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SUMMARY:Whistlestop Writers Reading
DESCRIPTION:Another Whistlestop Writers Open Mic at Swirl on the Square is rolling into town. The event is open to writers of all genres (and lit lovers).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/whistlestop-writers-reading/
LOCATION:Swirl on the Square\, 21 S Livermore Ave\, Livermore\, CA\, 94550\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T163000
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SUMMARY:Youth Speaks Turn UP (The Volume!) SUMMER Writing and Performance Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join M.C. K-Swift to learn how to speak truth to power and the Youth Speaks method at our Summer workshop series.  All programs at The Mix are for teens ages 13-18. \nThis is a Reading\, Writing & Poetry program from SFPL. We love reading/sharing/creating words.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youth-speaks-turn-up-the-volume-summer-writing-and-performance-workshop/
LOCATION:SF Public Library\, 100 Larkin Street\, San Francisco\, 94102\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
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SUMMARY:Laura Kamoie + Stephanie Dray
DESCRIPTION:In the compelling\, richly researched America’s First Daughter\, a novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources\, bestselling authors Laura Kamoie and Stephanie Dray tell the fascinating\, untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter\, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy \nFrom her earliest days\, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly\, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson’s oldest daughter\, she becomes his helpmate\, protector\, and constant companion in the wake of her mother’s death\, traveling with him when he becomes American minister to France. \nIt is in Paris\, at the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution\, that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father’s troubling liaison with Sally Hemings\, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile\, Patsy has fallen in love—with her father’s protégé William Short\, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Torn between love\, principles\, and the bonds of family\, Patsy questions whether she can choose a life as William’s wife and still be a devoted daughter. \nHer choice will follow her in the years to come\, to Virginia farmland\, Monticello\, and even the White House. And as scandal\, tragedy\, and poverty threaten her family\, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father’s reputation\, in the process defining not just his political legacy\, but that of the nation he founded. \nLaura Kamoie has always been fascinated by the people\, stories\, and physical presence of the past\, which led her to a lifetime of historical and archaeological study and training. She holds a doctoral degree in early American history from The College of William and Mary\, published two non-fiction books on early America\, and most recently held the position of Associate Professor of History at the U.S. Naval Academy before transitioning to a full-time career writing genre fiction as the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books. \nStephanie Dray is an award-winning\, bestselling and two-time RITA award nominated author of historical women’s fiction. Her critically acclaimed series about Cleopatra’s daughter has been translated into eight different languages and won NJRW’s Golden Leaf. As Stephanie Draven\, she is a national bestselling author of genre fiction and American-set historical women’s fiction. She is a frequent panelist and presenter at national writing conventions and lives near the nation’s capital.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laura-kamoie-and-stephanie-dray/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T203000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
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SUMMARY:Pride Poetry Palooza!
DESCRIPTION:Perfectly Queer East Bay presents its annual celebration of Queer pride >>Pride Poetry Palooza!<< with amazing LGBTQ poets MK Chavez\, Thea Matthews\, Baruch Porras-Hernandez\, David Welper\, Arisa White\, and Shelley Wong Wednesday\, June 28\, 7-8:30pm at Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. Baruch leads a discussion of writing Queer poetry after the readings. Book signing\, door prizes\, and free donuts–the poetic fuel of the gods! As-you-will door donation helps keep the doors open at Nomadic Press: Uptown.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pride-poetry-palooza/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170519T103032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170615T003123Z
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SUMMARY:InsideStorytime DESECRATION
DESCRIPTION:InsideStorytime DESECRATION\, on Wednesday June 28th\, 7-9 pm\, at the Convent Arts Collective\, 660 Oak St\, San Francisco\, will feature Angela Pneuman (Lay it on my Heart)\, Saqib Mausoof (The Warehouse)\, Youssef Alaoui (Fiercer Monsters)\, Lyndsey Ellis\, and Peter Clarke. MCd by James Warner (All Her Father’s Guns). This will be one of those BYOB midsummer roof-of-a-convent kinda readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime-desecration/
LOCATION:Convent Arts Collective\, 660 Oak St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170620T015428Z
