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SUMMARY:Jason Morris / Levon Helm
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is proud to host the San Francisco launch for Jason Morris‘ first full-length collection of poetry\, Levon Helm. Reading with Jason is the poet Nicholas James Whittington. Please join us! \n  \nLevon Helm is Jason Morris’ first full-length collection\, a picaresque situated in the drum and voice of mind. Like the drummer-singer with whom it shares a name\, its influences are broad but firmly American. Along with bits torn from the edges of Moby-Dick and The Maltese Falcon\, it mines the margins of Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation. As it takes stock of the immediacy and scale of places in the American West like Pinnacles and the Puget Sound\, its psychic roots dig a haunted\, old New England. These lyric poems are takes on human memory in geological time\, as interested in their own asides and parentheticals as they are in the elements. \n  \n\n  \nAn excerpt\, courtesy Ugly Duckling Presse: \n  \nThin newsprint\, a little ripped\non which you wrote\nLANGUAGE IS THE THRONE OF THE OTHER\nI was able to get inside of the building\nbut I’d lost the piece of paper\non which I’d written all of the codes\noutside the day’s grays and greens\na fluid human movement we slipped into\nI grew confused & trusted in you\nyour honesty formed the spine\nof my mysterious neutrality\nThere are no vipers in this poem\nwe continued walking until\nwe were way out in the cuts\, collecting\nwildflowers by the highway abutment\nI’d gotten stuff for sandwiches\nyou were talking about feeling like\nyou should want something beyond\neven poetry or love\, can you\nname what that something is\nwanting to not want is more accurately\nreligious\, how now we’re where we were \n  \n\n  \n“With the publication of Levon Helm\, San Francisco poet Jason Morris’ long-awaited full length debut\, Ugly Duckling Presse has gifted clamoring fans and soon-to-be-fans a keen\, generous artifact of the life of a poet in the 21st century. A voracious reader of his daily surroundings and of the life of the mind\, Morris attends to landscapes both urban and wild with a relaxed yet exacting eye. These poems display a flowering generosity of attention very much in the present (“looking directly – / as poets often are – at what you name”). Each poem is a kind of gemlike honing amidst the “perpetual and beautifully obscene continuance” we call living\, now. It is a pleasure to be with Jason Morris “in this looking”. As the book itself astutely warns\, “You only get to read it / for the first time once: Slow down.” – Alli Warren \n  \n“Why didn’t I think of writing a book called Levon Helm? Go\, Jason! And thanks.” – Clark Coolidge \n  \n“Levon Helm reminds me of late Holderlin sculpture – its compact images\, spiritual fragments\, and shimmed\, crisp wording speak of an attainable fluidity between heartbeat and carved page\, where its map legends and state lines describe a divine closeness and granularity of detail\, all heart and repair. Humble\, gracious\, Morris knows that “wanting to not want is more accurately / religious\, how now we’re where we were.” This book is jagged and smooth\, its endurance\, overdue. I’ve often endeavored to see myself through Morris’ poems\, in its decades\, page by page; his is a truth I’ve craved and always known – applied for selfish purposes as a double to compare my own lines\, mind\, and heart. Spread across pages\, huddled in spots of crisp fuzz and harmony\, lumps taken\, his voice\, I know: “a kid // of crickets & lightning” “as ridiculous as me / welding my desire to your hair.” – John Coletti \n  \n\n  \nJason Morris was born and raised in Vermont and now lives in San Francisco. His chapbooks are Spirits & Anchors (Auguste Press\, 2010)\, From the Golden West Notebooks (Allone Co.\, 2011)\, Local News (Bird & Beckett Books\, 2013)\, Takes (Bootstrap Press\, 2015)\, and Late to Practice (Dirty Swan\, 2017). For seven years\, he was the editor of Big Bell magazine; with J Grabowski\, he founded the small press PUSH. \n  \n  \nNicholas James Whittington is a poet\, scholar\, educator\, editor\, printer\, and publisher born and raised in San Francisco. He now lives in Oakland\, but continues to edit and publish the roughly annual AMERARCANA along with the occasional small book under the auspices of his family bookshop\, Bird & Beckett\, here in the city\, and does letterpress printing and design work at Impart Ink\, an errant studio. His first full-length collection of poetry\, Creances\, is due out this year from Bootstrap Press. Recent chapbooks include Provisions (2017\, from PUSH Press) and Indefinite Sessions (2016\, from Gas Meter Books). \n  \n\n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \n  \nIf you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Levon Helm\, order below and put your request in the comments field.
