabel
DESCRIPTION:Friends and talented literary voices\, Chloe Benjamin and Aja Gabel will be in conversation to discuss their fantastic new novels. Benjamin’s national bestseller and Bookshop staff favorite The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice\, reality and illusion. Gabel’s The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition\, friendship\, and the tenderness of youth. \nThe Immortalists \nIt’s 1969 in New York City’s Lower East Side\, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman\, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children–four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness–sneak out to hear their fortunes. \nThe prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast\, searching for love in ’80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician\, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research\, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. \nA sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth\, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice\, reality and illusion\, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story\, the nature of belief\, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds. \nThe Ensemble \nJana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn’t needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music\, for each other. \nBrit is the second violinist\, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry\, a prodigy who’s always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel\, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana\, their flinty\, resilient leader. Together\, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group’s youthful\, rocky start\, they experience devastating failure and wild success\, heartbreak and marriage\, triumph and loss\, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other – by career\, by the intensity of their art\, by the secrets they carry\, by choosing each other over and over again. \nFollowing these four unforgettable characters\, Aja Gabel’s debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes\, cutthroat world of musicians\, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana\, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition\, friendship\, and the tenderness of youth. \nChloe Benjamin is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Immortalists. Her first novel\, The Anatomy of Dreams\, received the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award and was long listed for the 2014 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is a graduate of Vassar College and the M.F.A. in fiction at the University of Wisconsin. She lives with her husband in Madison\, WI. \nAja Gabel’s writing has appeared in BOMB\, The Kenyon Review\, Glimmer Train\, and elsewhere. A former cellist\, she earned her B.A. at Wesleyan University\, her MFA at the University of Virginia and has a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. Aja has been the recipient of fellowships from the Sewanee Writers” Conference\, Literary Arts Oregon\, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, where she was a fellow in fiction. She currently lives in Los Angeles. \nThis free event will take place in Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chloe-benjamin-and-aja-gabel/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Pandemonium Press Presents Poetry of Witness
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: MK Chavez\, Susan Gubernat\, Lucille Lang Day\, James Cagney. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest (see below). Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pandemonium-press-presents-poetry-of-witness/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180712T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180712T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T160118
CREATED:20180713T001620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180713T001620Z
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 15\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series \nLyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. \nHosted and Curated by Mk Chavez\, Sharon Coleman\, and Lark Omura. \nEvery third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-6/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180712T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180712T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T160118
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SUMMARY:Poem Jam
DESCRIPTION:Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam. The Main Library’s monthly Poem Jam poetry reading series\, moderated by Kim Shuck\, takes place on Thursdays at 6 p.m. in the Main Library. Join us!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poem-jam-2/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, Main Branch\, 100 Larkin St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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