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SUMMARY:ACCENTED | For Your Consideration: Diasporic Vietnamese Filmmakers
DESCRIPTION:The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora\, a virtual series of programs that will feature a variety of writers\, poets\, artists\, actors\, filmmakers\, scholars\, and other cultural producers from the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora. \n— \nThis installation of ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora will take place Friday\, January 22nd at 7:00 pm PST / 10:00 pm EST\, hosted by Pulitzer-prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen\, and will feature filmmakers Carol Nguyen (No Crying at the Dinner Table) and Bao Nguyen (BE WATER). We’ll be rolling out the virtual red carpet for our first ACCENTED of 2021 for an intimate conversation with filmmakers whose recent works\, partly inspired by their experiences in the Vietnamese diaspora\, are contenders for the 2021 Academy Awards. \nVisit https://bit.ly/ACCENTED8 to RSVP. General admission tickets are $5 or by donation. Share the event and tag DVAN on Facebook and Instagram (@weare_dvan) for a discount code! \nAbout the Guests: \nBao Nguyen is an award-winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles and Saigon. His work has appeared in the New York Times\, HBO\, Vice\, NBC\, ARTE\, among others. He was the producer and cinematographer of NUOC 2030 a feature sci-fi that opened the Panorama section of the 2014 Berlinale and was awarded the Tribeca Sloan Filmmaker Award. In 2015\, he directed the documentary feature\, LIVE FROM NEW YORK! which opened the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. He produced Tran Thanh Huy’s ROM which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival where it won the festival’s top prize\, the New Currents award. In addition\, it was one of the highest grossing films in Vietnam in 2020. \nBao Nguyen’s latest directorial effort BE WATER world premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival was invited to other major festivals such as Cannes\, SXSW\, Telluride\, San Francisco\, Hot Docs\, Sydney\, Hong Kong\, among many others. BE WATER broke ratings records with its world broadcast premiere in the United States as part of Disney owned ESPN’s ’30 for 30′ series. Recently\, Nguyen has also formed a new production company\, EAST Films\, with offices in Los Angeles California and Ho Chi Minh City\, Vietnam. Nguyen\, alongside other creative partners Ham Tran\, Jenni Trang Le\, Anderson Le\, among others. They formed EAST to nurture and produce transnational stories with a focus on Southeast Asia. It is a creative studio with three silos — genre films for the local Vietnamese market\, Pan-Asian streaming series based in Southeast Asia\, and prestige fare to support the burgeoning cinema culture of Vietnam and bring it to international audiences. He is an alumnus of the 2012 and 2014 Berlinale Talent Campus as well as a Firelight Media Producers Fellow. He earned his BA at NYU and his MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. \nCarol Nguyen (carolnguyenfilms.com) is a 22 year-old Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto and Montreal. Her films often explore the subjects of cultural identity\, family and memory. Her most recent film “NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and had its international premiere at IDFA 2019\, where she was also invited as the Opening Night speaker. It also received the Jury Prize for Short Documentary at SXSW. Carol is a 2018 Sundance Ignite fellow\, Adobe Creativity Scholar and a TIFF Share Her Journey ambassador\, where she strives to empower diverse voices and women through her own stories and personal experiences in the film industry. Today\, Carol is working towards developing her first documentary feature as well as an animated short. \nAbout the Host: \nViet Thanh Nguyen is the author of The Sympathizer\, Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War\, The Refugees\, and Race and Resistance: Literature\, Politics and Asian America. His most recent book was Chicken of the Sea\, done with his son Ellison. His next book is The Committed\, the sequel to The Sympathizer. \nAbout the Moderator: \nPhilip Nguyen is the producer of ACCENTED: Dialogues in Diaspora presented by the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN). He teaches Asian American Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University and is the Community Organizing Manager for the Vietnamese American Roundtable\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Jose\, California. Philip serves as the President of the Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA) and as the Co-Chair of the Young Vietnamese Americans (YVA) Committee for PIVOT – The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization. \nWith curated custom cocktails by mixaphoria: Thuy Phan is the creator of mixaphoria\, a virtual bookbar that curates and designs cocktail pairings for books by diverse writers. mixaphoria’s mission is to encourage readers to engage with diverse literature and spark thoughtful discussions. Thuy’s recipes and book reviews for each pairing can be found at mixaphoria.com or on Instagram @mixaphoria. Thuy is also a dancer and lives in MA. \nIn partnership with: \nEastwind Books of Berkeley has been a major source for Asian American literature\, Asian Studies\, Language Learning\, Traditional Chinese Medicine\, and Martial Arts books. All books featured in ACCENTED are available at https://asiabookcenter.com for a special discounted price. \nThe Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit\, non-partisan\, community-based organization founded in 2004 upon the principle of empowering the next generation of Vietnamese youth with self-awareness\, passion for change and propensity for leadership. UNAVSA is a family of Vietnamese youth organizations working together to advance the interests of Vietnamese youth in order to build a stronger Vietnamese community at home and abroad. \nAbout the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network \nAll funds raised for ACCENTED will go towards supporting DVAN’s mission to promote voices and stories of the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora and connect them to diasporic communities all over the globe.\nThis program is sponsored by the DVAN@SFSU Project of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. \nFor more information about the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) please visit our website at https://dvan.org or follow us on Instagram (@weare_dvan) \nDVAN believes that the stories\, imaginaries\, and poetics of a thriving Vietnamese diaspora can unite our global community. Our mission is to celebrate and foster diasporic Vietnamese voices. DVAN presents nonfiction\, fiction\, and poetry to empower Vietnamese artists in the diaspora and to promote understanding and dialogue within our community\, and with others. Our complex and diverse stories must be championed and passed on to current and future generations. We are refugees\, immigrants\, survivors\, and descendants\, and our stories must be heard.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Rebecca Fishow and Emily Schultz
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON FRIDAY\, JANUARY 22 AT 6PM PT WHEN REBECCA FISHOW DISCUSSES HER LATEST COLLECTION\, THE TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE\, WITH EMILY SCHULTZ ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89879534846\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,89879534846#  or +12532158782\,\,89879534846#\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kIzEKj0o8 \nPraise for The Trouble with Language \n“These stories burst with demented charm. Fans of Etgar Keret and Amelia Gray will relish Rebecca Fishow’s exciting debut.” –Catherine Lacey\, author of Pew: A Novel and Nobody is Ever Missing \n“A haunting\, compelling\, beautifully written trip through an America just below the surface of this one.  Fishow is so alert to the world\, through her language\, that it makes the reader more alert to the world too.  A wonderful debut that announces the arrival of a new\, deeply poetic\, voice to our literature.” –George Saunders\, author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December \n“I could read any one of these stories any number of times\, and their joy\, darkness and intelligence would remain fresh\, mysterious and bracing. Fishow is an extraordinary talent.” –Rivka Galchen\, author of Little Labors  and Atmospheric Disturbances \nAbout The Trouble with Language \nWinner of the Holland Prize for Fiction. \nWeaving together fabulist invention and gritty realism\, Rebecca Fishow’s debut collection\, THE TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE\, unearths stories of men and women whose traumatic experiences make way for dazzlingly cerebral lives. A young man finds a severed head at his door years after his mother takes her own life. A married couple initiates a bloody jailbreak. A young woman poses nude for strangers in attempts to pay for mental health treatment\, while another finds herself rapidly shrinking in a hotel room. No two of these surprising and playful fictions are alike\, and each encourages us to peek behind life’s curtains to discover more bizarre\, enchanting\, and joyful truths. Wondrously assured\, THE TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE heralds the arrival of a major talent.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-rebecca-fishow-and-emily-schultz/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Rebecca Fishow and Emily Schultz
