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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poetry Marathon
DESCRIPTION:Guest curator: Chloe Veylit.\nReaders:  Brandon Brown\, Kazumi Chin\, Vanessa Flores\, Nick Johnson\, Joseph Lease\, Michelle Lin\, Carrie Murphy\, and Denise Newman.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poetry-marathon-2/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Elaine Brown
DESCRIPTION:Elaine Brown – “E Spoken”\nI have been writing ever since my Mother and siblings taught me how to hold a pen. I grew up listening to the stories my Grandmother and Mother would tell me about my family and their struggles wondering how I could change things. So\, history and writing became my passion. I have been writing Free Style Poetry for almost 30 years combining past and present issues that affect our daily lives; motivating people to change their mindsets.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elaine-brown/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170725T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170725T200000
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SUMMARY:A Bunch of Bad Hombres: Immigrant Writers Respond to Trump
DESCRIPTION:More details coming soon.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-bunch-of-bad-hombres-immigrant-writers-respond-to-trump/
LOCATION:SF Public Library\, 100 Larkin Street\, San Francisco\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170725T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170725T203000
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SUMMARY:Bob Anbian + Randy Fingland
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays at North Beach is a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. Past guests have included Jonathan Richman\, Diane di Prima\, California Poet Laureate Al Young and freshly-discovered poets from our sister program\, Poets 11. \nThe series is presented by Friends and curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence\, Jack Hirschman. \nInterested in reading? Please contact Friends’ Literary Director Byron Spooner at byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org or call (415) 522-8602.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bob-anbian-randy-fingland/
LOCATION:North Beach\, SF Public Library\, 850 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170725T203000
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SUMMARY:Anita Cruz + Chris Carosi
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Tuesday evening in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco to hear poets from near and far read their work! \nTuesdays at North Beach is a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. Past guests have included Jonathan Richman\, Diane di Prima\, California Poet Laureate Al Young and freshly-discovered poets from our sister program\, Poets 11. \nThe series is presented by Friends and curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence\, Jack Hirschman. \nInterested in reading? Please contact Friends’ Literary Director Byron Spooner at byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org or call (415) 522-8602.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anita-cruz-chris-carosi/
LOCATION:North Beach\, SF Public Library\, 850 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170725T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170725T210000
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SUMMARY:Michelle Richmond
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is elated to host a launch party for the one and only Michelle Richmond\, reading from her new novel The Marriage Pact. Join us! \nNewlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice\, once a singer in a well-known rock band\, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their life together holds endless possibilities. After receiving an enticing wedding gift from one of Alice’s prominent clients\, they decide to join an exclusive and mysterious group known only as The Pact. \nThe goal of The Pact seems simple: to keep marriages happy and intact. And most of its rules make sense. Always answer the phone when your spouse calls. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly. Plan a trip together once per quarter. . . .  \nNever mention The Pact to anyone.\n            \nAlice and Jake are initially seduced by the glamorous parties\, the sense of community\, their widening social circle of like-minded couples. \nAnd then one of them breaks the rules. \nThe young lovers are about to discover that for adherents to The Pact\, membership\, like marriage\, is for life. And The Pact will go to any lengths to enforce that rule. \nFor Jake and Alice\, the marriage of their dreams is about to become their worst nightmare.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michelle-richmond/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170726T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170726T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer-East Bay: YOU Are the Author!
