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SUMMARY:Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by Tamara Cushway and Michael Warr \nReadings by devorah majors\, CS Giscombe\, Al Young\, and Michael Warr \nA bookrelease party and evening of poetry celebrating \nOf Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin \nComplied by Phil Cushway\, Edited by Michael Warr \nPublished by W.W. Norton \nCity Lights celebrates the release of this stunning new anthology that illuminates today’s black experience through the voices of our most transformative and powerful African American poets. \n\nIncluded in this extraordinary volume are the poems of 43 of America’s most talented African American wordsmiths\, including Pulitzer Prize–winning poets Rita Dove\, Natasha Tretheway\, Yusef Komunyakaa\, and Tracy K. Smith\, as well as the work of other luminaries such as Elizabeth Alexander\, Ishmael Reed\, and Sonia Sanchez. Included are poems such as “No Wound of Exit” by Patricia Smith\, “We Are Not Responsible” by Harryette Mullen\, and “Poem for My Father” by Quincy Troupe. Each is accompanied by a photograph of the poet along with a first-person biography. The anthology also contains personal essays on race such as “The Talk” by Jeannine Amber and works by Harry Belafonte\, Amiri Baraka\, and The Reverend Dr. William Barber II\, architect of the Moral Mondays movement\, as well as images and iconic political posters of the Black Lives Matter movement\, Malcolm X\, and the Black Panther Party. Taken together\, Of Poetry and Protest gives voice to the current conversation about race in America while also providing historical and cultural context. It serves as an excellent introduction to African American poetry and is a must-have for every reader committed to social justice and racial harmony. \n\nPhilip Cushway is the owner of Artrock and the author of Art of the Dead. \n\n\nMichael Warr received a Creative Work Fund award for “Tracing Poetic Memory.” He is deputy director of the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/of-poetry-and-protest-from-emmett-till-to-trayvon-martin/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Cesar L. Baquerizo
DESCRIPTION:Cesar L. Baquerizo shares his stunning debut novel\, A Safe Place with You. “Grow And Live Normally” is a clinic in Ecuador that was opened to treat general addictions before moving to what the religious families viewed as the ultimate sin – homosexuality. The center boasts that they alone are able to cure families of this hidden secret inflicting their children. The unfortunate youths are misunderstood in a time when homosexuality was not just frowned upon\, but also illegal. They are sent to the clinic by their families where they are held against their will in the sexual reorientation wing. They find themselves subjected to physical and emotional trauma that tests their strength to survive and their courage to fight for their identities. Inspired by true events\, A Safe Place With You follows a young man named Tomas DIaz and his group of new found friends as they try to find themselves during an era of heightened ignorance and hatred. Will they be able to survive the closed doors of Grow and Live Normally? At its core\, this is a story about love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cesar-l-baquerizo/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160705T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160705T200000
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SUMMARY:She Writes Press: Grinell\, Giammatteo\, Simpson\, + Rea
DESCRIPTION:In Appetite\,  twenty-five-year-old Jenn Adler brings home a guru from Bangalore with a plan to marry him\, forcing her parents to come to grips with the impending marriage—and its effect on their own. \nBorn in a taxi in Manhattan\, Sheila Grinell studied at the Bronx High School of Science\, Harvard University\, and the University of California\, Berkeley. Towards the end of her forty-year career as a creator of science museums\, she began to write fiction. \nWhen Hollis Giammatteo sought a job working with the elderly\, she did so with the intention of finding models of healthy aging. And she failed. In The Shelf Life of Ashes\, Giammatteo chronicles her experiences with her wards\, as well as the trip she embarks upon when her mother\, who is convinced she is dying\, entreats her to come “home.” Trips back\, traumas triggered\, identity in crisis\, equanimity gained—this quasi-comic\, concentrated journey engages the reader in the process of naming and facing the tasks involved in growing old\, while asking a simple but weighted question: Can aging be done well? \nWhen a life-threatening illness makes it necessary for Virginia A. Simpson’s mother\, Ruth\, to come live with her\, Simpson struggles to heal their relationship before Ruth dies. Touching and vividly human\, The Space Between reminds us all that without accepting the inevitability of death and looking ahead to it with clarity\, life cannot be fully lived. \nConjuring Casanova follows ER physician Elizabeth Hillman. She’s been hurt by the men in her life far too often\, which is why she spends her free time safely alone\, reading the memoir of Giacomo Casanova\, history’s most famous libertine. But when a child in Lizzy’s care dies\, she flees to Venice\, Italy for a much-needed break. It’s there\, on a lovely rooftop\, Casanova appears beside her. \nMelissa Rea has degrees in psychology and French literature\, and is an amateur Casinovist.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/she-writes-press-grinell-giammatteo-simpson-rea/
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:20160706T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160706T210000
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SUMMARY:Harold Norse Centennial: Killian\, Marler + Swindell
DESCRIPTION:“Well\, it was life\,” Beat generation poet Harold Norse told the Gay and Lesbian Review in 2003. “I thought everyone was living like that.” From World War II era Manhattan\, to the expatriate scenes of Tangier and Paris\, to San Francisco during gay liberation\, Norse documented his time in visionary poetry conveyed in a gutsy American vernacular. Longtime partner of poet and librettist Chester Kallman\, Norse’s friends included William Carlos Williams\, W.H. Auden\, and James Baldwin. On the hundredth anniversary of his Brooklyn birth\, three Bay Area queer authors will discuss the impact of his life and work. \nThis series of centennial events sponsored by The Beat Museum held in San Francisco and Los Angeles offers a look back at Harold’s legacy as an unheralded voice in Beat poetry with panel discussions with writers and artists who knew him. For more information visithttp://www.kerouac.com/beat_event/harold-norse-centennial/ \nPanelists include: \n\nKevin Killian\, San Francisco poet and writer\nRegina Marler\, editor of Queer Beats\nTodd Swindell\, editor of Selected Poems of Harold Norse\nModerated by Tate Swindell of Unrequited Records
