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SUMMARY:DESTINY BEYOND EARTH: INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL & IMMORTALITY WITH DR. MICHIO KAKU In Conversation with Alexis Madrigal
DESCRIPTION:DESTINY BEYOND EARTH: INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL & IMMORTALITY WITH DR. MICHIO KAKU\nIn Conversation with Alexis Madrigal\nMonday\, April 8\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Conversations on Science \n Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nDr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and futurist\, and the co-founder of string field theory\, a branch of the theoretical framework of string theory. His work follows the directive of Einstein\, attempting to develop a Theory of Everything that unites the four fundamental forces of the universe. His books include The Future of the Mind\, Physics of the Future\, Physics of the Impossible\, and Parallel Worlds. His most recent\, The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars\, Interstellar Travel\, Immortality\, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth considers the concrete\, scientific possibility of moving human civilization to outer space\, drawing upon astrophysics\, artificial intelligence\, and cutting-edge developments in robotics\, nanotechnology\, and biotechnology to make a case for the potentials of sustainable human life as it intersects with new technology. Dr. Kaku is also the science correspondent for CBS: This Morning\, host of two weekly science radio programs\, Science Fantastic and Explorations in Science and a Professor in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York.\n\n\nAlexis Madrigal is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. He created and hosted Containers\, a podcast about the machinery of global capitalism and the city of Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/destiny-beyond-earth-interstellar-travel-immortality-with-dr-michio-kaku-in-conversation-with-alexis-madrigal-2/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:DESTINY BEYOND EARTH: INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL & IMMORTALITY WITH DR. MICHIO KAKU
DESCRIPTION:DESTINY BEYOND EARTH: INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL & IMMORTALITY WITH DR. MICHIO KAKU\nIn Conversation with Alexis Madrigal\nMonday\, April 8\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Conversations on Science \n Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nDr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and futurist\, and the co-founder of string field theory\, a branch of the theoretical framework of string theory. His work follows the directive of Einstein\, attempting to develop a Theory of Everything that unites the four fundamental forces of the universe. His books include The Future of the Mind\, Physics of the Future\, Physics of the Impossible\, and Parallel Worlds. His most recent\, The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars\, Interstellar Travel\, Immortality\, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth considers the concrete\, scientific possibility of moving human civilization to outer space\, drawing upon astrophysics\, artificial intelligence\, and cutting-edge developments in robotics\, nanotechnology\, and biotechnology to make a case for the potentials of sustainable human life as it intersects with new technology. Dr. Kaku is also the science correspondent for CBS: This Morning\, host of two weekly science radio programs\, Science Fantastic and Explorations in Science and a Professor in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York.\n\n\nAlexis Madrigal is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. He created and hosted Containers\, a podcast about the machinery of global capitalism and the city of Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/destiny-beyond-earth-interstellar-travel-immortality-with-dr-michio-kaku/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Literary Cafe presents: RUTH REICHL
DESCRIPTION:Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the risk (and the job) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous\, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now\, for the first time\, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet\, during which she spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food. \nTonight San Francisco Chronicle’s new restaurant critic\, Soleil Ho joins Ruth to discuss her life\, career and most resent endeavor SAVE ME THE PLUMS: MY GOURMET MEMOIR \, a personal journey\, complete with recipes\, of a woman coming to terms with being in charge and making a mark\, following a passion and holding on to her dreams – even when she ends up in a place she never expected to be. \nJoin us for some great “foodie” conversation followed by audience Q & A\, book sales and signing. \n“Save Me the Plums sweeps the reader up in the intoxicating splendor of Gourmet in its glory days\, when the smart set was in it for the food\, the friendship\, and the big new ideas. This is the rare case of an amazing writer living an amazing life\, with a book that’s the party I never wanted to end.”-Ann Patchett\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth \nRUTH REICHL was Editor in Chief of Gourmet Magazine from 1999 to 2009. Before that she was the restaurant critic of both The New York Times (1993-1999) and the Los Angeles Times (1984-1993)\, where she was also named food editor. As co-owner of The Swallow Restaurant from 1974 to 1977\, she played a part in the culinary revolution that took place in Berkeley\, California. In the years that followed\, she served as restaurant critic for New West and California magazines. \nMs. Reichl has been honored with 6 James Beard Awards (one for magazine feature writing and one for multimedia food journalism in 2009; two for restaurant criticism\, in 1996 and 1998; one for journalism\, in 1994; and Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America\, 1984. \n$40-$55. \nPresented by Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts @ The Osher Marin JCC.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/literary-cafe-presents-ruth-reichl/
