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SUMMARY:Reimagine Candlelight Vigil with Poet Victoria Chang
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 9 \n8:00pm–9:30pm EDT \n\n\nThis is a digital event. You should receive information in your ticket or from the host about how to join online. \n\nFree\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt this month’s Reimagine Candlelight Vigil\, our special guest is award-winning poet Victoria Chang. Let’s honor our loved ones and celebrate the transformation of loss into creativity.\n\nReimagine has been hosting candlelight vigils throughout the pandemic in order to break down taboos and hold space for all that we’ve lost. At this special gathering\, poet and writer Victoria Chang will read her work\, revisit themes explored in Reimagine’s Asian American Table Talk series\, and discuss the power of writing to discover meaning amidst grief and trauma. \nVictoria Chang \nVictoria Chang is the author of the forthcoming Dear Memory (Milkweed Editions\, 2021)\, a collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations. Her poetry books include OBIT\, Barbie Chang\, The Boss\, Salvinia Molesta\, and Circle. OBIT received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, and the PEN Voeckler Award; it was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Prize and the Griffin Poetry Prize\, and was long-listed for the National Book Award. She is also the author of a children’s picture book\, Is Mommy?\, illustrated by Marla Frazee and named a New York Times Notable Book\, and a middle grade novel\, Love\, Love. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Fellowship\, the Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award\, a Pushcart Prize\, a Lannan Residency Fellowship\, and a Katherine Min MacDowell Colony Fellowship. She lives in Los Angeles and is the program chair of Antioch University’s low-residency MFA program. \n\n\n\nTYPE:\nRITUAL & CEREMONYTALK\, PANEL\, & CONVERSATIONWRITING & LITERATURECOMMUNITY GATHERINGCELEBRATION & REMEMBRANCE\n\nTRACK:\nARTS & ENTERTAINMENTCOVID-19GRIEF
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LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Offsite: Tinder Live! with Lane Moore at Rickshaw Stop
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, September 9 at 8pm PT when author and comedian Lane Moore brings her hilarious Tinder Live! show to San Francisco’s beloved Rickshaw Stop!\nBook sales provided by Green Apple Books \n$20 standing adv / $25 limited seated adv (SOLD OUT) / $30 doors\nThis is an All Ages show\nAll attendees must be fully vaccinated and be able to show proof (card\, phone\, or QR code). Let’s keep everyone safe and sound during this return to live shows!* \nAbout Tinder Live!\nTinder Live has been named one of the best comedy shows in NYC for good reason. Produced and hosted by NYC based comedian\, Lane Moore (The Onion\, Brooklyn Magazine’s “50 Funniest People In Brooklyn\,” former Cosmopolitan Magazine sex & relationships editor\, and author of #1 bestseller\, How To Be Alone: If You Want To And Even If You Don’t\, praised as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times\, New York Magazine\, NPR\, Fast Company\, Marie Claire\, and many others)\, Tinder Live is a totally improvised\, anything-can-happen interactive comedy showstopper with helpful and oftentimes ridiculous Tinder tips\, tricks\, real-time swiping\, and messaging (and sometimes even real-time phone calls with Tinder matches)! You’ll relate to Moore’s live-swiping and laugh at her reactions and find inspiration in her ridiculous\, random emoji-filled messages (and sometimes even phone calls!) to would-be suitors. It’s also a great show to attend with a date\, Tinder or otherwise. \nBut don’t expect cheap shots…this show has a huge heart. In between laughs\, Lane reminds us how challenging it can be to find a match in the digital age. Even if you’ve never been on an online dating site\, you will love this show. \n“Tinder LIVE! is truly addictive entertainment…[it’s] ingenious. Moore transforms the banter on a dating app into compelling long-form improvisation. Ms. Moore\, a cagey and humane performer\, has developed an instinct for turning the raw materials of sexually charged chat with ordinary strangers into honed and generous jokes. “TinderLive” has a comic momentum and energy that is unusual. The way she manipulates tone and pace reveals an artist supremely confident in her form\, not to mention a flirt par excellence.” –The New York Times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/offsite-tinder-live-with-lane-moore-at-rickshaw-stop/
LOCATION:Rickshaw Stop\, 155 Fell St.\, San Francisco\, 94102
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Babylon Salon presents Anna North\, Vince Granata\, Tonya M. Foster\, Mia P. Manansala and Zoe FitzGerald Carter
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to partner with Babylon Salon for their Fall event\, featuring readings by Anna North\, Vince Granata\, Tonya M. Foster and Mia P. Manansala\, with music by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter! \nPlease note: this is a free\, virtual event. Zoom information will soon be announced here. \n\nAbout the authors \nAnna North is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of two previous novels\, America Pacifica and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark\, which received a Lambda Literary Award in 2016. She has been a writer and editor at Jezebel\, BuzzFeed\, Salon\, and the New York Times\, and she is now a senior reporter at Vox. She grew up in Los Angeles and lives in Brooklyn. Order her books: Outlawed and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. \nVince Granata received his BA in history from Yale University and his MFA in creative writing from American University. He has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference\, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts\, the I-Park Foundation\, and the Ucross Foundation\, and residencies from PLAYA and the MacDowell Colony. His work has appeared in The Massachusetts Review\, The Chattahoochee Review\, and Fourth Genre\, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2018. Order his book: Everything is Fine. \nTonya M. Foster is the author of A Swarm of Bees in High Court\, and the bilingual chapbook La Grammaire des Os; and coeditor of Third Mind: Creative Writing through Visual Art. Her writing and research focus on ideas of place and emplacement\, and on intersections between the visual and the written. She is an editor at Fence Magazine\, and at The African-American Review. Her poetry\, prose\, and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Callaloo\, Tripwire\, boundary2\, MiPOESIAS\, NYFA Arts Quarterly\, the Poetry Project Newsletter\, and elsewhere. Tonya is a recipient of awards and fellowships from the Ford and the Mellon Foundations\, from NYFA; and has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts and at the Macdowell colony. Her next collections are a cross-genre collection on New Orleans—A Mathematics of Chaos::Thingification (forthcoming from Ugly Presse 2021)\, and Monkey Talk\, a cross-genre series about race\, paranoia\, aesthestics\, and surveillance. She is an Assistant Professor at California College of the Arts. Order her book\, A Swarm of Bees in High Court \nMia P. Manansala (MAH-nahn-sah-lah) (she/her) is a writer and book coach from Chicago who loves books\, baking\, and bad-ass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora\, queerness\, and her millennial love for pop culture. She is the winner of the 2018 Hugh Holton Award\, the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award\, the 2017 William F. Deeck – Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers\, and the 2016 Mystery Writers of America/Helen McCloy Scholarship. She’s also a 2017 Pitch Wars alum and 2018-2020 mentor. A lover of all things geeky\, Mia spends her days procrastibaking\, playing JRPGs and dating sims\, reading cozy mysteries\, and cuddling her dogs Gumiho\, Max Power\, and Bayley Banks (bonus points if you get all the references). Her debut novel\, Arsenic and Adobo\, came out May 4\, 2021 with Berkley/Penguin Random House and is the first in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series. Order her book\, Arsenic and Adobo. \nZoe FitzGerald Carter is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, Salon and Vogue. Imperfect Endings won first place in the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association’s literary contest\, was excerpted in O magazine and chosen as a finalist for the National MS Society’s Books for a Better Life Awards in the “Inspirational Memoir” category. It was also a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. Zoe is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto\, where she teaches memoir. She has also taught (and run) writing workshops from Hawaii to Vermont\, and currently teaches memoir and songwriting at Left Margin Lit in Berkeley\, CA. In the last couple of years\, she’s been focusing on her career as a musician. Her first CD\, Waiting for the Earthquake came out in 2017 and can be found on all the streaming platforms. Her new album\, Waterlines\, was released in 2021. Order her book\, Imperfect Endings. \n\nPlease note: this is a free\, virtual event. Zoom information will soon be announced here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/babylon-salon-presents-anna-north-vince-granata-tonya-m-foster-mia-p-manansala-and-zoe-fitzgerald-carter/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Susan Nguyen\, Felicia Zamora\, Mai Der Vang