DESCRIPTION:If you are a queer-identified author and would like to read at our event\, write us at: PerfectlyQueerSF@gmail.com\nYou will have 5 minutes to talk about your work and read. The number of total readers is limited\, so we will take those who respond first.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-east-bay-you-are-the-author/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170726T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170726T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
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SUMMARY:Barry Kraft: Shakespeare Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join Barry Kraft for a celebration of all things Shakespeare! Kraft has acted in all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays\, playing more than 100 roles in 86 full productions. He spent 28 seasons as an actor and dramaturg at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/barry-kraft-shakespeare-celebration/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170726T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170726T210000
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SUMMARY:Andrew Sean Greer
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts one of our absolute favorite writers\, Andrew Sean Greer\, for the launch of his new novel Less. Please join us! \nArthur Less\, a mid-list novelist\, is approaching his 50th birthday\, and he needs to grow up. But first he needs to get out: Arthur’s much younger\, exceedingly beautiful ex-boyfriend is getting married\, and the last thing Arthur wants to do is attend the wedding. So he accepts every half-baked literary invitation that’s recently come his way\, slaps together his frequent flier miles\, leaves San Francisco\, and takes a trip around the world. \nHis travels take him to Mexico\, Spain\, Italy\, Germany\, Morocco\, Vietnam\, India\, and Japan. Along the way\, he finds love\, despair\, adventure\, and plenty of misadventure\, is forced to come to terms with the fleeting of youth and the realities of life—in often quite hilarious ways.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andrew-sean-greer/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170726T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170726T213000
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SUMMARY:Samantha Hunt
DESCRIPTION:Samantha Hunt discusses her new story collection\, The Dark Dark with Clara Sankey. \nPraise for Samantha Hunt \n“Samantha Hunt is astonishing. Her every sentence electrifies. Her characters demand our closest attention. Her new book contains everything that I want in a novel. If I could long-distance mesmerize you\, dear reader\, into picking up this book and buying it and reading it at once\, believe me: I would.”—Kelly Link\, author of Get in Trouble\, Magic for Beginners \n“I’m speechless. Mr. Splitfoot is so inventive\, so new; I haven’t read anything like it in years. On the surface it’s about false spirituality and the most demented road trip across New York State ever attempted\, but it’s also about the horrible ties that bind us and the small acts of redemption that make life almost okay. On top of that\, it’s a thrilling page-turner. I couldn’t stop reading it.”—Gary Shteyngart\, author of Little Failure\, Super Sad True Love Story \n“Mr. Splitfoot is lyrical\, echoing\, deeply strange\, with a quality of sustained hallucination. It is the best book on communicating with the dead since William Lindsay Gresham’s Nightmare Alley\, but it swaps out that novel’s cynicism for a more life-affirming sense of uncertainty.”—Luc Sante\, author of Low Life \n\nAbout The Dark Dark \nFrom the acclaimed author of Mr. Splitfoot\, Samantha Hunt’s first collection of stories\, The Dark Dark\, blends the literary and the fantastic and brings us characters on the verge―girls turning into women\, women turning into deer\, people doubling or becoming ghosts\, and more \n  \nStrange things happen all around us all the time\, but is it best to acknowledge or to turn away from moments when the weird pokes its way into our ordinary lives? \n  \nIn these marvelously inventive stories\, Samantha Hunt imagines numerous ways in which lives might be altered by the otherworldly. An FBI agent falls in love with a robot built for a suicide mission. A young woman unintentionally cheats on her husband when she is transformed\, nightly\, into a deer. Two strangers become lovers and find themselves somehow responsible for the resurrection of a dog. A woman tries to start her life anew after the loss of a child but cannot help riddling that new life with lies. Thirteen pregnant teenagers develop a strange relationship with the Founding Fathers of American history. A lonely woman’s fertility treatments become the stuff of science fiction. \n  \nMagic intrudes. Technology betrays and disappoints. Infidelities lead us beyond the usual conflict. Our bodies change\, reproduce\, decay\, and surprise. With her characteristic unguarded gaze and offbeat humor\, Hunt has conjured stories that urge an understanding of youth and mortality\, magnification and loss\, and hold out the hope that we can know one another more deeply or at least stand side by side to observe the mystery of the world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/samantha-hunt/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170726T213000
