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SUMMARY:How To Read A Poem
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\nWednesday\, October 10\, 2018 –  \n1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nSaint Mary’s College Museum of Art\, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\n\n\nUsing a short selection from Matthew Zapruder’s book Why Poetry\, two distinguished Saint Mary’s poets share strategies for unpacking poems in Seminar. Participants will practice these strategies by exploring selected poems in conversation with their peers. \nWith Brenda Hillman & Matthew Zapruder
URL:https://litseen.com/event/how-to-read-a-poem/
LOCATION:Saint Mary’s College of California\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga\, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Heather Havrilesky
DESCRIPTION:Heather Havrilesky discusses her new essay collection\, What If This Were Enough? \nPraise for What If This Were Enough? \n“Heather Havrilesky is a singular talent and an indomitable force. When it comes to the tension between thinking and feeling\, of being out in the world and being alone with yourself\, there is no one sharper\, wiser\, funnier\, most honest\, or more insightful. In What If This Were Enough\, readers will find a splendid mix of Havrilesky’s familiar and intimate ‘Ask Polly’ voice and the authority and erudition of a seasoned cultural critic. I couldn’t get enough.”—Meghan Daum\, author of The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects Of Disucssion \n“There’s an effortlessness to Heather Havrilesky’s writing that is incredibly rare. Her funniest sentences are still empathetic. Her darkest confessions are still pretty funny. It doesn’t seem to matter what she’s writing about\, or what point she’s trying to make. She’s just good at it.”—Chuck Klosterman\, author of But What If We’re Wrong? and Killing Yourself to Live \n“Heather is that dear friend you run into at a bad party at which you’re stuck and you say ‘Oh thank God you’re here’ and spend the rest of the night making dark and hilarious jokes about the party\, other attendees\, and the human condition. Thank God she’s here.”—Jake Tapper\,author of The Hellfire Club and The Outpost \nAbout What If This Were Enough? \nBy the acclaimed critic\, memoirist\, and advice columnist\, an impassioned collection tackling our obsession with self-improvement and urging readers to embrace the imperfections of the everyday \nHeather Havrilesky’s writing has been called “whip-smart and profanely funny” (Entertainment Weekly) and “required reading for all humans” (Celeste Ng). In her work for New York\, The Baffler\, The New York Times Magazine\, and The Atlantic\, as well as in “Ask Polly\,” her advice column for The Cut\, she dispenses a singular\, cutting wisdom–an ability to inspire\, provoke\, and put a name to our most insidious cultural delusions. \nWhat If This Were Enough? is a mantra and a clarion call. In its chapters–many of them original to the book\, others expanded from their initial publication–Havrilesky takes on those cultural forces that shape us. We’ve convinced ourselves\, she says\, that salvation can be delivered only in the form of new products\, new technologies\, new lifestyles. From the allure of materialism to our misunderstandings of romance and success\, Havrilesky deconstructs some of the most poisonous and misleading messages we ingest today\, all the while suggesting new ways to navigate our increasingly bewildering world. \nThrough her incisive and witty inquiries\, Havrilesky urges us to reject the pursuit of a shiny\, shallow future that will never come. These timely\, provocative\, and often hilarious essays suggest an embrace of the flawed\, a connection with what already is\, who we already are\, what we already have. She asks us to consider: What if this were enough? Our salvation\, Havrilesky says\, can be found right here\, right now\, in this imperfect moment.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/47620/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta: Our monthly bilingual poetry series and open mic.
DESCRIPTION:When : Thu\, October 11\, 6:30pm – 9:00pm\nDescription : Sponsored by Alejandro Murguia\, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. This month’s readers TBD.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta-our-monthly-bilingual-poetry-series-and-open-mic-27/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Steven Seidenberg and Jared Stanley\, reading and in conversation
DESCRIPTION:Fellow poets and friends Steven Seidenberg and Jared Stanley\, respectively from San Francisco and Reno\, Nevada\, will read from their work then join in conversation with each other and in response to questions from the audience. Note: this event is re-scheduled from an earlier date (the SFSU campus was unexpectedly closed due to a massive campus-wide power outtage last Fall 2017). Free and open to the public. \nWriter and artist Steven Seidenberg is the author of Pipevalve: Berlin (Lodima Press\, 2017)\, a collection of photographs with an accompanying cycle of aphorism\, Itch (Raw Art Press\, 2014)\, Null Set (Spooky Actions Books\, 2015)\, and numerous chapbooks of verse and aphorism\, most recently Duration Knows No Law (ypolita press\, 2016). His prose work Situ is forthcoming from Black Sun Lit in Spring 2018\, and another photo collection\, Kanazawa Void\, is due out in Fall 2018 from Daylight Books. He has had solo shows of his work in various galleries in the US and abroad\, with upcoming exhibitions in Rome and at the University of Rochester. He is co-editor of the literary journal pallaksch.pallaksch. (Instance Press)\, and curates the False Starts reading series at The Lab in San Francisco. \nJared Stanley is a writer and artist. He is the author of three full-length collections of poetry\, including EARS\, The Weeds\, and Book Made of Forest\, as well as many chapbooks\, pamphlets\, artist editions\, and ephemera\, including A Continual Hint\, Green Hearts and Fire to You\, How the Desert Did Me in\, and Special Newlands Extraction Rubbing. Other writing has recently appeared in Triple Canopy\, Literary Hub\, The Offing\, and Poem-a-Day. Stanley has received fellowships from the Nevada Arts Council and the Center for Art + Environment. He was born in Arizona\, raised in the East Bay\, and lives in Reno\, Nevada. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nVIDEO: Steven Seidenberg and Alan Felsenthal\, Readings in Contemporary Poetry\, DIA Art Foundation\nVIDEO: Jared Stanley and C. D. Wright\, reading at the Woodberry Poetry Room\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center
