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SUMMARY:Tony Tulathimutte: Private Citizens
DESCRIPTION:With writing published in publications such as VICE and The New Yorker online\, Tony Tulathimutte shares his critically-acclaimed novel\, Private Citizens. Capturing the anxious\, self-aware mood of young college grads\, this is the story of four whip-smart friends torn between fixing the world and cannibalizing it\, and who–though estranged–stagger through the Bay Area\, always washing up in each other’s lives.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tony-tulathimutte-private-citizens/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:A Night of Literature\, Friends\, and Drinks with Two Lines at Churchill's Office
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for an intimate\, glamorous evening of literature at the private\, wood-lined The Office\, recently named one of 7x7s Best Private Dining Rooms in San Francisco. \nIncluding a gorgeous wood interior\, wallpaper made from handwritten WWI-era letters\, a shuffleboard table\, and a wall-sized photo of an astonishing sunset\, this is the your place to meet translation-lovers as we launch Issue 24 of Two Lines! \nWe’ll provide the snacks! You sidle up to the cash bar to choose from over a dozen cocktails–including our own Two Lines-inspired signature drink–plus a curated list of local brews. \nThe night will include music\, mingling\, live readings from Issues 23 and 24\, and a few other surprises. Plus\, you’ll also get a chance to meet the Two Lines staff and hear more about upcoming issues of the journal\, and you can grab a sneak peek of our forthcoming spring book. \nYour $10 ticket includes a copy of Issue 24\, and your $15 includes both Issue 24 and Issue 23. Because of the fire code\, this event is limited to the first 30 people who purchase tickets. Order now to ensure that you’ll party with us!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-night-of-literature-friends-and-drinks-with-two-lines-at-churchills-office/
LOCATION:The Office\, 194 Church St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:China on Strike: Narratives of Workers’ Resistance
DESCRIPTION:China on Strike is based on dozens of interviews with workers in Pearl River Delta factories\, an industrial region of region of 60 million people that has become the “workshop of the world\,” as China has become the fastest growing major economy in the world over the last three decades. Pearl River Delta factories supply the world’s most profitable corporations\, like Apple\, Nike\, Hewlett Packard\, and many others. These interviews document the processes of internal migration in China\, changing employment relations\, worker culture\, and other issues related to China’s explosive growth. China on Strike is the first English-language book to provide an intimate and revealing window into the lives of workers as they organize against low pay and brutal working conditions\, launching the world’ largest strike wave in the 21st century. \n“As these vivid case-studies illustrate\, the real sleeping dragon—China’s enormous factory proletariat—is wide awake and fighting back on all fronts. Indeed\, here is first-hand evidence that Chairman Xi Jinping may soon confront the largest labor rebellion in history.”—Mike Davis\, Professor Emeritus\, University of California\, Riverside\, and author ofPlanet of Slums\n\nFang Gang has worked in factories since he graduated from university\, conducting interviews with other workers about their collective struggles in the Pearl River Delta and compiling them into articles that are published and distributed. An example is his 2013 piece “Strikes over the relocation of factories.” Currently\, Fan Gang assists with workers taking collective action in the Pearl River Delta. \nMi Tu has been engaged in doing translations of literature on workers’ struggles in other countries\, as well as researching the conditions of workers in China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs)\, since her university days. Since graduating\, Mi has worked in factories\, interviewed workers engaged in struggles in the Pearl River Delta\, and compiled and circulated these oral histories. Mi currently assists workers taking collective action against occupational diseases. \nAlex T. Tom (interpreter) is the Executive Director of San Francisco’s Chinese Progressive Association.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/china-on-strike-narratives-of-workers-resistance/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Sarah Schulman
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Schulman reads from her new novel\, The Cosmopolitans. \nPraise for Sarah Schulman: \n“This bracing\, powerful\, and well-reasoned work reaffirms the author’s stature as a distinctive American woman of letters. Ideal for an academic setting\, it will also precipitate discussion among all those interested in learning more about this painful chapter in U.S. history. Highly recommended.”—Richard Drezen (Library Journal)\, on Gentrification of the Mind \n“[The Cosmopolitans] is book club gold. . . . The Cosmopolitans is a great group read—weighty dilemmas\, unforgettable characters\, and a roller-coaster plot!”—Tayari Jones\, author of Silver Sparrow \nAbout The Cosmopolitans: \nA modern retelling of Balzac’s classic “Cousin Bette “by one of America’s most prolific and significant writers. Earl\, a black\, gay actor working in a meatpacking plant\, and Bette\, a white secretary\, have lived next door to each other in the same Greenwich Village apartment building for thirty years. Shamed and disowned by their familied\, both found refuge in New York and in their domestic routine. Everything changes when Hortense\, a wealthy young actress from Ohio\, comes to the city to “make it.” Textured with the grit and gloss of midcentury Manhattan\, “The Cosmopolitans “is a lush\, inviting read.The truths it frames about the human need for love and recognition remain long after the book is closed.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sarah-schulman/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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