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SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers: Dystopia + Manifesto Readings
DESCRIPTION:The Left Coast Writers® present an evening of selected readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/left-coast-writers-dystopia-manifesto-readings/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer: The Long and Short of It
DESCRIPTION:Three writers of long (novels\, novellas) and short fiction (short stories) read from their work Monday\, July 11\, 7pm at Books Inc. Opera Plaza. \nMichael Aleynikov is the author of the novel Ivan and Misha\, the four novellas of Quartet\, and numerous short stories published in literary magazines and anthologies. \nJim Provenzano’s new short story collection is 40 Wild Crushes. He has published 5 novels including Message of Love and Every Time I Think of You and many short stories. \nNa’amen Gobert Tilahun has just published his first novel The Root\, a scifi thriller. His short fiction has appeared in several literary magazines. \nAfter the authors read\, they’ll participate in a short discussion of the variety and vagaries of writing short fiction vs. long. \nRefreshments will be served. \nDoor prizes at 7pm to reward prompt arrival! \nA free event open to the public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-the-long-and-short-of-it/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Zora O’Neill
DESCRIPTION:Praise for All Strangers Are Kin: \n\n“Part travelogue\, part Bildungsroman\, part ethnography\, this work is as intricate and nuanced as the Arabic language itself. O’Neill masterfully weaves together vignettes\, linguistic musings\, and a colorful cast of thousands into an always-thoughtful\, often hysterically funny paean to a part of the world about which most Americans remain woefully ignorant.” –Suketu Mehta\, author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found \n“Zora O’Neill is the perfect travel companion: smart\, curious\, witty and knowledgeable. In time where the news out of the Middle East is too often grim\, she finds warmth and humor. By refusing to tread along the same paths that so many news reporters are confined to\, and in so doing\, she reveals to us rich new possibilities for understanding–all in a deceptively breezy tone.” – Carla Power\, author of National Book Award Finalist If the Oceans Were Ink \n“Zora O’Neill is a wonderful writer\, a hakawati who can spin a tale with the best of them.” – Rabih Alameddine\, bestselling author of The Hakawati and An Unnecessary Woman \n\nAbout All Strangers Are Kin: \n\nThe “shadda” is the key difference between a pigeon (“hamam”) and a bathroom (“hammam”). Be careful\, our professor advised\, in the first moment of outright humor in class\, that you don t ask a waiter\, Excuse me\, where is the pigeon? or\, conversely\, order a roasted toilet. If you ve ever studied a foreign language\, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate with another person. As Zora O Neill recalls\, you feel like “a magician.” If that foreign language is Arabic\, you just might feel like a wizard. They say that Arabic takes seven years to learn and a lifetime to master. O Neill had put in her time. Steeped in grammar tomes and outdated textbooks\, she faced an increasing certainty that she was not only failing to master Arabic\, but also driving herself crazy. She took a decade-long hiatus\, but couldn t shake her fascination with the language or the cultures it had opened up to her. So she decided to jump back in this time with a new approach. Join O Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East. You will laugh with her in Egypt\, delight in the stories she passes on from the United Arab Emirates\, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco. She’s packed her dictionaries\, her unsinkable sense of humor\, and her talent for making fast friends of strangers.From quiet\, bougainvillea-lined streets to the lively buzz of crowded medinas\, from families homes to local hotspots\, she brings a part of the world that is thousands of miles away right to your door. A natural storyteller with an eye for the deeply absurd and the deeply human\, O Neill explores the indelible links between culture and communication. A powerful testament to the dynamism of language\, “All Strangers Are Kin” reminds us that learning another tongue leaves you rich with so much more than words.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zora-oneill/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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