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, September 13th at 6pm PT when Susan Nguyen is joined by Mai Der Vang and Felicia Zamora for a reading celebrating her debut collection\, Dear Diaspora\, on Zoom! \nZoom Registration \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_QylrXyjITH2FjW2LW5ZmHg \nPraise for Dear Diaspora \n“Dear Diaspora is a capacious and wholly felt account of a speaker’s contending with place and memory. Susan Nguyen’s gorgeous book maps out the longing of a particular Vietnamese immigrant experience—in its main character\, the adolescent Suzi—and also captures\, through its documentary research\, a collection of voices of Vietnam War refugees in the aftermath. Against a backdrop of love and desire is the search to knit together a place of belonging and origin\, rooted both in the sensual world and in the realm of the imagination. Dear Diaspora is a heartbreaking and breathtaking debut.”—Cathy Linh Che\, author of Split \n“Susan Nguyen\, in Dear Diaspora\, asks: ‘At the center of your calamity\, what grows?’ Nguyen’s gorgeously rendered poems answer that question with language and imagination. There’s devastation in this book—an absent father figure\, displacement of the speaker\, a fragmented Vietnamese diaspora\, but out of this devastation emerges beauty. The speaker in this book collects broken things such as cicada wings that become whole in her rich internal world. Nguyen’s talent is palpable from the first line\, and what a gift this book is. In her poem ‘Grief as a Question\,’ Nguyen writes: ‘no one told me grief could be so ordinary.’ But out of grief and woundedness emerges a voice that is anything but ordinary.”—Victoria Chang\, author of Obit \n“‘Last night I had the American dream\,’ Nguyen writes\, puncturing the dream bubble in which ‘America’ exists as the only and inevitable state of success and belonging. In this collection\, diaspora\, specifically Vietnamese diaspora\, is verdant and lush—suffused with green light\, mustard greens\, grass and trees—blooming through the drought of American love for Nguyen’s speakers. The poems in Dear Diaspora offer us a lexicon we’ve needed to imagine how we might arrive at and receive one another better in land and language\, in memory and touch.”—Natalie Diaz\, author of Postcolonial Love Poem \nAbout Dear Diaspora \nDear Diaspora is an unapologetic reckoning with history\, memory\, and grief. Parting the weeds on a small American town\, this collection sheds light on the intersections of girlhood and diaspora. The poems introduce us to Suzi: ripping her leg hairs out with duct tape\, praying for ecstasy during Sunday mass\, dreaming up a language for buried familial trauma and discovering that such a language may not exist. Through a collage of lyric\, documentary\, and epistolary poems\, we follow Suzi as she untangles intergenerational grief and her father’s disappearance while climbing trees to stare at the color green and wishing that she wore Lucy Liu’s freckles. \nWinner of the Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry\, Dear Diaspora scrutinizes our turning away from the trauma of our past and our complicity in its erasure. Suzi\, caught between enjoying a rundown American adolescence and living with the inheritances of war\, attempts to unravel her own inherited grief as she explores the multiplicities of identity and selfhood against the backdrop of the Vietnamese diaspora. In its deliberate interweaving of voices\, Dear Diaspora explores Suzi’s journey while bringing to light other incarnations of the refugee experience. \nAbout Susan Nguyen \nSusan Nguyen hails from Virginia but currently lives and writes in the desert. She earned her MFA in Poetry from Arizona State University\, where she won the Aleida Rodriguez Memorial Prize and fellowships from the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. In 2018\, PBS NewsHour named her one of “three women poets to watch.” Her work appears in diagram\, Tin House\, and elsewhere. Her debut collection\, Dear Diaspora\, won the 2020 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Visit her at www.susanpoet.com. \nAbout Felicia Zamora \nFelicia Zamora is a poet\, educator\, and editor currently living in OH. She is the author of six books of poetry including: I Always Carry My Bones\, winner of the 2020 Iowa Poetry Prize released from the University of Iowa Press in April 2021\, Quotient forthcoming from Tinderbox Editions in 2021\, Body of Render\, winner of the 2018 Benjamin Saltman Award from Red Hen Press (2020)\, Instrument of Gaps (Slope Editions\, 2018)\, & in Open\, Marvel (Parlor Press\, 2018)\, and Of Form & Gather\, winner of the 2016 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize (University of Notre Dame Press). She’s received fellowships and residencies from CantoMundo\, Ragdale Foundation\, PLAYA\, Moth Magazine\, and Noepe Center at Martha’s Vineyard\, authored two chapbooks\, won the 2019 Wabash Prize for Poetry and the 2015 Tomaž Šalamun Prize\, and was the 2017 Poet Laureate of Fort Collins\, CO. Her poems and essays are found or forthcoming in AGNI\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day\, American Poetry Review\, Boston Review online\, Georgia Review\, Guernica\, Literary Hub\, Missouri Review Poem-of-the-Week\, Orion\, POETRY\, Poetry Daily\, Poetry International\, Prairie Schooner\, The Nation\, and others. She is an assistant professor of poetry at the University of Cincinnati and is the associate poetry editor for the Colorado Review. \nAbout Mai Der Vang \nMai Der Vang is the author of Yellow Rain (Graywolf Press\, 2021)\, and Afterland (Graywolf Press\, 2017)\, winner of the 2016 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets\, longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award in Poetry\, and a finalist for the 2018 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. The recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship\, she served as a Visiting Writer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry\, Tin House\, the American Poetry Review\, among other journals and anthologies. Her essays have been published in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, espnW\, and elsewhere. Mai Der also co-edited How Do I Begin: A Hmong American Literary Anthology with the Hmong American Writers’ Circle. A Kundiman fellow\, Mai Der has completed residencies at Civitella Ranieri and Hedgebrook. Born and raised in Fresno\, California\, she earned degrees from the University of California\, Berkeley and Columbia University. She teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Fresno State.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-susan-nguyen-felicia-zamora-mai-der-vang/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:On Radical Friendship
DESCRIPTION:The divides we experience within us and between us are not only a threat to our physical and emotional health-they are also the weapons and the outcomes of structural oppression. Meditation teacher and author Kate Johnson believes that through wise relationships it is possible to transform the barriers created by societal injustice. Drawing on her experiences as a leading meditation teacher and personal stories of growing up multiracial in a racist world\, Kate brings a fresh take on time-honored wisdom to help us connect more authentically with ourselves\, with our friends and family\, and within our communities. \nIn Kate’s latest book\, Radical Friendship\, she illuminates seven strategies to help us embody our deepest values in our relationships. Kate shares meditation and reflection practices to help everyone cultivate vibrant\, harmonious\, revolutionary friendships. Grounded in the Buddha’s teachings on spiritual friendship\, Kate offers us a path of depth and hope and shows us the importance of working toward collective wellbeing\, one relationship at a time. \nJoin licensed psychologist and CIIS faculty Elizabeth Markle for a conversation with Kate as they lead us on a journey to becoming better friends by offering ways to show up for each other’s liberation at every stage of a relationship. \nFree\, suggested donation of $10. \nhttps://www.ciis.edu/public-programs/event-calendar/johnson-kate-september-15-2021 publicprograms@ciis.edu 415-575-6175
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LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Grant Faulkner and Melanie Abrams
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON FRIDAY\, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 6PM PT WHEN GRANT FAULKNER DISCUSSES HIS BOOK ALL THE COMFORT SIN CAN PROVIDE WITH MELANIE ABRAMS AT 9TH AVE! \nMasks Required for In-Person\nJoin us online by registering at the link below \nZoom Registration\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GyfaQ2hGRuifzatEVoJfeg \nPraise for All the Comfort Sin Can Provide\n“Somewhere between sinister and gleeful the characters in Grant Faulkner’s story collection All the Comfort Sin Can Provide blow open pleasure—guilty pleasure\, unapologetic pleasure\, accidental pleasure\, repressed pleasure. Really\, at the heart of all identity is the reach for pleasure\, and then what actually comes\, all those moments of slippage where we do the wrong thing\, take a ridiculous risk\, double down on failure\, land in a forsaken place\, slip the mainstream of things enough to change and become. These characters exude beauty from their flaws. These stories are lit.”–Lidia Yuknavitch \n“Full of bad behavior and a ferocious desire for escape\, All the Comfort Sin Can Provide is a catalog of longing. Faulkner’s arresting characters broadcast their worst decisions from grimy motel rooms\, greasy kitchens\, and sprawling American highways\, each of them hellbent on the promise of something better.”–Kimberly King Parsons \n“All the Comfort Sin Can Provide delivers on the promise of Grant Faulkner’s daring debut with a follow-up collection of stories that excavates possibility\, salvation\, and the deceptive comforts one finds in so many pleasures.”–Adam Johnson \nAbout All the Comfort Sin Can Provide\nWith raw\, lyrical ferocity\, All the Comfort Sin Can Provide delves into the beguiling salve that sin can promise—tracing those hidden places most of us are afraid to acknowledge. In this collection of brutally unsentimental short stories\, Grant Faulkner chronicles dreamers\, addicts\, and lost souls who have trusted too much in wayward love\, the perilous balm of substances\, or the unchecked hungers of others\, but who are determined to find salvation in their odd definitions of transcendence. \nTaking us from hot Arizona highways to cold Iowa hotel rooms\, from the freedoms of the backwoods of New Mexico to the damnations of slick New York City law firms\, Faulkner creates a shard-sharp mosaic of desire that careens off the page—honest\, cutting\, and wise. \nAbout Grant Faulkner\nGrant Faulkner is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. He recently published the short story collection All the Comfort Sin Can Provide\, and he’s also the author of Fissures\, a collection of 100-word stories.  His essays on creativity have been published in The New York Times\, Poets & Writers\, LitHub\, Writer’s Digest\, and The Writer\, and his book\, The Art of Brevity\, is forthcoming in 2022. He also co-hosts Write-minded\, a weekly podcast on writing and publishing. \nAbout Melanie Abrams\nMelanie Abrams is the author of the novels Playing and Meadowlark and the forthcoming The Joy of Cannabis: 75 Ways to Amplify Your Life through the Science and Magic of Cannabis. She is a developmental editor and photographer and teaches writing at the University of California\, Berkeley.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/grant-faulkner-and-melanie-abrams/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Colson Whitehead