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, January 22 at 6pm PT when Rebecca Fishow discusses her latest collection\, The Trouble with Language\, with Emily Schultz on Zoom!\n\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89879534846\n\nPraise for The Trouble with Language\n“These stories burst with demented charm. Fans of Etgar Keret and Amelia Gray will relish Rebecca Fishow’s exciting debut.” -Catherine Lacey\, author of Pew: A Novel and Nobody is Ever Missing\n\n“A haunting\, compelling\, beautifully written trip through an America just below the surface of this one. Fishow is so alert to the world\, through her language\, that it makes the reader more alert to the world too. A wonderful debut that announces the arrival of a new\, deeply poetic\, voice to our literature.” -George Saunders\, author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December\n\n“I could read any one of these stories any number of times\, and their joy\, darkness and intelligence would remain fresh\, mysterious and bracing. Fishow is an extraordinary talent.” -Rivka Galchen\, author of Little Labors and Atmospheric Disturbances\n\nAbout The Trouble with Language\nWinner of the Holland Prize for Fiction.\nWeaving together fabulist invention and gritty realism\, Rebecca Fishow’s debut collection\, THE TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE\, unearths stories of men and women whose traumatic experiences make way for dazzlingly cerebral lives. A young man finds a severed head at his door years after his mother takes her own life. A married couple initiates a bloody jailbreak. A young woman poses nude for strangers in attempts to pay for mental health treatment\, while another finds herself rapidly shrinking in a hotel room. No two of these surprising and playful fictions are alike\, and each encourages us to peek behind life’s curtains to discover more bizarre\, enchanting\, and joyful truths. Wondrously assured\, THE TROUBLE WITH LANGUAGE heralds the arrival of a major talent.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-rebecca-fishow-and-emily-schultz-2/
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Bryant Terry\, presented by EcoFarm Conference
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT: An Evening with Bryant Terry: Live Fireside Chat and Cooking Demo\, presented by the EcoFarm Conference. Terry is a James Beard Award-winning chef\, educator\, and author renowned for his activism to create a healthy\, just\, and sustainable food system. His fantastic books\, including the acclaimed Vegetable Kingdom\, are available through Bookshop Santa Cruz (below). \nREGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE. \nBuilding upon its farmer-to-farmer education model\, EcoFarm is an essential networking and educational hub for ecologically-minded farmers\, ranchers\, and all who work to support their success in growing a healthy and just food system and world. Read more about their four-day conference here. And see more books by authors appearing at this year’s conference here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-bryant-terry-presented-by-ecofarm-conference/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Lethem in Conversation with Dan Polsby\, Vintage Berkeley--virtually
DESCRIPTION:discussing (with wine) Lethem’s latest novel The Arrest\, an utterly original post-collapse yarn about two siblings\, the man that came between them\, and a nuclear-powered super car. \n“An impeccably executed\, moving\, and wildly inventive tale of madness and narrative at the end of the world. Lethem is at the top of his game.”–Emily St. John Mandel\, author of The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, January 21\, 2021 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Vintage Berkeley’s virtual salon hosted by Dan Polsby and one of America’s most acclaimed novelists for a Zoom on his new novel…with glass (and book) in hand! The ex-Berkeleyite author of Motherless Brooklyn\, and the man the NYT recently called “a master at subverting expectations of form and genre and the author of some of the most original novels in recent decades” is back with an amazing new book! \nThe Arrest isn’t post-apocalypse. It isn’t a dystopia. It isn’t a utopia. It’s just what happens when much of what we take for granted–cars\, guns\, computers\, and airplanes\, for starters–quits working. \nBefore the Arrest\, Sandy Duplessis had a reasonably good life as a screenwriter in L.A. An old college friend and writing partner\, the charismatic and malicious Peter Todbaum\, had become one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. That didn’t hurt. \nNow\, post-Arrest\, nothing is what it was. Sandy\, who calls himself Journeyman\, has landed in rural Maine. There he assists the butcher and delivers the food grown by his sister\, Maddy\, at her organic farm. But then Todbaum shows up in an extraordinary vehicle: a retrofitted tunnel-digger powered by a nuclear reactor. Todbaum has spent the Arrest smashing his way across a fragmented and phantasmagorical United States\, trailing enmities all the way. Plopping back into the siblings’ life with his usual odious panache\, his motives are entirely unclear. Can it be that Todbaum wants to produce one more extravaganza? Whatever he’s up to\, it may fall to Journeyman to stop him. \nWritten with unrepentant joy and shot through with just the right amount of contemporary dread\, The Arrest is speculative fiction at its absolute finest. \nTo register and purchase the prescripted wine(s)\, click: https://www.vintageberkeley.com/holiday-gifts?category=Zoom+Events \nFor further information\, write dan@vintageberkeley.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jonathan-lethem-in-conversation-with-dan-polsby-vintage-berkeley-virtually/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Wider Than The Sky: Author Katherine Rothschild in Conversation With Randy Ribay
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, January 21\, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online book launch of the new YA novel\, WIDER THAN THE SKY\, with author Katherine Rothschild. Katherine will be in conversation with Randy Ribay\, author of PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83921967498. \n(Order your copy of WIDER THAN THE SKY at https://bit.ly/ggpWider\, or in audiobook at http://bit.ly/WiderThanTheSkyAB. Order PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING at http://bit.ly/ggpPatronSaints.) \nIn the wake of sudden tragedy\, twin sisters uncover a secret that rips open their world. Katherine Rothschild explores the pain and power of forgiveness in a stunning debut novel that will shatter your heart and piece it back together\, one truth at a time. \nSixteen-year-old Sabine Braxton doesn’t have much in common with her identical twin\, Blythe. When their father dies from an unexpected illness\, each copes with the loss in her own way—Sabine by “poeting” (an uncontrollable quirk of bursting into poetry at inappropriate moments) and Blythe by obsessing over getting into MIT\, their father’s alma mater. Neither can offer each other much support . . . at least not until their emotionally detached mother moves them into a ramshackle Bay Area mansion owned by a stranger named Charlie. \nSoon\, the sisters unite in a mission to figure out who Charlie is and why he seems to know everything about them. They quickly make a life-changing discovery: their father died of an HIV- related infection\, Charlie was his lover\, and their mother knows the whole story. The revelation unravels Sabine’s world\, while practical Blythe seems to take everything in stride. Once again at odds with her sister\, Sabine chooses to learn all she can about the father she never knew. Ultimately\, she must decide if she can embrace his last wish for their family legacy—along with forgiveness. \nAbout the Author\n\nKatherine Rothschild\, PhD\, is a Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University\, a former Arabic dance instructor\, and an obsessive food truck follower. She’s the recipient of a Vermont Studio Center artist’s grant\, and her personal essays have been published on KQED/NPR\, in the San Francisco Chronicle\, and in several other publications. She graduated from UC Irvine’s creative writing program and earned an MFA in fiction writing at St. Mary’s College of California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wider-than-the-sky-author-katherine-rothschild-in-conversation-with-randy-ribay/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: James J. Siegel\, Ben Kline\, and Caroline Earleywine