URL:https://litseen.com/event/steven-seidenberg-and-jared-stanley-reading-and-in-conversation/
LOCATION:The Poetry Center\, San Francisco State University\, 1600 Holloway Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94132\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Walter Mosley
DESCRIPTION:reading from his new novel \nJohn Woman \npublished by Atlantic Monthly Press \nWalter Mosely requires no introduction. His award-winning\, critically-adored body of work has sold millions of copies the world over. Though he is perhaps best known for his mysteries featuring the character Easy Rawlins\, over the course of his long and prolific career\, he has also written a handful of penetrating literary novels that wrestle with questions political and philosophical. His latest book is such a novel: the result of nearly 20 years of incubation\, it is a dazzling and convention-defying novel of ideas about the sexual and intellectual coming-of-age of an unusual man who goes by the name Woman. \nJOHN WOMAN recounts the transformation of an unassuming boy named Cornelius Jones into John Woman\, an unconventional history professor—while the legacy of a hideous crime lurks in the shadows. \nAt twelve years old\, Cornelius\, the son of an Italian-American woman and an older black man from Mississippi named Herman\, secretly takes over his father’s job at a silent film theater in New York’s East Village. Five years later\, as Herman lives out his last days\, he shares his wisdom with his son\, explaining that the person who controls the narrative of history controls their own fate. After his father dies and his mother disappears\, Cornelius sets about reinventing himself—as Professor John Woman\, a man who will spread Herman’s teachings into the classrooms of his unorthodox southwestern university and beyond. But there are other individuals who are attempting to influence the narrative of John Woman\, and who might know something about the facts of his hidden past. \nEngaging with some of the most provocative ideas of recent intellectual history\, JOHN WOMAN  is a compulsively readable\, deliciously unexpected novel about the way we tell stories\, and whether the stories we tell have the power to change the world. It is essential reading in an age defined by fake news and alternative facts. \nWalter Mosley is the author of more than fifty critically-acclaimed books\, including the major bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and includes literary fiction\, science fiction\, political monographs\, and a young adult novel. In 2013\, he was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame\, and he is the winner of numerous awards\, including an O. Henry Award\, the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award\, a Grammy\, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City. \nPraise for Walter Mosley \n“A writer whose work transcends category and qualifies as serious literature.”—Time\n“Mosley is one of the most humane\, insightful\, powerful prose stylists working today in any genre. He’s also one of the most radical…. Immerse yourself in the work of one of our national treasures.”\n—The Austin Chronicle \n“When reviewing a book by Walter Mosley\, it’s hard not to simply quote all the great lines. There are so many of them. You want to share the pleasures of Mosley’s jazz-inflected dialogue and the moody\, descriptive passages reminiscent of Raymond Chandler at his best.”\n—Washington Post\, on Down the River Unto the Sea \n“A daring\, beautifully wrought story that incorporates elements of allegory\, meditative reflection and the lilt of lyric tragedy. ”—Los Angeles Times\, on The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey \n“With Mosley\, there’s always the surprise factor—a cutting image or a bracing line of dialogue.”\n—New York Times Book Review\, on And Sometimes I Wonder About You \n“Mosley’s invigorating\, staccato prose and understanding of racial\, moral\nand social subtleties are in full force.”—Seattle Times\, on Known to Evil \n“[Mosley has] revitalized two genres\, the hard-boiled novel and the American behaviorist novel.”\n—Roberto Bolaño \n“Mosley is the Gogol of the African-American working class—the chronicler par excellence of the tragic and the absurd.”—Vibe \n“[Mosley] has a special talent for touching upon these sticky questions of evil and responsibility without getting stuck in them.”—New Yorker
URL:https://litseen.com/event/walter-mosley/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Katya Cengel discusses Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 11\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nKatya Cengel discusses Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back. \n“Exiled” traces the story of violence through three generations of Cambodian-Americans by profiling a handful of families. It begins with the grandparents\, the elderly who will soon be too old to tell their stories of survival. The violence they endured is recognized as the most brutal\, a genocide that killed an estimated 20 percent of the Cambodian population. In Cambodia\, the criminals have never fully been brought to justice and the victims remain largely silent. The silence is the same in the United States\, where survivors have tried to leave their memories of random killing behind. But trauma like that cannot be escaped so easily\, and it followed them\, seeping