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SUMMARY:Escape From Quarantine Reading - a weekly online thing
DESCRIPTION:a weekly digital gathering and poetry reading. \njoin our weekly zoom chat to meet with friends without having to leave your house. this is a space to just talk about what’s going on and how we feel about it and also share our work. \nTopic: escape from quarantine reading\nTime: Mar 23\, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Mon\, until May 4\, 2020\, 7 occurrence(s)\nMar 23\, 2020 07:00 PM\nMar 30\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 6\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 13\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 20\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 27\, 2020 07:00 PM\nMay 4\, 2020 07:00 PM \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us04web.zoom.us/j/293972268 \nMeeting ID: 293 972 268 \nOne tap mobile\n+13462487799\,\,293972268# US (Houston)\n+17207072699\,\,293972268# US (Denver) \nDial by your location\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n+1 253 215 8782 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 293 972 268\nFind your local number: https://us04web.zoom.us/u/ftXvyehuU
URL:https://litseen.com/event/escape-from-quarantine-reading-a-weekly-online-thing-4/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200414T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200414T193000
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SUMMARY:A [quarantined] Room of One’s Own: Virtual Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:A [quarantined] Room of One’s Own: Virtual Reading Series / POETRY night with MK Chavez\, Letisia Cruz\, and Wendy-O Matik \nIf you\, like the rest of us\, are feeling isolated with a sudden and vast amount of free time… AND you like authors and stories and amazing women\, please join host Dani Burlison on zoom for a virtual literary series Tuesday nights at 6:30pm PST. \n——- \n+ MK Chavez is the award-winning author of Mothermorphosis\, Dear Animal\, and Virgin Eyes. Chavez is co-founder/curator of the reading series Lyrics & Dirges\, co-director of the Berkeley Poetry Festival. Her most recent publications can be found in bags of coffee from Nomadic Coffee and on the Academy of American Poets website’s Poem-A-Day series. \n+ Letisia Cruz is a Cuban-American writer and artist. She is the author of The Lost Girls Book of Divination (Tolsun Books\, 2018). Her chapbook Chonga Nation was selected as a finalist in the 2018 Digging Press Chapbook Series and the 2016 Gazing Grain Chapbook Contest. Her writing and artwork have appeared in [PANK]\, Ninth Letter\, The Acentos Review\, Gulf Stream\, Saw Palm\, Third Coast\, Duende\, Moko Caribbean Arts & Letters\, 300 Days of Sun\, Ink Brick\, and Sakura Review\, among others. She is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s MFA program and lives in Florida with her partner and their two cats. \n+ Wendy-O Matik is a poet\, writer\, activist\, and the author of Love Like Rage (with manic d press) and Redefining Our Relationships (with Defiant Times Press). Back in the 90s\, you could find her doing spokenword in the Bay Area punk scene and touring with various punk bands in the US\, Canada\, UK\, Australia\, and New Zealand. Wendy has also coauthored nine mindfulness meditation books for New Harbinger Publications and is currently pounding down the virtual doors of publishers to get her feminist-anarchist graphic novel out in the world. Today\, she lives on an organic farm in Santa Rosa\, CA\, where the farm animals outnumber the humans.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-quarantined-room-of-ones-own-virtual-reading-series/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200414T200000
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SUMMARY:The Gringa: Andrew Altschul (VIRTUAL EVENT: In Conversation with Darcie Dennigan)
DESCRIPTION:We will be presenting this event virtually\, using Zoom. RSVP here. \nA gripping and subversive novel about the slippery nature of truth and the tragic consequences of American idealism … \nLeonora Gelb came to Peru to make a difference. A passionate and idealistic Stanford grad\, she left a life of privilege to fight poverty and oppression\, but her beliefs are tested when she falls in with violent revolutionaries. While death squads and informants roam the streets and suspicion festers among the comrades\, Leonora plans a decisive act of protest—until her capture in a bloody government raid\, and a sham trial that sends her to prison for life. \nTen years later\, Andres—a failed novelist turned expat—is asked to write a magazine profile of “La Leo.” As his personal life unravels\, he struggles to understand Leonora\, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants\, and to chronicle Peru’s tragic history. At every turn he’s confronted by violence and suffering\, and by the consequences of his American privilege. Is the real Leonora an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or naïve puppet? And who is he to decide? \nIn this powerful and timely new novel\, Andrew Altschul maps the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction\, author and text\, resistance and extremism. Part coming-of-age story and part political thriller\, The Gringa asks what one person can do in the face of the world’s injustice. \nAndrew Altschul is the author of the novels Lady Lazarus and Deus Ex Machina. His work has appeared in Esquire\, McSweeney’s\, Ploughshares\, Best New American Voices\, Best American Nonrequired Reading\, and O. Henry Prize Stories. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford\, he now teaches at Colorado State University. \nDarcie Dennigan has published three books of poetry – Corinna a-Maying the Apocalypse\, Madame X\, and The Palace of Subatomic Bliss – one book of performance texts\, The Parking Lot and other feral scenarios\, and a novel\, Slater Orchard. She has won awards from the Poetry Society of America\, Rhode Island State Council of the Arts\, Bread Loaf Writers Conference and the Discovery/The Nation prize. She is the 2019-20 resident playwright at the Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence\, RI\, and writer in residence at the University of Connecticut.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-gringa-andrew-altschul-virtual-event-in-conversation-with-darcie-dennigan/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T120000
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SUMMARY:Carl Zimmer and Apoorva Mandavilli in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Carl Zimmer and Apoorva Mandavilli will read via video conference from their work and talk about writing about real-life experiences through a creative lens. All proceeds benefit Green Apple Books. \nBuy a gift card right now! \n\nFundraising goal: $2000\nApril 15 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite \n\nNote: You will receive information for the video conference upon registering for the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/carl-zimmer-and-apoorva-mandavilli-in-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T190000
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition #3
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition is now weekly. Join us for readings from Thea Matthews\, Lauren Traetto\, and Pamela K. Santos and a community craft talk. \nEther Edition is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition #3\nTime: Apr 15\, 2020\, 7:00PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/603664236?pwd=cW9tYldEdU0rb3YvNi9TSFR3alpRQT09 \nMeeting ID: 603 664 236\nPassword: LDEE\nOne tap mobile\n+13462487799\,\,603664236#\,\,#\,061152# US (Houston)\n+16699009128\,\,603664236#\,\,#\,061152# US (San Jose) \nDial by your location\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 603 664 236\nPassword: 061152\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keB99ctCO4
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-ether-edition-3/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T220000
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SUMMARY:You’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes Online!