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY\, JANUARY 20 AT 6PM PT WHEN JAMES J. SIEGEL\, BEN KLINE\, AND CAROLINE EARLEYWINE READ FROM THEIR WORK TO CELEBRATE SIEGEL’S LATEST COLLECTION\, THE GOD OF SAN FRANCISCO\, ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81646234969\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,81646234969#  or +13462487799\,\,81646234969#\nWebinar ID: 816 4623 4969\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koVmWjynk \nPraise for The God of San Francisco \n“James Siegel’s The God of San Francisco is one man’s spiritual journey through a city marked by violence\, queer history\, and the legacy of AIDS. Nothing escapes his attention\, not the vanished Castro Funeral Home\, not the “pale\, bony torsos” sunning in Dolores Park. Here\, history is a landscape where loss meets redemption. Ultimately\, Siegel’s keen eye renders the sometimes painful\, hard-fought ways we travel far from where we begin; these poems are as vivid and heartfelt as the world they map.”—Bruce Snider\, author of Fruit and Paradise\, Indiana \n“The first time I met James Siegel I went to his reading series. I was curious because we hadn’t met and I know many of the poets in San Francisco. We’re reasonably close neighbors\, in a place where some no longer think that there are such things as neighbors. The reading was impressive\, as is the poet. Having now read The God of San Francisco I wonder if we aren’t differently aged versions of a similar child. James Siegel’s poems made me cry in deep and healing sobs and in a rhythm of clicking heels and rosaries. My family has lived for five generations in the Castro and I’m a bit possessive of those streets\, but Siegel’s clean\, accessible and loving translations of spaces to words made me feel at home. This collection goes far beyond the rainbow crosswalks and renamed businesses. This should be required reading for people who think they know.”—Kim Shuck\, 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco \n“James Siegel’s The God of San Francisco reminds us that ‘this is where life ended/ but went on for those left behind’—a post-apocalyptic universe like HBO’s The Leftovers where one person’s heaven is another person’s hell. I am reminded of being a young\, queer Latinx boy who dreamt of living in San Francisco\, a city whose cultural and political history is entwined in the daily lives of its people. These poems are about a poet’s love for a city whose mythology continues to live. We tread survivor’s guilt\, communal history\, and its trauma\, yes\, but these are love poems. The God of San Francisco is Siegel’s love story of a city and its people.”—Ruben Quesada\, author of Revelations \nAbout The God of San Francisco \nIn The God of San Francisco\, James J. Siegel examines queer grief during the onset of the AIDS crisis through a lavender-and-leather pantheon: St. Christopher\, Allah\, and the God of San Francisco transubstantiate a sarcoma’s cicatrix into sequins\, a viral dowry into a benevolent plume of dazzling feathers. From Laramie\, Wyoming\, to Toledo\, Ohio\, Siegel performs a magisterial frilling of historical attention\, always emerging as “an extraordinary conflagration. A beautiful immolation.” At once an elegiac columbarium and search-and-rescue map for future bliss\, The God of San Francisco trills from the Castro Funeral Home to North Beach and back\, surmising death as something honeyed and lissome\, “eulogies eulogized.” Desire masquerades as “a raven gliding / on the backdrop of midnight” and “Jesus in fishnets\, / crossdressing his way through Nazareth\,” and desire cedes each poem’s boy\, spectral or otherwise\, a warm hand\, green grass\, “the sun’s rays on our skin.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-james-j-siegel-ben-kline-and-caroline-earleywine/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: James J. Siegel\, Ben Kline\, and Caroline Earleywine
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, January 20th at 6pm PT when James J. Siegel\, Ben Kline\, and Caroline Earleywine read from their work to celebrate Siegel’s latest collection\, The God of San Francisco\, on Zoom!\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81646234969\nPraise for The God of San Francisco\n“James Siegel’s The God of San Francisco is one man’s spiritual journey through a city marked by violence\, queer history\, and the legacy of AIDS. Nothing escapes his attention\, not the vanished Castro Funeral Home\, not the “pale\, bony torsos” sunning in Dolores Park. Here\, history is a landscape where loss meets redemption. Ultimately\, Siegel’s keen eye renders the sometimes painful\, hard-fought ways we travel far from where we begin; these poems are as vivid and heartfelt as the world they map.”—Bruce Snider\, author of Fruit and Paradise\, Indiana\n“The first time I met James Siegel I went to his reading series. I was curious because we hadn’t met and I know many of the poets in San Francisco. We’re reasonably close neighbors\, in a place where some no longer think that there are such things as neighbors. The reading was impressive\, as is the poet. Having now read The God of San Francisco I wonder if we aren’t differently aged versions of a similar child. James Siegel’s poems made me cry in deep and healing sobs and in a rhythm of clicking heels and rosaries. My family has lived for five generations in the Castro and I’m a bit possessive of those streets\, but Siegel’s clean\, accessible and loving translations of spaces to words made me feel at home. This collection goes far beyond the rainbow crosswalks and renamed businesses. This should be required reading for people who think they know.”—Kim Shuck\, 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco\n“James Siegel’s The God of San Francisco reminds us that ‘this is where life ended/ but went on for those left behind’—a post-apocalyptic universe like HBO’s The Leftovers where one person’s heaven is another person’s hell. I am reminded of being a young\, queer Latinx boy who dreamt of living in San Francisco\, a city whose cultural and political history is entwined in the daily lives of its people. These poems are about a poet’s love for a city whose mythology continues to live. We tread survivor’s guilt\, communal history\, and its trauma\, yes\, but these are love poems. The God of San Francisco is Siegel’s love story of a city and its people.”—Ruben Quesada\, author of Revelations\nAbout The God of San Francisco\nIn The God of San Francisco\, James J. Siegel examines queer grief during the onset of the AIDS crisis through a lavender-and-leather pantheon: St. Christopher\, Allah\, and the God of San Francisco transubstantiate a sarcoma’s cicatrix into sequins\, a viral dowry into a benevolent plume of dazzling feathers. From Laramie\, Wyoming\, to Toledo\, Ohio\, Siegel performs a magisterial frilling of historical attention\, always emerging as “an extraordinary conflagration. A beautiful immolation.” At once an elegiac columbarium and search-and-rescue map for future bliss\, The God of San Francisco trills from the Castro Funeral Home to North Beach and back\, surmising death as something honeyed and lissome\, “eulogies eulogized.” Desire masquerades as “a raven gliding / on the backdrop of midnight” and “Jesus in fishnets\, / crossdressing his way through Nazareth\,” and desire cedes each poem’s boy\, spectral or otherwise\, a warm hand\, green grass\, “the sun’s rays on our skin.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-james-j-siegel-ben-kline-and-caroline-earleywine-2/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, January 19\, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87225317750. \nYou can order a copy in paperback at https://bit.ly/ggpCityWeBecame or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at https://bit.ly/CityBecameAB. \n“A glorious fantasy.”–Neil Gaiman \n  \nThree-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet\, a story of culture\, identity\, magic\, and myths in contemporary New York City. \n  \nIn Manhattan\, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn’t remember who he is\, where he’s from\, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city\, see its history\, and feel its power. \n  \nIn the Bronx\, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city\, so beautiful and powerful it’s as if the paint is literally calling to her. \n  \nIn Brooklyn\, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city\, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels. \n  \nAnd they’re not the only ones. \n  \nEvery great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths\, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She’s got six.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-city-we-became-by-n-k-jemisin-ggp-online-book-club/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T074003Z
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SUMMARY:LUSH: A SOMArts Series
DESCRIPTION:LUSH: A SOMArts Series launches on Tuesday\, January 19\, 2021. The first of three virtual programs\, this event features readings\, a panel discussion\, and Q&A with Juli Delgado Lopera\, author of Fiebre Tropical\, and Elaine Castillo\, author of America is Not the Heart\, two Bay Area novelists whose writing reflects diasporic and queer life in the US today\, moderated by Claire Calderón. \nLUSH: A SOMArts Series draws inspiration from Solarpunk\, a genre that imagines futures that reject dystopian narratives\, instead favoring visions of sustainability and interconnection. LUSH asks us how we\, as artists\, curators\, writers\, filmmakers\, musicians\, and activists\, can create a future where we are thriving in abundance? \nAccessibility \nClosed captioning will be provided during the virtual stream \nTickets \nTickets to this event are donation based on a sliding scale ($5-20; no one turned away for lack of funds. Your donation ensures that SOMArts continues to provide critical space and support to Bay Area artists and curators for years to come\, while ensuring the arts are accessible to all! \n\nRSVP TODAY!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLUSH: A SOMARTS SERIES LITERARY LINE UP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClaire Calderón is an Oakland-based writer and curator at work on her first novel. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College and is the manager of The Ruby\, a gathering space for women and non-binary artists and writers in San Francisco. \nPhoto credit: Alexa Treviño \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNamed one of “30 of the planet’s most exciting young people” by the Financial Times\, Elaine Castillo was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her debut novel America Is Not the Heart was named one of the best books of 2018 by NPR\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Kirkus Reviews\, The New York Public Library\, The New York Post\, The Boston Globe\, Real Simple\, Lit Hub\, and has been nominated for the Elle Award\, the Center for Fiction Prize\, the Aspen Words Prize\, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Book Award\, and the California Book Award. Her writing can be found in The New York Times\, The Nation\, Freeman’s\, Electric Literature\, Lit Hub\, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a book of essays about the politics of our reading culture\, as well as a second novel. \nPhoto credit: Amaal Said \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuli Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer\, historian\, speaker and storyteller based in San Francisco. They’re the author of The New York Times acclaimed novel Fiebre Tropical\, out March 2020 from The Feminist Press. Juli is also the author of Quiéreme (Nomadic Press 2017) and ¡Cuéntamelo! (Aunt Lute 2017) an illustrated bilingual collection of oral histories by LGBT Latinx immigrants which won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. Juli’s received awarded fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook\, Headlands Center for The Arts\, Brush Creek Foundation of the Arts\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and The SF Grotto. Their work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Teen Vogue\, The Kenyon Review\, McSweeney’s\, The Rumpus\, The White Review\, LALT\, Four Way Review\, Broadly\, TimeOut Mag to name a few. They are the former executive director of RADAR Productions a queer literary non-profit in San Francisco. \nPhoto credit: Rebeka Rodriguez
