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SUMMARY:Ian Haney López in conversation with Eva Paterson
DESCRIPTION:Ian Haney López in conversation with Eva Paterson\nWednesday\, October 9\, 2019\, 7:00 p.m.\, City Lights Booksellers\, 261 Columbus Avenue\, San Francisco\n\nPresented by City Lights in conjunction with The Equal Justice Society and The New Press \n \ndiscussing the subject of his new book \nMerge Left: Fusing Race and Class\, Winning Elections\, and Saving America \npublished by The New Press \n\n\n\nFrom the acclaimed author of Dog Whistle Politics\, an essential road map to neutralizing the role of racism as a divide-and-conquer political weapon and to building a broad multiracial progressive future \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Ian Haney López has broken the code on the racial politics of the last fifty years.” —Bill Moyers \n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday more than ever\, warnings to fear immigrants and people of color bombard us incessantly. Quite simply\, the Right’s fundamental strategy has been to divide and distract while rigging the rules to benefit the superrich. No more. It’s time to reject this kind of purposeful division and to join together to demand that government work for all of us\, whether we’re white\, Black\, or brown. \nIan Haney López has spent the last two years collaborating with a team of union activists\, racial justice leaders\, communications specialists\, and pollsters. Based on conversations and interviews with people all over the country\, the team discovered that a large majority of the population (people of color included) fall into “the persuadable middle”—they hold both progressive and racist views and can be shifted in one direction or another based on different stories about America. \nFor decades\, while the Right has exploited racial fear-mongering\, the Left has splintered. Some have wanted to tackle racism head-on; others have insisted that a race-silent focus on class avoids alienating white voters. Merge Left distills the heartening results of cutting-edge new research: naming racism as a weapon of the rich and calling for cross-racial solidarity builds unity across the base and enlists the broad middle in supporting progressive dreams. \nA work of deep research\, nuanced argument\, and urgent insight\, Merge Left is an indispensable tool for the upcoming political season and in the larger fight to build racial justice and shared economic prosperity. \nIan Haney López is the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at University of California\, Berkeley\, and the author of Dog Whistle Politics and White by Law\, as well as Merge Left (The New Press). He lives in Richmond\, California. \nEva Jefferson Paterson has campaigned for civil rights with passion\, courage and tenacity for more than three decades. Paterson is the President and a co-founder of the Equal Justice Society\, a legal organization transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law\, social science\, and the arts. \nThe Equal Justice Society is transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law\, social science\, and the arts. Led by President Eva Paterson\, our legal strategy aims to broaden conceptions of present-day discrimination to include unconscious and structural bias by using social science\, structural analysis\, and real-life experience.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ian-haney-lopez-in-conversation-with-eva-paterson/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:San Francisco in Queer Fiction\, by the Decade
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith welcomes Perfectly Queer Reading Series back as they present a night of readings: San Francisco in Queer Fiction\, by the Decade. Please join us! \nSan Francisco has been the location for many works of fiction\, from McTeague by Frank Norris to Less by Andrew Sean Greer. Join us Tuesday\, October 8\, 7pm at The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight (in San Francisco\, of course) to hear readings from four novels with San Francisco as their setting\, written by LGBTQ authors: Blackmail\, My Love by Katie Gilmartin\, Eat Sleep Love by Chuck Forester\, Steam by the late Jay B. Laws (as read byRichard May)\, and Five Windows by Jon Roemer. These books span life in San Francisco from the 1950s to the 70s and 80s to the contemporary city. Free admission and free refreshments. Book signing after the readings. \n\nChuck Forester was raised in northern Wisconsin. He attended Dartmouth and Penn and holds an MCP in city planning and an MFA in poetry. Chuck worked on staff for three San Francisco mayors. His philanthropic work includes leading the successful campaign to establish the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the San Francisco Main Library\, which raised $3.5 million. Michael A. Schoch\, his partner of 18 years\, succumbed to AIDS in 1994. Chuck has been an HIV-survivor since 1987. Eat Sleep Love is his latest novel. \nKatie Gilmartin’s checkered past includes stints as a buoyant union organizer\, bona fide sex researcher\, and deeply engaged college professor.  She teaches linocut and monotype classes at Chrysalis Studio in SOMArts and runs the Queer Ancestors Project\, devoted to forging sturdy relationships between young Queer and Trans artists and their ancestors.  Her illustrated noir mystery\, Blackmail My Love\, explores real and imagined Queer ancestors in early 1950s San Francisco.  Katie’s next novel\, Thrill Spot\, will be a fictional account of an actual 1954 raid on a lesbian bar called Tommy’s Place\, in North Beach. \nJon Roemer is a writer and editor based in San Francisco. He is founder and senior editor of Outpost19\, an award-winning book publisher. He is Queer\, a San Francisco resident since 1991\, and an explorer of urban change. Jon studied literature and fiction writing at Northwestern University. Five Windows is Jon’s first novel. \nJay B. Laws was a San Francisco playwright and writer. His first novel\, Steam\, was published by Alyson Books in 1991 and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Jay died from AIDS in 1992\, a week after completing changes on the manuscript for his second novel\, The Unfinished\, which was published posthumously in 1993. This re-issue of Steamis from ReQueered Tales\, a new publisher specializing in republishing out of print Gay and Lesbian works. \n  \nAbout ReQueered Tales: \nPerhaps forty years of gay fiction – and notably gay and lesbian mystery\, detective and suspense fiction – has been teetering on the brink of obscurity. Orphaned works\, orphaned authors\, many living and some having passed away – with no one to make the case for their creations to be returned to print (and e-print!). Until now. That is the mission of ReQueered Tales. We are honored…to be custodians shepherding back into circulation some of the best Gay and Lesbian fiction writing. See their list of current and upcoming re-publications at requeeredtales.com. \n\nThis event is free and all ages. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \nIf you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of any of the authors’ books\, send your request to events@booksmith.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/san-francisco-in-queer-fiction-by-the-decade/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Nick Flynn: a Reading\, a Conversation