back into their families through their children. The guidance\, support and care they were often too traumatized to give their children left those same children vulnerable to gang recruitment. The second generation came of age amidst the violence of the past and the present. \nThe U.S. deported the criminals who did not hold citizenship\, sending them back to a homeland their parents had given up everything to escape. They had neither the practical nor emotional skills to cope and their home country offered little help. In Cambodia they succumb to addiction and mental illness in large numbers. Then there is the third generation\, the children\, the ones still in America growing up without fathers and mothers\, subjected to the violence of loss and longing. This is a story about how regimes as brutal as the Khmer Rouge and as benign as the United States have kept alive a legacy of violence and loss. There are no easy answers here\, just the words of survivors and their descendants.\nKatya Cengel is a freelance writer based in San Luis Obispo\, California\, and lectures in the Journalism Department of California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. She was a features and news writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal from 2003 to 2011 and has reported from North and Central America\, Europe\, Asia\, and Africa. Her work has appeared in New York Times Magazine\, the Wall Street Journal\, the Washington Post\, Marie Claire\, and Newsweek. She is the author of Bluegrass Baseball: A Year in the Minor League Life (Nebraska\, 2012).  \nPraise \n“A powerful and timely book on the generational impact of a particularly brutal chapter of the twentieth century—the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Exiled moves seamlessly from the killing fields of Cambodia to American immigrant communities\, adding texture and perspective to the current debate on refugees\, political asylum\, cultural assimilation\, and the deportation of Americanized immigrant criminals. Cengel humanizes this debate\, bringing a deeper understanding of these hot-button issues. I strongly recommend this book.”—Melvin Claxton\, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist \n“Exiled comes at the right moment in our national debate about immigration and deportation. Katya Cengel’s painfully detailed story about the maltreatment of the children of refugees we once welcomed should open our minds and hearts to the tyranny of ill-conceived laws and small-minded bureaucrats.”—Elizabeth Becker\, author of When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution \n“An excellent and compelling account of Cambodian refugees’ plight in the United States. . . . Once you read Exiled\, you can’t help but be empathetic and look at deportation through a new lens.”—Jennifer Lau\, author of Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge \n“A multigenerational saga of violence and resurrection that plays out among several Cambodian-American families. . . . Katya Cengel movingly documents how trauma plays out across multiple generations\, showing how the unresolved conflicts of the elders lead to catastrophic addiction and mental illness among the young. Cengel captures the full scale of this tragedy and writes with such compassion that anybody who picks up this book cannot fail to be moved.”—Helen Thorpe\, author of The Newcomers: Finding Refuge\, Friendship\, and Hope in an American Classroom \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, October 11\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katya-cengel-discusses-exiled-from-the-killing-fields-of-cambodia-to-california-and-back/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Bikes to Books five-year anniversary October ride
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate five years of Bikes to Books with our October anniversary ride! \n  \nCombining San Francisco history\, art\, literature\, cycling\, and urban exploration\, Bikes to Books began as an homage to the 1988 street-naming project spearheaded by City Lights founder and former San Francisco Poet Laureate\, Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, in which twelve San Francisco streets were renamed for famous artists and authors who had once made San Francisco their home. This anniversary ride marks the thirty-year anniversary of the naming of the original twelve streets. \nThe resulting 7.1-mile tour is a diverting and unique way to celebrate both the literary and the adventurous spirit of San Francisco. Learn about the authors and neighborhoods that made San Francisco a known literary hub\, from South Park to North Beach\, Jack London to Jack Kerouac\, all from the comfort of your own bicycle seat! For fans of specific authors\, we invite you to bring an excerpt to read along our route\, or anecdote to share. Check out the full map for route info and authors represented: https://burritojustice.com/bikes-to-books-map/ \nBring bikes with gears\, snacks\, and enthusiasm. This is an urban ride of moderate difficulty\, recommended for riders 16 years of age and older. \nEvent is free. Maps and our expanded poster version will be available for purchase!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bikes-to-books-five-year-anniversary-october-ride/
LOCATION:Jack London Street\, Jack London Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Clearly Meant Presents: Jair
DESCRIPTION:Jair “TLM” reads his poems\, followed by an interview and discussion with Glenn Ingersoll\, the host of the Clearly Meant series. \nJair “The Literary Masturbator” is a poet\, spoken word artist\, arts curator\, and activist. His books are Collage: An Assemblage of Divergent Poetry Juxtaposed and Touch: Poems & Other Writings of Love\, Erotica\, & Sensuality. His work has been included in anthologies and magazines\, from Mighty Real to Black Gay Genius. Jair performs on radio and television and coordinates spoken word events. Jair is a Libra\, and he loves the Lakers. \nA free chapbook is available at Berkeley Public Library branches. Please pick one up!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/clearly-meant-presents-jair/