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LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:BINDERY: Keith Gessen / A Terrible Country
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts All the Sad Young Literary Men author Keith Gessen for his new novel A Terrible Country. With Keith in conversation will be The Millions’ Lydia Kiesling. Please join us! \n  \nWhen Andrei Kaplan’s older brother Dima insists that Andrei return to Moscow to care for their ailing grandmother\, Andrei must take stock of his life in New York. His girlfriend has stopped returning his text messages. His dissertation adviser is dubious about his job prospects. It’s the summer of 2008\, and his bank account is running dangerously low. Perhaps a few months in Moscow are just what he needs. So Andrei sublets his room in Brooklyn\, packs up his hockey stuff\, and moves into the apartment that Stalin himself had given his grandmother\, a woman who has outlived her husband and most of her friends. She survived the dark days of communism and witnessed Russia’s violent capitalist transformation\, during which she lost her beloved dacha. She welcomes Andrei into her home\, even if she can’t always remember who he is. \n  \nAndrei learns to navigate Putin’s Moscow\, still the city of his birth\, but with more expensive coffee. He looks after his elderly–but surprisingly sharp!–grandmother\, finds a place to play hockey\, a café to send emails\, and eventually some friends\, including a beautiful young activist named Yulia. Over the course of the year\, his grandmother’s health declines and his feelings of dislocation from both Russia and America deepen. Andrei knows he must reckon with his future and make choices that will determine his life and fate. When he becomes entangled with a group of leftists\, Andrei’s politics and his allegiances are tested\, and he is forced to come to terms with the Russian society he was born into and the American one he has enjoyed since he was a kid. \n  \nA wise\, sensitive novel about Russia\, exile\, family\, love\, history and fate\, A Terrible County asks what you owe the place you were born\, and what it owes you. Writing with grace and humor\, Keith Gessen gives us a brilliant and mature novel that is sure to mark him as one of the most talented novelists of his generation. \n  \n\n  \n“A cause for celebration: big-hearted\, witty\, warm\, compulsively readable\, earnest\, funny\, full of that kind of joyful sadness I associate with Russia and its writers.” – George Saunders\, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo \n  \n“Keith Gessen is one of my favorite writers and A Terrible Country is even better than I hoped. By turns sad\, funny\, bewildering\, revelatory\, and then sad again\, it recreates the historical-psychological experience of returning\, for twenty-first-century reasons\, to a country one’s parents left in the twentieth century. It’s at once an old-fashioned novel about the interplay between generational roles\, family fates\, and political ideology\, and a kind of global detective mystery about neoliberalism (plus a secret map of Moscow in terms of pickup hockey). Gessen is a master journalist and essayist\, as well as a storyteller with a scary grasp on the human heartstrings\, and A Terrible Country unites the personal and political as only the best novels do.” – Elif Batuman\, author of The Idiot and The Possessed \n  \n“A Terrible Country is an engaging and entertaining novel\, full of humor and humility\, and always after one thing–the truth of contemporary life. Gessen gives us the people of Moscow–businessmen\, anarchists\, grandmothers\, dissidents\, baristas\, hockey goalies\, prostitutes\, and FSB agents–not as fanciful characters but with the full force of the real. His affectionate\, clear-eyed portrait of one terrible country has plenty to teach us about our own.” – Chad Harbach\, author of The Art of Fielding \n  \n\n  \nKeith Gessen is the author of All the Sad Young Literary Men and a founding editor of n+1. He is the editor of three nonfiction books and the translator or co-translator\, from Russian\, of a collection of short stories\, a book of poems\, and a work of oral history\, Nobel Prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices from Chernobyl. A contributor to The New Yorker and The London Review of Books\, Gessen teaches journalism at Columbia and lives in New York with his wife and son. \n  \nLydia Kiesling is the editor of The Millions and the author of The Golden State\, a novel publishing September from FSG/MCD. Her essays and criticism have appeared at outlets including The New York Times Magazine\, The Guardian\, Slate\, and The New Yorker online\, and have been recognized in Best American Essays 2016. She lives in San Francisco with her family. Author photo by Andria Lo. \n  \n  \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of A Terrible Country and/or any of Keith’s books\, order below and put your request in the comments field. \n  \nThis is an all ages event. The bar opens at 7\, event begins at 7:30pm. \n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bindery-keith-gessen-a-terrible-country-2/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Why There Are Words Sausalito Presents: Back from Vacation
DESCRIPTION:Join Why There Are Words on August 9\, 2018\, at Studio 333 in Sausalito when the following seven acclaimed authors read from their works to welcome us “Back from Vacation!” Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:15\, $10 entry fee at the door (cash or check made payable to Studio 333). Cash bar. Studio 333 is located at 333 Caledonia Street. \nMathieu Cailler’s poetry and prose have been widely featured in numerous national and international publications\, including the Los Angeles Times and The Saturday Evening Post. A graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts\, he is the recipient of a Short Story America Prize for Short Fiction and a Shakespeare Award for Poetry. He is the author of Clotheslines (Red Bird Press\, 2014)\, Shhh (ELJ Publications\, 2014)\, and Loss Angeles (Short Story America Press\, 2015)\, which has been honored by the Hollywood\, New York\, London\, Paris\, Best Book\, and International Book Awards. His newest book\, May I Have This Dance? (About Editions\, 2017)\, was recently named poetry winner of the New England Book Festival. \nGeraldine Connolly is the author of a chapbook and four poetry collections\, including the recently published Aileron (Terrapin Books\, March 2018). Her work has appeared in Poetry\, Shenandoah\, The Gettysburg Review\, and The Cortland Review. She has taught at the Writers Center in Bethesda\, Maryland\, The Chautauqua Institution\, and the University of Arizona Poetry Center\, and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Maryland Arts Council\, the Breadloaf Writers Conference\, and the Cafritz Foundation. She lives in Tucson\, Arizona. \nYang Huang grew up in China’s Jiangsu province and participated in the 1989 student uprisings. Her linked family story collection\, My Old Faithful (University of Massachusetts Press\, February 2018)\, won the Juniper Prize for Fiction. Her debut novel\, Living Treasures (Harvard Square Editions\, 2014)\, won the Nautilus Book Award silver medal in fiction. Her essays and short stories have appeared in Poets & Writers\, The Margins\, Eleven Eleven\, Asian Pacific American Journal\, the Evansville Review\, and others. She lives in the Bay Area and works for the University of California\, Berkeley. \nAudrey Kalman writes literary fiction with a dark edge\, often about what goes awry when human connection is missing from our lives. She is the author of two novels—What Remains Unsaid (Sand Hill Review Press 2017) and Dance of Souls (CreateSpace\, 2011)—and a book of short stories\, Tiny Shoes Dancing (Terrella Media\, August 2018). She lives in northern California and is working on another novel. \nSusanna Solomon is the author of Point Reyes Sheriff’s Calls\, (HD Media Press Inc.