LOCATION:Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts\, 200 N. San Pedro Rd\, San Rafael\, 94903
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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SUMMARY:Claudia Castro Luna
DESCRIPTION:MFA Alumnae Reading & Reception\nTuesday April 9\, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room\nReception at 5:15 for newly admitted graduate students\, followed by readings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClaudia Castro Luna is the 2018–2020 Washington State Poet Laureate. Her books include the Pushcart nominated Killing Maríasand This City. She served as Seattle’s Civic Poet from 2015 to 2017 and created the acclaimed Seattle Poetic Grid. Her poems and nonfiction have appeared in Poetry Northwest\, La Bloga\, Dialogo\, and This Is The Place: Women Writing About Home. Claudia is currently working on a memoir\, Like Water to Drink\, about her experience escaping the civil war in El Salvador.\n\n  \n\n\nRenee Macalino Rutledge \n\nRenee Macalino Rutledge’s debut novel The Hour of Daydreams was a finalist for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices award\, a Foreword INDIES Gold Winner\, and 35 over 35 winner. Her work can be found in The Margins\, Mutha Magazine\, Women Writers Women’s Books\, Ford City Anthology\, Literary Hub\, Necessary Fiction\, Colorlines\, TAYO Literary Magazine\, and others. While at Mills\, Rutledge served as the fiction editor for 580 Split.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/claudia-castro-luna/
LOCATION:Mills Hall Living Room\, Mills College\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:DISCOVERY
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Public Works SF for six stories of rigorous inquiry and accidental revelations\, seeking the unfamiliar and encountering the unknown\, and uncovering the uncharted\nODD SALON: DISCOVERY\n  \nTuesday\, April 9th 2019 \nDoors open for pre-salon cocktail hour at 6:30\, Talks begin at 7:30 \nReserved Seats available. General Admission seats are first come\, first served. \n*Discounted Early Bird Tickets are available only up to Midnight\, Monday Feb18.* \n  \nJoin our growing membership for ticket discounts and Members-only opportunities. Find out more: Odd Salon Membership \nGET TICKETS>
URL:https://litseen.com/event/discovery/
LOCATION:Public Works\, 161 Erie Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poets Michael Brownstein an Julien Poirier
DESCRIPTION:Poet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book\, Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations\, includes provocative poems such as “After Patriarchy Collapses and Capitalism Crumbles\,” “The Jewish Poem\,” “Slipping the Leash” and the title poem — works transcending the political into a vision of what is possible on a global scale. \nJulien Poirier is the author of Out of Print (City Lights\, 2016) among other books. His poems have appeared in the New York Times\, Dispatches and elsewhere. He teaches poetry at San Quentin State Prison.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-michael-brownstein-an-julien-poirier/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Happy Endings
DESCRIPTION:Because everyone deserves a Happy Ending!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/happy-endings/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poet Michael Brownstein
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, Apr 09\, 2019 7:00 PM \nLocation: \nThe basement at Moe’s\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nPoet and novelist Michael Brownstein’s new book\, Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations\, includes provocative poems such as “After Patriarchy Collapses and Capitalism Crumbles\,” “The Jewish Poem\,” “Slipping the Leash” and the title poem — works transcending the political into a vision of what is possible on a global scale. \nThe poems in Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations urge us to abandon today’s ruthlessly competitive mindset that is running our future into the ground. They expose nationalism for what it is — a myth separating us from our common humanity. We have forgotten who profits from this separation: the corporate\, political\, and military leaders of phantom entities created in our name. \nLet’s Burn the Flags of All Nations is a handbook for change. It calls on us to free ourselves from the fictions fed to us since childhood about who we are\, asking if we have what it takes to work out a new life: \n“It’s time to risk everything\nOpen the gates\, tear down the fences\nRoam wherever we like along\nRivers and mountains without end\nBecause we ourselves\nAre those rivers and mountains…” \n“Bold and inspiring\, unyielding in their rigorous truth\, these poems