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SUMMARY:Written Within the Body: A Salon with Lone Mørch\, Sarah Kornfeld\, September Williams and Kristin Kaye
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts an evening salon exploring the body in fiction and nonfiction with Lone Mørch\, Sarah Kornfeld\, September Williams and Kristin Kaye\, all reading from their new books. Please join us for readings\, Q&A\, and signings! \n  \nEmbody by Lone Mørch \nEmbody is a tribute to the sensual body. In photos & prose\, Mørch examines and illuminates the light and shadows in women’s bodies\, minds and psyches. With a loving gaze\, artistic nerve\, and poetry\, the book reveals how women today work hard to discover and get in touch with their own bodies\, on their own terms. For the past fourteen years nearly a thousand women of all ages have found the courage and freedom before Lone’s camera to explore the many expressions of beauty\, sensuality and eroticism in themselves – on their own terms. The male gaze has dominated the representation of women for the past 150 years. Embody reveals what happens when women choose to be photographed by women\, and decide how they want to be seen. \n  \nLone Mørch is an award-winning author\, photographer and speaker whose work lives at the intersection of art\, body\, identity\, culture and life’s journey. A Danish native\, she has for the past 25+ years traveled\, lived\, loved and worked in Asia\, Europe and USA. She’s the founder of Lolo’s Boudoir and has helped a thousand women find healing\, transformation\, adventure and celebration through her photography. Her previous work included the award-winning memoir Seeing Red: A Woman’s Quest for Truth\, Power and the Sacred about her own path towards liberation. Her photos and essays have been featured in Danish and American magazines\, newspapers and blogs such as InStyle\, Cosmopolitan\, People\, SF Chronicle\, Huffington Post\, Light Journal\, East Bay Express and 7×7.  She splits her time between Denmark and USA. \n  \n\n  \nWhat Stella Sees by Sarah Kornfeld \nNo one saw it coming that Moise and Stella would fall in love because everyone assumed they were too sick to do so. Though\, why shouldn’t a guy with Cerebral Palsy and a young woman with seizures be sexy? In a story that reaches from Israel to San Francisco\, Bucharest to Paris\, this story of two people\, defined as “disabled” explores what being “broken” truly is in society – particularly in the arts. \n  \nSarah E. Kornfeld‘s debut novel\, What Stella Sees\, will be published by Cove International Publishers in the summer of 2018. Sarah was born and raised in the experimental theater of New York City\, and received her B.A. at Sarah Lawrence College where she focused on writing and choreography. Her master teacher in poetry/writing was Kate Knapp Johnson. Her master teacher in choreography was Merce Cunningham’s lead dancer\, Viola Farber. Sarah is a proud member of the National Writers Union and has read twice at the San Francisco LitQuake/LitCrawl festival (2016 and 2017). She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco\, School of Education\, International + Multicultural Studies Department where she teaches Cultural Curation to Masters and Ph.D students. She lives in the Bay Area by the sea with her Son. \n  \n\nChasing Mercury by September Williams \nAn epileptic black ballerina and a Powwow dancer\, whistleblower journalist meet in the Montreal airport. They are both performing at an international youth festival in Berlin\, 1973 Cold War Berlin. During a long layover in Zürich\, he takes the ballerina to a Swiss Bank. Speaking French\, the Powwow dancer deposits many thousands of dollars into his numbered account to which he adds her name\, providing no true explanation. Is she an accomplice–or is this just love in the time of mercury poisoning? \n  \nChasing Mercury is a romance-suspense-memoir inspired by the events leading to the Minamata World Convention on Mercury\, ratified and entered into force August 16\, 2017.  Spanning three continents\, the story covers decades and the world’s waters. The novel connects human rights\, environmental justice and romance. Chasing Mercury is the first in a series of three books in the Chasing Mercury Toxic Trilogy. \n  \nSeptember Williams is an American physician-writer\, bioethicist and filmmaker. All of her work seeks a better understanding of and between ourselves.  She focuses on promoting resilience for people who are ill\, aging\, dying\, or stressed by environmental and humanitarian violation. Yet\, her writing is fired by the humor which allows people and characters to make it through hard times. September’s nonfiction writing covers health disparities\, bioethics and film. She is a member of the National Writers Union (AFLCIO/UAW 1981)\, an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists\, and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. She lives in Marin. \n  \n\n  \nTree Dreams by Kristin Kaye \nWhen seventeen-year-old Jade Reynolds witnesses a violent clash between a protesting tree sitter and a local logger\, she runs as far as she can from the battles that plague her home and from the mysteries of the redwood forest. But the ancient redwoods are embedded in her psyche—she feels their call even in the dark and forgotten back alleys of Portland\, Oregon where she’s hiding out. She soon becomes entangled with a lovable misfit and a band of radical slackers\, environmentalists\, and anarchists\, and finds herself living 100 feet high in the canopy of a redwood grove\, trying to decide whose side she’s on: the logging community she’s known her entire life or the environmentalists who are risking their lives for the future of the forest. To find a way beyond the division between Us and Them\, Jade turns to the ancient trees themselves—and the thread-thin web that connects us all. \n  \nKristin Kaye is an author\, ghostwriter and teacher whose work sits at the intersection of nature\, narrative and spirituality. Tree Dreams: A Novel is forthcoming in April\, 2018 from Spark Press. The novel gave rise to a global tree tagging campaign that celebrates the myriad ways we are connected to each other\, to nature and to our future. Tree Dreams tags now hang in over 20 states and 12 countries around the world. Kristin’s previous work includes Iron Maidens: The Celebration of the Most Awesome Female Muscle in the World\, which details her experience directing twenty-five of the world’s strongest and most muscular women in an off-Broadway show. The book was a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards\, and described by Utne Reader as “one of 5 new titles for women who resist easy definition. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. If you are unable to attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of any of the authors’ books\, send an email to events AT booksmith DOT com to put in your requuest.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/written-within-the-body-a-salon-with-lone-morch-sarah-kornfeld-september-williams-and-kristin-kaye/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Barbara Berman
