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SUMMARY:Bill Ayers
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we welcome Bill Ayers\, here on a national tour to celebrate the release of his latest book\, Demand the Impossible!: A Radical Manifesto. \n  \nIn an era defined by mass incarceration\, endless war\, economic crisis\, catastrophic environmental destruction\, and a political system offering more of the same\, radical social transformation has never been more urgent. We must imagine a world beyond what this rotten system would have us believe is possible. \nIn critiquing the world around us\, Ayers uncovers cracks in the system\, raising our sights for radical change\, and envisioning strategies for building a movement to create a more humane\, balanced\, and peaceful world. \n  \n“For Bill Ayers\, it is the freedom of our collective imagination that links the contemporary world—ensconced as it is in pervasive militarism\, racist violence\, and environmental devastation—to the flourishing of our planet. This is a manifesto that should be read by everyone who wants to believe that “another world is possible.” — Angela Y. Davis\, author of Abolition Democracy and Freedom is a Constant Struggle \n“With huge numbers of us recognizing the need for transformative change\, this ambitious and exuberant book perfectly matches its historical moment. Ayers fearlessly confronts the intersecting crises of our age—endless war\, surging inequality\, unchecked white supremacy and perilous planetary warming—while mapping emancipatory new possibilities. From the first page\, his courage is contagious.” — Naomi Klein\, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine \n“Demand the Impossible is more than a book\, more than a manifesto. It is a torch. Bill Ayers’ vision for a humane future is incendiary—fire that incinerates old logics and illuminates new paths. If we do not end the violence of militarism\, materialism\, caging\, dispossession\, debt\, want\, ignorance\, and global warming\, our very survival is impossible. Read aloud.” — Robin D. G. Kelley\, author of Freedom Dreams
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bill-ayers/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161206T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161206T193000
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SUMMARY:December Silent Reading Party
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read in absolute silence. Cocktails and food will be available. This event is FREE to attend. Proceeds from drink sales will benefit the school library of the June Jordan School for Equity. \nThis month\, DJ Please Be Quiet I’m Trying to Read (AKA Lemony Snicket) will be spinning records by Joseph Haydn and Count Basie. \nSign up to receive emails about upcoming Silent Reading Parties here: http://eepurl.com/bZXqKb
URL:https://litseen.com/event/december-silent-reading-party/
LOCATION:Hotel Rex\, 562 Sutter Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161206T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
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SUMMARY:Day Without Art
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Janell Moon\, Dale Jensen\, Judy Wells\, Fred Dodsworth. Guitar: Hao C. Tran. An open mic follows the featured readers. Everyone welcome. There is always room. It’s time to showcase your work. Free drawing for books\, broadside\, and Spice Monkey Gift Card. \nFree\, we pass the hat.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/day-without-art/
LOCATION:Spice Monkey\, 1628 Webster St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161206T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161206T213000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
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SUMMARY:Michael McClure + Garrett Caples
DESCRIPTION:A landmark work of bio-romanticism\, Mephistos and Other Poems is the first completely new collection in five years from legendary Beat and SF Renaissance poet  Michael McClure. The title sequence\, “Mephistos\,” stems from McClure’s ongoing “grafting” experiment\, growing new poems from fragments of his older works. “Some Fringes” is a series of haiku-like nature poems\, while the 17-part “Rose Breaths” derives from the poet’s practice of meditation. The freestanding poems grouped under the title “Being” pay homage to many of McClure’s collaborators and fellow travelers\, such as Bruce Conner\, Terry Riley\, and Dave Haselwood. The book climaxes with “Song Heavy\,” recounting McClure’s recent encounter with a beached whale in Rockport\, MA\, and recalling his classic “For the Death of 100 Whales\,” which he read at the Six Gallery in 1955—the inaugural moment of American eco-poetics. \n Garrett Caples is the author of Power Ballads  (forthcoming from Wave Books\, 2016)\, Retrievals (2014)\, The Garrett Caples Reader (1999)\, Complications (2007)\, and Quintessence of the Minor (2010). He is the co-editor of The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia (2013). He is the poetry editor at City Lights Books and curates the Spotlight Poetry Series there. He is also a contributing writer to the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has written articles and blogged for the Poetry Foundation and occasionally blogs for blogcitylights.com. He has a Ph.D. in English from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and lives in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-mcclure-garrett-caples/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161207T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161207T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
