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SUMMARY:BERKELEY ARTS & LETTERS: Shaun King / Make Change: How to Fight Injustice\, Dismantle Systemic Oppression\, and Own Our Future
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts activist and journalist Shaun King for his new book Make Change: How to Fight Injustice\, Dismantle Systemic Oppression\, and Own Our Future. Please join us! \nPlease note: This event is ticketed\, and will take place at First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley. Tickets\, including discounted book bundles\, are available in advance here. \n \nAdvance tickets are highly recommended — night-of tickets are not guaranteed. Unless otherwise noted here\, general admission tickets will be available at the door. \n\nAs a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement\, Shaun King has become one of the most recognizable and powerful voices on the front lines of civil rights in our time. In Make Change\, King offers an inspiring look at the moments that have shaped his life and considers the ways social movements can grow and evolve in this hyper-connected era. He shares stories from his efforts leading the Raise the Age campaign and his work fighting police brutality\, while providing a roadmap for how to stay sane\, safe\, and motivated even in the worst of political climates. By turns infuriating\, inspiring\, and educational\, Make Change will resonate with those who believe that America can — and must — do better. \n\nShaun King was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most important people in the world online. He covers civil rights issues for the Intercept and is writer-in-residence at the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School. Previously\, King served as a pastor\, teacher\, and full time motivational speaker in Atlanta’s juvenile justice system. In 2019\, King launched the media platform The North Star\, which has hundreds of thousands of members and subscribers. His podcast The Breakdown has remained one of the most popular news and politics category on Apple with over 100k subscribers. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. \n\nPlease note: \n–  Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \n–  Signing and additional details coming soon. \n–  This event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you. \n– If you can’t attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Make Change\, order below and be sure to enter your request in the special field. \n–  To reserve a seat and a discounted book bundle\, get your tickets in advance. \n–  Facebook RSVP not required\, but always appreciated.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-shaun-king-make-change-how-to-fight-injustice-dismantle-systemic-oppression-and-own-our-future/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:In Common Writers Series: John Yau and Claudia La Rocco\, reading and in conversation
DESCRIPTION:Wrapping up Spring 2020 with another double-program in The Poetry Center’s In Common Writers Series\, we are delighted to host renowned poet and art critic John Yau\, on a rare visit from New York City. Following his reading and conversation with poet\, translator\, and SF State faculty member Andrew Joron\, at The Poetry Center on Thursday May 7\, we move across the Bay on Friday May 8\, for John Yau together with poet/performer and editor of SFMOMA’s online magazine Open Space\, Claudia La Rocco\, reading and in conversation at Pro Arts Gallery & Commons\, right downtown (12th Street BART) in Frank Ogawa Plaza. Supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund\, these events are free and open to the public. \nDetails soon \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated event: \nIn Common Writers Series\nJohn Yau and Andrew Joron \nreading and in conversation\nThursday May 7\n7:00 pm @ The Poetry Center\nHumanities 512\, SF State University\nfree and open to the public\nsupported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund \n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center and Pro Arts Gallery & Commons
URL:https://litseen.com/event/in-common-writers-series-john-yau-and-claudia-la-rocco-reading-and-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Pro Arts Gallery\, 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Solnit and Brit Marling
DESCRIPTION:TICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 \nThis event appears in the series\nSocial Studies \n\n\nRebecca Solnit is an incisive voice on topics ranging from feminism to the environment\, western and indigenous history to literary criticism\, and from hope and disaster to popular power and social change. She has published more than twenty books\, including three collections of essays – Hope in the Dark\, Men Explain Things to Me\, and The Mother of All Questions – as well as a trilogy of atlases of American cities and a work of literary criticism on Eadweard Muybridge. Her memoir\, Recollections of My Nonexistence looks back on the formative people\, places\, and experiences that provided Solnit with her empowering and ever-vital notion of self\, and the voicelessness that was and still is the ordinary condition of women. \nIn 2011\, Brit Marling made an indelible mark at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival as the first female multi-hyphenate to have two films premiere side by side: “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice\,” both of  which she co-wrote and starred in. Since then\, she has appeared in many other films\, and Marling currently stars in “The OA\,” a critically acclaimed Netflix series that she co-created. After earning a degree in economics (and a leave of absence from college to live in Havana\, Cuba and direct a documentary there)\, Marling worked in finance before pursuing work she found more meaningful: acting and writing. Quickly attuned to the power imbalances in Hollywood\, Marling focused on creating projects that would offer counter-narratives to the more common ones diminishing women’s worth. “It’s a powerful moment when courageous people begin speaking about how they have been harmed\, which is a deeply difficult thing to do because it means wading through a swamp of shame you’ve been made to feel. I am inspired by them all. We should let their strength guide our way forward\, which means beginning a much larger conversation about the role economic inequality often plays in rape culture.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rebecca-solnit-and-brit-marling/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:ODD SALON SF: VIRTUOSO
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Odd Salon VIRTUOSO on Tues\, May 12 at Public Works\, San Francisco\n\n\nVIRTUOSO\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEarly bird tickets go on sale on April 7 through Friday April 17 only. \n~ Salon details and speakers to be announced ~ \nTuesday\, May 12 at Public Works\, San Francisco \nDoors open for pre-salon cocktail hour at 6:30\, Talks begin at 7:30 \nReserved Seats available. General Admission seats are first come\, first served. \nOdd Salon Members always enjoy discounted Join our growing membership for ticket discounts and Members-only opportunities. Find out more>
URL:https://litseen.com/event/odd-salon-sf-virtuoso/
LOCATION:Public Works\, 161 Erie Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Noir with Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill
DESCRIPTION:celebrating the release of the the new crime fiction anthology \nBerkeley Noir \nEdited by Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill \npublished by Akashic Books \nBerkeley brings its own unique blend of Bay Area noir\, complementing the grit and grime that preceded it in San Francisco Noir and Oakland Noir. \nAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies\, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories\, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. \nBrand-new stories by: Barry Gifford\, Jim Nisbet\, Lexi Pandell\, Lucy Jane Bledsoe\, Mara Faye Lethem\, Thomas Burchfield\, Shanthi Sekaran\, Nick Mamatas\, Kimn Neilson\, Jason S. Ridler\, Susan Dunlap\, J.M. Curet\, Summer Brenner\, Michael David Lukas\, Aya de León\, and Owen Hill. \nJerry Thompson is a bookseller\, poet\, playwright\, and musician. His work has appeared in ZYZZYVA and the James White Review. He is the coauthor of Images of America: Black Artists in Oakland. His fiction and prose have appeared in various anthologies including Voices Rising\, edited by G. Winston James\, and Freedom in this Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men’s Writing\, edited by E. Lynn Harris. He is the coeditor of both Oakland Noir \nOwen Hill is the author of two crime novels\, The Chandler Apartments and The Incredible Double\, and he coedited The Annotated Big Sleep with Pamela Jackson and Anthony Dean Rizzuto. Until recently he lived in the Chandler Building on the corner of Telegraph and Dwight in Berkeley.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-noir-with-jerry-thompson-and-owen-hill/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Katie Burke: Urban Playground
