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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Wendy Walsh - Continuing the Journey with Dante's Purgatorio (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Continue the journey with Dante on Zoom! Join Wendy Walsh for the reading and study of Purgatorio\, the second cantica of Dante’s Commedia. \nDante and Virgil begin their climb of the immense Mountain of Purgatory in the middle of the unpopulated waters of the Southern Hemisphere. Before reaching Purgatory proper\, they travel through Ante Purgatory and then up through the seven terraces\, each one reflecting one of the seven deadly sins. Their goal is the Earthly Paradise at the top of the mountain and along the way they will meet the many saved souls who are happily purifying themselves for their ascent to Paradise.  Purgatory is “where the soul of man is cleansed\,/ made worthy to ascend to Heaven. (dove l’umano spirito si purga/e di salire al ciel diventa degno” Canto I\, 5-6.) \nWendy Walsh has a PhD in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching Italian language and literature since 1979.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-class-wendy-walsh-continuing-the-journey-with-dantes-purgatorio-via-zoom/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes
DESCRIPTION:Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line\, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020\, Rise & Shine began as a daily writing group in response to the pandemic and NaPoWriMo. Now\, the morning meetings rotate throughout the year with different series. \nAbout This Group:\nThe purpose of this space is to generate new words on the page together. We welcome anyone who would like to start their day with an invigorating poetry writing prompt in a communal setting. Rise & Shine will stay free and donation-based to allow anyone access to this generative writing group. \nThe first hour is spent writing\, and whoever would like to stay and share is welcome to read their draft (not a critique space). Invite surprise onto the page! Discover what wants to be written on that particular day without judgment. Lean into the process. \nOdes:\nThe Winter 2021 series will meet Tuesday mornings at 9 am PST\, starting January 19 and ending March 9 (8 weeks). Our focus will be writing odes! \nAn ode is traditionally a lyric poem written in reverence to a particular object or thing. Modern odes allow a lot of room for exploration. For the purposes of this workshop\, writing an ode simply means “paying particular attention to.” We will practice writing close details of a specific object or thing\, with plenty of room to discover what else there is to see underneath. \n“Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.” Anne Enright \nEach week\, the prompt will include an example ode for inspiration and some starting points\, including a broad topic for focus\, if you choose to take it. Like all Surprise the Line workshops\, you do not need to write to the prompt. Follow your own inspiration wherever it leads. \nFor the comfort of participants\, these sessions will not be recorded.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rise-shine-winter-2021-series-of-odes/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Sharpen Your Pencil: Elements of a Poem in Revision
DESCRIPTION:Do you want your poems to sing more sweetly? Resonate more deeply? Read more beautifully? \nIn this 8-week craft workshop\, you will learn structured techniques for writing and revising poems in a small-group setting. Each week\, we will focus on one specific element in poetry\, and use that topic as a guiding principle for revising our poems. \nOften\, we’re given feedback on our work but might not know exactly what to do next. This class will combine theory with practice. The goal is to equip you with the tools to revise your own poems with grace and ease in order to take your work to the next level. \nWhat You’ll Get Out of This Workshop:\n\n8 lesson packets to help you revise poems\, each focused on a different poetic element\, with example poems and short essays\nMANY prompts for revising poems that you can use any time\nSmall-group witness of your revised poems to encourage positive learning\nA fun\, supportive environment with other awesome poets\nSensitivity and integrity toward your voice and process\nReal-time inspiration and feedback from the group\n\nWhat You’ll Need:\n\nA handful (4-8) of written drafts that you feel have some promise\, but aren’t quite “there” yet\, and you’re not sure what they’re missing or what to do next\nSome time each week to practice a revision technique outside of class (30 minutes minimum)\nAbility to detach from the work so you can revise (and create anew!) with pleasure\nDesire to make your poems the best they can be at this moment in time without judgment\nA beginner’s mindset (no matter how long you’ve been writing)\nA sense of adventure and openness to discovery\nNon-attachment to a specific outcome (this is the magic!)\nRespect\, integrity and playfulness with your peers (we are all learning\, writing and practicing together!)\n\n8-Week Schedule\nWorkshop A will be offered on Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm PST starting January 20 and ending March 10. Workshop B will be offered Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm PST starting January 21 and ending March 11. Please see the calendar for full dates. \n\nWeek 1: From First Draft to Finished – How to approach revision\, editing\, and the creative flow.\nWeek 2: Lines Lines Lines (& Stanzas) – Line breaks\, line lengths\, units of meaning on the page.\nWeek 3: Exploding the Image – Sinking deeper into metaphor & meaning.\nWeek 4: Word Choice & Diction – Words are pretty important to poems.\nWeek 5: Repetition & Patterns – Let’s investigate how refrains can change the game.\nWeek 6: Sound & Rhythm – Poems are music! Can you make them siiiing?\nWeek 7: Titles & Endings – Let’s not overlook these important bookends!\nWeek 8: Final Workshop – Recap and Review\n\nWorkshop Structure:\nWe’ll spend some time in the first meeting talking about what revision is\, how to do it\, and what our blocks/goals are. You’ll be invited to bring a working poem in to share with the group to introduce your work and receive productive feedback. Then\, at the end of the first class\, you’ll receive the prompt for the week to try out some revision techniques for that poem. When you return next week\, bring both the earlier draft and the revised version to share! \nBecause the focus is on revising our work\, each week you will be given the opportunity to revise a piece\, and then share both versions. The purpose of this is to get feedback from the group about how the poem has evolved to reinforce what you are learning. If the poem feels “done\,” great! If not\, we celebrate a step in its development. \nBONUS: For anyone writing toward a manuscript right now\, this class provides a great opportunity to revise your 8 poems toward a specific theme\, topic\, narrative or question\, if you choose to\, with a bonus prompt for guidance. \nCritique Style as Witness:\nIn this style of workshop\, we practice “witness” as our mode of giving comments on each other’s work rather than “criticism.” This means that we speak from our personal viewpoint (own your “I”)\, make observations rather than criticisms (what we notice rather than what’s “wrong”)\, ask productive questions\, and give all feedback with the intent of helping the writer learn more about their own process of writing that poem. \nWriting poetry is an act of discovery\, and it is a privilege to be able to take part in each other’s discovery process. In this way\, we cultivate an atmosphere of trust\, respect and integrity. We never tell another writer the “correct answer” to their poem; rather\, we act as believing mirrors for each other’s work and help each other recognize nuggets of beauty to be explored. \nMotivating Philosophy:\nStructure allows room for experimentation. Add elements of craft to your unique aesthetic\, stir\, and see what happens. Taking our work seriously doesn’t mean taking ourselves too seriously! Invite surprise onto the page. Have fun! Poetry is discovery. What else is there to do but create? \nLimit 6 per group
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Annalee Newitz and Charles C. Mann