URL:https://litseen.com/event/harold-norse-centennial-killian-marler-swindell/
LOCATION:San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute\, 57 Post Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Shipwreck Presents: Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code
DESCRIPTION:Come find out which person on the Shipwreck crew is a direct descendant of Jesus Christ! \nFeatured writers: Evan Burton\, Michael Howley\, Tara Marsden\, Jared Schwartz\,Na’amen Tilahun\, and Ash Fisher. \n$10 advance tickets / $12 at the door. Ticket includes open bar for 21+. \n— \nWelcome\, Shipsters\, to San Francisco’s premier literary erotic fanfiction event. \nSix Great Writers destroy six notable characters from one Great Book on the first Thursday of every month at our home base\, the Booksmith in San Francisco. \nFics are blind-read by our Thespian-in-Residence\, Baruch Porras-Hernandez\, and you choose the best ship before the writers are unmasked. The winner is cast off from polite society\, and invited back the next month to defend their title. \nCritics are saying:\n“… the most despicable literary event possible.”\n“… an affront to literature.”\n“It used to be we had to sit in dark\, sticky booths to get these kinds of sleazy thrills.”\n“Come if you are high on marijuana cigarettes and have done sex before.”\n“… a vile\, disgusting event.””Shipwreck will bring you to madness\, and you may never return.”\n“…wonderfully\, masterfully\, hilariously disgusting.”\n“…punny sodomy and gross indecency.” \n— \nPLEASE NOTE: No children are ever harmed at Shipwreck\, and consent and inclusion are paramount. We’re not dicks\, we just like dick jokes.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shipwreck-presents-dan-browns-the-da-vinci-code/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160707T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160707T223000
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SUMMARY:You’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7:30pm\n$10 now or at the door.\nTickets available now: http://ticketf.ly/1tdKyn9\nProceeds go to the future of YG2D.\n[If you’re unable to pay the entry fee\, please contact me.] \nYOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes\nis a total open mic event\, with no set or featured performers\,\nbut only the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\, to embrace our losses & mortality\,\nto grieve\, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love…\nwhile all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. \nSign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly\, so if you want to perform\, you’d better get there early… \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)]. \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.\nYou don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nPlease don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly\, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument\, figure it out before you’re called to the stage. \nIMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday\, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously\, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged. \nYou’re Going to Die. No. Really. You are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-3/
LOCATION:The Lost Church\, 65 Capp Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160709T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160709T143000
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SUMMARY:Bill Lascher: Eve of a Hundred Midnights
DESCRIPTION:On New Year’s Eve\, 1941\, just three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor\, the Japanese were bombing the Philippine capital of Manila\, where journalists Mel and Annalee Jacoby had married just a month earlier. The couple had worked in China as members of a tight community of foreign correspondents with close ties to Chinese leaders; if captured by invading Japanese troops\, they were certain to be executed. Racing to the docks just before midnight\, they barely escaped on a freighter—the beginning of a tumultuous journey that would take them from one island outpost to another. While keeping ahead of the approaching Japanese\, Mel and Annalee covered the harrowing war in the Pacific Theater—two of only a handful of valiant and dedicated journalists reporting from the region. \nSupported by deep historical research\, extensive interviews\, and the Jacobys’ personal letters\, Bill Lascher recreates the Jacobys’ thrilling odyssey and their love affair with the Far East and one another. Bringing to light their compelling personal stories and their professional life together\, Eve of a Hundred Midnights is a tale of an unquenchable thirst for adventure\, of daring reportage at great personal risk\, and of an enduring romance that blossomed in the shadow of war. \nBill Lascher is a journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian\, Pacific Standard\, Gizmodo\, Portland Monthly\, and other publications. He was a 2011 Knight Digital Media Center multimedia and convergence fellow at the University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Journalism. He is a graduate of Oberlin College\, the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at USC\, and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies\, and lives in Portland\, Oregon.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bill-lascher-eve-of-a-hundred-midnights/
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:20160709T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160709T210000
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CREATED:20160629T012912Z
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SUMMARY:Harold Norse Centennial: Brooks\, Nawrocki + Swindell
DESCRIPTION:Feautring: \nPoet + Writer Adrian Brooks \nPoet + Friend of Norse Jim Nawrocki \nFounder of Unrequited Records Tate Swindell
URL:https://litseen.com/event/harold-norse-centennial-brooks-nawrocki-swindell/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160709T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160709T213000
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SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks: Charles Stross\, Sarah Kuhn\, + Shruti Swamy