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 17\, 2021\n7:30pm Pacific Time\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nTICKETS \n\n\nColson Whitehead is the author of ten works of fiction and nonfiction\, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, for Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad\, which also won the National Book Award. His new novel\, Harlem Shuffle\, is a gloriously entertaining novel of heists\, shakedowns\, and rip-offs set in Harlem in 1960s. \nA limited number of tickets include a copy of Harlem Shuffle. \nYou and your guests must be fully vaccinated to attend this event; proof of vaccination is required upon arrival. Full vaccination is defined as completion of the two-dose regimen of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine administered two weeks or more in advance of the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/colson-whitehead-2/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Remember Who You Are with Friends of Pedro Gomez
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON THURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 2 AT 6PM PT WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE BOOK REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE: WHAT PEDRO GOMEZ SHOWED US ABOUT BASEBALL AND LIFE IN-PERSON AT 9TH AVE \nFEATURING ROBIN CARR\, BRAD MANGIN\, BRIAN MURPHY\, MICHAEL ZAGARIS\, AND EDITOR STEVE KETTMANN \nMasks Requried for In-Person Attendance\nJoin us virtually by registering at the link below \nZoom Registration\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MTufp2aVSZOfDE3ZYCYkww \nAbout Remember Who You Are\nPedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in baseball. His death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7\, 2021\, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58\, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons. \nPedro\, a proud Cuban American\, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual\, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had existed between U.S.-born players and the Latin Americans now so important to the game’s vitality and future growth. He was also a family man who loved to talk about his three children\, Sierra\, Dante and Rio\, a Boston Red Sox prospect. Pedro was universally known as a smiling presence who brought out the best in people. His humanity and generosity of spirit shaped countless lives\, including one of his ESPN bosses\, Rob King\, who was so moved by Pedro’s advice to him—“Remember who you are”—that he printed up the words and posted them on the wall of his office in Bristol. King is one of a diverse collection of contributors whose personal essays turn Pedro’s shocking death into an occasion to reflect on the deeper truths of life we too often overlook. Part The Pride of Havana and part Tuesdays With Morrie\, part The Tender Bar and part Ball Four\, this is the rare essay collection that reads like a novel\, full of achingly honest emotion and painful insights\, a book about friendship\, a book about standing for something\, a book about joy and love. \nFormer New York Times writer Jack Curry writes about Pedro’s passion for live music\, and former Sports Illustrated writer Tim Kurkjian brings alive spring-training basketball games with executives like Sandy Anderson and Billy Beane and Pedro right in the mix. Detroit manager AJ Hinch and formers Texas manager Ron Washington both reveal that in their darkest hours Pedro gave them some of the best advice of their lives. \nHall of Famers Dennis Eckersley\, Tony La Russa\, Peter Gammons\, Ross Newhan\, Tracy Ringolsby and Dan Shaughnessy are among the contributors. So are likely future Hall of Famers Max Scherzer and Dusty Baker. Pulitzer-Prize-winning Washington Post war correspondent Steve Fainaru\, award-winning writers from Howard Bryant and Mike Barnicle to Tim Keown\, Ken Rosenthal and Dave Sheinin also contribute. Rounding out the mix are current and former ESPN stars including Rachel Nichols\, Shelley M. Smith\, Peter Gammons\, Bob Ley and Keith Olbermann. \nThis is a book to rekindle in any lapsed fan a love of going to the ballpark\, but it’s also a wakeup call that transcends sports. To any journalist\, worn down by the demands of a punishing job\, to anyone anywhere\, pummeled by pandemic times and the dark mood of the country in recent years\, these essays will light a spark to seize every opportunity to make a difference\, in your work and in the lives of people who matter to you.\nPraise for Remember Who You Are\n“Pedro Gomez was as kind as he was talented. I can think of no one else in the industry who would have inspired this many heartfelt essays by this diverse a group of writers\, ballplayers\, coaches\, and front office executives. Everyone loved and respected him. And while he left this earth way too soon\, his legacy will live on through his children and in the pages of this book.” —Molly Knight\, Author\, The Best Team Money Can Buy \n“The words in this collection share a common source—while they were crafted with the head\, they originated from the heart. The Gomez Rules are the Commandments for those who cover the game. All who have lived the baseball life should have followed all at some point. They should be etched in tablet.”—Broadcaster Ted Robinson \n“Reading Remember Who You Are took me on a journey from the day I met Pedro\, a smiling young scribe who was my new coworker\, who grew into a legend. These tributes not only reveal a man who was beloved by virtually all who knew him\, but also paint a vivid picture of our sports media tribe—the laughs\, the camaraderie\, the adventure\, the challenges. At the center of so much of it\, smiling and including all of us\, was Pedro. We will miss him so.” —Ann Killion\, Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle columnist
URL:https://litseen.com/event/remember-who-you-are-with-friends-of-pedro-gomez/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Katie Crouch and Rachel Levin
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON THURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 23 AT 6PM PT WHEN KATIE CROUCH DISCUSSES HER LATEST NOVEL\, THE EMBASSY WIFE\, WITH RACHEL LEVIN AT 9TH AVE! \nMasks Required for In-Person Event\nJoin us online by registering at the link below \nZoom Registration\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o3CKo2AqQ1GQEyWEmWdivA \nPraise for Embassy Wife\n“One of the novel’s greatest strengths is the omniscient third-person narration that oscillates focus between main and minor characters. The structure helps heighten the tension between characters\, the past and the present\, and Namibians and Americans. In addition to sketching complex characters with rich backstories\, Crouch excels at moving the plot forward while not missing any opportunity to observe the human condition. With wit and tenderness\, the novel explores the complicated nature of race\, power\, marriage\, colonization\, diplomacy\, and community. A sharp\, funny\, page-turning romp.” – Kirkus Reviews \n“Crouch’s…knowledge of expat life adds realism to this observant\, funny satire. Unpredictable twists lead to an ending where everyone may not get what they want\, but they get what they need. Suggest this one to fans of Meg Wolitzer and Maria Semple.” – Booklist  \n“Katie Crouch is an incredible writer – deft\, fearless\, super-smart and compassionate – and EMBASSYWIFE is one of the funniest\, sharpest\, most insightful novels I’ve read in a long time. It’s also a flat-out page-turner: I read it in a single\, feverish sitting; then again\, a second time\, trying to figure out how she pulled off such an intricately constructed narrative that manages to read so effortlessly. A tremendous novel by a writer who surprises and moves us with each new book. I can’t recommend this novel highly enough.”—Molly Antopol\, author of The UnAmericans \n“Keenly observed and expertly crafted\, Katie Crouch’s EMBASSY WIFE is a wickedly irresistible novel.”—Natalie Baszile\, author of Queen Sugar \nAbout Embassy Wife\nAmanda Evans is a trailing spouse: she has just arrived in Namibia\, mere weeks after giving up her lucrative Silicon Valley job\, as her husband\, Mark\, has accepted a Fulbright. Their marriage\, which seemed solid in the safety of home\, feels tenuous in the glaring heat of the Kalahari\, and when their daughter becomes involved an international conflict\, lines are drawn in the sand. \nMeanwhile\, Persephone Wilder is the wife of an American diplomat already stationed in Namibia. She takes her job as an Embassy Wife seriously\, and employs an intricate set of rules to navigate such problems as: how to dress in hundred-degree weather without showing too much skin\, how not to look drunk at embassy functions\, and how to eat roasted oryx with grace. However\, she suspects her husband may not actually the ambassador’s general counsel\, but in fact\, a secret agent in the CIA. Despite Persephone’s personal issues\, she is ever the embassy wife\, and graciously takes the new trailing spouse\, Amanda under her wing. \nBut once Amanda\, Mark and their daughter settle into the sub-Saharan desert\, it becomes clear that Mark\, who lived in Namibia two decades earlier\, had other reasons for returning to African soil. Mark\, it seems\, has unfinished business from twenty years prior\, and this journey is actually a quest to find a woman he left behind. \nPropulsive and provocative\, subversive\, smart and funny\, EMBASSY WIFE compellingly explores the limits of human resiliency and loyalty\, asking: How far will Amanda go to keep her family intact? How much corruptness can Persephone purposefully ignore? \nAnd what\, exactly\, does it mean to be an American abroad when you don’t like your country anymore? \nAbout Katie Crouch\nKatie Crouch is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Girls in Trucks. She is also the author of Men and Dogs\, Abroad and the YA series The Magnolia League. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, McSweeney’s\, Tin House\, Slate\, and Salon. A MacDowell Fellow\, she teaches at Dartmouth College and lives in Vermont.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katie-crouch-and-rachel-levin/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T200000