\, 2013) and More Point Reyes Sheriff’s Calls (Lucky Bat Books\, 2016). Her stories have been published in the Literary Review\, the Point Reyes Light\, and online in the Mill Valley Literary Reviewand Harlot’s Sauce Radio. She’s run her own an electrical engineering business for eighteen years. Her latest book\, Montana Rhapsody (She Writes Press\, July 2018)\, is about a pole dancer\, a farmer\, and a river. \nValerie Wallace’s debut poetry collection House of McQueen (Four Way Books\, March 2018) was chosen by Vievee Francis for the Four Way Books Intro Prize in Poetry. In their starred review Publishers Weekly said that Wallace created “…a literary seance…serving as a scholar of and medium for the late iconic fashion designer Alexander McQueen….” Her work was chosen by Margaret Atwood for the 2012 Atty Award\, and she has received an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award and the San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference Award in Poetry. Earning her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, she is Associate Director of Communications for the project Virtue\, Happiness\, & the Meaning of Life at the University of Chicago\, and teaches courses and workshops throughout the Chicago area. \nMaw Shein Win is a Burmese American poet and educator who lives and works in the Bay Area. Her writing has appeared in many journals and several anthologies\, including Cimarron Review\, Poetry International\, Fanzine\, The Fabulist\, and others. Her poetry chapbook Score and Bone (2016) was published by Nomadic Press\, and her full-length collection Invisible Gifts: Poems (May 2018) was recently published by Manic D Press. She is the first poet laureate of El Cerrito. She often collaborates with visual artists\, musicians\, and other writers\, and a collaborative book with paintings by artist Mark Dutcher\, Ruins of a glittering palace\, was published by SPA/Commonwealth Projects in 2013. Along with composer and musician\, Amanda Chaudhary\, she is part of musical duo Pitta of the Mind that combines poetry with abstract electronic music. \nWhy There Are Words (WTAW) is an award-winning national reading series founded in Sausalito in 2010 by Peg Alford Pursell\, now expanded to six additional major cities in the U.S.\, with more planned in the future. The series draws a full house of Bay Area residents every second Thursday to Studio 333\, located at 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito\, CA 94965. The series is a program of the 501(c)3 non-profit WTAW Press\, publisher of award-winning exceptional literary books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/why-there-are-words-sausalito-presents-back-from-vacation/
LOCATION:Studio 333\, 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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SUMMARY:Zines on desire // reading & release party
DESCRIPTION:to celebrate our printing and release of read this when hungry\, we’re hosting a reading and sale !! \nincluding other zines on desire:\nsymbiotic sexting\nsun spots (printed by floss editions)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zines-on-desire-reading-release-party/
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:Katharine Dion\, The Dependents
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz presents Katharine Dion\, in conversation with Elizabeth McKenzie\, for her new book\, The Dependents—a wise and lyrical debut novel about a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. This event is part of our Debuts of Summer series. Receive a collectible button\, designed by Bookshop\, to commemorate this event.  \nAfter the sudden death of his wife\, Maida\, Gene is haunted by the fear that their marriage was not all it appeared to be. Alongside Ed and Gayle Donnelly\, friends since college days\, he tries to resurrect happy memories of the times the two couples shared\, raising their children in a small New Hampshire town and vacationing together at a lake house every summer. Meanwhile\, his daughter\, Dary\, challenges not only his happy version of the past but also his view of Maida. As a long-standing rift between them deepens\, Gene starts to understand how unknown his daughter is to him–and how enigmatic his wife was as well. And a lingering suspicion seizes his mind that could upend everything he thought he knew. \nKatharine Dion’s assured debut moves seamlessly between Gene’s present-day journey and the long history of a marriage and friendship. Rich and wonderfully alive\, The Dependents is the most moving kind of drama\, an intimate glance into the expanse of family life and the way we must all eventually bridge the chasm between what we want to believe and what we know to be true. \n“The Dependents is a big book\, one that grapples with important questions through generations…Dion’s intelligence and ambition truly shine through sentence after sentence.” —Kate Walbert\, National Book Award finalist and author of A Short History of Women \nKatharine Dion was born in Oakland\, California. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she was awarded the Iowa Arts Fellowship. She has also been a MacDowell Fellow and the recipient of a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. She lives in Berkeley\, California. The Dependents is her first novel. \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave.\, Santa Cruz\, CA. Chairs for open seating are usually set up an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katharine-dion-the-dependents/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Stephen Kessler
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Kessler joins us on Thursday\, August 9th to read from his collection\, Garage Elegies. \n\nAbout Garage Elegies \nIn Garage Elegies\, Stephen Kessler records with grief and wit\, documentary realism and ranging imagination\, poignancy and irony\, a journey through the gains and losses of a lifetime.  From the twenty-four numbered poems of the title (composed in the poet’s garage) to fanciful inventions like “My Gym at Midnight\,” passionate meditations like “River Lovers” and nightmarish visions like “Bedless in Bedlam\,” his emotional honesty\, conversational lyricism and wry melancholy are at once dazzling and down to earth\, heart-opening and consciousness-wrenching\, retro-romantic and totally contemporary.  Open this book to any page and find an unmistakably authentic voice.  \n  \nStephen Kessler’s poems\, translations\, essays\, criticism\, and journalism have appeared over the last fifty years in hundreds of literary magazines\, newspapers\, anthologies and books. His translations of Luis Cernuda have received the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men’s Poetry\, the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets\, and the PEN Center USA Translation Award. His version of Save Twilight: Selected Poems by Julio Cortázar received a Northern California Book Award. He has edited numerous magazines and newspapers\, most notably Alcatraz\, an international journal; The Sun\, a Santa Cruz newsweekly; and The Redwood Coast Review\, four-time winner of the California Library Association’s PR Excellence Award. He is also the editor and principal translator of The Sonnets by Jorge Luis Borges\, and the author of a novel\, The Mental Traveler.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/stephen-kessler/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Brenda Hillman\, Matthew Zapruder\, and Robert Hass
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\n\nThursday\, August 9\, 2018 – 7 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nBooks Inc. 1491 Shattuck Ave Berkeley\, CA 94710\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\n\n\nJoin Books Inc. in Berkeley for an evening celebrating poetry and prose with Pushcart Prize-winner Brenda Hillman reading from her enchanting new collection\, Extra Hidden Life\, Among the Days; Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Robert Hass discussing his illuminating new work\, A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry; and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Prize-winner Matthew Zapruder sharing his impassioned and refreshing literary criticism\, Why Poetry.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/brenda-hillman-matthew-zapruder-and-robert-hass/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta: Our monthly bilingual poetry series and open mic.
