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SUMMARY:Americans for the Arts 2017 Annual Convention
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open! \nThe Americans for the Arts 2017 Annual Convention is heading to San Francisco! Mark your calendars for June 16-18 and join your fellow arts leaders and professionals for the arts networking event of the year\, including: \n• 100+ speakers\n• 35+ sessions\n• 2 preconferences on equity and public art\n• 10+ ARTventure tours across San Francisco \nWith a vibrant culture and history of experimentation in everything from fashion to technology\, San Francisco has long been a haven for artists and innovators. During the tumultuous summer of 1967\, thousands sought out San Francisco for refuge in expression\, community and art. \nOn the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love\, we’re heading to San Francisco to not only explore this iconic arts center but also discuss the pressing issues of equity\, accessibility and community building in arts world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/americans-for-the-arts-2017-annual-convention/
LOCATION:Hilton San Francisco Union Square\, 333 O'Farrell St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Have a Poet for Lunch w/ Sherilyn Connelly
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a lunchtime poetic performance in the gallery with Sherilyn Connelly in conjunction with Pride Month and the exhibition Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show. \nSherilyn Connelly is a San Francisco-based writer and librarian\, and a film critic for the Village Voice and SF Weekly. Her first nonfiction book\, Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony\, 1981-2016\, was recently published by McFarland & Company.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/have-a-poet-for-lunch-w-sherilyn-connelly/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:At The Inkwell
DESCRIPTION:The At The Inkwell series returns with its usual variety of tender mayhem.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/at-the-inkwell/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry Real Life
DESCRIPTION:Guest curator: Tongo Eisen-Martin\nReaders: A’aron Heard\nDavid Lau\nTanea Lunsford\nAndrea Murphy\nIndiana Pehlivanova\nAsh Phillips\nMathew Siegel\nSB Stokes\nRene Vaz
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-real-life/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170619T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170619T210000
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers followed by an open mic
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-followed-by-an-open-mic-3/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Booksmith Resists: A Radical Hope Party
DESCRIPTION:Feeling a little (or a lot) tired sixth months into this administration? Local and International Treasure Carolina De Robertis is here to help you stay fueled for the long haul with a new collection of letters called Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times. Carolina will be joined by Jeff Chang\, Aya De León\,Cristina García\, Kate Schatz\, and Jane Smiley to discuss how on earth we’ll keep resisting amid the daily chaos. \nRadical Hope is a collection of letters–to ancestors\, to children five generations from now\, to strangers in grocery lines\, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged–written by award-winning novelists\, poets\, political thinkers\, and activists. Provocative and inspiring\, Radical Hope offers readers a kaleidoscopic view of the love and courage needed to navigate this time of upheaval\, uncertainty\, and fear\, in view of the recent US presidential election. It serves as a kind of literary sustenance in dangerous times\, and together we’ll reflect on how to resist\, who we are\, the power and beauty of pluralism\, and how to hold on to our vision for a better world. \nJoin us for a night of readings\, drinks\, snacks\, bitching\, plotting\, tips\, tricks\, and actual facts. Sponsored by Quiet Lightning\, Lagunitas Brewing Co\, and more TBA. \nRSVP greatly appreciated so we know how much stuff to get.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/booksmith-resists-a-radical-hope-party/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Peter N. Caroll + David Watts
DESCRIPTION:Peter Neil Caroll has just published his fourth poetry collection\, The Truth Lies on Earth: A Year by Dark\, by Bright (Turning Point Press). His work follows the cycle from winter solstice to winter solstice\, exploring how seasonal time affects ordinary moments of our lives. \nDavid Watts is a physician writer who has published seven books of poetry\, four anthologies\, two books of short stories\, and two novels. His most recent publication\, Having and Keeping\, was a runner-up in the Brick Road Poetry Press national contest\, and published as the ‘Editor’s Choice.’