DESCRIPTION:You’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes Online!\nan ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk\, the You’re Going to Die team & music from Morgan Bolender…\nYeah. It’s an ONLINE OPEN MIC.\nI need it. You need it. Let’s do it. \nWednesday\, April 15th\nVirtual Doors at 7pm\nShow at 7:30pm\nREGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/2XsZZKb \nPLEASE NOTE:\nRegistration DOES NOT guarantee a spot on the call!!!\nThere are only 100 call spots & our commitment is to keep it intimate\, so whoever needs to share\, gets to share…\nDo not wait – don’t be late!! \nTICKETING:\nLike so many other artists & nonprofits with an event focus\, much of our work for the foreseeable future is cancelled. For this special online event we suggest that people pay between $10-50\, but don’t hesitate to go above or below based on what feels possible. And PLEASE\, if you are suddenly in financial danger\, DO NOT pay us. We’re just happy you’re alive & able to join. If you’re still earning income (or are just generally resourced)\, we very much welcome your generosity.\nVenmo: @Peter-Buskirk\nPaypal: chelsea@yg2d.com \nYou’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes Online!\nis an ONLINE open mic event\, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\, to embrace our losses & mortality\, to grieve\, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. \nSign-ups will be during the Zoom Call & the list will fill up quickly\, so if you want to share\, say so sooner rather than later. \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And YES – NED WILL VIRTUALLY HUG YOU IF HE HAS TO! \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so share whatever you want. And you don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nPlease contact ned@yg2d.com with any questions\, concerns or feedback!\nLooking forward to sharing a special evening together… \nMortally Yours\,\nthe You’re Going to Die Team\nwww.yg2d.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-online-2/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T200000
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SUMMARY:archy and mehitabel Group Reading (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Come on Zoom and let’s read some poems from the first archy and mehitabel book by Don Marquis. His work is in public domain. But if you need a copy of the book\, DM me\, and I’ll send you the file. \nSign up for a poem or two! \n1. the coming of archy\n2. mehitabel was once cleopatra\n3. the song of mehitabel\n4. pity the poor spiders\n5. mehitabel s extensive past\n6. the cockroach who has been to hell\n7. archy interviews a pharaoh\n8. a spider and a fly\n9. freddy the rat perishes\n10. the merry flea\n11. why mehitabel jumped\n12. certain maxims of archy\n13. warty bliggens\, the toad\n14. mehitabel has an adventure\n15. the flattered lightning bug\n16. the robin and the worm\n17. mehitabel finds a home\n18. the wall of archy\n19. mehitabel and her kittens\n20. archy is shocked\n21. archy creates a situation\n22. mehitabel sings a song\n23. aesop revised by archy – Daphne Gottleib\n24. cheerio my deario
URL:https://litseen.com/event/archy-and-mehitabel-group-reading-part-1/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T190000
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SUMMARY:Screenside Chat #2: Juliana Delgado Lopera + Miah Jeffra
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second Screenside Chat\, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other small publishers to bring you “fireside chat”-esque engaging readings and conversations between 2–3 writers\, all from the comfort of your home. There will be a brief Q&A at the end\, as well\, for audience members to ask our writers questions. \nFor this iteration of Screenside Chat\, we have paired up with the wonderful Sibling Rivalry Press. Our writers are Juliana Delgado Lopera (author of Quiéreme\, Nomadic Press\, and Fiebre Tropical\, The Feminist Press at CUNY) and Miah Jeffra (author of The First Church of What’s Happening\, Nomadic Press\, and The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic!\, Sibling Rivalry Press. \nNoelia Cerna will emcee\, and J. K. Fowler will be working tech and handling the chat. \nFree and welcome to all. For those that can\, please show your monetary support so that we can continue our work. You can do so via Cash App at $NomadicPress or https://cash.app/$NomadicPress. You can also “purchase” a ticket through this Facebook event to donate any amount that is feasible for you in this moment. \nZoom Joining Information \nTopic: Screenside Chat #2: Miah Jeffra and Juliana Delgado Lopera\nTime: Apr 16\, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/556001232 \nMeeting ID: 556 001 232\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,556001232# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,556001232# 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\n+1 301 715 8592 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 556 001 232\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aeh5cBayx5
URL:https://litseen.com/event/screenside-chat-2-juliana-delgado-lopera-miah-jeffra/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T200000
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SUMMARY:The Racket Weekly : Songs From A Room
DESCRIPTION:We’re doing a weekly event. \nThis week it’s The Racket Weekly : SONGS FROM A ROOM in which a quintet of writers pen short pieces on the songs currently filtering through the murk of quarantine. There will be a playlist and you can listen along. \nZoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88190232333 \nDoors @ 7:00. Event at 7:15. \nThe Readers: \nChelsea Davis\nSerena Chan\nD’mani Thomas\nMaddy Raskulinecz\nGark Mavigan
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-racket-weekly-songs-from-a-room/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T223000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
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SUMMARY:Jan Steckel + Open Mic at EP Foster Library