DESCRIPTION:Charles Stross (The Nightmare Stacks)\nSarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex)\nShruti Swamy (Prairie Schooner) \nCost: $5 to $20\, no-one turned away\nAll proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.\nAt The Make Out Room 3225 22nd St.\, San Francisco CA\, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM\, doors open at 6:30 PM. \nVariety is more that just the name of Prince’s favorite girl-singer sidekick. It’s more than just having sex dressed as Alien Greenspan every once in a while. It’s also a Literary Imperative! Which is why Writers With Drinks combines erotica with literature\, stand-up comedy with science fiction and poetry with essays. Plus mystery\, romance\, memoir\, rants and “other.” \nAll proceeds benefit local non-profits. Charlie Jane Anders MCs and vamps.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-with-drinks-charles-stross-sarah-kuhn-shruti-swamy/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160710T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160710T180000
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SUMMARY:Gears Turning Poetry : Moore Jr.\, Ferraz\, + Rades
DESCRIPTION:July’s reading is about community. We’ve got two poets who have come to the Bay from parts east and one home grown poet. All three of these great writers have helped to foster a mutually supportive\, dedicated and healthy poetry scene while being from and of very different places. \nLeroy F. Moore Jr. is a dedicated activist\, a solid community member and a fierce poet. His first book\, Black Kripple Delivers Poetry and Lyrics is the result of many years of writing and reading in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. His writing touches issues of poverty\, feminism\, disability and various forms of injustice. His work ranges from lyric to anthemic. \nJerry Ferraz has been a fixture in various poetry venues through the years. From Café Babar to Bird and Beckett this poet has written\, played his guitar\, curated and fostered other poets for decades. Come hear him here at Modern Times and also catch his regular reading series at Bird and Beckett in Glen Park. \nJane Rades holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her paintings and poems reveal the edges of vision in the everyday. Her books A Rosary of Poems\, Five Decades and Two Years in the Tarot\, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fortuneteller as well as her deck of tarot cards all invite the reader/viewer to look deep. \nThis a Calle 24/Latino cultural heritage district\nSecond Sunday\, Paseo Artístico event
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gears-turning-poetry-moore-jr-ferraz-rades/
LOCATION:Modern Times Bookstore Collective\, 2919 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Mixed Poetry Series Poesía Revuelta
DESCRIPTION:Mixed Poetry Series Poesía Revuelta\, features Jack Hirschman\, Dottie Payne\, QR Hand\, and Daniel Flores\, hosted by Jorge Argueta\, plus Kalpulli Kiaketzalli Aztec Dancers\, Acción Latina\, 2958 24th Street\, San Francisco\, free\, 4:00 (415/795-0024\, www.jorgeargueta.com)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mixed-poetry-series-poesia-revuelta/
LOCATION:Acción Latina\, 2958 24th Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160711T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160711T200000
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CREATED:20160629T235141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160629T235141Z
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SUMMARY:Left Coast Writers: Dystopia + Manifesto Readings
DESCRIPTION:The Left Coast Writers® present an evening of selected readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/left-coast-writers-dystopia-manifesto-readings/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160711T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160711T200000
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer: The Long and Short of It
DESCRIPTION:Three writers of long (novels\, novellas) and short fiction (short stories) read from their work Monday\, July 11\, 7pm at Books Inc. Opera Plaza. \nMichael Aleynikov is the author of the novel Ivan and Misha\, the four novellas of Quartet\, and numerous short stories published in literary magazines and anthologies. \nJim Provenzano’s new short story collection is 40 Wild Crushes. He has published 5 novels including Message of Love and Every Time I Think of You and many short stories. \nNa’amen Gobert Tilahun has just published his first novel The Root\, a scifi thriller. His short fiction has appeared in several literary magazines. \nAfter the authors read\, they’ll participate in a short discussion of the variety and vagaries of writing short fiction vs. long. \nRefreshments will be served. \nDoor prizes at 7pm to reward prompt arrival! \nA free event open to the public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-the-long-and-short-of-it/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Opera Plaza\, 601 Van Ness\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160711T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160711T213000
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SUMMARY:Zora O’Neill
DESCRIPTION:Praise for All Strangers Are Kin: \n\n“Part travelogue\, part Bildungsroman\, part ethnography\, this work is as intricate and nuanced as the Arabic language itself. O’Neill masterfully weaves together vignettes\, linguistic musings\, and a colorful cast of thousands into an always-thoughtful\, often hysterically funny paean to a part of the world about which most Americans remain woefully ignorant.” –Suketu Mehta\, author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found \n“Zora O’Neill is the perfect travel companion: smart\, curious\, witty and knowledgeable. In time where the news out of the Middle East is too often grim\, she finds warmth and humor. By refusing to tread along the same paths that so many news reporters are confined to\, and in so doing\, she reveals to us rich new possibilities for understanding–all in a deceptively breezy tone.” – Carla Power\, author of National Book Award Finalist If the Oceans Were Ink \n“Zora O’Neill is a wonderful writer\, a hakawati who can spin a tale with the best of them.” – Rabih Alameddine\, bestselling author of The Hakawati and An Unnecessary Woman \n\nAbout All Strangers Are Kin: \n\nThe “shadda” is the key difference between a pigeon (“hamam”) and a bathroom (“hammam”). Be careful\, our professor