DESCRIPTION:Katie Burke discusses her new book Urban Playground: What Kids Say about Living in San Francisco. \nPraise for Urban Playground \n“In this charming\, warm-hearted\, often very funny book\, Katie Burke takes us into the minds of children—a place we should all spend more time! Not only a wonderfully insightful kid’s eye guide to San Francisco\, Urban Playground is also an interactive manual for getting into the minds of your own—and your friends’—children. Reading its sweet—and sometimes quirky—interviews\, is to see San Francisco with the freshest eyes possible.”—JANIS COOKE NEWMAN\, author of A Master Plan for Rescue \n“If you’re seeking the honest truth from kids\, you will find few better resources than Urban Playground\, by San Francisco writer Katie Burke. Burke’s StoryCorps-like interviews\, quoting kids on everything from pupusas to Pride Week\, reveal that the Bay Area remains a fertile ground for smart\, confident\, and fun-loving kids. Says a seven-year-old girl who’s on the road to becoming an archaeologist\, ‘It usually takes about maybe a month or a year to dig up one dinosaur.’ After reading this book\, I wouldn’t be surprised if she or another San Francisco kid figured out how to dig one up sooner!.”—SALLY SMITH\, Editor and Co-Publisher\, The Noe Valley Voice \n“Children make the best tour guides. In Katie Burke’s lively Urban Playground series\, young city-dwellers share how they experience all aspects of city life\, from restaurants\, holidays\, people\, and parks to pets\, schools\, sports\, shops\, and activities. Their observations are moving and thought-provoking\, and reveal what makes a city interesting and unique. This book will appeal to adults and kids who wish to see (and re-see) San Francisco.”—CHRISTINA CLANCY\, author of The Second Home \nAbout Urban Playground \nRural areas cover 97 percent of the United States–yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the millions of children who populate our nation’s cities?\nIn Urban Playground\, Katie Burke interviews fifty children\, ages five to nine\, who live in San Francisco. In each conversation\, she explores one of ten different themes–family\, school\, pets\, vacation\, work\, heroes\, holidays\, favorite foods\, talents\, and sports–followed by insights on the topic. She rounds out each segment with five questions for adults and kids to discuss after they’ve read it together\, encouraging open\, honest dialogue about young readers’ thoughts on the subject matter at hand. Future books in the series will expand into other major U.S. cities. Fun\, accessible\, and interactive\, Urban Playground is an important window into the ways children in cities think about and describe the most important aspects of their lives–which is every aspect of their lives. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katie-burke-urban-playground/
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:Rebecca Solnit\, Lidia Yuknavitch\, & Jaime Cortez For Green Arcade Books
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising Goal: $2000 \nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. Writer\, historian\, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism\, western and indigenous history\, popular power\, social change and insurrection\, wandering and walking\, hope and disaster. Lidia Yuknavitch is the National Bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan and The Small Backs of Children\, winner of the 2016 Oregon Book Award’s Ken Kesey Award for Fiction as well as the Reader’s Choice Award\, the novel Dora: A Headcase\, and a critical book on war and narrative\, Allegories Of Violence (Routledge). Jaime Cortez is a Northern California writer and visual artist. His book of short stories\, entitled “Gordo\,” will be published by Grove Atlantic Press in 2021. \nThis event is hosted by Charlie Jane Anders\, organizer of Writers With Drinks. \nAll proceeds benefit Green Arcade Books. Shop online now! \n\nMay 22 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite\n\n\nWe use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code. (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video\, but it’s nice to see faces.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rebecca-solnit-lidia-yuknavitch-jaime-cortez-for-green-arcade-books/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Micheline Aharonian Marcom: The New American
DESCRIPTION:Micheline Aharonian Marcom discusses her new novel The New American with Sara Campos. \nSelect praise for Micheline Aharonian Marcom \n“The fierce beauty of her prose both confronts readers with many breathtaking cruelties and carries us past them.”The New York Times \n“Powerful…Marcom’s writing is intensely poetic.”Washington Post \n“Lyrical…Marcom is so talented.”Chicago Tribune \n“Dazzling and disquieting.”Los Angeles Times \n“Marcom’s seamless\, ethereal prose is suffused with raw emotion; there is heart-break on every page\, but also hope.”San Francisco Chronicle \nAbout The New American \nIn this timely and emotionally powerful novel\, award-winning author Micheline A. Marcom recounts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan-American college student\, a “dreamer\,” who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. \nEmilio believes he is living the American Dream: his parents\, who emigrated from Guatemala to California\, sacrifice daily to ensure it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers\, Emilio is determined to get his driver’s license—however\, his mother discourages it. When Emilio asks why\, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is undocumented. \nEmilio adjusts to his new normal. He attends UC Berkeley. He falls in love. All is going well…until Emilio gets into a car accident and—without a driver’s license or any documentation—the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE]. \nEmilio is deported to Guatemala. But he is determined to get back to California\, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles through remote towns\, lush jungles\, and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the US-Mexico border\, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. \nInspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees\, and told in lyrical prose\, Micheline A. Marcom weaves a heart-pounding and heartbreaking tale of adventure. The New American is an important and well-timed novel that asks us what we have in common—across cultures\, experiences\, and borders—and what makes us not only American\, but altogether human.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/micheline-aharonian-marcom-the-new-american/
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:Voz Sin Tinta Zoom Reading
DESCRIPTION:Folks! Join us Thursday evening for a Zoom open mic! Find the link below! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOivqDsuGN3874bFQ-7kFD56Uvs4cPG4?fbclid=IwAR0ccdL5H4kZSVW4zZZOpl8-4Qah1LVvcxqQ_NSQkiZ6jp68i4ITR16nEsQ
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta-zoom-reading/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Jeremy Packer and Joshua Reeves