DESCRIPTION:Your host is Phil Taggart and your Featured Reader is Jan Steckel at this Ventura\, California-based library reading now online while we shelter in place.\nOne poem of two minutes or less for the open mic.\nJoin Zoom Meeting here https://zoom.us/j/474804902…\nMeeting ID: 474 804 902 \nJan Steckel’s latest book Like Flesh Covers Bone (Zeitgeist Press\, December 2018) won two Rainbow Awards (for LGBT Poetry and Best Bisexual Book) and was a finalist for the poetry category of the Bi Book Awards. Her poetry book The Horizontal Poet (Zeitgeist Press\, 2011) won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Nonfiction. Her fiction chapbook Mixing Tracks (Gertrude Press\, 2009) and poetry chapbook The Underwater Hospital (Zeitgeist Press\, 2006) also won awards. She lives in Oakland\, California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jan-steckel-open-mic-at-ep-foster-library/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200416T220000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200411T210835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200411T210835Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in Nomadic Press’ Zoom account. Decolonized beats provided by the one-and-only L7. Hosted by Josiahluis Alderete. \nThis month’s features are TBA. \nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/ewznSNDq86xmJ5NA7 \nDonations will be kindly requested to help pay the features and cover the cost of the space. \nZoom Joining Info \nTopic: Speaking Axolotl (April)\nTime: Apr 16\, 2020 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/968513245 \nMeeting ID: 968 513 245\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,968513245# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,968513245# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 253 215 8782 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 968 513 245\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aeh5cBayx5
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T130000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200406T024606Z
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SUMMARY:Katherine Applegate to Support Book Passage
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising goal: $2000 \nNewberry Award winner Katherine Applegate will read via video conference from her work and talk about her extensive writing history and catalog. \nAll proceeds benefit Book Passage. Buy a gift card right now! \n\nApril 17 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite\n\nNote: You will receive information for the video conference upon registering for the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katherine-applegate-to-support-book-passage/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T180000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200410T214131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200410T214131Z
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SUMMARY:Homewreck: A Shipwreck Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Get ready\, matchmakers: we’re going back to Austenland for a night of charming romantic misunderstandings and youthful hubris. Join us to wreck EMMA from the comfort of your home. \nTo the best of technology’s ability\, this will be like a regular Shipwreck. Six great writers will submit erotic fanfiction about a character from Emma\, Baruch will read them anonymously\, Amy and Casey will host\, you’ll laugh and drink too much. The show will stream for free on Booksmith’s Facebook page and our Twitch stream. At the end\, anyone who’s donated by purchasing a ticket will vote for the winner. \nTicket proceeds—and do please feel free to buy in multiples—go toward keeping our skeleton crew running during the shutdown (and paying the writers and performer). \nThanks\, as ever\, for laughing with us. \nFeatured writers: Joe Wadlington\, Alan Leggitt\, Molly Sanchez\, Sarah Lynn Rogers\, Nate Waggoner\, and Viv Pustell. \nvv “TICKET” PRICES BELOW vv \n  \n\n\n\n\nBooks:\n\n\n\n\n\n$5 Ticket\n\n$5.00\nSKU: SW5\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$10 Ticket\n\n$10.00\nSKU: SW10\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$25 Ticket\n\n$25.00\nSKU: SW25
URL:https://litseen.com/event/homewreck-a-shipwreck-fundraiser/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200411T210947Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #5
DESCRIPTION:FREE AND ALL WELCOME! \nDonate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the “ticket” link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress \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 to read 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 information \nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #5\nTime: Apr 17\, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/610388278 \nMeeting ID: 610 388 278\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,610388278# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,610388278# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 253 215 8782 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US\nMeeting ID: 610 388 278\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aeh5cBayx5
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-5/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200417T210000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200415T142743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200415T142743Z
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SUMMARY:City Lights LIVE!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first livestream as we honor our worldwide community of friends with this special online gathering.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nWith special guests Juan Felipe Herrera\, Beth Lisick\, Joshua Mohr\, sam sax\, Kim Shuck\, Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Janaka Stucky\, Jack Hirschman\, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, Karen Finley\, and others! \nHosted by Josiah Luis Alderete. \nThis is an online gathering to thank our generous supporters all over the world who contributed to our successful GoFundMe campaign\, and an opportunity for some of our very favorite authors to read\, chat\, perform and share their thoughts as we shelter-in-place together. \nWe ask that you consider further support for indie bookstores by browsing on Bookshop.org. Our virtual storefront is located here: https://bookshop.org/shop/citylightsbooks \nStay connected with us through our social media channels on Twitter\, Facebook\, Instagram\, and Youtube. \n*** \nAll registered attendees will receive a Zoom link on the day of the event. Tune in right at 7PM!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/city-lights-live/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200418T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200418T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200412T221719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200412T221719Z