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CREATED:20210929T001859Z
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SUMMARY:Carolina de Robertis in Conversation\, The President and the Frog
DESCRIPTION:Carolina de Robertis discusses her latest book and the craft of writing and translating. Featuring a former Latin American president reminiscing on his remarkable life\, The President and the Frog is a timeless and timely exploration of power\, revolution and survival. Carolina de Robertis is of Uruguayan origins; her work has been translated into seventeen languages and she has received multiple honors. Join online for the discussion. \nThis event is a partnership with Berkeley Public Library and San Mateo County Libraries. \nFree \nhttps://sfpl.org/events/2021/09/28/author-carolina-de-robertis-conversation-president-and-frog sfplcpp@sfpl.org 415-557-4400
URL:https://litseen.com/event/carolina-de-robertis-in-conversation-the-president-and-the-frog/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210929T203000
DTSTAMP:20260509T145145
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SUMMARY:Mary Roach
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 29\, 2021\n7:30pm Pacific Time\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nTICKETS \n\n\nMary Roach is the author of the books STIFF\, SPOOK\, BONK\, GULP\, GRUNT\, and PACKING FOR MARS\, all of which bring her distinctly funny voice to popular science subjects. Her new book FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law\, combines little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows\, trespassing squirrels\, and more of “nature’s lawbreakers\,” offering hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat. Roach has written for National Geographic\, Wired\, and The New York Times Magazine\, among others\, and her TED talk made the TED 20 Most Watched list. She has been a guest editor for Best American Science and Nature Writing\, a finalist for the Royal Society’s Winton Prize\, and a winner of the American Engineering Societies’ journalism award. \nYou and your guests must be fully vaccinated to attend this event; proof of vaccination is required upon arrival. Full vaccination is defined as completion of the two-dose regimen of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine administered two weeks or more in advance of the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-roach/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211002T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211002T160000
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SUMMARY:Bikes to Books 8-Year Anniversary Ride
DESCRIPTION:It’s a party and you’re all invited! Our signature 7.1 mile bicycle tour of literary San Francisco combines San Francisco history\, art\, literature\, cycling\, and urban exploration—a diverting and unique way to celebrate the literary and adventurous spirit of San Francisco. In 2013 we created Bikes to Books as an homage to the 1988 street-naming project spearheaded by City Lights Books founder and former San Francisco Poet Laureate\, Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, in which 12 San Francisco streets were renamed for famous artists and authors who’d once made San Francisco their home. Celebrate eight years of Bike to Books\, 33 years of street names\, and 150+ years of San Francisco literary history from South Park to North Beach\, Jack London to Jack Kerouac. \nMeet us on the north side of Jack London Alley in South Park\, SF at 12:45.  \nTour ends in North Beach outside City Lights Books. \nBring bikes with gears\, snacks\, and enthusiasm. This is an urban ride of moderate difficulty\, recommended for riders 16 years of age and older. Masks and appropriate distancing required. Proof of vaccination is not required\, but vaccination is highly encouraged. \nEvent is Free\, with maps and posters available for purchase. 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bikes-to-books-8-year-anniversary-ride/
LOCATION:Jack London Street\, Jack London Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211005T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211005T190000
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SUMMARY:9th Ave: Sandra Lim\, Natalie Shapero and Noah Warren
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, October 5th at 6pm PT when Sandra Lim\, Natalie Shapero\, and Noah Warren join us for an evening celebrating their latest poetry collections at 9th Ave! \nMasks Required for In-Person Attendance \nJoin us virtually by registering at the link below \nZoom Registration \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_vHSYhcpURdaNKQ_wr42E1g \nAbout The Curious Thing \nIn this gorgeous third collection\, Sandra Lim investigates desire\, sexuality\, and dream with sinewy intelligence and a startling freshness. \nTruthful\, sensuous\, and intellectually relentless\, the poems in The Curious Thing are compelling meditations on love\, art making\, solitude\, female fate\, and both the mundane and serious principles of life. Sandra Lim’s poetry displays stinging wit and a tough-minded approach to her own experiences: She speaks with Jean Rhys about beauty\, encounters the dark loneliness that can exist inside a relationship\, and discovers a coiled anger on a hot summer day. An extended poem sequence slyly revolves the meanings of finding oneself astray in midlife. A steely strength courses through the volume’s myriad discoveries—Lim’s lucidity and tenderness form a striking complement to her remarkable metaphors and the emotional clamor of her material. \nAnimated by a sense of reckoning and a piercing inwardness\, these anti-sentimental poems nevertheless celebrate the passionate and empathetic subjective life. \nAbout Popular Longing \nWith her sharp\, punchy\, sardonic wit\, Natalie Shapero’s Popular Longing explores sadnesses and subordinations in their myriad forms. \nThe poems of Natalie Shapero’s third collection\, Popular Longing\, highlight the ever-increasing absurdity of our contemporary life. With her sharp\, sardonic wit\, Shapero deftly captures human meekness in all its forms: our senseless wars\, our inflated egos\, our constant deference to presumed higher powers—be they romantic partners\, employers\, institutions\, or gods. “Why even / look up\, when all we’ll see is people / looking down?” In a world where everyone has to answer to someone\, it seems no one is equipped to disrupt the status quo\, and how the most urgent topics of conversation can only be approached through refraction. By scrutinizing the mundane and all that is taken for granted\, these poems arrive at much wider vistas\, commenting on human sadness\, memory\, and mortality. Punchy\, fearlessly ironic\, and wickedly funny\, Popular Longing articulates what it means to share a planet\, for better or more often for worse\, with other people. \nAbout The Complete Stories \nThe Complete Stories announces its desire and its lie in the title; this is a book of shatter and loss. In his second collection\, Noah Warren—previously selected by Carl Phillips for the Yale Series of Younger Poets—unravels histories both personal and public\, picking apart their ugliness\, beauty\, and irreducible singularity. Clothed in broken forms\, these poems of grieving and tentative joy ask finally how we can go forward with our own mottled pasts\, into the futures we can’t predict but for which we must bear responsibility.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/9th-ave-sandra-lim-natalie-shapero-and-noah-warren/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211006T200000
DTSTAMP:20260509T145145
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SUMMARY:Matthew Clark Davison in conversation with Michael Nava
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Clark Davison will be joined by Michael Nava to discuss his debut novel\, Doubting Thomas. Thomas McGurrin is a fourth-grade teacher and openly gay man at a private primary school serving Portland\, Oregon’s wealthy progressive elite when he’s falsely accused of inappropriately touching a male student. The accusation comes just as Thomas is thrust back into the center of his unusual family by his younger brother’s battle with cancer. Although cleared of the accusation\, Thomas is forced to resign from a job he loves during a potentially life-changing family drama.  \nDavison’s novel explores the discrepancy between the progressive ideals and persistent negative stereotypes among the privileged regarding social status\, race\, and sexual orientation and the impact of that discrepancy on friendships and family relations.  \nArmistead Maupin writes\, “An electrifying debut. Doubting Thomas is one of those novels where you return to passages\, again and again\, to see exactly how the author pulled off such an ingenious sleight-of-hand. Matthew Clark Davison is a force to be reckoned with.”   \nDoubting Thomas can be purchased from our event co-sponsor\, Fabulosa Books. \n \nBios  \nMatthew Clark Davison is the author of Doubting Thomas (Amble Press ’21). He is creator and teacher of The Lab :: Writing Classes with MCD\, a non-academic school started in 2007 in a friend’s living room. The textbook version of The Lab\, co-authored by bestselling writer Alice LaPlante\, will be published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2022. His prose has been recently anthologized in Empty The Pews (Epiphany Publishing) and 580-Split; and published in or on LitHub\, Lambda Literary\, The Advocate\, Guernica\, The Atlantic Monthly\, The Rumpus\, Foglifter\, Exquisite Pandemic\, and others. Matthew earned a BA and MFA in Creative Writing from SFSU\, where he now teaches full-time in the BA/MA/MFA departments.  \nMichael Nava is the author of an acclaimed series of eight novels featuring gay\, Latino criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios who The New Yorker\, called “a detective unlike any previous protagonist in American noir.” The New York Times Book Review has called Nava “one of our best” writers. He is the recipient of seven Lambda Literary Awards in the gay mystery category and the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in LGBT Literature. His most recent Rios novel is Lies With Man\, was published in April by Amble Press\, an LGBTQ press and imprint of Bywater Books\, of which he is also managing editor.  