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SUMMARY:Literary Pachanga
DESCRIPTION:Literary Pachanga showcases three Chicano authors and a singer-songwriter \nPegasus Books celebrates Mexican American Literature with a Literary Pachanga for the community on Wednesday\, July 26. Chicano writers Alan Chazaro\, Sara Campos\, Christine Granados and Northern California singer/songwriter Alyssa Granados will perform from their collective works. The event is free and open to the public. \nAlan Chazaro is a first-generation Chicano with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area and Veracruz. His poetry has been featured in the Intro Journals Project from the Association of Writers & Writing Programs and has also appeared or is forthcoming in Iron Horse Review\, Huizache\, BorderSenses\, Pilgrimage Magazine\, and other publications. He continues to teach high school in California\, and likes to doodle while travelling new cities.\nhttp://agchazaro.wixsite.com/poetry \nSara Campos has published fiction\, poetry and nonfiction articles in numerous publications including\, St. Anne’s Review\, Rio Grande Review\, Literary Mama\, 580-Split\, Colorlines\, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the recipient of the Letras Latinas Fellowship\, an Elizabeth George Foundation grant\, residencies with Hedgebrook\, the Anderson Center and fellowships with Macondo and VONA. She co-directs the New American Story Project\, an online storytelling project on unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America.\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-campos-83571218/ \nChristine Granados has been a Spur Award finalist and received Sandra Cisneros’ literary prize the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation Award in 2006 for her first book of fiction Brides and Sinners in El Chuco\, published by the University of Arizona Press and her stories have been in many anthologies. She will read from and discuss her second book\, a novella and short stories about strong Mexican American women who live along the border\, titled Fight Like a Man and Other Stories We Tell Our Children.\nhttp://christinegranados.com \nAlyssa Granados’ diverse catalog of guitar styles come from a range of influences spanning from folk to dub. She is half of the Electronic Funk duo Dreamers Paradise out of Boise\, ID.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/cadence_boise
URL:https://litseen.com/event/literary-pachanga/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Community Voices: Poets Speak Indigo Moor
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday at 5pm from June 29 – August 10\, join us for Community Voices: Poets Speak at the Museum of the African Diaspora where Bay Area Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of our current exhibition. Now on view\, The Ease of Fiction presents the work of four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history\, fact and fiction. The readings and discussion of original work will take place in the gallery for a maximum of 30 minutes. The series culminates with a reception and an evening of poetry by the participating poets\, along with Arisa White and James Cagney\, on Thursday\, August 17\, 6:30-8pm. Free Admission. \nFounded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape\, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. \nCommunity Voices: Poets Speak is curated by Arisa White\, poet\, writer & educator. \nIndigo Moor \nCurrent Poet Laureate of Sacramento\, Indigo Moor is the author of three books of poetry: Tap-Root (Main Street Rag\, 2006)\, Through the Stonecutter’s Window (Northwestern University Press\, 2010)\, and In the Room of Thirsts & Hungers (Main Street Rag\, July 2017). His stage play\, Live! at the Excelsior\, was a finalist for the Images Theatre Playwright Award and has been optioned for a full-length film. Indigo is the Artist in Residence for 916 ink and on the advisory board for the Sacramento Poetry Center.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/community-voices-poets-speak-indigo-moor/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170727T200000
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SUMMARY:My Heart Hemmed In Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join us for happy hour at the CAT and Two Lines offices to celebrate the release of My Heart Hemmed In\, our third book by Marie NDiaye. Stop by after work for a drink and a snack and hear readings from the book by Two Lines staff. \nTranslated from the French by Jordan Stump\, My Heart Hemmed In tells the story of Nadia and her husband Ange\, two middle-aged schoolteachers who slowly realize they’re despised by everyone in their community. When a wound mysteriously appears on Ange’s stomach\, Nadia desperately tries to save her husband’s life. This leads Nadia on an adventure that propels her out of her small world and into a reality that is deeply troubling and at the same time all-too-familiar.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/my-heart-hemmed-in-happy-hour/