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SUMMARY:Khaled Hosseini In Conversation With Book Passage’s Elaine Petrocelli
DESCRIPTION:Live: Saturday\, April 18th\, 7:00est/4:00pst\n\n\n\n\n\nIn March 2001\, while practicing medicine\, Khaled Hosseini began writing his first novel\, The Kite Runner\, which was published by Riverhead Books in 2003. That debut went on to launch one of the biggest literary careers of our time. Today\, Khaled is one of the most recognized and bestselling authors in the world. His books\, The Kite Runner\, A Thousand Splendid Suns\, and And the Mountains Echoed\, have been published in over seventy countries and sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. \nIn 2006 Khaled was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR\, the UN Refugee Agency. Inspired by a trip he made to Afghanistan with the UNHCR\, he later established The Khaled Hosseini Foundation\, a nonprofit\, which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He lives in Northern California with his wife and two children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“It may be unfair\, but what happens in a few days\, sometimes even a single day\, can change the course of a whole lifetime…”\n– The Kite Runner
URL:https://litseen.com/event/khaled-hosseini-in-conversation-with-book-passages-elaine-petrocelli/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200419T143000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200415T143026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200415T143026Z
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SUMMARY:Our Communities\, Climate Change\, and COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Sunday\, April 19th from 1pm – 2:30pm for a live panel discussion\n“Our Communities\, Climate Change\, and COVID-19” featuring \nJulie Sze\, author Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger \nAPEN Shina Robinson\nEnvironmental Justice Activist Ratha Lai\nSFSU Asian American Studies Professor Russell Jeung \n\nWatch the session on YouTube Live HERE.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZjz-kfBnus&feature=youtu.be \nA recording of the event will also be posted online after. \nOr register to receive access to the April 19th Event Zoom. \nREGISTER 4/19 event \nJulie Sze is Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California\, Davis. She has authored and edited two other books and numerous articles on environmental justice and inequality\, culture and environment\, and urban and community health and activism. \nEnvironmental Justice in a Moment of Danger \n$18.95\, Paperback
URL:https://litseen.com/event/our-communities-climate-change-and-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200420T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200420T125900
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200411T203149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200411T205223Z
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SUMMARY:Brownie Bake-In for HOME BAKED
DESCRIPTION:On April 20\, join me and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in celebrating the release of HOME BAKED from the comfort of your kitchen! \nShare a pic of YOUR brownies on twitter and/or instagram with the hashtags #HomeBaked and #BakeIn. We’ll be giving away free books\, t-shirts\, stickers and other cool swag to participants. \nI’ll also share the original Sticky Fingers Brownies recipe along with a video demonstration of how we did it back in the day!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/brownie-bake-in-for-home-baked/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alia Volz":MAILTO:aliavolz@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200323T055351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200329T192553Z
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SUMMARY:Escape From Quarantine Reading - a weekly online thing
DESCRIPTION:a weekly digital gathering and poetry reading. \njoin our weekly zoom chat to meet with friends without having to leave your house. this is a space to just talk about what’s going on and how we feel about it and also share our work. \nTopic: escape from quarantine reading\nTime: Mar 23\, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Mon\, until May 4\, 2020\, 7 occurrence(s)\nMar 23\, 2020 07:00 PM\nMar 30\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 6\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 13\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 20\, 2020 07:00 PM\nApr 27\, 2020 07:00 PM\nMay 4\, 2020 07:00 PM \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us04web.zoom.us/j/293972268 \nMeeting ID: 293 972 268 \nOne tap mobile\n+13462487799\,\,293972268# US (Houston)\n+17207072699\,\,293972268# US (Denver) \nDial by your location\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n+1 253 215 8782 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 293 972 268\nFind your local number: https://us04web.zoom.us/u/ftXvyehuU
URL:https://litseen.com/event/escape-from-quarantine-reading-a-weekly-online-thing-5/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200420T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200420T193000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200412T224731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200412T224731Z
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SUMMARY:MIRANDA JULY in conversation with Jenny Odell