work to transform habitual patterns of fear and greed into the sane and generous life we all deserve. Let’s Burn the Flags of All Nations should be required reading for everyone.” (Lynne Twist\, author of The Soul of Money) \n“These tough\, uncompromising poems of witness\, rage\, and anarchic wit unmasks the dysfunction of the human realm as it presses its Anthropocene agenda on the rest of the universe. They call for the end of patriarchy.” (Anne Waldman\, author of Trickster Feminism) \n“Wonderful\, powerful poems that excite the heart and reveal truths behind the so-called patriotism that feeds into the hands of the 1%.” (John Perkins\, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man) \n“Michael Brownstein’s new collection sees through the spectral delusions of our age and points toward the potential for a planetary awakening into a state of unified consciousness and cooperative being.” (Daniel Pinchbeck\, author of How Soon Is Now?) \n“Both bardic and vatic – that is\, both poetic and prophetic – this book says truth with druidic intensity.” (Peter Lamborn Wilson\, author of Ec(o)logues) \n“These heartfelt poems express the pain and beauty of being alive in this most challenging of times.” (Starhawk\, author of The Earth Path) \n* * * \nMichael Brownstein grew up rural. His first glimpse of a collective human destiny – urban version – came while taking part in the events of May ’68 in Paris. (People pouring into the streets from out of nowhere without doubt or hesitation…) He is the author of three novels – Self-Reliance\, The Touch\, and Country Cousins – as well as ten poetry titles including World on Fire\, a book-length poem about corporate globalization and consciousness change. Michael taught at Naropa Institute during its formative years. He lives in the Catskill mountains.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poet-michael-brownstein/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:RUTH REICHL In Conversation with Steven Winn
DESCRIPTION:RUTH REICHL\nIn Conversation with Steven Winn\nTuesday\, April 9\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Special Events \n Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nRuth Reichl is the bestselling author of the memoirs Tender at the Bone\, Comfort Me With Apples\, Garlic and Sapphires\, andFor You\, Mom\, Finally; the novel Delicious!. She was editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine for ten years. Previously she was the restaurant critic for The New York Times and served as the food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has been honored with six James Beard Awards for her journalism\, magazine feature writing\, and criticism. Her forthcoming memoir\, Save Me the Plums\, will be published in April 2019. \n  \nSteven Winn is a fiction writer and award-winning arts journalist whose writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Good Housekeeping\, Southern Poetry Review\, and Sports Illustrated. Winn spent 28 years at the San Francisco Chronicle\, the last six as the Arts and Culture Critic. He is the author of Come Back\, Como.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ruth-reichl-in-conversation-with-steven-winn/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Rachel Howard Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Howard joins us to launch her new novel\, The Risk of Us. \n\nPraise for The Risk of Us \n“An emotionally complex and amazingly suspenseful novel about love and fear.”—Jenny Offill\, author of Dept. of Speculation \n“I’ve never read anything so beautiful about the intricacies of adoption—the process itself\, and the seldom-talked-about aftermath. The prose is elegant and compressed; I often had to stop reading to catch my breath. Anyone who has ever loved a child\, in any capacity\, should read this book.”— Jamie Quatro\, author of I Want to Show You More and Fire Sermon \n“Rachel Howard’s The Risk of Us (so accurately titled) is a novel of deep pain yet also laughs—lots of them. Nothing is easy in this book\, and that’s as it should be. With risk comes a kind of awesome grace. A wonderfully written and candid examination of what it means to be a family.”— Peter Orner\, author of Last Car over the Sagamore Bridge and Love and Shame and Love \n\nAbout The Risk of Us \nA poignant\, dazzling debut novel about a woman who longs to be a mother and the captivating yet troubled child she and her husband take in. \nWhat is the cost of motherhood? When The Risk of Us opens\, we meet a forty-something woman who deeply wants to become a mother. The path that opens up to her and her husband takes them through the foster care system\, with the goal of adoption. And when seven-year-old Maresa—with inch-deep dimples and a voice that can beam to the moon–comes into their lives\, their hearts fill with love. But her rages and troubles threaten to crack open their marriage. Over the course of a year\, as Maresa approaches the age at which children become nearly impossible to place\, the couple must decide if they can be the parents this child needs\, and finalize the adoption—or\, almost unthinkably\, give her up. \nFor fans of Jenny Offill and Rachel Cusk\, The Risk of Us deftly explores the inevitable tests children bring to a marriage\, the uncertainties of family life\, and the ways true empathy obliterates our defenses.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rachel-howard-book-launch/
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:Freud's Bar - - details to come!