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lush-a-somarts-series/
LOCATION:SOMArts\, 934 Brannan Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T200000
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SUMMARY:The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | GGP Online Book Club | Tue. Jan. 19 @ 7 PM PST\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us on Tuesday\, January 19\, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87225317750. \nYou can order a copy in paperback at https://bit.ly/ggpCityWeBecame or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at https://bit.ly/CityBecameAB. \n“A glorious fantasy.”–Neil Gaiman \n  \nThree-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet\, a story of culture\, identity\, magic\, and myths in contemporary New York City. \n  \nIn Manhattan\, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn’t remember who he is\, where he’s from\, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city\, see its history\, and feel its power. \n  \nIn the Bronx\, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city\, so beautiful and powerful it’s as if the paint is literally calling to her. \n  \nIn Brooklyn\, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city\, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels. \n  \nAnd they’re not the only ones. \n  \nEvery great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths\, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She’s got six.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-city-we-became-by-n-k-jemisin-ggp-online-book-club-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T193000
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SUMMARY:Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event: Floaters
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: \nPoets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: A Zoom Event\nFloaters \nMARTIN ESPADA\, a poet who stirs our social consciousness\, has published twenty books as a poet\, editor\, essayist and translator\, including Vivas To Those Who Have Failed and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Republic of Poetry. \nHis latest book\, Floaters\, offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies\, songs of protest and songs of love.  The title is a term used by some Border Patrol agents to describe migrants who drown trying to cross over the border.  Espada bears eloquent witness to  confrontations with anti-immigrant bigotry. He also knows that times of hate call for poems of love. Whether celebrating the visionaries – the fallen dreamers\, rebels\, and poets – or condemning the outrageous governmental neglect of his father’s Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria\, Espada invokes ferocious\, incandescent spirits. \nDENNIS BERNSTEIN \, a poet and investigative journalist\, is the producer of Flashpoints (heard weekdays at 5pm on KPFA Radio 94.1 FM. His political essays have appeared in numerous newspapers\, magazines and websites. His latest book of poems is Five Oceans in a Teaspoon\, with typographic visualizations by Warren Lehrer. The poems in it reflect the struggle of everyday people trying to survive in the face of adversity. It spans a single lifetime: from growing up confused by dyslexia to becoming a frontline witness to war and its aftermath\, to prison\, street life\, poverty\, love and loss\, to open heart surgery. Five Oceans in a Teaspoon speaks to the madness\, vulnerability\, aspiration and language of our time. The raw emotion of the writing has a freshness rarely encountered.  The book was a winner for Poetry in the 2020 Best Book Awards/American Book Fest\, and a finalist in the International Book award for Poetry. \nSuggested Donation $1-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-espada-and-dennis-bernstein-floaters-tickets-130079233489 ken@kpfa.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-martin-espada-dennis-bernstein-a-zoom-event-floaters/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T191500
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SUMMARY:Panel: Black Crime Writers – Celebrating the Past\, Looking Toward the Future
DESCRIPTION:Authors\, S.A. Cosby\, Kellye Garrett\, Gar Anthony Haywood and Cheryl A. Head discuss the history of Black writers of crime fiction and the future of Black writers in the genre. \nREGISTER \nYouTube Live \n  \nS.A. Cosby is an Anthony award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines His story Slant-Six was selected as a Distinguished Story in Best American MysteryStories for 2016. His short story The Grass Beneath My Feet won the Anthony award for best short story in 2019. His writing has been called “gritty and heartbreaking” and “dark\, thrilling and tragic.” His style and tone is influenced by his varied life experiences which includes but are not limited to being a bouncer\, construction worker\, retail manager and for six hours a mascot for a major fast food chain inside the world’s hottest costume. Twitter | Facebook \nKellye Garrett is the acclaimed author of the Detective by Day mysteries about a semi-famous\, mega-broke Black actress who takes on the deadliest role of her life: Private Detective. The first\, Hollywood Homicide\, won the Agatha\, Anthony\, Lefty and Independent Publisher “IPPY” awards for best first novel. The second\, Hollywood Ending\, was nominated for both Anthony and Lefty awards. Prior to writing novels\, Garrett spent eight years working in Hollywood\, including a stint writing for Cold Case. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sisters in Crime and is a co-founder of Crime Writers of Color. Her next project is an #ownvoices domestic suspense novel about a woman looking into the overdose death of a one-time reality star found within blocks of her house—her own estranged younger sister. Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook \nGar Anthony Haywood is the Shamus and Anthony award-winning author of twelve crime novels\, including the Aaron Gunner private eye series and Joe and Dottie Loudermilk mysteries. His short fiction has been included in the BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES anthologies and Booklist has called him “a writer who has always belonged in the upper echelon of American crime fiction.” He has written for network television and both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. He and his wife Donna currently make their home in Denver\, Colorado. Website | Facebook \nCheryl A. Head is originally from Detroit\, and now lives on Capitol Hill in Washington\, D.C.\, where she has navigated a successful career as a writer\, television producer\, filmmaker\, broadcast executive and media funder. Her self-published debut novel\, Long Way Home: A World War II Novel\, was a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist in both the African American Literature and Historical Fiction categories. Her award-winning\, Charlie Mack Motown Mystery series (Bywater Books) is set in Detroit featuring a Black\, lesbian private investigator. When not writing fiction\, Head consults on a wide range of diversity issues. She is a Senior Associate at Livingston Associates\, a member of the Bouchercon Board of Directors and former Director of Inclusion for the board of the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS). Website | Twitter | Facebook \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/panel-black-crime-writers-celebrating-the-past-looking-toward-the-future/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library – Virtual Library
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T190000
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SUMMARY:This is Now: Simon Winchester
DESCRIPTION:This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. \n—– \nThe story of the world is the story of land: stories of taming\, acquiring\, and exploiting this basic building block of human culture. But can the ground beneath us truly be owned? \nWith his trademark keen intellect\, insatiable curiosity\, and narrative verve\, Winchester tackles the tale of the billions of acres under our care: how we acquire it\, steward it\, fight over it\, share it. Who actually owns the world’s land—and why does it matter? \nPerhaps no author could take on this massive topic better than Simon Winchester—not only one of the most entertaining speakers we’ve had the pleasure of hosting\, but also one of the most impressive historians. His 1990’s bestseller\, The Professor and the Madman\, has sold millions of copies and is a modern classic. Since then\, he has racked up one literary hit after another\, all due to a knack for finding and shaping fascinating stories within a subject. Pacific\, The Perfectionists\, The Map That Changed the World—history alive with Winchester’s gifts of language and detail. \nKepler’s Literary Foundation is proud to launch Simon Winchester’s Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. \nIn conversation with Angie Coiro\, Winchester explores how the very ground beneath us has shaped human history. Invite your book club\, and don’t miss it! \n\n**Get your tickets early\, as webinar space is limited! Bring up to one additional friend on a second screen with our “Bring a Friend” option\, and turn it into a book club event.*