DESCRIPTION:The Reading: Nick Flynn’s latest book is I Will Destroy You\, poetry that interrogates the potential of art to be redemptive\, to remake and reform. But first the maker of art must claim responsibility for his past\, his actions\, his propensity to destroy others and himself. The poems delve into the deepest\, most defeating parts of the self: addiction\, temptation\, infidelity\, and repressed memory. These are poems of profound self-scrutiny and lyric intensity\, jagged and probing. \nThe Conversation: Nick will be in conversation with Ben Terrall\, publisher of Namaste Motherfu**er.   The Reading: Nick Flynn’s latest book is I Will Destroy You\, poetry that interrogates the potential of art to be redemptive\, to remake and reform. But first the maker of art must claim responsibility for his past\, his actions\, his propensity to destroy others and himself. The poems delve into the deepest\, most defeating parts of the self: addiction\, temptation\, infidelity\, and repressed memory. These are poems of profound self-scrutiny and lyric intensity\, jagged and probing. \nThe Conversation: Nick will be in conversation with Ben Terrall\, publisher of Namaste Motherfu**er.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nick-flynn-a-reading-a-conversation/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Augusten Burroughs / Toil & Trouble: A Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts a special evening with Augusten Burroughs for his new book\, Toil & Trouble: A Memoir. This will be his only SF/Bay Area appearance. Please join us! \nPlease note: this is a ticketed event\, to be held at Booksmith (1644 Haight St.) in San Francisco. The price of admission is equal to the cost of Toil & Trouble\, which is included with each ticket. Tickets can be purchased here. \n\n“Here’s a partial list of things I don’t believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Life after death. Vampires. Zombies. Reiki. Homeopathy. Rolfing. Reflexology. Note that ‘witches’ and ‘witchcraft’ are absent from this list. The thing is\, I wouldn’t believe in them\, and I would privately ridicule any idiot who did\, except for one thing: I am a witch.” \nFor as long as Augusten Burroughs could remember\, he knew things he shouldn’t have known. He manifested things that shouldn’t have come to pass. And he told exactly no one about this\, save one person: his mother. His mother reassured him that it was all perfectly normal\, that he was descended from a long line of witches\, going back to the days of the early American colonies. And that this family tree was filled with witches. It was a bond that he and his mother shared — until the day she left him in the care of her psychiatrist to be raised in his family (but that’s a whole other story). After that\, Augusten was on his own. On his own to navigate the world of this tricky power; on his own to either use or misuse this gift. \nFrom the hilarious to the terrifying\, Toil & Trouble is a chronicle of one man’s journey to understand himself\, to reconcile the powers he can wield with things with which he is helpless. There are very few things that are coincidences\, as you will learn. Ghosts are real\, trees can want to kill you\, beavers are the spawn of Satan\, houses are alive\, and in the end\, love is the most powerful magic of all. \n\nAugusten Burroughs is the author of Running with Scissors\, Dry\, Magical Thinking: True Stories\, Possible Side Effects\, A Wolf at the Table and You Better Not Cry. He is also the author of the novel Sellevision\, which has been optioned for film. The film version of Running with Scissors\, directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt\, was released in October 2006 and starred Joseph Cross\, Brian Cox\, Annette Bening (nominated for a Golden Globe for her role)\, Alec Baldwin and Evan Rachel Wood. Augusten’s writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world including The New York Times and New York Magazine. In 2005 Entertainment Weekly named him one of “The 25 Funniest People in America.” \n\n** Please note ** \n– This is an all-ages event. \n– The duration of this event is up to the author. \n– Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. \n– 1 ticket = 1 book\, no exceptions. The book must be purchased from Booksmith. If you already have a copy of Toil & Trouble\, remember that books make great gifts! If you’ve already gifted Toil & Trouble to all of your friends\, it’s ok to buy a different book from Booksmith instead — in that case\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com. \n– If you can’t attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Toil & Trouble\, order below and be sure to put your request in the special field. \n– Signing\, photo\, and Q&A details to come. \n– Facebook RSVP not required\, but always appreciated.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/augusten-burroughs-toil-trouble-a-memoir/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Kim Magowan: The Light Source
DESCRIPTION:Kim Magowan discusses her new novel\, The Light Source. \nAbout The Light Source \nThe relationship between Heather Katchadourian and Julie Howe is complicated. Over the past two decades\, they’ve been just about everything to each other: boarding school roommates\, best friends\, lovers\, rivals\, even co-parents–both together and estranged. Will they find their way back to each other\, or have they inflicted too much damage along the way? Reminiscent of the work of Meg Wolitzer\, and narrated by Heather\, Julie\, their lifelong friends\, partners\, and children\, The Light Source is a prismatic portrayal of what everlasting modern love truly looks like and reminds us that what’s meant-to-be becomes harder to define with age.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kim-magowan-the-light-source/
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:PICO IYER In Conversation with Dan Stone
DESCRIPTION:PICO IYER\nIn Conversation with Dan Stone\nThursday\, October 10\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: “On Arts” Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program \n Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\n“As a guide to far-flung places\, Pico Iyer can hardly be surpassed.” – The New Yorker \nPico Iyer is a travel writer\, essayist\, and novelist\, whose many books include Video Night in Kathmandu\, The Lady and the Monk\, The Man Within My Head\, and The Art of Stillness\, a beautiful and thoughtful investigation of the benefits of quiet contemplation and travel to “nowhere.” With his two newest books\, Iyer turns his attention to Japan\, his adopted home of thirty-two years. Autumn Light is a moving personal account of grief and family. When his father-in-law dies suddenly\, Iyer begins to grapple with the question we all have to live with: how to hold on to the things we love. In A Beginner’s Guide to Japan\, Iyer draws on readings\, reflections\, and conversations with Japanese friends in order to illuminate an unknown place for newcomers and to give longtime residents a look at their home through fresh eyes.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pico-iyer-in-conversation-with-dan-stone/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Unholy Trinity: A Lovecraft Triptych