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday April 10\n6:30pm\nAd Event \nEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is pleased to host another installment of Freud’s Bar on Wednesday\, April 10th at 6:30pm. Presenter tbd. \nAre you interested in the world of psychology but afraid you may not understand all of the terms and jargon? Join us for monthly talks given by local Bay Area psychoanalysts. You don’t need to be a psychologist to check out Freud’s Bar. Just bring your interest and a friend! \n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nmore to come! \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 10\, 2019 – 6:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/freuds-bar-details-to-come/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:A Fire Story: Brian Fies
DESCRIPTION:Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist whose past projects include the graphic novels Mom’s Cancer and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow\, and the webcomic The Last Mechanical Monster. The day after Brian and his wife\, Karen\, lost their home in the Tubbs fire\, Brian bought paper and pens\, and began writing and drawing A Fire Story. Posted online\, the comic went viral\, and was seen by more than 3 million people. Brian expanded A Fire Story into a full-length graphic novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-fire-story-brian-fies/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190410T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-club-3/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
DESCRIPTION:reading from \nMinutes of Glory and Other Stories \npublished by The New Press \nA dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls “one of the greatest writers of our time” \n\n\n\nNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o\, although renowned for his novels\, memoirs\, and plays\, honed his craft as a short story writer. From “The Fig Tree” (“Mugumo” in this collection)\, written in 1960\, his first year as an undergraduate at Makerere University College in Uganda\, to the playful “The Ghost of Michael Jackson\,” written as a professor at the University of California\, Irvine\, these collected stories reveal a master of the short form. \nCovering the period of British colonial rule and resistance in Kenya to the bittersweet experience of independence—and including two stories that have never before been published in the United States— Ngũgĩ’s collection features women fighting for their space in a patriarchal society; big men in their Bentleys who have inherited power from the British; and rebels who still embody the fighting spirit of the downtrodden. One of Ngũgĩ’s most beloved stories\, “Minutes of Glory\,” tells of Beatrice\, a sad but ambitious waitress who fantasizes about being feted and lauded over by the middle-class clientele in the city’s beer halls. Her dream leads her on a witty and heartbreaking adventure. \nPublished for the first time in America\, Minutes of Glory and Other Stories is a major literary event that celebrates the storytelling might of one of Africa’s best-loved writers. \nOne of the leading writers and scholars at work today\, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was born in Limuru\, Kenya\, in 1938. He is the author of A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not\, Child; and Petals of Blood\, as well as Birth of a Dream Weaver\, Wrestling with the Devil\, and Minutes of Glory (all from The New Press).\nCurrently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California\, Irvine\, Ngũgĩ is recipient of twelve honorary doctorates\, among other awards. \nWhat has been said about the work of \n\n\n\nThis thrilling testament to the human spirit had\, for me\, a fierce resonance. . . . I could not help feeling that his luminous words were meant for those victims and many others being persecuted across the world\, a way of urging humanity to never surrender to the demons of fear and silence. (Ariel Dorfman\, The New York Times Book Review) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Engrossing … At once exhilarating and defiant\, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s memoir is a thought-provoking document of a grim time in Kenyan history.” (Publishers Weekly) \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Washington Post reviews Birth of a Dream Weaver\, saying “every page ripples with a contagious faith in education and in the power of literature to shape the imagination and scour the conscience.” (The Washington Post) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ngugi-wa-thiongo-2/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Ruth Reichl\, Save Me the Plums