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SUMMARY:Michael Goorjian
DESCRIPTION:“Something in me knows of a life I was meant to live but for whatever reason\, I have not . . . ” \nIn What Lies Beyond the Stars\, these words ring painfully true for Adam Sheppard\, a San Francisco programmer who has spent the vast majority of his 30-something years lost in the dim glow of a computer screen. On the verge of a psychotic break\, Adam begins to have a recurring dream of his early childhood and the hauntingly rustic town of Mendocino California where he grew up. Convinced he has left something behind there\, something vital to his present sanity\, Adam walks away from his current life to figure out what that is. \nOne night on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean\, lost in thoughts of suicide\, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious woman. Later he realizes that she is Beatrice\, a long forgotten childhood friend whose fiery spirit and red hair had filled his young heart with immeasurable wonder. The coincidence of their reunion only deepens as Adam discovers that Beatrice has returned to Mendocino also due to a recurring dream\, eerily similar to his own. \nAre they lost soul mates drawn together through time and space? As Adam begins to hope that his life could be more than a bleak virtual wasteland\, he finds himself a pawn in a game that pits dark forces against those few quixotic souls who still search for meaning\, beauty\, and magic in the world. \nMichael Goorjian is an Emmy Award–winning actor\, filmmaker\, and writer. His acting credits include Party of Five\, Leaving Las Vegas\, and SLC Punk. As a filmmaker\, he achieved widespread recognition for his first major independent film\, Illusion\, starring Kirk Douglas. Other directing credits include the Louise Hay documentary\, You Can Heal Your Life\, Wayne Dyer’s l’m The Shift\, and the Hay House film anthology\, Tales of Everyday Magic. Michael lives in Oakland\, California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-goorjian/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161208T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161208T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
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SUMMARY:Two Voices Salon w/ Chris Andrews on César Aira
DESCRIPTION:Chris Andrews joins us to talk about his newest translation\, Ema\, the Captive\, from the prolific Argentine writer César Aira. \nMore event details to come. \nChris Andrews is a translator and professor at the University of Western Sydney\, Australia. He has translated numerous books by César Aira and Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño\, as well as a critical study of poetry and science and a collection of poems. \nCésar Aira is an Argentine author and translator who has written more than 80 novels and translated and edited works from multiple languages. Aira also writes regularly for the Spanish newspaper El País. In 1996 he received a Guggenheim scholarship\, and was a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. \nSnacks and beverages provided\, please join us for the final Salon of 2016!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/two-voices-salon-w-chris-andrews-on-cesar-aira/
LOCATION:Center for the Art of Translation office\, 582 Market St #700\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161208T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
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SUMMARY:Resistance\, Radio Heart
DESCRIPTION:MC: PAUL OCAMPO\, KSW Board Member \nparty \nto gather artists\, activists\, citizens of the bay area\, in resistance and solidarity. we will dance\, drink\, and poetry. \nchapbook launch \nto celebrate the publication of radio heart; or\, how robots fall out of love (finishing line press\, 2016) by margaret rhee.\n\nmany of these poems were written with the guidance of truong tran and kearny street workshop. we want to take time to honor where the poetry emerged from\, we write together\, and not alone. \nfeaturing \nDEBBIE YEE\nVIRGIE TOVAR\nSEAN Y MANZANO\nMARIA FIANI\nDANIEL REDMAN\nISELA FORD with\nMARGARET RHEE \naward ceremony \nto honor artist and poet TRUONG TRAN for years of service\, mentorship\, and friendship to writers and artists of color in the bay area. to celebrate and express our gratitude for his indomitable\, gorgeous radical spirit fighting for what is fair and good. \nthis award will be given by CAPRE (Concerned Artists and Poets for Racial Equity) in light of the post-elections\, and the need for resistance. \nwe will celebrate truong with testimonials of his mentorship and impact of his art and poetry\, we also invite attendees to share their words of resistance in the space. \nALSO\, \non display\, speciality books by graphic design firm THE MYSTERY PARADE: themysterparade.com \nCAKE – DRINKS – PRETTY THINGS \nBIOS: \nIsela Ford\, born in Mexico and later emigrated to San Francisco\, in the mid-seventies\, is committed to improving the lives of marginalized peoples and creating opportunities for their voices to be heard. Growing up in the Mission District during the 1970’s and 1980’s set the foundation for learning\, growing\, and appreciating people and cultures from all walks of life. Her appreciation and committment uplifting disenfranchised people\, particularly people of color\, led her to work for the SF Department of Public Health\, specifically working with adults in SF jails for over 15 years. \nMaria is a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnic Studies and Critical Theory at UC Berkeley. Her academic work focuses on P.T.S.D.