DESCRIPTION:Thursday – Saturday @ 8PM\, until November 2 \nInspired by the supernatural fiction of HP Lovecraft\, an early 20th century writer known for creating his own mythos\, Unholy Trinity is San Francisco writer/director Stuart Bousel’s adaptation and staging of “The Dunwich Horror\,” “Nyarlathotep\,” and “The Dreams in the Witch House.” Celebrate the Halloween season with these unholy works of classic horror. \nFeaturing Adrian Deane\, Ellen Dunphy\, Kyle Goldman\, Tirumari Jothi\, Brian Martin\, Kyle McReddie\, Sarah Negron\, & Ron Talbot. \n  \n this event repeats Thurs-Sat\, 8pm\, until November 2
URL:https://litseen.com/event/unholy-trinity-a-lovecraft-triptych/
LOCATION:EXIT Theatre\, 156 Eddy Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:JODI KANTOR & MEGAN TWOHEY In Conversation with Bernice Yeung
DESCRIPTION:JODI KANTOR & MEGAN TWOHEY\nIn Conversation with Bernice Yeung\nFriday\, October 11\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Cultural Studies \n Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nEach orchestra ticket includes a copy of Kantor & Twohey’s new book: She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement \nIn October 2017\, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story of decades of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Their work helped ignite the #MeToo movement\, shift attitudes\, and spur new laws\, policies and standards of accountability around the globe. Together with a team of colleagues who exposed harassment across industries\, they were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement is the untold story behind that investigative reporting\, from confidential discussions with top actresses to meticulous research of decades-old secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements. \nBernice Yeung covers labor and employment for ProPublica. Previously\, she was a reporter with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting\, where she was a member of the award-winning reporting teams that investigated the sexual assault of immigrant farm workers and night-shift janitors. These multi-platform projects led to her first book\, In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers (The New Press\, 2018)\, which was honored with the 2019 PEN/Galbraith Award for Nonfiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jodi-kantor-megan-twohey-in-conversation-with-bernice-yeung/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Filipino American HOTP Literary Readings
DESCRIPTION:Hot Off the Press Literary Reading showcases Filipino American authors with new books. HOTP Literary Reading is part of the 5th Filipino American International Book Festival which will be held at the San Francisco Main Library. The HOTP Literary Reading will be on Saturday\, October 12\, 2019 at 1 p.m. at the Koret Auditorium of the Main Library.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/filipino-american-hotp-literary-readings/
LOCATION:Koret Auditorium\, San Francisco Main Library\, 100 Larkin Avenune\, SAN FRANCISCO\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191012T160000
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SUMMARY:Bikes to Books Six-Year Anniversary Ride
DESCRIPTION:Combining San Francisco history\, art\, literature\, cycling\, and urban exploration\, Bikes to Books began as an homage to the 1988 street-naming project spearheaded by City Lights Books founder and former San Francisco Poet Laureate\, Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, in which 12 San Francisco streets were renamed for famous artists and authors who had once made San Francisco their home. Since 2013\, we’ve been leading our signature 7.1 mile tour of literary San Francisco from South Park to North Beach\, Jack London to Jack Kerouac\, and we’re excited to celebrate our six-year anniversary with you! Bring anecdotes or snippets of work of the featured authors to share\, or just come learn their stories as we ride through the city. \nMeet us on the north side of Jack London in South Park at 12:45. Bring bikes with gears\, snacks\, and enthusiasm. This is an urban ride of moderate difficulty\, recommended for riders 16 years of age and older. \nSaturday\, October 12\, 12:45-4:00 p.m.\nNorth side of Jack London Alley\, in South Park\, SF \nTour ends in North Beach outside City Lights Books \nEvent is Free\, with maps and posters available for purchase.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bikes-to-books-six-year-anniversary-ride/
LOCATION:Jack London Street\, Jack London Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Pugilist Poets of Venice book launch
DESCRIPTION:A Boomer\, an Xer\, and a Millennial walk into a book… \nJoin us for the launch of Jon Sindell’s new novel\, The Pugilist Poets of Venice\, from Big Table Publishing. \nMusic from The Book of Jones\, John Blatchford of Wax Moon\, Steven Kacsmar of Phantom City\, and Michael Crabtree will be followed by a reading from the book and an author signing. \nSee the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsCrxzUUs0&feature=youtu.be \nFine authors say: \n“This is a rollicking\, big-hearted tale\, full of laughter\, bravery and unflinching humanity. The touch is light\, but the questions are big: family\, loyalty\, art\, and love are the rightful subjects of Sindell’s troupe of misfits and raconteurs\, each of them a poet and each of them a pugilist too in this deeply funny and deeply felt novel.” \n~ Emily Kiernan\, author of The Great Divide \n“The Pugilist Poets of Venice is author Jon Sindell’s big fat juicy love letter to literature\, Los Angeles and\, most of all\, love. Disguised as a novel about free-spirited parenting\, boys becoming men and men becoming\, well\, grown-ups\, The Pugilist pulls no punches. With prose that zings\, swings and frequently sings\, Sindell tells a tough yet tender tale of brazen heartbreak amid ’90s bohemian hipsters.” \n~  Tracy DeBrincat\, author of Hollywood Buckaroo and Troglodyte \n  \n“Funny\, sad\, relatable\, and engrossing” \n~ Stephen D. Gutierrez\, American Book Award Winner \n  \n“With unflinching honesty\, humor and a keen eye for detail\, Sindell brings unforgettable characters to life in all their flaws and virtues. Page after page\, they kept surprising me; I couldn’t put the book down.” \n~ Martin McCaw\, The Low Road\, finalist in the International Book Awards \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-pugilist-poets-of-venice-book-launch/
LOCATION:Rolling Out Cafe\, 1722 Taraval St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Giacomo Sartori: I Am God