LOCATION:Claremont Branch\, Berkeley Public Library\, 2940 Benvenue Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Clearly Meant presents Jair\, the Literary Masturbator
DESCRIPTION:Jair “TLM” reads his poems\, followed by an interview and discussion. Jair “The Literary Masturbator” is a poet\, spoken word artist\, arts curator\, and activist. His books are Collage: An Assemblage of Divergent Poetry Juxtaposed and Touch: Poems & Other Writings of Love\, Erotica\, & Sensuality. His work has been included in anthologies and magazines\, from Mighty Real to Black Gay Genius. Jair performs on radio and television and coordinates spoken word events. Jair is a Libra\, and he loves the Lakers.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/clearly-meant-presents-jair-the-literary-masturbator/
LOCATION:Claremont Branch\, Berkeley Public Library\, 2940 Benvenue Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181013T200000
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SUMMARY:Author Event! C. Arellano / E. de la Cruz / D. Foxx / L. Herrera y Lorenzo
DESCRIPTION:Please  join authors Cathy Arellano\, Estela de la Cruz\, Dino Foxx\, and Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano\, a multi-generational group representing voices of various genders and sexualities. Some of our friendships go back decades\, some of us met in community in more than one location\, and some of us will be meeting for the first time. But we all know the highs and lows of hooking up\, breaking up\, and falling apart. \nBooks featured: \nI Love My Women\, Sometimes They Love Me by Cathy Arellano \nFor the Hell of It by Estela de la Cruz \nWhen the Glitter Fades by Dino Foxx \nAmorcito Maricón by Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano
URL:https://litseen.com/event/author-event-c-arellano-e-de-la-cruz-d-foxx-l-herrera-y-lorenzo/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181014T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181014T153000
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SUMMARY:Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal for Litquake
DESCRIPTION:Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal for Litquake
URL:https://litseen.com/event/haight-ashbury-literary-journal-for-litquake/
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:20181014T160000
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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-7/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181015T190000
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SUMMARY:San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck + open mic
DESCRIPTION:San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck + open mic
URL:https://litseen.com/event/san-francisco-poet-laureate-kim-shuck-open-mic/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181016T123000
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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-4/
LOCATION:Jessie Square\, 736 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Hope Ewing -- MOVERS AND SHAKERS
DESCRIPTION:MORE INFO TO COME \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nTuesday\, October 16\, 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/hope-ewing-movers-and-shakers/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:John Freeman in conversation with Rebecca Solnit
DESCRIPTION:This event cosponsored by LITQUAKE in conjunction with City Lights and Grove Press \ncelebrating the release of \nFreeman’s Literary Journal: POWER Issue \npublished by Grove Press \nFrom the voices of protestors to the encroachment of a new fascism\, everywhere we look\, power is revealed. Spouse to spouse\, soldier to citizen\, looker to gazed upon\, power is never static: it is either demonstrated or deployed. Its hoarding is itself a demonstration. This thought-provoking issue of the acclaimed literary annual Freeman’s explores who gets to say what matters in a time of social upheaval. \nMany of the writers are women. Margaret Atwood posits it is time to update the gender of werewolf narratives. Aminatta Forna shatters the silences which supposedly ensured her safety as a woman of color walking in public spaces. Power must often be seized. The narrator of Lan Samantha Chang’s short story finally wrenches control of the family’s finances from her husband only to make a fatal mistake. Meanwhile the hero of Tahmima Anam’s story achieves freedom by selling bull semen. Australian novelist Josephine Rowe recalls a gallery attendee trying to take what was not offered when she worked as a life-drawing model. Violence often results from power imbalances— Booker Prize winner Ben Okri watches power stripped from the residents of Grenfell Tower by ferocious neglect. But not all power must wreak damage. Barry Lopez remembers fourteen glimpses of power\, from the moment he hitched a ride on a cargo plane in Korea to the glare he received from a bear traveling with her cubs in the woods\, asking—do you plan me harm? \nFeaturing work from brand new writers Nicole Im\, Jaime Cortez\, and Nimmi Gowrinathan\, as well as from some of the world’s best storytellers\, including US poet laureate Tracy K. Smith\, Franco-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani\, and Turkish novelist Elif Shafak\, Freeman’s: Power escapes from the headlines of today and burrows into the heart of the issue. \nJohn Freeman was the editor of Granta until 2013. His books include How to Read a Novelist\, Tales of Two Cities\, Tales of Two Americas\, and Maps\, his debut collection of poems. He is executive editor at the Literary Hub and teaches at the New School and New York University. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and the Paris Review and has been translated into twenty languages. \nRebecca Solnit is a prolific writer\, and the author of many books including Hope in the Dark\, Men Explain Things To Me\, Savage Dreams\, Storming the Gates of Paradise\, and the best-selling atlases Infinite City and Unfathomable City. Her writing has appeared in Harpers\, UK Guardian\, and Tom Dispatch. She has received numerous honors for her work including the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the Sally Hacker Prize from the Society for the History of Technology\, the Harvard Mark Lynton History Prize\, the Corlis Benefideo Award for Imaginative Cartography from the North American Cartographic Information Society\, and numerous fellowships. \nLitquake is the largest independent literary festival on the West Coast\, Litquake continues its mission as a ten-day literary spectacle for booklovers\, complete with cutting-edge panel discussions\, unique cross-media events\, and hundreds of readings. Whether it’s poets reciting in a cathedral\, authors discussing science versus religion in a library\, or novelists reading in a beekeeping supply store\, the goal remains the same: whet a broad range of literary appetites\, present the literary fare in a variety of traditional and unlikely venues\, and make it vivid\, real\, and entertaining. To learn more visit: http://www.litquake.org/ \nPraise for Freeman’s: \n“There’s an illustrious new literary journal in town . . . [with] fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry by new voices and literary heavyweights . . . alike.”—Vogue.com \n“A terrific anthology . . . Sure to become a classic in years to come.”—San Francisco Chronicle \n“Ambitious.”—O Magazine \n“Freeman draws from a global cache of talent . . . An expansive reading experience.”—Kirkus Reviews \n“Looking at what John [Freeman] has put together in this first edition\, I’m struck by how many names I don’t know and how diverse and global it is. My only disappointment is that it’s going to be twice a year—I think we need it 4 times a year.”—James Wood\, Radio Boston \n“Illuminating . . . Perfect reading for our ever-accelerating times.”—NPR’s Book Concierge \n“Freeman’s is fresh\, provocative\, engrossing.”—BBC.com \n“A first-rate anthology of bold\, searching and personal writing by emerging and established writers.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune \n“Freeman’s sets a new standard for literary journals . . . It’s refreshing and full of nuanced stories that will linger with you long after you finish them.”—Chicago Literati \n“[An] infinitely relatable and beautifully crafted prose and poetry anthology . . . Freeman has assembled a thoughtful and profoundly accessible collection of work that connects our vulnerabilities\, our expectations and our hopes.”—Newcity Lit \n“[A] thrillingly unique collection of voices.”—Toronto Star
URL:https://litseen.com/event/john-freeman-in-conversation-with-rebecca-solnit/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:John Jay Osborn
DESCRIPTION:John Jay Osborn discusses his new novel Listen to the Marriage. \n\nAbout Listen to the Marriage \n\nGretchen and Steve have been married for a long time. Living in San Francisco\, recently separated\, with two children and demanding jobs\, they’ve started going to a marriage counselor. Unfolding over the course of ten months and taking place entirely in the marriage counselor’s office\, John Jay Osborn’s Listen to the Marriage is the story of a fractured couple in a moment of crisis\, and of the person who tries to get them to see each other again. A searing look at the obstacles we put in our own way\, as well as the forces that drive us apart (and those that bring us together)\, Listen to the Marriage is a poignant exploration of marriage–heartbreaking and tender. \n  \nAbout John Jay Osborn \n\nJohn Jay Osborn graduated from Harvard Law School in 1970. He wrote The Paper Chase while he was a full-time law student. Osborn has clerked for the United States Court of Appeals\, practiced law in New York City\, taught at the University of Miami School of Law\, and practiced in the estate-planning field\, as well as giving advice and representation to artists and writers. He is the author of several novels and has written episodes for a variety of television shows. Since 1991 he has been a professor at the law school of the University of San Francisco. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/john-jay-osborn/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:BINDERY: Erin Gibson / Feminasty: The Complicated Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts a special evening with Erin Gibson for her debut book of essays Feminasty: The Complicated Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death. Please join us! \n  \nErin Gibson has a singular goal – to create a utopian future where women are recognized as humans. In FEMINASTY—titled after her nickname on the hit podcast “Throwing Shade”—she has written a collection of make-you-laugh-until-you-cry essays that expose the hidden rules that make life as a woman unnecessarily hard and deconstructs them in a way that’s bold\, provocative and hilarious. Whether it’s about shaming women for having their periods\, allowing them into STEM fields but never treating them like they truly belong\, or dictating strict rules for how they should dress in every situation\, Erin breaks down the organized chaos of old fashioned sexism\, intentional and otherwise\, that systemically keeps women down. \n  \nFeminasty is Erin Gibson’s revolutionary handbook for dismantling the patriarchy\, one pay gap joke at a time \n  \n\n  \nEmmy-nominated Southern loudmouth Erin Gibson is an expert at mixing social commentary\, political satire\, and vagina jokes into neat little comedy packages. Based in Los Angeles\, she’s one half of the Throwing Shade empire\, which includes an award winning political absurdist comedy podcast\, international live touring show\, the Funny or Die web series and a TV Land late night show. She developed her social commentary chops as the host of “Modern Lady” and sharpened them writing and directing political sketches for Funny or Die\, where you’ve seen her impersonate terrible women like Michele Bachmann\, Megyn Kelly\, Michelle Duggar and Ivanka Trump. She also created the long running Emmy-nominated “Gay of Thrones” starring her real-life hair stylist\, Jonathan Van Ness. Feminasty is her debut book of comedic essays. \n  \n\n  \nPlease note: This event will be at The Bindery\, 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. \n  \nIf you cannot attend the event but would like to requeset a signed copy of Feminasty\, order below and put your request in the comments field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bindery-erin-gibson-feminasty-the-complicated-womans-guide-to-surviving-the-patriarchy-without-drinking-herself-to-death/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:John Kaag discusses his new book\, Hiking With Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