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SUMMARY:Hand To Mouth/WORDS Spoken OUT #87
DESCRIPTION:Welcome our June writers Terry Lucas and Joan Baranow. \nTerry Lucas is the author of two full-length poetry collections: In This Room (CW Books\, January 2016) and Dharma Rain (Saint Julian Press\, October 2016). In addition he is the author of two award-winning poetry chapbooks: Altar Call\, one of four winning chapbooks selected by the 2013 San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival for the anthology\, Diesel; and If They Have Ears to Hear\, winner of the 2012 Copperdome Chapbook contest (Southeast Missouri State University Press\, 2013). His work has received numerous other awards\, including the 2014 Crab Orchard Review Feature Award in Poetry\, the fifth annual Littoral Press Poetry Prize\, and six Pushcart Prize nominations. \nTerry’s poems\, reviews\, and essays have appeared in dozens of national literary journals\, including Best New Poets 2012\, Green Mountains Review\, Great River Review\, PoetryFlash\, and South 85 Journal. He has taught in the Chicago Public School System as a Master Poet in the Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center’s Writing Center\, and is a guest lecturer for the Dominican University Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing. Formerly the co-executive editor of Trio House Press\, he is currently serving the press as an assistant editor in order to spend more time on his own writing\, as well as his work as a freelance poetry coach. More about Terry can be found at www.terrylucas.com. \nJoan Baranow\, PhD\, is Director\, Graduate Humanities\, and Associate Professor\, English at Dominican University.\nJoan is also Director of the newly launched Dominican Low-Res MFA program. \nHer poetry has appeared in The Paris Review\, Western Humanities Review\, The Antioch Review\, Feminist Studies\, The Squaw Review\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, Cider Press Review\, The Western Journal of Medicine\, and other magazines. Her poetry has also appeared in Women Write Their Bodies: Stories of Illness and Recovery\, issued by Kent State University Press. Her book of poetry\, Living Apart\, was published by Plain View Press. \nOur lively open mic follows our featured writers. We will have light refreshments\, and our partnership with neighborhood restaurants continue with a discount on the evening of the reading. Come in early and grab a flyer if you want to get a bite before the reading. \nParticipating restaurants are: \nWhipper Snapper– $3.00 Glass of Sangria\, or $3.00 off a pitcher. \nCafe Arrivederci– 10% off dinner. \nLotus Chaat and Spices– 10% off dinner. \nThe Mayflower Pub– 25% off dinner.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hand-to-mouthwords-spoken-out-87/
LOCATION:Rebound Bookstore\, 1611 4th Street\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T210000
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SUMMARY:Kaitlin Solimine + Warren Read
DESCRIPTION:Kaitlin Solimine has been a Fulbright Fellow in China\, and has received several scholarships\, awards\, and residencies for her writing\, including the 2012 Dzanc Books/Disquiet International Literary Program award for an earlier draft of Empire of Glass\, judged by Colson Whitehead. Her fiction has been published in Guernica\, theKartika Review\, and numerous anthologies. Kaitlin is co-founder of HIPPO Reads\, a network connecting academic insights and scholars to the wider public. She resides in San Francisco with her husband and daughter\, where she is a 2016 SF Grotto Writing Fellow. \n  \nWarren Read is the author of a 2008 memoir The Lyncher in Me (Borealis Books)\, about his discovery that his great-grandfather had incited a lynching in 1920. His fiction has been published in Hot Metal Bridge\, Mud Season Review\, Sliver of Stone\, Inklette\, Switchback and The Drowning Gull. In addition\, he has had two short plays directed and produced by Tony winner Dinah Manoff. Warren earned his MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kaitlin-solimine-warren-read/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
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SUMMARY:Arundhati Roy
DESCRIPTION:Arundhati Roy is the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things. Her political writings include The Algebra of Infinite Justice\, Listening to Grasshoppers\, Broken Republic and Capitalism: A Ghost Story\, and most recently Things That Can and Cannot Be Said\, co-authored with John Cusack. Arundhati Roy lives in New Delhi and her new novel\, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness will be published in June 2017.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/arundhati-roy/
LOCATION:Nourse Theatre\, 275 Hayes Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170628T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170628T213000
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SUMMARY:Catherine Lacey