DESCRIPTION:iller Apps: War\, Media\, Machine \npublished by Duke University Press \nIn Killer Apps Jeremy Packer and Joshua Reeves provide a detailed account of the rise of automation in warfare\, showing how media systems are central to building weapons systems with artificial intelligence in order to more efficiently select and eliminate military targets. Drawing on the insights of a wide range of political and media theorists\, Packer and Reeves develop a new theory for understanding how the intersection of media and military strategy drives today’s AI arms race. They address the use of media to search for enemies in their analyses of the history of automated radar systems\, the search for extraterrestrial life\, and the development of military climate science\, which treats the changing earth as an enemy. As the authors demonstrate\, contemporary military strategy demands perfect communication in an evolving battlespace that is increasingly inhospitable to human frailties\, necessitating humans’ replacement by advanced robotics\, machine intelligence\, and media systems. \nJeremy Packer is Associate Professor in the Institute for Communication\, Culture\, Information\, and Technology at the University of Toronto. \nJoshua Reeves is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Media at Oregon State University. \nPraise for Killer Apps \n\n\n“In this crucial new book\, Jeremy Packer and Joshua Reeves offer a provocative\, media-centric analysis of automated killing machines. Engaging with an armada of flying sensors\, robotic submarines\, and AI weapons already in use\, they show that big data\, computer vision\, and super intelligence emerge not just to order and organize the battlefield\, but to produce new enemies. Clever and incisive\, the book provides a haunting look at warfare of the near future.” — Lisa Parks\, coeditor of Life in the Age of Drone Warfare \n“This is an excellent book: well designed\, thoroughly engaging\, informative and\, unfortunately\, extremely topical and timely. The authors have gone to great lengths to make Killer Apps relentlessly up to date\, providing readers with the latest in weapons developments\, including AI drones and ‘swarmanoid’ robotics. With its impressive grounding in theory and hardware\, it will become the go-to book for critical understandings of the intersection of warfare\, media\, and enmity.” — Geoffrey Winthrop-Young\, author of Kittler and the Media
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jeremy-packer-and-joshua-reeves/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Joan Frank: Where You're All Going
DESCRIPTION:Joan Frank discusses her new collection of novellas\, Where You’re All Going\, with Peg Alford Pursell. \nPraise for Where You’re All Going \n“Joan Frank’s wonderful novellas are funny\, edgy\, poignant and true. Attuned to the predicaments of the slight-outsider\, and of good people struggling to get by\, Frank gives us characters dealing with love lost and love sustained\, and the small essential intimacies that make up both. Her prose is vivid\, her observations sharp\, and everywhere music and song animate the conversation. You’ll feel more alive when you read these stories\, and hold closer to you the people you cherish.” —Sylvia Brownrigg  \n“Joan Frank has an uncanny ability to go deeply into character and with the lightest touch show us how divided we humans are in the most complicated matters of the heart. Where You’re All Going  is a marvel.” —Ann Packer\, NYT best-selling author of The Children’s Crusade   \n“Every novella in this book is\, in part\, about music\, from jazz to classical to Marvin Gaye. One could practically mark the first novella\, ‘staccato’; every paragraph begs to be read aloud\, to be heard. The stories are\, line after line\, brimming with a brisk freshness.” —Aimee Bender \nAbout Where You’re All Going \nIn her quartet of novellas\, Joan Frank invites readers into the inner lives of characters bewildered by love\, grief\, and inexplicable affinities. A young couple navigates a strange friendship and unexpected pregnancy; a woman recalls the bizarre fallout of her former lover’s fame; a lonely widow is drawn to an arrogant young man; a wealthy spiritual seeker grapples with what wealth cannot affect. Witty and humane\, Frank taps the riches of the novella form as she writes of loneliness\, friendship\, loss\, and the filaments of intimacy that connect us through time. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joan-frank-where-youre-all-going/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T200000
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SUMMARY:Bawdy Storytelling's 'PartyStarter!' (5/14/2020\, SF)
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14th\, 2020 \nat the Verdi Club \n2424 Mariposa\, San Francisco\, CA \nRemember: Bang-O at 7:00 PM\, Stories at 8:00 PM \nWant a sample of Bawdy? \nListen to the Bawdy Storytelling podcast at \nhttp://bit.ly/bawdypodcast \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nThis Evening of Stories\, Songs & Sex Toys features: \n❤ Hosted by Sexual Folklorist Dixie De La Tour \n❤ Legendary Author/Speaker/Kinkster Race Bannon \n❤ Songs by Bawdy’s brilliant cohort\, Jefferson Bergey \n❤ Pitch your story to Dixie@BawdyStorytelling.com \n❤ Play Bang-O & WIN Prizes\, just for making new friends \n❤ Bang-O Grand Prizes from Good Vibrations \n❤ Bawdy’s new merchandise\, FINALLY #BawdyGotMeLaid \n❤ Reserved Seating puts you right up front \n❤ Custom Bawdy Cocktails to help you get your flirt on #CBT #UnicornsButthole #EthicalSlut \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nFor Millions of Years\, Sexual Folklorist & Podcast host Dixie De La Tour has brought the Nation’s Perverrati together & onto the Bawdy Storytelling stage to tell their own infamously true tales of lust\, love\, kinky collisions\, gender redefinition\, sexual identity\, life-changing hook-ups\, educational one-night stands & everything in between. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nThe Original Sex + Storytelling series\, featuring Real People & Rockstars sharing their Bona Fide Sexual Exploits\, Live Onstage \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nAnd we know you’re on FetLife\, ya pervert. Join the Bawdy Storytelling group there! \nhttps://fetlife.com/groups/46341 \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nPerformer Bios: \n❤ Dixie De La Tour is a sexual folklorist\, professional storyteller\, podcaster\, teacher\, coach\, community builder and most of all\, a facilitator. She is also the Founder\, Curator & Host of the Award-winning and NSFW storytelling series\, Bawdy Storytelling (“The Moth for Pervs” – LA Weekly\, “The Original Sex and Storytelling series” – Playgirl) that’s been lauded for its transformational\, relatable\, empowering performances. This live stage series is currently headed into its 13th year\, the groundbreaking Bawdy Storytelling podcast has had over 1.5 million downloads\, plus it’s been acknowledged as a ‘Best Of’ Sex podcast from Forbes\, GQ Magazine\, Marie Claire\, Uproxx\, Daily Mail UK\, Bustle and (twice!) by Esquire Magazine. \nDixie has been Sainted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (“Saint Kiss & Make You Tell”) for her work to reduce stigma and eliminate shame\, and she recently became a Muppet. Discover more about Dixie De La Tour and Bawdy Storytelling at Facebook.com/BawdyStorytelling\, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bawdystorytelling on Twitter at @Bawdy and always at www.BawdyStorytelling.com \nIn addition to story and public speaking coaching for her own series\, Dixie coaches for TEDx\, Women in Technology\, offers custom Brand Storytelling coaching\, has led storytelling events in Libraries\, teaches Storytelling for the Classroom and has been a featured teller for the National Storytelling Conference. Ultimately\, this story-loving southerner is passionate about storytelling’s ability to keep people safe\, reduce social anxiety and connect us with strangers. Stories help you find your people! \n❤ Kinky sex has been one of Race Bannon’s passions as a practitioner\, organizer\, writer\, educator\, commentator\, activist and leader since his first explorations of the leather world starting in 1973. Race’s accomplishments include co-founder of the Kink Aware Professionals referral service; leader of The DSM Project that began to change how psychotherapy professionals view kink; author of the bestselling Learning The Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun BDSM Lovemaking; founder of Daedalus Publishing Company\, the first company dedicated to publishing nonfiction leather/SM/fetish books; prolific writer; former sex advice columnist; former producer and host of the first kink internet talk show Bound To Talk; past Board member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom\, Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities\, NLA International and Avatar Club Los Angeles; co-founder of NLA Los Angeles; and member of Chicago Hellfire Club\, The 15 Association\, and Society of Janus. Race is currently on the Board of the Leather Hall of Fame. Recently Race was inducted into the Society of Janus Hall of Fame. He is featured in the documentaries Vice and Consent\, Out of the Darkness: The Reality of S&M and Folsom Forever\, was a BDSM consultant for the movie Exit to Eden\, and is currently an Executive Producer for Divine Deviance\, an upcoming documentary about the global kink/BDSM/fetish scene. Race is also a popular speaker who has delivered the keynote address for a number of events. He has been awarded the 2006 National Leather Association International’s Lifetime Achievement Award\, 2010 Mister Marcus Hernandez Lifetime Achievement Award (Man) Pantheon