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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170629T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170629T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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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:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170619T132708Z
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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:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170621T004704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T004704Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170628T025228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170628T104343Z
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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:20260415T020454
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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:20260415T020454
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:20260415T020454
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:20260415T020454
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:20260415T020454
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
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170701T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170511T040841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170511T040841Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170701T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170701T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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:20260415T020454
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:20260415T020454
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:20260415T020454
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170705T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T210000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170706T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170706T223000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170619T123938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170622T022741Z
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SUMMARY:YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY\, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES
DESCRIPTION:YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes\nis a total open mic event\, with no set or featured performers\,\nbut only the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\, to embrace our losses & mortality\,\nto grieve\, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love…\nwhile all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. \nSign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly\, so if you want to perform\, you’d better get there early… \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)]. \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want. \nYou don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nPlease don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly\, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument\, figure it out before you’re called to the stage. \nIMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday\, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously\, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged. \nYou’re Going to Die. No. Really. You are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-8/
LOCATION:The Lost Church\, 65 Capp Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170708T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170708T160000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170627T113933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170628T104612Z
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SUMMARY:Ishmael Reed—Getting Outside Of Your Head: Poetry Exercises That Will Free Your Mind
DESCRIPTION:Poets don’t do themselves any favors when they struggle with every line\, attempting to make it perfect. Poetry should be about the unrestricted flow of ideas that spring from your mind. In this workshop\, poet/essayist/activist Ishmael Reed—recipient of both Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships—will help you uncork the brilliance and let it flow more naturally onto the page. Come with ideas and prepare to workshop! \nEach Master Class Mixer is limited to just 15 students\, lasts for three hours\, and concludes with a reception with the author. If you are unable to attend your class\, please email info@litquake.org at least seven days prior to receive a refund or credit\, minus a $25 service charge.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ishmael-reed-getting-outside-of-your-head-poetry-exercises-that-will-free-your-mind/
LOCATION:Mechanics Institute\, 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170708T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170708T180000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170604T225244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170604T225244Z
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SUMMARY:POETRY EVENT: Tender Buttons
DESCRIPTION:An afternoon of bay area poetry <3 \nHosted by Bloodflower.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-event-tender-buttons/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170708T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170708T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170619T123444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T011243Z
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SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Jade Chang (The Wangs vs. the World)\nSarah Gailey (River of Teeth)\nJackson Crawford (The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes) \nCost: $5 to $20\, no-one turned away\nAll proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.\nAt The Make Out Room 3225 22nd St.\, San Francisco CA\, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM\, doors open at 6:30 PM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-with-drinks-6/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170709T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170709T160000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170622T015051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170622T015051Z