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peter-n-caroll-and-david-watts/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Eastridge Open Mic: Robert Tinoco Duran
DESCRIPTION:Feature: Roberto Tinoco Duran\nopen mic follows \nRoberto Tinoco Duran is the author of six books of poetry\, A Friend of Sorrow (1980); Triple Crown (1987); Reality Ribs (1993)\, Darkspark (2006)\, Ace Race Card (2010)\, and Maximum in Minimum (2016). His work has been published in numerous anthologies and literary journals in the US and abroad. Duran has taught poetry in homeless shelters\, mental health agencies and in various City of San Jose programs supporting ‘at risk’ kids. He has performed and recited his poetry for nearly 40 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond and collaborated with many well known poets and writers including world renowned performance artist Guillermo Gomez Pena. Videographer Emilio Ratti of RAI Television\, Milan\, Italy\, has produced numerous videos from 2000-2016 that feature Roberto’s signature live performances from the streets of San Jose. Duran’s poetry was featured by director River O’Mahony Hagg in the 35mm experimental short film “86ed Again” which premiered at the San Diego Film Festival in 2002. Duran’s vocals and original poetry are showcased in four Music/Spoken word albums\, 86ed Again (2001); Poetry Pie (2003); Darkspark (2007); and The Poet (2010). For more information\, visit http://www.robertoduranpoet.com/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastridge-open-mic-robert-tinoco-duran/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble at Eastridge Mall\, 2200 Eastridge Loop\, Suite #1420\, San José\, CA\, 95122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Children of the Love
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, Northern California has been Ground Zero for countercultural communities\, rejecting conventional suburbia in favor of individualism and personal freedom. But what happens to children with this background\, growing up amid such unorthodox family dynamics? Three Bay Area authors with recent memoirs meet on the summer solistice to discuss their experiences growing up in the shadow of the Summer of Love. \nThis program is part of San Francisco’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Summer of Love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/children-of-the-love/
LOCATION:California Historical Society\, 678 Mission St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:One Year Anniversary Bash
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of Dog Eared Books keeping books in the Castro!! \nWe are beyond excited to have Cleve Jones\, Charlie Jane Anders\, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, and Jeff Chang as our featured readers. Pick up copies of their books before the big night! Faluda Islam [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto] will be our MC\, and their artwork will be on display in the store throughout June. \nThe reading schedule for the night: \n7pm – introduction by artist/performer Faluda Islam [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\n8pm Charlie Jane Anders; Jeff Chang\n9pm Cleve Jones \nDelicious vegetarian food will be provided by Temo’s Cafe\n\nThank you to everyone who has supported us this past year – it has been a joy to see all of your faces in the store\, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you soon! \nBios:\nCLEVE JONES is a human rights activist\, lecturer\, and author of “When We Rise: My Life in the Movement\,” which partly inspired the ABC miniseries of the same name. Mentored by LGBTQ pioneer Harvey Milk\, Cleve co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation\, conceived and founded The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt\, led the 2009 National March for Equality in Washington D.C.\, and served on the Advisory Board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights\, which challenged California’s Proposition 8 in the U.S. Supreme Court. Today he works as an organizer for the hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE. \nCHARLIE JANE ANDERS is the author of All the Birds in the Sky\, which won a Nebula Award and a Crawford Award and has been shortlisted for the Hugo and Locus Awards. She organizes the Writers With Drinks reading series\, and was a founding editor of io9.com. Her story “Six Months\, Three Days” won a Hugo Award\, and her debut novel Choir Boy won a Lambda Literary Award. \nROXANNE DUNBAR-ORTIZ: Originally from rural Oklahoma\, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, has lived in San Francisco most of her adult life. She is Professor Emerita in Ethnic Studies at California State University East Bay. She is author or editor of 12 books\, including a memoir trilogy: Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie; Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years\, 1960–1975; and Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War. Her most recent book is An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. \nJEFF CHANG is the Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. His books include Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation\, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop\, Who We Be: The Colorization of America (published in paperback in January 2016 under the new title\, Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America). His latest\, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation\, was published in September 2016. His next book will be a biography of Bruce Lee. \nJeff co-founded CultureStr/ke and