of Leather Community Service Award\, the 2011 Philip M. Turner Lifetime Achievement Award\, the 2013 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Leather Leadership Award\, 2014 San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance Co-Man of the Year (tie)\, and the 2016 NorCal/Northwest Regional Pantheon of Leather Award. You can read some of Race’s writings at www.bannon.com or www.racebannon.com or in the Bay Area Reporter (ebar.com) where he is the leather/kink columnist. \n❤ Straddling the line between sentimental and sleazy\, Jefferson Bergey blends gritty\, soulful pop with elements of folk\, blues\, and country with a penchant for the ridiculous in his original compositions. \nThe Oakland based singer-songwriter performs his family-unfriendly music all over the Bay Area. He’s a frequent contributor\, writing custom songs for the award-winning\, San Francisco based\, Bawdy Storytelling. As a solo acoustic act\, Bergey’s sound is akin to folky musical theater in a coffee shop…if the coffee shop also sold sex toys and sativa gummy bears. His polite vulgarity may not be for the very young and impressionable or the very old and conservative but he won’t tell you how to raise your kids or upset your grandparents. \nHe can be seen and heckled every Monday night at his Risqué residency at Scopo Divino in San Francisco. For well over two years straight\, he’s put on a unique and interactive show where he plays original music and cover songs suggested by those in attendance who haven’t already left in disgust. \nBergey’s music can be heard on the RISK! and Bawdy Storytelling podcasts. He has performed at The Independent\, Sweetwater\, Great American Music Hall\, Jewish Community Center in SF\, John Steinbeck Association\, Special Olympics in Long Beach\, Punchline SF\, and SF Sketchfest. \nHis newest EP titled ‘Always Up (To Go Down)’ was originally written for Bawdy Storytelling and is flanked by a few of his ‘inter-lewds’\, now fleshed out with piano\, bass\, and pedal steel. It also features the talents of Natalie Smith (Cape Weather) on vocals. \nwww.jeffersonbergey.com \nhttps://www.patreon.com/jeffersonbergey \nhttps://www.facebook.com/jefferson.bergey \nhttps://www.instagram.com/jeffersonbergey \n• No Refunds or Exchanges \n• Lineup Subject to Change \n• ASL Interpretation available with prior written notice. Contact BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com for more information \n• General Admission seating is first come\, first served. We recommend you arrive when doors open for best seating (Reserved Seating guarantees you a seat right up front) \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nWinner of SFist’s Best Storytelling Show\, the SF Weekly’s Best of San Francisco & the LA Weekly’s Best Of Los Angeles (for Best Storytelling) & 2 Time Winner of the SF Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay Award (Best Literary Event) \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \n“The Moth for Pervs” – LA Weekly \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \n“Dixie De La Tour’s scandalous\, over-the-top Bawdy Storytelling series” – SF Weekly \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nWant more Bawdy? \nwww.BawdyStorytelling.com \nTwitter: @Bawdy \n& at Facebook.com/BawdyStorytelling
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bawdy-storytellings-partystarter-5-14-2020-sf/
LOCATION:Verdi Club\, 2424 Mariposa St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #9
DESCRIPTION:FREE AND ALL WELCOME! \nShowing up is one amazing form of support that we really appreciate. Another is financial. Money = energy to us\, and donating sends one signal (of many) that you would like our work to continue. If enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via: \n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress; \n2) donating via the “ticket” option here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-2-tickets-100581457848; \nOR 3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate \nWe have a short goal of $150. \n90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom! \nIt feels really important to gather in these times\, and we need to prioritize the health of most vulnerable community members (our elders\, those who work with elders\, and those with suppressed immune systems). So we are hosting another virtual open mic! Feel free to join just to listen\, too! We can hold up to 100 people. \nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with J. K. on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us! \nSign Up Here: \nhttps://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 \nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess. \nZoom Joining Info \nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #9\nTime: May 15\, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81341873943 \nMeeting ID: 813 4187 3943\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,81341873943# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,81341873943# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 813 4187 3943\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/km6KvRCaQ\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-9/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200515T210000
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SUMMARY:Marta Lindsey: Golden Gate Park\, An A-Z Adventure
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Marta Lindsey’s new book Golden Gate Park\, An A-Z Adventure \nAbout Golden Gate Park\, An A-Z Adventure \nExplore California’s most visited city park in this A-to-Z adventure \nFrom A for Artist Ruth Asawa’s hanging wire creations in the de Young Museum to Z for the Zebra on the carousel in the Koret Children’s Quarter\, this book leads you around San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Park to reveal a range of fun and surprising facts for tourists and locals alike. Step into art\, science\, nature\, and culture by visiting the park’s major attractions\, like the serene Japanese Tea Garden; discovering secret destinations\, like the magical fairy doors hidden in trees; or just relaxing on the green meadows where the bison roam. Included also at the back of the book is a colorfully illustrated map with extra trivia and details on the park’s favorite sights.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marta-lindsey-golden-gate-park-an-a-z-adventure/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20200518T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200518T210000
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CREATED:20200126T202436Z
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SUMMARY:Krista Tippett in conversation with Pico Iyer
DESCRIPTION:“On the air and in print\, Ms. Tippett avoids easy answers\, embracing complexity and inviting people of every background to join her conversation about faith\, ethics\, and moral wisdom.” – President Barack Obama \nKrista Tippett is an award-winning broadcaster\, author\, and a National Humanities Medalist. She is the creator and host of On Being\, a podcast that provides intelligent public conversation about the religious\, spiritual\, and moral aspects of human life. In 2014\, President Obama awarded Tippett the National Humanities Medal at the White House for “thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence.” Her forthcoming book\, Letters to a Young Citizen\, is a response to the questions Tippett has been asked by audiences in today’s rapidly changing world. The book will speak to the young citizen in each of us—to everyone struggling to discern the contribution we might make to this moment. \nPico Iyer is a travel writer\, essayist\, and novelist\, whose many books include Autumn Light\, 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.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/krista-tippett-in-conversation-with-pico-iyer/
LOCATION:Nourse Theatre\, 275 Hayes Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200518T210000
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SUMMARY:Molly Wizenberg: The Fixed Stars