DESCRIPTION:Barbara Berman reads from her new poetry collection\, Currents. \nPraise for Currents \nThe reach of these graceful\, ambitious poems ranges across stars\, cities\, storms. Their music is both political and deeply private\, braiding the two undersongs together in challenging and sometimes wrenching poetry. These are poems to be savored and remembered\, touchstones of a felt world. —Eavan Boland\, Director of the Creative Writing Program\, Stanford University. \n Barbara Berman offers up a book of psalms to praise the mysterious and divine. Part Miriam Sagan\, part Gretel Ehrlich\, this is a true faith quest with cameos by Thomas Merton\, Sojourner Truth and Bruce Chatwin. —Richard Peabody\, Editor of Gargoyle Magazine
URL:https://litseen.com/event/barbara-berman/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash presents Jane Mead and Carol Muske-Dukes
DESCRIPTION:Jane Mead’s new book of poems is World of Made and Unmade. C.D. Wright said\, “As the laundry room floods and the grape harvest gets done; as Michoacán waits for another time\, her beautiful\, practical mother is dying. Ashes are scattered in the pecan groves of her own Rincon\, her own corner of the world\, and the poet\, in elementary script\, draws a sustaining record of the only feeling worth the struggle.…” She’s authored four previous collections\, most recently Money\, Money\, Money | Water\, Water\, Water\, and her honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship\, a Whiting Writers Award\, and a Lannan Foundation Completion Grant. \nCarol Muske-Dukes’s new book of poems is Blue Rose. Linda Gregerson says\, “Scathing intelligence and an open heart: the most difficult combination in the world\, and bountifully manifest on every page. In the birth room\, at the death bed\, beneath the falling ash of a California wildfire\, before the whole\, hurt spectacle of an imperiled and beloved world\, these poems remind us what it’s truly like to see and feel.” Author of eight poetry collections\, including Sparrow\, a finalist for the National Book Award\, she’s also published four novels\, two collections of essays\, and co-edited Crossing State Lines: An American Renga with Bob Holman. She was California Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2011.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-presents-jane-mead-and-carol-muske-dukes/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Ted Scheinman
DESCRIPTION:reads from Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan\, a raucous tour through the world of Mr. Darcy imitations\, tailored gowns\, and tipsy ballroom dancing. \n“A treat for any Jane Austen fan . . . a fascinating window into a man’s experience in a largely female world. Scheinman is a wonderful guide to the world of Austen\, and this honest and thoughtful discussion of the role Austen’s works have played in his family will delight any Janeite.” —Booklist \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of Camp Austen by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, May 24\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nThe son of a devoted Jane Austen scholar\, Ted Scheinman spent his childhood eating Yorkshire pudding\, singing in an Anglican choir\, and watching Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. Determined to leave his mother’s world behind\, he nonetheless found himself in grad school organizing the first ever UNC-Chapel Hill Jane Austen Summer Camp\, a weekend-long event that sits somewhere between an academic conference and superfan extravaganza. \nWhile the long tradition of Austen devotees includes the likes of Henry James and E. M. Forster\, it is at the conferences and reenactments where Janeism truly lives. In Camp Austen\, Scheinman tells the story of his indoctrination into this enthusiastic world and his struggle to shake his mother’s influence while navigating hasty theatrical adaptations\, undaunted scholars in cravats\, and unseemly petticoat fittings. \nIn a haze of morning crumpets and restrictive tights\, Scheinman delivers a hilarious and poignant survey of one of the most enduring and passionate literary coteries in history. Combining clandestine journalism with frank memoir\, academic savvy with insider knowledge\, Camp Austen is perhaps the most comprehensive study of Austen that can also be read in a single sitting. Brimming with stockings\, culinary etiquette\, and scandalous dance partners\, this is summer camp as you’ve never seen it before. \nTed Scheinman is a writer and scholar based in Southern California\, where he works as a senior editor at Pacific Standard magazine. He has taught courses on journalism\, satire\, and poetry at the University of North Carolina and has written for The New York Times\, the Oxford American\, Playboy\, Slate\, and many other publications.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ted-scheinman/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Eli Jaxon-Bear