\, moral injury\, and suicide; in addition to her academic life\, she is an ARC fellow\, a YBCA arts fellow\, co-founder of the Life Writing Student and New Scholar Network and co-founder of an art collective titled (Un)Forbidden: a Valediction \nPaul was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the US at eleven years old. He earned a Master’s degree in Asian American Studies at UCLA and MFA in creative writing at ASU. He has been published in anthologies and magazines including Veterans of War\, Veterans of Peace and The New Engagement. He currently works at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus. \nVirgie Tovar travels around the world lecturing on the social effects of fat discrimination and diet culture. She is the founder of Babecamp\, a 4 week online course designed for women who want to break up with diet culture but don’t know how. She started thr hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight. Tovar has been featured by the New York Times\, Tech Insider\, Al Jazeera and NPR.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/resistance-radio-heart/
LOCATION:Kearny Street Workshop\, 1246 Folsom St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161208T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161208T213000
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SUMMARY:West Marin Review Launch party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal evening featuring authors and artists reading from and talking about their work published in the new West Marin Review\, Volume 7. This award-winning literary and arts journal features prose\, poetry\, and art selected from contributors from across the nation\, but the focus this night is on local writers and artists\, several from San Francisco. West Marin Review is published by Point Reyes Books in collaboration with a group of professional artists\, writers\, and editors from West Marin.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/west-marin-review-launch-party/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161209T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161129T053945Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating the Holidays w/ Poetry + Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Ring in the holidays with a swingin’ evening of poetry and jazz\, featuring: \n\nCharles Curtis Blackwell\nJazz Poet Extraordinaire\nLucho\nCubano Saxophonist\n\n…and a lineup of poets and musicians from both sides of the Bay.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/celebrating-the-holidays-w-poetry-jazz/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161209T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161209T210000
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SUMMARY:Susan Isa Efros
DESCRIPTION:Girls Gone Astray is a collection of short and shorter stories about women in their teens to eighties who venture off the traditional path to discover unexpected and potent truths about themselves. A high school student falls in love with her best girlfriend and promises not to tell anyone; a wealthy elderly woman with dementia goes for a drive with a homeless man; a psychic gets locked out of her office and with the help of her spirit guide talks her way back inside; a teenager idolizes her uncle until she finds out who he really is; a woman writer unaware that she has only twenty minutes to live is obsessed with getting a cup of coffee. These and other smart\, provocative\, humorous and emotionally charged stories will surprise and delight you. \nSusan Isa Efros‘ work has appeared in Amelia\, Ascent\, Christopher Street\, the Feminist Art Journal\, Narrative Magazine\, the Patterson Literary Review\, Paris Transcontinental\, Yellow Silk and is forthcoming in Juked. She is a frequent contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle and the Funny Times. She is the author of Walking Vanilla\, a novel\, and the editor of This Is Women’s Work\, an anthology. Susan was awarded a Marin Arts Council Individual Writers Grant in 2003 for her short fiction\, “The Ozzie and Harriet Factor.” She lives in Marin County with Jerilyn Gilbert\, her partner of 30 years.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/susan-isa-efros/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161210T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
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SUMMARY:Book Release II: Dear Animal\, MK Chavez
DESCRIPTION:If you couldn’t make the first release at Studio Grand\, please join us at our soon-to-be-additional-home at 2301 Telegraph Avenue with our dear friends and community partners\, Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe\, for the second release of Mk Chavez‘ much-anticipated full-length poetry collection\, Dear Animal\,. Readings by Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Arisa White\, Nick Johnson\, Paul Corman-Roberts\, Cyrus Armajani\, Ingrid Keir\, and of course\,Mk Chavez. Music by James Meder. Book signing to follow. \nGnosh\, wine\, beer\, and books—it’ll be another great night in a beautiful space! \nDonations will be called for throughout the night\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-ii-dear-animal-mk-chavez/