DESCRIPTION:Catherine Lacey discusses her latest novel\, The Answers\, with FSG editor Emily Bell. \nAn urgent\, propulsive novel about a woman learning to negotiate her ailment and its various aftereffects via the simulacrum of a perfect romantic relationship \nIn Catherine Lacey’s ambitious second novel we are introduced to Mary\, a young woman living in New York City and struggling to cope with a body that has betrayed her. All but paralyzed with pain\, Mary seeks relief from a New Agey treatment called Pneuma Adaptive Kinesthesia\, PAKing for short. And\, remarkably\, it works. But PAKing is prohibitively expensive and Mary is dead broke. So she scours Craigslist for fast-cash jobs and finds herself applying for the “Girlfriend Experiment\,” the brainchild of an eccentric actor\, Kurt Sky\, who is determined to find the perfect relationship—even if that means paying different women to fulfill distinctive roles. Mary is hired as the “Emotional Girlfriend”—certainly better than the “Anger Girlfriend” or the “Maternal Girlfriend”—and is pulled into Kurt’s ego-driven and messy attempt at human connection. \nTold in her signature spiraling prose\, The Answers is full of the singular yet universal insights readers have come to expect from Lacey. It is a gorgeous hybrid of the plot- and the idea-driven novel that will leave you reeling.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/27432/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T173000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170619T112929Z
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SUMMARY:Community Voices: Poets Speak
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday at 5pm from June 29 – August 10\, join us for Community Voices: Poets Speak at the Museum of the African Diaspora where Bay Area Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of our current exhibition. Now on view\, The Ease of Fiction presents the work of four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history\, fact and fiction. The readings and discussion of original work will take place in the gallery for a maximum of 30 minutes. The series culminates with a reception and an evening of poetry by the participating poets\, along with Arisa White and James Cagney\, on Thursday\, August 17\, 6:30-8pm. Free Admission. \nFounded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape\, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. \nCommunity Voices: Poets Speak is curated by Arisa White\, poet\, writer & educator. \nAlyss Dixson \nAlyss Dixson grew up in Portland\, Oregon. She received the 2015 Joseph Henry Jackson award in fiction and is writing a collection entitled Fukuoka Woman. She has publications in The Callaloo Journal\, Day One\, and The Atlantic. She studied at Yale\, Columbia and San Francisco State. She also makes movies.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/community-voices-poets-speak/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T112456Z
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SUMMARY:TransAction: Trans Writing as Activism
DESCRIPTION:Foglifter\, RADAR Productions\, Bay Area Writers Resist\, and Queer Rebels present a reading and panel discussion featuring prominent Bay Area trans writers and activists. \nThe event will examine the role of trans literature and aesthetic in the current American political and cultural climate. \nFeaturing:\nNatasha Dennerstein\nSam Dylan Finch\nStacy Nathaniel Jackson\nAkira Jackson\nShafer Mazow\nKay Nilsson\nAria Sa’id \nJulia Serano \nThe event is free and open to the public and created incoordination with TAJA’s Coalition.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/transaction-trans-writing-as-activism/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
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SUMMARY:Siobhan Fallon
DESCRIPTION:I’ll just read a little bit\, I tell myself. And really\, why shouldn’t I? \nBoth Cassie Hugo and Margaret Brickshaw dutifully followed their soldier husbands to the US Embassy in Jordan\, but that’s about all the women have in common. After two years\, Cassie’s an expert on the rules of the Middle East. For newly arrived Margaret\, the move is a chance to see the world and explore. Against the odds the two strike up a friendship\, until their husbands deploy and Cassie senses her new friend pulling away. \nSo when a fender-bender supposedly sends Margaret to the local police station\, Cassie remains alone in the Brickshaw apartment to watch over Margaret’s toddler son. But with Margaret missing for hours Cassie becomes bored and soon frustrated\, tired of being left behind while Margaret adventures. Then she discovers her friend’s journal. Where could Margaret be? Could her diary reveal the secrets that have come between them? \nWritten with stunning prose and powerful emotional insight\, here is a story of two unforgettable women and the choices each will make in friendship\, in marriage\, and in love. The Confusion of Languages offers a poignant glimpse into the private lives of husbands\, wives\, and American military families living overseas. \nSiobhan Fallon is the author of The 2012 PEN Center USA Literary Award in Fiction winner You Know When the Men Are Gone. She earned her MFA at the New School in New York City and her writing has appeared in The Washington Post Magazine\, Women’s Day\, Good Housekeeping\, Prairie Schooner\, Publishers Weekly\, The Huffington Post\, NPR’s The Morning Edition\, and Military Spouse magazine. Siobhan and her family moved to Jordan in 2011\, and they currently live in Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/siobhan-fallon/
LOCATION:Book Passage Corte Madera\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd.\, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
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SUMMARY:Mildred Barya w/ Varda Artists Residency Program