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON TUESDAY\, FEBRUARY 2 AT 6PM PT WHEN ANNALEE NEWITZ IS JOINED BY CHARLES C. MANN FOR THE LAUNCH OF THEIR LATEST BOOK\, FOUR LOST CITIES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE URBAN AGE\, ON ZOOM!\nPREORDER A COPY TODAY AND RECEIVE A SPECIAL SIGNED POSTCARD!\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512999396\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,82512999396#  or +12532158782\,\,82512999396#\nWebinar ID: 825 1299 9396\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kqZY7eKSG \nPraise for Four Lost Cities \n“Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity.”— N. K. Jemisin\, author of the Broken Earth trilogy and The City We Became \n“Cheerful\, curious\, amused\, and amusing\, Annalee Newitz is a fabulous tour guide through the latest archaeological perspectives on four of humankind’s most remarkable urban experiments. Along the way\, Newitz dispels myths\, evokes fascinating stories—and makes us think hard about our own urban future.”— Charles C. Mann\, author of 1491 and 1493 \n“Annalee Newitz is a brilliant writer with the heart of an archaeologist and the soul of a visionary. Four Lost Cities should open our eyes to all that may happen to our cities in the future. Vibrant and adventurous\, this is a necessary book for turbulent times.”— Sarah Parcak\, archaeologist and author of Archaeology from Space \nAbout Four Lost Cities \nA quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why people abandoned them. \nIn Four Lost Cities\, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world\, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities\, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey\, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast\, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia\, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia\, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. \nNewitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology\, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning\, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves\, women\, immigrants\, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. \nFour Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past\, but\, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities\, it may also reveal something of our own fate.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-annalee-newitz-and-charles-c-mann/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Gretel Ehrlich\, Unsolaced
DESCRIPTION:Gretel Ehrlich\, author of the enduring classic The Solace of Open Spaces\, will share her new book Unsolaced—a wondrous meditation on how water\, light\, wind\, mountain\, bird\, and horse have shaped her life and her understanding of a world besieged by a climate crisis. \nRegister for this free Crowdcast event by clicking here! \n\nThis is a free event. The featured book may be purchased below. \nYou can make a donation to help support Bookshop Santa Cruz here. Thank you! \n\nAmid species extinctions and disintegrating ice sheets\, this stunning collection of memories\, observations\, and narratives is acute and lyrical\, Whitmanesque in breadth\, and as elegant as a Japanese teahouse. “Sentience and sunderance\,” Ehrlich writes. “How we know what we know\, who teaches us\, how easy it is to lose it all.” As if to stave off impending loss\, she embarks on strenuous adventures to Greenland\, Africa\, Kosovo\, Japan\, and an uninhabited Alaskan island\, always returning to her simple Wyoming cabin at the foot of the mountains and the trail that leads into the heart of them. \n“In lush\, evocative prose\, Ehrlich details some breathtakingly perilous journeys . . . A vigorous plea for responsible environmental stewardship and a treat for all fans of nature writing.” — Kirkus Review (starred) \nGRETEL EHRLICH is the author of Facing the Wave\, The Future of Ice\, Heart Mountain\, The Solace of Open Spaces\, and This Cold Heaven\, among other works of nonfiction\, fiction\, and poetry. Ehrlich studied at Bennington College and UCLA film school. She divides her time between Montana and Hawaii.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-gretel-ehrlich-unsolaced/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri | GGP Online Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, February 2\, 2021 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88666921359\, \nYou can order a print copy at http://bit.ly/ggpEverythingSadIsUntrue or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at http://bit.ly/EverythingSadAB. \nStaff Reviews\n\n  \nA true refugee story told in a Scheherazade-like format. It’s the most engrossing book I’ve read this year: it’s magical\, haunting\, uplifting\, funny\, and sad all at once. I love this boy and I loved learning about his Iranian childhood and one-of-a-kind immigrant experience in Oklahoma. A MUST READ! \n— Donna \n  \n  \nOne of my Top 3 Books of 2020: a rich history of a young Iranian refugee making a life in Oklahoma\, his relationship with his parents\, and finding an identity. \n— Amy \n  \n  \nOne of my Top 3 Books of 2020: This beautiful book made me laugh and cry. I listened to the audiobook\, and the narrator’s voice is everything. He uses humor and myths to tell the tale of his Iranian family settling in Oklahoma and though it was written for kids\, it is great for all ages. \n— Sarah \n  \nDescription\n\nAt the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma\, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls “Daniel”) stands\, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned\, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. \nBut Khosrou’s stories\, stretching back years\, and decades\, and centuries\, are beautiful\, and terrifying\, from the moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them\, back to the sad\, cement refugee camps of Italy.and further back to the fields near the river Aras\, where rain-soaked flowers bled red like the yolk of sunset burst over everything\, and further back still to the Jasmine-scented city of Isfahan. \nWe bounce between a school bus of kids armed with paper clip missiles and spitballs to the heroines and heroes of Khosrou’s family’s past\, who ate pastries that made people weep and cry “Akh\, Tamar!” and touched carpets woven with precious gems. \nLike Scheherazade in a hostile classroom\, Daniel weaves a tale to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth. And it is (a true story). \nIt is Daniel’s. \nAbout the Author\n\nDaniel Nayeri was born in Iran and spent a couple of years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age eight with his family. He is the publisher of Odd Dot\, an imprint of Macmillan\, making him one of the youngest publishers in the industry. He has served on the CBC diversity committee and the CBC panel committee.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/everything-sad-is-untrue-by-daniel-nayeri-ggp-online-book-club/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Anna North and Esmé Weijun Wang
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, February 3rd at 6pm PT when Anna North is joined by Esmé Weijun Wang to discuss her latest novel\, Outlawed\, on Zoom!\n\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87370850619\n\nPraise for Outlawed\n“I’m dazzled by this feminist Western about a world in which women’s worth and right to live are determined by the vagaries of fertility. Set in an alternate past\, one all too similar to our today\, Outlawed is terrifying\, wise\, tender\, and thrilling. A masterpiece.” —R.O. Kwon\, author of THE INCENDIARIES\n\n“Outlawed flips the script on the beloved Western genre and gives us the iconic heroine-on-the-run we deserve. Anna North is a riveting storyteller . . . Reader\, you are in for a real treat.” —Jenny Zhang\, author of SOUR HEART\n\n“A moving and invigorating complication of the Western\, highlighting chosen family\, love\, and survival among outcasts in another American timeline. As she mines the genre for vital new stories\, North beautifully shines a light on our real past and conveys a warning for the future.” —Lydia Kiesling\, author of THE GOLDEN STATE\n\nAbout Outlawed\nThe Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl\, a mysterious gang of robbers\, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West.\n\nIn the year of our Lord 1894\, I became an outlaw.\n\nThe day of her wedding\, 17 year old Ada’s life looks good; she loves her husband\, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother\, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy\, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches\, her survival depends on leaving behind everything she knows.\nShe joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang\, a band of outlaws led by a preacher-turned-robber known to all as the Kid. Charismatic\, grandiose\, and mercurial\, the Kid is determined to create a safe haven for outcast women. But to make this dream a reality\, the Gang hatches a treacherous plan that may get them all killed. And Ada must decide whether she’s willing to risk her life for the possibility of a new kind of future for them all.\n\nFeaturing an irresistibly no-nonsense\, courageous\, and determined heroine\, Outlawed dusts off the myth of the old West and reignites the glimmering promise of the frontier with an entirely new set of feminist stakes. Anna North has crafted a pulse-racing\, page-turning saga about the search for hope in the wake of death\, and for truth in a climate of small-mindedness and fear.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-anna-north-and-esme-weijun-wang-2/