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, APRIL 10\, 2019 – 7:00PM \nThis is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information\, or sign up for our events emails. \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. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please e-mail info@bookshopsantacruz.com by April 9th. \n  \nTrailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the job (and the risk) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous\, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now\, for the first time\, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet\, during which she spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food. \nWhen Condé Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America’s oldest epicurean magazine\, she declined. She was a writer\, not a manager\, and had no inclination to be anyone’s boss. And yet . . . Reichl had been reading Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say no? \nThis is the story of a former Berkeley hippie entering the corporate world and worrying about losing her soul. It is the story of the moment restaurants became an important part of popular culture\, a time when the rise of the farm-to-table movement changed\, forever\, the way we eat. Readers will meet legendary chefs like David Chang and Eric Ripert\, idiosyncratic writers like David Foster Wallace\, and a colorful group of editors and art directors who\, under Reichl’s leadership\, transformed stately Gourmet into a cutting-edge publication. This was the golden age of print media — the last spendthrift gasp before the Internet turned the magazine world upside down. \nComplete with recipes\, Save Me the Plums is a personal journey of a woman coming to terms with being in charge and making a mark\, following a passion and holding on to her dreams — even when she ends up in a place she never expected to be. \nRuth Reichl is the bestselling author of the memoirs Tender at the Bone\, Comfort Me with Apples\, Garlic and Sapphires\, and For You\, Mom\, Finally; the novel Delicious!; and\, most recently\, the cookbook My Kitchen Year. She was editor in chief of Gourmet magazine for ten years. Previously she was the restaurant critic for The New York Timesand served as the food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. She has been honored with six James Beard Awards for her journalism\, magazine feature writing\, and criticism. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two cats.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ruth-reichl-save-me-the-plums/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:STILL PROCESSING with Jenna Wortham & Wesley Morris
DESCRIPTION:STILL PROCESSING\nwith Jenna Wortham & Wesley Morris\nWednesday\, April 10\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Special Events \n Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\n\nCo-presented with The New York Times \n\nJenna Wortham is the co-host of The New York Times arts and culture podcast Still Processing\, and a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. Wortham was previously a tech writer for The New York Times\, and now writes on a multitude of subjects ranging between arts and culture\, technology\, and social media\, with a focus on the contributions of black\, queer women. Wortham writes a semi-regular newsletter\, Fermentation and Formation\, and collaborates on Bloop\, a twist on Gwyneth Paltrow’s newsletter Goop\, targeted toward black women. \nCo-host of Still Processing\, Wesley Morris is also a critic-at-large for The New York Times\, regularly reviewing film\, television\, and other popular culture events through a socially conscious lens. Morris received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism “for his smart\, inventive film criticism\, distinguished by pinpoint prose and an easy traverse between the art house and the big-screen box office.”  He was previously a film critic at The Boston Globe\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, and The San Francisco Examiner\, and a staff writer and Sportstorialist columnist at Grantland. He was also the co-host of Grantland’s film and pop culture podcast\, “Do You Like Prince Movies?” \nThis event is produced in collaboration with
URL:https://litseen.com/event/still-processing-with-jenna-wortham-wesley-morris/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Leslie Carol Roberts
DESCRIPTION:Leslie Carol Roberts discusses her new book\, Here Is Where I Walk. \n\nAbout Here is Where I Walk \nIt is in the Presidio of San Francisco\, California\, that Leslie Carol Roberts walks. The Presidio\, America’s only residential national park tucked wholly into an urban setting\, is a fading historic forest. Here is where Leslie’s memories of other places\, people\, and travels emerge. Here is where the author’s home has been for more than a decade and here is the place she raised her two children as a single mother. \nIn this thickly textured literary treasure\, Leslie turns her daily journeys\, rich with observation and recollection\, into revelations of deeper meaning. Through her daily walks into the Presidio\, Leslie accepts the invitation of the beckoning trees and finds herself colliding with the urban coyote\, the peculiar banana slug\, and the manzanita. She notes both ridiculous and poignant aspects of human ecosystems—parents bragging about Austrian ski vacations\, grocery stores packed with nannies—all in pursuit of what it means to live a life of creativity and creation. \nThe twelve episodes\, each connected to a month of the year and interwoven with field notebooks\, explore everything from Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in the fields where he spoke with the birds to the work of Western botanist Alice Eastwood. Leslie reflects on the high school art teacher who first inspired her thinking about aesthetics\, the tragic accident that left her severely injured\, her subsequent work as a college professor teaching writing\, and the loss of a beloved student to cancer. In all this\, places of exquisite beauty and complexity provide her with exactly the scaffolding needed to survive\, with nature serving as a tonic. Here Is Where I Walk provides a vivid answer to how we can find our place\, not only in nature but within ourselves and the world we walk.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/leslie-carol-roberts/