DESCRIPTION:Mildred K Barya teaches creative writing and literature at UNC-Asheville and is a board member of African Writers Trust (AWT). Her publications include three poetry collections: Give Me Room to Move My Feet\, 2009\, The Price of Memory after the Tsunami\, 2006\, and Men Love Chocolates But They Don’t Say\, 2002. She also has short stories and poems in anthologies\, journals and magazines such as Tin House\, Prairie Schooner\, Poetry Quarterly\, Per Contra and Northeast Review. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver and maintains a blog on literary matters.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mildred-barya-w-varda-artists-residency-program/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T210000
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CREATED:20170628T025228Z
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SUMMARY:Anastasia Aukeman w/ Deborah Treisman
DESCRIPTION:Anastasia Aukeman in discussion with Deborah Treisman\, moderated by Paul Yamazaki \nAnastasia Aukman\, author of Welcome to Painterland: Bruce Conner and the Rat Bastard Protective Association meets Deborah Treisman\, co-author with Walter Hopps and Anne Doran of The Dream Colony: A Life in Art. They will explore two enigmatic and influential figures in the world of art and how their work intersected via art creation and curation. City Lights very own Paul Yamazaki will moderate an evening of discussion that traverses the San Francisco\, Los Angeles\, and national art scenes. Mid-century San Francisco artist Bruce Conner and legendary arts curator Walter Hopps walked in familiar worlds. The Rat Bastard Protective Association intersected with Wallace Berman’s Semina Scene of which Hopps was a supporter (and integral part of) via the Ferus Gallery. Through following the threads that connected artists with each other and the gallery scenes that supported them\, we hope to show the rich history that California mid-century artists and curators shared. \nAnastasia Aukeman is an art historian and curator who teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York City. She has contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogues and written articles and reviews for Art in America\, Art on Paper\, and ARTnews\, among other publications. \nDeborah Treisman is the fiction editor of The New Yorker. This year\, she won the Maxwell E. Perkins Award for distinguished achievement in the field of fiction. She has edited 20 Under 40: Stories From The New Yorker. \nPaul Yamazaki has been the principal buyer and board member at City Lights Booksellers for over 30 years. He has served on the boards of the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses\, Small Press Distribution\, Kearny Street Workshop\, and has worked with the National Endowment for the Arts\, California Arts Council and many others. He recently spoke at the Menil Collection in Houston\, Texas discussing the history of City Lights in relation to the BEAT Generation for the exhibit Holy Barbarians: Beat Culture on the West Coast.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anastasia-aukeman-deborah-treisman/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T203000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170605T102529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170605T102529Z
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SUMMARY:Barry Eisler
DESCRIPTION:Barry Eisler returns to Kepler’s for the release of the newest John Rain novel\, Zero Sum.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/barry-eisler/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170619T140734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T022441Z
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SUMMARY:Josh Barkan
DESCRIPTION:Josh Barkan in conversation about his new story collection\, Mexico. \nThe unforgettable characters in Josh Barkan’s astonishing and beautiful story collection–chef\, architect\, nurse\, high school teacher\, painter\, beauty queen\, classical bass player\, plastic surgeon\, businessman\, mime–are simply trying to lead their lives and steer clear of violence. Yet\, inevitably\, crime has a way of intruding on their lives all the same. A surgeon finds himself forced into performing a risky procedure on a narco killer. A teacher struggles to protect lovestruck students whose forbidden romance has put them in mortal peril. A painter’s freewheeling ways land him in the back of a kidnapper’s car. Again and again\, the walls between “ordinary life” and cartel violence are shown to be paper thin\, and when they collapse the consequences are life-changing. \nThese are stories about transformation and danger\, passion and heartbreak\, terror and triumph. They are funny\, deeply moving\, and stunningly well-crafted\, and they tap into the most universal and enduring human experiences: love even in the face of danger and loss\, the struggle to grow and keep faith amidst hardship and conflict\, and the pursuit of authenticity and courage over apathy and oppression. With unflinching honesty and exquisite tenderness\, Josh Barkan masterfully introduces us to characters that are full of life\, marking the arrival of a new and essential voice in American fiction. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/josh-barkan/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170630T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170619T130430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170624T003854Z
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SUMMARY:Curate & Create