DESCRIPTION:Molly Wizenberg discusses her new memoir\, The Fixed Stars\, with Esmé Weijun Wang. \nPraise for The Fixed Stars \n“In The Fixed Stars\, Molly Wizenberg tackles the ever-shifting issues of marriage\, motherhood\, and sexual orientation with the same compassion and unflinching honesty that have become the hallmarks of her writing. She makes the everyday extraordinary and brings depth and complexity to the bigger questions in life. A beautiful read.”— Erica Bauermeister \n“The Fixed Stars\, like its protagonist\, is both brave and sexy\, both heady and bodily\, and I ripped through this memoir like it was the most erudite romance novel in the world. This is a truly compelling look at sexuality\, marriage\, and parenthood in this century.” — Emma Straub \n“The Fixed Stars is that rare thing\, a groundbreaking\, essential book about sexuality. Wizenberg’s incisive\, generous laying-bare of her own experience will make many readers feel seen\, understood\, and not alone. This book is a triumph.”— Kate Christensen \nAbout The Fixed Stars \nFrom a bestselling memoirist\, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity\, complex sexuality\, and enduring family relationships \nAt age 36\, while serving on a jury\, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler\, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it\, but something inside her had changed irrevocably. Instead\, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we’d like to believe. \nLike many of us\, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we’re “born this way.” Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she\, she wondered\, if something at her very core could change so radically? The Fixed Stars is a taut\, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire\, identity\, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose\, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce\, coming out to family and friends\, learning to co-parent a young child\, and realizing a new vision of love. The result is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit\, and learning instead who we really are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/molly-wizenberg-the-fixed-stars/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Lunch Visit and Discussion with Molly Wizenberg\, author of THE FIXED STARS
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion and Q&A with Molly Wizenberg\, author of The Fixed Stars. Molly will be in conversation with Ruby member Sana Javeri Kadri. Thanks to the publisher\, we have 3 copies of the book available to the first three people who sign up! Books will also be on sale the day of! \nThis is a potluck lunch so stay tuned on what to bring! \nAbout The Fixed Stars \nAt age 36\, while serving on a jury\, Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler\, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it\, but something inside her had changed irredeemably. Instead\, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we’d like to believe. \nLike many of us\, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we’re “born this way.” Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she\, she wondered\, if something at her very core could change so radically? \nTHE FIXED STARS (Abrams Press; May 12\, 2020; U.S. $25.00; Hardcover) by New York Times bestselling and James Beard Award–winning author Molly Wizenberg is a taut\, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire\, identity\, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose\, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce\, coming out to family and friends\, learning to co-parent a young child\, and realizing a new vision of love. \nTHE FIXED STARS is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit\, and learning instead who we really are. \nAbout the Author \nMolly Wizenberg is the author of two bestselling books\, A Homemade Life and Delancey\, and the James Beard Award–winning blog Orangette. She has written for the Washington Post\, the Guardian\, Saveur\, and Bon Appétit\, and she also cohosts the podcast Spilled Milk. With chef Brandon Pettit\, Wizenberg cofounded the award-winning Seattle restaurants Delancey and Essex. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource:: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-visit-and-discussion-with-molly-wizenberg-author-of-the-fixed-stars-tickets-93595559839
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunch-visit-and-discussion-with-molly-wizenberg-author-of-the-fixed-stars/
LOCATION:The Ruby\, 23rd and bryant street\, san francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200519T210000
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SUMMARY:Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody on Paul Valéry
DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody discusses his translation of The Idea of Perfection: The Poetry and Prose of Paul Valéry. \nAbout The Idea of Perfection \nA fresh look into the monumental work of Paul Valéry\, one of the major French literary figures of the twentieth century. \nHeir to Mallarmé and the symbolists\, godfather to the modernists\, Paul Valéry was a poet with thousands of readers and few followers\, great resonance and little echo. Along with Rilke and Eliot\, he stands as a bridge between the tradition of the nineteenth century and the novelty of the twentieth. His reputation as a poet rests on three slim volumes published in a span of only ten years. Yet these poems\, it turns out\, are inseparable from another\, much vaster intellectual and artistic enterprise: the Notebooks. \nBehind the published works\, behind the uneventful life of the almost forgotten and then exceedingly famous poet\, there hides another story\, a private life of the mind\, that has its record in 28\,000 pages of notes revealed in their entirety only after his death. Their existence had been hinted at\, evoked in rumors and literary asides; but once made public it took years for their significance to be fully appreciated. It turned out that the prose fragments published in Valéry’s lifetime were not the after-the-fact musings of an accomplished poet\, nor his occasional sketchbook\, nor excerpts from his private journal. They were a disfigured glimpse of a vast and fragmentary “exercise of thought\,” a restless intellectual quest as unguided and yet as persistent\, as rigorous\, and as uncontainable as the sea that is so often their subject. \nThe Idea of Perfection shows both sides of Valéry: the craftsman of sublimely refined verse\, and the fervent investigator of the limits of human intellect and expression. It intersperses his three essential poetic works—Album of Early Verse\, The Young Fate\, and Charms—with incisive selections from the Notebooks and finishes with the prose poem “The Angel.” Masterfully translated by Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody\, with careful attention to form and a natural yet metrical contemporary poetic voice\, The Idea of Perfection breathes new life into poems that are among the most beautiful in the French language and the most influential of the twentieth century. \nAbout the Author \nPaul Valéry is one of the major figures of twentieth-century French literature. After a promising debut as a young symbolist in Mallarmé’s circle\, Valéry withdrew from public view for almost twenty years\, and was almost forgotten by 1917 when the publication of the long poem La Jeune Parque made him an instant celebrity. He was best known in his day for his small output of highly polished lyric poetry\, and posthumously for the 28\,000 pages of his Notebooks. He died in 1945. \nNathaniel Rudavsky-Brody was born in Columbus\, Ohio. He has translated the work of French and Belgian poets\, including Benjamin Fondane\, for which he was awarded the Susan Sontag Prize for Translation. He is the author of two volumes of poetry in French and one in English\, and has worked as a typesetter\, a programmer\, and a private tutor in Greece.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nathaniel-rudavsky-brody-on-paul-valery/
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:Litquake on Lockdown: Ishmael Beah and Little Family
DESCRIPTION:From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Sierra Leone child-soldier memoir\, A LONG WAY HOME\, comes this powerful new novel about young people living at the margins of society. LITTLE FAMILY portrays the lives of five youth who have improvised a household in an abandoned airplane\, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together. Join us to celebrate release of this remarkable debut work of fiction from Ishmael Beah\, whom Vanity Fair has called “arguably the most-read African writer in contemporary literature.” FREE\, $5 suggested donation \nStreamed live on Crowdcast and Facebook Live!\nBooks are available from your favorite indie bookstores\, or order from bookshop.org!\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n \nIshmael Beah\nIshmael Beah\, born in Sierra Leone\, West Africa\, is the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier\, and the novel Radiance of Tomorrow. His newest novel\, Little Family\, is a profound and tender portrayal of the connections we forge to survive the… Read More →