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, May 25rd at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Eli Jaxon-Bear for a reading and signing of his latest book An Outlaw Makes It Home! \n\nEli Jaxon-Bear\, was a 30 year Marin County author\, teacher and farmer starting in 1976. His new book is being released this spring. We are currently planning our book tour and hoping we can schedule Eli for a reading and book signing  at your bookstore. \n  \nPraise for An Outlaw Makes It Home: \n\n“An Outlaw Makes It Home bares it all in this machine-gun like compilation of adventures. A serious\, playing-for-keeps quest for spiritual wisdom and enlightenment with a startling turn in the heartwarming discovery after an eighteen year search. Jaxon-Bear does not spare himself or try to polish his flaws and mistakes: in that regard\, he is a warrior. I consumed this book in huge gulps and would do it again. I urge others to read it.” ~ Peter Coyote\, actor\, author\, ordained Zen Buddhist priest \n  \n“Outlaw rocks!. . .brutally honest yet deeply loving. This takes great courage. Bravo!” ~ Ed and Deb Shapiro\, authors\, meditation teachers \n  \n“An Outlaw Makes It Home\, can be seen as a coming of age story\, a modern journey of self-discovery but it is a classic hero’s journey\, an odyssey\, a journey out and a return home. What a journey\, and what a home! Eli takes us from a shattering moment in a Brooklyn childhood through radical and sometimes terrifying times in the 60’s\, being literally outside the law\, escape to Peru\, lots of drugs and women\, Japan\, Morocco\, India\, learning to be a farmer of sorts back home in the US…. all the way to waking up and discovering what home truly is. His honesty about fear and failure are very moving\, but what really shines forth from these pages is a fierce love and commitment to the truth. I absolutely loved An Outlaw Makes it Home!” ~ Nancy Baker\, Professor of Philosophy Emerita\, Sarah Lawrence College and Zen Roshi in NYC
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eli-jaxon-bear/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Queer Zine Fest Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:The 2nd annual Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is coming back September 9! What better way to get people pumped about zines than to have a reading. We’re partnering with our dear friends at E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore to bring you a night of zine magic. \nInterested in reading? Email baqzfest@gmail.com \n** ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ** \n#BAQZF2018 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource:: https://www.facebook.com/events/450401675397832/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-queer-zine-fest-fundraiser/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Daniel Gumbiner
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Gumbiner discusses his debut novel from McSweeney’s The Boatbuilder. \n\nPraise for The Boatbuilder \n\n“The Boatbuilder is a gorgeous debut about addiction\, aspiration\, and art on the California coast. It’s radiantly imagined\, often moving\, always funny\, and teeming with life. Daniel Gumbiner isn’t a writer to watch—he’s one to read.” —Anthony Marra  \n\n“Daniel Gumbiner brings coastal California into sparkling focus in this moving story of a young man’s transition into adulthood. Told with wit and heart\, The Boatbuilder is a meditation on love\, loyalty\, and the shared experiences that turn strangers into family.” —Tayari Jones \n\n“This book’s alive. The Boatbuilder is a surprising and soulful first novel and it deserves many\, many readers.” —Peter Orner \n\nAbout The Boatbuilder \n\nAt twenty-eight years old\, Eli “Berg” Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn’t push through – until a concussion leaves him with a lingering headache and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town to seek space and time to recover\, but soon finds himself breaking into homes in search of pills. \nAddled by addiction and chronic pain\, Berg meets Alejandro\, a reclusive master boatbuilder\, and begins to see a path forward. Alejandro offers Berg honest labor\, but more important a new approach to his suffering\, a template for survival amidst intense pain. Nurtured by his friendship with Alejandro and aided by the comradeship of many of Talinas’s colorful residents\, Berg begins to return to himself. \nWritten in gleaming prose\, this is a story about resilience\, community\, and what it takes to win back your soul.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daniel-gumbiner/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Rolling Writers - Rolling In The Aisles
DESCRIPTION:Guidelines. This is a night for literary humor\, not stand-up comedy. To be considered\, send sharp\, funny\, insightful humor\, broad or subtle\, that would work well before a live audience. Political humor is discouraged—we get way more than enough of that these days\, and most of it is lazy\, obvious\, and witless. Featured readers will get up to eight minutes at the mic (about 1\,200 words). Funny stories\, essays\, memoirs\, and poetry will be eagerly considered\, and we’d love love to feature funny original songs and performances of public-domain songs or theatrical pieces. Paste your material\, or performance proposal\, into the body of an email with the subject line RW Humor: [Your Name] addressed to the host\, Jon Sindell\, at jsind@sbcglobal.net. You must submit personally—no submissions by representatives will be considered. \n  \n“Dying is easy; comedy’s hard.” ~ attributed to many (naturally enough\, for comedy is hard\, and comedians steal). \n  \nAbout Rolling Writers \nLike the baker Rageneau in Cyrano\, master baker Bruno Tsé supports the arts. And our pastry-preparing patron of poetry and prose shows love for the muse by giving his Taraval Street café up for lit readings\, with themed musical and gustatory accoutrements. \nRolling–Out: 1722 Taraval\, between 27th and 28th Avenues\, \nSan Francisco. The L-Taraval streetcar line stops at 26th Avenue. \nTo submit work for an upcoming theme\, please write the host\, Jon Sindell\, at jsind [at] sbcglobal [net]\, pasting your work into the body of the email\, and marking the subject line as follows: RW [Name Of Show]\, [Writer’s Name]. You must submit personally—no submissions by representatives will be considered. Unless otherwise indicated on the Upcoming Events page\, limit prose submissions to 1\,200 words; shorter submissions are preferred. This series primarily features complete works of fiction and memoir\, but poetry and reasonably self-contained novel excerpts are presented to a limited extent. Submissions are rolling—we generally consider submissions until a lineup is filled. \nWon’t you join us?