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of community celebration\, a ‘thank you’ reading for the labor and efforts of local literary curators\, Amy Berkowitz and Paul Ebenkamp. Snacks and drinks will be provided. \nIf you are a curator and would like to read in the future\, please reach out!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alley-cat-books-reading/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170630T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170621T003202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T003202Z
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SUMMARY:Truong Tran + Farah Amezcua
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an excellent Uptown Fridays featuring readings by Truong Tran and Farah Amezcua. Emceed and curated by Reńe Vaz and music by TBD. \nSuggested donations of $5-25 collected at the door\, but no one turned away for lack of funds. \nRed wine and Red Bay coffee will be available. \nInformation about the performers: \nFarah Amezcua is going through it\, but at least she has at least one good friend. She has no cats but she imagines that she wants one. Her veins are filled with marinara sauce and her hair smells like hookah. She currently lives with a spider\, a snake\, and a piece of trash. Get ready. \nTruong Tran is an artist and writer living in San Francisco. His books include Placing the Accents\, Dust and Conscience\, The Book of Perceptions\, Within The Margins\, Four Letter words\, I Meant To Say Please Pass The Sugar and the Children’s book Going Home Coming Home. His works have been translated into Dutch\, French\, Spanish and Vietnamese. He has been twelve years a lecturer at SFSU and is currently The Visiting Assistant Professor at Mills College where he teaches writing workshops at the intersection of poetry and the visual arts. His Latest body of exploration entitled “The Book of Others” will be forthcoming in 2018.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/truong-tran-farah-amezcua/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170630T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170629T052835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170629T052835Z
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SUMMARY:THE BEATS AND BEYOND
DESCRIPTION:Come and experience the poetry of the Beat Generation with musical accompaniment. Featuring the works of Herbert Huncke\, Michael McClure\, Diane di Prima\, John Weiners\, Alden Van Buskirk\, and others\, read by younger poets influenced by their works. \n\nClive Matson\nAndy Halsig\nMartine Algier\nAntonio the Rapper\nKwesi the Dreamer\nBob Booker\n\nand Cori Hartwig on guitar.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-beats-and-beyond/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170701T150000
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition First Saturday Readings
DESCRIPTION:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING\n\n\n \n\n\n\nUpcoming First Saturday Readings in 2017:\n \nJune 3\, July 1\, August 5\n\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\n \n \nSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-first-saturday-readings/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170701T213000
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CREATED:20170515T232703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170603T022006Z
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SUMMARY:Yuri Herrera: Kingdom Cons
DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Art of Translation and Green Apple Books on the Park welcomes Mexican author Yuri Herrera in conversation with Bay Area writer Caille Millner. Come hear “Mexico’s greatest novelist\,” according to Francisco Goldman\, discuss his new book Kingdom Cons.  \nTranslated by Lisa Dillman and published by And Other Stories\, Kingdom Cons is part surreal fable and part narco-lit romance. In the court of the King\, everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads\, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core. In Kingdom Cons\, Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in a world ruled by patronage and power. \n  \n\nPraise for Yuri Herrera \n“Herrera’s metaphors grasp the freedom\, and the alarming disorientation\, of transition and translation.” Maya Jaggi\, The Guardian  \n“Yuri Herrera’s tiny\, beautiful novels each conjure myth and metaphor from a contemporary experience in a precise location\, transformed by archaic-colloquial prose.” Lorna Scott-Fox\, Times Literary Supplement
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yuri-herrera-kingdom-cons/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170703T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170703T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170622T013726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170622T013726Z
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SUMMARY:Connie Post
DESCRIPTION:Connie Post served as Poet Laureate of Livermore\, California (2005 to 2009). Her work has appeared dozens of journals\, including Calyx\, Comstock Review\,Cold Mountain Review Slipstream\,Spillway Spoon River Poetry Review\, Valparaiso Poetry Review and Verse Daily. She has written seven books of poetry. Her first full length Book “Floodwater” (Glass Lyre Press 2014) won the Lyrebird Award. Her other awards include the Caesura Award and the 2016 Crab Creek Review Poetry Award.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/connie-post/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170703T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170703T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170619T125105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T005006Z