ColorLines. He was named by The Utne Reader as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” and by KQED as an Asian Pacific American Local Hero. He has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and the winner of the Asian American Literary Award. \nZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO received his BA and an MAH in Art History from Edinburgh University and completed his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute this year. As an artist of mixed Pakistani and Lebanese descent and having grown up in Pakistan\, Bhutto sees his body caught in the middle of complex identity politics formed by centuries of colonialism and exacerbated by contemporary international politics. He explores political queerness and how that queerness exists in a constant in-between and non-aligned space. His work has been shown in the United States\, Pakistan\, Scotland\, Dubai\, and Colombia.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/one-year-anniversary-bash/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night
DESCRIPTION:Featured Poet: Val Ibarra! \nHosted by Jennifer Barone\, Ingrid Keir. Live jazz with Daniel Heffez\, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends. FREE admission\, all ages\, full menu and bar in the front room. Open Mic for poetry only – 3min time limit\, pick your best poem to read with live jazz accompaniment.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wordparty-poetry-jazz-night-4/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170621T190000
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SUMMARY:Achy Obejas
DESCRIPTION:reading from her new short story collection \nThe Tower of the Antilles \nfrom Akashic Books \nThe Cubans in Achy Obejas’s story collection The Tower of the Antilles are haunted by an island: the island they fled\, the island they’ve created\, the island they were taken to or forced from\, the island they long for\, the island they return to\, and the island that can never be home again. \nIn “Supermán\,” several possible story lines emerge about a 1950s Havana sex-show superstar who disappeared as soon as the Revolution triumphed. “North/South” portrays a migrant family trying to cope with separation\, lives on different hemispheres\, and the eventual disintegration of blood ties. “The Cola of Oblivion” follows the path of a young woman who returns to Cuba\, and who inadvertently uncorks a history of accommodation and betrayal among the family members who stayed behind during the revolution. In the title story\, “The Tower of the Antilles\,” an interrogation reveals a series of fantasies about escape and a history of futility. \nWith language that is both generous and sensual\, Obejas writes about lives beset by events beyond individual control\, and poignantly captures how history and fate intrude on even the most ordinary of lives. \nACHY OBEJAS is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Ruins\, Days of Awe\, and three other books of fiction. She edited and translated (into English) the anthology Havana Noir\, and has since translated Junot Díaz\, Rita Indiana\, Wendy Guerra\, and many others. In 2014\, she was awarded a USA Ford Fellowship for her writing and translation. She currently serves as the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College in Oakland\, California. \n\nPraise for the work of Achy Obejas: \n“Achy Obejas’s new story collection begins and ends with a question: What is your name? The answer is an abounding one. Counterrevolutionaries\, the witnesses to the arrival of Columbus’s caravels\, poets\, Supermán—the characters in these stories\, in all their riveting variety\, name themselves as Cuban\, and are bound in complex ways by the geography of their hearts\, if not the geography beneath their feet. An audacious and remarkable read!”\n—Chantel Acevedo\, author of The Distant Marvels \n“For twenty years I’ve been a fan of the genius Achy Obejas—since I first read Memory Mambo in 1996. Obejas has been the model of a writer for me in every way—a master in her aesthetics\, an inspiration in her politics\, fearless and vital in every page. The Tower of the Antilles is another brilliant collection\, a story of many Cubas\, intensely personal and political\, erotic and cerebral. I found myself holding my breath as I devoured this book\, as I navigated the various avenues of the body\, the blood\, and all those seemingly impossible roads that lead to a place we try to call home.”\n—Porochista Khakpour\, author of The Last Illusion \n“Obejas writes like an angel\, which is to say: gloriously . . . one of Cuba’s most important writers.”\n—Junot Díaz
URL:https://litseen.com/event/achy-obejas/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Paul Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Paul Cohen joins us in the Marina for a reading and discussion of his lyrical debut novel\, The Glamshack. \nReluctant fashion journalist Henry Folsom is in love with Her\, a deer-hued snake-taut beauty whose smile is an Event. The only problem is Her fiancE in New Orleans. And She’s going to see him for twelve days\, while Henry smolders in The Glamshack\, his borrowed Silicon Valley poolhouse and site of their months-long affair. Mesmerized by the American Indian wars\, grasping for the divine as he relives this bloodied love\, Henry must decide what it means to make his Last Stand. \nNominated for a Pushcart Press Editor’s Book Award\, The Glamshack is a lyrical\, darkly humorous novel on the nature of love\, divinity\, the Plains Indian Wars\, and the male gaze. A bold\, accomplished work set at millennium’s end\, the book echoes early prose masterpieces of Cormac McCarthy and Martin Amis\, but is entirely Paul Cohen. \nPaul Cohen’s fiction has been published in Tin House\, Five Chapters\, Eleven Eleven\, and he was a top-ten finalist in The Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine\, Village Voice\, Details\, Christian Science Monitor and others. He lives in Boulder.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paul-cohen/