DESCRIPTION:Italian writer Giacomo Sartori discusses his new novel\, I Am God. \nPraise for I Am God \n“Who better to reflect on the state of the planet  than its creator? I Am God is by turns funny\, sad\, outrageous\, and tender—a cosmic romp.”— Elizabeth Kolbert\, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction \n“I am God is like a mirthful dream made real by the ingenuity of Sartori’s prose and Randall’s splendidly pointed and sly translation.”— Elizabeth McKenzie\, author of The Portable Veblen \n“A playful\, exciting\, mockingly modern voice\, translated\, what’s more\, by one of the few translators who can really make the Italian vernacular sing truly and fluently in English.”— Tim Parks\, author of Italian Ways and Italian Neighbors \nAbout I Am God \nDiabolically funny and subversively philosophical\, Italian novelist Giacomo Sartori’s I am God is the diary of the Almighty’s existential crisis that ensues when he falls in love with a human. \nI am God. Have been forever\, will be forever. Forever\, mind you\, with the razor-sharp glint of a diamond\, and without any counterpart in the languages of men. So begins God’s diary of the existential crisis that ensues when\, inexplicably\, he falls in love with a human. And not just any human\, but a geneticist and fanatical atheist who’s certain she can improve upon the magnificent creation she doesn’t even give him the credit for. It’s frustrating\, for a god. \nGod has infinitely bigger things to occupy his celestial attentions. Yet he can’t tear his eyes (so to speak) from the geneticist who’s unsettlingly avid when it comes to science\, sex\, and Sicilian cannoli. Whatever happens\, he must safeguard his transcendental dignity. So he watches—disinterestedly\, of course—as the handsome climatologist who has his sights set on her keeps having strange accidents. And as the lanky geneticist becomes hell-bent on infiltrating the Vatican’s secret files\, for reasons of her own…. \nA sly critique of the hypocrisy and hubris that underlie faith in religion\, science\, and macho careerism\, I Am God takes us on a hilarious and provocative romp through the Big Questions with the universe’s supreme storyteller. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/giacomo-sartori-i-am-god/
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:Mike and Anne Howard / Comfortably Wild: The Best Glamping Destinations in North America
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery welcomes Mike and Anne Howard back for their second book\, Comfortably Wild: The Best Glamping Destinations in North America. Join us! \nRiver rafting between luxury camps\, harvesting vegetables for a farm-to-table dinner\, and ziplining to your treehouse suite\, this is experiential travel at its finest. Breaking the mold of big-box hotels and transforming camping into a glamorous affair\, this revolutionary travel style needed its story told. Traveling over 73\,000 miles from Canada to Costa Rica\, authors Mike & Anne Howard of the acclaimed blog HoneyTrek.com sought out the best glamping destinations in North America and the deeper meaning of this trending term. In the first guide of its kind\, the Howards dive into the origins of glamping and this 21st-century craving for unconventional experiences that effortlessly connect us with nature\, our loved ones\, and ourselves. Rather than being organized by style of lodging\, each chapter of Comfortably Wild offers a unique way to vacation\, like the boutique farmstays in “Cultivate\,” wellness retreats in “Rejuvenate\,” and the action-packed journeys of “In Motion.” Seventy-plus destinations across nine countries come alive with colorful descriptions and hundreds of gorgeous photographs. In addition to inspiring stories\, they offer practical tips to finding the right destinations for you and mobilizing a lifetime of unforgettable adventures. \n\nMike and Anne Howard left on their honeymoon in January 2012 and never came home. They created HoneyTrek.com to chronicle their journey across all seven continents and to help people mobilize their travel dreams. Their story as the “World’s Longest Honeymooners\,” savvy tips\, and blog have been acclaimed by the AP\, Lonely Planet\, USA Today\, Condé Nast Traveler\, CBS\, and more. Having scouted hotels around the world for Honeymoons.com\, blogged for Glamping.com\, and authored National Geographic’s best-selling book on couples adventure travel (Ultimate Journeys for Two)\, the Howards were poised to write the first-ever book on glamping in North America. Through their writing\, photography\, public speaking\, trip coaching\, travel advising\, and social media\, the Howards hope to inspire more people to explore outside their comfort zone. Follow their adventures @HoneyTrek. \n\nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \nThis is an all ages event. The bar opens with the store at 2pm; event starts at 4pm. \nAs with all of our events\, seating may be limited; you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing the book below — when checking out\, just be sure to include a note that you’d like to attend the event. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Comfortably Wild\, order below and put your request in the comments field. \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mike-and-anne-howard-comfortably-wild-the-best-glamping-destinations-in-north-america/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society - Litquake 2019
DESCRIPTION:Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society – Litquake 2019\nSunday\, October 13\, 2019\, 5:00 p.m.\, City Lights Booksellers\, 261 Columbus Avenue\, San Francisco\n\nCity Lights in conjunction with Litquake present \nTales of the San Francisco Cacaphony Society \nwith John Law and friends \ncelebrating the release of the revised edition of the counter culture classic \n  \nTales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society \nproduced by Kevin Evans\, John Law\, and Carrie Galbraith \npublished by Last Gasp Books \nA template for pranksters\, artists\, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity\, for years to come. \nTales Of The San Francisco Cacophony Society tells the history of the most influential underground cabal that you have never heard of. \nRising from the ashes of the mysterious and legendary Suicide Club\, The Cacophony Society\, at its zenith\, hosted chapters in over a dozen major cities\, and influenced much of what was once called the underground. \nFlash Mobs\, Urban Exploration\, and Culture Jamming are a few of the pop culture trends that Cacophony helped kick off. \nChuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club\, Burning Man and Internet social networking powerhouse Laughing Squid were informed and inspired by Cacophony. The Burning Man Festival actually began as a Cacophony event as did the annual\, and now world-wide SantaCon. \nCacophony events could range from something as simple as climbing the Golden Gate Bridge or having a discussion over drinks about a movie seen together\, to something as elaborate as The Atomic Café — an event involving a hundred bedraggled “nuclear holocaust Survivors” mounting elaborate costumed rituals throughout the bowels of a massive abandoned tooth paste factory. \nYes…. Cacophony was that strange. \nCacophony’s heyday was concurrent with the rise of the internet. The story of this group is of historical significance for this reason. Information about upcoming pranks\, street theater and other events hosted by Cacophony was spread by paper flyers posted on telephone poles and left in coffee shops\, by the Societies mailer “Rough Draft” and by word of mouth. Then\, with the genesis of personal computing and social networking\, the jokers\, artists and troublemakers of Cacophony were among some of the first non-geeks to explore the power of this new and world changing way of communicating. \nBurning Man\, Urban Exploration\, flash mobs and the like were avenues of creativity with their roots in Cacophony\, that spread like wildfire through the mechanism of these new communication technologies. \nWhat has been said about the Cacaphony Society: \n“Find out what you are afraid of and go live there” — Chuck Palahniuk\, Fight Club \n“A book every lover of eccentricity and enemy of the status quo should enjoy.” — Margaret Cho