DESCRIPTION:John Kaag discusses his new book\, Hiking With Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. \n\nPraise For Hiking With Nietzsche \n\n“Meditative . . . thought provoking . . . Kaag has crafted a stirring account of a personal encounter with a great mind.” –Publishers Weekly \n  \n“Kaag succeeds . . . through his courage to approach Nietzsche\, and philosophy in general\, from a personal―and not just intellectual―perspective . . . .A meditative work full of self-understanding that will resonate with anyone who has ever been drawn toward the void.” –Kirkus \n\nAbout Hiking With Nietzsche \n\nA revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich Nietzsche \n  \nHiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tale of two philosophical journeys―one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen\, the other seventeen years later\, in radically different circumstances: he is now a husband and father\, and his wife and small child are in tow. Kaag sets off for the Swiss peaks above Sils Maria where Nietzsche wrote his landmark work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Both of Kaag’s journeys are made in search of the wisdom at the core of Nietzsche’s philosophy\, yet they deliver him to radically different interpretations and\, more crucially\, revelations about the human condition. \n  \nJust as Kaag’s acclaimed debut\, American Philosophy: A Love Story\, seamlessly wove together his philosophical discoveries with his search for meaning\, Hiking with Nietzsche is a fascinating exploration not only of Nietzsche’s ideals but of how his experience of living relates to us as individuals in the twenty-first century. Bold\, intimate\, and rich with insight\, Hiking with Nietzsche is about defeating complacency\, balancing sanity and madness\, and coming to grips with the unobtainable. As Kaag hikes\, alone or with his family\, but always with Nietzsche\, he recognizes that even slipping can be instructive. It is in the process of climbing\, and through the inevitable missteps\, that one has the chance\, in Nietzsche’s words\, to “become who you are.” \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/john-kaag-discusses-his-new-book-hiking-with-nietzsche-on-becoming-who-you-are/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 17\, 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 and Sharon Coleman. \nEvery third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, October 17\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA\n\n\n\n\nEvent Category:\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-8/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:H O L L O W A Y : R E A D I N G : S E R I E S Tom Pickard
DESCRIPTION:Tom Pickard \nREADINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
URL:https://litseen.com/event/h-o-l-l-o-w-a-y-r-e-a-d-i-n-g-s-e-r-i-e-s-tom-pickard/
LOCATION:Maude Fife Room\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:The City Is Already Speaking: The Sound of Calle 24 Live Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join United Booksellers\, San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck\, and the poets \n\nfor what is likely to be the last live reading of 2018 from the limited edition chapbook\,\nThe City Is Already Speaking: The Sound of Calle 24 \n Featured readers:\n*Josiah Luis Alderete * Dee Allen * Simon Crafts * Flavia Elisa * E.K. Keith * Thea Matthews * Linda Noel * Raul Ruiz * Denise Sullivan & Ricardo Tavarez plus special guests.\n\njoin United Booksellers\, San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck\, and the poets of \n\nThe City Is Already Speaking: The Sound of Calle 24 \nfor what is likely to be the last live reading of 2018 from our limited edition chapbook. Featured readers on this night are…\n*Josiah Luis Alderete * Dee Allen * Simon Crafts * Flavia Elisa * E.K. Keith * Thea Matthews * Linda Noel * Raul Ruiz * Denise Sullivan & Ricardo Tavarez plus special guests. LITQUAKE DETAILS HERE\n\nThis is the first publication by United Booksellers which in addition to the above listed contributors\, also includes work from former San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía and California Book Award\, Griffin Poetry Prize and American Book Award winner\, Tongo Eisen-Martin. Fresh copies of the chap\, from a limited run and printed on higher quality paper stock\, will be available for sale at the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-city-is-already-speaking-the-sound-of-calle-24-live-reading/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:H. Bruce Franklin discusses his new book Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War