LOCATION:Books Inc. in The Marina\, 2251 Chestnut St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Janet Hamill + Camille O'Grady
DESCRIPTION:Mister WA is kickstarting a new series of cultural explorations with pioneer artists Janet Hamill and Camille O’Grady\, presenting a rare blend of poetry\, spoken word\, music\, and performance. \nO’Grady and Hamill have been friends and collaborators since they first met in the creatively rich and vibrant NYC that gave us Robert Mapplethorpe\, Patti Smith\, and the Velvet Underground. Poet Janet Hamill is currently on a West Coast teaching tour and will be joining O’Grady’s return to performance at The Beat Museum for one evening only. \nTurn on & Tune in to Mister WA’s multi-faceted collusion with SF Underground Arts and Performance on his SF Commons bi-monthly Web-TV Show! \nJANET HAMILL\nAuthor of seven books of poetry and short fiction: Troublante\, The Temple\, Nostalgia of the Infinite\, Lost Ceilings\, Body of Water\, Tales from the Eternal Café and Knock\, her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the William Carlos Williams Prize\, and Tales from the Eternal Café was named one of the “Best Books of 2014” by Publishers Weekly. \nHer most recent book\, Knock (Spuyten Duyvil Press\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 2016) is a surreal trip book written in the form of 72 pantoums. \nIn addition to writing\, Janet is a strong advocate for the spoken word and has read at Bumbershoot Festival\, The Andy Warhol Museum\, and many other US and international venues. She performs with the band Lost Ceilings\, and together they have released two CD’s of poetry and music: Flying Nowhere and Genie of the Alphabet. She is the founder and co-director of Megaphone\, a monthly literary series. \nShe’s taught at Naropa University and New England College\, where she received her MFA. \nAt present she is a senior artist advisor at the Seligmann Center in Sugar Loaf\, NY where she co-directs Megaphone\, a monthly series of workshops\, readings and presentations focusing on surrealism’s literary origins\, its predecessor and legacy. \nFor more information about Janet\, please visit to janethamill.com. \nCAMILLE O’GRADY\nAt 19\, this artist-poet-rocker-medium was described by a famed reader as ‘an artistic science fiction soap opera’ and decades later\, this manifesto is still obvious! \nO’Grady cut her creative teeth in the center of the NYC avant-garde of visual artists\, writers\, and musicians\, starting with the Chelsea Hotel\, Max’s Kansas City\, and pre-nascent Soho\, and went on to a rock-by-way-of-poetry career starting as an early draw at CBGB and a wide swath of clubs\, galleries\, and reading situations\, including St Mark’s. A lifetime activist\, particularly in the fields of sex and gender politics\, O’Grady created ground-breaking Jack Savage\, a male ‘drag persona’ in the early ’70s. She and her cutting edge band toured with Lou Reed on both coasts before her move to the West Coast in ’79\, when she became instrumental to the burgeoning art and rock scenes in both LA and SF to this day and pioneered the use of digital and analog electronics with her performance. \nO’Grady will be reading and singing her very unique mix of spoken and sung word for the first time after a long hiatus. She is marking her return with a review of her wide world of experience\, including sex\, drugs\, rock’n’ roll \, art\, politics\, people\, humor and a world of visionary experience fed by a rich and unusual life of exceptional psychic events and revelations.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/janet-hamill-camille-ogrady/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Grant Jarrett
DESCRIPTION:Writer\, ghostwriter\, editor\, musician\, and occasional songwriter Grant Jarrett shares his spectacular new novel\, The Half-Life of Remorse. When two vagrants meet on the streets of Muncie\, Indiana\, they are both unaware that their paths crossed years before. Chic\, crude and uneducated\, is convinced that Sam is nothing more than a harmless lunatic\, and Sam\, emotionally scarred and psychologically traumatized by events long past\, regards Chic as just another denizen of the street. But Chic has spent his adult life trying to purge his soul of the brutal crime he committed as a teenager?the same botched burglary that resulted in the deaths of Sam’s wife and son. Meanwhile\, Sam’s daughter Claire is still unable to give up hope that her father might someday reappear. When these three lives converge\, the puzzle of the past gradually falls together\, but redemption commands a high price\, and what is revealed will test the limits of love and challenge the human capacity for forgiveness.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/grant-jarrett/
LOCATION:Books Inc. in The Marina\, 2251 Chestnut St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Have a Poet for Lunch w/ Charlie Jane Anders