DESCRIPTION:Watch this free upcoming webcast at: https://www.cityarts.net/youtube\nYou can support the cost of this public webcast by making a tax-deductible donation. Thank you for your support! \nAttention ticket holders: we hope you might consider donating your ticket to support the costs of this program. We also understand if you would like a refund and will happily accommodate that. To request a refund\, email City Box Office. To receive acknowledgement of a tax-deductible contribution\, no action is required. \nMiranda July is a filmmaker\, artist\, and writer. She is the author of the novel The First Bad Man\, and the short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You and writer\, director and star of the films The Future and Me and You and Everyone We Know. Her forthcoming crime drama Kajillionaire stars Evan Rachel Wood and Gina Rodriguez. July’s participatory art works include the website Learning to Love You More\, Eleven Heavy Things (a sculpture garden created for the 2009 Venice Biennale)\, New Society (a performance)\, and Somebody (a messaging app created with Miu Miu.) Her new book\, Miranda July\, is a chronological retrospective of her multidisciplinary work. \nJenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer\, and the author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. She has been an artist in residence at Recology SF\, the San Francisco Planning Department\, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, the Palo Alto Art Center\, ODC Dance Center\, Facebook\, and the Internet Archive and currently teaches internet art and digital/physical design at Stanford University. \nPhotograph credit: Elizabeth Weinberg
URL:https://litseen.com/event/miranda-july-in-conversation-with-jenny-odell/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200421T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200421T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200412T224735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200413T221626Z
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SUMMARY:Inside Weather 2: A Night of Poems\, Stories & Art
DESCRIPTION:Join us from your room on Tuesday April 21st at 5:30 pm\, where we will Zoom-share work that in some way contemplates the rooms and roomlessness of these times. \nThis is the second in a series of three opportunities to create community and correspondence during these weeks of isolation. The events also partially act as launch readings for Mattraw’s We fell into weather (March\, Cultural Society). Mattraw’s second book explores invisible disabilities and their catalysts– environmental toxins\, illness\, and epigenetics\, among others– while considering what’s outside those rooms. \n21 April\, Tuesday\, 5:30 pm PST\nHosted by Evan Karp \nGillian Conoley\nTiff Dressen\nAlexandra Mattraw\nJennifer Soong\nMaw Shein Win \nThe writers will present in a “round” formation instead of through the patterns we find in a traditional reading. Each feature will offer approximately three minutes of work and then “pass the mic” to the next feature in a repeated\, circular pattern. \nThe concluding “Inside Weather” event will be hosted by Norman Fischer on 19 May\, 5:30 pm PST\, and will include \nMary-Kim Arnold\nNorman Fischer\nHeather June Gibbons\nAlexandra Mattraw\nRusty Morrison
URL:https://litseen.com/event/inside-weather-2-a-night-of-poems-stories-art/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200421T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200421T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200420T053204Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Get Lit #59 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)
DESCRIPTION:12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. \nWe’re headed into our 5th consecutive year at Ale Industries as we celebrate writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time limit + live music. All ages are welcome. Emceed by Abe Becker. \nFree and welcome to all. For those that can\, please show your monetary support so that we can continue our work. You can do so via Cash App at $NomadicPress or https://cash.app/$NomadicPress. You can also “purchase” a ticket through this Facebook event to donate any amount that is feasible for you in this moment. \nThis month’s performers: Kara Vernor\, Josiah Luis Alderete\, Alan Chazaro\, Norman Antonio Zelaya\, Florencia Milito\, Keith Donnell Jr.\, Liz Cahill\, Nancy James\, Jonas Cabrera\, Dior J. Stephens\, CE Shue\, Lorenz Dumuk\, Ashia Ajani\, Judy Juanita\, Norma Smith\, Julius Rea \nMusic by: Kiva Uhuru \nZoom Joining Information \nTopic: Virtual Get Lit #59 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)\nTime: Apr 21\, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/95574318035 \nMeeting ID: 955 7431 8035\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,95574318035# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,95574318035# US (Houston) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 301 715 8592 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 253 215 8782 US\nMeeting ID: 955 7431 8035\nFind your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aeh5cBayx5 \nNomadic Press Safe Space Statement \nWhite supremacy and white supremacist-capitalist values permeate this country\, including every state\, county\, city\, and political persuasion. This includes the Bay Area. Illustrations of this range from the more obvious neo-nazi hate groups to all-white reading lineups\, white terrorist shootings to labeling racial equity work in the literary community as censorship\, mass incarceration to the voices most often published. Nomadic Press unequivocally stands against all iterations of white supremacy. \nWe are works in progress\, continually doing the work of internally dismantling white supremacist values that have been inherited by virtue of being in the US. Simultaneous with this internal work\, Nomadic Press utilizes a racial equity lense (as proposed by Race Forward) to dismantle white supremacy within publishing and the literary communities in which we work. We are not perfect\, and we are always trying to be better. \nNomadic Press events are active\, real-time safe spaces for those who have been intentionally silenced and marginalized\, and we will work to ensure that the marginalized continue to take their rightful place in our communities. \nDirect and timely non-violent communication and de-escalation techniques will be utilized to privately call in instances of racism\, transphobia\, homophobia\, ableism\, or misogyny whether in the content of one’s reading or in one’s interactions with members of the community. If\, after being called in privately for a mediation\, a community member is unwilling to acknowledge and address the harm they have caused\, we will protect the safety of this space by revoking a reader’s access to the microphone. We encourage community members to come to us if someone has violated these guidelines away from the microphone. If the situation warrants (i. e.\, instances of sexual predation\, violence\, or threats of violence)\, we will make the information public to inform our communities of the present danger. \nWe are communities in progress. We must be better\, always\, and we ask that we work together to ensure that the safety of our most vulnerable members is prioritized above all else. \nRead more about our safe space process here: www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess \nPoster by: Jevohn Tyler Newsome