LOCATION:Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe\, 2301 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161210T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161210T210000
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SUMMARY:Dillon\, Hart\, + Hannibal
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading from poets Russell Dillon\, Matt Hart\, and Shauna Hannibal hosted by Jason Morris
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dillon-hart-hannibal/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161210T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161210T213000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161201T030316Z
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SUMMARY:Rosenthal\, Duncan\, + White
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Rosenthal is the author of Lizard (poetry\, Chax\, 2016) and Manhatten (cross-genre\, Spuyten Duyvil\, 2009). Her interview collection A Community Writing Itself: Conversations with Vanguard Poets of the Bay Area was published by Dalkey Archive in 2010. From 2009–2011 she was an Affiliate Artist at Headlands Center for the Arts. Originally from Chicago\, she lives in San Francisco where she works as a Life & Professional Coach and serves on the California Book Awards poetry jury. \nAja Couchois Duncan’s poetry collection Restless Continent was published by Litmus Press in 2016. Duncan\, a Bay Area educator\, writer and coach of Ojibwe\, French and Scottish descent\, is the recipient of a 2005 Marin Arts Council Award Grant for Literary Arts and a 2013 James D. Phelan Literary Award. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and a variety of other degrees and credentials to certify her as human. Great Spirit knew it all along. \nArisa White is the author of You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened (Augury\, 2016)\, Hurrah’s Nest (Virtual Artists Collective\, 2012)\, and A Penny Saved (Willow\, 2012). In 2013–14 she received a Cultural Funding grant from the City of Oakland to create the libretto and score for Post Pardon: The Opera\, and a grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation to fund a project called dear Gerald. She is a Cave Canem fellow and a BFA faculty member at Goddard College.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rosenthal-duncan-white/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161212T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161118T031822Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press at Perfectly Queer
DESCRIPTION:Perfectly Queer welcomes Nomadic Press\, an innovative publisher based in Oakland and Brooklyn. The press publishes books\, chapbooks\, and periodicals and fosters community through frequent readings in both cities. Founder J.K. Fowler presents 3 Queer authors published by the press and Queer musician Azuah. M.K. Chavez reads from her new full-length poetry collection Dear Animal\, Arisa White from her poetry chapbook Black Pearl\, and Kwan Booth from selected writing. Azuah is a singer\, songwriter\, and guitarist. For more information on Nomadic Press\, see nomadicpress.org. Free admission\, refreshments\, and door prizes.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-at-perfectly-queer/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161212T210000
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SUMMARY:2016-2017 Steinbeck Fellows
DESCRIPTION:Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a Poets & Writers California Writers Exchange poetry winner and a Barbara Deming Fund grantee. Her work is published in crazyhorse\, CALYX\, The James Franco Review and Acentos Review\, and she is a cofounder of Women Who Submit. Her debut poetry collection\, Built with Safe Spaces\, is forthcoming from Sundress Publications. She plans to spend her fellowship year finishing Dear Lupe\,an epistolary novel that imagines the story of “Curley’s Wife\,” the nameless character from John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. \nGary Singh is a journalist who has published nearly 1\,000 articles in trade and consumer publications. For 530 straight weeks\, his newspaper columns have appeared in Metro\, the alternative weekly paper of San Jose and Silicon Valley. He is the author of The San Jose Earthquakes: A Seismic Soccer Legacy (The History Press 2015). His poems have been published in The Pedestal Magazine\, Dirty Chai\, Maudlin House and elsewhere. He plans to spend his fellowship year working on a biography of A. D. M. Cooper (1856-1924)\, a controversial American painter who made the Old West his subject matter. He also plans to complete a contemporary novel already in progress and tangentially related to the nonfiction work. \nAll events are free\, open to the public\, and wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/2016-2017-steinbeck-fellows/
LOCATION:Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies\, SJSU\, 1 Washington Square \, San Jose \, CA\, 95192\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161213T174500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161213T193000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161129T055448Z