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Alejandro Murguia\, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. \nThis month’s readers TBD.
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SUMMARY:Lone Glen Seedstarters: Readings & Propagations
DESCRIPTION:Lone Glen is thrilled to present Seedstarters: An Evening of Readings and Propagations\, guest curated by poet Genine Lentine. Join us to celebrateBidisha Banerjee\, Emilie Lygren\, and Lauren Shufran\, who will be reading new writing and works-in-progress. $5-10 donations will be taken at the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \n  \nLone Glen is a quarterly writing\, art\, and performance series dedicated to collaboration and community\, now in its seventh year. Usually based in Oakland\, we are happy to return to our birthplace in San Francisco for this special event. \n  \nAbout these seedstarting writers and artists: \n  \nBidisha Banerjee is a sustainability innovator\, embodied leadership coach\, and author of Superhuman River: A Biography of the Ganga. It’s a multi-strand narrative about following the river over eight years from source to sea in an attempt to reconcile science and spirituality–or\, at least\, spot the elusive Ganges river dolphin. It’s due out from Aleph Books in New Delhi in 2018. Many thanks to loved ones\, the Middlebury Environmental Journalism Fellowship\, Triple Canopy\, Hedgebrook\, the Mesa Refuge\, the Yerba Buena Arts Center’s Future Soul Think Tank\, and Yale’s Tropical Resources Institute for supporting this work. Make a journaling date with her on Instagram @bidishaban\, Twitter @bidishabanerjee\, and LinkedIn. \n  \nEmilie Lygren is an educator\, curriculum designer\, and poet who delights in shaping learning experiences that connect people to one another and their surroundings. She is the co-author of several pieces of curriculum and books\, including The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling and the forthcoming Nature Journal Teacher’s Guide. Her poems have been published in journals such as Askew\, The English Leadership Quarterly\, and The New South. Her writing practice and daily interactions are rooted in attention and curiosity. \n  \nLauren Shufran is a poet and the Lead Writer for Zoho Academy. Prior to working in software\, she received a PhD in early modern British literature from UC Santa Cruz. Her book Inter Arma won the Motherwell Prize from Fence Books and was published in 2013. Since then\, she’s been working on a translation of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass—a project she began as a Lambda Literary Fellow. She’s also recently been musing on two of her favorite things on Instagram\, @shakespeare_and_mindfulness. \n  \nAbout the curator: \n  \nGenine Lentine is the author of Poses: An Essay Drawn from the Model\, and the chapbooks\, Archaeopteryx; Found Dharma Talks\, and Mr. Worthington’s Beautiful Experiments on Splashes.  She is co-author with Stanley Kunitz and photographer\, Marnie Crawford Samuelson\, of The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden. She teaches at the San Francisco Art Institute\, where she also tends a meadow. \n  \n\n  \nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nBar opens at 7\, event begins at 7:30pm. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lone-glen-seedstarters-readings-propagations/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Sylvia Verange
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street on Wednesday\, August 8th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Sylvia Verange as she discusses her newest book (from Rare Bird Books)\, Two Breath\, One Step: Hiking Across the Himalayas. \n\nPraise for Two Breaths\, One Step \n” Two Breaths\, One Step is a weave of extraordinary natural beauty\, personal determination\, intriguing cultural encounters\, and magical spiritual moments–a significant personal odyssey coming together during a few months trekking the Himalayas. Sylvia writes with candor and the kind of descriptive detail that makes you feel you are walking right along with her.”\n— Joseph Selbie\, author of The Yugas \n“Rich with cultural\, geographical and personal details\, Sylvia Verange’s Two Breaths\, One Step is a sensual encounter with the beauty and danger of the Himalayas. Like the artist she is\, Verange paints a vivid picture of the sounds\, smells and the challenges of traveling in the highest mountains in the world.”\n— Nancy Anderson\, author of Work with Passion \n\nBorn in California\, Sylvia Verange has long wandered remote corners of the world\, using her journeys to further understand both herself and the world in which she lives. When not on an adventure in wild and beautiful places\, Ms. Verange paints\, writes\, and teaches in northern California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sylvia-verange/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Flash Fiction Forum Reading Series:
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming Readings
URL:https://litseen.com/event/flash-fiction-forum-reading-series-4/
LOCATION:Works Gallery\, 364 S. Market St.\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Undertone Mag Issue 002 Preview & Reading
DESCRIPTION:Undertone Mag is celebrating the launch of its second issue\, “On Body\,” with a reading at E.M. Wolfman Books. Come by on August 8th for performances from local artists and a sneak peek at Issue 002! \n“On Body” explores the thoughts and feelings women of color have about their bodies. Performers on the 8th include Maya Simone and Valentina de Roca Fuerte. \nCome hang with us! ♥
URL:https://litseen.com/event/undertone-mag-issue-002-preview-reading/
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:THE SF POWDER KEG
DESCRIPTION:AN EVENING OF POETRY  WITH \n\n\n\nCathy Arellano \nTanea Lunsford Lynx \nAsh Tré Phillips \nTongo Eisen-Martin \nTUESDAY\, AUGUST 7th \n@ 7PM\nFREE ENTRY \n@ INSTITUTE OF advanced UNCERTAINTY \n@ 296 IVY STREET\, SAN FRANCISCO
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-sf-powder-keg/
LOCATION:Institute Of advanced Uncertainty [I.O.U.]\, 296 Ivy Street\, btwn. Gough and Franklin\, San Francisco\, 94102
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Chas Smith\, Cocaine + Surfing