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a lunchtime poetic performance in the gallery with Charlie Jane Anders in conjunction with Pride Month and the exhibition Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show. \nCharlie Jane Anders is the author of All the Birds in the Sky\, the organizer of the Writers With Drinks literary series\, and a founding editor of io9. Her fiction has appeared in Tin House\, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency\, ZYZZYVA\, Tor.com\, Asimov’s Science Fiction\, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction\, Lightspeed\, and a ton of anthologies. Her story “Six Months\, Three Days” won a Hugo Award\, and her novel Choir Boy won a Lambda Literary Award.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/have-a-poet-for-lunch-w-charlie-jane-anders/
LOCATION:Contemporary Jewish Museum\, 736 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Courtney Morgan
DESCRIPTION:Book Description\nThe nineteen stories in The Seven Autopsies of Nora Hanneman track the splintered trajectory of the title character\, tracing a chickenscratch line of psychosexual development from childhood to old age. Two schoolgirls culminate their sexual exploration in a surreal act of cannibalism. A sister molds her dead brother’s body into a bird. A woman gives birth to balls of twine and fur (among other things). A sex worker engages a version of herself in a brothel of prostituted body parts. Courtney E. Morgan tears apart a host of archetypes and tropes of femininity— dismembering them\, skinning them\, and then draping them one by one over her characters like fur coats—revealing them as ill-fitting\, sometimes comedic\, sometimes monstrous\, and always insufficient\, masks. In stories that range from fairy tale to horror story\, from confessional to erotica to creation myth\, mutability\, instability\, and liminality are foregrounded\, blurring the lines between birth and death\, death and sex\, tugging at the transitional spaces of adolescence and gestation. \nBio\nCourtney E. Morgan received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado\, Boulder\, where she has also taught creative writing workshops. Her collection of stories\, The Seven Autopsies of Nora Hanneman\, was a semifinalist for the FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and was published by FC2 Press in Spring 2017. She is a recipient of the Thompson Award for Western American Writing\, and was longlisted for the Diana Woods Memorial Award at Lunch Ticket and Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Fiction. Morgan is the founder and managing editor of The Thought Erotic journal on sexuality and gender. She teaches at Lighthouse Writers Workshop and The Gathering Place women’s shelter.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/courtney-morgan/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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CREATED:20170621T003908Z
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SUMMARY:Anywhere Zines Closing Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the closing reception of Anywhere Zines on June 24th from 2 pm – 5 pm. The show is a culmination of artist Raphael Villet’s 5 month residency at the Tenderloin Museum. The exhibition chronicles the 5 months that Raphael spent facilitating a space on the street for people to make art\, write stories\, and share knowledge through zines. In collaboration with the Tenderloin Museum\, Raphael released an Anthology book housing all the zines made by 45+ people in the Tenderloin during his residency. \nThis free community Saturday afternoon event features Tenderloin performances and refreshments. Also\, Raphael will set up outside the TL Museum and make zines with attendees and neighbors. An exhibition featuring zines and photographs chronicling the artist’s process will be on display in the Tenderloin Museum Gallery\, and the Zine Anthology will be available for viewing and purchasing. \nArtist Raphael Villet grew up in San Francisco and now lives and works in Oakland California. He incorporates his studies of Sociology into his artwork\, seeking to contextualize\, consider and break down social constructs relating to gender\, class and race. His artwork spans the realms of documentary\, social practice and visual arts. His last major exhibition was at the Oakland Museum of California\, in which he made photos and audio recordings of Bay Area residents who collect vinyl records. He also runs Play Press\, a small publishing house that focuses on printing artist books/zines by women and gender non binary people. Play Press provides free art book printing by splitting each edition with the artist.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anywhere-zines-closing-reception/
LOCATION:Tenderloin Museum\, 398 Eddy St\, San Francisco \, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170624T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170624T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170619T125908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170624T003611Z
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SUMMARY:Kay Gabriel\, Chris Nealon\, + Jordan Reynolds
DESCRIPTION:Verse from Kay Gabriel\, Chris Nealon\, and Jordan Reynolds. Hosted by KK.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kay-gabriel-chris-nealon-and-jordan-reynolds/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170624T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170624T213000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170621T235811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T235811Z
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SUMMARY:June 2017 Poetry at Florey's
