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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Cooperman and Thomas Walton
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Clement street on Thursday\, July 26th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Elizabeth Cooperman & Thomas Walton to celebrate the release of their new book (from Sagging Meniscus Press) The Last Mosaic! \n\n“Most current discussion in American literary culture regarding fragmentation\, collage\, bricolage\, braided narrative\, etc. is blinkered by the illusion that these are uniquely contemporary gestures\, but they go back to at least Heraclitus and probably to the first human who etched a list of words on stone and\, for poetic effect\, forgot to complete the list. To be human is to be broken. The Last Mosaic not only explains these ideas; it embodies them. It’s also extremely vivid\, precise\, smart\, and galvanizing. ‘With great art there’s nothing that can prepare you for the thing you’re about to see.’ “ \n—David Shields\, author of Other People: Takes and Mistakes \n\n“In this tessellated text we encounter a fractal poetics: juxtaposing witticisms and vignettes that illuminate Roman art and culture\, the authors reveal\, ‘when you look close enough\, there’s nothing that isn’t a cracked assemblage.’ Whether we’re peering at the strokes on a Caravaggio\, excavating cobblestones\, or looking more broadly at cities\, travel\, partnership\, and time\, we see that life is a series of shards that come together. A fragmented travelogue\, The Last Mosaic musters art history\, mythology\, etymology\, poetry\, and humor\, summoning the ghosts of Shelley\, Keats\, Giotto\, Nero\, and their kindred to a museum whose vivid lines resonate like the cicada’s song.” \n—Amaranth Borsuk\, author of Pomegranate Eater
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LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Victoria Patterson
DESCRIPTION:Victoria Patterson discusses her new story collection\, The Secret Habit of Sorrow. \n\nPraise for The Secret Habit of Sorrow \n\n“Patterson is on a mission to bring our ghosts out of the shadows. These stories shine with empathy and find the humanness in all our struggles.” —Joshua Mohr\, author of All This Life \n  \n“A darkly entertaining collection of stories all about the little sins we commit in the name of our desires and their myriad repercussions. Armed with sharp emotional insight and vision that penetrates and illuminates the modern condition\, Patterson’s newest offering is seductively sly and peculiarly carnal.” —Wesley Minter\, Third Place Books\, Lake Forest Park\, WA \n\nAbout The Secret Habit of Sorrow \n\nVictoria Patterson\, whose writing Vanity Fair has called “brutal\, deeply empathetic\, and emotionally wrenching\,” returns with a new collection of stories that contains echoes of Denis Johnson and Raymond Carver\, along with the emotional depth and density of Elena Ferrante. \n  \nThere’s a pitch-perfect blend of linguistic dexterity\, emotional wisdom\, and wry observation in The Secret Habit of Sorrow. The characters in these stories feel like people you know\, their struggles real. Patterson’s prose has a Denis Johnson re-filtered through Raymond Carver-vibe\, along with the emotional depth and density of Elena Ferrante. Whether it be the ties between women and their own and each other’s infants\, the struggles of parenthood\, or the trials that come with excessive drinking and drug abuse\, Patterson has an amazing ability to convey relationships\, and how our bonds can both save and destroy us.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/victoria-patterson/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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