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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SUMMARY:Ian Stansel
DESCRIPTION:Ian Stansel discusses his new novel\, The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo. \n\nPraise for The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo \n“A taut and powerful modern Western. I picked up The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo and did not put it down again until I had read the last\, moving sentence. Follow Lena on horseback as she pursues a killer through the wilds of Northern California\, and in the end you will find yourself someplace unexpected. One of the most compelling novels I’ve read in a long time.”—Eowyn Ivey\, author of the To the Bright Edge of the World and the Pulitzer finalist The Snow Child \n\n“Although set in the twentieth-first century\, this fine novel has a mythic power and resonance. Ian Stansel is a gifted young writer who starts his novel at a gallop and never lets up until the story’s final reckoning.”—Ron Rash\, author of Serena\, Above the Waterfall \n\n“Ian Stansel’s debut novel is so rich in evocative detail and gripping incident that I thought at several moments I was riding fast next to its sharply drawn characters across rough ground.  Like All the Pretty Horses before it\, The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo inks an indelible portrait of a hard\, gorgeous world that is both timeless and in deep\, momentous flux. I’m grateful to Mr. Stansel for having written it.”—Laird Hunt\, author of Neverhome and The Evening Road \n\nAbout The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo \nA contemporary Western debut about two brothers locked in a deadly feud\, a woman on horseback trailing her husband’s killer\, and the inescapable ties of home and family\nWhen Silas Van Loy flees home on horseback to avoid capture for his brother’s murder\, he is soon followed by both the police and his brother’s wife\, Lena\, who is intent on exacting revenge. She reluctantly lets her trusted stable assistant join her in a journey across the wilds of Northern California in the hopes of catching Silas for one final showdown. Stansel follows the chase and shares the story of the brothers’ rise from hardscrabble childhood to their reign as the region’s preeminent horse trainers\, tracking the tense sibling rivalry that ultimately leads to the elder’s death. \n  \nA fully realized tale that challenges notions of the modern West\, The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo will satisfy fans of Kent Haruf\, Larry McMurtry\, Molly Gloss\, and Smith Henderson\, and establish Stansel as a new voice in this grand tradition.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ian-stansel/
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:ARC Youth Fest 2017
DESCRIPTION:ARC Youth Fest is the only outdoor summer art festival put on for youth by youth artists. Artists range from 13 to 24 years old. \nARC Youth Fest takes place on Saturday\, July 29th in front of Oakland’s City Hall. From 11AM to 5PM some of the hottest aspiring and emerging artists will perform and showcase their work. \n\nMusic\, DJs and MCs\, dance\, visual arts\, fashion\, culinary arts\, film/TV production\, health/wellness and fitness\, including a Kids Zone and more.FEATURES: \nCatch the Turf Inc dance battle\, iVisionary music competition\, two fashion shows\, free makeovers and haircuts\, free food samples and much more! We will have live performances by last year’s youth stars\, along with emerging artists Neah Rose and Mani Draper and band. Last year we also featured IAMSU and Netta Brielle. \nPARTNERS: \nThis year\, our partners include City of Oakland Parks and Recs\, Clorox\, EOYDC\, Flight Deck\, Trap Art\, Oakland Tech Fashion Art and Design Academy and more. \nAdmission is free to students or bring donated food items for free entry. \nFor more info\, go to www.arcyouthfest.com. \n#sooaklandweekend  #foryouthbyyouth  #arcyouthfest
URL:https://litseen.com/event/arc-youth-fest-2017/
LOCATION:Oakland City Hall\, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaze\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
ORGANIZER;CN="ARC Oakland":MAILTO:events@arcoakland.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170729T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170729T170000
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SUMMARY:Cipactli release party
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the release of a new volume of Cipactli\, SF State’s Latinx studies literary journal! Readers TBA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cipactli-release-party/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170729T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170729T210000