advised\, in the first moment of outright humor in class\, that you don t ask a waiter\, Excuse me\, where is the pigeon? or\, conversely\, order a roasted toilet. If you ve ever studied a foreign language\, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate with another person. As Zora O Neill recalls\, you feel like “a magician.” If that foreign language is Arabic\, you just might feel like a wizard. They say that Arabic takes seven years to learn and a lifetime to master. O Neill had put in her time. Steeped in grammar tomes and outdated textbooks\, she faced an increasing certainty that she was not only failing to master Arabic\, but also driving herself crazy. She took a decade-long hiatus\, but couldn t shake her fascination with the language or the cultures it had opened up to her. So she decided to jump back in this time with a new approach. Join O Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East. You will laugh with her in Egypt\, delight in the stories she passes on from the United Arab Emirates\, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco. She’s packed her dictionaries\, her unsinkable sense of humor\, and her talent for making fast friends of strangers.From quiet\, bougainvillea-lined streets to the lively buzz of crowded medinas\, from families homes to local hotspots\, she brings a part of the world that is thousands of miles away right to your door. A natural storyteller with an eye for the deeply absurd and the deeply human\, O Neill explores the indelible links between culture and communication. A powerful testament to the dynamism of language\, “All Strangers Are Kin” reminds us that learning another tongue leaves you rich with so much more than words.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zora-oneill/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160712T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160712T200000
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SUMMARY:She Writes Press: Ainsworth\, Sweeney\, Nye\, + Pearl
DESCRIPTION:From the privacy of a confidential read\, and with the perspective of both client and healer\, Tell Me Your Story: How Therapy Works to Awaken\, Heal\, and Set You Free moves you through the stages of therapy from the initial phone call to the final goodbye connecting body\, mind\, and spirit with inner wisdom to reclaim and enjoy your most authentic life. \nTuya Pearl is the pen name of a psychotherapist from Southern California. \nJust when US WAVE Livvy Delacourt thinks she and her team of psychic Nazi hunters are ready for whatever The Reich can throw at them\, Hitler adds to the mix a spy who also happens to be a wizard. An emotional journey through paranormal realms\, Expect Deception: An Operation Delphi Novel is a fast-paced\, suspenseful tale of what happens when US Navy psychics pit themselves against their Nazi counterparts. \nJoAnn Smith Ainsworth experienced WWII food rationing\, Victory Gardens\, and blackout sirens as a child. \nWhen Eliza Waite chooses to leave a stagnant life in rural Washington State and join the masses traveling north to Alaska in 1898 during the tumultuous Klondike Gold Rush\, she encounters challenges and successes in both business and love. Using Gold Rush history\, diary entries\, and authentic pioneer recipes\, Eliza Waite transports readers to the sights sounds\, smells\, and tastes of a raucous and fleeting era of American history. \nA native New Yorker\, Ashley Sweeney lives and writes in La Conner\, Washington. \nAfter a devastating firestorm destroys Risa Nye’s Oakland\, California home and neighborhood\, she has to dig deep to discover her inner strength and resilience. There Was a Fire Here is the story of how Nye adjusts to the turning point that will forever mark the “before and after” in her life—and a chronicle of her attempts to honor the lost symbols of her past even as she struggles to create a new home for her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/she-writes-press-ainsworth-sweeney-nye-pearl/
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:20160712T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160712T213000
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CREATED:20160630T000531Z
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SUMMARY:Jesse Ball: How to Set a Fire and Why
DESCRIPTION:Long-time Green Apple favorite Jesse Ball joins us for a special celebration of his latest novel\, How to Set a Fire and Why. \nPraise for Jesse Ball: \n“How to Set a Fire and Why is a rare and startling work. Days after I read it\, I find that I can’t stop thinking about it\, and what I’ve realized is that this is a book I will not forget. This is a harrowing\, subtle\, and absolutely electrifying novel.” —Emily St. John Mandel\, bestselling author of Station Eleven\n\n\n“The beautifully blunt narration of a gifted delinquent propels this excellent sixth novel…. Lucia details a philosophy that smartly parallels the novel’s own–namely\, that writing literature is\, like arson\, an act of creation and destruction…. Thrilling…. A song of teenage heartbreak sung with a movingly particular sadness\, a mature meditation on how actually saying something\, not just speaking\, is what most makes a voice human.”  —Publishers Weekly (starred\, boxed review)\n\n\n\n“Profound… Ball performs the remarkable task of pruning away layers of readerly skepticism in order to find the inherent beauty of small moments.” —Jonathon Sturgeon\, Flavorwire\, on A Cure for Suicide\n\n\nAbout How to Set Fires and Why: \nThe highly acclaimed author of A Cure for Suicide now gives us a singular\, blistering novel about a teenage girl who has lost everything and will burn anything. \n  \nLucia’s father is dead; her mother is in a mental institute; she’s living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. And now she’s been kicked out of school again. Making her way through the world with only a book\, a zippo lighter\, a pocket full of stolen licorice\, a biting wit\, and striking intelligence she tries to hide\, she spends her days riding the bus to visit her mother and following the only rule that makes any sense to her: “Don’t do things you aren’t proud of.” But when she discovers that her new school has a secret Arson Club\, she’s willing to do anything to be a part of it\, and her life is suddenly lit up. And as her fascination with the Arson Club grows\, her story becomes one of misguided friendship and\, ultimately\, destruction.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jesse-ball-how-to-set-a-fire-and-why/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:McSweeney’s Social Hour: A John Hughes Tribute