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-get-lit-59-music-by-kiva-uhuru/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200421T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200425T170000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200422T203154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200422T203154Z
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SUMMARY:Red Light Lit Virtual Reading Series 04/20-04/24
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to announce that Red Light Lit is hosting our first ever virtual reading series! That’s right babes\, starting Monday (4/20) at 8 PM PST and every night through Friday we have an amazing line up of some of our favorite artists set to read on our LIVE Insta feed. So make sure you have those @redlightlit notifications turned on and tune in Monday- Friday nights for some heated words🔥🔥🔥 Monday: Loria Mendoza\, Tuesday: Kar Johnson\, Wednesday: Devin Copeland\, Thursday: Thea Matthews\, Friday: Allyson Darling. It’s about to get LIT
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-virtual-reading-series-04-20-04-24/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T170000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200422T214858Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Rufi Thorpe and Chloe Benjamin
DESCRIPTION:Rufi Thorpe joins us on Instagram Live to discuss her new novel The Knockout Queen with Chloe Benjamin. Wednesday April 29th at 5:00pm PDT. \nPraise for The Knockout Queen \n“Is it cheesy to say The Knockout Queen knocked me off my feet? I couldn’t put it down\, and when I had to\, I did so only reluctantly\, shakily. With unrelenting humor and terrifying intelligence\, Rufi Thorpe tells the story of an unlikely high school friendship—the kind of friendship from which you never recover—with intensity and attentiveness. This captivating\, generous book is a moving examination on human motivation\, darkness\, and love—calling attention to the ways we can be deeply different\, and yet so much the same.”—Rachel Khong\, author of Goodbye\, Vitamin \n“Fearless\, tender\, and savagely alive\, The Knockout Queen is unlike anything you’ll read this year. Rufi Thorpe’s third novel is about unruly thoughts and unruly bodies\, about violence and love\, about doing the wrong thing for the right reasons and the drag of human being. You won’t be able to look away. You might even recognize yourself.”—Chloe Benjamin\, best-selling author of The Immortalists \n“The Knockout Queen is an intense\, unflinching examination of friendship\, the threads that connect us in such strange ways. Rufi Thorpe navigates this difficult terrain thanks to a masterful use of detail and a wonderfully dark sense of humor that lands at just the right moment. Michael and Bunny are two of the most unique characters I’ve ever met\, drawn with such precision that it’s impossible to leave them behind. This is a hypnotic\, beautiful novel\, and Rufi Thorpe is an unbelievably unique talent.”—Kevin Wilson\, best-selling author of Nothing to See Here \nAbout The Knockout Queen \nA dazzling and darkly comic novel of love\, violence\, and friendship in the California suburbs \nBunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore⁠—beautiful\, tall\, blond\, with a rich real-estate-developer father and a swimming pool in her backyard. Michael⁠⁠—with a ponytail down his back and a septum piercing⁠—lives with his aunt in the cramped stucco cottage next door. When Bunny catches Michael smoking in her yard\, he discovers that her life is not as perfect as it seems. At six foot three\, Bunny towers over their classmates. Even as she dreams of standing out and competing in the Olympics\, she is desperate to fit in\, to seem normal\, and to get a boyfriend\, all while hiding her father’s escalating alcoholism. Michael has secrets of his own. At home and at school Michael pretends to be straight\, but at night he tries to understand himself by meeting men online for anonymous encounters that both thrill and scare him. When Michael falls in love for the first time\, a vicious strain of gossip circulates and a terrible\, brutal act becomes the defining feature of both his and Bunny’s futures⁠⁠—and of their friendship. With storytelling as intoxicating as it is intelligent\, Rufi Thorpe has created a tragic and unflinching portrait of identity\, a fascinating examination of our struggles to exist in our bodies\, and an excruciatingly beautiful story of two humans aching for connection.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-rufi-thorpe-and-chloe-benjamin/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T170000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200422T222211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200422T222211Z
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SUMMARY:Deborah Madison\, An Onion in My Pocket