DESCRIPTION:The featured poets this month are Clifford Hunt and Christine Rodgers. \nFrom Sherri: \nI’m pleased to invite you to join Aaron and me as we welcome Half Moon Bay poet Clifford Hunt\, and San Francisco poet Christine Rodgers for an evening of their artistry\, and hope you will consider joining us. Remember that open mic comes first\, at 7:30\, followed by the break\, and featured poets. \nYou are invited to read at open mic (3 minutes\, please)\, either your own\, or a favorite poets’s work\, or come simply to revel in the luxury of artful language. If you can\, please bring a snack or beverage to share\, or supplies for the table (paper plates\, napkins\, cups); this is such a help in making a truly convivial evening. \nAbout the featured poets: \nClifford Hunt is a husband\, father\, and writer who lives and works in Half Moon Bay\, California. Before that\, he lived and worked in Bethel Alaska\, San Francisco\, Seattle\, Arcata\, San Diego\, and Beirut\, Lebanon. Clifford is co-founder\, editor\, and publisher with Tim Badger of Just Press\, small press publishers of poems\, essays\, and the periodical Violent Milk\, and co-curator of the Just Press Forums. Publications include Chapter Ø\, Outside & Elsewhere\, The Weekly\, You Amuse Yourself You Amass Yourself (with Tim Badger). \nChristine Rodgers is an actor and poet living in San Francisco. Her poetry has appeared in America\, Fellowship\, the National Catholic Reporter\, Radical Grace and on a variety of websites including The Jesuit Retreat Center\, The Witness\, Poets Against the War and Grace Cathedral. In 2000 she appeared as a panelist in The Forum at Grace Cathedral entitled “The Creative Spirit in Poetry” – with Francisco X. Alarcon\, Judy Grahn and Dean Alan Jones. She is grateful to the many Jesuits who have included her as a partner in their ministry. Her poems have been used in a number of retreat centers\, and some are still floating around Africa. She has published three books of poetry: Into the Great Green Heart of God\, Upon a Luminous Night and Embracing the Sacred Journey. She facilitates a Poetry Circle in the Tenderloin at the Healing Well. \n————————–——\nWe hope to see you!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/june-2017-poetry-at-floreys/
LOCATION:Florey’s Book Co.\, 2120 Palmetto Ave.\, Pacifica\, CA\, 94044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
ORGANIZER;CN="Florey's Book Co.":MAILTO:FloreysBookCo@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170625T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170625T160000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170619T130144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T130144Z
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SUMMARY:San Francisco Writing Workshop Reading
DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Writing Workshop presents their annual reading of work from their authors to benefit Alley Cat! Food and drinks and good company!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/san-francisco-writing-workshop-reading/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170626T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170626T200000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170515T235255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T004430Z
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SUMMARY:The Racket #8: The Body
DESCRIPTION:Our eighth edition of our monthly reading series\, THE RACKET\, is coming to Adobe Books on Monday\, June 26th at 7:00PM. \nThe theme: THE BODY. \nWe’re gathering a talented cast of readers to share their thoughts on the body. Is it erotic? Is it repulsive? Is it a creepy arm of a futuristic government attempting to sway the leanings of a disenfranchised population? \nThe readers: \nJoe Wadlington\nKrista Varela Posell\nJared Roehrig\nChristina Gardner\nSarah Broderick\nChad Koch \nYou’ll have to come and find out. \nAdobe Books\, Monday\, June 26th\, 7:00PM. \nBe there.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-racket-the-body/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170626T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170626T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170522T132640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170523T020751Z
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SUMMARY:Amelia Gray + Rosecrans Baldwin
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is doubly excited to host a joint reading by Amelia Gray and Rosecrans Baldwin to celebrate their anticipated new books\, Isadora and The Last Kid Left. Don’t miss this! \nIsadora \nAmelia Gray’s Isadora is a shocking and visceral portrait of an artist and woman drawn to the brink of destruction by the cruelty of life; a legendary artist churning through prewar Europe. Isadora seeks to obliterate the mannered portrait of a dancer and to introduce the reader to a woman who lived and loved without limits\, even in the darkest days of her life. \nThe Last Kid Left \nRosecrans Baldwin’s The Last Kid Left is loosely inspired by a true crime in 1930’s New England. After a double-murder kicks off a scandal in a beach town\, a young woman struggles to create a life for herself and escape the lurid interest of a tight-knit community. This novel is a sort of modern day witch hunt\, involving the precarious lives of two teens\, a small town sheriff\, a retired big-city police officer\, and an aspiring young journalist desperate to make the pages of the New Yorker— they all collide in a media firestorm that threatens to swallow them whole. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/amelia-gray-and-rosecrans-baldwin/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T193000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170622T013423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170622T013423Z