URL:https://litseen.com/event/matthew-clark-davison-in-conversation-with-michael-nava/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T190000
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SUMMARY:9th Ave: Lilly Dancyger and Nina Renata Aron
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, October 8th at 6pm PT when Lilly Dancyger reads from and discusses her memoir\, Negative Space\, with Nina Renata Aron at 9th Ave! \nMasks Required for In-Person Attendance \nJoin us virtually by registering at the link below \nZoom Registration \nPraise for Negative Space \n“Negative Space is a lovely and heartbreaking book; navigating pain\, inheritance\, and loss. Dancyger’s father emerges from these pages as vividly as if I’d known him…” —Carmen Maria Machado\, In the Dream House \n“This book is so many things: a daughter’s heartrending tribute\, a love story riddled by addiction\, a mystery whose solution lies at the intersection of art and memory. Together\, they form a chorus that I could not turn away from.” —Melissa Febos\, Award-winning author of Whip Smart and Abandon Me \n“Candid\, thrilling\, wickedly smart\, Negative Space is one of the greatest memoirs of this\, or any\, time.” —T Kira Madden\, award-winning author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls \n“Practically hot to the touch.” —BookPage (Most Anticipated Fall Nonfiction) \nAbout Negative Space \nA memoir from the editor of Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger\, Negative Space explores Dancyger’s own anger\, grief\, and artistic inheritance as she sets out to illuminate the darkness her father hid from her\, as well as her own. \nDespite her parents’ struggles with addiction\, Lilly Dancyger always thought of her childhood as a happy one. But what happens when a journalist interrogates her own rosy memories to reveal the instability around the edges? Dancyger’s father\, Joe Schactman\, was part of the iconic 1980s East Village art scene. He created provocative sculptures out of found materials like animal bones\, human hair\, and broken glass\, and brought his young daughter into his gritty\, iconoclastic world. She idolized him—despite the escalating heroin addiction that sometimes overshadowed his creative passion. When Schactman died suddenly\, just as Dancyger was entering adolescence\, she went into her own self-destructive spiral\, raging against a world that had taken her father away. As an adult\, Dancyger began to question the mythology she’d created about her father—the brilliant artist\, struck down in his prime. Using his sculptures\, paintings\, and prints as a guide\, Dancyger sought out the characters from his world who could help her decode the language of her father’s work to find the truth of who he really was. \nAbout Lilly Dancyger \nLilly Dancyger is the author of Negative Space\, a reported and illustrated memoir selected by Carmen Maria Machado as a winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards; and the editor of Burn it Down\, an anthology of essays on women’s anger. Her writing has been published by Longreads\, BOMB\, Guernica\, The Washington Post\, Glamour\, Playboy\, Rolling Stone\, and more. She lives in New York City\, and you can find her on Twitter at @lillydancyger.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/9th-ave-lilly-dancyger-and-nina-renata-aron/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The Five Senses of Community
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a transmedia exploration of what makes & breaks community in the year 2021.  \nHow has a year of involuntary isolation for some (and involuntary\, dangerous proximity for others) reshaped how we think of community? What makes\, breaks\, and fakes our connections to one another in the year 2021? Ten artists will respond to these questions in a series of collaborative performances spanning the five senses and multiple media—from sculpture to music\, words to candles\, painting to edible ferments\, drawing to performance art. \nFeaturing writing and art by Tyler Atura Bushnell\, Chelsea Davis\, Brad Detjen\, Antony Fangary\, Chris Guichet\, Christine No\, Kate De Palma\, Alejandro Schuler\, Sean Skwerer\, & Amin Younes. \nProof of vaccination & masks required. \n$10 suggested donation to help the artists cover event costs; NOTAFLOF. Tickets are limited; please buy youirs in advance. \nLocation: Little Raven Gallery\, 1015 Howard St.\, SF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-five-senses-of-community/
LOCATION:Little Raven Gallery\, 1015 Howard St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T143000
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SUMMARY:Offsite: Shrimp 'N Lobster at the SF Botanical Gardens!
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, October 9th at 1pm at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens with author Charlotte Rygh for an afternoon of drawing and fun celebrating Shrimp ‘N Lobster: A San Francisco Adventure! \nThis event is no cost\, but registration is required. Please RSVP at the link here.\nDo note that there is an entrance fee to the SFBG for non-San Francisco residents.\nFee information can be found here.\nThe SFBG current COVID protocol require masks indoors only. People who are outdoors in close proximity to other people who are not part of their household are strongly encouraged to wear a well-fitted mask. \nJoin us for a drawing lesson from author and illustrator Charlotte Rygh of the hit Shrimp ‘n Lobster Adventures! Learn about this crustacean duo and their travels in San Francisco and New York City\, all while immersed in SFBG’s atmospheric Fragrance Garden. Get your hands on a signed copy of Shrimp ‘n Lobster: A San Francisco Adventure\, learn to draw Lobster\, hear about Char’s journey to creating the series\, and receive your exclusive Shrimp ‘n Lobster bookmarks and coloring sheets! \nAbout Shrimp ‘N Lobster \nFrom the bustling cityscape of New York to the sloping hills of San Francisco\, Shrimp ‘n Lobster are keen to explore the characteristic sights of cities around the United States. This animated duo takes to the City by the Bay to discover landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge\, Fisherman’s Wharf\, and even Karl\, the only fog in the world with a name. \nFilled with spirited illustrations and local charm\, this guide to San Francisco will captivate children from the Bay to Chinatown with equal parts education and delight. Readers will have a blast discovering the history and culture of this coastal city as they follow Shrimp ‘n Lobster to over twenty five destinations in San Francisco alone.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/offsite-shrimp-n-lobster-at-the-sf-botanical-gardens/
LOCATION:San Francisco Botanical Garden\, 1199 9th Ave\, San Francisco\, CA - California\, 94122
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Victoria Chang and Ari Banias
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, October 12th at 6pm PT when Victoria Chang and Ari Banias celebrate the launch of their latest books Dear Memory: Letters on Writing\, Silence\, and Grief and A Symmetry on Zoom! \nZoom Registration \nPraise for Dear Memory \n“After the impressive formal innovations of her 2020 books\, OBIT\, which won multiple national awards\, Chang continues to find new ways to plumb her experiences on the page . . . Depending on what one brings to this book\, each reader may find their own moment of goosebumps or tears . . . This book is moving in a way that transcends story and message; it captures a purse sense of another person’s heart.” —Kirkus Reviews\, Starred Review \n“Chang has assembled a collection of letters to family\, past teachers\, and fellow poets\, as well as family memorabilia\, creating not just a moving family history but a rumination on the creative and self-shaping act of remembering.” —Literary Hub\, “Most Anticipated Books of 2021” \n“A moving consideration of ancestry and loss . . . [Chang’s] prose is sharp and strong—memory is the ‘exit wound of joy\,’ she writes—and her creativity shines in her incorporation of the collage-like visual elements\, which add depth. Fans of Chang’s poetry will be delighted.” —Publishers Weekly\, Starred Review \nAbout Dear Memory \n“Victoria Chang is consistently a poet who resurrects mediums.” —THE MILLIONS \nA collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations. \nFor poet Victoria Chang\, memory “isn’t something that blooms\, but something that bleeds internally.” It is willed\, summoned\, and dragged to the surface. The remembrances in this collection of letters are founded in the fragments of stories her mother shared reluctantly\, and the silences of her father\, who first would not and then could not share more. They are whittled and sculpted from an archive of family relics: a marriage license\, a letter\, a visa petition\, a photograph. And\, just as often\, they are built on the questions that can no longer be answered. \nDear Memory is not a transcription but a process of simultaneously shaping and being shaped\, knowing that when a writer dips their pen into history\, what emerges is poetry. In carefully crafted missives on trauma and loss\, on being American and Chinese\, Victoria Chang shows how grief can ignite a longing to know yourself. \nIn letters to family\, past teachers\, and fellow poets\, as the imagination\, Dear Memory offers a model for what it looks like to find ourselves in our histories. \nAbout Victoria Chang \nVictoria Chang is the author of Dear Memory. Her poetry books include OBIT\, Barbie Chang\, The Boss\, Salvinia Molesta\, and Circle. OBIT received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, and the PEN Voeckler Award; it was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Prize and the Griffin Poetry Prize\, and was long-listed for the National Book Award. She is also the author of a children’s picture book\, Is Mommy?\, illustrated by Marla Frazee and named a New York Times Notable Book\, and a middle grade novel\, Love\, Love. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Fellowship\, the Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award\, a Pushcart Prize\, a Lannan Residency Fellowship\, and a Katherine Min MacDowell Colony Fellowship. She lives in Los Angeles and is the program chair of Antioch University’s low-residency MFA program. \nPraise for A Symmetry \n“’Refuse the difference between sameness and difference.’ Refuse the possibility that saying it all on a song won’t change the baseline of what happened. Ari Banias’ poetry sits in an abandoned chair under the overpass\, atop an ‘oil slick on the Aegean’ looking ‘at\, not through’ reality’s immeasurables that the poet is called to count\, holding it all in mind so we can also hold it. A T-shirt hanging out the window\, ‘scratched glass Fanta bottles filled and refilled\,’ ‘the ruined tanneries beside the seawall’—when you add everything up x times x\, what do you get? Only the precarious balance of the world\, and a trust in that voice of A Symmetry earned with each self-deflecting playful flourish. The paper antiquity of NYC coffee cups & ‘A doric column / squatting in a strip mall’ & ‘the discotheque / painted tourist pink with a classical name’ evoke the churn of some perpetual history whose action-reaction is embodied in the motion of lyrical meter and the news reports this book takes apart. The poet calls it: ‘A yellow butterfly that has no interest in me. / I have no interest in kings.’ Such cosmic foreshortening disembarrasses the poem from imperial valence until all that’s left of the book is ‘just the tree.’ When Ari Banias says ‘don’t be sorry for the future sand / this stone wall will become’ one can almost let it go. Almost.” —Ana Božičević\, author of JOMO \n“The surge\, the swell\, and the casual mutability of the borders and breaks that ensconce our world are laid bare in A Symmetry\, Ari Banias’s incandescent new collection of poems. Early on\, these pieces acknowledge the transmutable\, shifting world—acknowledge the indecency of anything that purports to be static and staid. Even the I is the I only as long as it resists all other possible orientations. Banias ingests the discrete\, itinerant minutes\, which makes his work come alive at the edges\, the thresholds\, and the charged moment where distance can finally collapse. The continuous jostling is generous\, though. In it we remember the permutations that have existed\, do exist\, and that will exist in the future. Near the end of A Symmetry\, Banias ropes “a brief fish / netted / partly recovered / the sweat of a horse / the wet of its eye.” These objects are momentarily linked and next time we see them\, their potential will likely be revealed in an entirely new arrangement. This is one way to see—what taut instructions Banias has given us.”—Asiya Wadud\, author of No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body \nAbout A Symmetry \nUnsettling the myth of an ordered reality through uncanny repetitions and elliptical inquiry\, A Symmetry considers the inscriptions of nationhood\, language\, and ancestral memory. A window washer wields an impossibly long mop in the mirrored pane of a Greek government building; strangers mesmerize us while they fold sheets into perfect corners. “Artists who design border wall prototypes are artists / who say they ‘leave politics out of it.’” \nIn meditative wanderings and compressed\, enigmatic lyrics\, Ari Banias probes the sometimes-touching\, often-violent mundane to draw out the intimate\, social proportions of our material world. \nAbout Ari Banias \nAri Banias is the author of A Symmetry (W. W. Norton\, 2021) and Anybody (W.W. Norton\, 2016)\, a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the PEN Center USA Literary Award. His work has been supported by Headlands Center for the Arts\, MacDowell\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing\, and Stanford University’s Wallace Stegner program. He lives and teaches in the Bay Area.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-victoria-chang-and-ari-banias/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Susan Orlean
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 13\, 2021\n7:30pm Pacific Time\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nTICKETS \n\n\nA staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992\, Susan Orlean has written with wit and endless curiosity about subjects ranging from umbrella inventors to origami artists\, from the figure skater Tonya Harding to treadmill desks\, gospel choirs\, and taxidermy. She is the author of Rin Tin Tin\, The Orchid Thief\, and The Library Book\, in which Orlean reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history. Her new book\, On Animals\, is a collection of Orlean’s lifetime of explorations of the creatures she finds most fascinating. They range from stories about lions to tigers to panda bears and beyond; profiles of dogs and donkeys; meditations on what it’s like to raise chickens and care for whales; stories about animals that star in movies\, animals that go to war\, and animals that are celebrated for being beautiful. \nYou and your guests must be fully vaccinated to attend this event; proof of vaccination is required upon arrival. Full vaccination is defined as completion of the two-dose regimen of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine administered two weeks or more in advance of the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/susan-orlean-2/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Adam Schiff
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 14\, 2021\n7:30pm Pacific Time\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nTICKETS \n\n\nCongressman Adam Schiff represents California’s 28th Congressional District. In his 11th term in the House of Representatives\, Schiff currently serves as the Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence\, which oversees the nation’s intelligence agencies. In his role as Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence\, Schiff led the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump. Before he served in Congress\, he worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles and as a California State Senator. His new book Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy And Still Could offers a vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour\, and a warning that the forces of autocracy unleashed by Trump remain as potent as ever. \nYou and your guests must be fully vaccinated to attend this event; proof of vaccination is required upon arrival. Full vaccination is defined as completion of the two-dose regimen of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine administered two weeks or more in advance of the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/adam-schiff/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Hollywood Muse Masked Ball
DESCRIPTION:Bird and Beckett Bookstore\n653 Cheney\nSan Francisco\, Ca\n415-586-3733\nwww.birdbeckett.com\nPoet\, Tony Seymour\nViolinist\, India Cooke\nPiano\, Bill Crossman \nThe Hollywood Muse Masked Ball:\nSeymour & Cooke+Crossman\nWhen\nSun\, October 17\, 7:00pm – 8:30pm\nDescription\nExclusive Limited TEN Person LIVE Audience. $40 per ticket. Make your paid reservation in advance with the bookstore to guarantee a seat. (415-586-3733) \nLive stream contribution of $20 requested for those unable to attend in person. (www.birdbeckett.com\nOr You Tube\n \nEveryone attending the live performance must show proof of vaccination; seats will be spaced six feet apart. We request that the in-person audience observe be 100% masked at the Hollywood Muse Masked Ball tonight! \nIn the Hollywood Muse Masked Ball\, poet Tony Seymour takes a deep dive into an extended work inspired by his “Hollywood Muse\,” enlisted for strictly inspirational purposes at a juncture when he desperately needed to get his creative juices flowing again\, in a time when beautiful sunsets\, swaying palms\, laid back locals and planeloads of tourists weren’t nearly enough. Seymour adds that “Essentially it starts on a love theme then expands into a poetic overview of how social structures have been the bane of civilization. It then ventures into taking all the myth out of dying and then formulating a strong sense of self as a human goal……to go beyond the ways of subconscious indoctrination.” \nSeymour was the publicist for Black Panthers Huey Newton and Erica Huggins POETRY in the early 70’s via City Lights Books. He’s seen it all\, and has always had plenty of words to sling. For years now\, however\, he’s been languishing in Hawaii. No real paradise in his eyes. Now\, for a minute\, he’s flying back to the Bay Area to re-engage with the world that made him\, and he’s induced his long-time friend\, the violinist India Cooke to bring to his epic recital the stellar musical interplay of Cooke+Crossman\, fully masked for the occasion. Cooke+Crossman comprises India and pianist Bill Crossman in a duo they have had going for a dozen years. \nCooke\, violinist\, composer\, and educator\, performs improv\, jazz and classical. She has performed with Pharaoh Sanders\, Peter Kowald\, Sun Ra\, Cecil Taylor\, Pauline Oliveros\, George Lewis\, Joelle Leandre\, Amiri Baraka and many others. She has also been a featured soloist with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. India has performed in Bay Area symphony and opera orchestras\, chamber ensembles and Broadway shows. As one of California’s most respected contract artists\, she has performed with the Louie Bellson Orchestra\, Sarah Vaughn\, Frank Sinatra\, Tony Bennett and many others. India has recorded sessions for Atlantic\, Fantasy and Stax records. As a featured recording artist she can be heard on Leo Records with Sun Ra and his Arkestra\, Black Saint Records and Hat Music’s “Nomadic Winds\,” Plainisphares’ “African Roots of Jazz” and Sparkling Beatnik Records “The Circle Trio~Live at the Meridian.” She recorded\, and released to critical acclaim\, her Grammy nominated debut cd as a leader\, “Music and Arts’ India Cooke~Redhanded.” India is currently on the Mills College Music Department Faculty\, Ensemble Directors & Lesson Instructors roster\, and teaches at her private studio – India’s Music Room. \nCrossman\, jazz/world-music pianist\, composer\, and educator\, is an innovator in freely-improvised jazz piano. He has performed with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians and has appeared in performance venues and festivals from coast to coast and internationally. For over a dozen years\, Bill has played with jazz violinist India Cooke in the India Cooke-Bill Crossman Duo\, now renamed COOKE🔸CROSSMAN on their 2018 CD “Infinite Dimensions”. Bill can also be heard on The Troublemakers Union’s recent CD “Fight Back.” Bill’s jazz-styled musical “John Brown’s Truth\,” focusing on the last year of the famed anti-slavery abolitionist’s life\, has been staged throughout northern CA and in New York City. See website www.johnbrownstruthmusical.com. A poet himself\, Bill’s jazz piano has accompanied poetry readings by Al Young\, Genny Lim\, David Meltzer\, and others. He taught jazz & blues piano for years at Oakland Public Conservatory of Music (OPCM) and also led an innovative monthly free-jazz improv open-mike session there
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-hollywood-muse-masked-ball/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Amy Tan & Michael Krasny