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poetry Marathon
DESCRIPTION:* Saturday\, July 29\n____ Guest curators: Simon Craft & Raul Ruiz ____\nReaders:  Jennifer Cheng  *  Lorraine Lupo  *  Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta\nand more
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poetry-marathon-3/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170729T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170729T213000
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CREATED:20170709T123622Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special\, A "Freedom" Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:In the patriotic month of July\, in honor of our 6th Anniversary\, Saturday Night Special is celebrating “freedom.” Freedom of self expression\, stories about freedom\, poems about liberty lost\, a lack of supervision\, a pet named Freedom you once loved\, a pot-bellied pig\, perhaps? Put on your party hat and bring us your true\, personal\, political\, confessional\, hilarious\, surreal\, and/or fictional accounts of FREEDOM. \nAs always\, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our optional theme (or any topic). \nOur July features are: Bronwyn Emery and René Vaz\n— \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, July 29th\, 2017\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by Hollie Hardy \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS \nBronwyn Emery is the founder and facilitator of To Live and Write in Alameda\, a writing community that exists on Facebook and IRL. She is a former columnist and Our Town editor at the Tracy Press\, and ghostwriter for self-help gurus. She has mentored new writers since 2002 and is currently a writing coach\, developmental editor\, novelist\, and co-host of the monthly Story Slam at Books\, Inc. Alameda. \nRené Vaz is a Bay Area writer. He curates the reading series Voz Sin Tinta and Uptown Fridays. He is a lecturer at San Francisco State University and is committed to providing space for POC/ marginalized voices. His book\, “The Planet of the Dead”\, is forthcoming from Nomadic Press.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-a-freedom-open-mic/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170730T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170730T160000
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SUMMARY:Poetry & Place Reading
DESCRIPTION:Our Summer Poetry & Place reading will be on 6/30 featuring Robert Hass & Michelle Lin. All ages open mic. Hope to see you at the Arlington Clubhouse!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-place-reading/
LOCATION:Arlington Clubhouse\, 1120 Arlington Blvd 94530\, El Cerrito\, CA\, 94530\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Howell\, Millar\, + Laux
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland hosts another installment of Poetry Flash on Sunday\, July 30th at 3pm. The featured guest poets will be Christopher Howell\, Joseph Millar and Dorianne Laux. \nChristopher Howell’s new book of poems is Love’s Last Number. Laura Kasischke says\, “In these gemlike meditations on love and time and the human condition—and so much more—Christopher Howell’s vision is nearly mystical\, his music almost entirely uncanny…There is a distance in this tone that is all about clarity\, and a proximity that is all about intimacy\, humility.” He has published ten collections\, most recently Gaze and Dreamless and Possible\, a volume of new and selected poems. His honors include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, two Washington State Book Awards\, and three Pushcart Prizes. \nJoseph Millar’s new book of poems is Kingdom. Marie Howe says\, “If this is a kingdom then Joe Millar may be one of the kings. He’s lived enough to be both man and woman now\, and he’s learned to sing so sweet a song it might be rising from the broken branches and the bones of the lost horses\, or the desert stars\, or the scars of the middleweight boxers who finally went home.”  He’s published three previous books of poems\, most recently Blue Rust\, and he’s won fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nJoseph Millar and Dorianne Laux will be reading from their new chapbook of poems about music\, Duet\, as well as from their own books. \nDorianne Laux’s fifth book of poems is The Book of Men\, winner of the Paterson Prize. Alan Shapiro says\, “The Book of Men could just as easily have been called The Book of Empathy\, or The Book of Negative Capability\, or The Book of Intimate Awareness of Who We Are and How We Got To Be This Way. Whether she is writing about men or women\, the powerful or the powerless\, the present day or the past\, Laux observes\, evokes and meditates with profound compassion and understanding for the delicate complexities of the human heart.” Her previous collections are Awake\, What We Carry\, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, Smoke\, and Facts About the Moon\, which won the Oregon Book Award. Among her other honors are a Pushcart Prize\, two appearances in Best American Poetry\, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-with-christopher-howell-joseph-millar-and-dorianne-laux/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170731T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170731T210000