DESCRIPTION:Dear Reader\, \nJoin us as we celebrate the cinematic masterpieces that are John Hughes movies. \nBuck\, Ferris\, Bender\, Samantha; Iconic misfits that helped define a generation. We here at McSweeney’s are proud to call ourselves a gang of misfits\, brought together in the name of this crazy thing called independent publishing. \nIt only seemed fitting that our next Social Hour would celebrate all things John Hughes. He understands us\, we understand him. Join us as we screen clips from his most beloved films and spin the tracks that will transport you to Chicago’s suburbs in 1984. There might even be a cake with 16 candles. \nWarmly\, \nA brain\, an athlete\, a basket case\, a princess\, and a criminal.\n\nIn addition to admittance to the greatest cocktail hour ever imagined\, each ticket includes 1 John Hughes themed button & a raffle ticket. \n— \nTaking you back to your prom is dj campbell – SF with nothin’ but them hits!\nhttps://www.facebook.com/djcampbellsf/ \nScreenings clips from longtime favorites: The Breakfast Club\, Uncle Buck\, Pretty in Pink\, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off\, Weird Science\, Curly Sue\, 16 Candles\, and many more! \nTIMOTHY MCSWEENEY’S HUG(H)E RAFFLE!\nSurprises from Ritual Coffee!\nSigned Books!\nMovie Posters!\nTotes! \nEVEN MORE DETAILS TO COME! \n— \nA note from the McSwys Staff:\nMcSweeney’s is an independent publisher in San Francisco committed to discovering outstanding new writing from all over the world and presenting it in ways that celebrate its worth and extend its reach. As a small press\, we rely on the help of our members and donors to pursue ambitious literary projects——projects that take risks\, that support ideas beyond the mainstream marketplace\, and that nurture emerging work. Your ticket to the Social Hour takes us a step closer to our literary dreams. We thank you kindly for supporting us in any way that you can.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mcsweeneys-social-hour-a-john-hughes-tribute/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160713T210000
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SUMMARY:Sin Soracco Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:A joint publication of Ithuriel’s Spear and The Green Arcade Come To Me is a tale of a woman just sprung from prison who finds her way back to a once familiar San Francisco. Gina seeks out her old friend Francine whose rooming house is a refuge for women who are devotees of Santeria\, the religion brought to this hemisphere by African slaves. It is above a botanica and curio shop run by Oleander\, whose secret past will play a crucial role in this story of love\, magic\, greed and desire. \nFrom the author of the cult classics Low Bite and Edge City. \n“Take one of Soracco’s plucky ex-cons who can’t catch a break…throw in a cursed statue that everyone wants to get their hands on\, and shake. What you get is a cocktail of classic noir mixed with magic that will keep you turning the page till the sun rises.”—Victoria Law\, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women\n\nSin Soracco now lives on the edges of the Russian River but her shadows still travel the streets of San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sin-soracco-launch-party/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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CREATED:20160630T000954Z
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SUMMARY:Fireside Storytelling: WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the next Fireside as six storytellers share their tales of struggles and strain\, close calls and near-death experiences — because really\, what’s more entertaining than hearing about other people’s pain and suffering\, right? Right. \nSTORYTELLERS: \nDhaya Lakshminarayanan\nMarilyn Pittman\nCraig McLaughlin\nAndre Wilson\nMore TBA \nFireside is a monthly storytelling series\, taking place the second Wednesday of the month in San Francisco. Come watch six storytellers tell 10-minute true stories on a particular theme\, without the aid of notes or a script\, keeping the art of storytelling alive.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fireside-storytelling-what-doesnt-kill-you/
LOCATION:The Institute of Possibility\, 3359 Cesar Chavez St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160714T203000
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SUMMARY:Devereaux Baker + Sharon Doubiago
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series! \nBrowse books while listening to internationally acclaimed poets and artists such as Jonathan Richman\, David Meltzer\, Diane di Prima and California Poet Laureate Al Young. The series is curated by Friends’ Resident Poet Jack Hirschman. (For a list of the scheduled readers\, please see the line up below.) \nProceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/devereaux-baker-sharon-doubiago/
LOCATION:Readers Bookstore\, Fort Mason Center\, Building C\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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CREATED:20160713T235603Z
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Alejandro Murguia\, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. \nLinda Maria Girón is Los Angeles born and El Monte raised\, currently residing in Berkeley\, CA where she is pursuing a BA in Theater and Performance Studies at Cal. When she isn’t buried in a script or turning down another social invitation because\, “sorry\, rehearsal…again.” Linda spends her time writing plays\, music and burning her tortillas like ‘amá taught her. Currently\, she is developing an original play\, La Memoria de Silencio en el País de la Eterna Primavera\, which is selected to premiere at Cal’s TDPS season in Spring\, 2017. \nKelechi Ubozoh is a singer\, writer\, and mental health advocate. Published in The New York Times during her undergrad\, she strives to uncover truths in her poetry. She has performed at Beast Crawl\, presented at the 29th Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference\, and was recently featured at Lyrics and Dirges. Currently\, she is working on a collection of poetry and will be featured in the “S” Word documentary\, which aims to promote awareness for suicide attempt survivors. \nKari Riesgo Bañuelos is a queer femme mixed-native Xicanx organizer\, student\, poet and social justice educator from Southeast Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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CREATED:20160630T002923Z