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SUMMARY:Susan Cohen + Mary Pacifico Curtis
DESCRIPTION:The Bay Area Writing Project presents a musical and literary performance by poet\, novelist\, and editor Diane Frank and poet Ellaraine Locke\, Tripping with the Top Down\, open mic follows\, light refreshments available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/susan-cohen-mary-pacifico-curtis/
LOCATION:Expressions Gallery\, 2035 Ashby Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170709T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170709T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170619T135437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T011328Z
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SUMMARY:Don Bogen + Joseph Di Prisco
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland hosts another installment of Poetry Flash on Sunday\, July 9th at 3pm. The featured guest poets will be Don Bogen and Joseph Di Prisco. \nPoetry Flash readings are wheelchair accessible; ASL interpreters may be requested one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org. Visit Poetryflash.orgfor more events and reviews!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-with-don-bogen-and-joseph-di-prisco/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170709T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170709T190000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170629T053105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170701T121542Z
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SUMMARY:CWP COLLECTIVE
DESCRIPTION:CWP Collective Press (“Cringe-Worthy Poets”) is a small chapbook press on the West Side of Buffalo New York. They have been producing handmade chapbooks of fine poetry since 2016. In this short time\, they have published nearly 20 chapbooks of poetry by poets from New Jersey to Texas. \nCWP is also a small band of young poets who are attempting to keep the art of the chapbook alive while making poetry more accessible and approachable. CWP is a diverse group of poets with actualized voices that differ greatly yet complement each other. They have been featured poets from New Jersey to New Mexico. They have extensively toured the Rust Belt and the Midwest. \nJOHN DORSEY John Dorsey is the author of several collections of poetry\, including Sodomy is a City in New Jersey (American Mettle Books\, 2010)\, Tombstone Factory (Epic Rites Press\, 2013) and most recently\, Appalachian Frankenstein (GTK Press\, 2015)\, and his work has appeared in multiple anthologies. He’s performed frequently with S.A. Griffin and Scott Wannberg‡; in 2005 as part of “NOW: New Word Order”; in 2006 as the “Deciders\,” which included Ellyn Maybe; and as “Rebels Without Applause\,” which included David Smith\, in 2007. He’s also worked extensively in theatre and film. \nJULIO MONTALVO VALENTIN Julio Montalvo Valentine is the author of two chapbooks\, Don’t Give up the Shipand Ship Lost. He is an editor and founder of CWP Collective Press. He is a Blogger for Plurality Press. Julio is also an editor for Mutata Re\, Erie Community Colleges literary journal. He has been a featured reader from New Jersey to New Mexico and many a town in between. Julio has two forthcoming chapbooks in 2017. His poems have appeared in various journals and magazines. Julio is a reluctant heart. \nNATHANAEL WILLIAM STOLTE Nathanael William Stolte is the author of five chapbooks\, A Beggars Book of Poems\, Bumblebee Petting Zoo\, Fools’ Song\, Origami Creature\, & A Beggar’s Prayer Book. His poems have appeared in Ghost City Review\, Guide to Kulture Creative Journal\, Five:2:One Magazine‘s #thesideshow\, Rusty Truck\, Poems-For-All\, Your One Phone Call\, In Between Hangovers\, Le Mot Juste\, The Rising Phoenix Review\, The Buffalo News\, Iconoclast\, Foundlings Zine\, & Plurality Press. He is a founder and the Acquisitions Editor for CWP Collective Press. He was voted best poet in Buffalo by Artvoices’ “Best of Buffalo” in 2016. He is a madcap\, flower-punk\, D.I.Y. Buffalo bred & corn-fed poet. \nJENNI SKELTON Jennifer Skelton is a poet from Buffalo\, NY. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Buffalo State. Her first chapbook Gin came out this year. The themes in her poetry include the comedies and tragedies of personal relationships\, from mother to lover\, from American to Japan and back again. She has been a featured reader at Innisfree Poetry\, Buffalo State College’s Rooftop Poetry Series\, Queen City Gallery\, and Words on the Rocks. She is the social media handler for CWP Collective Press. \nMISTRAL CELESTE KHAN-BECERRA Mistral Khan-Becerra is a poet and fiction writer. Born and raised in Buffalo\, NY by her Chilean family\, she loves the city and finds nostalgia around its every corner. In her work Mistral frequently draws on the complex relationship between Mother and Daughter. She attempts to bridge the gap between what is expected of or from this relationship\, and how stark (or truly inspired) its reality can be. She also fiddles around with how this dynamic presents itself in romantic relationships. Mistral is a cofounder of Cringe Worthy Poets Collective\, and Editor in Chief of CWP Collective Press. Born a strict Taurus\, she is stubborn in her form\, but rages on. She is the author of Could I Stay Here? and Where Have You Been For So Long? \nWILLIAM TAYLOR JR.William Taylor Jr. is the author of several collections of poetry and fiction\, including So Much is Burning\, Words for Songs Never Written\, The Hunger Season\, An Age of Monsters\, Broken When We Got Here\, The Blood of a Tourist\, To Break the Heart of the Sun\, and most recently The Song of What’s Become of Us. He lives in San Francisco’s Tenderloin.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cwp-collective/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170709T203000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