DESCRIPTION:H. Bruce Franklin discusses his new book Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War. \n\nAbout Crash Course \n\nGrowing up during the Second World War\, H. Bruce Franklin believed what he was told: that America’s victory would lead to a new era of world peace. Like most Americans\, he was soon led to believe in a world-wide Communist conspiracy that menaced the United States\, forcing the nation into a disastrous war in Korea. But once he joined the U.S. Air Force and began flying top-secret missions as a navigator and intelligence officer\, what he learned was eye-opening. He saw that even as the U.S. preached about peace and freedom\, it was engaging in an endless cycle of warfare\, bringing devastation and oppression to fledgling democracies across the globe. \nNow\, after fifty years as a renowned cultural historian\, Franklin offers a set of hard-learned lessons about modern American history. Crash Course is essential reading for anyone who wonders how America ended up where it is today: with a deeply divided and disillusioned populace\, led by a dysfunctional government\, and mired in unwinnable wars. It also finds startling parallels between America’s foreign military exploits and the equally brutal tactics used on the home front to crush organized labor\, antiwar\, and civil rights movements. \nMore than just a memoir or a history book\, Crash Course gives readers a unique firsthand look at the building of the American empire and the damage it has wrought. Shocking and gripping as any thriller\, it exposes a decades-long deception of the American public and commemorates the few brave souls who fought for truth and justice.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/h-bruce-franklin-discusses-his-new-book-crash-course-from-the-good-war-to-the-forever-war/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Erica Dawson -- WHEN RAP SPOKE STRAIGHT TO GOD
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 18\n7:00pm\n\nMORE INFO TO COME \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, October 18\, 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/erica-dawson-when-rap-spoke-straight-to-god/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Carolyn Miller & Carol Moldaw
DESCRIPTION:Carolyn Miller is a poet and painter living in San Francisco. Route 66 and Its Sorrows\, her most recent book of poetry\, was published by Terrapin Books in 2017. Two other full-length collections\, Light\, Moving (2009) and After Cocteau (2002)\, were published by Sixteen Rivers Press. Miller’s work has appeared The Georgia Review\, The Southern Review\, Prairie Schooner\, and The Gettysburg Review\, among other journals\, and her awards include the James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry from Shenandoah and the Rainmaker Award from Zone 3. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nCarol Moldaw is the author of Beauty Refracted\, a poetry collection (Four Way Books 2018); The Widening\, a short novel; The Lightning Field\, which won The FIELD Prize; and a chapbook\, Through the Window\, published as Pencereden in Istanbul\, in a bi-lingual Turkish-English edition. Moldaw is the recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship in poetry\, a Pushcart Prize\, and a Lannan Foundation Marfa Writer’s Residency. Her book So Late\, So Soon: New and Selected Poems\, was shortlisted for the PEN Southwest Book Award (2011). Moldaw grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University. Moldaw has been on the faculty of the Stonecoast low-residency M.F.A. program\,and has conducted residencies at the Vermont Studio Center\, taught at the College of Santa Fe and in the MFA program at Naropa University and Bucknell’s Stadler Center for Poetry. In the spring of 2011 she served as the Louis D. Rubin\, Jr.\, Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University. Moldaw teaches privately and lives in Santa Fe\, New Mexico with her husband and daughter.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/carolyn-miller-carol-moldaw/
LOCATION:Falkirk Cultural Center\, 1408 Mission Ave\, San Rafael \, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Damion Searls discusses his translation of Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl\, by Uwe Johnson. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation
DESCRIPTION:Damion Searls discusses his translation of Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl\, by Uwe Johnson. Sponsored by The Center for the Art of Translation. \n\nAbout Anniversaries \n\nA landmark of 20th Century literature about New York in the late 1960s\, now in English for the first time. \nLate in 1967\, Uwe Johnson\, already one of the most celebrated German novelists of his generation\, set out to write a book that would take the form of an entry for every day of the year that lay ahead.  The  first entry is August 21\, 1967\, and every subsequent entry is dated the following day\, through August 20\, 1968. Of course\, Johnson had no idea what the year would bring—that was part of the challenge—but he did have his main character: Gesine Cresspahl\, a German émigré living on the Upper West Side of New York City and working as a translator for a bank\, who is the single mother of a ten-year-old daughter\, Marie. \nThe book tells the story of a year in the life of this little family in relation to the unfolding stories of the year\, as winnowed from the pages of The New York Times\, of which Gesine is a devoted if wary reader. These stories in turn are overlayed by another: Gesine\, born just as Hitler was coming to power\, has decided to tell Marie the story of her grandparents’ lives and of her own rural childhood in Nazi Germany. \nAnniversaries courts comparison to Joyce’s Ulysses\, the book of a day\, and to Proust’s In Search of Lost Time\, the book of a lifetime\, but it stands apart in its dense polyphonic interplay of voices and stories. It is a novel of private life\, a political novel\, and a new kind of historical novel\, reckoning not only with past history but with history in the making.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/damion-searls-discusses-his-translation-of-anniversaries-from-a-year-in-the-life-of-gesine-cresspahl-by-uwe-johnson-sponsored-by-the-center-for-the-art-of-translation/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Lit Crawl SF
DESCRIPTION:FREE! \nOne of the most anticipated literary nights of the year\, San Francisco’s Lit Crawl began in 2004\, and has grown to attract nearly 10\,000 people. Today\, it is the world’s largest such event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lit-crawl-sf/