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rolling-writers-rolling-in-the-aisles/
LOCATION:Rolling Out Cafe\, 1722 Taraval St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:MARY Journal Release Reading
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, May 26th\, MARY: A Journal of New Writing will be holding a release party for the latest print edition of MARY Journal! Join us from 7pm – 9pm at Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland for a night of celebration and literary readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-journal-release-reading/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Cotton Candy by Jeremy Fernando
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of Jeremy Fernando’s full-length poetry collection\, Cotton Candy! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA\, pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers\, and of course\, the star of the evening\, Jeremy Fernando. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($12 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-cotton-candy-by-jeremy-fernando/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special\, A "Salty" Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Is it summer yet? At SNS we’re feeling SALTY and we’re ready to sweat\, so bring us your sexiest\, SALTIEST\, summer stories\, poems\, songs\, stand-up\, (whatever) on our theme: \nSALT·Y\nof language or humor: down-to-earth; coarse. \nsynonyms: earthy\, colorful\, spicy\, racy\, risqué\, naughty\, vulgar\, rude;\ninformal: tough; aggressive. \nUrban Dictionary: The act of being upset\, angry\, or bitter as result of being made fun of or embarrassed. \nAs always\, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our optional theme (or any topic).\n\nOur featured readers for May are Christine No & Melissa Stein\n— \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, May 26\, 2018\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by Hollie Hardy \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS \nChristine No is a Korean American writer\, filmmaker and native Los Angelino. She is a Sundance Alum\, VONA Fellow\, two time Pushcart Prize Nominee and Best of the Net 2017 Nominee. You can find her work in: The Rumpus\, sPARKLE+bLINK\, Columbia Journal\, Story Online\, Apogee\, Atlas And Alice\, and various anthologies. Christine is the Assistant Features Editor at The Rumpus and a contributing writer at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel. She also sits on the Board of Quiet Lightning\, a Bay Area based literary organization. She looks good on paper; but\, she spills a lot. Like a baby. She lives in Oakland with a pit bull named Brandy. Say hi\, here: christineno.com​ \nMelissa Stein is the author of the poetry collections Terrible blooms (Copper Canyon Press\, 2018) and Rough Honey\, winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares\, Tin House\, Harvard Review\, New England Review\, American Poetry Review\, Best New Poets\, and others\, and she’s received fellowships from the NEA\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, Yaddo\, and the MacDowell Colony. She’s a freelance editor in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-a-salty-open-mic/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Writers & Poets Reading and Salon | Bay Area Generations #57
DESCRIPTION:Bay Area Generations Show #57\nA literary salon featuring curated works of San Francisco Bay Area poets\, writers and storytellers\, with musical guest. GUEST CURATOR: Anne Wallace. Doors & Wine Bar: 6:30 p.m. Show: 7:30 p.m. Suggested donation $10\, includes with chapbook. No one turned away for lack of funds. Wine bar | Easy Access | on Public Transportation. \nEvent Info: http://bit.ly/BAG57tx \nBay Area Generations literary reading series features paired readers of differing generations in a curated submission based show. Since 2013\, over 350 hundred notable authors\, poets\, writers\, playwrights and musicians have read poetry and stories\, or performed at this celebrated literary salon. \nWebsite: www.bayareagenerations.com\nFB: www.facebook.com/bayareagenerations\nEvents: www.facebook.com/bayareagenerations/events
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-poets-reading-and-salon-bay-area-generations-57/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Alanna Okun / The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts an evening with Alanna Okun\, in conversation with Joe Wadlington about her new book The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting. Please join us! \n  \nEvery knitter knows that as soon as you start making your boyfriend a sweater\, he will be out the door before you’re done. But as Alanna Okun has learned\, these life lessons are not limited to the curse of the boyfriend sweater. \nLike millions of women\, Okun finds joy and solace in crafting. And she has also found some essential truths. Starting from when her grandmother first taught her to knit\, crafting has been a part of her life\, and her family’s. Some people like to fish. Some like to play music. Or run. Okun likes to make things; knitting\, crocheting\, sewing\, decoupage—you name it\, Okun has tried it\, and even if she turned out to be not very good at it\, she found it was good for her. \nIn a world that shows itself impervious to our need for order and logic\, crafting allows Okun to feel a sense of control—even if it’s simply by making a piece of felt do what she wants it to. Crafting has helped keep her severe anxiety at bay\, made a scary first apartment more hospitable\, and helped her heal from a broken heart. When Okun has two good friends die within a year of each other\, it is crafting that helps her find hope again. The art and physicality of making things\, whether it’s nerdy embroidery or warm mittens\, has helped her cope with life’s internal trauma. \nIn beautiful prose that belies her youth\, Okun’s essays about art\, crafts\, and mental health will resonate with creative people no matter their medium\, and no matter the troubles in their hearts. We can all relate to the need to fix what’s inside by keeping our hands busy. \n  \n\n  \nAlanna Okun is a writer\, editor\, and crafter. She’s currently a senior editor at Racked\, and has written for publications including BuzzFeed\, Brooklyn Magazine\, and The Hairpin\, and appeared on the Today Show\, Good Morning America\, NPR\, and many other local and national television and radio programs. Alanna lives in Brooklyn with her pet snail and a lot of yarn. \n  \n  \nJoe Wadlington has been published in the New Yorker\, The Rumpus\, Racked.com\, and Food & Wine Magazine. He writes essays and satire about dating\, casual dining\, and how to be polite during both of them. Joe is a crafter and former camp counselor who has educated hundreds of kids on how to felt\, bead\, and tye-dye. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his weekly writing prompts. \n  \n  \n\n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \n  \nIf you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater\, order below and be sure to put your request in the special field.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alanna-okun-the-curse-of-the-boyfriend-sweater/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Opioid Crisis with Carl Hart & Leana Wen