LOCATION:online
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Lunch Poems: Kiki Petrosino
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Lunch Poems\nA noontime poetry reading series\nReadings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two weeks before the event. All readings will be recorded and posted to youtube. To keep up to date\, please join our list by emailing poems@library.berkeley.edu. \nLink for all readings: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/96370640480 \n\nKiki Petrosino\nKiki Petrosino is the author of four books of poetry: White Blood: a Lyric of Virginia (2020)\, Witch Wife (2017)\, Hymn for the Black Terrific (2013) and Fort Red Border (2009)\, all from Sarabande Books. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her poems and essays have appeared in Poetry\, Best American Poetry\, The Nation\, The New York Times\, FENCE\, Gulf Coast\, Jubilat\, Tin House and on-line at Ploughshares. She teaches at the University of Virginia as a Professor of Poetry. Petrosino is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize\, a Fellowship in Creative Writing from the National Endowment for the Arts\, and an Al Smith Fellowship Award from the Kentucky Arts Council.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-lunch-poems-kiki-petrosino/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The Life Beyond: A Conversation About Grief and Cancer with Authors and Survivors Christine Corrigan and Laraine Herring (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists tells Christine Shields Corrigan’s story of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine\, and how that forces her\, as a wife\, mom\, and meticulous list-maker\, to confront her deepest fears of illness\, death\, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again. From the discovery of a “junky” cyst\, to chemotherapy and surgery\, sleepless nights filled with rosaries and “what ifs\,” and shifting family dynamics\, her adult experience mirrors her teen bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma\, with one exception—she no longer has parents keeping her in the dark. With the ghosts of cancer past hovering around her\, Chris falls into the same overprotective traps her taciturn Irish-Catholic parents created\, striving to keep her family’s life “normal\,” when it is anything but\, and soldiering through on her own\, until a neighbor’s unexpected advice and gift move her to accept others’ help. With fierce honesty\, poignant reflection\, and good humor\, Chris shares a journey filled with sorrow\, grace\, forgiveness\, and resilience\, as she wends her way through cancer for the second time. Again offers practical guidance and hope to individuals that they have the strength to forge a path beyond a diagnosis. \nWhat if a gift lived inside grief? Laraine Herring’s The Grief Forest follows Bunny\, who captures her grief in a bubble the color of her father’s soul after her dies. She carries this grief with her\, afraid that if she lets it go\, she will lose her daddy. Bunny’s grief leads her to The Grief Forest and Grandmother Bunny\, who meets her at the Forest’s edge. Bunny is afraid of all the grief she sees there\, so she runs away and meets Death\, who guides her deeper into the Forest. Each animal she meets expresses an aspect of grief. As Bunny’s grief begins to take on a life of its own\, she becomes desperate to hold onto it\, afraid of who she would be without it. She falls deeper into the Forest\, meeting creatures of the sea and creatures of the night. When she meets Cobra\, everything she thought she knew about grief falls away and she has to make a choice: hold on to a life that has gone\, or learn how to be alive in a new environment. For all ages\, The Grief Forest is a journey through complicated grieving\, showing examples of delayed grief\, absent grief\, PTSD\, attachment\, disenfranchised grief\, and many more. Bereavement is a place. When we grieve\, we enter this mysterious world and we do not leave it unchanged. And by meeting our grief\, sitting quietly with it and listening to it\, we can access its deeper wisdom\, helping to heal not only the griever\, but the whole world. \nChristine Shields Corrigan\, a two-time cancer survivor\, wife\, and mom\, gives voice to the beautiful ordinary in her lyrical and practical essays. Her work about family\, illness\, writing\, and resilient survivorship has appeared in The Brevity Blog\, Dreamer’s Creative Writing and Anthology\, Grown & Flown\, The Potato Soup Journal and Anthology\, Purple Clover\, Ravishly.com\, Wildfire Magazine\, and the Writer’s Circle 2 Anthology. Corrigan’s essay about how her cancer experiences helped her cope with the COVID-19 pandemic is included in (Her)orics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A graduate of Manhattan College and Fordham University School of Law\, Chris teaches creative nonfiction writing for an adult education program\, provides writing workshops for cancer support groups\, and serves on the programming committee of the Morristown Festival of Books. She lives in Somerset County\, New Jersey\, with her family and devoted Cavalier King Charles spaniel. \nLaraine Herring is a tenured professor of creative writing and psychology. Her fiction has won the Barbara Deming Award for Women\, and her nonfiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has volunteered for Hospice of the Valley\, directed the New Song Center for Grieving Children’s support group\, worked with women in transitional housing and women recovering from addiction. Her work—whether it’s her paid employment\, her volunteer work\, or her creative work—focuses on the power of stories to heal what’s hidden within us. Her most recent book is The Grief Forest\, a book about what we don’t talk about. Her trilogy of writing books from Shambhala have been on Poets & Writers top ten books for writers. Her memoir\, A Constellation of Ghosts: A Speculative Memoir with Ravenswill be released in October 2021 from Regal House Publishing. She is a colon cancer survivor and lives with many wise cats in northern AZ.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-life-beyond-a-conversation-about-grief-and-cancer-with-authors-and-survivors-christine-corrigan-and-laraine-herring-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Dispatches from the Race War