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SUMMARY:December Queer Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Reading followed by artist Q&A\nDid we mention there will be cookies? \nFEATURING… \nMaya Pindyck\nMaya Pindyck is the author of Emoticoncert (Four Way Books)\, Friend Among Stones (New Rivers Press)\, and Locket\, Master (Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship Series). A multidisciplinary artist\, she has received grants and fellowships in support of her work from the Historic House Trust of New York City’s Contemporary Art Partnerships Program\, the Abortion Conversation Project\, Squaw Valley Writers\, and the Vermont Studio Center. Her poetry has been recently published in Waxwing\, The Wide Shore\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, and The Feminist Wire. Currently a doctoral candidate at Columbia University’s Teachers College\, Maya teaches at Parsons School of Design and Long Island University and facilitates youth writing workshops through Teachers & Writers Collaborative. \nKatherine Agard\nKatherine Agard is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago currently based in California. Her writing has been supported by Lambda Literary\, Kimbilio\, Callaloo and VONA/Voices\, the University of California – San Diego and Harvard University. She writes and performs her relationship to color – material\, socio-cultural\, spiritual – and the language which allows us to perceive it. You can find out more about her work at http://www.kmagard.com \nChloe Caldwell\nChloe Caldwell is the author of the novella Women and two essay collections Legs Get Led Astray and I’ll Tell You in Person. Her work has appeared in the Sun\, Salon\, Vice\, Catapult\, Hobart\, Nylon\, the Rumpus\, Men’s Health\, and Lenny\, among others. She teaches personal essay and memoir writing in New York City and lives in Hudson\, NY. \nGrace Rosario Perkins\nBased in Oakland CA but having spent most of her life moving between city centers\, the Navajo Nation\, and the Gila River Indian Community\, Grace Rosario Perkins is interested in disassembling her personal narrative and reassembling it as one that layers words\, objects\, faces\, and signifiers built from cultural dissonance\, language\, and history. \nGrace is one of the core founders of Black Salt Collective\, an all women of color art collective that is a recent SFMOMA SECA Award nominee\, has had their collaborative work screened in six countries\, and recently curated a 30+ artist show titled “Visions into Infinite Archives” at SOMArts in SF which received press from publications such as the SFChronicle\, Dazed Magazine\, KQED\, and more.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/december-queer-reading-series/
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:20161213T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
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SUMMARY:Susan Gevirtz w/ Lauren Shufran
DESCRIPTION:The poems in Susan Gevirtz‘ Hotel abc function as ethnographic notes\, exposing the fact that we are all under the thumb of circadian rhythm\, struggling to negotiate our shared condition. Reporters and hotel guests leave and enter the book\, revealing that the face of the beloved is also an icon\, that some sounds can only be heard in certain places and that the origins of language are impossible to locate. \nLauren Shufran is a PhD candidate in Literature at the University of California at Santa Cruz\, where she is finishing her dissertation on the influence of Reformed theology on British love poetry of the 15th and 16th centuries. Her first book of poems\, Inter Arma\, won the Motherwell prize and was published by Fence Books in 2013.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/susan-gevirtz-w-lauren-shufran/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161214T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161201T024903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161201T024903Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Chabon
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland warmly welcomes Michael Chabon back to the store to discuss and sign his new book\, Moonglow on Wednesday\, December 14th at 7:00pm. **Please note** This is a ticketed event. Attendance to this event is free\, but each copy of Moonglow purchased reserves one seat. Reserved seats are held until the start of the event\, at which point standing guests are invited to fill vacant places. Please contact DIESEL at 510-653-9965 with questions. \nFollowing on the heels of his New York Times bestselling novel Telegraph Avenue\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon delivers another literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies\, family legends\, and existential adventure and the forces that work to destroy us. \nIn 1989\, fresh from the publication of his first novel\, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh\, Michael Chabon traveled to his mother’s home in Oakland\, California\, to visit his terminally ill grandfather. Tongue loosened by powerful painkillers\, memory stirred by the imminence of death\, Chabon’s grandfather shared recollections and told stories the younger man had never heard before\, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried and forgotten. That dreamlike week of revelations forms the basis for the novel Moonglow. \nMoonglow unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as my grandfather. It is a tale of madness\, of war and adventure\, of sex and marriage and desire\, of existential doubt and model rocketry\, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury\, and\, above all\, of the destructive impact and the creative power of keeping secrets and telling lies. It is a portrait