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Carl Hart is the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Columbia University and the Dirk Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry. Professor Hart has published numerous scientific and popular articles in the area of neuropsychopharmacology and is co-author of the textbook Drugs\, Society and Human Behavior (with Charles Ksir). His most recent book\, High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society was the 2014 winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Professor Hart has appeared on multiple podcasts\, radio and television shows and in several documentary films including the award-winning The House I Live In. His essays have been published in The New York Times\, Scientific American\, The Nation\, Ebony\, The Root\, and Brazil’s O Globo. \nDr. Leana Wen is the Commissioner of Health for the City of Baltimore. An emergency physician and patient and community advocate\, she leads the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD)\, the oldest\, continuously-operating health department in the United States\, formed in 1793. BCHD is an agency with a $130 million annual budget and 1\,000 employees committed to improving well-being and combatting disparities through education\, policy/advocacy\, and direct service delivery. BCHD’s wide-ranging responsibilities include maternal and child health\, youth wellness\, school health\, senior services\, animal control\, restaurant inspections\, emergency preparedness\, STI/HIV treatment\, and acute and chronic disease prevention. Facing an unprecedented number of people dying from opioid overdose\, Dr. Wen issued a blanket prescription for the opioid antidote\, naloxone\, to all 620\,000 residents of Baltimore. Since 2015\, this program has saved over 800 lives.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-opioid-crisis-with-carl-hart-leana-wen/
LOCATION:Nourse Theatre\, 275 Hayes Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Martha K. Davis
DESCRIPTION:Martha K. Davis reads from her new novel\, Scissors\, Paper\, Stone. \n\nPraise for Scissors\, Paper\, Stone \n\n“With Scissors\, Paper\, Stone\, Martha K. Davis has given us an ambitious coming of (lesbian) age story that is a movingly honest inquiry into the messy\, yet still beautiful\, transmogrification of what it means to be a family in a post-WWII America ruptured by racism\, homophobia\, . . and the generational divide. The character of Cathy\, the idealistic and unsuspecting . . . mother of an adopted Korean child\, is one for the ages: a vessel for all the good intentions and fumbling contradictions of her time.”—Celeste Gainey\, author of the GAFFER\, final judge for the 2016 Quill Award \n\n“Martha K. Davis writes with rare insight and compassion about the evolving American family and the struggle to belong. Scissors\, Paper\, Stone is a wise and affecting novel.”—Hilma Wolitzer\, author of The Doctor’s Daughter and An Available Man \n\nAbout Scissors\, Paper\, Stone \n\nWhat is considered a family\, and who gets to define it? In 1964\, despite the racial tension occurring in a post-WWII America\, Catherine and Jonathan adopt a baby girl from Korea. This unconventional choice brings disapproval from Catherine’s family\, which creates an even closer bond between her and her daughter. Narrated in alternating chapters by Catherine\, her adopted daughter Min\, and Min’s best friend Laura\, Scissors\, Paper\, Stone spans twenty years of love\, loss\, and the complex reality of female relationships. By 1985 Catherine is living a risk-free life on her own accord\, Laura is dating her way through college\, and Min is a massage therapist who has come out as a lesbian and is learning to embrace her Korean heritage. After Min and Laura take a summer road trip together\, the shifts in their friendship force all three women to examine the assumptions they’ve been living by and to make choices about the roles they want to play in each other’s lives.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/martha-k-davis/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:LUNADA Literary Lounge
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 29\, 2018 | 7:30 pm \nFeaturing Roberto Lovato\, Fernando Martí\, and Jacqueline Scott Ramos. Open Mic sign-up at 7pm. \nDe bajo la luna llena\, hecha de leche y maiz\, de las flores de primavera… At the height of Spring\, Lunada hosts three fiery writer activists engaged in social change: Border-smashing writer and journalist Roberto Lovato; Poet\, scholar\, and Mission native Jacqueline Scott Ramos; and Fernando Martí poet\, storywriter and architect\, que hace un poquito de todo.\nOPEN MIC: Sign-up at 7pm\, 8 spots on the list\, 5 min. ea. Poets\, slammers\, storytellers\, emcees\, musicians\, laureates\, veteranos\, and first-timers invited to share their voices under our bilingual lunar spotlight. \nHosted by Sandra García Rivera \nDOORS OPEN AT 7:00pm\n$5.00 Admission\n \nGALERÍA DE LA RAZA\n2857 24th Street\, at Bryant\nSF\, CA 94110\nLUNADA is the Bay Area’s only full moon bilingual literary ritual & performance gathering devoted to spoken word\, música\, song\, and story. Located in the heart of the Mission District at Galería de la Raza\, and guest curated by some of the Bay Area’s most dynamic word slingers and artists\, each LUNADA features community poets\, local legends\, visiting mystics\, and other mero meros of the stage. Voted Best Literary Night two years in a row by the SF Bay Guardian\, 2016 & 2017. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nRoberto Lovato is a San Francisco-based journalist and writer based out of the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto. Prior to joining the Grotto\, he was a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Berkeley’s Center for Latino Policy Research. Roberto is also the recipient of a crisis reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center. His journalistic work spans the entire hemisphere and centers on border-smashing issues of our time: immigration\, the drug war\, national security and climate change. Roberto is a frequent contributor to The Nation magazine and his work has appeared in the Guardian\, Guernica\, Foreign Policy\, the Boston Globe\, the Associated Press\, the Los Angeles Times\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, Der Spiegel\, Al Jazeera\, the American Prospect\, Mother Jones\, Salon Magazine\, La Opinion\, and other national and international media outlets. He has appeared as a source or commentator in the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, Time magazine\, the Washington Post\, the Economist and Le Monde Diplomatique. He has also appeared on the network news shows of MSNBC\, Univision\, the BBC\, CNN\, CNN en Español\, NPR\, Radio