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes surf journalist Chas Smith for a discussion and signing of his latest book\, Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Affair. Cocaine + Surfing peels the curtains back on a hopped up\, sometimes sexy sometimes deadly relationship and uses cocaine as the vehicle to expose and explain the utterly absurd surf industry to outsiders. It also explores where dreams go when they die. \nIt is likely not terribly surprising that surfers like to party. The 1960-70s image\, bolstered by Tom Wolfe and Big Wednesday\, was one of mild outlaws. Tanned boys who refused to grow up\, spending their days drinking beer and smoking joints on the beach in between mindless hours in the water. As the surf brands accidentally morphed into a multimillion\, then multibillion dollar industry beginning in the 1980s\, however\, the derelict portrait began to harm business. In order to achieve wild year-on-year growth that came to be expected surf trunks\, t-shirts and sunglasses had to be sold en mass through Midwestern mall stores. Moms in Des Moines did not want corn-fed junior to be a delinquent. And so the external surf image of the 1980s\, 90s into the present became Kelly Slater and Laird Hamilton. Health\, vitality\, bravery\, clean-living\, positive and pure with heavy doses of puritanism. \nInternally\, though\, surfing had moved on from booze and weed to its heart’s true home\, its soul’s twin flame. Cocaine’s rise in American popular culture as the choice of rich\, white elites was matched\, then quadrupled\, within surf culture. The parties got wilder\, the nights stretched longer\, the stories became more ridiculously unbelievable. And there has been no stopping\, no dip in passion. \nThe surfer and his lover are entwined in gorgeously dysfunctional embrace. A forbidden love like Romeo and his Juliet and few\, if any\, outside the insular surf world knew or know about this particular rhapsody. A byzantine ethic keeps interlopers far away. Bad behavior is also kept very well-hidden\, even from insiders\, but evidence of psychosis rears its head from time to time. Overdoses\, bar fights\, surf contests and murders and cover-ups. \nChas Smith the author of Welcome to Paradise\, Now Go to Hell (It Books\, November 2013)\, which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction. Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent\, penning pieces for Vice\, Paper\, and Blackbook\, amongst others\, from Yemen\, Lebanon\, Syria\, Somalia\, Azerbaijan and Colombia which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV. After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf journalism where he was a featured writer at the brash Stab before becoming Editor at Large at Surfing Magazine. There he developed a reputation as the most controversial voices in the space. \nMatt Warshaw\, author of the Encyclopedia of Surfing\, calls him\, “Bright and hyper-ironic.” William Finnegan\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days\, says that Chas\, “…calls it like he sees it and in surfing that’s not usually the case.” \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chas-smith-cocaine-surfing/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:CONTRAPTION
DESCRIPTION:Stories of mad makers & ingenious inventors; marvelous machinery\, implements of wonder & infernal devices\nCONTRAPTION\nTuesday\, Aug 7\nPublic Works SF: 161 Erie St\, San Francisco \n\nAvani Wildani neé Gadani ~ Karakuri Dolls: The Original Mecha\n\n\nBill Paul ~ A Bridge Too Far: The Origins and Workings of the E-Meter\n\n\nEva Galperin ~ Bicycle My Nemesis\n\n\nMichael Brodhead ~ Leon Theremin: Electronic Music Pioneer\n\n\nLynne Rutter ~ The Eisinga Planetarium: It Koe Minder!\n\n\nZander ~ Eruvim: The Invisible Religious Walls That Surround Us\n\nCurated by Odd Salon Fellow John Adams \nDoors at 6:30 for pre-salon cocktails and conversation; talks begin at 7:30 \nGeneral Admission $15\nLimited Reserved tickets $25\nAges 21 \nArtwork by Imogen Speer \nGET TICKETS>
URL:https://litseen.com/event/contraption/
LOCATION:Public Works\, 161 Erie Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Diesel Readers Book Group discuss THE CONSPIRACY
DESCRIPTION:East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group’s discussion of The Conspiracy\, by Israel Centeno\, on Monday August 6th at 7pm. \nWhen leftist revolutionary Sergio’s sniper shot misses the President of Venezuela\, he’s thrown into a sudden tailspin. As he attempts to escape the increasingly militarized regime\, he winds up taking residence in a bohemian beachside commune\, where he keeps a low profile until Lourdes\, his former comrade\, the object of his desire\, and his possible betrayer\, turns up one evening. Pursued by their former trainer in guerrilla warfare on the orders of the newly appointed Minister of the Interior\, the two team up with unlikely partners to hatch a new plan for their survival. This poetic thriller\, the second in Phoneme Media’s City of Asylum imprint\, challenges the origin myth of South America’s radical left\, resulting in its author’s exile from Venezuela. \n\n** The Diesel Readers is an ongoing group\, and is open to all. ** \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nMonday\, August 6\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-diesel-readers-book-group-discuss-the-conspiracy/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-to-be-announced-followed-by-an-open-mic-16/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Spanish Book Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Las Elegidas – Jorge Volpi\nTrata de personas\, violencia\, prostitución y muerte; y\, entreverado con todo esto\, el amor. El Chino y Salvina salen de Tenancingo\, para cruzar la frontera y caer en las garras de El Gringo. Una vez del otro lado\, a los hombres los pone a trabajar en los plantíos de fresa y a las mujeres las prostituye. Salvina es una de sus favoritas. \nCada tanto se acuesta con ella y le da permiso de pasar las noches con El Chino\, quien resulta bueno para los negocios\, así que le va soltando las riendas\, lo vuelve parte de su gente al igual que a Luciano\, el primo del Chino\, hasta que se ganan su confianza y lo asesinan. Pero El Chino y Luciano no son mejores que El Gringo\, se quedan con sus negocios y con los mojados que siguen llegando del otro lado de la frontera. Abrirán un centro nocturno y traficarán mujeres\, con la misma crueldad con la que a ellos los usaron. Esta es una novela escrita en forma poética llena de traiciones\, venganza y honor en la que los personajes sortearán toda clase de vicisitudes que reflejan la realidad de nuestro tiempo.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/spanish-book-discussion-group/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:David Zeltser\, The Universe Ate My Homework
