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SUMMARY:Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Photographer B.A. Van Sise discusses his new book\, Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry. Also featuring readings by poets Jane Hirshfield and Dorianne Laux. \nPraise for Children of Grass \n“In Children of Grass\, books fly around Alicia Ostriker like birds\, Vijay Seshadri stands on a ladder propped against the air itself\, and Mark Doty is growing from the forest floor. B.A. Van Sise’s photographs of contemporary poets\, paired with their poems\, are inspired\, playful\, and absolutely gorgeous. The word for what this book is\, what this book gives me\, is pleasure.” —Maggie Smith\, author of Good Bones \n“Van Sise’s imaginative\, creative\, and humorous eye reveals the ‘person’ of the poet and deeper meanings of their poems in ways that sometimes startle\, but always feel truthful. That is the purpose of photography and poetry.” —David Hume Kennerly\, Pulitzer Prize winner and former chief White House photographer \n“Why do we desperately need books like this? At least for me\, it’s because we occasionally need to be reminded that there are still mysteries out there\, questions that have no answers. It is nice to be re-introduced to wonder.” —Arun Venugopal\, WNYC \nAbout Children of Grass \nWith this fascinating synthesis of word and image\, internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography. At times whimsical\, surreal\, challenging\, enigmatic\, joyful and sobering\, these portraits— running adjacent to poems by each of their subjects—highlight some of the most influential poets of our time and celebrate creativity as only these poets in collaboration with Van Sise could convey. Children of Grass is also a timely homage to Walt Whitman—of whom Van Sise is a relative—and his masterpiece\, “Leaves of Grass\,” during this\, the 200th anniversary of his birth. Children of Grass\, will\, like the work of its literary grandfather\, stand as a lasting tribute to the vitality and creativity that flourishes in our country.
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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:The End of the End of the World Literary Café Presents:  Benjamin Heim Shephard and Lynn Breedlove
DESCRIPTION:The End of the End of the World Literary Café Presents:\nBenjamin Heim Shephard and Lynn Breedlove\nHosted by James Tracy\, author of Dispatches Against Displacement (AK Press)\, Hillbilly Nationalists (Beacon Press) and the forthcoming (with Hilary Moore) No Fascist USA! The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today’s Movements (City Lights) \n  \nIlluminations on Market Street is a heartbreaking\, bitterly funny\, and revelatory look back at a time of crisis in San Francisco\, at the height of the AIDS epidemic. This roman à clef proves the personal is political. It was written with great insight and punishing honesty by veteran social justice and queer activist Benjamin Heim Shepard. The writer of several nonfiction books about politics and the counterculture\, Shepard mined the contents of a personal journal from 30 years ago to create a slightly fictionalized saga of a city under siege and the souls in freefall who populated it. \n45 Thought Crimes (Manic D Press) is Lynn Breedlove’s new book about spirituality for skeptics\, in the body of the beloved. It’s church at a punk show\, a letter to bees\, a map in a crisis\, a guidebook to histories\, to love in a riot. Compassionate table flipping\, commitment to the tactile\, a swipe at the inevitable. Breedlove is also the author of the novel Godspeed\, singer for the bands Tribe 8 / Homobiles / Commando\, and writer/performer of Lynnee Breedlove’s One Freak Show. His work won him the 2012 Harvey Milk LGBT Club Award for Activism.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-end-of-the-end-of-the-world-literary-cafe-presents-benjamin-heim-shephard-and-lynn-breedlove-2/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Youngest Black Woman in Congress: Congresswoman Lauren Underwood
DESCRIPTION:What is it like to be the youngest black woman in Congress? Congresswoman Lauren Underwood is coming to Manny’s and she’ll tell ya! \nThere will be a smaller fundraiser for Congresswoman Underwood right before this event from 6-7 PM if you are interested in supporting her! \nAbout Congresswoman Lauren Underwood:Congresswoman Lauren Underwood serves Illinois’ 14th Congressional District and was sworn into the 116th U.S. Congress on January 3\, 2019. Congresswoman Underwood is the first woman\, the first person of color\, and the first millennial to represent her community in Congress. She is also the youngest African American woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives. \nCongresswoman Underwood serves on the House Committee on Education and Labor\, the House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs\, and the House Committee on Homeland Security. She also serves on the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. Rep. Underwood is a member of the Future Forum\, a group of young Democratic Members of Congress committed to listening to and standing up for the next generation of Americans\, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)\, and the LGBT Equality Caucus. \nAs a strong supporter of addressing the gun violence epidemic\, Congresswoman Underwood is a member of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce.Prior to her election to Congress\, Congresswoman Underwood worked with a Medicaid plan in Chicago to ensure that it provided high-quality\, cost-efficient care. She served as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\, helping communities across the country prevent\, prepare for\, and respond to disasters\, bioterror threats and public health emergencies. \nAs a career public servant at HHS\, she helped implement the Affordable Care Act — broadening access for those on Medicare\, improving healthcare quality\, and reforming private insurance. Congresswoman Underwood also taught future nurse practitioners through Georgetown University’s online master’s program. Congresswoman Underwood is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University. \nShe graduated from Neuqua Valley High School and is a lifelong Girl Scout. She resides in Naperville\, Illinois.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-youngest-black-woman-in-congress-congresswoman-lauren-underwood/
LOCATION:Manny’s\, 3092 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA 94103\, San Francisco\, 94108\, United States
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