DESCRIPTION:Author Amy Tan joins KQED veteran and literature professor Michael Krasny for a conversation on how personal and cultural histories fuse with imagination in her writing. \nBorn to Chinese immigrant parents in Oakland\, California in 1952\, Tan’s upbringing\, complex family experiences\, and cultural heritage have been an inexhaustible well of creative inspiration\, while the wit and tenderness of her writing has made her a global literary icon. \nTan’s novels include “The Joy Luck Club”\, “The Kitchen God’s Wife”\, “The Hundred Secret Senses”\, “The Bonesetter’s Daughter”\, “Saving Fish from Drowning”\, and “The Valley of Amazement”\, all New York Times bestsellers. She is also the author of a memoir\, a book about writing\, two children’s books\, and numerous articles and short stories. Her work has been nominated for the National Book Award\, the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and the International Orange Prize\, and she has won many awards including the Commonwealth Gold Award and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature. Her essays and stories are found in hundreds of anthologies and textbooks. Her work has been translated into 35 languages. \nShe is also the subject of the recent documentary “Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir”\, which debuted at Sundance in January 2021 and aired as part of PBS’s American Masters series. \n$10 – In Person\, Free – Livestream. \nhttps://www.kqed.org/events/167826649025 live@kqed.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/amy-tan-michael-krasny/
LOCATION:The Commons\, KQED Headquarters\, 2601 Mariposa Street\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Adam Hochschild on her new book Orwell's Roses
DESCRIPTION:Sparked by her unexpected encounter with the surviving roses he planted in 1936\, Solnit’s account of this understudied aspect of Orwell’s life explores  his writing and his actions—from going deep into the coal mines of England\, fighting in the Spanish Civil War\, critiquing Stalin when much of the international left still supported him (and then critiquing that left)\, to his analysis of the relationship between lies and authoritarianism.  \nThrough Solnit’s celebrated ability to draw unexpected connections\, readers encounter the photographer Tina Modotti’s roses and her Stalinism\, Stalin’s obsession with forcing lemons to grow in impossibly cold conditions\, Orwell’s slave-owning ancestors in Jamaica\, Jamaica Kincaid’s critique of colonialism and imperialism in the flower garden\, and the brutal rose industry in Colombia that supplies the American market.  \nThe book draws to a close with a rereading of Nineteen Eighty-Four that completes her portrait of a more hopeful Orwell\, as well as a reflection on pleasure\, beauty\, and joy as acts of resistance. \nWriter\, historian\, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books including  Call Them By Their True Names (Winner of the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction)\, Men Explain Things to Me\, and A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster. \nAdam Hochschild is an American author\, journalist\, historian and lecturer whose books include King Leopold’s Ghost\, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion\, and Spain in Our Hearts. \n\nAttendance is limited. Ticket with purchase of book now available at The Green Arcade Online Shop (www.TheGreenArcade.com). Individual tickets on sale closer to the event depending on availability. Doors open at 6:30 – event at 7pm. \n\n\nThis is a masked event and vaccination cards will be mandatory. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube. \nMany thanks to the McRoskey Mattress Company
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rebecca-solnit-in-conversation-with-adam-hochschild-on-her-new-book-orwells-roses/
LOCATION:3rd Floor McRoskey Mattress Loft\, 1687 Market Street\, San Francisco\, 94103
CATEGORIES:In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Alicia Garza
DESCRIPTION:Oneof the country’s leading organizers and a co-creator of Black Lives Matter\, Alicia Garza’s work has helped shape the discourse on activism and empowerment for more than a decade. \nIn 2013\, Alicia wrote what she called “a love letter to Black people” on Facebook\, in the aftermath of the acquittal of the man who murdered seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin. She wrote: Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter. \nLong before #BlackLivesMatter became a rallying cry for this generation\, Alicia spent the better part of two decades learning and unlearning some hard lessons about organizing. The lessons she offers are different from the “rules for radicals” that animated earlier generations of activists\, and diverge from the charismatic\, patriarchal model of the American civil rights movement. \nIn her latest book\, The Purpose of Power\, Alicia reflects instead on how making room amongst the woke for those who are still awakening can inspire and activate more people to fight for the world we all deserve. Drawing on both her life and her work\, Alicia shares a new paradigm for change for the next generation of change-makers. \nJoin performer\, social worker\, and activist Honey Mahogany for a powerful conversation with Alicia about her life\, her work\, and how to build transformative movements to address the challenges of our time. \nFree\, suggested donation of $20. \nhttps://www.ciis.edu/public-programs/event-calendar/garza-alicia-october-20-2021 publicprograms@ciis.edu 415-575-6175
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-evening-with-alicia-garza/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Tiphanie Yanique and Edwidge Danticat
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, October 21st at 6pm PT when Tiphanie Yanique discusses her novel\, Monster in the Middle\, with Edwidge Danticat on Zoom! \nZoom Registration \nPraise for Monster in the Middle \n“Monster in the Middle is as boundless as it is affecting. Yanique’s prose leaps with possibility\, as her characters live and laugh and fight and love. Yanique captures romance from its peaks to its craters\, deftly weaving whole worlds from everything in between.”—Bryan Washington\, author of Memorial \n“A total wonder. Utterly original and structurally thrilling. I am in awe of this novel and Tiphanie Yanique’s masterful storytelling. This feels like a modern fable\, a contemporary folk ballad full of unforgettable characters who\, by the end\, felt as familiar to me as family. What a gorgeous ode to love and its power.” —Brandon Taylor\, author of Filthy Animals and Real Life \n“Tiphanie Yanique is one of our very best writers. This book is another marvel\, expertly mixing voices and styles\, even structures and traditions\, to capture the way lives naturally flow together and apart over time…Monster in the Middle is a book to study and savor.” —Matthew Salesses\, author of Craft in the Real World \nAbout Monster in the Middle \nFrom the award-winning author of Land of Love and Drowning\, an electric new novel that maps the emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love. \nWhen Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City\, it seems like fate. He’s a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She’s a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean\, looking for lasting love. But are they meant to be? The answer goes back decades—all the way to their parents’ earliest loves. \nVibrant and emotionally riveting\, Monster in the Middle moves across decades\, from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again\, to show how one couple’s romance is intrinsically influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing. What challenges and traumas must this new couple inherit\, what hopes and ambitions will keep them moving forward? Exploring desire and identity\, religion and class\, passion and obligation\, the novel posits that in order to answer the question “who are we meant to be with?” we must first understand who we are and how we came to be. \nAbout Tiphanie Yanique \nTiphanie Yanique is the author of the award-winning novel Land of Love and Drowning\, as well as the poetry collection\, Wife. Winner of the 2014 Center for Fiction First Novel award\, and a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree\, she has also received a Rona Jaffe Award and a Fulbright scholarship. Her short fiction has been published in The New Yorker and anthologized in Best American Short Stories 2020. Originally from the Virgin Islands\, she now lives in Atlanta\, where she is a professor at Emory University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-tiphanie-yanique-and-edwidge-danticat/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Chef Bryant Terry
DESCRIPTION:Chef Bryant Terry joins “Check Please! Bay Area” Producer Cecilia Phillips to discuss his new book\, Black Food\, which explores Black foodways around the U.S. He’ll serve up small bites for the audience as well\, teaching us about what goes into some of his favorite dishes. \nBryant Terry is a James Beard & NAACP Image Award-winning chef\, educator\, and author renowned for his activism to create a healthy\, just\, and sustainable food system. Since 2015 he has been the Chef-in-Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco where he creates public programming at the intersection of food\, farming\, health\, activism\, art\, culture\, and the African Diaspora. In regard to his work\, Bryant’s mentor Alice Waters says\, “Bryant Terry knows that good food should be an everyday right and not a privilege.” \n$15 – In Person\, Free – Livestream. \nhttps://www.kqed.org/events/167828149513 live@kqed.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chef-bryant-terry/
LOCATION:The Commons\, KQED Headquarters\, 2601 Mariposa Street\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:9th Ave: Teresa K. Miller with Roxane Beth Johnson and Jenny Qi