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome back David Zeltser with his new book The Universe Ate My Homework. Abby hates doing homework. In fact\, she’ll do just about anything to get out of it. So when she discovers an amazing scientific recipe for creating a parallel universe where she’ll never have to do homework again\, she’s ready to jump right in. There’s just one small wrinkle—–she might not be able to find a way back. Inspired by mind-bending modern physics\, David Zeltser and illustrator Ayesha L. Rubio spin the tale of a hilarious girl in a truly out-of-this-world adventure. \nDavid Zeltser is the author of the hilarious novels Lug: Dawn of the Ice Age and Lug: Blast from the North\, as well as acclaimed picture books Ninja Baby and Stinker. When he was a kid\, David was always asking questions about the universe. He went on to study physics at Harvard and was fortunate to co-author a paper with the world-renowned physicist Howard Georgi. In Santa Cruz\, David and his friend Julia Chiapella cofounded a free after-school writing center for kids called the Word Lab\, as well as the Chamber of Heart and Mystery at the Museum of Art and History. David lives in Santa Cruz with his wife\, daughter and a dog who will gladly eat your homework. Come visit his parallel universe at www.davidzeltser.com. \n“Even readers who don’t share Abby’s aversion to homework will be sucked in.”—Kirkus Reviews \n“Don’t try this at home\, just bring it home. The Universe Ate My Homework is totally safe (and delightful) to read.” —Robert Krulwich\, NPR science journalist and co-host of Radiolab \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Open seating is usually set up about an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-zeltser-the-universe-ate-my-homework/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO: THE BABY BEAT GENERATION AND THE SECOND SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE
DESCRIPTION:SAT. AUG. 4TH\, 6-9PMJoin Third Mind Books to celebrate the release of Starting from San Francisco: The Baby Beat Generation and the Second San Francisco Renaissance\, a Beat literary reunion and reading with: \n\n\n\nThomas Rain Crowe\nNeeli Cherkovski\nKaye McDonough\nJack Hirschman\nPhilip Daughtry\nSharon Doubiago\nClive Matson\nB. Alexandra Szerlip\nAnne Valley-Fox\nJim Dallesandro\nand Joe Provenzano\n\n\n\n…also featuring Third Mind Books founder Arthur S. Nusbaum’s pioneering presentation on the Baby Beat Generation and the Second San Francisco Renaissance\, “Beat Mentors & Their Progeny” as delivered at the 2017 European Beat Studies Network Conference in Paris\, France.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/starting-from-san-francisco-the-baby-beat-generation-and-the-second-san-francisco-renaissance/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Thor Hanson at the SF Botanical Garden
DESCRIPTION:Thor Hanson discusses his new book\, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees\, at the San Francisco Botanical Garden. This event will feature a talk in the Fragrance Garden followed by a signing. ***NOTE*** This is a free event but there is an $9.00 admission fee to the garden for Non-San Francisco residents. Seating will be limited. \n\nPraise for Buzz \n\n“Thor Hanson is a gifted story teller and naturalist. In Buzz\, he takes us along on a wondrous\, action-packed journey to discover the secret lives of bees\, flowers\, and the unconventional men and women who study them. This book really is the buzz about bees\, and it’s destined to become a natural history classic.”―Stephen Buchmann\, author of The Reason for Flowers \n\n“Thor Hanson is a magician at making entomology and taxonomy exciting\, highlighting the fascinating world of bees. Buzz hums with science and history\, exposing how bees have shaped our world. A delightful\, buzzworthy must-read!”―Daniel Chamovitz\, author of What a Plant Knows \n\n“As he did for feathers and seeds\, Thor Hanson has written a wonderfully engaging work of natural history that will delight readers with its elegant prose\, surprising stories\, and deep humanity. Bees\, so important to life on earth\, are fortunate to have someone as passionate and knowledgeable as Hanson tell the tale of their evolutionary past\, turbulent present\, and precarious future. After reading Buzz\, you will look at bees with a profound mixture of awe and gratitude.”―Eric Jay Dolin\, author of Black Flags\, Blue Waters\, and Leviathan \n\nAbout Buzz \n\nFrom the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers\, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round. \nBees are like oxygen: ubiquitous\, essential\, and\, for the most part\, unseen. While we might overlook them\, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz\, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago\, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers\, miners\, leafcutters\, and masons\, bees have long been central to our harvests\, our mythologies\, and our very existence. They’ve given us sweetness and light\, the beauty of flowers\, and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And\, alarmingly\, they are at risk of disappearing. \nAs informative and enchanting as the waggle dance of a honeybee\, Buzz shows us why all bees are wonders to celebrate and protect. Read this book and you’ll never overlook them again.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/thor-hanson-at-the-sf-botanical-garden/
LOCATION:San Francisco Botanical Garden\, 1199 9th Ave\, San Francisco\, CA - California\, 94122
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
DESCRIPTION:STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-6/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Rush
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Rush discusses her new book\, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. \n\nPraise for Rising \n\n“Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a distant place. As Elizabeth Rush shows\, it’s affecting real people right now. Rising is a compelling piece of reporting\, by turns bleak and beautiful.”―Elizabeth Kolbert\, author of The Sixth Extinction \n\n“A smart\, lyrical testament to change and uncertainty. Elizabeth Rush listens to both the vulnerability and resiliency of communities facing the shifting shorelines of extreme weather. These are the stories we need to hear in order to survive and live more consciously with a sharp-edged determination to face our future with empathy and resolve. Rising illustrates how climate change is a relentless truth and real people in real places know it by name\, storm by flood by fire.”