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SUMMARY:Bawdy Storytelling’s ‘It Seemed Like a Good Idea’ Late Show
DESCRIPTION:This Evening of Stories\, Songs & Sex Toys include:\n\n\n YOU! Pitch your story to Dixie@BawdyStorytelling.com\n\n\n\nGo VIP! It includes Reserved Seating & a Gynormously valuable Lelo Gift Bag\nSexy cocktails (The Clown F*cker is delicious!)\nHosted by Sexual Folklorist Dixie De La Tour\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLeave your inhibitions at the door at Bawdy Storytelling\, the nation’s original sex and storytelling show\, which features people sharing their bona fide sexual exploits\, live onstage. Bawdy’s storytellers are a mix of authors\, poets\, comedians and actors – along with people just like you – who were chosen for their panache and sense of misadventure. Winner of SFist’s ‘Best Storytelling Show\,’ SF Weekly’s Best of San Francisco and LA Weekly’s Best of Los Angeles\, and two-time winner of SF Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay Award\, this event features amazing stories of love\, lust and self-acceptance\, along with live music and Bang-o!\, which dares to go where Bingo does not.\nThis show is for adults\, 21 and over.\n\n\n \n\n\nPerformer Bios:\n\n\n \n\n\nSexual Folklorist Dixie De La Tour founded Bawdy Storytelling\, the Nation’s original sex and storytelling series\, over nine years ago. Internationally known as the ‘Grande Dame of Dirty Storytelling\,” Dixie has taken Bawdy from an industrial loft in the Bay Area to a multi-city live storytelling event that welcomes true stories from any and all communities (LGBTQIA\, kink\, polyamory\, swingers\, vanilla\, and many more). Dixie and Bawdy Storytelling have been praised by press both big and small; She has been lauded by Master Storyteller Mike Daisey as a “masterful emcee\, and her show is everything that works for storytelling—she creates a warm\, safe space in which stories can bloom with dark hilarity\, salacious textures\, and moments of deep connection.” Dixie has hosted and curated Bawdy Storytelling events at Yale Sex Week\, the Bondage Awards\, CatalystCon Sexuality Conference\, Dark Odyssey\, FetFest\, and more\, as well as her home turf of the Bawdy Mainstage and BawdySlam shows. She works with each storyteller\, crafting and curating\, to make sure that the evening is a cohesive whole. She also leads storytelling workshops where would be storytellers can hone their craft (while arousing their audience).In her spare time\, Dixie can be found causing trouble in the San Francisco Bay Area\, Los Angeles\, New York\, Seattle\, Portland\, and any other major city where literate perverts gather to tell dirty stories.\n\n \n* Line-up subject to change\n* No refunds or exchanges
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bawdy-storytellings-it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-late-show/
LOCATION:Verdi Club\, 2424 Mariposa St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Tenderloin Museum One Year Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:On July 16th\, 2016 the Tenderloin Museum will have been open for one year. Please join us in celebrating this important milestone at our free community day celebration from 10am-9pm\, with free hourly programming from 1pm-8pm. The mission of the Tenderloin Museum is to inspire and serve the neighborhood. The museum’s permanent collection and Neighborhood Walking Tours offer locals and tourists alike an opportunity to learn the history of the Tenderloin and experience San Francisco’s most unique neighborhood\, a history that has been routinely overlooked in historical accounts of San Francisco. Our evening programming celebrates the Tenderloin’s rich artistic community and features live music\, theatre performances\, film screenings\, lectures\, local artist exhibitions\, poetry nights\, and much more. \nOur first year has been exceptional because of all the incredible partnerships we’ve forged with other museums\, non-profit organizations\, artists\, local businesses\, and our neighbors. Our first anniversary will be spent celebrating those partnerships. \nProgramming Schedule: \n1pm- Youth Magic Class with Magician Mike Della Penna\nMike will begin with a performance followed by a short teach-in session where attendees will learn to perform a few simple\, yet powerful magic effects to amaze friends\, family\, or even an audience! For Tenderloin youths & our SF & Bay Area neighbors\, for ages 8-98\n2pm- Asian Art Museum\nA storyteller from the Asian Art Museum will delight visitors with a short story from the Rama Epic recounting the struggle of Prince Rama. His epic has been a prime subject for visual and performing arts\, literature\, and religious thought in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia\n3pm- Larkin Street Youth Services- Vocal Chords\nYouth Choir at Larkin Street’s Youth Arts Program\n4pm- California Historical Society\nBilly Jennings\, founder of the Black Panther Archive and former Black Panther will discuss the history and impact of the Black Panther Party in City of San Francisco and show small portions of his archive\n5pm- Don Herron on Dashiell Hammett\nDiscussion about the famous American author dubbed the “Grandfather of Noir” and his close relationship to the Tenderloin\n6pm- Skywatchers\nTenderloin residents celebrate a resistance to oppression and affirm their community through music\, dance and spoken word\n7pm- Café Society SF\nA night of contemporary jazz with Tenderloin-based Cafe Society featuring vocalist Tomas Jay with the Dave Austin trio\, and special guest vocalists\n8pm- Aunt Charlie’s Dream Queens Revue Drag Show\nQueens Donna Personna\, Collette LeGrande & the TL Museum’s own Cruzin d’Loo will dazzle us with drag performances \nResident Artists’ Group Show:\nOn display in our museum store\nThe Tenderloin Museum Artist in Residence program facilitates the display of San Francisco Bay Area art. With a new exhibition every one to two months\, the Museum Store becomes a gallery for a wide variety of mediums. From graphic-designed art objects to screen – printed pennants\, from photography to letterpress prints – all with a Tenderloin specific object or theme. By helping to bring art to the Tenderloin and highlighting the art already in the neighborhood\, this Artist Program bridges the history of one of San Francisco’s oldest neighborhoods to the culture of today. All of our previous resident artists will be featured in a group show opening July 16th\, part of our One Year Anniversary Celebration. Featured artists include Ryan De La Hoz\, Jacinto Castillo\, Kelly Nicolaisen\, Nan Castle\, and Darwin Bell. Public art project Temporal Cities (created by Tenderloin artists Lizzy Brooks and Radka Pulliam) will also be sharing work collected through partnership with the Tenderloin Museum. \nThank you for all the support you’ve given us this first year. We are so excited to be a part of the neighborhood and continue to support a thriving Tenderloin. We look forward to celebrating this important milestone with you.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tenderloin-museum-one-year-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Tenderloin Museum\, 398 Eddy St\, San Francisco \, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Booksmith is Turning 40