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tales-of-the-san-francisco-cacophony-society-litquake-2019/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T223620
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SUMMARY:Daniel Poppick: Fear of Description
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Poppick reads from his new poetry collection\, Fear of Description. \nPraise for Fear of Description: \n“No matter where a reader begins in Fear of Description\, the end is near and a beginning closer.  As far as this book travels\, it’s always there to meet itself\, though its trajectory is never predictable.  There is also the ancient lament of the worker/writer\, trying to sing a timeless song in an age of ring tones. Poppick’s stop-motion ability to convey multitude in moments is genius—Merwin-like in its sensorial clarity\, and\, where the poet chooses formal restriction\, Keatsian in density and bloom.” —Brenda Shaughnessy\, author of Our Andromeda \n“In Fear of Description\, Daniel Poppick\, like many of the most interesting writers of our time\, folds the labor of writing into the content of his poetry\, stirs it around\, and comes up with something genuinely free. The wildness of his lines had me amazed and grateful.” —Lucy Ives\, author of Impossible Views of the World  \n“Fear of Description is a bold book. Through Poppick’s memories we relive that brief window of youth when friendship is the magic audience that grounds us. In a world that seems stingy and random\, Poppick and his friends glean meaning from seances\, road trips\, shared economic anxiety\, houses\, and shaving rituals. Tears\, like the dead\, sneak up on them.” —Jennifer Moxley\, author of The Open Secret  \nAbout Fear of Description \nFrom Midwestern bars to Brooklyn apartments\, narrative poems that find millennials adrift–in political upheaval and personal crisis–and trying to find their way back to one another \nWinner of the 2018 National Poetry Series competition\, selected by Brenda Shaughnessy \nThese poems tell the story of a generation in crisis: at odds with its own ideals\, precariously (or just un-) employed\, and absolutely terrified of seeing itself in the planet’s future. Is our contemporary moment pure tragedy\, or a dark joke? Can it be both? Cutting back and forth in time and ranging between elegiac lyrics and autobiographical accounts of a group of poets moving from Iowa to Brooklyn in the years just before and after the 2016 election\, Fear of Description reinvigorates the prose poem\, exploring the slippery terrain between grief and friendship\, artifice and technology\, writing and ritual\, hauntings and obsessions–searching for joy in art but instead finding it in pitch darkness.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daniel-poppick-fear-of-description/
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:TA-NEHISI COATES In Conversation with Michael Chabon
DESCRIPTION:TA-NEHISI COATES\nIn Conversation with Michael Chabon\nMonday\, October 14\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Special Events \n Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nNote: Ta-Nehisi Coates will be appearing at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on both Monday\, October 14 and Tuesday\, October 15\, at 7:30pm \nEach ticket includes a copy of Coates’ new novel The Water Dancer \nIn his debut novel\, The Water Dancer\, Ta-Nehisi Coates tells the story of a young man born into slavery\, who journeys from the plantation-dense South to the rebellious rumblings of the North\, on a path that glimmers with magic and loss. Coates’ ever-relevant writing takes on a prescient force\, as his 2014 cover story for The Atlantic\, “The Case for Reparations\,” re-enters the national discourse\, in the build-up to the 2020 election. Coates is a distinguished writer-in-residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, and the author of The Beautiful Struggle\, We Were Eight Years in Power\, and Between The World And Me. He is also the current author of the Marvel comics The Black Panther and Captain America. \nAn “immensely gifted writer and magical prose stylist” (The New York Times)\, Michael Chabon is celebrated for his remarkable ability to transport his readers.  His many novels include Moonglow\, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh\, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union\, Wonder Boys\, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay\, and Telegraph Avenue.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ta-nehisi-coates-in-conversation-with-michael-chabon/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson
DESCRIPTION:Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to San Francisco on Monday\, October 14 at Davies Symphony Hall\, for a special limited book tour for his new book\, “Letters from an Astrophysicist”: http://bit.ly/NDT2019-SF \nDr. Neil deGrasse Tyson\, the host of National Geographic’s StarTalk\, bestselling author and Director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium\, will be presenting an evening of engaging conversation on science\, exploration and the world as we know it. \nTyson\, a native of New York City is host of StarTalk\, a radio and television series\, as well as FOX’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. He is a New York Times bestselling author of 11 books and is also a frequent guest on The Daily Show. President George W. Bush appointed Tyson in 2001 and 2004 to serve on commissions studying the future of the U.S. aerospace industry and the implementation of the U.S. space exploration policy\, respectively. Tyson is also the recipient of 18 honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal\, the highest award given by NASA to non-government citizens. \nVIP seating includes a copy of Dr. Tyson’s new book\, Letters from an Astrophysicist\, and an exclusive post show photo opportunity with Dr. Tyson. Purchasers will be contacted via e-mail on their order a few days prior to the performance with specific details. \nEach ticket purchase includes a copy of Dr. Tyson’s new book\, Letters from an Astrophysicist\, redeemable at the performance.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-evening-with-neil-degrasse-tyson/
LOCATION:SHN: Broadway in San Francisco\, 1182 Market St Ste 200\, San Francisco\, California\, 94102
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square
DESCRIPTION:The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetic-tuesdays-with-litquake-at-jessie-square-6/
LOCATION:Jessie Square\, 736 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T210000
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SUMMARY:Jeanette Winterson - Litquake 2019