DESCRIPTION:Essays on racial flashpoints\, white denial\, violence\, and the manipulation of fear in America today. \n“What Tim Wise has brilliantly done is to challenge white folks’ truth . . . to see that they have a responsibility to do more than sit back and watch\, but to recognize their own role in co-creating . . . a fair\, inclusive\, truly democratic society.”—Michelle Alexander\, author of The New Jim Crow \nIn this collection of essays\, renowned social-justice advocate Tim Wise confronts racism in contemporary America. Seen through the lens of major flashpoints during the Obama and Trump years\, Dispatches from the Race War faces the consequences of white supremacy in all its forms. This includes a discussion of the bigoted undertones of the Tea Party’s backlash\, the killing of Trayvon Martin\, current day anti-immigrant hysteria\, the rise of openly avowed white nationalism\, the violent policing of African Americans\, and more. Wise devotes a substantial portion of the book to explore the racial ramifications of COVID-19\, and the widespread protests which followed the police murder of George Floyd. \nConcise\, accessible chapters\, most written in first-person\, offer an excellent source for those engaged in the anti-racism struggle. Tim Wise’s proactive approach asks white allies to contend with—and take responsibility for—their own role in perpetuating racism against Blacks and people of color. Dispatches from the Race War reminds us that the story of our country is the history of racial conflict\, and that our future may depend on how—or if—we can resolve it. “To accept racism is quintessentially American\,” writes Wise\, “to rebel against it is human. Be human.” \n“Tim Wise’s new book gives us the tools we need to reach people whose understanding of our country is white instead of right. And without pissing them off!”—James W. Loewen\, author\, Lies My Teacher Told Me \n“Tim Wise’s latest is more urgent than ever. Unflinchingly\, and page after page\, Wise calls out a brutal truth\, one unwelcome to so many white people: The racial trauma playing out across this nation\, hour after hour\, day after day\, is inflicted—be it actively or unwittingly—by them. But as Wise also\, so rightly\, notes\, this isn’t the whole story. Despite what some would hope for this nation\, we are not doomed to a white-sparked race war. Just as this nation’s history is steeped in racial oppression\, so too is it rich with anti-racist resistance. It is to this anti-racist resistance that white people in particular\, but the country as a whole\, must now commit. . . . no matter what.”—Heather Ann Thompson\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dispatches-from-the-race-war/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T185500
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES\, Lauren Groff
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. \nFEBRUARY 4TH FEATURED WRITER: LAUREN GROFF\nLauren Groff is the author of five books\, most recently Fates and Furies\, a novel\, and Florida\, a short story collection. She has twice been shortlisted for the National Book Award\, has won the Story Prize and France’s Grand Prix de L’héroïne\, and was named one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists.  Her next novel\, Matrix\, is slated for publication by Riverhead in September 2021. \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-lauren-groff/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T200000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Larry Ward - America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:“I am a drop in the ocean\, but I’m also the ocean. I’m a drop in America\, but I’m also America. Every pain\, every confusion\, every good and every bad and ugly of America is in me. And as I transform myself and heal and take care of myself\, I’m very conscious that I’m healing and transforming and taking care of America. I say this for American cynics\, but this is also true globally. It’s for real.” So says Zen Buddhist teacher Dr. Larry Ward. \nShot at by the police as an 11-year-old child for playing baseball in the wrong spot\, as an adult\, Larry Ward experienced the trauma of having his home firebombed by racists. At Plum Village Monastery in France\, the home in exile of his teacher\, Vietnamese peace activist and Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh\, Dr. Ward found a way to heal. In these short reflective essays\, he offers his insights on the effects of racial constructs and answers the question: how do we free ourselves from our repeated cycles of anger\, denial\, bitterness\, pain\, fear\, violence? Larry Ward looks at the causes and conditions that have led us to our current state and finds\, hidden in the crisis\, a profound opportunity to reinvent what it means to be a human being. This is an invitation to transform America’s racial karma. \nThe assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the catalyst that sparked the young Larry Ward’s journey into a life of planetary peacemaking. Dr. Ward’s introduction to Buddhist practice began in Calcutta in 1977\, but it was when he met Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1991 that the practice became truly central to his life. He is ordained as a Dharma teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village tradition and has accompanied Thich Nhat Hanh on peace-building missions internationally\, as well as throughout the United States. Dr. Ward brings 25 years of experience in organizational change and local community renewal in 20 countries to his work as director of the Lotus Institute and as an advisor to the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management\, in Claremont\, California. Dr. Ward holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Buddhism and research on the neuroscience of meditation.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dr-larry-ward-americas-racial-karma-an-invitation-to-heal-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Dantiel W. Moniz in conversation with C Pam Zhang
DESCRIPTION:celebrating Dantial W. Moniz new novel \nMilk Blood Heat \npublished by Grove Atlantic 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 coming soon. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. Link coming soon. \n———– \nA livewire debut from Dantiel W. Moniz\, one of the most exciting discoveries in today’s literary landscape\, Milk Blood Heat depicts the sultry lives of Floridians in intergenerational tales that contemplate human connection\, race\, womanhood\, inheritance\, and the elemental darkness in us all. Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida\, each story delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls\, women\, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning. These intimate portraits of people and relationships scour and soothe and blast a light on the nature of family\, faith\, forgiveness\, consumption\, and what we may\, or may not\, owe one another. \nA thirteen-year-old meditates on her sadness and the difference between herself and her white best friend when an unexpected tragedy occurs; a woman recovering from a miscarriage finds herself unable to let go of her daughter—whose body parts she sees throughout her daily life; a teenager resists her family’s church and is accused of courting the devil; servers at a supper club cater to the insatiable cravings of their wealthy clientele; and two estranged siblings take a road-trip with their father’s ashes and are forced to face the troubling reality of how he continues to shape them. \nWise and subversive\, spiritual and seductive\, Milk Blood Heat forms an ouroboros of stories that bewitch with their truth\, announcing the arrival of a bright new literary star. \nDantiel W. Moniz is the recipient of the Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction\, the Cecelia Joyce Johnson Emerging Writer Award by the Key West Literary Seminars\, and a Tin House Scholarship. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in the Paris Review\, Tin House\, Ploughshares\, the Yale Review\, Joyland\, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern\, and elsewhere. Milk Blood Heat is her first book. She lives in Northeast Florida. \nC Pam Zhang is the author of the novel How Much of These Hills is Gold published by Riverhead Books in 2020\, and was long-listed for the 2020 Booker Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dantiel-w-moniz-in-conversation-with-c-pam-zhang/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The Chicken Sisters: Author KJ Dell'Antonia in Conversation With Nancy Davis Kho