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, October 22nd at 7pm PT when Teresa K. Miller is joined by fellow poets Roxane Beth Johnson and Jenny Qi to celebrate her collection\, Borderline Fortune\, at 9th Ave! \nMasks Required for In-Store Event \nJoin us virtually by registering here \nPraise for Borderline Fortune \n“The poems in Teresa K. Miller’s Borderline Fortune emphasize the greater context of our existence as individuals\, as family members\, and as cultures. Miller mines family as a construct\, whether naturally related or collected. She interrogates relationships with the lens of a geologist\, exploring the physical\, chemical\, and biological properties of the gravitational fields that pull us together and the elements that erode us. Several ages are explored by the poems\, acknowledging the violence that must be present for eloquent transition and rebirth. The poems in Borderline Fortune are so sharply crafted\, they serve as the pick and axe that dig deep into the granite of the past. Miller questions specific characters\, many ghosts from the past that hold secrets to a history she is rebirthing. The poems shape a world created from the knowledge and the mythology Miller has extracted.” —Elmaz Abinader\, author of This House\, My Bones and cofounder of VONA \n“Borderline Fortune feels like a book that was written to save oneself\, to enact through poetry a means of salvation. Teresa K. Miller weaves together transcendent astonishments\, precise images of the natural world\, histories of horrors still present in the land\, & personal revelations as intimate as bruises\, weaving them into a single\, entangled whole. Borderline Fortune is not a book that solves a problem\, but a book that creates a net\, a thing made of both solidity & gaps\, open enough to be pulled through the dangers\, strong enough to haul a body up to the air. This salvation happens in the reading\, how the reader creates the net along with the poem\, hand-in-hand\, each one pulling the other to the surface\, ceaselessly\, with every memory of beauty & of grief. The book is a reminder that salvation is an ongoing work\, for\, as Miller writes\, ‘In the end\, there was no end.’” —Mathias Svalina\, creator of the Dream Delivery Service and author of The Wine-Dark Sea \n“In the sweeping expanses of Borderline Fortune\, Teresa K. Miller grapples with the complexity of inheritance\, the complicated legacies of family\, history\, and place. What created us\, and what do we in turn create? How closely twined are belonging and betrayal? Here\, history\, identity\, and the natural world meet and merge: ‘a riven nausea in the cambium\, / some needle-leafed private anguish.’ Geography itself is sentient and responsive: ‘lies twine into granite\, brine / into mineral creatures made of lace.’ In the end\, the poems form a landscape we must immerse ourselves in\, their movement as dark and unpredictable as the ocean or tectonic plates\, and their story one we don’t navigate as much as survive: ‘Haul / yourself out\, / one frozen leg at a time.’” —Laura Walker\, author of swarm lure and psalmbook \nAbout Borderline Fortune \nA collection that explores inherited trauma on an individual and communal level\, from a National Poetry Series–winning poet who “refus[es] the mind’s limits” (Carol Muske-Dukes) \nBorderline Fortune is a meditation on intangible family inheritance—of unresolved intergenerational conflicts and traumas in particular—set against the backdrop of our planetary inheritance as humans. As species go extinct and glaciers melt\, Teresa K. Miller asks what we owe one another and what it means to echo one’s ancestors’ grief and fear. Drawing on her family history\, from her great-grandfather’s experience as a schoolteacher on an island in the Bering Strait to her father’s untimely death\, as well as her pursuit of regenerative horticulture\, Miller seeks through these beautifully crafted poems to awaken from the intergenerational trance and bear witness to our current moment with clarity and attention. \nAbout Teresa K. Miller \nA graduate of Barnard College and the Mills College MFA program\, Teresa K. Miller is the author of sped (Sidebrow) and Forever No Lo (Tarpaulin Sky) as well as co-editor of Food First: Selected Writings from 40 Years of Movement Building (Food First Books). Her poems and essays have appeared in ZYZZYVA\, AlterNet\, Entropy\, DIAGRAM\, and elsewhere. Originally from Seattle\, she tends a mini orchard near Portland\, Oregon. \nAbout Roxane Beth Johnson \nRoxane Beth Johnson is the author of the poetry collections Jubilee (Anhinga Press\, chosen by Philip Levine) and Black Crow Dress (Alice James Books). A California Book Award finalist\, Cave Canem poet\, and Pushcart Prize winner\, she has published poems in The Georgia Review\, Harvard Review\, ZYZZYVA\, and elsewhere. \nAbout Jenny Qi \nJenny Qi is the author of the debut poetry collection Focal Point\, winner of the 2020 Steel Toe Books Poetry Award. Her essays and poems have been published widely in outlets such as The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Tin House\, Rattle\, and ZYZZYVA\, and she has received fellowships from Tin House\, Omnidawn\, Kearny Street Workshop\, and the San Francisco Writers Grotto. Born in Pennsylvania to Chinese immigrants\, she grew up mostly in Las Vegas and Nashville and now lives in San Francisco\, where she completed her Ph.D. in cancer biology. At the end of graduate school\, she co-founded and produced the science storytelling podcast Bone Lab Radio; she currently works in oncology competitive intelligence. She is working on more essays and poems and translating her late mother’s memoirs of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and immigration to the U.S.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/9th-ave-teresa-k-miller-with-roxane-beth-johnson-and-jenny-qi/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,In-person,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Warren Ellis on Nina Simone's Gum with Joe Cardamone
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, October 23rd at 12pm PT when Warren Ellis joins us to discuss his book\, Nina Simone’s Gum\, with Joe Cardamone on Zoom! \nTHIS IS A TICKETED EVENT \nTickets are available here\, and include a copy of Nina Simone’s Gum with signed bookplate and access to the virtual event. \nPraise for Nina Simone’s Gum \n“In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally heartwarming project.” — Max Porter \n“A unique study of a fan’s devotion\, of transcendence and of the artistic vocation – it’s got depth and great warmth. It’s a beautiful piece of work.” — Kevin Barry \n“A moving\, inspirational insight into a beautiful mind.” — Jim Jarmusch \n“A warm homage and affecting memoir.” — Kirkus \nAbout Nina Simone’s Gum \nFrom award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum. Featuring an introduction from Nick Cave. \n“Warren has turned this memento\, snatched from his idol’s piano in a moment of rapture\, into a genuine religious artefact.” —Nick Cave \nOn Thursday July 1st\, 1999\, Dr. Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave’s Meltdown Festival. After the show\, in a state of awe\, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage\, took Dr. Simone’s piece of chewed gum from the piano\, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a sacred totem\, his creative muse\, growing in significance with every passing year. \nIn 2019\, Cave – his collaborator and great friend – asked Warren if there was anything he could contribute to display in his Stranger Than Kindness exhibition. Warren realized the time had come to release the gum. Together they agreed it should be housed in a glass case like a holy relic. Worrying the gum would be damaged or lost\, Warren decided to first have it cast in silver and gold\, sparking a chain of events that no one could have predicted\, one that would take him back to his childhood and his relationship to found objects. \nNina Simone’s Gum is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things\, on experiences\, and how they become imbued with spirituality. It is a celebration of artistic process\, friendship\, understanding and love. \nAbout Warren Ellis \nWarren Ellis is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer\, most famous for his work as collaborator and bandmate of Nick Cave\, in both the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Both solo and alongside Nick he is also a multi-award winning film composer whose soundtracks include The Proposition\, The Road\, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford\, Mustang and most recently This Train I Ride. His own band Dirty Three have released eight studio albums since 1994 and he is an in-demand producer and writer\, working with artists including Marianne Faithful\, Jupiter and Okwess and Tinariwen.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-warren-ellis-on-nina-simones-gum-with-joe-cardamone/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books 9th Avenue\, 1231 9th Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites\, Scholars and Scoundrels
DESCRIPTION:Lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched\, Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites\, Scholars and Scoundrels follows five generations from a hardscrabble village to the bright lights of Hong Kong. With turns harrowing and heartwarming\, this vivid memoir explores identity\, loss\, and redemption against an epic backdrop. \nJoin CHSA and the authors of Remembering Shanghai for an online book discussion about the true stories of glamour\, drama\, and tragedy told from the last days of imperial rule to the Cultural Revolution. \nAuthor Claire Chao spent much of her youth seeking connections to her parents’ homeland. After 30 years in management with companies such as Tiffany & Co.\, Harry Winston\, and Hill & Knowlton\, she spent a decade creating Remembering Shanghai\, uncovering an uncanny link with the grandfather she never met. She has been designated one of Avenue magazine’s “500 Most Influential Asian Americans” and Tatler Hong Kong’s “Who’s Who in Hong Kong.” She graduated with the highest honors from Princeton University and lives in Honolulu with her husband and two dogs.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/remembering-shanghai-a-memoir-of-socialites-scholars-and-scoundrels/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Lessons on Moving Through Change\, Loss\, and Disruption
DESCRIPTION:We all go through times when it feels like the ground is being pulled out from underneath us and what we relied on as steady and solid may change or even appear to vanish. Not only are loss and separation painful\, but even positive changes can cause great stress. Yet life is full of change: birth\, death\, marriage\, divorce\, a new relationship\, losing or starting a job\, beginning a new phase in life or ending one. Change is stressful\, even when it is much desired or anticipated. The unknown can feel scary and threatening. \nExperienced mindfulness teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo provides accessible advice on navigating difficult times of transition by drawing on Buddhist teachings on impermanence to help us establish equanimity and resilience. Her latest book\, We Were Made for These Times\, dives into her work\, providing essential teaching and meditation\, unfolding a step-by-step process to nurture deeper freedom and stability in daily life. \nIn this era of global disruption-where threats to our individual\, social\, and planetary safety abound-life can feel overwhelming. Kaira Jewel’s work provides us with powerful ways to meet life’s challenges with wisdom\, resilience\, and ease. The time-honored teachings that Kaira shares help us develop presence and compassion\, supporting us to release the fear\, doubt\, and resistance that hold us back. \nJoin CIIS Integrative Health Studies professor Megan Lipsett for a conversation with Kaira Jewel about her teaching and her latest book\, and learn how to move through change\, loss\, and disruption to find both freedom and stability. \nFree\, suggested donation of $10. \n  \nhttps://www.ciis.edu/public-programs/event-calendar/lingo-jewel-kaira-october-28-2021 publicprograms@ciis.edu 415-575-6175
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lessons-on-moving-through-change-loss-and-disruption/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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