DESCRIPTION:Jeanette Winterson – Litquake 2019\nTuesday\, October 15\, 2019\, 7:00 p.m.\, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco\, 3200 California St\, San Francisco\, CA 94118\n\nCity Lights in conjunction with Jewish Community Center of San Francisco and Litquake present \nJeanette Winterson in a special performance and booksigning \n \ncelebrating the release of her new novel \nFrankissstein \npublished by Grove Atlantic Press \nat \nJewish Community Center of San Francisco\, 3200 California St\, San Francisco\, CA 94118 \nAdmission: $30.00 \nfor ticket purchase visit: https://www.jccsf.org/ \nIn 1816\, nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley wrote a story about creating a non-biological life-form. Her creation\, Frankenstein\, has fueled creative imagination for over 200 years. \nNow with the possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) redefining our future\, Shelley’s story has been reimagined for the 21st century by one of our finest novelists. How close are we to a future in which homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? What will we do when we get there? And what are the possibilities of AI – and the responsibilities of creating it? \nEnjoy an evening of animated readings and thought-provoking entertainment when Jeanette Winterson takes to our stage to read from her latest creation\, Frankissstein. Explore the  fascinating possibilities of transhumanism\, artificial intelligence and queer love. \nCity Lights will be selling books at this event. \nJeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester\, England. After graduating from Oxford University\, she published her first novel\, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit\, at age twenty-five\, to widespread acclaim and a BAFTA for her BBC TV adaption. Twenty-seven years later\, she revisited that material in the bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She has written ten novels for adults\, as well as children’s books\, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She believes that art is for everyone and it is her mission to prove it.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jeanette-winterson-litquake-2019/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center of San Francisco\, 3200 California St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T210000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tommy Orange
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an incredible evening celebrating literature with the Pulitzer Prize finalist author of There\, There. \nTommy Orange is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts\, where he now teaches. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma\, he was born and raised in Oakland\, California. His first novel There There won the PEN/Hemingway Award\, was 2019 Pulitzer Fiction finalist\, was longlisted for a National Book Award\, and was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by many publications. \nPlease keep an eye on this event page for forthcoming ticketing information.https://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/southeast.htm
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-evening-with-tommy-orange/
LOCATION:Knuth Hall\, San Francisco State University\, 1600 Holloway Ave\, San Francisco\, California\, 94132
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T210000
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SUMMARY:Hexing the Patriarchy with Ariel Gore
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a magical evening with Ariel Gore\, Michelle Gonzales (The Spitboy Rule)\, MK Chavez (Dear Animal)\, Dani Burlison (All of Me)\, Michelle Threadgould\, and Four Elements Fitness (Oakland).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hexing-the-patriarchy-with-ariel-gore/
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:20191015T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T210000
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CREATED:20190822T231241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190822T231241Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. M Jackson: The Secret Lives of Glaciers
DESCRIPTION:Dr. M Jackson discusses her new book\, The Secret Lives of Glaciers. \nPraise for The Secret Lives of Glaciers \n“This outrageous book\, rich with revelation and stewardship\, is\, at its deepest level\, an icy blue love story to make us reconsider what it means to be fully alive – and open to wonder – in our ever-changing world.” Kim Heacox\, Author\, John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire \n“M Jackson brings a powerful combination of skills to bear in her ambitious task of complicating our understanding of the rapidly dwindling masses of ice with which we share this planet. Blending hands-on science\, vivid descriptive writing\, affecting personal anecdote\, and insightful cultural observation\, The Secret Lives of Glaciers is a hypnotic and inspiring book–essential reading for anyone who loves nature and is concerned about the human species’ continued existence within it.” Tim Weed\, Author\, A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing \n“M Jackson is a master storyteller\, weaving evocative anecdotes and historical and scientific narratives into an intricate dance of the relationship between man and ice. Jackson writes eloquently\, her stories of the real\, concrete effects of climate change on the people of Iceland both informative and heart-wrenching. ” Dr. Michele Koppes\, Glaciologist & Geographer \nAbout The Secret Lives of Glaciers \nGeographer\, adventurer\, environmental educator\, 2018 TED Fellow and National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer Dr. M Jackson studies and writes about glaciers and climate change worldwide. \nSeeking to understand the wild diversity and complexity that exists between people and ice\, Jackson lived for a year on the south-eastern coast of Iceland\, chronicling in The Secret Lives of Glaciers the cultural and societal impacts of glacier change on local communities. Jackson interviewed hundreds of Icelanders living in close proximity to ice\, seeking to understand just what was at stake as the island’s ice disappeared. \nPainstakingly detailed\, Jackson recounts stories of glaciers told by people throughout the region\, stories exploring the often conflicting and controversial plasticity of glaciers\, the power glaciers enact in society\, the possible sentience of glaciers\, and the range of intertwined positive and negative consequences glacier change produces throughout Iceland. The Secret Lives of Glaciers reaches beyond Iceland and touches on changing glaciers everywhere\, revealing oft-overlooked interactions between people and ice throughout human history. \nThe Secret Lives of Glaciers delivers a critical message: understanding glaciers and people together teaches us about how human society worldwide experiences being in the world today amidst increasing climatic changes and anthropogenic transformation of all of Earth’s systems. Instead of creating another catalogue of all the ice the world is losing\, The Secret Lives of Glaciers explores what we may yet find with glaciers: hope for humanity\, and the possibility of saving this world’s glaciers.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dr-m-jackson-the-secret-lives-of-glaciers/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T213000
