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SUMMARY:Esme Wang + Amy Berkowitz
DESCRIPTION:Esme Weijun Wang will discuss her debut novel\, The Border of Paradise. \nAbout The Border of Paradise: \nIn booming postwar Brooklyn\, the Nowak Piano Company is an American success story. There is just one problem: the Nowak’s only son\, David. A handsome kid and shy like his mother\, David struggles with neuroses. If not for his only friend\, Marianne\, David’s life would be intolerable. When David inherits the piano company at just 18 and Marianne breaks things off\, David sells the company and travels around the world. In Taiwan\, his life changes when he meets the daughter of a local madame the sharp-tongued\, intelligent Daisy. Returning to the United States\, the couple (and newborn son) buy an isolated country house in Northern California’s Polk Valley. As David’s health deteriorates\, he has a brief affair with Marianne\, producing a daughter.\nIt’s Daisy’s solution for the future of her two children\, inspired by the old Chinese tradition of raising girls as sisterly wives for adoptive brothers\, that exposes Daisy’s traumatic life\, and the terrible inheritance her children must receive. Framed by two suicide attempts\, “The Border of Paradise” is told from multiple perspectives\, culminating in heartrending fashion as the young heirs to the Nowak fortune confront their past and their isolation.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/esme-wang-amy-berkowitz/
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:Red Light Lit: Quantum Entanglement
DESCRIPTION:Red Light Lit is thrilled to be part of the Jewish Community Center’s UNINHIBITED: ABOUT SEX series. Smack in the middle of a progressive city known for its pride and sex-positivity\, the JCCSF offers a safe space to explore topics that matter – in this case sex\, in all of its fascinating and multifaceted glory. \nOur theme for the evening explores the magic of Quantum Entanglement. Listen to special guest\, the 2016 Oregon Book Award finalist\, Nick Jaina\, read from his memoir “Get It While You Can” and play music alongside Bay Area Writers Lisa Alden\, Peter Bullen\, Loria Mendoza\, Dirk Petersen\, Xan Roberti\, and Katie Wheeler-Dubin as they play off Jaina’s love letter with musical acommpanment by Cellista\, Sarah Dineen\, and David Williams. Hosted by Jenn Stokes and featuring comedian Luna Malbroux. \n“Do you know about quantum entanglement? It’s when you have two particles that have interacted in some special way (I can’t figure out exactly what special way\, because all the writing on this subject is by physicists and they speak about these things very unsentimentally.) But these particles interact somehow and effect each other so much that if you separate them\, their movements continue to correlate to each other. You could be in Los Angeles with one of these particles and I could be in New York\, and if your particle spins a certain way\, my particle will spin that way too. And this connection happens instantaneously\, which is to say that it’s faster than the speed of light. It happens with bigger collections of particles too\, like diamonds.”\n–Nick Jaina\, “Get It While You Can”\nwww.nickjaina.com \nRed Light Lit explores love\, romance\, desire\, and sensuality in the form of poetry\, prose\, art and song. \nThe show will be in the beautiful Kanbar Hall and tickets are $20.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-quantum-entanglement/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center of San Francisco\, 3200 California St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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