URL:https://litseen.com/event/litquake-on-lockdown-ishmael-beah-and-little-family/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Mary Karr & Kaveh Akbar
DESCRIPTION:TICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 \nThis event appears in the series\nSocial Studies \n\n\nKnown for her bestselling memoirs\, Mary Karr is also a celebrated poet\, essayist\, and songwriter from East Texas. Her latest book of poetry\, Tropic of Squalor\, is in turns hilarious\, horrific\, tragic\, and soothing\, and infused with her characteristically deft brandishment of language. Karr’s other books include The Liar’s Club\, Cherry\, Lit\, and The Art of Memoir. She is also a regular contributor to The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, and Poetry magazine. Karr is the Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University. \nKaveh Akbar is a poet\, and the author of Calling a Wolf a Wolf and Portrait of the Alcoholic. He is the founder of Divedapper\, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in American poetry. Akbar also writes a weekly column for the Paris Review called “Poetry RX.” Previously\, he ran The Quirk\, a for-charity print literary journal. He has also served as Poetry Editor for BOOTH and Book Reviews Editor for the Southeast Review. \n  \nPhotograph credit: Marlon James (right)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-karr-kaveh-akbar/
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:20200521T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200521T210000
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SUMMARY:Karolina Waclawiak: Life Events
DESCRIPTION:Karolina Waclawiak discusses her new novel Life Events. \nPraise for Life Events \n“Waclawiak writes with emotional precision and explores the tragedy of existence by masterfully walking the line between suffering and hope.” —Arianna Rebolini\, BuzzFeed \n“Life Events is a hypnotic novel that beautifully grapples with fundamental questions about how to die and how to live. Karolina Waclawiak transports the reader into the streets of Los Angeles\, the deserts of the southwest\, the apartments of the dying\, and a woman’s life at a moment of profound change. Filled with compelling\, provocative details about the work of “exit guides” for terminally ill people\, Life Events is both a mid-life bildungsroman and a meditation on self-determination. I can’t stop thinking about this novel.” —Lydia Kiesling\, author of The Golden State \n“In this exquisite novel\, Karolina Waclawiak rightfully recasts the American West as the territory of wandering dreams and dreamers and the land where this life and the improbable afterlife most often collide. Life Events is a deeply moving meditation on death and the dying\, the fierce weight of marriage and family\, and the unrelenting absurdity of being alive.” —Hannah Lillith Assadi\, author of Sonora \nAbout Life Events \nA woman at a crossroads learns the only way to reclaim her life is to help others die \nKarolina Waclawiak’s breakout novel\, Life Events\, follows Evelyn\, who\, at thirty-seven\, is on the verge of divorce and anxiously dreading the death of everyone she loves. She combats her existential crisis by avoiding her husband and aimlessly driving along the freeways of California looking for an escape—one that eventually comes when she discovers a collective of “exit guides.” Evelyn enrolls in their training course\, where she learns to provide companionship and a final exit for terminally ill patients seeking a conscious departure. \nShe meets Daphne\, a dying woman still full of life; Lawrence\, an aging porn king; and Daniel\, who seems too young to die and whom Evelyn falls for\, despite knowing better\, not to mention the exit guide code. Each client opens something new in Evelyn\, allowing her a chance to access her own grief and confront the self-destructive ways she suppresses her pain. When Evelyn travels through the Southwest to an afterlife convention to further her death education\, she must finally face her complicated relationship with her alcoholic father and reconcile her life choices. \nSensitively observed and darkly funny\, Life Events is a moving\, enlivening story of the human condition: the doldrums of loneliness\, the consuming regret of past mistakes\, and the thrill\, finally\, of finding meaning—and love—where you least expect it. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/karolina-waclawiak-life-events/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20200523T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200523T180000
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CREATED:20200521T171417Z
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SUMMARY:Youth Spirit Artworks Open Mic Poetry\, Asé
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Open Mic Poetry event\, Asé\, is happening this Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Zoom! We are featuring poets Kathy Dana and J.J Rush! We invite you to join. To register\, click on the link below. We’ll see you there.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youth-spirit-artworks-open-mic-poetry-ase/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200526T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200526T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T070709
CREATED:20200514T013442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200514T013442Z
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SUMMARY:Litquake on Lockdown: Nerd Novels -- A Different Kind of Escape
DESCRIPTION:As society grinds to a halt around us\, many readers find themselves at home with time on their hands\, yearning to think about something—anything—beyond the daily drama of the pandemic. In this conversation\, authors Jean Hegland & Susan M. Gaines discuss “nerd novels\,” those books whose characters\, plots\, and themes depend on some specialized body of knowledge. Examples include Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior” (2012)\, Karen Joy Fowler’s “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” (2013)\, Marilynne Robinson’s “Gilead\,” and most of A.S. Byatt’s and Richard Powers’ novels. Tonight’s conversation covers the concept of the nerd novel\, as well as the special challenges and rewards of reading and writing them\, and invites questions and discussion from the virtual audience. FREE\, $5 suggested donation \nStreamed live on Crowdcast and Facebook Live!\nBooks are available from your favorite indie bookstores\, or order from bookshop.org!\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n \nJean Hegland\nJean Hegland is the author of three novels and a book of creative nonfiction. Her first novel\, “Into the Forest\,” has been translated into 17 languages\, adapted as a film starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood\, and a French graphic novel. Set in a near future that bears an eerie… Read More →\n\n \nSusan M. Gaines\nSusan M. Gaines is the author of the nerd novels “Accidentals” and “Carbon Dreams\,” as well as the science narrative “Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal About Earth History.” Her stories have appeared in the “North American Review\,” “Missouri Review\,” “Best of the West… Read More →
URL:https://litseen.com/event/litquake-on-lockdown-nerd-novels-a-different-kind-of-escape/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200526T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200526T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T070709
CREATED:20200514T015859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200514T015859Z
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SUMMARY:ODD SALON ONLINE: RESILIENT