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, February 4\, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen’s recent favorites\, THE CHICKEN SISTERS\, with author KJ Dell’Antonia in conversation with Nancy Davis Kho\, author of THE THANK YOU PROJECT. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82283219224. \n(Order your copy of THE CHICKEN SISTERS at http://bit.ly/ggpChickenSisters or in audiobook at http://bit.ly/ChickenSistersAB.) \nDecember 2020 Indie Next List\n\n“I am charmed by The Chicken Sisters! Family fights\, fried chicken\, a dog and her puppies\, mental illness\, a shaky marriage\, a potential romance\, and a reality show taping all combine for a great small-town story. Generations of feuding sisters with competing chicken shack restaurants hash it out for the cameras\, their loved ones\, and themselves. The Chicken Sisters is a delightful read.”\n— Susan Williams\, M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers\, Greenville\, SC \nDescription\n\nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nA REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK \n“A charming\, hilarious\, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also\, a great present for your sister for the holidays!!”–Reese Witherspoon \nThree generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. \nIn tiny Merinac\, Kansas\, Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state–and the legendary feud between their respective owners\, the Moores and the Pogociellos\, has lasted just as long. No one feels the impact more than thirty-five-year-old widow Amanda Moore\, who grew up working for her mom at Mimi’s before scandalously marrying Frank Pogociello and changing sides to work at Frannie’s. Tired of being caught in the middle\, Amanda sends an SOS to Food Wars\, the reality TV restaurant competition that promises $100\,000 to the winner. But in doing so\, she launches both families out of the frying pan and directly into the fire. . . \nThe last thing Brooklyn-based organizational guru Mae Moore\, Amanda’s sister\, wants is to go home to Kansas. But when her career implodes\, helping the fading Mimi’s look good on Food Wars becomes Mae’s best chance to reclaim the limelight–even if doing so pits her against Amanda and Frannie’s. Yet when family secrets become public knowledge\, the sisters must choose: Will they fight with each other\, or for their heritage? \nAbout the Author\n\nKJ Dell’Antonia is the former editor of Motherlode and current contributor to The New York Times\, as well as the author of How to Be a Happier Parent. She lives with her family on a small farm in Lyme\, New Hampshire\, but retains an abiding love for her childhood in Texas and Kansas.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-chicken-sisters-author-kj-dellantonia-in-conversation-with-nancy-davis-kho/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T200000
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SUMMARY:Catana Chetwynd / In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is thrilled to host a virtual event with #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Catana Comics\, Catana Chetwynd (Snug and Little Moments of Love) for her third book In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together. Come meet Catana and her boyfriend John and get a signed copy of the book\, plus a chance to win limited edition prints\, live drawings from the event\, and other special\, custom-designed gifts! \nPlease note: \n\nThis is a ticketed event\, with each ticket including a copy of the book – no exceptions.\nWe’re happy to say we have *signed copies* while supplies last. More information about this will be announced soon.\nEach ticket holder will be entered into a raffle to win a limited edition print\, live drawings\, and other custom-designed gifts.\nIf you have any questions at all\, don’t hesitate to contact us: events@booksmith.com.\n\nWhen you’ve reached that sweatpants-wearing cozy place in your relationship\, it’s all In Love & Pajamas! This brand-new collection of Catana Comics presents 50 percent never-before-seen comics and some fan favorites that delight and amuse readers of all ages. Wholesome\, sweet\, feel-good humor\, a perfect gift for your other half and a welcome add-on to any wedding\, anniversary\, or Valentine’s Day gift. \nCatana Chetwynd is a self-taught traditional artist and the enthusiastic author of Catana Comics. She grew up in Saratoga Springs\, New York\, where she spent her time creating art and pursuing an education in psychology until accidentally stumbling into the world of comics. Not only is her fiancé\, John\, the daily inspiration for her drawings\, but he was also the one who suggested a comic series about their relationship in the first place. Thanks to his idea and his inspiring daily antics\, Catana was able to pursue her childhood dream of being a cartoonist. She currently lives on the East Coast with John and their tiny\, angry dog\, Murph. \nPlease note: This is a ticketed\, all-ages event. Each ticket includes a signed copy of In Love & Pajamas (while supplies last) – no exceptions. If you already have a copy\, remember that books make great gifts! If you’ve already gifted this title to all of your friends\, please write events@booksmith.com and we’ll work things out. \n  \n\n\n\nPolicies\n\nRefund Policy:\nNo refunds or returns. Contact events@booksmith.com with any questions. \nCancellation Policy:\nIf we have to cancel an event\, you will be refunded within 4 business days of the event date.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/catana-chetwynd-in-love-pajamas-a-collection-of-comics-about-being-yourself-together/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210204T200000
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SUMMARY:The Chicken Sisters: Author KJ Dell'Antonia in Conversation With Nancy Davis Kho
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, February 4\, 2021 at 6 PM PST for an online discussion of one of Kathleen’s recent favorites\, THE CHICKEN SISTERS\, with author KJ Dell’Antonia in conversation with Nancy Davis Kho\, author of THE THANK YOU PROJECT. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82283219224. \n(Order your copy of THE CHICKEN SISTERS at http://bit.ly/ggpChickenSisters or in audiobook at http://bit.ly/ChickenSistersAB.) \nDecember 2020 Indie Next List\n\n \n“I am charmed by The Chicken Sisters! Family fights\, fried chicken\, a dog and her puppies\, mental illness\, a shaky marriage\, a potential romance\, and a reality show taping all combine for a great small-town story. Generations of feuding sisters with competing chicken shack restaurants hash it out for the cameras\, their loved ones\, and themselves. The Chicken Sisters is a delightful read.”\n— Susan Williams\, M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers\, Greenville\, SC \nDescription\n\nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nA REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK \n“A charming\, hilarious\, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also\, a great present for your sister for the holidays!!”–Reese Witherspoon \nThree generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. \nIn tiny Merinac\, Kansas\, Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state–and the legendary feud between their respective owners\, the Moores and the Pogociellos\, has lasted just as long. No one feels the impact more than thirty-five-year-old widow Amanda Moore\, who grew up working for her mom at Mimi’s before scandalously marrying Frank Pogociello and changing sides to work at Frannie’s. Tired of being caught in the middle\, Amanda sends an SOS to Food Wars\, the reality TV restaurant competition that promises $100\,000 to the winner. But in doing so\, she launches both families out of the frying pan and directly into the fire. . . \nThe last thing Brooklyn-based organizational guru Mae Moore\, Amanda’s sister\, wants is to go home to Kansas. But when her career implodes\, helping the fading Mimi’s look good on Food Wars becomes Mae’s best chance to reclaim the limelight–even if doing so pits her against Amanda and Frannie’s. Yet when family secrets become public knowledge\, the sisters must choose: Will they fight with each other\, or for their heritage? \nAbout the Author\n\nKJ Dell’Antonia is the former editor of Motherlode and current contributor to The New York Times\, as well as the author of How to Be a Happier Parent. She lives with her family on a small farm in Lyme\, New Hampshire\, but retains an abiding love for her childhood in Texas and Kansas.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-chicken-sisters-author-kj-dellantonia-in-conversation-with-nancy-davis-kho-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Lunar New Year Poetry and Calligraphy with Poets Michael Warr\, Chun Yu\, and Calligrapher Aiqin Zhou