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SUMMARY:Quiet Lightning
DESCRIPTION:Free literary mixtape! Free books featuring all selected writing + art by Maricruz Mendoza for the first 100 people! \nSIDE A (~30min):\nSiamak Vossoughi\nPeter Bullen\nNorma Smith\nKristina Ten\nZephir O’Meara\nSally Saunders\nAllison Landa\nKarthik Sethuraman\nJon Sindell \nintermission w/cheap ice cold keg from Lagunitas \nSIDE B (~25min):\nJaida Samudra\nMargaret McCarthy\nJohn Panzer\nCaroline Kessler\nTownsend Walker\nDavid Katz\nA.D. Winans \nThanks to a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission\, this is a free show and all selected authors will be paid! \nLinks to the artists + more\, including footage + pics from our last show @ Adobe: http://quietlightning.org/adobe-books/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/quiet-lightning-3/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
ORGANIZER;CN="Quiet Lightning":MAILTO:evan AT quietlightning DOT org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170705T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020504
CREATED:20170605T102355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170607T020655Z
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SUMMARY:Mackenzi Lee w/ Anna-Marie McLemore
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate McKenzi Lee’s hilarious and swashbuckling 18th-century romantic adventure\, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue about a young bisexual British lord who embarks on an unforgettable Grand Tour of Europe. This is a witty\, romantic\, and exceedingly smart look at discovering one’s place in the world and explores the undeniably fine lines between friendship and love. Mackenzi will be in conversation with Anna-Marie McLemore\, author of The Weight of Feathers and When the Moon was Ours
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mackenzi-lee-in-conversation-with-anna-marie-mclemore/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170705T210000
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CREATED:20170616T123253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170616T123253Z
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SUMMARY:Pandemonium Press Reading
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Dennis J. Bernstein\, Sharon Coleman\, James Cagney\, and Sara McAulay. On guitar: Barry Ebner. Curated by Leila Rae. An open mic follows the featured readers.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pandemonium-press-reading/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T173000
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CREATED:20170619T113055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T113055Z
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SUMMARY:Community Voices: Poets Speak Charif Shanahan
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday at 5pm from June 29 – August 10\, join us for Community Voices: Poets Speak at the Museum of the African Diaspora where Bay Area Cave Canem poets reflect on themes of our current exhibition. Now on view\, The Ease of Fiction presents the work of four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history\, fact and fiction. The readings and discussion of original work will take place in the gallery for a maximum of 30 minutes. The series culminates with a reception and an evening of poetry by the participating poets\, along with Arisa White and James Cagney\, on Thursday\, August 17\, 6:30-8pm. Free Admission. \nFounded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape\, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. \nCommunity Voices: Poets Speak is curated by Arisa White\, poet\, writer & educator. \nCharif Shanahan \nCharif Shanahan is the author of Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing (SIU Press\, 2017)\, winner of the 2015 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award. His poems and translations have appeared in numerous publications\, including Baffler\, Boston Review\, Callaloo\, Literary Hub\, New Republic\, Poetry International\, Prairie Schooner\, and A Public Space. A two-time Puschart Prize nominee\, he is the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets\, the Cave Canem Foundation\, the Frost Place\, the Fulbright Program/IIE\, Millay Colony for the Arts\, and Stanford University\, where he is a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/community-voices-poets-speak-charif-shanahan/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T200000
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CREATED:20170620T224454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170628T122750Z
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SUMMARY:Wayne + Rick's Big Oakland Publication Party
DESCRIPTION:Wayne Goodman and Rick May celebrate the publication of their new books Friday\, July 7\, 7pm at Laurel Bookstore\, 1423 Broadway in Oakland with friends Natasha Dennerstein and Hilary Zaid. Goodman’s new novel Better Angels is a retelling for modern readers of the first known American Gay novel\, Joseph and His Friend by Bayard Taylor\, published in 1869. May’s new book is the paperback edition of his short-story collection Inhuman Beings: Monsters\, Myths\, & Science Fiction. Dennerstein reads from her two latest books\, Seahorse and Triptych Caliform\, and Zaid reads from her prose chapbook The Dark Between the Stars. Free refreshments\, door prizes\, and party favors! Signing by all four authors follows the readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wayne-ricks-big-oakland-publication-party/