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SUMMARY:Northern California Book Awards: Judy Grahn
DESCRIPTION:36th Annual Northern California Book Awards \nNorthern California authors are honored in Fiction\, General Nonfiction\, Creative Nonfiction\, Poetry\, Translation\, and Children’s Literature with brief readings and remarks \npresentation of the Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award to poet\, activist\, and cultural theorist Judy Grahn; NCBR Recognition Award to Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers\, by Bobby Seale and Stephen Shames; master of ceremonies Oscar Villalon\, ZYZZYVA Managing Editor\, presented by the Northern California Book Reviewers\, Poetry Flash\, San Francisco Public Library and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library\, PEN West\, Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter\, and Mechanics’ Institute Library\, Koret Auditorium\, San Francisco Main Public Library\, 100 Larkin\, enter at Grove\, SF\, free\, 5:30\, book signing reception follows (510/525-5476\, NCBR@poetryflash.org\,
URL:https://litseen.com/event/northern-california-book-awards-judy-grahn/
LOCATION:SF Public Library\, 100 Larkin Street\, San Francisco\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T203000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170622T011955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170622T011955Z
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SUMMARY:Patti Trimble + Toshi Washizu
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Tuesday evening in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco to hear poets from near and far read their work! \nTuesdays at North Beach is a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. Past guests have included Jonathan Richman\, Diane di Prima\, California Poet Laureate Al Young and freshly-discovered poets from our sister program\, Poets 11. \nThe series is presented by Friends and curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence\, Jack Hirschman. \nInterested in reading? Please contact Friends’ Literary Director Byron Spooner at byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org or call (415) 522-8602.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patti-trimble-toshi-washizu/
LOCATION:North Beach\, SF Public Library\, 850 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170619T135035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T022216Z
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SUMMARY:Camille T. Dungy
DESCRIPTION:An award-winning African American poet debuts in prose with a stunningly graceful and honest exploration of race\, motherhood\, and history. \nAs a working mother whose livelihood as a poet-lecturer depended on travel\, Camille Dungy crisscrossed America with her infant\, then toddler\, intensely aware of how they are seen\, not just as mother and child\, but as black women. With a poet’s eye\, she celebrates her daughter’s acquisition of language and discoveries of the natural and human world around her. At the same time history shadows her steps everywhere she goes: from the San Francisco of settlers’ and investors’ dreams to the slave-trading ports of Ghana; from snow-white Maine to a festive\, yet threatening\, bonfire in the Virginia pinewoods. \nWith exceptional candor and grace\, Dungy explores our inner and outer worlds―the intimate and vulnerable experiences of raising a child\, living with illness\, conversing with strangers\, and counting on others’ goodwill. Across the nation\, she finds fear and trauma\, and also mercy\, kindness\, and community. Penetrating and generous\, Guidebook to Relative Strangers is an essential guide for a troubled land.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/camille-t-dungy/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T213000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170425T012915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170425T012915Z
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SUMMARY:Gabe Habash + Julie Buntin
DESCRIPTION:Gabe Habash and Julie Buntin discuss their new novels Stephen Florida and Marlena. \nGABE HABASH:\nFoxcatcher meets The Art of Fielding\, Stephen Florida follows a college wrestler in his senior season\, when every practice\, every match\, is a step closer to greatness and a step further from sanity. Profane\, manic\, and tipping into the uncanny\, it’s a story of loneliness\, obsession\, and the drive to leave a mark. \n“Stephen Florida is an unforgettable addition to the canon of great literary eccentrics. At once a chronicle of obsession\, a philosophical treatise\, and a deeply affecting love story\, this singular novel is perhaps most profoundly an anatomy of American loneliness. Gabe Habash is a writer of powerful gifts\, and this is a wonderful book.”—Garth Greenwell\, author of What Belongs to You \nJULIE BUNTIN:\nAn electric debut novel about love\, addiction\, and loss; the story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life\, and define the other’s for decades. \n“Julie Buntin captures that unique moment at the precipice of adulthood with emotional honesty and insight. She writes the kind of piercing\, revelatory sentences you have to read to whomever is near\, sentences you find yourself remembering years later.”–Jonathan Safran Foer
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gabe-habash-julie-buntin/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170627T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170627T213000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170425T014844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170425T014844Z