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Year of the Ox with us! Poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu read works in English and Chinese (Mandarin) that reflect the essence of the New Year — vanquishing the past\, embracing new beginnings\, and venerating ancestors — while Aiqin Zhou demonstrates her skillful calligraphy by illustrating some of the poems.\nReserve your tickets:\nhttps://calendar.asianart.org/…/lunar-new-year-poetry…/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunar-new-year-poetry-and-calligraphy-with-poets-michael-warr-chun-yu-and-calligrapher-aiqin-zhou/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross: Black Women's History of the US
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Marcus Books present:\nDaina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross\nA Black Women’s History of the United States\nWith Sabrina Jacobs \nReaching from the year 1600 to the present day\, A Black Women’s History of the United States – written by renowned authors and historians Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross – provides a necessary\, long-awaited re-centering of American history from the perspective of all those folks who have been left out of our history books.  Wide-ranging and inclusive\, this book examines a diversity of Black women\, including cisgender and transgender women\, rich and poor\, educated and uneducated\, reformers\, enslaved women\, artists\, activists\, imprisoned women leaders\, and everyday people. A critical survey of their complex legacy\, A Black Women’s History of the United States considers not only the exploitation and victimization of Black Women\, but also their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country since its inception. \n“Remarkably comprehensive and accessible\, introductory and sophisticated\, two groundbreaking historians have come together to produce a new history of Black women in the United States.” -Ibram X. Kendi\, author of Stamped From the Beginning \nDaina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author or co-editor of seven previous books\, including The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved\, from Womb to Grave\, in the Building of a Nation – winner of the 2017 SHEAR Book Award for Early American History. \nKali Nicole Gross is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University\, New Brunswick. Her previous books include Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Dismembered  Torso: A Tale of Race\, Sex\, and Violence in America\, winner of the 2017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/diana-ramey-berry-kali-nicole-gross-a-black-womens-history-of-the-us-tickets-130506218613
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daina-ramey-berry-kali-nicole-gross-black-womens-history-of-the-us/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Georgina Marie!!
DESCRIPTION:During Women’s History month a constellation of events brought together a group of fabulous womxn+ writers. The meeting of these hearts and minds exploded into something powerful and a new monthly reading series concept was born\, “Eves at the Beat”.\nThis month’s Eves at the Beat is curated by Georgina Marie!! And MC’s by Mia Ruiz\nLineup of readers:\nBrenda Yeager\, Beulah Vega\, Charity E. Yoro\, Lauren Traetto\, Melissa Eleftherion Carr\, K.R. Morrison\n\nTopic: Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading w/Georgina Marie!\nTime: Feb 4\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the First Thu\, 6 occurrence(s)\nFeb 4\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMar 4\, 2021 07:00 PM\nApr 1\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMay 6\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJun 3\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJul 1\, 2021 07:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZ0pdeqgqjgpGdWQXBj…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89423843331\nMeeting ID: 894 2384 3331\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,89423843331# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,89423843331# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 894 2384 3331\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbQpWeGiUH
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eves-at-the-virtual-beat-womxn-reading-curated-by-georgina-marie/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210205T170000
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SUMMARY:Zoom Forward! A Tribute to Jory Post
DESCRIPTION:Join us online for a tribute to Jory Post\, beloved Bookshop friend and champion of the written word. From coordinating Santa Cruz’s Open Read to producing the Zoom Forward Poetry Series to co-creating phren-Z\, Jory had a hand in so many aspects of local literary life. We will miss the many ways he turned his passion for the written word into creating community. \nThis special reading is sponsored by Catamaran\, The Hive Poetry Collective\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz.\nRegister to attend here. \nPLEASE NOTE: Though previous messaging said the event would be held January 29th\, we have pushed the date back to adequately prepare this tribute. We will feature some of Jory’s friends reading his work as well as photos and words from his family. \nTo subscribe directly to the Santa Cruz Writes email list\, which will provide you with weekly announcements for upcoming readings\, use https://mailchi.mp/cruzio/zoomforward where you will be sent a link to JOIN MEETING on Friday. \nThe Zoom room will be open by 4:30\, so come early in case you have technical difficulties. If you need assistance\, email hannah@santacruzwrites.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zoom-forward-a-tribute-to-jory-post/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210205T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210113T053503Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Dr. Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell with Faith Salie
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON FRIDAY\, FEBRUARY 5 AT 6PM PT WHEN DR. JUDY MELINEK AND T.J. MITCHELL ARE JOINED BY FAITH SALIE TO DISCUSS THEIR LATEST BOOK\, AFTERSHOCK\, ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82704963550\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,82704963550#  or +12532158782\,\,82704963550#\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kewskyOUPs \nAbout Aftershock \nWhen an earthquake strikes San Francisco\, forensics expert Jessie Teska faces her biggest threat yet in this explosive new mystery from the New York Times bestselling authors of Working Stiff and First Cut. \nOn first glance\, the death appears to be an accident. The body is located on a construction site under what looks like a collapse beam. But when Dr. Jessie Teska arrives on the scene\, she notices the tell-tale signs of a staged death. The victim has been murdered. A rising star in the San Francisco forensics world\, Jessie is ready to unravel the case\, help bring the murderer to justice\, and prevent him from potentially striking again. \nBut when a major earthquake strikes San Francisco right at Halloween\, Jessie and the rest of the city are left reeling. And even if she emerges from the rubble\, there’s no guaranteeing she’ll make it out alive. \nWith their trademark blend of propulsive prose\, deft plotting and mordant humor\, this electrifying new installment in the Jessie Teska Mystery series offers the highest stakes yet. \nAbout the Authors \nJudy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell are the New York Times bestselling co-authors of Working Stiff: Two Years\, 262 Bodies\, and the Making of a Medical Examiner\, and the novel First Cut. Dr. Melinek studied at Harvard and UCLA\, was a medical examiner in San Francisco for nine years\, and today works as a forensic pathologist in Oakland and as CEO of PathologyExpert Inc. T.J. Mitchell\, her husband\, is a writer with an English degree from Harvard\, and worked in the film industry before becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad to their children.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-dr-judy-melinek-and-t-j-mitchell-with-faith-salie/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210205T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210205T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210120T015151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210120T015151Z
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SUMMARY:Words out Loud Spoken Word Series