LOCATION:The Mission\, the mission\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:LITQUAKE! LIT-Crawl
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a great night of literary fun along 24th Street! \nPhase 1:  FLOR Y CANTO 2018 \nhttps://www.facebook.com/SFFloryCanto/ \nPhase 2:  FORUM Magazine \nhttps://www.facebook.com/ForumMagazine/ \nPhase 3:  THE RACKET \nhttps://www.facebook.com/theracketseries/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/litquake-lit-crawl/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:14th Annual Lit Crawl SF: Hazel Reading Series / The Escapery
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, October 20\, 2018\nTime: 6pm doors\, 6:30pm event\nAdmission: Free \nHazel Reading Series features an all-star lineup of readers. After the intermission\, The Escapery readers explore life’s peaks and craters\, the ways that the moonshine reaches all of us\, the glint and glare of love and death\, and the waning gleam of the moon as we move through our lives. \nOne of the most anticipated literary nights of the year\, Lit Crawl San Francisco is a massive\, one-night literary pub crawl throughout the city’s Mission District. Lit Crawl SF brings together 500+ authors and close to 10\,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event. Started in 2004\, Lit Crawl cultivates a unique\, resonant brand: smart and silly\, worldly and wacky events presented in venues usual (bars\, cafes\, galleries\, and bookstores) and unusual (police stations\, tattoo parlors\, barbershops\, and laundromats). \nHazel Reading Series\nFeaturing:\nCiera-Jevae Gordon\nMeilan Carter-Gilkey\nNatasha Dennerstein\nSara Marinelli\nThea Matthews\nYang Huang \nThe Escapery: Your Writing Unschool\nNancy Au\nCarson Beker\nHaldane C. King\nKathryn Kruse\nPloi Pirapokin \nABOUT HAZEL READING SERIES:\nHazel Reading Series is a San Francisco-based monthly reading series and an ever-evolving community. Each month\, emerging and established women writers share their work and go on to choose next month’s readers. Hazel is a place for experimentation\, for support and community\, for writers and literature lovers of all kinds to bump into new work and new ideas. Hazel Reading Series is also invested in creating a space that represents and celebrates the diverse ethnicity\, sexuality\, ability\, age\, and form of the Bay Area’s artists. \nABOUT THE ESCAPERY:\nThe Escapery is your Writing and Other Arts Unschool. We use themed classes\, field trips\, day-long intensives\, craft intensives\, five/ten week adventures\, and more to create spaces for artists to play\, learn\, find community\, create\, and share. Playful\, community-oriented\, queer\, re-centering women/NB\, queer/trans artists\, and artists of color. No famous white men\, no tear-down workshops\, zero-tolerance for micro or macro aggressions. We are always all/no levels\, always genre-queer\, anti-competition and pro-tearing down the walls. SF/Oakland originated\, extending our kraken tentacles all over the map and in your virtual spaces. \nABOUT THE READERS:\nNancy Au is co-founder of The Escapery. Her writing appears in Tahoma Literary Review\, Lunch Ticket\, The Pinch\, Foglifter\, and elsewhere. Au’s flash fiction is included in the forthcoming Best Small Fictions 2018 anthology\, and her full-length collection\, Spider Love Song & Other Stories\, is forthcoming from Acre Books in March 2019. \nCarson Beker is co-founder of The Escapery. They are a writer\, playwright\, and storyteller. His stories have appeared in Foglifter (Pushcart Nomination 2016)\, Gigantic Sequins\, and Radar Literary Series. They were a 2016 Lambda Fellow and Tin House Workshop scholar. \nHaldane C. King is the founder of Terra Incognita Literary Reading Series and an instructor and board member of The Escapery. He earned his MFA degree in writing and consciousness from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2012. He is an editor of WTAW Press\, a data analyst\, and helps bring literature to the people with the Why There Are Words Literary organization. \nKathryn Kruse received her MFA from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas and holds a BA in English with a certificate in creative writing from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was an instructor with The Escapery from 2016-2017. She founded and curated the NeonLit reading series. Her work is published\, among other places\, in Indiana Review\, The Manchester Review\, The Adirondack Review\, I Hope You’re Feeling Better Collaborative Exhibition. \nPloi Pirapokin has work featured in Tor.com\, Apogee Journal\, the Bellingham Review\, Fiction International\, Cleaver Magazine\, and more. She has received grants and fellowships from the San Francisco Arts Commission\, the Creative Capacity Fund\, the Headlands Center for the Arts\, the Ragdale Foundation\, Kundiman\, and others. Pirapokin holds an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University. \nLEARN MORE:\nwww.litquake.org/lit-crawl-sf\nwww.facebook.com/hazelreadingseries\nwww.theescapery.org\nhttp://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/lit-crawl-sf-20181020/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/14th-annual-lit-crawl-sf-hazel-reading-series-the-escapery/
LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:InsideStorytime SHADOW
DESCRIPTION:part of phase 2 of the 2018 San Francisco Lit Crawl\, will take place at Incline Gallery\, 766 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, Saturday October 20th\, 6.30-7.30 pm\, featuring Emer Martin (The Cruelty Men)\, Colin Winnette (The Job of the Wasp)\, Anca Szil�gyi (Daughters of the Air)\, Cyrus Armajani (Benefits of Doubt)\, and Simi Singh Juneja.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime-shadow/
LOCATION:Incline Gallery\, 766 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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