DESCRIPTION:Who’s invited: \nFriends\, neighbors\, customers\, writers\, book club members\, Bookswappers\, Shipwreckers\, celebrities\, Aileen\, Olympians of Literature\, employees past\, present\, and future\, and everyone else who makes our store great. \nWhat will we do: \nYou’re invited to contribute a story. It can be about the Haight Ashbury\, or about Booksmith in any of its iterations. From starting at 4\, local writer and editor Anisse Gross will be on hand to help you capture your story and add it to our already storied (sorry) history. We’ll provide everything you need; just bring your memories. (Bonus points for vintage Booksmith ephemera! Break out your old bookmarks\, totes\, newsletters\, and author trading cards. We know you kept them.) \nIf you love the Booksmith’s art\, we’re going to have Design Like Whoa set-up to print t-shirts and totes of our favorite designs. We’ll be selling shirts for a special birthday only price of $9 and totes for $5 to be printed with a Booksmith design of your choice\, or you can bring your own item to be printed for free! (100% cotton and white or light grey only\, no tie-die here folks). \nAt 5:30 pm we’ll have an Official 40th Birthday Toast with cake. Then on to eating\, drinking\, mingling\, and\, dare we suggest: dancing. \nWhen: 4:00pm-7:00pm \nWhy: \nOwners Christin Evans and Praveen Madan\, former owner Gary Frank\, and all the Booksmith staff are excited to share this moment with our unique\, vibrant community. As the Haight Ashbury’s premiere independent bookstore since 1976\, we’re more ambitious than ever to launch fearlessly into the future of bookselling. We’re experimenting with new business models\, leading the #Fightfor15 charge\, and building on our four-decade legacy of fostering communities around books\, writers\, and readers. \nJoin us to raise a glass\, tell your stories\, and hang out with the Booksmith gang.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/booksmith-is-turning-40/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Laurel Taylor + Richard Michael Levine
DESCRIPTION:On remote Spanish island near the African coast\, a Mexican American entomologist\, Epiphany Jerome\, is looking for a rare beetle. Instead she finds a body on an empty beach with a knife sticking out from its back. “Said the Fly” is a forensic murder mystery that Kirkus Review called “dazzling” and “smartly written” in their *starred* review. It was selected as one of their May “Kirkus Indie Books of the Month.” Writer and biologist Laurie Taylor moved to Glen Park in 2014\, after more than a decade of living in Europe and the Middle East. \nRichard Michael Levine’s short story collection\, The Man Who Gave Away His Organs: Tales of Love and Obsession at Midlife\, was published by Capra Press in 2015. He was a magazine writer and editor for many years\, publishing feature articles and columns in Harper’s\, Esquire\, The New York Times Magazine\, Rolling Stone\, Playboy\, and many others. He has taught at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and is the author of a bestselling non-fiction book\, Bad Blood: A Family Murder in Marin County\, published by Random House and New American Library. His poems\, which have appeared widely in literary magazines\, have been collected in Catch and Other Poems.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laurel-taylor-richard-michael-levine/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Red Light Lit: Long Slow Dance
DESCRIPTION:Red Light Lit returns to PianoFight with another new show: Long Slow Dance. Featuring writers: Fisayo Adeyeye\, Lara Coley\, Kathy Duby\, Loria Mendoza\, Kim Pierce\, and SB Stokes. With special musical guest: Tim Cohen from the The Fresh & Onlys and Magic Trick and comedian Luna Malbroux. \nHOSTED BY: Jenn Stokes of Moonlighting SF\nMUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT: Sarah Dineen and David Williams \n$12 in advance\, $15 at the door.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-long-slow-dance/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Foglifter Journal’s San Francisco Launch
DESCRIPTION:We aim to uplift and support the voices of the marginalized\, the many\, the queer. Join us for a glorious and joyous evening to celebrate the official San Francisco introduction to Foglifter\, a truly unique literary journal and press. \nThe Lineup: \nMK Chavez is the author of Mothermorphosis. Dear Animal will be released Fall 2016\, both from Nomadic Press. She is co-curator of Lyrics & Dirges and co-director of the Berkeley Poetry Festival. \nArisa White received her MFA from UMass\, Amherst. She’s a Cave Canem fellow and the author of Post Pardon\, Hurrah’s Nest\, and A Penny Saved. A 2013-14 recipient of an Investing in Artist Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation and a regional representative for Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color\, Arisa is a BFA faculty advisor at Goddard College. Forthcoming from Augury Books in October 2016 is her third full-length collection\, you’re the most beautiful thing that happened. arisawhite.com \nKevin Killian lives in San Francisco. He has published three books of poetry\, three books of stories\, and three novels. In each category a fourth is imminent. In addition there will be a third volume of his Selected Amazon Reviews\, and a second volume of Tagged\, Killian’s intimate color photographs of poets\, artists\, musicians\, filmmakers–the whole creative class. \nShideh Etaat is a writer and teacher at Mission High School in San Francisco. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She is a 2015 James D. Phelan Award recipient and her short story “Take Us to Our Love” was published in The Delmarva Review’s Volume 6. An excerpt from her novel can be found in “Tremors\, New Fiction by Iranian Americans”. Her first novel is about a love triangle\, Jews in Iran\, and other strange and wonderful things. For more information about Shideh’s work\, please go to: http://www.thebolditalic.com/users/shidehe. \nRoberto Santiago received his MFA from Rutgers University\, and BA from Sarah Lawrence College. He is a 2016 Community of Writers Fellow\, 2015 Sarah Lawrence Fellow\, 2014 Lambda Literary Fellow\, the recipient of the Alfred C. Carey Poetry Prize\, and his debut book of poetry was a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry. Roberto writes and produces his own music\, and likens himself to Tennessee Williams in a poodle skirt\, Gloria Anzaldúa in culottes\, and/or James Merrill in short-shorts. Currently\, he works as an educator in San Francisco and lives in Oakland with a fiction writer and 15 year old cat that edits most of his poetry…whether he asks her to\, or not. \nNona Caspers is the author of four books including Heavier Than Air\, which received the Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction and was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. She has received a NEA Fellowship and an Iowa Review Fiction Award\, among others. Stories have appeared in Kenyon Review\, Glimmer Train\, Cimarron Review\, The Sun. She co-edited with Joell Hallowell a nonfiction book Lawfully Wedded Wives: Rethinking Marriage in the 21st Century. She teaches Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. www.nonacaspers.com \nJuliana Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer/educator/oral-historian based in San Francisco. The recipient of the 2014 Jackson Literary award\, and a finalist for the Clark-Gross Novel award\, she’s the author of ¡Cuéntamelo! an illustrated bilingual collection of oral histories by LGBT Latin@ immigrants awarded the Regen Ginaa Grant from Galería de la Raza and a 2014 National Queer Arts Festival Grant from the Queer Cultural Center. She’s the executive director of RADAR Productions.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/foglifter-journals-san-francisco-launch/
LOCATION:Strut\, 470 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Heather Havrilesky\, Mallory Ortberg\, + Leah Reich
DESCRIPTION:Join Heather Havrilesky for “Ask Polly Live.” \nMeet Polly in-person and pick up a signed copy of How to Be a Person in the World. Heather will read favorite passages from her book\, and will be joined on-stage by Mallory Ortberg\, Leah Reich\, and Tracy Clark-Flory for a live advice session. \nPraise for Heather Havrilesky: \n“What I love so much about Heather Havrilesky and her new book is that\, beside being her usual brilliant\, hilarious\, equally kick-ass and compassionate self\, ‎she actually gives great advice. How to be a Person in the World will change your life\, for the way better.”  —Anne Lamott\, New York Times bestselling author of Small Victories \n\n“Heather Havrilesky is that rare writer who can dish out tangy snark but never fails to aim the knife back at her own damaged\, hilarious heart. She’s dealing\, brilliantly\, with the curse of having too much insight—into herself and the world around her. Required reading.”  —Patton Oswalt\, New York Times bestselling author of Silver Screen Fiend \n\n“Sometimes I think Heather Havrilesky’s Ask Polly column is the only true thing on the Internet. Week after week\, while everyone else parrots and postures\, she addresses the foibles and ennui of strangers\, bucking up someone here\, giving a kick in the pants there. Along the way\, she offers up a slyly powerful critique of the ways in which culture shapes the individual. How To Be a Person In the World distills her salty\, expansive wisdom into a guide for better living that’s both pragmatic and philosophical\, a large-hearted reminder that all of us are struggling\, and none of us are alone.” —Kate Bolick\, author of the national bestseller Spinster \n\nAbout How to Be a Person in the World: \nA collection of original\, impassioned\, and inspiring letters by the author of the popular advice column Ask Polly\nShould you quit your day job to follow your dreams? How do you rein in an overbearing mother? Will you ever stop dating wishy-washy\, noncommittal guys? Should you put off having a baby for your career?\nHeather Havrilesky\, the author of the weekly advice column ASK POLLY\, featured on New York Magazine’s The Cut\, is here to guide you through the what if’s and I don t knows of modern life with the signature wisdom and tough love her readers have come to expect.\nHow to Be a Person in the World is a collection of never-before-published material along with a few fan favorites. Whether she’s responding to cheaters or loners\, lovers or haters\, the depressed or the down-and-out\, Havrilesky writes with equal parts grace\, humor\, and compassion to remind you that even in your darkest moments you’re not alone.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/heather-havrilesky-mallory-ortberg-leah-reich/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jessi Klein: You'll Grow Out of It
DESCRIPTION:A Nora Ephron for a new generation\, Jessi Klein shares her hilarious and moving stories of growing up awkward\, the lengths she’s gone to in the pursuit of womanhood and emulation of Oprah\, and how wedding websites are going to be the end of all of us. \nYou’ll Grow Out of It hilariously\, and candidly\, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. \nAs both a tomboy and a late bloomer\, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsider than a participant in the rites of modern femininity. \nIn You’ll Grow Out of It\, Klein offers through an incisive collection of real life stories a relentlessly funny yet poignant take on a variety of topics she has experienced along her strange journey to womanhood and beyond. These include her “transformation from Pippi Longstocking-esque tomboy to are-you-a-lesbian-or-what tom man\,” attempting to find watchable porn\, and identifying the difference between being called “ma’am” and “miss” (“Miss sounds like you weigh ninety-nine pounds”). \nRaw\, relatable\, and consistently hilarious\, You’ll Grow Out of It is a one-of-a-kind book by a singular and irresistible comic voice.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jessi-klein-youll-grow-out-of-it/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Everybody's Protest Poem 2
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Freddy Gutierrez\, Jasmine Gibson and Derek Fenner.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/everybodys-protest-poem-2/
LOCATION:Modern Times Bookstore Collective\, 2919 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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