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed and bestselling culinary author Deborah Madison (Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone) returns to Bookshop Santa Cruz to share An Onion in My Pocket\, her warm\, bracingly honest memoir that gives us an insider’s look at the vegetarian movement. \nThanks to her beloved cookbooks and groundbreaking work as the chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco\, Deborah Madison\, though not a vegetarian herself\, has long been revered as this country’s leading authority on vegetables. She profoundly changed the way generations of Americans think about cooking with vegetables\, helping to transform “vegetarian” from a dirty word into a mainstream way of eating. But before she became a household name\, Madison spent almost twenty years as an ordained Buddhist priest\, coming of age in the midst of counterculture San Francisco. In this charmingly intimate and refreshingly frank memoir\, she tells her story—and with it the story of the vegetarian movement—for the very first time. From her childhood in Big Ag Northern California to working in the kitchen of the then-new Chez Panisse\, and from the birth of food TV to the age of green markets everywhere\, An Onion in My Pocket is as much the story of the evolution of American foodways as it is the memoir of the woman at the forefront. It is a deeply personal look at the rise of vegetable-forward cooking\, and a manifesto for how to eat well. \nDEBORAH MADISON\, a graduate of UC Santa Cruz\, is the award-winning author of fourteen cookbooks\, including The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone and Vegetable Literacy. Her books have received four James Beard Foundation awards and five awards from the IACP; in 2016 she was inducted into the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Hall of Fame. She lives in New Mexico. \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by May 9th.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/deborah-madison-an-onion-in-my-pocket/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T130000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200406T024714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200406T024714Z
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SUMMARY:Andrew Sean Greer and Miah Jeffra to Support Alley Cat Books
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising goal: $2000 \nAndrew Sean Greer and Miah Jeffra will read via video conference from their work and talk about writing about real-life experiences through a creative lens. \nAll proceeds benefit Alley Cat Books. Support their GoFundMe now! \n\nApril 22 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite\n\nNote: You will receive information for the video conference upon registering for the event.e
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andrew-sean-greer-and-miah-jeffra-to-support-alley-cat-books/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T163000
DTSTAMP:20260611T113601
CREATED:20200416T220957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200416T220957Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Russophone Poetry: Readings\, Translations\, and Contexts
DESCRIPTION:This exceptional three-part panel opens Globus Books Literary Translation Series at Globus Books YouTube Channel. \nWe present three sets of authors and translators: \nIlya Danishevsky – Alex Karsavin \nLida Yusupova – Hilah Kohen \nOksana Vasyakina – Ainsely Morse \nTranslators discuss a few of the challenges of translating their authors. \nPart II: Spotlight on Translation. \nTranslators discuss a few of the challenges of translating their author. Danishevsky will say a few words about his experience of the (im)(p)act of translation as the translatee. \nPart III: The Social Context \nPanelists will discuss some current trends and issues manifesting in queer Russophone poetry today. \nBios: \nIlya Danishevsky is one of the best-known (and youngest) literary editors in Russia. Formerly in charge of the alternative publishing project Anhedonia at the leading publishing house AST\, Danishevsky writes texts that blur the boundary between poetry and prose\, produces regular literary features for the online edition of the journal Snob\, and curates the literary program at Moscow’s Voznesensky Center. His latest book\, Mannelig in Chains (2018)\, has been translated into Ukrainian and German. \nAlex Karsavin is a translator and writer based in Chicago & New York. They are the translations & poetry editor at H​​omintern m​agazine​\, and occasionally the ​​Zahir Review​.​ Their writing and translations have appeared in ​​The New Inquiry\, Homintern​ and are forthcoming in the ​Columbia Journal. ​In their academic and literary work they explore the channelways in between queer poetics\, Marxism\, and environmental history. They are currently working on their debut collection of poems. \nHilah Kohen is the News Editor of Meduza in English (meduza.io/en)\, the Anglophone edition of a Russian-language news outlet. Kohen’s work on the intersections of Russophone literature and politics can also be found in Music & Literature\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, and elsewhere. Her translations of poetry by Lida Yusupova are forthcoming in Nashville Review and a volume published by Cicada Press. \nAinsley Morse teaches at Dartmouth College and translates Russian and former Yugoslav literatures. Recent publications include Permanent Evolution\, a collection of theoretical essays by the Formalist critic Yuri Tynianov (ASP; edited and translated with Philip Redko)\, Andrei Egunov-Nikolev’s “Soviet pastoral” Beyond Tula (ASP)\, and\, with Bela Shayevich\, Kholin 66: Diaries and Poems by Igor Kholin (UDP) and Vsevolod Nekrasov’s I Live I See (UDP 2013). \nIn 2019 Anne O. Fisher’s translations included “Monitor-1” by Shura Burtin (winner of the inaugural True Story Award for long-form journalism); “Nervous\,” a one-act play by Julia Lukshina (Asymptote); and poetry and prose by Ilya Danishevsky and Dmitry Kuzmin in the folio Fisher co-edited\, Life Stories\, Death Sentences: Contemporary Russian-Language LGBTQ+ Writing (In Translation). Fisher teaches remotely for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Translation and Interpreting Studies program and is the Vice-President of ALTA (the American Literary Translators Association). \nGlobus Books is an independent bookstore serving San Francisco since 1971. It offers a wide-ranging stock of books on all things Russia. Globus is actively working with the libraries across the states on completing their holdings for Russian publications\, both contemporary and out-of-print. The Globus Books team is well-known for its expertise in first editions of Russian literature\, books on the Russian avant-garde\, early imprints and travel and voyage books. Under the new management\, Globus strives to serve the Bay Area\, bridging gaps\, continuing cultural traditions and giving voice to unrepresented communities in Russia and the US. \nIn the future\, these events will be held at Globus Books store in San Francisco. For now\, we are honored to feature these authors and translators via a Zoom event. Please message us if you want to participate in the Zoom event. Dut to the format and setting\, we will have a limited amount of guests. The panel will be recorded and shared on our YouTube channel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/queer-russophone-poetry-readings-translations-and-contexts/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Lunada: New Moon Virtual Literary Lounge