CREATED:20170629T060358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170707T002013Z
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SUMMARY:Curtis Chen + Megan O’Keefe
DESCRIPTION:CURTIS CHEN & MEGAN O’KEEFE \nWe also welcome guest moderator\, Cliff Winnig. Terry Bisson is taking a well-deserved vacation\, but will be back in August with Daryl Gregory and Lisa Mason. \nDoors and bar open at 6:00PM\nEvent begins at 6:30PM\n$10 at the door benefits the American Bookbinders Museum \nNo one turned away for lack of funds / cash or Square. All proceeds benefit the American Bookbinders Museum. Cash bar on a donation basis benefits the ABM. \nEach author will read a selection of their work\, followed by Q&A with the audience\, moderated by author Cliff Winnig. \nBooks will be for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books — please feel free to bring your own books from home to be signed. \nAll proceeds from the event benefit the American Bookbinders Museum. \nCurtis Chen was once a Silicon Valley software engineer\, but now writes fiction and runs puzzle games near Portland\, Oregon. His debut novel\, Waypoint Kangaroo\, (Thomas Dunne Books) is a science fiction thriller about a super-powered spy facing his toughest mission yet: vacation. But he’s not your average spy….what sets Kangaroo apart is the pocket: a portal that opens into an empty\, seemingly infinite\, parallel universe\, and he’s the only person in the world who can use it. While on a mandatory vacation of a cruise to Mars\, two passengers are found dead. Kangaroo risks blowing his cover to investigate\, but it turns out he’s not the only spy on the ship—and he’s just starting to realize that there is a massive conspiracy to unravel. Weren’t vacations supposed to be relaxing? \nThe story continues in his new novel\, the sequel\, Kangaroo Too\, which lands our hero on the Moon to confront long-buried secrets. \nSet in the same world as Waypoint Kangaroo\, Curtis C. Chen’s Kangaroo Too is bursting with adrenaline and intrigue in this unique outer space adventure. Come hear him read from one of the most entertaining novels of 2017! \n(And a shout-out to his publisher\, Thomas Dunne — way to go with putting INDIEBOUND.ORG up as an option for purchase!) \nMEGAN O’KEEFE was raised among journalists\, and as soon as she was able to\, she joined them by crafting a newsletter which chronicled the daily adventures of the local cat population. She has worked in both arts management and graphic design\, and spends her free time tinkering with anything she can get her hands on. Megan lives in the Bay Area and makes soap for a living. It’s only a little like Fight Club. She is a first place winner in the Writers of the Future competition. \nO’Keefe’s trilogy — The Scorched Continent — began with her debut novel\, Steal the Sky\, in early 2016. The second book\, Break the Chains\, and the third book (which we celebrate at this event!) is Inherit the Flame (all from Angry Robot Books). In the first book\, Detan Honding is a wanted conman of noble birth and ignoble tongue; with his friend Tibs\, he may have pulled off one too many cons against the city’s elite. To make a quick escape\, they set their sights on the airship of the exiled commodore Thratia. But plans go awry…did Detan accidentally walk into a revolution and a crusade? He has to be careful — there’s a reason most people think he’s dead. \nBook two sees Detan undertake a more dangerous task…rescuing Nouli\, the infamous engineer who built the century gates that protect the imperial capital of Valathea. But Nouli is imprisoned on the Remnant Isles\, an impervious island prison run by the empire\, and it’s Detan’s fault. Detan doesn’t dare approach Nouli himself\, so his companions volunteer to get themselves locked up to make contact with Nouli and convince him to help. Now Detan has to break them all out of prison\, and he’s going to need the help of a half-mad doppel to do it. \nBook three….come to SF in SF and hear Megan bring you up to speed on what her characters are up to in Book 3! \nFor over a decade SF in SF has offered readings\, films\, and special events in the Bay Area for readers of science fiction\, fantasy\, and speculative fiction. Moderated by Terry Bisson\, past guests have included Patrick Rothfuss\, Gail Carriger\, Jeffrey Ford\, Lev Grossman\, Brian & Wendy Froud\, Samuel R. Delaney\, Cory Doctorow\, Karen Joy Fowler\, and Nalo Hopkinson. We hope you will join us! \nThe American Bookbinders Museum‘s entrance is located at 366 Clementina Alley\, off 5th Street\, between Howard and Folsom. Street parking is free; garages are located at 5th & Mission\, and 3rd & Folsom. The closest BART station is Powell Street – just turn down 5th Street\, cross Mission and Howard\, and turn left onto Clementina. NOTE: there is NO access to Clementina from 4th Street due to construction.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/curtis-chen-and-megan-okeefe/
LOCATION:The American Bookbinders Museum\, 355 Clementina Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170710T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170710T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T020454
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T114100Z
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer: YOU Are the Author!
DESCRIPTION:If you are a Queer-identified author and have a book (or similar media) to sell\, write to us at: PerfectlyQueerSF@gmail.com \nEach reader will have 5 minutes to discuss and read from their work.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-you-are-the-author/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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