Bilingue\, Democracy Now and Al-Jazeera. He will read from his non-fiction book\, a reported memoir about the intimate and political roots of extreme violence among children and youth —and the violent countries that make them so. The most interesting parts of his bio are not yet written… \nFernando Martí es un todero: hace un poquito de todo.He is a poet\, story-writer\, printmaker\, architect\, and housing activist. Originally from Ecuador\, he has been deeply involved in San Francisco’s struggles for affordable housing\, community land trusts and climate justice since the mid-90s. His work reflects his formal training in urbanism\, his roots in rural Ecuador\, and his current residence in the heart of Empire. His poetry and prints inhabit the space between ancestral traditions of place and utopian construction. His artwork can be seen regularly on justseeds.org\,and his writing has appeared in publications as varied as El Tecolote\,Left Turnand Shelterforce\, as well as a ‘zine called Amor y Lucha. \nJacqueline Scott Ramos is a poet\, actress\, public health activist\, and scholar\, who is native to San Francisco’s Mission district. With roots birthed in the Philippines\, Mississippi\, the Chickasaw Nation\, and Spain—she carries the fiery heart of her ancestral warriors. She is the personification of advocacy and champion of cultural equity—building bridges of justice for social change. For over 10 years\, she has worked alongside healthcare professionals at the University of California\, San Francisco and Stanford on programs that promote positive health and biopsychosocial outcomes for in-risk populations affected by poverty\, incarceration\, gentrification\, substance use\, and mental illness. Jacqueline recognizes the profound vitality of communities that have been disenfranchised\, and has committed her life to be a beacon of educated hope and a disruptor to pathways of harm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunada-literary-lounge-5/
LOCATION:Galería de la Raza\, 2857 24th Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jesse Berrett
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we welcome Jesse Berrett for a reading of his newest book Pigskin Nation on Wednesday\, May 30th at 6:30 p.m. in our Granny Smith Room! \nHistorian Berrett debuts with a superb cultural history of the period between 1966 and 1974\, when “football\, politics and culture entwined themselves in ever more complex ways.” Berrett concisely looks at how NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle used his newly acquired production company\, NFL Films\, to transform the violent image of the sport by producing films and TV programming that extolled football’s “meaning\, glory\, excitement\, and passion.” The book’s second half explores how politicians tried to capitalize on pro football’s cultural relevance\, particularly Richard Nixon’s use of the sport—and his endorsement of conservative coaches such as Vince Lombardi—as part of a “public strategy of rallying mainstream America against the dissent\, abnormality\, and un-American behavior” that could be linked to groups he sought to marginalize. An epilogue looks at how the battle over football’s meaning continued in the 1980s; Berrett observes that Ronald Reagan’s repeated use of “the Gipper” was used to embody the entire Reagan ethos of America as “still the shining city on a hill.” This thought-provoking sports history nicely looks at the significance professional football has had on American politics and culture. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jesse-berrett/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Michael Oondaatje
DESCRIPTION:Michael Ondaatje is one of the world’s foremost writers – his artistry and aesthetic have influenced an entire generation of writers and readers. Although he is best known as a novelist\, Ondaatje’s work also encompasses poetry\, memoir\, and film\, and reveals a passion for defying conventional form. Born in Sri Lanka\, the former Ceylon\, of Indian/Dutch ancestry\, he went to school in England\, and then moved to Canada. He is the author of four collections of poetry including The Cinnamon Peeler and most recently\, Handwriting. Ondaatje’s work of non-fiction is The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film\, which unites his love of literature and passion for the art of filmmaking. His works of fiction include In the Skin of a Lion\, The English Patient\, Anil’s Ghost\,  Divisadero\, and The Cat’s Table. His next novel will be Warlight (Knopf\, May 2018).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-oondaatje/
LOCATION:Nourse Theatre\, 275 Hayes Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:On the Cusp: A Taxing Season
DESCRIPTION:The second installment of the new nonfiction reading series On the Cusp based around the theme Moments of Change. The smaller and subtler these moments the better—big\, seemingly important life events can work (or not work!)\, but we’re most interested in unforeseen instants that result in lasting change. For this second event\, we’re excited to host the following authors on the theme A Taxing Season: \nJoyce Maynard\nMaw Shein Win\nJoe Clifford\nTBD! Submissions open through EOD Apr 15.* \n  \n* To submit: \n  \nSubmissions\, which should ideally run between 1000-1500 words — with a maximum of 10 minutes’ reading time — should be sent to On the Cusp organizer Allison Landa\, at allison@allisonlanda.com\, no later than end of day 4/15/18.\n  \n— \nBios and more info coming soon — save the date! \nAdmission for this event is $5 in advance or $10 at the door. Advance tickets can be ordered soon at this link. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. This is an all ages event. The bar opens at 7pm\, and event begins at 7:30pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/on-the-cusp-a-taxing-season/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jessica Weisberg
DESCRIPTION:Jessica Weisberg discusses her new book\, Asking for a Friend: Three Centuries of Life\, Love\, Money and Other Burning Questions from a Nation Obsessed. \n\nPraise for Asking for a Friend \n\n“Rich with insight and surprising facts\, Jessica Weisberg’s ingenious appraisal of America’s guidance-givers doubles as a wholly unexpected history of our national psyche. At long last\, the lowly advice column gets its due!”―Kate Bolick\, author of Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own \n\n“An oddly soothing antidote to the millenarian terrors of today\, Jessica Weisberg’s history of ordinary American anxiety is as warm\, funny\, entertaining\, and chattily insightful as the advice-dispensers she portrays. In the centuries before the internet\, these were the ones we turned to with questions so obscure\, embarrassing\, weird\, or mortifyingly personal that only a stranger would do.”―Larissa MacFarquhar\, author of Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism\, Drastic Choices\, and the Urge to Help \n\n“Jessica Weisberg’s hilarious\, enlightening odyssey through the history of advice columns chronicles the evolution of our anxieties over how to act. However weird or offensive some of our questions have been\, it’s heartening to know that at least we’ve always been trying. A surprising and delightful read.”