DESCRIPTION:MAJOR LUNADA ANNOUNCEMENT: \nFor two decades\, Lunadas have fortified Bay Area communities on the full moon. On this month’s full moon when the moon is the closest to earth\, also known as the pink moon\, we want to announce the return of Lunada Literary Lounge! \nRecognizing the need to pull together\, Galería de la Raza joins forces with Borderlands Theater and Lunada founder Marc David Pinate\, in a historic collaboration to present an evening of truth-telling and testimonials on the dark side of the moon. In light of the COVID-19 shelter in place order\, for the next literary lounge\, we will host virtually and move the gathering to the new moon – a time for intention setting and realignment. This virtual gathering will featuring the best Latinx poets in the country\, this is an evening of medicine for the heart and spirit. \n*Please note: we acknowledge the open mic as an integral aspect of Lunada tradition\, but\, unfortunately\, due to limited technical capacity and overall logistics in regulating an open mic remotely\, Lunada will only be featuring a curated lineup of poets and performers. We hope we can continue the open mic tradition in the future. \nMark your calendars for Wednesday\, April 22\, 2020 @ 6 p.m. PST. \nFull line up to be announced soon! \nLivestream information will be posted on our Facebook page\, so RSVP\, or follow us to be notified when links are up!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunada-new-moon-virtual-literary-lounge/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition#4
DESCRIPTION:Weekly virtual reading series\n3 readers and a community craft talk \nLyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic: Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition #4\nTime: Apr 22\, 2020 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/603664236?pwd=cW9tYldEdU0rb3YvNi9TSFR3alpRQT09 \nMeeting ID: 603 664 236\nPassword: LDEE\nOne tap mobile\n+13462487799\,\,603664236#\,\,#\,061152# US (Houston)\n+16699009128\,\,603664236#\,\,#\,061152# US (San Jose) \nDial by your location\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 603 664 236\nPassword: 061152\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keB99ctCO4
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-ether-edition4/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T200000
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Reading at a Distance / Laura Mullen and Ploi Pirapokin
DESCRIPTION:We’ve partnered with the Headlands Center for the Arts to bring you a series of distanced literary readings with Headlands Artists\, curated by Emily Wolahan (AFF ’16–’19). Join Laura Mullen (AIR ’20) and Ploi Pirapokin (AFF ’17–’20) for the kickoff event of the series on Wednesday\, April 22 at 7PM PST. \nWe’ll be streaming directly to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/booksmith \nWe are pleased to be able to bring you some of our events virtually while our doors are closed in the interest of public health. \nIf you would like to support us during this difficult time\, you can make donations here now or during the event: http://paypal.me/booksmith \nYou can also buy Laura’s books from us and we’ll deliver them directly to your door:\nhttps://www.booksmith.com/search/site/laura%20mullen \nThank you very much for your support – we’re proud to be a legacy business and a mainstay of the Haight-Ashbury since 1976! \n— \nThe author of eight books\, Laura Mullen (AIR ’20) is McElveen Professor of English at LSU. Recognitions for her poetry include Ironwood’s Stanford Prize\, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship\, and the Rona Jaffe Award. Her work has been widely anthologized\, and she is the librettist for Nathan Davis’ a Sound Uttered\, a Silence crossed\, commissioned by the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus. Recent poems have appeared in The Nation\, 1111\, Conjunctions\, and Lana Turner. She was the Arons poet at Tulane and affiliate faculty at Stetson University for 2018. Her translation of Veronique Pittolo’s Hero was published in 2019. \nPloi Pirapokin’s work is featured and forthcoming in Tor.com\, The Offing\, Apogee Journal\, the Bellingham Review\, Cleaver Magazine\, and more. She has received grants and fellowships from the San Francisco Arts Commission\, the Creative Capacity Fund\, the Headlands Center for the Arts\, the Ragdale Foundation\, Kundiman and others. She holds an MFA in Fiction from San Francisco State University and is based in San Francisco. \n— \nHeadlands Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary\, international arts center occupying a cluster of artist-rehabilitated military buildings at historic Fort Barry in the Marin Headlands\, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Headlands provides an unparalleled environment in support of the creative process and the development of new work and ideas. Through a range of programs for artists and the public\, we offer opportunities for reflection\, dialogue\, and exchange that build understanding and appreciation for the role of art in society. \nBooksmith is an an off-center general interest independent bookstore and legacy business\, a flagship of San Francisco’s Haight Street since 1976. Booksmith is the force behind The Bindery\, a multi-purpose events parlor established in 2017 that features The Arcana Project: a deep\, highly inclusive array of books—fiction and nonfiction\, from all over the world—presented in chronological order by the date they were written. Booksmith also organizes Berkeley Arts & Letters\, an East Bay speaker series since 2009 that features exceptional authors with new books. Between the three programs\, Booksmith produces over 250 events per year. \n— \nThis is a free\, all-ages event. \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-reading-at-a-distance-laura-mullen-and-ploi-pirapokin/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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