of the difficult but passionate love between the narrator’s grandfather and his grandmother\, an enigmatic woman broken by her experience growing up in war-torn France. It is also a tour de force of speculative autobiography in which Chabon devises and reveals a secret history of his own imagination. \nFrom the Jewish slums of prewar South Philadelphia to the invasion of Germany\, a Florida retirement village to the penal utopia of New York’s Wallkill prison\, and from the heyday of the space program to the twilight of the American Century\, the novel revisits an entire era through a single life and collapses a lifetime into a single week. A lie that tells the truth\, a work of fictional nonfiction\, an autobiography wrapped in a novel disguised as a memoir\, Moonglow is Chabon at his most moving and inventive. \nMichael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh\, A Model World\, Wonder Boys\, Werewolves in Their Youth\, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay\, Summerland\, The Final Solution\, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union\, Maps & Legends\, Gentlemen of the Road\, Telegraph Avenue\, and the picture book The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man. He lives in Berkeley\, California\, with his wife\, the novelist Ayelet Waldman\, and their children.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-chabon/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161214T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161201T020359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161201T020359Z
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SUMMARY:Emily Carr
DESCRIPTION:McSweeney’s presents a reading of poetry by Emily Carr in her new book “Whosoever Has Let a Minotaur Enter Them\, or a Sonnet.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/emily-carr/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161214T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161201T025315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161201T025315Z
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SUMMARY:Daughter's Tongue
DESCRIPTION:Daughter’s Tongue is reading and re-releasing their chapbook “Body Collective” on December 14th at Wolfman Bookstore. \nAbout the Daughter’s Tongue Coalition:\nThe Daughter’s Tongue Coalition aims to redefine what it means to be a woman writer. Their goal is to work with and bring together communities of multi-racial\, multi-cultural and multi-identifying women. They want to create a safe space for women poets\, writers\, and lovers of literature to gather together and celebrate women’s art. Their aim is to create a space where women can gather together to create\, perform\, and support each other in their artistic endeavors in the Bay Area. \nAll of the members of The Daughter’s Tongue will explore the body in relationship to language\, arts\, politics and personal and communal empowerment through performance. A special edition chapbook will be on sale the night of the show.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daughters-tongue/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161215T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161215T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161129T054956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161129T054956Z
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SUMMARY:Nils Peterson + Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Nils Peterson\, Professor Emeritus from San José State University\, was the first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County\, from 2009-2011. He is also one of the original founders of Poetry Center San José. He has melded his poetry with works of art and music\, and offered many workshops throughout his career as a poet. He has published poetry\, science fiction\, and articles as varying as golf and Shakespeare. Throughout his entire laureateship\, Nils Peterson put forth some interesting projects to inspire the whole community of Santa Clara County. They include\, a 100-line poem: A Family Album\, Santa Clara County\, 2009; Thirty Poems for Thirty days; and ‘Haiku-ish’ poems.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nils-peterson-open-mic/
LOCATION:Willow Glen Library\, 1157 Minnesota Ave\, San Jose \, CA\, 95125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161215T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161215T213000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161201T030605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161201T030605Z
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SUMMARY:Peter Dale Scott
DESCRIPTION:Peter Dale Scott is a poet and political researcher whose artistic works are shaped by the subjects of his nonfiction. \nNation correspondent Larry Bensky commented that Scott has spent his career documenting “an old-boy network of far rightists\, gonzo adventurers\, profiteers\, drug-and gunrunners\, religious fanatics\, and intelligence freelancers who intersect regularly with the various government agencies they once served.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peter-dale-scott-2/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161217T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161217T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161201T020616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161201T020616Z
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SUMMARY:100% Mixed Zine Release Party!