DESCRIPTION:Stories of triumph and perseverance\, hope\, support\, and love from times of plague and pandemic\nODD SALON ONLINE: RESILIENT\nTuesday\, May 26\, 6pm PT/9pm/ET \nWe’re taking the salon online! Join speakers from both the San Francisco and New York City chapters for an evening of stories of strength\, silver linings\, and kicking ass during some of history’s darkest chapters. \nUnfettered from our usual theaters on opposite coasts\, we are excited to bring a first ever line up of Odd Salon Fellows from both cities together for this\, our first online salon. \nEven during the worst of days of history – then as now – individuals have stepped up to make a difference\, communities have rallied together\, unlikely heroes have emerged\, and resilient art forms have flowered\, inspired and informed by the shared experience endured. \nFeaturing Odd Salon Fellows Christopher Reeves\, JR Pepper\, Matt Codner\, Kate O’Donnell\, Alexander Razo Myers\, and San Francisco Producing Curator Isolde Honore. \n~Story specifics to be announced.~ \nCurated and hosted by Odd Salon Co-founders Annetta Black and Tre Balchowsky \nThis event will livestream for free. Paid tickets go to support Odd Salon during this unexpected hiatus from live salons\, and all paid levels come with extra perks\, including both limited-edition print and digital access to our first edition of the Odd Salon Journal\, featuring related reading and art\, resources\, and supplemental material from our speakers\, related to the talks featured in our RESILIENT salon and related stories. \nTickets: \nFREE: Save the date with a free RSVP\, and we’ll remind you when the show is coming up\n$15: RSVP + Digital access to the first edition of the Odd Salon Journal\n$25: RSVP + Print copy of our limited first edition of the Odd Salon Journal\n$50: RSVP + Receive both digital access and the print journal\, plus something strange (but nice) in the mail from Odd Salon\nDonation tickets in any amount are also available. \nDiscounts on all tiers available to 2020 Members of Odd Salon with membership access code. \nGET TICKETS / FREE RSVP
URL:https://litseen.com/event/odd-salon-online-resilient/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200526T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200526T210000
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SUMMARY:Phuc Tran: Sigh\, Gone
DESCRIPTION:Phuc Tran discusses his new memoir Sigh\, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books\, Punk Rock\, and the Fight to Fit In. \nPraise for Sigh\, Gone \n“The United States was already a better country because Phuc Tran refused to change his name. Then he went even further in changing this country by giving us this bold\, funny\, and profane memoir: a portrait of a young punk refugee and of heartland America itself\, each of them as defiant and compelling as the other.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen\, author of Pulitzer-Prize winning The Sympathizer and The Refugees \n“I like to think that had I been born a much cooler\, male\, Vietnamese version of myself\, Sigh\, Gone is the book I would have written. This glorious memoir is a reminder of the transformative power of literature and a tribute to friendships\, music\, and the unique kindness of Americans. I loved it!” —Firoozeh Dumas\, New York Times bestselling author of Funny in Farsi and Laughing Without An Accent \n“I started reading this book and couldn’t stop. Phuc Tran has written the Great American Nerd-Punk Boyhood Memoir\, a story that’s rollicking and laugh-out-loud funny while also offering a piercingly profound look at race\, the challenges of assimilation\, and the inherently defiant act of growing up. Earnest\, observant\, and diamond-sharp\, this is a new voice of unmistakable talent. I’ll follow this writer anywhere.” —Sara Corbett\, coauthor of New York Times best-selling A House in the Sky \nAbout Sigh\, Gone \nFor anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong\, Sigh\, Gone shares an irreverent\, funny\, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. \nIn 1975\, during the fall of Saigon\, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle\, Pennsylvania\, a small town where the Trans struggle to assimilate into their new life. In this coming-of-age memoir told through the themes of great books such as The Metamorphosis\, The Scarlet Letter\, The Iliad\, and more\, Tran navigates the push and pull of finding and accepting himself despite the challenges of immigration\, feelings of isolation\, and teenage rebellion\, all while attempting to meet the rigid expectations set by his immigrant parents. \nAppealing to fans of coming-of-age memoirs such as Fresh Off the Boat\, Running with Scissors\, or tales of assimilation like Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Displaced and The Refugees\, Sigh\, Gone explores one man’s bewildering experiences of abuse\, racism\, and tragedy and reveals redemption and connection in books and punk rock. Against the hairspray-and-synthesizer backdrop of the ‘80s\, he finds solace and kinship in the wisdom of classic literature\, and in the subculture of punk rock\, he finds affirmation and echoes of his disaffection. In his journey for self-discovery Tran ultimately finds refuge and inspiration in the art that shapes—and ultimately saves—him.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/phuc-tran-sigh-gone/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T070709
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SUMMARY:Joanna Hershon & Phyllis Grant
DESCRIPTION:Joanna Hershon and Phyllis Grant discuss their new books\, St. Ivo and Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes. \nPraise for St. Ivo \n“From the very first sentences of St. Ivo\, I felt certain I was in good hands. What happens when we can no longer communicate with the people we know best? What happens when what was once fluent between two people becomes indecipherable? Not a tender novel\, exactly\, though there is tenderness in these pages. In St. Ivo Joanna Hershon paints a portrait of grief\, of survival\, but also of hope. Anyone who has ever loved fiercely\, desperately\, will devour this story\, as I did. The effect here is cumulative and I found myself reading the final pages with the book gripped in both hands.”—Mary Beth Keane\, author of Ask Again\, Yes \n“St. Ivo is a wise and revealing book\, full of elegant menace—a novel whose tensions threaten to break its surface on every page. But Hershon is a master of control\, showing us patiently\, and with rich verisimilitude\, how a parent’s love for an estranged child persists despite separation and silence; how longtime friendships hurt and heal; and how loss compels us to know ourselves\, much as we might wish to look away.”—Julie Orringer\, author of The Flight Portfolio \n“An elegant\, suspenseful gem of a novel. I admired the crisp writing and intelligent depictions of people\, but more than that I needed to know what was going to happen next—I devoured it in a weekend.”—Adelle Waldman\, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. \nAbout St. Ivo \nIt’s the end of summer when we meet Sarah\, the end of summer and the middle of her life\, the middle of her career (she hopes it’s not the end)\, the middle of her marriage (recently repaired). And despite the years that have passed since she last saw her daughter\, she is still very much in the middle of figuring out what happened to Leda\, what role she played\, and how she will let that loss affect the rest of her life. \nEnter a mysterious stranger on a train\, an older man taking the subway to Brooklyn who sees right into her.Then a mugging\, her phone stolen\, and with it any last connection to Leda. And then an invitation\, friends from the past and a weekend in the country with their new\, unexpected baby. \nOver the course of three hot September days\, the two couples try to reconnect. Events that have been set in motion\, circumstances and feelings kept hidden\, rise to the surface\, forcing each to ask not just how they ended up where they are\, but how they ended up who they are. \nUnwinding like a suspense novel\, Joanna Hershon’s St. Ivo is a powerful investigation into the meaning of choice and family\, whether we ever know the people closest to us\, and how\, when someone goes missing from our lives\, we can ever let them go. \nPraise for Everything is Under Control \n“What a beautiful\, rich\, and poetic memoir this is. Phyllis Grant writes of longing\, suffering\, celebration\, family\, and food with such delicate power. Like the best chefs\, she knows how to make a masterpiece from a few simple ingredients: truth\, taste\, poignancy\, and love. This is a wonderful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert\, author of City of Girls and Eat\, Pray\, Love \n“Phyllis Grant has the voice of a poet and the sensuality of a cook. This very brave book makes you want to experience the world with equal intensity. As for the recipes … completely irresistible.” —Ruth Reichl\, author of Save Me the Plums \n“How do we locate ourselves in time? In our families? Within the intricacies of our own appetites? With raw candor and discipline\, Phyllis Grant peels back the layers of her innermost experience and gives us a memoir as rich and nuanced\, as delicate as life itself.” —Dani Shapiro\, author of Inheritance \nAbout Everything is Under Control \nPhyllis Grant’s Everything Is Under Control is a memoir about appetite as it comes\, goes\, and refocuses its object of desire. Grant’s story follows the sometimes smooth\, sometimes jagged\, always revealing contours of her life: from her days as a dancer struggling to find her place at Julliard\, to her experiences in and out of four-star kitchens in New York City\, to falling in love with her future husband and leaving the city after 9/11 for California\, where her children are born. All the while\, a sense of longing pulses in each stage as she moves through the headspace of a young woman longing to be sustained by a city into that of a mother now sustaining a family herself. \nWritten with the transparency of a diarist\, Everything Is Under Control is an unputdownable series of vignettes followed by tried-and-true recipes from Grant’s table—a heartrending yet unsentimental portrait of the highs and lows of young adulthood\, motherhood\, and a life in the kitchen.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joanna-hershon-phyllis-grant/