URL:https://litseen.com/event/this-is-now-simon-winchester-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T190000
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SUMMARY:This is Now: Simon Winchester
DESCRIPTION:This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. \n—– \nThe story of the world is the story of land: stories of taming\, acquiring\, and exploiting this basic building block of human culture. But can the ground beneath us truly be owned? \nWith his trademark keen intellect\, insatiable curiosity\, and narrative verve\, Winchester tackles the tale of the billions of acres under our care: how we acquire it\, steward it\, fight over it\, share it. Who actually owns the world’s land—and why does it matter? \nPerhaps no author could take on this massive topic better than Simon Winchester—not only one of the most entertaining speakers we’ve had the pleasure of hosting\, but also one of the most impressive historians. His 1990’s bestseller\, The Professor and the Madman\, has sold millions of copies and is a modern classic. Since then\, he has racked up one literary hit after another\, all due to a knack for finding and shaping fascinating stories within a subject. Pacific\, The Perfectionists\, The Map That Changed the World—history alive with Winchester’s gifts of language and detail. \nKepler’s Literary Foundation is proud to launch Simon Winchester’s Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. \nIn conversation with Angie Coiro\, Winchester explores how the very ground beneath us has shaped human history. Invite your book club\, and don’t miss it! \n\n**Get your tickets early\, as webinar space is limited! Bring up to one additional friend on a second screen with our “Bring a Friend” option\, and turn it into a book club event.**
URL:https://litseen.com/event/this-is-now-simon-winchester/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T170000
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SUMMARY:Steven Kotler - The Art of Impossible (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Learn about The Art of Impossible from bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler as he decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes\, artists\, scientists\, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible\, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities\, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. \nWhat does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations\, exceed our expectations\, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements? We are capable of so much more than we know—that’s the message at the core of The Art of Impossible. Building upon cutting-edge neuroscience and over twenty years of research\, Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective Steven Kotler lays out a blueprint for extreme performance improvement. If you want to aim high\, here is the playbook to make it happen! \nInspirational and aspirational\, pragmatic and accessible\, The Art of Impossible is a life-changing experience disguised as a how-to manual for peak performance that anyone can use to shoot for the stars (space-suit\, not included.) \nSteven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author\, an award-winning journalist\, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He is the author of nine bestsellers (out of thirteen books total)\, including The Art of Impossible\, The Future is Faster Than You Think\, Stealing Fire\, The Rise of Superman\, and Bold and Abundance. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes\, translated into over 40 languages\, and appeared in over 100 publications\, including the New York Times Magazine\, Wired\, Atlantic Monthly\, TIME\, and the Harvard Business Review. Steven is also the cohost of Flow Research Collective Radio\, a top ten iTunes science podcast. Along with his wife\, author Joy Nicholson\, he is the cofounder of the Rancho de Chihuahua\, a hospice and special needs dog sanctuary.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/steven-kotler-the-art-of-impossible-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T140000
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SUMMARY:Paraic O'Donnell with Helen MacDonald - The House on Vesper Sands (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:London\, 1893: high up in a house on a dark\, snowy night\, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling\, serpentine world of Paraic O’Donnell’s Victorian-inspired mystery\, the story of a city cloaked in shadow\, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window? Why is a cryptic message stitched into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls\, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar circumstances? \nOn the case is Inspector Cutter\, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. Gideon Bliss\, a Cambridge dropout in love with one of the missing girls\, stumbles into a role as Cutter’s sidekick. And clever young journalist Octavia Hillingdon sees the case as a chance to tell a story that matters—despite her employer’s preference that she stick to a women’s society column. As Inspector Cutter peels back the mystery layer by layer\, he leads them all\, at last\, to the secrets that lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands. \nBy turns smart\, surprising\, and impossible to put down\, The House on Vesper Sands offers a glimpse into the strange undertow of late nineteenth-century London and the secrets we all hold inside us. \nParaic O’Donnell is a writer of fiction\, poetry and criticism. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Guardian\, the Irish Times\, Winter Papers\, and elsewhere.  His US debut novel\, The House on Vesper Sands (Tin House)\, is an IndieNext pick and was a Guardian and Observer book of the year for 2018 when it was published in the UK. \nHelen Macdonald is a writer\, poet\, illustrator\, and naturalist\, and an affiliated research scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. She is the bestselling author of Vesper Flights and H Is for Hawk\, as well as a cultural history of falcons\, titled Falcon\, and three collections of poetry\, including Shaler’s Fish. Macdonald was a Research Fellow at Jesus College\, Cambridge\, has worked as a professional falconer\, and has assisted with the management of raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia. She now writes for the New York Times Magazine.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paraic-odonnell-with-helen-macdonald-the-house-on-vesper-sands-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T180000
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond with Whitney Leigh Morris - What's Your Story? (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Transformational questions for personal and collective change. \nIn this time of global reckoning\, revolution\, and reinvention\, authors Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond invite you to excavate the narratives that have shaped your life and write a new\, fulfilling story for the future. Consisting of 150+ questions—designed to be answered in as little as five minutes or as long as a lifetime—What’s Your Story?: A Journal for Everyday Evolution is essential for anyone ready to begin living their most authentic\, creative\, and meaningful life. \n\nExplore by area of life: Each chapter invites you to explore a different part of life as you move through your day—from waking up and encountering your mind\, to being in relationship with your body\, other people\, nature\, and technology\, to reflecting on community\, identity\, and mortality.\nExplore by theme: Five themes\, color-coded throughout each chapter\, allow you to explore a particular focus from beginning to end: creativity and self-expression; self-care; activism; spirituality; and grief\, loss\, and the work of healing.\n\n“Finding the voice to know\, write\, and speak your story can mean the difference between an existence of repressed silence and a life of joyful fulfillment\,” write the authors. “Our stories have the power to limit or liberate us.” \nRebecca Walker is a best-selling author\, editor\, and cultural critic who has contributed to the global conversation about race\, gender\, culture\, and power for over two decades. She has spoken at over four hundred universities\, conferences\, literary festivals\, and corporate campuses around the world\, and is a co-founder of the Third Wave Fund\, an organization that supports women and transgender youth working for social justice. Rebecca has won many awards\, and was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential leaders of her generation. She lives in Los Angeles. Learn more at rebeccawalker.com. \nLily Diamond is a writer\, educator\, and advocate working to democratize wellness through storytelling\, accessible practices for inner and outer nourishment\, and revolutionary acts of self-care in relationship to our earth and human communities. Lily is author of bestselling memoir-cookbook Kale & Caramel: Recipes for Body\, Heart\, and Table\, and her work has been featured in the New York Times\, VICE\, Healthyish\, Women’s Review of Books\, Refinery29\, and more. She lives in Maui\, Hawai‘i\, where she grew up\, on occupied native Hawaiian land. Learn more at lilydiamond.com. \n \nWhitney Leigh Morris is a Small Space Lifestyle Consultant based in Venice\, California. A firm believer that you don’t need to “live large” to live beautifully\, Morris uses her blog and Instagram account to share tips and ideas geared towards helping individuals\, couples\, and families live comfortably\, contentedly\, and less wastefully in compact quarters. Morris also shares her experiences and advice via a diverse array of editorial outlets and speaking engagements\, and via her mini video series\, Tiny Takeaways. She is the author of the book\, Small Space Style: Because You Don’t Need to Live Large to Live Beautifully. Morris is an engaged member of the Venice community\, is on the Board of The Rightway Foundation\, and was named a Wall Street Journal Woman of Note. She lives at the Cottage with her husband\, their child\, and two rescue beagles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rebecca-walker-and-lily-diamond-with-whitney-leigh-morris-whats-your-story-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T150000