―Terry Tempest Williams\, author of The Hour of Land \n\n“A strange new kind of travel guide\, Rising is a journey through the turbulent forefront of climate change―the coastal communities\, rich and poor\, human and nonhuman\, that are already feeling the first effects of our rising seas. Elizabeth Rush sets out to put a face on a subject that is all too often depicted in abstract graphs and statistics\, and gives us a group portrait of the men and women who are fighting\, fleeing\, and adapting to the terrible disappearance of the land they live on.”―Charles C. Mann\, author of 1491 \n\n“In this moving and memorable book\, the voice of the author mingles with the voices of people in coastal communities all over the country―Maine\, Rhode Island\, Louisiana\, Florida\, New York\, California―to offer testimony: The water is rising. Some have already lost their homes; some will lose them soon; others are studying or watching or grieving. Though they haven’t met each other\, their commonality forms a circle into which we are inexorably pulled by Elizabeth Rush’s powerful words.”―Anne Fadiman\, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down \n\nAbout Rising \n\nHarvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events\, a time when it is increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant―and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. \nIn this highly original work of lyrical reportage\, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic\, from the Gulf Coast to Miami\, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants\, animals\, and humans in these places\, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place. Weaving firsthand accounts from those facing this choice―a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy\, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de Jean Charles\, a neighborhood in Pensacola settled by escaped slaves hundreds of years ago―with profiles of wildlife biologists\, activists\, and other members of the communities both currently at risk and already displaced\, Rising privileges the voices of those usually kept at the margins. \nAt once polyphonic and precise\, Rising is a shimmering meditation on vulnerability and on vulnerable communities\, both human and more than human\, and on how to let go of the places we love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elizabeth-rush-2/
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:Thor Hanson
DESCRIPTION:Thor Hanson\n\n\n\n\nPresents Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees\, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round. \n “A wondrous\, action-packed journey to discover the secret lives of bees\, flowers\, and the unconventional men and women who study them. This book really is the buzz about bees\, and it’s destined to become a natural history classic.”–Stephen Buchmann\, author of The Reason for Flowers\n\nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of Buzz by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, August 3\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nBees are like oxygen: ubiquitous\, essential\, and\, for the most part\, unseen. While we might overlook them\, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz\, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago\, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers\, miners\, leafcutters\, and masons\, bees have long been central to our harvests\, our mythologies\, and our very existence. They’ve given us sweetness and light\, the beauty of flowers\, and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And\, alarmingly\, they are at risk of disappearing. \nAs informative and enchanting as the waggle dance of a honeybee\, Buzz shows us why all bees are wonders to celebrate and protect. Read this book and you’ll never overlook them again. \nAuthor and biologist Thor Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow\, a Switzer Environmental Fellow\, and winner of the John Burroughs Medal. His books include The Impenetrable Forest\, Feathers\, The Triumph of Seeds as well as the illustrated children’s favorite\, Bartholomew Quill. Honors for Thor’s writing include The Phi Beta Kappa Award and two Pacific Northwest Book Awards. Hanson lives with his wife and son on an island in the Pacific Northwest. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/thor-hanson/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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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-4/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:After Hours: Joel Richard Paul - Defending the Constitution
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 3rd · 7:00pm \nFrom 1801-1835\, Chief Justice John Marshall defined our Constitution and established the Supreme Court’s authority to hold the President and Congress accountable. \nJoel Richard Paul\, author of Without Precedent\, argues that we are facing a constitutional crisis\, making it worth reflecting on Marshall’s pragmatic genius for forging compromise in defense of the rule of law. \nRegistration recommended. Registration opens July 16th. \nAdd to my:iCal/Outlook \nWhen:Friday\, August 3\, 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/after-hours-joel-richard-paul-defending-the-constitution/
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:Poetry Flash: MARTÍN ESPADA\, LAUREN MARIE SCHMIDT & GARY SOTO
DESCRIPTION:Martín Espada‘s new book of poems is Vivas to Those Who Have Failed. Sandra Cisneros calls him “the Pablo Neruda of North American authors.” Recent collections include The Trouble Ball\, The Republic of Poetry\, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\, and Alabanza\, whose title poem has been widely anthologized and performed. In all\, he’s published fifteen books as poet\, editor\, essayist\, and translator. A former tenants lawyer for the Latino community of the greater Boston area\, he’s received a Shelley Memorial Award\, a Guggenhein Fellowship\, and he’s just won the prestigious 2018 Ruth Lilly Prize for lifetime accomplishment.\n\nLauren Marie Schmidt‘s new book of poems is Filthy Labors. Previous collections include Two Black Eyes and a Patch of Hair Missing\, Psalms of the Dining Room\, and The Voodoo Doll Parade\, winner of the Main Street Rag Author’s Choice Chapbook Series. Among her prizes are the So to Speak Poetry Prize\, Neil Postman Prize for Metaphor\, and The Janet B. McCabe Prize for Poetry.\n\nGary Soto‘s a poet\, essayist\, and novelist. His new book of poems is a revised\, updated edition of The Elements of San Joaquin\, his first collection\, originally published in 1977\, about which La Bloga had said\, “The poet has an impeccable memory for capturing the music and sounds of his childhood. He carries a heavy sense of nostalgia with…grace…” He has since published twelve poetry collections\, including New and Selected Poems\, which was a National Book Award finalist as well as three novels and a memoir among other books. He has also received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.\n\nlearn more\n\nContact: books@telegraphbooks.com\n\n7:30pm\n\n\nMoe’s Books \n2476 Telegraph Ave\n94704 Berkeley\, California