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=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T180000
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SUMMARY:Litquake on Lockdown: Sarah Ray and A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety
DESCRIPTION:A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The “climate generation”—late millennials and iGen\, or Generation Z—is demanding that policy makers and government leaders take immediate action to address the dire outcomes predicted by climate science. Those inheriting our planet’s environmental problems expect to encounter challenges\, but they may not have the skills to grapple with the feelings of powerlessness and despair that may arise. Author and professor Sarah Jaquette Ray releases her new book A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety (UC Press)\, an “existential tool kit” for the climate generation. Combining insights from psychology\, sociology\, social movements\, mindfulness\, and the environmental humanities\, Ray explains why and how we need to let go of eco-guilt\, resist burnout\, and cultivate resilience while advocating for climate justice. FREE\, $5 suggested donation \nStreamed live on Crowdcast and Facebook Live!\nBooks are available from your favorite indie bookstores\, or order from bookshop.org!\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n \nSarah Jaquette Ray\nSarah Jaquette Ray teaches environmental studies at Humboldt State University in Arcata\, California\, and is also the author of The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/litquake-on-lockdown-sarah-ray-and-a-field-guide-to-climate-anxiety/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T183000
DTSTAMP:20260413T070709
CREATED:20200521T171028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200521T171028Z
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SUMMARY:YOU'RE GOING TO DIE PRESENTS: I'VE GOT A SONG FOR THAT
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 27\, 2020\n6:30 PM 9:00 PM\nGLOBALLY (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’re Going to Die Presents: I’ve Got a Song for That\nwith Scott Ferreter\, The Singer and The Songwriter\, Chelsea Coleman & just 10 uniquely precious participants. \nI’ve Got A Song For That is You’re Going to Die‘s way of bringing songs right to the doorsteps of your heart. \nWe invite you to this intimate gathering with our most powerful songwriters in which songs are offered directly to your places of pain\, your longings\, & your aching humanity. In this unique space\, songs & stories are offered in service of an even deeper togetherness. This will be an intentionally small\, closed group in order to offer a safe & contained space that wouldn’t be possible in a larger gathering. \nIGASFT is an explicitly interactive offering\, which relies on everyone arriving with a willingness to share. While the space will be supportive & gentle\, the content might span the human experience—expect realness\, connection\, & feeling. \nDATE: Wednesday\, May 27th\nTIME: 6:30pm – 9pm\nLOCATION: Zoom\nPRICE: Sliding Scale $40 – $100 \nTO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT\, PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL WITH THE SUBJECT LINE “I’ve Got a Song For That” TO thu@yg2d.com.\nYou’ll receive a confirmation email with payment instructions.\nIn order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering\, space for this event will be limited\, & registration is required to attend. \n***Two (2) full scholarships are available with one (1) of those scholarships reserved specifically for QTBIPOC. For more information e-mail thu@yg2d.com*** \nMortally Yours\,\nthe You’re Going to Die Team\nwww.yg2d.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-presents-ive-got-a-song-for-that/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200527T193000
DTSTAMP:20260413T070709
CREATED:20200312T213347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T213347Z
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SUMMARY:SUSAN CHOI
DESCRIPTION:“A natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability.”  — Joan Didion \nSusan Choi is the award-winning author of five novels. Her fifth novel\, Trust Exercise\, which won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction\, tells the story of a group of teenagers at a competitive arts school in1980s American suburbia. The boundaries of fiction and reality are pushed in a tale that is itself a trust exercise for readers. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation\, Choi teaches fiction writing at Yale and lives in Brooklyn.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/susan-choi/
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:20200601T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200601T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T070709
CREATED:20200506T192802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200506T192802Z
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SUMMARY:AUTHORS OF COLOR BOOK CLUB: The Revisioners
DESCRIPTION:Jean Rhys said that “reading makes immigrants of us all\,” that “it takes us away from home\, but more important\, it finds homes for us everywhere.” Now more than ever\, it’s vital—and heartening—to read\, and read widely. We’ll read thrilling\, mind-blowing\, intriguing\, heartbreaking\, comic\, strange\, and/or provocative books by women of color—and\, each month\, we’ll gather to talk about what we’ve read! When possible\, we’ll also have the writer join us. \nLocal author and friend of The Ruby\, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton\, will be joining us for the discussion. \nPLEASE NOTE: Thanks to Counterpoint\, we have FIFTEEN copies of THE REVISIONERS available for the first fifteen people who sign up for book club! You will be notified if you are one of the lucky fifteen! \nAbout THE REVISIONERS \n“Sexton takes on [Toni Morrison’s artful invocation of the ghost] in her new novel The Revisioners. . . She writes with such a clear sense of place and time that each of these intermingled stories feels essential and dramatic in its own way.” —Ron Charles\, The Washington Post \n“A powerful tale of racial tensions across generations.” —People \nIn 1924\, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child\, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now her new neighbor\, a white woman named Charlotte\, seeks her company\, and an uneasy friendship grows between them. But Charlotte has also sought solace in the Ku Klux Klan\, a relationship that jeopardizes Josephine’s family. \nNearly one hundred years later\, Josephine’s descendant\, Ava\, is a single mother who has just lost her job. She moves in with her white grandmother\, Martha\, a wealthy but lonely woman who pays Ava to be her companion. But Martha’s behavior soon becomes erratic\, then threatening\, and Ava must escape before her story and Josephine’s converge. \nThe Revisioners explores the depths of women’s relationships—powerful women and marginalized women\, healers and survivors. It is a novel about the bonds between mothers and their children\, the dangers that upend those bonds. At its core\, The Revisioners ponders generational legacies\, the endurance of hope\, and the undying promise of freedom. \nABOUT MARGARET WILKERSON SEXTON\nMARGARET WILKERSON SEXTON\, born and raised in New Orleans\, studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at UC Berkeley. Her debut novel\, A Kind of Freedom\, was long-listed for the National Book Award and the Northern California Book Award\, won the Crook’s Corner Book Prize\, and was the recipient of the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/authors-of-color-book-club-the-revisioners/
LOCATION:The Ruby\, 23rd and bryant street\, san francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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