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SUMMARY:Learn Deep Revision Techniques
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Laurel Yourke will speak on the heart of revision-it’s not just polishing or substituting one word for another. Instead\, look at revision as viewing at your own words in a completely new way: re-envisioning them. One might divide this approach into five steps: \nWhat is the essence of your story\, poem\, or book? \nWhat is deep structure\, and how can you use it to diagnose? \nWhat issues do you want to tackle\, and how will you approach this process? \nWhat’s the relationship between author\, narrator\, characters\, and reader? \nWhat’s needed for that final polish? \nView revision through the lens of exploration\, and it becomes an exciting challenge to transform your project into everything you hoped it would be. \nDr. Laurel Yourke\, who has received two teaching awards\, recently published Beyond the First Draft: Deep Novel Revision. Earlier publications include Take Your Characters to Dinner (on the craft of fiction) and Waiting for Beethoven (a poetry collection). During her career at UW-Madison Continuing Studies\, she taught students from eight to eighty\, presenting at Writer’s Institute\, Write by the Lake\, School of the Arts\, among others. Her speaking engagements across Wisconsin ranged from writing and revising fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry. \nBuy your ticket now! \nhttps://www.ticketsource.us/california-writers-club-berkeley-branch/cwc-speaker-series-dr-laurel-yourke-deep-revision-techniques/2021-01-17/13:00/t-lggxgp \n  \nUpcoming Speaker Series Events \nFebruary 21st: Sage Cohen \nApril 18th: Emily Cotler \nMarch 21st: TBA \nMay 16th: Author Panel \nJune 20th: Member Book Launch (Authors Published in 2020 – 2021) \n  \nThe California Writers Club (CWC) formed in 1909. Today the nonprofit CWC has a statewide membership of nearly 1\,800 members and 22 branches. CWC member-volunteers serve aspiring writers\, published writers\, and supporters by providing  writing conferences\, contests\, critique and support groups\, workshops\, and publishing opportunities. \n$10 For Non-Members; $5 For Members. \nhttps://cwc-berkeley.org berkeley.cwc@gmail.com 510-629-1909
URL:https://litseen.com/event/learn-deep-revision-techniques/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T140000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
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LAST-MODIFIED:20201227T225048Z
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SUMMARY:Mahmood Mamdani in conversation with Gil Anidjar
DESCRIPTION:discussing \nNeither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities \nby Mahmood Mamdani \npublished by Belknap Press (an imprint of Harvard University Press) \n———- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \n\nMaking the radical argument that the nation-state was born of colonialism\, this book calls us to rethink political violence and reimagine political community beyond majorities and minorities. \nIn this genealogy of political modernity\, Mahmood Mamdani argues that the nation-state and the colonial state created each other. In case after case around the globe—from the New World to South Africa\, Israel to Germany to Sudan—the colonial state and the nation-state have been mutually constructed through the politicization of a religious or ethnic majority at the expense of an equally manufactured minority. \nThe model emerged in North America\, where genocide and internment on reservations created both a permanent native underclass and the physical and ideological spaces in which new immigrant identities crystallized as a settler nation. In Europe\, this template would be used by the Nazis to address the Jewish Question\, and after the fall of the Third Reich\, by the Allies to redraw the boundaries of Eastern Europe’s nation-states\, cleansing them of their minorities. After Nuremberg the template was used to preserve the idea of the Jews as a separate nation. By establishing Israel through the minoritization of Palestinian Arabs\, Zionist settlers followed the North American example. The result has been another cycle of violence. \nNeither Settler nor Native offers a vision for arresting this historical process. Mamdani rejects the “criminal” solution attempted at Nuremberg\, which held individual perpetrators responsible without questioning Nazism as a political project and thus the violence of the nation-state itself. Instead\, political violence demands political solutions: not criminal justice for perpetrators but a rethinking of the political community for all survivors—victims\, perpetrators\, bystanders\, beneficiaries—based on common residence and the commitment to build a common future without the permanent political identities of settler and native. Mamdani points to the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa as an unfinished project\, seeking a state without a nation. \nGil Anidjar teaches in the Department of Religion and the Department of Middle Eastern\, South Asian\, and African Studies at Columbia University. He is the author\, among other books\, of The Jew\, the Arab: A History of the Enemy (Stanford UP\, 2003) and Blood: A Critique of Christianity (Columbia UP\, 2014). \nMahmood Mamdani is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern\, South Asian\, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University and Director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research in Kampala. He is the author of Citizen and Subject\, When Victims Become Killers\, and Good Muslim\, Bad Muslim.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mahmood-mamdani-in-conversation-with-gil-anidjar/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
CREATED:20201205T004127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201205T004127Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON SATURDAY\, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL\,\nBIG GIRL\, SMALL TOWN\, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info  \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81976016190\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,81976016190#  or +12532158782\,\,81976016190#\nWebinar ID: 819 7601 6190\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGpjfKace \nPraise for Big Girl\, Small Town \n“[A] sensational debut . . . Gallen’s effortless immersion into a gritty\, endlessly bittersweet world packs a dizzying punch.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“I loved Majella from the first page. Our relatable heroine jumps off the page like an old friend. Utterly brilliant and deliciously hilarious! With humor\, wit and beauty\, Gallen subtly unveils a violence and conflict that lies beneath\, exploring the legacy of the Troubles and the deeply felt effects through generations.”\n—Christy Lefteri\, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo \n“A winning evocation of a small Irish community whose people burst from its pages. Engaging and satisfying.”\n—Daily Mail \nAbout Big Girl\, Small Town \nMeet Majella O’Neill\, a heroine like no other\, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls \nMajella is happiest out of the spotlight\, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother\, working in the local chip shop\, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls\, too small)\, has the same dinner each night (fish and chips\, microwaved at home after her shift ends)\, and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas\, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed. \nBut underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny\, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey\, the pub\, and the chip shop. In fact\, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town. \nTold in a highly original voice\, with a captivating heroine readers will love and root for\, Big Girl\, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, and accessible literary fiction with an edge. \nAbout Michelle Gallen \nMichelle Gallen was born in County Tyrone in the mid 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles from the border between what she was told was the”‘Free” State and the “United” Kingdom. She studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and won several prestigious prizes as a young writer. Following a devastating brain injury in her midtwenties\, she co-founded three award-winning companies and won international recognition for digital innovation. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and kids. \nAbout Crissy Van Meter \nCrissy Van Meter grew up in Southern California. Her writing has appeared in Vice\, Bustle\, Guernica\, and Catapult. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-michelle-gallen-and-crissy-van-meter/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