DESCRIPTION:Derek N. Otsuji and Mark Tarren read from their poetry. Include open mic and literary trivia quiz. \nDerek N. Otsuji is the author of The Kitchen of Small Hours\, winner of the 2021 Crab Orchard Review Poetry Series Open Competition. It will be published by SIU Press in fall 2021. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Threepenny Review\, The Southern Review\, Rattle\, Poet Lore\, and Pleiades. \nMark Tarren is a poet and writer who lives on remote Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. A Pushcart nominee\, his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various literary journals including The New Verse News\, The Blue Nib\, Poets Reading The News\, Street Light Press\, Spillwords Press\, Tuck Magazine and Impspired Magazine.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/words-out-loud-spoken-word-series-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210105T183135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T183135Z
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SUMMARY:Generation Rising Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the book launch of “Generation Rising: A New Politics of Southeast Asian American Activism” with author Loan Thi Dao and Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM) \nHosted by Eastwind Books of Berkeley and co-sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Asian American Research Center (AARC) \nRSVP at https://generationrising.eventbrite.com \n—-\nTo purchase copies of the featured authors’ work\, visit www.asiabookcenter.com\nPaperback: https://www.asiabookcenter.com/store/p2721/GENERATION_RISING%3A_A_NEW_POLITICS_OF_SOUTHEAST_ASIAN_AMERICAN_ACTIVISM_Available_to_order.html \nE-book: https://www.asiabookcenter.com/store/p2866/GENERATION_RISING%3A_A_NEW_POLITICS_OF_SOUTHEAST_ASIAN_AMERICAN_ACTIVISM_%28EBOOK-PERSONAL%29_.html \n15% off all purchases with discount code HOLIDAY15! \nChoose to ship your orders (free shipping for orders $30+) to your home or select in-store pick up at Eastwind Books of Berkeley\, 2066 University Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA 94704. See Less
URL:https://litseen.com/event/generation-rising-book-launch/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210105T185832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T185832Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Art History with Kerrin Meis - The Aesthetic Movement: The Cult of Beauty Revisited (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:In their operetta Patience\, Gilbert and Sullivan skewered the Aesthetic movement—the anti-industrial stance adopted by a talented and opinionated group of artists\, poets\, and architects that had an enormous impact on painting\, architecture\, interior design\, and dress. Closely related to the Arts and Crafts movement\, Aestheticism attempted to redefine the relationship between “Fine Arts” and design. An exhibit in 2012\, originated by the Victoria and Albert Museum\, celebrated the creations of Dante Gabriel Rossetti\, James McNeill Whistler\, Burne-Jones\, Godwin\, William Morris\, and a host of others. Let’s educate ourselves about the philosophy\, interaction\, and production of these creative geniuses. We look at paintings\, sculpture\, furniture\, household objects\, and houses—and read some poetry. \nKerrin Meis taught art history at SFSU for ten years and has led study tours in Europe. Her Book Passage classes have been favorites for years.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-class-art-history-with-kerrin-meis-the-aesthetic-movement-the-cult-of-beauty-revisited-via-zoom-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T153000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210114T005950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T005950Z
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SUMMARY:Neurotica Erotica: Love Poems for the Nervous & Highly Strung
DESCRIPTION:Surprise the Line presents a special one-time guest workshop led by experienced writers on a topic of their choosing every first Saturday of the month. This month\, you are invited to attend a very fun generative poetry workshop where we will dive into all the juicy messiness of love—just in time for Valentine’s Day.  \nCathartic Release for the Pain of Broken-Hearted\, Unrequited\, Disappointed or Simply Messy LOVE. Let’s make a BIG MESS. \nWhat You’ll Get From This Workshop:\n• Examples and discussion of “neurotic erotica” poems \n• Introduction to the anthology Bleeding Hearts: Love Poems for the Nervous & Highly Strung \n• Generative writing prompt to pen your own love/anti-love poem \n• Time to write and share in a non-judgmental and supportive group setting (not critique) \nWhat We’ll Do Together:\nThis is not your typical “love poem” workshop. Whether you’re single\, married\, in love\, in regret\, in denial\, in yearning\, or anywhere else around the outskirts of the heart\, you are invited to come and explore your *neuroses* around the phenomenon of love. We all know we have them\, so this is a space to write about them\, let them out\, face them\, love them\, transform them… \nIn this workshop\, we will explore the questions: Do love poems have to be sweet? Isn’t love messy and complicated? We will read and write poems that are dynamic in their imperfections. Whether you are in or out of a relationship\, you are invited to explore your neuroses around love and turn your wounds into words. \nArmine will be giving prompts from one of her favorite poetry anthologies\, Bleeding Hearts: Love Poems for the Nervous & Highly Strung\, to get us in the mood to write some messy\, beautifully disheleved lovin’ (or non-lovin’) poems. However you come\, come as you are! Hugs and laughter will be provided.  \nAbout the Teacher:\nBorn in Beirut\, Lebanon\, Arminé Iknadossian immigrated to the United States in 1978 to escape the civil war. She is the author of All That Wasted Fruit (Main Street Rag Press\, 2018). She earned an MFA from Antioch University where she was awarded a fellowship from Summer Poetry in Idyllwild. After teaching English for 20 years\, Iknadossian wrote United States of Love & Other Poems (2015). During her tenure as a teacher\, The Los Angeles Writing Project awarded Iknadossian a fellowship for their summer residency. Iknadossian currently lives close to the sea with Henry the Cat.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/neurotica-erotica-love-poems-for-the-nervous-highly-strung/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Surprise the Line":MAILTO:nancywoowriter@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210206T180000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20201227T204506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201227T204506Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Chang-rae Lee (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Chang-rae Lee‘s latest novel\, My Year Abroad\, is an exuberant\, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure—and about the human capacities for pleasure\, pain\, and connection. \nTiller is an average American college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger-than-life\, wildly creative Chinese American entrepreneur who sees something intriguing in Tiller beyond his bored exterior and takes him under his wing. When Pong brings him along on a boisterous trip across Asia\, Tiller is catapulted from ordinary young man to talented protégé\, and pulled into a series of ever more extreme and eye-opening experiences that transform his view of the world\, of Pong\, and of himself. \nIn the breathtaking\, “precise\, elliptical prose” that Chang-rae Lee is known for (The New York Times)\, the narrative alternates between Tiller’s outlandish\, mind-boggling year with Pong and the strange\, riveting\, emotionally complex domestic life that follows it\, as Tiller processes what happened to him abroad and what it means for his future. Rich with commentary on Western attitudes\, Eastern stereotypes\, capitalism\, global trade\, mental health\, parenthood\, mentorship\, and more\, My Year Abroad is also an exploration of the surprising effects of cultural immersion—on a young American in Asia\, on a Chinese man in America\, and on an unlikely couple hiding out in the suburbs. Tinged at once with humor and darkness\, electric with its accumulating surprises and suspense\, My Year Abroad is a novel that only Chang-rae Lee could have written\, and one that will be read and discussed for years to come. \nChang-rae Lee is the author of Native Speaker\, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction\, as well as On Such a Full Sea\, A Gesture Life\, Aloft\, and The Surrendered\, winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Stanford University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-chang-rae-lee-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210208T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210203T020354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T020354Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Mark Wunderlich and Diane Seuss