―Mac McClelland\, author of Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story \n\nAbout Asking for a Friend \n\nA delightful history of Americans’ obsession with advice–from Poor Richard to Dr. Spock to Miss Manners \n  \nAmericans\, for all our talk of pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps\, obsessively seek advice on matters large and small. Perhaps precisely because we believe in bettering ourselves and our circumstances in life\, we ask for guidance constantly. And this has been true since our nation’s earliest days: from the colonial era on\, there have always been people eager to step up and offer advice\, some of it lousy\, some of it thoughtful\, but all of it read and debated by generations of Americans. \n  \nJessica Weisberg takes readers on a tour of the advice-givers who have made their names\, and sometimes their fortunes\, by telling Americans what to do. You probably don’t want to follow all the advice they proffered. Eating graham crackers will not make you a better person\, and wearing blue to work won’t guarantee a promotion. But for all that has changed in American life\, it’s a comfort to know that our hang-ups\, fears\, and hopes have not. We’ve always loved seeking advice–so long as it’s anonymous\, and as long as it’s clear that we’re not asking for ourselves; we’re just asking for a friend.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jessica-weisberg/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Borderlands // an Aunt Lute Open Mic feat. Kim Shuck
DESCRIPTION:“… every step forward is a travesía\, a crossing. I am again an alien in a new territory. And again\, and again.”\n–Gloria Anzaldúa\, Borderlands/La Frontera \nJoin us for a poetry open mic the last Thursday of May. We want to hear about your new growth\, your crossings\, what territory you’ve uncovered with the shifting of the seasons. Poets of any level welcome: share with us your undone and your in-process! 15 available open slots\, one poem per poet\, sign-up upon arrival.\n\nMC and Featured Poet:\nKim Shuck is the current Poet Laureate of San Francisco. She has two full length collections of poetry\, one chapbook and one collection of prose poems to her name. Her recent works include Sidewalk NDN (Foothills Publishing\, 2014) and Clouds Running In (Taurean Press\, 2014). Kim serves on the board of directors for the San Francisco American Indian Cultural Center in planning\, is involved with the Cherokee Society of the Greater Bay Area and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. In addition\, she is a former Indian Studies instructor and a visual artist who works with traditional textiles. \nThis event is free and open to the public! Beverages will be provided.\nThis event is funded in part by the CAC and the NEA. Questions? Email marketing@auntlute.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/borderlands-an-aunt-lute-open-mic-feat-kim-shuck/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:William Brewer reads poems about addiction Mill Valley Library Cosponsored by Marin Poetry Center
DESCRIPTION:These moving and dramatic poems tackle the pain of the opioid addiction in West Virginia\, how it affects family\, addicts and the community. Brewer manages to infuse the poems with beauty and hope as well as speaking in the many voices of the epidemic \nRooted in the physical and spiritual landscape of West Virginia\, the poems focus on the small town of Oceana (nicknamed Oxyana for the record number of overdoses there)\, Oceana acts as a stand-in for West Virginia as a whole\, which has the highest OD rate in the country. \nThe poems are at once dreamlike and visceral\, and the images in it draw on the beauty and pain of a West Virginia that is\, in Brewer’s words “last on every list\,” a state that people in the nation’s capital\, only a few hours away\, barely acknowledge and clearly don’t care much about. \nWilliam Brewer’s book\, I Know Your Kind (Milkweed Editions\, 2017) was the winner of the National Poetry Series. His work has appeared in Boston Review\, The Iowa Review\, Narrative (where it was awarded the 30 Below Prize)\, ZYZZYVA\, New England Review\, The New Yorker\, and other journals. Currently a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, he was born and raised in West Virginia. For more about William Brewer\, see the PBS segment or the ZYZZYVA interview.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/william-brewer-reads-poems-about-addiction-mill-valley-library-cosponsored-by-marin-poetry-center/
LOCATION:Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Vincent Pizzuto
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 31st at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Vincent Pizzuto as he reads from his new book Contemplating Christ. \nThe incarnation has made mystics of us all. What if we read the gospels as if that were true? In his book Contemplating Christ\, Vincent Pizzuto offers an exploration of the interior life for modern contemplatives that is as beautiful as it is compelling. With an emphasis on the gospels and Christian mystical tradition\, his book explores ancient themes in new and surprising ways. Drawing on his rich experience as an academic and priest\, Pizzuto gradually unfolds the Christian mystery of deification to which the whole of biblical revelation and the Christian contemplative life are ordered: through the incarnation\, we have all been made “other Christs” in the world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/vincent-pizzuto/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Maji: An Afro Futurist Community Newspaper Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:details TBA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/maji-an-afro-futurist-community-newspaper-launch-party/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Naked Truth: real. stories. live
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 1st · 7:00pm \nWhether stories are hilarious\, poignant\, suspenseful\, or heartwarming\, the one thing you can count on is that our next edition of Naked Truth will be a fantastic night of true\, live storytelling. Josh Healey will emcee and tell a story along with Adam Mansbach\, Richard Sarvate\, and Judi Le.\nRegistration highly recommended. Click here to register. \nAdults and high school students only. Wine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests.\n\nAdd to my:iCal/Outlook \nWhen:Friday\, June 1\, 2018 \nTime:7:00 PM – 9:00 PM \nWhere:Mill Valley Public Library – Main Reading Room\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley\, California\, 94941 \nEvent Type:Library\, After Hours \nContact:(415) 389-4292
URL:https://litseen.com/event/naked-truth-real-stories-live/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room\, Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Oakland First Fridays at Nomadic Press!