CREATED:20201207T064039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201207T064039Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON SATURDAY\, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL\,\nBIG GIRL\, SMALL TOWN\, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info  \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81976016190 \nPraise for Big Girl\, Small Town \n“[A] sensational debut . . . Gallen’s effortless immersion into a gritty\, endlessly bittersweet world packs a dizzying punch.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“I loved Majella from the first page. Our relatable heroine jumps off the page like an old friend. Utterly brilliant and deliciously hilarious! With humor\, wit and beauty\, Gallen subtly unveils a violence and conflict that lies beneath\, exploring the legacy of the Troubles and the deeply felt effects through generations.”\n—Christy Lefteri\, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo \n“A winning evocation of a small Irish community whose people burst from its pages. Engaging and satisfying.”\n—Daily Mail \nAbout Big Girl\, Small Town \nMeet Majella O’Neill\, a heroine like no other\, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls \nMajella is happiest out of the spotlight\, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother\, working in the local chip shop\, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls\, too small)\, has the same dinner each night (fish and chips\, microwaved at home after her shift ends)\, and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas\, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed. \nBut underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny\, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey\, the pub\, and the chip shop. In fact\, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town. \nTold in a highly original voice\, with a captivating heroine readers will love and root for\, Big Girl\, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, and accessible literary fiction with an edge. \nAbout Michelle Gallen \nMichelle Gallen was born in County Tyrone in the mid 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles from the border between what she was told was the”‘Free” State and the “United” Kingdom. She studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and won several prestigious prizes as a young writer. Following a devastating brain injury in her midtwenties\, she co-founded three award-winning companies and won international recognition for digital innovation. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and kids. \nAbout Crissy Van Meter \nCrissy Van Meter grew up in Southern California. Her writing has appeared in Vice\, Bustle\, Guernica\, and Catapult. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-michelle-gallen-and-crissy-van-meter-2/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
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SUMMARY:Kate Messner on Instagram Live IGTV
DESCRIPTION:reading her timely book The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents\, an inspiring and informative book for kids about the past and future of America’s presidents. \n“Ingeniously structured around inaugural years\, [this book]’s softly textured digital vignettes are montaged to give a sense of events unfolding in many places and lives at once. readers may be convinced that the future is wide open-presidentially speaking.”–Publishers Weekly\, starred review \nJoin us on Instagram IGTV. Follow along @MRSDALLOWAYS. Videos disappear after 24 hours so be sure to watch! \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, January 16\, 2021 – 11:00am\n\n\n\n\n\nWho will be the NEXT president? Could it be you? When George Washington became the first president of the United States\, there were nine future presidents already alive in America\, doing things like practicing law or studying medicine. \nWhen JFK became the thirty-fifth president\, there were 10 future presidents already alive in America\, doing things like hosting TV shows and learning the saxophone. \nAnd right now–today!–there are at least 10 future presidents alive in America. They could be playing basketball\, like Barack Obama\, or helping in the garden\, like Dwight D. Eisenhower. They could be solving math problems or reading books. They could be making art–or already making change. \nKate Messner is an award-winning author whose many books for kids have been selected as Best Books by the New York Times\, Junior Library Guild\, IndieBound\, and Bank Street College of Education. She lives on Lake Champlain with her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kate-messner-on-instagram-live-igtv/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
CREATED:20201114T160657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201114T160657Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: George Saunders and Tobias Wolff
DESCRIPTION:bout the Event \nPart hilarious prophet\, part tender interpreter of the human condition\, Booker Prize winner George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo) has been called “the only writer who predicted 2020.” His tales\, which generally are “not like anything anyone has written before” (The Atlantic)\, mix razor-sharp absurdism with a huge heart. They’re routinely celebrated with headlines like “George Saunders has written the best book you’ll read this year” (that was the New York Times on Tenth of December in 2013) or “a luminous feat of generosity and humanism” (Colson Whitehead on Lincoln in the Bardo in 2016). Or\, as Khaled Hosseini put it\, “Saunders makes you feel like you’re reading fiction for the first time.” \nHow does he do it? In our once-in-a-lifetime live\, virtual event\, Saunders teams up with his dear friend and mentor\, Tobias Wolff (This Boy’s Life) — one of Barack Obama’s National Medal of the Arts honorees — to celebrate Saunders’ first book in four years\, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing\, Reading\, and Life. They’ll discuss how to channel the craft of four Russian greats (Chekhov\, Turgenev\, Tolstoy\, and Gogol) to create lives — both on and off the page — imbued with the profound humanity these masters awaken in readers: a recognition of our fragile\, surreal\, frequently funny\, sometimes tragic\, always beautiful existence. Join these two literary legends (and their favorite literary ancestors) for an unforgettable Friday night as together we kick off a new year with warmth\, wit\, and wisdom. \nTickets include an exclusive signed copy of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain! Note\, this event will be a one-time-only\, live\, interactive virtual experience\, not to be re-aired\, and both space and signed books are limited. Get your tickets now!  \nTickets are available here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-george-saunders-and-tobias-wolff/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
CREATED:20201218T231439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T231439Z
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SUMMARY:Nora Harlow and Saxon Holt in Conversation--virtually
DESCRIPTION:discussing their new book Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates: Plants for a Lush\, Water-Conscious Landscape. \nEvery Bay Area gardener needs this book written and photographed by the same team that produced Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates (published by EBMUD in 2004 and an instant bestseller at Mrs. Dalloway’s when we first opened). \nWatch this space for registration details as they become available. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, January 14\, 2021 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nGardening in an area defined by arid summers and soggy winters can be challenging. But gardens can thrive in such conditions\, and this definitive handbook shares the plants and practices that will help you succeed. Landscape architect Nora Harlow and award-winning photographer Saxon Holt explain how plants adapt to the climate and how topography and climate relate. A comprehensive plant directory provides details on each plant’s needs\, and stunning photography shows how smart design can help address seasonal issues. It’s everything you need to create a flourishing summer-dry garden. \nNora Harlow is a landscape architect and gardener with wide-ranging experience in the summer-dry climates of California. She was assistant editor of Pacific Horticulture magazine for many years and supervisor of water conservation for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland\, where she designed low-water landscapes for District facilities. \nSaxon Holt is a photojournalist who has spent more than 40 years exploring Kingdom Plantae and the fundamental importance of plants to the health of the planet. A lifelong gardener\, he abandoned commercial photography when he discovered garden publishers and could no longer stay in a studio. His work has been featured in diverse publications\, from Architectural Digest and Pacific Horticulture to Smithsonian and Money magazines.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nora-harlow-and-saxon-holt-in-conversation-virtually/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
CREATED:20201218T231237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T231237Z
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SUMMARY:Kevin Begos in Conversation with Dan Polsby\, Vintage Berkeley--virtually