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SUMMARY:Roxane Gay
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to host Roxane Gay for her new memoir Hunger. \nPlease note: this event will be held at the African American Art & Culture Complex\, 762 Fulton St. in San Francisco. \nTickets are available now—click here. \n“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big\, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her\, but she is still there\, somewhere.… I was trapped in my body\, one that I barely recognized or understood\, but at least I was safe.” \n New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies\, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure\, consumption\, appearance\, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined\,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial\, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger\, she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood\, teens\, and twenties—including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life—and brings readers into the present and the realities\, pains\, and joys of her daily life. \nWith the bracing candor\, vulnerability\, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation\, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are\, the less you are seen. Hunger is a deeply personal memoir from one of our finest writers\, and tells a story that hasn’t yet been told but needs to be. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance. If you cannot attend the event\, but would like to request a signed copy of Hunger\, please order below and put your request in the comments field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roxane-gay/
LOCATION:African American Art & Culture Complex\, 762 Fulton St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T200000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170619T133300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T022257Z
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SUMMARY:Laura Kamoie + Stephanie Dray
DESCRIPTION:In the compelling\, richly researched America’s First Daughter\, a novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources\, bestselling authors Laura Kamoie and Stephanie Dray tell the fascinating\, untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter\, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy \nFrom her earliest days\, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly\, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson’s oldest daughter\, she becomes his helpmate\, protector\, and constant companion in the wake of her mother’s death\, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France. \nIt is in Paris\, at the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution\, that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father’s troubling liaison with Sally Hemings\, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile\, Patsy has fallen in love—with her father’s protégé William Short\, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Torn between love\, principles\, and the bonds of family\, Patsy questions whether she can choose a life as William’s wife and still be a devoted daughter. \nHer choice will follow her in the years to come\, to Virginia farmland\, Monticello\, and even the White House. And as scandal\, tragedy\, and poverty threaten her family\, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father’s reputation\, in the process defining not just his political legacy\, but that of the nation he founded. \nLaura Kamoie has always been fascinated by the people\, stories\, and physical presence of the past\, which led her to a lifetime of historical and archaeological study and training. She holds a doctoral degree in early American history from The College of William and Mary\, published two non-fiction books on early America\, and most recently held the position of Associate Professor of History at the U.S. Naval Academy before transitioning to a full-time career writing genre fiction as the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books. \nStephanie Dray is an award-winning\, bestselling and two-time RITA award nominated author of historical women’s fiction. Her critically acclaimed series about Cleopatra’s daughter has been translated into eight different languages and won NJRW’s Golden Leaf. As Stephanie Draven\, she is a national bestselling author of genre fiction and American-set historical women’s fiction. She is a frequent panelist and presenter at national writing conventions and lives near the nation’s capital.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laura-kamoie-and-stephanie-dray/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T122816
CREATED:20170519T103032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170615T003123Z
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SUMMARY:InsideStorytime DESECRATION
DESCRIPTION:InsideStorytime DESECRATION\, on Wednesday June 28th\, 7-9 pm\, at the Convent Arts Collective\, 660 Oak St\, San Francisco\, will feature Angela Pneuman (Lay it on my Heart)\, Saqib Mausoof (The Warehouse)\, Youssef Alaoui (Fiercer Monsters)\, Lyndsey Ellis\, and Peter Clarke. MCd by James Warner (All Her Father’s Guns). This will be one of those BYOB midsummer roof-of-a-convent kinda readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime-desecration/
LOCATION:Convent Arts Collective\, 660 Oak St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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