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SUMMARY:Tim Taranto
DESCRIPTION:Please join Green Apple Books on Clement street Monday\, July 31st at 7:00pm as we welcome Author Tim Taranto\, reading from and discussing his book Ars Botanica.\n\n Written as letters to his unborn child\, Tim Taranto’s Ars Botanica describes the infinite pleasures of falling in love — the small discoveries of each other’s otherness\, the crush of desire\, the frightening closeness — and the terrifying impossibility of losing someone. Through examinations of the ways in which various cultures and religions carry grief\, Taranto discovers the emotional instincts that shape his own mourning. He seeks solace in the natural elements of our world\, divining meaning from the Iowa fields that stretch around him\, the stones he collects\, the plants he discovers on walks through the woods. His letters\, then\, are the honest wanderings of someone earnestly seeking meaning and belonging\, ultimately resulting in a field guide for love\, grief\, and celebrating life. At times astonishingly personal and even painful\, Ars Botanica is also playfully funny\, a rich hybrid of memoir\, poetry\, and illustration that delightfully defies categorization.\n\n Tim Taranto is a writer\, visual artist\, and poet from New York. His work has been featured in Buzzfeed\, FSG’s Works in Progress\, Harper’s\, The Iowa Review\, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency\, The Paris Review Daily\, The Rumpus\, and The Saint Ann’s Review. Tim is a graduate of Cornell University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tim-taranto/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170801T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170801T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
CREATED:20170622T012504Z
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SUMMARY:Heather Bourbeau + James Tracy
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays at North Beach is a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. Past guests have included Jonathan Richman\, Diane di Prima\, California Poet Laureate Al Young and freshly-discovered poets from our sister program\, Poets 11. \nThe series is presented by Friends and curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence\, Jack Hirschman. \nInterested in reading? Please contact Friends’ Literary Director Byron Spooner at byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org or call (415) 522-8602.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/heather-bourbeau-james-tracy/
LOCATION:North Beach\, SF Public Library\, 850 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170801T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170801T200000
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CREATED:20170720T051418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170720T051418Z
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SUMMARY:Wayne + Rick's Big Castro Publication Party!
DESCRIPTION:Wayne Goodman and Rick May celebrate the publication of their new books Tuesday\, August 1\, 7pm at Dog Eared Books Castro\, with friends Lori Ostlund and Anne Raeff. Goodman’s new novel Better Angels is a retelling for modern readers of the first known American Gay novel\, Joseph and His Friend by Bayard Taylor\, which was published in 1869. May is celebrating the paperback edition of his short-story collection Inhuman Beings: Monsters\, Myths\, & Science Fiction. Ostlund reads from her novel After the Parade\, and Raeff reads from her short-story collection The Jungle Around Us. Champagne and chocolates\, party favors\, and door prizes! Signing by all four authors follows the readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wayne-ricks-big-castro-publication-party/
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:20170801T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170801T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
CREATED:20170504T233755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170504T233819Z
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SUMMARY:Rob Reid