DESCRIPTION:100% Mixed Zine is by and for multi ethnic Asian and Pacific Americans\, featuring interviews\, visual art\, poetry\, and feelings ♥. \nAfter nearly a year of working on the zine and making new friends\, Monika and Jess are ready to release their project 🙂 We’d like to invite you all to join us for a lil party\, and to thank our contributors\, interviewees\, and all who helped us along the way. Bring your friends and family to join in on the fun\, all ages are welcome. \nThe event will include readings\, performances\, and bringing our mixed community together in one room! Some food and drink will be provided\, but if yall wanna turn this into a potluck\, feel free to bring something to share :^) \nLuv\,\nMonika & Jess
URL:https://litseen.com/event/100-mixed-zine-release-party/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161220T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161220T213000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161201T031658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161201T031658Z
UID:24218-1482260400-1482269400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Get Lit #19
DESCRIPTION:An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. \nThe emcee for the night will be the one and only NO ‘HARE \nFeatured lineup of writers include:  Naz Jameson\, Laura Eve Engel\, Ricardo Tavarez\, C. Anne Gardener\, Jason Wyman\, Terilynn Cantlon and MORE! \nMusical Guest:  Open MInds \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and coffee by our good friends next door\, Red Bay Coffee. \nDonations will be kindly requested\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-19/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161222T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161222T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161223T024715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161223T024715Z
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SUMMARY:Weekday Wanderlust
DESCRIPTION:It’s the most wonderful time of the year\, and we’re closing out 2016 with a top-notch line up of readers featured in the newly released Lonely Planet anthology\, edited by our own Don George! The collection gathers stories from some of the best writers in the world and we are so fortunate to have many of them right here in the Bay Area including Marilyn Abildskov\, Natalie Baszile\, and Jeff Greenwald who will be reading for us this month. What a way to celebrate our wonderful community of travelers and writers\, and herald in the holiday season! \nCome for cheer\, and let us say cheers to you: our amazing travel writing tribe. Our readings start promptly at 7 pm but we can always be found in the Library Bar at 6 pm. We hope to see you there.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/weekday-wanderlust/
LOCATION:Hotel Rex\, 562 Sutter Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170103T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170103T210000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161223T024152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161223T024152Z
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SUMMARY:Family Noir: Coleman\, Press\, Dallett\, + Mash
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Sharon Coleman\, Tony Press\, Cassandra Dallett\, and Roy Mash. \nAn open mic follows the featured readers. \nEveryone welcome. There is always room. \nIt’s time to showcase your work. \nFree drawing for books\, broadside\, and Spice Monkey Gift Card.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/family-noir-coleman-press-dallett-mash/
LOCATION:Spice Monkey\, 1628 Webster St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170107T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170107T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161223T022418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161223T022418Z
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition First Saturday
DESCRIPTION:Addison 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) \nAll Ages Welcome \nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-first-saturday-9/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170109T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20170109T095548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T095548Z
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SUMMARY:New Year\, New Books!
DESCRIPTION:Authors Lucy Jane Bledsoe\, Rob Rosen\, and Aya de Leon read from their new books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/new-year-new-books/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170109T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170109T220000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20170109T101211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T101211Z
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SUMMARY:Get Lit # 20
DESCRIPTION:An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. \nThe emcee for the night will be the one and only NO ‘HARE (Isobel O’Hareand Christine No.) \nFeatured lineup of writers include: Chris Chandler\, Yume Kim\, Kyrsten Bean\, Renata Salazar-Acosta\, Wendy Trevino\, Rebecca Gomez Farrell\, Kelechi Marie\, David Welper\, Julie Soller\, Chris Smith and more TBA! \nMusical Guest: Cricket Crawshaw \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and coffee by our good friends next door\, Red Bay Coffee. \nDonations will be kindly requested\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-20/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170109T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170109T213000
DTSTAMP:20260503T005749
CREATED:20161018T233231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161018T233231Z
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SUMMARY:Manjula Martin
DESCRIPTION:About Scratch: \nA collection of essays from today’s most acclaimed authors from Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner\, Alexander Chee\, Nick Hornby\, and Jonathan Franzen on the realities of making a living in the writing world.\nIn the literary world\, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay their dues and count themselves lucky to be published. You should never quit your day job\, but your ultimate goal should be to quit your day job. It’s an endless\, confusing\, and often controversial conversation that\, despite our bare-it-all culture\, still remains taboo. In Scratch\, Manjula Martin has gathered interviews and essays from established and rising authors to confront the age-old question: how do creative people make money?\nAs contributors including Jonathan Franzen\, Cheryl Strayed\, Roxane Gay\, Nick Hornby\, Susan Orlean\, Alexander Chee\, Daniel Jose Older\, Jennifer Weiner\, and Yiyun Li candidly and emotionally discuss money\, MFA programs\, teaching fellowships\, finally getting published\, and what success really means to them\, Scratch honestly addresses the tensions between writing and money\, work and life\, literature and commerce. The result is an entertaining and inspiring book that helps readers and writers understand what it’s really like to make art in a world that runs on money and why it matters. Essential reading for aspiring and experienced writers\, and for anyone interested in the future of literature\, Scratch is the perfect bookshelf companion to On Writing\, Never Can Say Goodbye\, and MFA vs. NYC.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/manjula-martin/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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