LOCATION:Laurel Book Store\, 1423 Broadway\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T210000
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CREATED:20170619T132925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T010929Z
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SUMMARY:Meredith May
DESCRIPTION:An eloquent and haunting act of witness to horrors beyond grimmest fiction\, and a thing of towering beauty. More importantly\, it is a story that must be told\, and a richly textured view into an overlooked conflict and misunderstood region. I\, Who Did Not Die is the untold story of the children and young men whose lives were sacrificed at the whim of vicious dictators and pointless\, barbaric wars. \nLittle has been written of the Iran-Iraq war\, which was among the most brutal conflicts of the twentieth century\, one fought with chemical weapons\, ballistic missiles\, and cadres of child soldiers. \nThe numbers involved are staggering:\n—All told\, it claimed 700\,000 lives—200\,000 Iraqis\, and 500\,000 Iranians.\n—Young men of military service age—eighteen and above in Iraq\, fifteen and above in Iran—died in the greatest numbers.\n—80\,000 Iranian child soldiers were killed\, mostly between the ages of sixteen and seventeen.\n—The two countries spent a combined 1.1 trillion dollars fighting the war. \nRarely does this kind of reportage succeed so power- fully as literature. \nMeredith May spent sixteen years as a feature writer at The San Francisco Chronicle\, where her 2004 narrative series on a war-wounded Iraqi boy won the PEN USA Literary Award for Journalism and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/meredith-may-2/
LOCATION:Book Passage Corte Madera\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd.\, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T210000
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CREATED:20170621T010715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T010715Z
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SUMMARY:Shipwreck's 50th Show Spectacular
DESCRIPTION:Guys\, it’s our 50th show\, and our 4-year anniversary. Let’s celebrate growing income inequality and wreck The Great Gatsby all to pieces again. \nExpect even more shenaniganery than usual. We’re throwing a party. \nTickets on sale now. Seating is limited and will sell out. \nFeatured writers: June winner Lauren Parker\, plus Andrea Grimes\, Vivenne Pustell\, Miles Klee\, Madeline Gobbo\, and one more TBA. \nWelcome\, Shipsters\, to San Francisco’s premier literary erotic fanfiction event. \nSix Great Writers destroy six notable characters from one Great Book on the first Thursday of every month at our home base\, the Booksmith in San Francisco. \nFics are blind-read by our Thespian-in-Residence\, Baruch Porras-Hernandez\, and you choose the best ship before the writers are unmasked. The winner is cast off from polite society\, and invited back the next month to defend their title.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shipwrecks-50th-show-spectacular/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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CREATED:20170630T014950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170701T122600Z
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SUMMARY:Books & Brews Event #2
DESCRIPTION:Book talk & signing with Lindsay Hatton for Monterey Bay. Event #2 of Bookshop’s 2017 Books & Brews Passport Series \nLocals\, do not miss this author visit at Discretion Brewing’s picture perfect beer garden! Born and raised in Monterey\, debut novelist Lindsay Hatton has written a book that pairs a mesmerizing plot with the beauty and history of the Monterey Bay shoreline. \nJoin us for a night of lovingly crafted beer\, a skillfully written story\, and get your copy of Monterey Bay signed! \nThis enchanting debut novel tells the tale of feisty\, fifteen-year-old Margot Fiske and her eccentric entrepreneur father\, Anders\, as they arrive on the shores of Monterey Bay\, the locale soon to be immortalized by John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. Fans of Steinbeck will love the nods in this storyline! Young Margot quickly falls for Ed Ricketts\, the biologist known as “Doc” in Steinbeck’s novel\, setting in motion a chain of events that will affect not just them\, but the future of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Ms. Hatton will be in-conversation with essayist and novelist\, Ryan Sloan. \nRyan Sloan is a novelist and essayist. He is on the faculty at the University of California\, Berkeley’s College Writing Programs. Ryan is also a co-host of the long-running Babylon Salon reading series in San Francisco. He holds an MFA from the Creative Writing Program at New York University. \nSpecial Offer: Our friends at Discretion are generously offering 50% off one beer with book purchase!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/27796/
LOCATION:Discretion Brewing\, 2703 41st Avenue\, Soquel\, CA\, 95073\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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