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, February 8th at 6pm PT when Mark Wunderlich is joined by Diane Suess for a reading and conversation celebrating his latest collection\, God of Nothingness\, on Zoom!\n\nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89625882370\n\nAbout God of Nothingness\nA magnificent book of hope and resolve written out of profound losses\, by award-winning poet Mark Wunderlich.\n\nGod of Nothingness is a book for those who have seen death up close or even quietly wished for it. In these poems\, honed to a devastating edge\, Mark Wunderlich asks: How is it we go on as those around us die? And why go on at all? This collection is a brilliant testament to the human ability to make something tough-minded and resilient out of despair and the inevitability of death drawing near. Some poems are moving elegies addressed to mentors\, friends\, and family recently gone; some contend with the unasked-for responsibilities of inheritance and the family name; others call forth the understanding of being the end of a genetic line; still others remember a rural midwestern coming-of-age and\, chillingly\, an encounter with the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Present all the while are the prevailing comforts and wonders found in the natural world\, work\, and the longing for traditions that seem to be passing from our time. Exquisite in its craft and capaciousness\, God of Nothingness is an unflinching journal of solitude and survival.\n\nAbout the Author\nMark Wunderlich is the author of The Earth Avails\, winner of the Rilke Prize; Voluntary Servitude; and The Anchorage\, winner of the Lambda Literary Award. He teaches at Bennington College and lives in the Hudson Valley in New York.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-mark-wunderlich-and-diane-seuss-2/
LOCATION:online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210210
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20201120T035136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201127T230143Z
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SUMMARY:Rabbit Island Launch
DESCRIPTION:Rabbit Island Launch\n\nVirtual Event \n\n\n\nJoin Community Bookstore and Two Lines Press for an event celebrating Elvira Navarro’s Rabbit Island\, a collection of stories that traverse the fickle\, often terrifying terrain between madness and freedom\, brilliantly translated by Christina MacSweeney. \nMore information coming soon! \n\n\nCONTACT:\n\nLeslie-Ann Woofter\nlwoofter@catranslation.org\n415.512.8812
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rabbit-island-launch/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210117T021917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210117T021917Z
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SUMMARY:This is Now: Susan Liautaud
DESCRIPTION:This event is online. \nIf you’re trying to do the right thing but you’re not sure how\, you’re not alone. \nCRISPR. Robot caretakers. COVID-19. Voting. Facial recognition. Everything Chidi Anagonye has ever done. Our modern world bombards us daily with ethical challenges\, and the stakes for ethical decision-making have never been higher\, but a path forward on some of today’s toughest decisions may seem as clear as mud. How do I vote if I don’t like either candidate? Should I try a home genetic testing kit like 23andMe? Should I post photos of my children on social media? What should I do if I witness harassment at work? \nIn a compulsively readable\, powerful simple and easy format\, world-class Stanford ethicist Susan Liautaud offers help in a timely new book The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World. An approachable\, practical guide for making the best possible decision on even the thorniest of issues\, this book has been praised alike by CEOs\, nonprofit presidents\, and even the creator of The Good Place . Drawing on decades as an ethics advisor to large organizations\, Liautaud shows how simple questions based on a few key ethical dimensions can create a sea change of positive decision-making\, rippling outward to transform our own lives and the world. All you need are the right tools. \nIn conversation with in-house journalist Angie Coiro for a well-timed This Is Now hour\, this February 9th conversation promises fun\, deep insight\, and practical knowledge. Sign up today to shine a light on your toughest quandaries… because how we approach hard ethical choices today can radically transform the world. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUSAN LIAUTAUD teaches cutting-edge ethics courses at Stanford University\, serves as chair of Council of the London School of Economics and Political Science\, and is the founder of the nonprofit platform The Ethics Incubator. She is the managing director of Susan Liautaud & Associates Limited\, which advises clients from global corporations to NGOs on complex ethics matters. She also chairs and serves on numerous global nonprofit boards. She divides her time between Palo Alto\, California\, and London. \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-susan-liautaud/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210209T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T040355
CREATED:20210203T044014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T044014Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Launch for Liat Berdugo / The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography\, Aesthetics\, and Politics in Israel and Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host the virtual launch for Liat Berdugo and her new book The Weaponized Camera in the Middle East: Videography\, Aesthetics\, and Politics in Israel and Palestine. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order *signed copies* of The Weaponized Camera here – we’re currently offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \nAbout the book\nDrawing on unprecedented access to the video archives of B’Tselem\, an Israeli NGO that distributes cameras to Palestinians living in the West Bank\, East Jerusalem\, and the Gaza Strip\, Liat Berdugo lays out an argument for a visual studies approach to videographic evidence in Israel/Palestine. \nUsing video stills as core material\, it discusses the politics of videographic evidence in Israel/Palestine by demonstrating that the conflict is one that has produced an inequality of visual rights. The book highlights visual surveillance and counter surveillance at the citizen level\, how Palestinians originally filmed to “shoot back” at Israelis\, who were armed with shooting power via weapons as the occupying force. It also traces how Israeli private citizens began filming back at Palestinians with their own cameras\, including personal cell phone cameras\, thus creating a simultaneous\, echoing counter surveillance. Complicating the notion that visual evidence alone can secure justice\, the Weaponized Camera in The Middle East asks how what is seen\, but also who is seeing\, affects how conflicts are visually recorded. Drawing on over 5\,000 hours of footage\, only a fraction of which is easily accessible to the public domain\, this book offers a unique perspective on the strategies and battlegrounds of the Israel/Palestine conflict. \nAbout the author\nLiat Berdugo is Assistant Professor in Art and Architecture at the University of San Francisco. She is also an artist\, writer and curator and has exhibited in galleries and festivals nationally and internationally. Her work has won several awards\, including fellowships at the Hambidge Center\, the Vermont Studio center\, and a year-long residency in Tel Aviv\, Israel\, through the Dorot Foundation. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-launch-for-liat-berdugo-the-weaponized-camera-in-the-middle-east-videography-aesthetics-and-politics-in-israel-and-palestine/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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