DESCRIPTION:The Booksmith is excited to host Rob Reid as he discusses his new novel\, Forever On. Join us! \nMeet Phluttr—a diabolically addictive new social network and a villainess\, heroine\, enemy\, and/or bestie to millions. Phluttr has ingested every fact and message ever sent to\, from\, or about her innumerable users. Her capabilities astound her makers—and they don’t even know the tenth of it.\nBut what’s the purpose of this stunning creation? Is it a front for something even darker and more powerful than the NSA? A bid to create a trillion-dollar market by becoming “The UberX of Sex”? Or a reckless experiment that could spawn the digital equivalent of a middle-school mean girl with enough charisma\, dirt\, and cunning to bend the entire planet to her will? \nPhluttr has it in her to become the greatest gossip\, flirt\, or matchmaker in history. Or she could cure cancer\, bring back Seinfeld\, then start a nuclear war. Whatever she does\, it’s not up to us. But a motley band of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs\, venture capitalists\, and engineers might be able to influence her. Forever On achieves the literary singularity—fusing speculative satire and astonishing reality into a sharp-witted\, ferociously believable\, IMAX-wide view of our digital age. \nRob Reid is the founder of Listen.com\, which launched the streaming music service Rhapsody\, creating the subscription model since adopted by Apple and Spotify. He is the author of the New York Timesbestseller Year Zero\, a work of fiction; Year One\, a memoir about student life at Harvard Business School; and Architects of the Web\, the first true business history of the Internet. He lives in New York City with his wife\, Morgan\, and Ashby the Dog.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rob-reid/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170801T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170801T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
CREATED:20170505T001316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170505T001316Z
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SUMMARY:Eugene Lim w/ Mauro Javier Cardenas
DESCRIPTION:Praise for Dear Cyborgs \n“Eugene Lim’s Dear Cyborgs is a mad badass fan letter to comicdom and a chastening reminder of how America’s greatest fantasy doesn’t involve superheroes with superpowers but the prospect of a fair and honest political life. Go read it in the streets.” ―Joshua Cohen\, author of Book of Numbers \n“Eugene Lim’s Dear Cyborgs is a secret tunnel fresh with cool\, strange storms. What is it to be super? What is it to be beyond? Dear Cyborgs is ripe with mysteries\, heroes\, even heartache.” ―Samantha Hunt\, author of Mr. Splitfoot \n“Eugene Lim tells his sly superhero tales in a kind of hard-boiled deadpan―a voice at once incongruously comic and playfully soulful. Beneath the dry wit there’s an ache of loneliness\, an echo of every comic-book reader’s yearning for the camaraderie of the super team\, the intimate enmity of the nemesis.” ―Peter Ho Davies\, author of The Fortunes \n\nAbout Dear Cyborgs \nIn a small Midwestern town\, two Asian American boys bond over their outcast status and a mutual love of comic books. Meanwhile\, in an alternative or perhaps future universe\, a team of superheroes ponder modern society during their time off. Between black-ops missions and rescuing hostages\, they swap stories of artistic malaise and muse on the seemingly inescapable grip of market economics. \n  \nGleefully toying with the conventions of the novel\, Dear Cyborgs weaves together the story of a friendship’s dissolution with a provocative and timely meditation on protest. Through a series of linked monologues\, a lively cast of characters explores narratives of resistance―protest art\, eco-terrorists\, Occupy squatters\, pyromaniacal militants―and the extent to which any of these can truly withstand and influence the cold demands of contemporary capitalism. All the while\, a mysterious cybernetic book of clairvoyance beckons\, and trusted allies start to disappear. \n  \nEntwining comic-book villains with cultural critiques\, Eugene Lim’s Dear Cyborgs is a fleet-footed literary exploration of power\, friendship\, and creativity. Ambitious and knowing\, it combines detective pulps\, subversive philosophy\, and Hollywood chase scenes\, unfolding like the composites and revelations of a dream.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eugene-lim-w-mauro-javier-cardenas/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170802T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
CREATED:20170721T231615Z
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SUMMARY:Kim Shuck
DESCRIPTION:Kim Shuck has been selected as San Francisco’s seventh poet laureate\, and will take the reins from Alejandro Murguia in early August. Her four published collections (three books and one chapbook) are\, in order Smuggling Cherokee\, Rabbit Stories (proses)\, Sidewalk Ndn and Clouds Running; she considers the chapbook Sidewalk Ndn her best collection so far. \nKim’s first publication was in a Canadian First Nations magazine The En’owken Journal. Her first reading organizing was for the Native American Cultural Center in SF\, which Bird and Beckett is pleased to have supported by hosting some of the readings. Subsequently\, she has received various awards and accolades and has done much teaching. Kim was on the board of directors for California Poets in the Schools in the early 2000s\, received a Diane Decorah award\, various mentor awards\, a local hero award from KQED and a Mary Tall Mountain Award. She has been much nominated for a Pushcart\, has co-edited two anthologies of poetry for PEN Oakland\, has an infrequent online journal called Rabbit