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by 4-5 Nomadic Press authors in our intimate space amongst the hustle at 23rd and Telegraph Avenue. Come early and catch our authors reading on a street stage just down the block at 6:30 PM. This month features readings by TBD and music by TBD. \nTo help pay for our space and our artists and ensure that we can continue our robust programming series\, we are asking for suggested donations of $10-15 at the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). Nomadic Press books\, as always\, will be for sale at the event. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-first-fridays-at-nomadic-press-2/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss / Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends\, 1 Year\, and Way\, Way Too Many Emails
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss\, in town to present Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends\, 1 Year\, and Way\, Way Too Many Emails. Join us! \n  \nBased on the column of the same name that appeared in The Toast\, Hey Ladies! is a laugh-out-loud read that follows a fictitious group of eight 20-and-30-something female friends for one year of holidays\, summer house rentals\, dates\, brunches\, breakups\, and\, of course\, the planning of a disastrous wedding. This instantly relatable story is told entirely through emails\, texts\, DMs\, and every other form of communication known to man. \n  \nThe women in the book are stand-ins for annoying friends we all have. There’s Nicole\, who’s always broke and tries to pay for things in Forever21 gift cards. There’s Katie\, the self-important budding journalist\, who thinks a retweet and a byline are the same thing. And there’s Jen\, the DIY suburban bride-to-be. With a perfectly pitched sardonic tone\, Hey Ladies! will have you cringing and laughing as you recognize your own friends … and even yourself. \n  \n\n  \n“Hey Ladies! is fresh and seductive. The surface energy is irresistible but like any memorable book it’s the deeper emotion that will stay with you. A must-read for the Millennials and a true joy for the rest of us.” – Elin Hilderbrand\, author of The Perfect Couple \n  \n“DAMNNNNN!!!! This book is so funny and it feels like you’re reading emails on your phone\, so it goes down nice and easy! I devoured this book\, just like I devoured that half-handful of almonds I laid out as my entire lunch.” – Megan Amram\, NBC’s The Good Place and author of Science…For Her! \n  \n“[Buy this book to] remind your newly-engaged friend you were around before the fiancé.” – Vogue \n  \n“This is the ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ of our time. By the way\, ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ is a total masterpiece. The book\, not the movie. The movie is just ok. Anyway\, this book is a masterpiece. Share it with your bffs!!”— Emily Gould\, author of Friendship \n  \n“There’s a level of detail here that can only come from years of paying attention to one’s worst impulses\, and there’s something magical about watching those impulses be given free rein here. It’s as petty and profound as Samuel Pepys\, and it haunts my dreams.” — Daniel Mallory Ortberg and Nicole Cliffe\, co-founders of The Toast \n  \n  \n\n  \nMichelle Markowitz is a writer and director. She recently wrote and directed the pilot “Sidepiece” for Virgin Produced. Her work has been featured in the New York Times\, The Hairpin\, Fast Company\, Jezebel\, and New York\, and on The Today Show\, Good Morning America\, MTV\, and more. She lives in New York. \n  \nCaroline Moss is a writer and editor with bylines in The New York Times\, New York Magazine\, Racked\, Cosmopolitan\, and more. She is a contributing editor of The Wing’s No Man’s Land magazine and a producer at BuzzFeed’s morning show\, AM2DM. This is her first book. \n  \n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. RSVP appreciated but not required. \n  \nBar opens at 7\, event begins at 7:30pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michelle-markowitz-and-caroline-moss-hey-ladies-the-story-of-8-best-friends-1-year-and-way-way-too-many-emails/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
DESCRIPTION:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING\n\n\n\nUpcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018:\n \nMarch 3\, April 7\, May 5\, June 2\n\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\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)\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 🙂\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-4/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:soirée rosé: the art of happy hour
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to “soirée rosé: the art of happy hour” presented by Author L.B. Lewis to celebrate the pre-release of her third book\, One Way Home. \nThis happy hour is the sixth in a series of events to build community and support in San Francisco for L.B. Lewis’s writing. She’ll be offering a short update and books will be available for purchase. \nComplimentary glass of rosé and bites for the first 25 attendees.  Pink and white dress strongly encouraged. \nDrawing a diverse global crowd\, last happy hour sold out. RSVP now to add your name to the guest list at www.LBLewis.com.  \nAbout L.B. Lewis: \nHot\, indie author nominee writing about loans\, life and love\, L.B. Lewis’s debut novel\, THE RIGHT OF WAY (MODERN TRILOGY BOOK 1)\, reached #283 in the Kindle Store and has received five-star reviews from The Manhattan Book Review and Readers’ Favorite. Her second book in the series\, A MINOR DETOUR (MODERN TRILOGY BOOK 2) was chosen by The Wishing Self Book Awards and ZYZZVA for respective programs. ONE WAY HOME (MODERN TRILOGY BOOK 3) will be published early 2018.  She has spoken about her writing at Capital One\, Institute of the Future\, Mechanics’ Institute\, Wayra UK\, TechHub London and TravelTech Lab London.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/soiree-rose-the-art-of-happy-hour/
LOCATION:Pause Wine Bar\, 1666 Market St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="LB Lewis":MAILTO:press@lblewis.com
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SUMMARY:Babylon Salon\, featuring R.O. Kwon & Michael David Lukas
DESCRIPTION:Come join us Saturday\, June 2\, when Babylon Salon welcomes novelist and NEA Literature Fellow R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries); novelist and Fulbright Scholar Michael David Lukas (The Last Watchman of Old Cairo); freelance journalist and EATER restaurant critic Rachel Levin (Look Big: and Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of all Kinds); short story writer and Steinbeck Fellow Katie Flynn; and spoken word poet Jarvis Subia reading from their work. @ The Armory Club: 1799 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, 94103. FREE. Doors at 5:30 PM\, reading at 6:00 PM. www.babylonsalon.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/babylon-salon-featuring-r-o-kwon-michael-david-lukas/
LOCATION:The Armory Club\, 1799 Mission St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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