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SUMMARY:TA-NEHISI COATES In Conversation with Chris Jackson
DESCRIPTION:TA-NEHISI COATES\nIn Conversation with Chris Jackson\nTuesday\, October 15\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Special Events \n Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nNote: Ta-Nehisi Coates will be appearing at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on both Monday\, October 14 and Tuesday\, October 15\, at 7:30pm \nEach ticket includes a copy of Coates’ new novel\, The Water Dancer \nIn his debut novel\, The Water Dancer\, Ta-Nehisi Coates tells the story of a young man born into slavery\, who journeys from the plantation-dense South to the rebellious rumblings of the North\, on a path that glimmers with magic and loss. Coates’ ever-relevant writing takes on a prescient force\, as his 2014 cover story for The Atlantic\, “The Case for Reparations\,” re-enters the national discourse\, in the build-up to the 2020 election. Coates is a distinguished writer-in-residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, and the author of The Beautiful Struggle\, We Were Eight Years in Power\, and Between The World And Me. He is also the current author of the Marvel comics The Black Panther and Captain America. \nChris Jackson is the publisher and editor-in-chief of One World\, a newly relaunched imprint of Random House. He’s the editor of a wide range of award-winning and bestselling authors\, including Ta-Nehisi Coates\, Jenna Wortham\, Bryan Stevenson\, Michelle Alexander\, Trevor Noah\, and Nikole Hannah-Jones. His own writing has appeared in The Paris Review\, Callalloo\, The Atlantic.com\, and other outlets.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ta-nehisi-coates-in-conversation-with-chris-jackson/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T213000
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SUMMARY:LAUNCH for Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox / Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith celebrates the launch of the new book by Rachel Swaby and Kit Fox\, Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women’s Running Revolutionary. please join us! \n“A story lost to history illuminates the unique way sports supports feminism . . . A story about what running really is: competing with other runners and not against them.” – Kirkus Reviews \nFifty-two years ago\, a girl known as Mighty Moe broke the women’s world marathon record at a small race in Toronto. This was an era when girls and women were discouraged from the sport and the longest track event at the Olympics for women was 25.6 miles shorter than a marathon. Thirteen-year-old Moe’s world-beating victory was greeted with chauvinistic disapproval and accusations of cheating—as were many of her achievements in the sport she had excelled at from the age of ten. Within less than two years\, the controversy took its toll and Maureen quit running. \nHere is the untold story of Mighty Moe’s tenacity and triumph in the face of adversity as a young athlete—and of a grown-up Maureen finding her way back to the sport decades later. This inspiring biography for readers and racers of all ages showcases the truly groundbreaking achievements of an unassuming\, amazing young athlete. \nMighty Moe includes an introduction by Kathrine Switzer\, the first woman to officially register and run in the Boston Marathon (and Maureen’s only fellow female competitor at the 1967 record-setting race)\, and an afterword by Des Linden\, the first-place finisher of the 11\,628 women who raced the 2018 Boston Marathon. \n\nRachel Swaby and Kit Fox produced the Runner’s World podcast “Human Race\,” where Mighty Moe’s story was first told. Rachel is the author of Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science—and the World (a Random House adult title) as well as its MG version\, Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World\, and Kit is a magazine editor at Hearst. \n\nThis event is free and all ages. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \nAs with all of our events\, seating may be limited; you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing the book below — when checking out\, just be sure to include a note that you’d like to attend the event. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Might Moe\, order below and put your request in the comments field; to request signed copies of Rachel’s other books\, order here and do the same.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/launch-for-rachel-swaby-and-kit-fox-mighty-moe-the-true-story-of-a-thirteen-year-old-womens-running-revolutionary/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:LOGIC MAGAZINE: print/ops - Litquake 2019
DESCRIPTION:LOGIC MAGAZINE: print/ops – Litquake 2019\nWednesday\, October 16\, 2019\, 7:00 p.m.\, City Lights Booksellers\, 261 Columbus Avenue\, San Francisco\n\nprint/ops : a roundtable about technology \nwith Jim Fingal and friends \nWhen developing software systems\, engineers typically seek to automate repetitive tasks to reduce toil — defined as tasks that are manual\, repetitive\, tactical\, devoid of enduring value\, and that scale linearly as a system grows. That works great in the electronic world software systems — but how does this idea apply to the world of small magazines and publishers where we have physical objects to produce and somehow get to people? \nLogic Magazine hosts a round-table of small publishers who get into the nitty-gritty details of the hacks\, kludges\, and workarounds we’ve put into place in our digital systems to enable small groups of people to produce and distribute physical print objects AT SCALE. (Or not so much.)\nLearn more about the magazine\, and read their manifesto\, at logicmag.io.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/logic-magazine-print-ops-litquake-2019/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Mesha Maren and M. Randal O'Wain
DESCRIPTION:M. Randal O’Wain and Mesha Maren discuss their new works\, Meander Belt: Family\, Loss and Coming of Age in the Working Class South and Sugar Run. \nAbout Meander Belt \nIn Meander Belt M. Randal O’Wain offers a reflection on how a working-class boy from Memphis\, Tennessee\, came to fall in love with language\, reading\, writing\, and the larger world outside of the American South. This memoir examines what it means for the son of a carpenter to value mental rather than physical labor and what this does to his relationship with his family\, whose livelihood and sensibility are decidedly blue collar. Straining the father-son bond further\, O’Wain leaves home to find a life outside Memphis\, roaming from place to place\, finding odd jobs\, and touring with his band. From memory and observation\, O’Wain assembles a subtle and spare portrait of his roots\, family\, and ultimately discovers that his working-class upbringing is not so antithetical to the man he has become. \nAbout Sugar Run \n“A heady admixture of explosive plot and taut\, burnished prose . . . Mesha Maren writes like a force of nature.” —Lauren Groff\, author of Florida \nIn 1989\, Jodi McCarty is seventeen years old when she’s sentenced to life in prison. When she’s released eighteen years later\, she finds herself at a Greyhound bus stop\, reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom but determined to chart a better course for herself. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian Mountains\, she heads south in search of someone she left behind\, as a way of finally making amends. There\, she meets and falls in love with Miranda\, a troubled young mother living in a motel room with her children. Together they head toward what they hope will be a fresh start. But what do you do with your past—and with a town and a family that refuses to forget\, or to change? \nSet within the charged insularity of rural West Virginia\, Mesha Maren’s Sugar Run is a searing and gritty debut about making a break for another life\, the use and treachery of makeshift families\, and how\, no matter the distance we think we’ve traveled from the mistakes we’ve made\, too often we find ourselves standing in precisely the place we began. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mesha-maren-and-m-randal-owain/
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:Caleb Woods / Harnessing Darkness: Expressing Mental Illness Through Poetry
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts Caleb Woods for his first book\, Harnessing Darkness: Expressing Mental Illness Through Poetry. Please join us! \nHarnessing Darkness traces the struggle of living with mental illness. Through sections aptly titled Birth\, Life\, Death\, and Rebirth\, Caleb Woods gives readers the experience of what it’s like to live in the mind of someone who struggles with a roller coaster of emotions on a daily basis. Caleb chooses to open the doors of his mind\, allowing you to see not only the dark\, but the light. Caleb lets each nightmare\, depressed thought\, and abundance of anxieties come to the surface with harrowing and hopeful poems about the struggles of living with mental illness and growing up gay in the Bible Belt. Experience loss\, pain\, heartbreak\, and hope with Harnessing Darkness. \n\nCaleb Woods began writing at a young age\, first to cope with bullying at school and later to soothe his depressing thoughts. Growing up in the small town of Pisgah\, Alabama\, he was surrounded by religion and found it increasingly difficult to reconcile his faith with his sexual orientation. Caleb was told he would spend an eternity in hell for being gay – and he believed it. He was first officially diagnosed with PTSD in high school after his closest friend died unexpectedly. He moved away to college but ignored his symptoms and didn’t seek help for his mental illness. After years of suffering silently\, he began to accept his sexual orientation and eventually met his now husband\, Luke. Despite a happy marriage\, Caleb continued to suffer with symptoms of PTSD. At their peak\, the night terrors and panic attacks finally drove him to seek professional help. His doctor quickly confirmed that PTSD was the diagnosis and it wasn’t something to be taken lightly. Today\, Caleb receives treatment for PTSD\, panic disorder\, and depression by attending reoccurring therapy sessions. Throughout these years\, Caleb wrote poetry about his specific struggles surrounding mental illness and growing up gay in the Bible Belt. In his debut book\, Harnessing Darkness: Expressing Mental Illness Through Poetry\, he reveals his most personal thoughts – some dark\, some light\, some suffering\, some uplifting\, but all existential. Currently\, Caleb lives with his husband in Birmingham\, Alabama. He is a full-time writer\, author\, and poet who enjoys reading\, traveling\, playing board games\, and collecting pop culture memorabilia. \n\nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \nThis is an all ages event. The Bindery bar opens at 7pm; event starts at 7:30pm. \nAs with all of our events\, seating may be limited; you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing the book below — when checking out\, just be sure to include a note that you’d like to attend the event. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Harnessing Darkness\, order below and put your request in the comments field. \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/caleb-woods-harnessing-darkness-expressing-mental-illness-through-poetry/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T213000
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SUMMARY:ZADIE SMITH
DESCRIPTION:ZADIE SMITH\nWednesday\, October 16\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: “On Arts” Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program \n Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nZadie Smith is known for her emotionally rich stories\, superb dialogue\, and unique perspective on contemporary culture. Smith wrote her widely acclaimed debut novel White Teeth during her final year at Cambridge before going on to cement her reputation as one of the most important voices of her generation with Swing Time\, The Autograph Man\, On Beauty\, and NW. Grand Union\, her debut short-story collection\, moves across genres and perspectives\, from the historic to the vividly current to the slyly dystopian\, offering a sharply alert collection about time and place\, identity and rebirth\, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves\, and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zadie-smith/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Author Reading: Sehba Sarwar\, Fan Wu\, and liz gonzález
DESCRIPTION:This literary event celebrates women of color authors\, who will be reading from and talking about their writing and how their various backgrounds influence their creative works. Award-winning Pakistani writer and artist\, Sehba Sarwar\, will read from her recently-published debut novel Black Wings. This book is about a story of a mother and daughter who struggle to meet across the generations\, cultures and secrets that separate them. Bay Area-based writer Fan Wu will read from her critically acclaimed novels including Beautiful as Yesterday\, a book about two sisters who were born and brought up in China and now reside in the United States. Her writing explores the impact of history and memories on one’s life. And fourth-generation Southern Californian liz gonzález will share from her multi-genre collection Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds. Her book explores memories\, pivotal experiences and cultural influences that shaped her when growing up as a nontraditional Catholic Mexican American in San Bernardino.  A book sale and signing will follow the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/author-reading-sehba-sarwar-fan-wu-and-liz-gonzalez/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, Main Branch\, 100 Larkin St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Betabrand Podcast Theatre with Mary Ladd and Don Asmussen
DESCRIPTION:A Betabrand Podcast Theatre event featuring author Mary Ladd and illustrator Don Asmussen.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/betabrand-podcast-theatre-with-mary-ladd-and-don-asmussen/
LOCATION:Betabrand\, 780 Valencia Street\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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