DESCRIPTION:discussing Tasting the Past: One Man’s Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World’s Original Wines. \n“Takes readers along on a journey to find the historical origins of wine. [Begos’s] story unfolds in a manner similar to the growth of ancient grapevines; rooted in a strong central narrative\, side stories grow like tendrils\, wrapping around and supporting each other\, while clusters of vividly described wines emerge like ripe grapes.”–Science \nTo register and buy the book\, please write dan@vintageberkeley.com. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, January 14\, 2021 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n“A vintner’s blend of science\, history\, travel\, and tantalizing drink recommendations.”–Amy Stewart\, author of The Drunken Bo1tanist  \nPull up a chair and pour yourself a glass of whatever Dan recommends\, and enjoy a lively conversation between these wine experts! \nIn search of a mysterious wine he once tasted in a hotel room minibar\, journalist Begos travels along the original wine routes–from the  Caucasus Mountains\, where wine grapes were first domesticated eight thousand years ago\, crossing the Mediterranean to Europe\, and then America–and unearths a whole world of forgotten grapes\, each with distinctive tastes and aromas. We meet the scientists who are decoding the DNA of wine grapes\, and the historians who are searching for ancient vineyards and the flavors cultivated there. Begos discovers wines that go far beyond the bottles of Chardonnay and Merlot found in most stores and restaurants\, and he offers suggestions for wines that are at once ancient and new. \nKevin Begos is a former MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and a former AP correspondent whose stories and research have appeared in major newspapers and other publications\, including Scientific American\, Harper’s\, Salon\, the Christian Science Monitor\, the Guild of Sommeliers\, USA Today\, and the New York Times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kevin-begos-in-conversation-with-dan-polsby-vintage-berkeley-virtually/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
CREATED:20201210T074057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T074057Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Rameshwar Das (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Born Richard Alpert\, Ram Dass was a prominent Harvard psychology professor who partnered with Timothy Leary in psychedelic research\, and later traveled to India and met his guru\, Neem Karoli Baba. Upon returning to the US with his new name\, which means “servant of God\,” Ram Dass became a pivotal influence on the culture with his groundbreaking book Be Here Now—a backpacker’s bible for a generation of spiritual seekers. In this new definitive memoir\, Being Ram Dass\, America’s best-known and beloved spiritual teacher\, Ram Dass\, shares his life story set against the backdrop of eight decades of cultural transformation. \nRameshwar Das\, coauthor of Being Ram Dass\, will join Marin local Dr. Larry Brilliant\, in conversation about the life and new memoir from spiritual teacher and cultural icon\, Ram Dass. Both Rameshwar Das and Dr. Brilliant were longtime friends of Ram Dass\, having known him for over 50 years. Just as Neem Karoli Baba foretold Ram Dass he would write a book (Be Here Now)\, he also foretold Brilliant would work for the World Health Organization’s India smallpox program\, to help eradicate this ancient plague (which he did). \nRameshwar Das is an writer\, photographer\, and coauthor of several Ram Dass books including Be Love Now\, Polishing the Mirror\, and Being Ram Dass. He lives in East Hampton\, Long Island. \nDr. Larry Brilliant is a physician and epidemiologist\, CEO of Pandefense Advisory\, and a CNN Medical Analyst. He also serves on the board of the Skoll Foundation\, as well as co-founded the Seva Foundation\, an NGO whose programs have given back sight to more than 5 million blind people in two dozen countries. Dr. Brilliant is the author of Sometimes Brilliant\, a memoir about working to eradicate smallpox. He lives in Marin County\, CA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-rameshwar-das-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
CREATED:20201205T000814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201205T000814Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Mary Ziegler with Becca Andrews / Abortion and the Law in America: Roe V. Wade to the Present
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Mother Jones are very pleased to host a virtual event with Mary Ziegler for her new book Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present. She’ll be in conversation with Mother Jones reproductive rights reporter Becca Andrews. \nFree and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order a copy of Abortion and the Law in America here. We’re currently offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \nWith the Supreme Court likely to reverse Roe v. Wade\, the landmark abortion decision\, American debate appears fixated on clashing rights. The first comprehensive legal history of a vital period\, Abortion and the Law in America illuminates an entirely different and unexpected shift in the terms of debate. Rather than simply championing rights\, those on opposing sides battled about the policy costs and benefits of abortion and laws restricting it. This mostly unknown turn deepened polarization in ways many have missed. Never abandoning their constitutional demands\, pro-choice and pro-life advocates increasingly disagreed about the basic facts. Drawing on unexplored records and interviews with key participants\, Ziegler complicates the view that the Supreme Court is responsible for the escalation of the conflict. A gripping account of social-movement divides and crucial legal strategies\, this book delivers a definitive recent history of an issue that transforms American law and politics to this day. \nMary Ziegler is the Stearns Weaver Miller Professor at Florida State University College of Law. Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Garrow has called her “the premier historian of abortion in the post-Roe era.” She teaches and writes on the legal history of reproduction and constitutional law\, family law\, and sexuality. Her latest book is Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present (Cambridge University Press 2020). Her first book\, After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate (Harvard\, 2015)\, was the winner of the 2014 Harvard University Press Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize for best first manuscript in any discipline. She often serves as commentator in leading mass media outlets across the world\, including The Atlantic\, The BBC\, the Boston Globe\, CNN\, the Guardian\, MSNBC\, NBC\, The New York Times\, NPR\, PBS News Hour\, Politico\, the Wall Street Journal\, and The Washington Post. \nBecca Andrews is a reporter at Mother Jones. A Southerner\, she most often writes about the Southeast\, gender\, and culture. Before joining Mother Jones as an editorial fellow\, she wrote for newspapers in Tennessee. Her work has also appeared in Slate\, Marie Claire UK\, and USA Today. Her first book\, No Choice\, on the dwindling access to abortion in the United States\, is forthcoming from Hachette’s Public Affairs imprint. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-mary-ziegler-with-becca-andrews-abortion-and-the-law-in-america-roe-v-wade-to-the-present/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T172000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T004023
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES\, Sofia Samatar
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 “Shelter and Place\,” a theme about world building when the world seems to be falling apart\, about writing about place\, about seeking and finding and not finding shelter in stormy times\, and of course\, what it means to be a writer and a person writing while sheltering in place. \nJANUARY 14TH FEATURED WRITER: SOFIA SAMATAR\nSofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories\, the short story collection\, Tender\, and Monster Portraits\, a collaboration with her brother\, the artist Del Samatar. Her work has received several honors\, including the World Fantasy Award. She teaches Arabic literature\, African literature\, and speculative fiction at James Madison University in Virginia. \nRegister for this FREE event series here. \nThe Living Writers Series runs on select Thursdays from 5:20-6:55p.m. Authors’ books available for pick up or delivery via Bookshop Santa Cruz. Find them here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-living-writers-series-sofia-samatar/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T172000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES\, Sofia Samatar
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 “Shelter and Place\,” a theme about world building when the world seems to be falling apart\, about writing about place\, about seeking and finding and not finding shelter in stormy times\, and of course\, what it means to be a writer and a person writing while sheltering in place. \nJANUARY 14TH FEATURED WRITER: SOFIA SAMATAR\nSofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories\, the short story collection\, Tender\, and Monster Portraits\, a collaboration with her brother\, the artist Del Samatar. Her work has received several honors\, including the World Fantasy Award. She teaches Arabic literature\, African literature\, and speculative fiction at James Madison University in Virginia. \nRegister for this FREE event series here. \nThe Living Writers Series runs on select Thursdays from 5:20-6:55p.m. Authors’ books available for pick up or delivery via Bookshop Santa Cruz. Find them here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-living-writers-series-sofia-samatar-2/
LOCATION:CA
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