and Rose which doesn’t include her own work. She teaches poetry in a number of places including as a classroom volunteer in SF Unified and as unranked faculty at CCA. She has read her work LitQuake\, Flor y Canto\, Petaluma Poetry Walk\, Beast Crawl\, Watershed\, the Beatnik Shindig and other major gatherings. Her work can be found in anthologies including The World is One Place (ed. Glancy and Rodriquez)\, Imaniman (ed. Silva and Vera)\, Red Indian Road West (ed. Schweigman and Day) and others forthcoming. She has also curated panels of Native poetry on permanent display on Alcatraz in commemoration of the occupations there. \nWe are pleased and proud to welcome Kim to Bird & Beckett for this reading at the outset of her two-year term as Poet Laureate of San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kim-shuck/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170803T173000
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SUMMARY:Community Voices: Poets Speak George Higgins
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday at 5pm from June 29 – August 10\, join us for Community Voices: Poets Speak at the Museum of the African Diaspora where Bay Area Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of our current exhibition. Now on view\, The Ease of Fiction presents the work of four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history\, fact and fiction. The readings and discussion of original work will take place in the gallery for a maximum of 30 minutes. The series culminates with a reception and an evening of poetry by the participating poets\, along with Arisa White and James Cagney\, on Thursday\, August 17\, 6:30-8pm. Free Admission. \nFounded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape\, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. \nCommunity Voices: Poets Speak is curated by Arisa White\, poet\, writer & educator. \nGeorge Higgins \nGeorge Higgins is an Oakland poet and actor. His first book There\, There was published by White Violet Press. His poems have appeared in Best American Poetry\, Pleiades\, Nimrod\, Poetry Flash\, Salamander and Fugue\,among others. He has an MFA from Warren Wilson College where he was a Holden Fellow. A Cave Canem fellow and a Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop participant\, he performs completely improvised one-act plays with the improv troupe the (i)ncidentalists in the Glenview district of Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/community-voices-poets-speak-george-higgins/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170803T210000
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CREATED:20170622T011534Z
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SUMMARY:Robert Moor
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning journalist Robert Moor discusses his critically-acclaimed book\, On Trails: An Exploration. Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award and named One of the Best Books of 2016 by The Boston Globe\, The Seattle Times\, Booklist\, and more\, On Trails is a wondrous exploration of how trails help us understand the world–from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span continents\, from interstate highways to the Internet.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/robert-moor/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170804T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
CREATED:20170718T033558Z
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SUMMARY:Jack Micheline: Cockymoon Book Release
DESCRIPTION:Join The Beat Museum and Zeitgeist Press for the release of Cockymoon\, the first new collection of poems by Jack Micheline in a decade\, edited by SF poet William Taylor\, Jr. This collection includes such Micheline favorites as “Rock Song\,” “Zero is Nothing\,” “Imaginary Conversation with Jack Kerouac\,” and “Ballad of Benny Roads\,” among others. \nJack Micheline was the greatest street poet of the 20th century\, a memorable bardic balladeer celebrating the distress and divinity of urban Americans. original Beat poets\, he was an innovative artist who was active in the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance of the 1950s and 1960s. To celebrate this poet\, our night will include readings from Jack Hirschman\, Bruce Isaacson\, William Taylor Jr.\, Richard Loranger and surprise guests!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jack-micheline-cockymoon-book-release/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170805T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170805T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162714
CREATED:20170616T115924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170616T115924Z
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SUMMARY:BAPC First Saturday Reading
DESCRIPTION:Come and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around — 3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-first-saturday-reading/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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