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-martin-espada-lauren-marie-schmidt-gary-soto/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Siobhan Adcock
DESCRIPTION:Siobhan Adcock discusses her new novel\, The Completionist. \n\nPraise for The Completionist \n\n“Thoughtful\, suspenseful\, and shot through with dark humor\, The Completionist creates a future world near enough to our own that the familiarity stings and sings. Violence\, climate change\, invasive technologies\, and the erosion of women’s freedoms–none of this is science fiction\, but the novel harnesses these destructive forces toward an original and imaginative end. And the people who inhabit these pages are vivid\, defiant reminders of the sustaining powers of purpose\, honor\, and family love.”—Miranda Beverly-Whittemore\, New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and June \n  \n“Intense\, chilling\, visionary and compulsively readable\, Adcock’s dystopian literary thriller takes on environmental collapse and reproductive rights with passion and vivid world-building. Comparisons to The Handmaid’s Tale are inevitable\, though Adcock has her own things to say about the horrific costs of a society bent on controlling women’s freedoms.” —Sari Wilson\, Girl Through Glass \n  \n“How rare it is to find such a seamless\, brilliant combination of action and ideas\, unique world and complex characterization. The Completionist unfolds a compelling mystery within a disquieting but strangely familiar world\, with a tense\, taut atmosphere keeps you turning the pages\, and a family you can’t help but root for as they try\, and often fail\, to save each other.”—Julia Fierro\, bestselling author of Cutting Teeth and The Gypsy Moth Summer \n\nAbout The Completionist \n\nIn a near future in which plummeting birth rates have ominous political and personal implications for women\, a young man’s search for his missing sister leads him into a disturbing and desperate underworld\, where bitter freedoms are bought at a terrible price. \n  \nA young Marine\, Carter Quinn\, comes home from war to his fractured family\, in a near-future America in which water is artificially engineered and technology is startlingly embedded in people’s everyday lives. At the same time\, a fertility crisis has terrifying implications for women\, including Carter’s two beloved sisters\, Fred and Gardner. Fred\, accomplished but impetuous\, the eldest sibling\, is naturally pregnant—a rare and miraculous event that puts her independence in jeopardy. And Gardner\, the idealistic younger sister who lived for her job as a Nurse Completionist\, has mysteriously vanished\, after months of disturbing behavior. Carter’s efforts to find Gard (and stay on Fred’s good side) keep leading him back home to their father\, a veteran of a decades-long war just like Carter himself\, who may be concealing a painful truth that could save or condemn them all.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/siobhan-adcock/
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 Martin Espada\, Lauren Marie Schmidt\, and Gary Soto @ 7:30pm
DESCRIPTION:Martin Espada’s new book of poems is Vivas to Those Who Have Failed. Sandra Cisneros calls him “the Pablo Neruda of North American authors.” Recent collections include The Trouble Ball\, The Republic of Poetry\, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\, and Alabanza\, whose title poem has been widely anthologized and performed. In all\, he’s published fifteen books as poet\, editor\, essayist\, and translator. A former tenants lawyer for the Latino community of the greater Boston area\, he’s received a Shelley Memorial Award\, a Guggenhein Fellowship\, and he’s just won the prestigious 2018 Ruth Lilly Prize for lifetime accomplishment. \nLauren Maris Schmidt’s new book of poems is Filthy Labors. Previous collections include Two Black Eyes and a Patch of Hair Missing\, Psalms of the Dining Room\, and The Voodoo Doll Parade\, winner of the Main Street Rag Author’s Choice Chapbook Series. Among her prizes are the So to Speak Poetry Prize\, Neil Postman Prize for Metaphor\, and The Janet B. McCabe Prize for Poetry. \nGary Soto’s a poet\, essayist\, and novelist. His new book of poems is a revised\, updated edition of The Elements of San Joaquin\, his first collection\, originally published in 1977\, about which La Bloga had said\, “The poet has an impeccable memory for capturing the music and sounds of his childhood. He carries a heavy sense of nostalgia with…grace…” He has since published twelve poetry collections\, including New and Selected Poems\, which was a National Book Award finalist as well as three novels and a memoir among other books. He has also received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-presents-martin-espada-lauren-marie-schmidt-and-gary-soto-730pm/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Shannon Wheeler Book Signing!
DESCRIPTION:Shannon Wheeler Book Signing!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 2\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nNew Yorker cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award-winner Shannon Wheeler signs his brand new book Memoirs of a Very Stable Genius (Image Comics) and hosts a short slide show on the history of cartooned political satire. \n    \nABOUT \nNew Yorker cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award-winner Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man\, Sh*t My President Says\, God is Disappointed in You) debuts MEMOIRS OF A VERY STABLE GENIUS this July from Image/Shadowline Comics. \nMEMOIRS OF A VERY STABLE GENIUS is an irreverent book of personal short stories and gags featuring Shannon Wheeler’s critically acclaimed humor\, pathos\, and honesty—including a 40-page full-color section! \n“Books are like children. It’s with pride I send this one out into the world to fend for itself\, have its heart broken\, take a job that will slowly erode all self-respect\,” said Wheeler. “That said\, this is the best book I’ve ever done.”\n– See more at: https://imagecomics.com/content/view/memoirs-of-a-very-stable-geniusan-irreverent-and-entertaining-new-book-from#sthash.4tf3WwsM.dpuf
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shannon-wheeler-book-signing/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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