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:Lyrics & Dirges: A "Weekly" Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 10\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series \nIn celebration of National Poetry Month\, our flagship reading series Lyrics & Dirges is going weekly! (For April only). \nLyrics & Dirges features a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Currently in its ninth year\, its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman and Mk Chavez. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, April 10\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704\n\n\n\n\nEvent Category:\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-weekly-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lori Ostlund
DESCRIPTION:Lori Ostlund’s first book\, a story collection entitled The Bigness of the World\, won the Flannery O’Connor Award\, the California Book Award for First Fiction\, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award. Stories from it appeared in the Best American Short Stories and the PEN/O Henry Prize Stories and in literary journals such as ZYZZYVA and New England Review. Her second book\, After the Parade (Scribner\, 2015)\, was a B&N Discover pick and a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is at work on her next two novels and a second story collection. She lives in San Francisco with her wife and two cats\, though she grew up in a hardware store in Minnesota\, cat-less.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lori-ostlund-2/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta: Our monthly bilingual poetry series and open mic.
DESCRIPTION:Thu\, April 11\, 6:30pm – 9:00pm\nDescriptionSponsored by Alejandro Murguia\, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. This month’s readers TBD.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta-our-monthly-bilingual-poetry-series-and-open-mic-29/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Timothy Hampton
DESCRIPTION:Zone Books in conjunction with City Lights present \nan evening of discussion centering around the release of Timonthy Hampton’s new book \nBob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work \nfrom Zone Books \n\n\nBob Dylan’s reception of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature has elevated him beyond the world of popular music\, establishing him as a major modern artist. However\, until now\, no study of his career has focused on the details and nuances of the songs\, showing how they work as artistic statements designed to create meaning and elicit emotion. Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work is the first comprehensive book on both the poetics and politics of Dylan’s compositions. It studies Dylan\, not as a pop hero\, but as an artist\, as a maker of songs. Focusing on the interplay of music and lyric\, it traces Dylan’s innovative use of musical form\, his complex manipulation of poetic diction\, and his dialogues with other artists\, from Woody Guthrie to Arthur Rimbaud. Moving from Dylan’s earliest experiments with the blues\, through his mastery of rock and country\, up to his densely allusive recent recordings\, Timothy Hampton offers a detailed account of Dylan’s achievement. Locating Dylan in the long history of artistic modernism\, the book studies the relationship between form\, genre\, and the political and social themes that crisscross Dylan’s work. Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work offers both a nuanced engagement with the work of a major artist and a meditation on the contribution of song at times of political and social change. \nTimothy Hampton is a writer\, scholar\, teacher\, and translator based in Northern California. Raised in the Rockies\, educated in New Mexico\, Europe\, Canada\, and on the East Coast\, he is primarily a scholar of the Romance Languages\, and of the literature and culture of the Renaissance. His particular research interests include the relationship between literature and politics\, the philosophy of history\, and the transmission of culture. He has written widely on literature in its many forms (epic\, lyric\, dramatic\, novelistic) across several languages and national traditions. Recently\, he has been working on the history of emotion\, on multilingualism\, and on popular music. He is Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley\, where he holds the Aldo Scaglione and Marie M. Burns Distinguished Professorship and directs the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. \nwhat has been said about Timothy Hampton’s writing: \n“This is an essential Dylan book and unlike any other. Hampton left me with a deeper appreciation of Dylan’s uniqueness as both songwriter and singer; his methods\,his lyrical and poetic brilliance\, his many voices.” — Dean Wareham\, musician (Galaxie 500\, Luna) and author of Black Postcards \n“This is a truly powerful book written by one of the leading scholars of the history of poetry today. The writing is clear and intellectually most exciting: Dylan’s idiosyncratic genius is explained more compellingly than ever before. Hampton remains relevant\, exciting\, and persuasively accurate as he shows the genesis of the songs as musical and literary forms and assesses their originality. Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work will become a standard account\, destined to appear in class lists under ‘required reading’; it contains the searching close readings of songs that will both enable future study and require contestation for an alternative account: the study sets a gold standard.”–Nigel Smith\, William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature\, Princeton University \n“From classrooms to the Supreme Court to the street corner\, nobody doesn’t know Dylan songs. Yet there is surprising little writing that addresses exactly how the songs speak to us and weave themselves into the web of American language. Timothy Hampton’s Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work is a rigorous model for how this kind of critical analysis can be done. Hampton’s well-written book is the first one I would recommend to someone fascinated and mystified by Dylan’s half a century of ranging among the things that songs can articulate.”– Charles O. Hartman\, Poet in Residence at Connecticut College
URL:https://litseen.com/event/timothy-hampton/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Patrice Vecchione\, Ink Knows No Borders
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz is pleased to host an evening with Patrice Vecchione as she presents her new book\, Ink Knows No Borders\, a poetry collection that brings together some of the most compelling and vibrant voices today reflecting the experiences of teen immigrants and refugees. This event is part of Bookshop’s year-long programming effort\, 2020 Vision. \nWith authenticity\, integrity\, and insight\, this collection of poems addresses the many issues confronting first- and second- generation young adult immigrants and refugees\, such as cultural and language differences\, homesickness\, social exclusion\, human rights\, racism\, stereotyping\, and questions of identity. Poems by Elizabeth Acevedo\, Erika L. Sánchez\, Samira Ahmed\, Chen Chen\, Ocean Vuong\, Fatimah Asghar\, Carlos Andrés Gómez\, Bao Phi\, Kaveh Akbar\, Hala Alyan\, and Ada Limón\, among others\, encourage readers to honor their roots as well as explore new paths\, offering empathy and hope for those who are struggling to overcome discrimination. Many of the struggles immigrant and refugee teens face head-on are also experienced by young people everywhere as they contend with isolation\, self-doubt\, confusion\, and emotional dislocation. \nInk Knows No Borders is the first book of its kind and features 65 poems and a foreword by poet Javier Zamora\, who crossed the border\, unaccompanied\, at the age of nine\, and an afterword by Emtithal Mahmoud\, World Poetry Slam Champion and Honorary Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR\, the UN Refugee Agency. Brief biographies of the poets are included\, as well. It’s a hopeful\, beautiful\, and meaningful book for any reader. \n\n\n“This collection cuts right to the heart of the matter at a time when it is most relevant. . . . This symphony of poetry is a necessary series of bruises and balms that will comfort those who have endured\, uplift those who continue to struggle\, and educate others.” —Kirkus Reviews\, starred review \n\n\n“I was moved again and again by the poems in this brave\, beautiful and necessary collection. I found echoes of myself in many of the pieces\, and I know so many young immigrants and Americans will find themselves\, too. But it goes beyond that. I wish this book would be taught in homogenous communities\, too\, so readers with little understanding of immigration will have the chance to see its humanity. This is the most important book we will read this year.” —Matt de la Peña\, New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award winning author \n\n\nPoet\, nonfiction writer\, and teacher Patrice Vecchione has edited several highly acclaimed anthologies for young adults including Truth & Lies\, which was named one of the best children’s books by School Library Journal\, Revenge & Forgiveness\, and Faith & Doubt\, named a best book of the year for young adults by the American Library Association. She’s the author of Writing and the Spiritual Life and Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life\, as well as two collections of poetry. For many years\, Patrice has taught poetry and creative writing to young people (often working with migrant children) through her program\, “The Heart of the Word: Poetry and the Imagination.” She is also a columnist for her local daily paper\, The Monterey Herald\, and has published essays on children and poetry for several outlets including the California Library Association Journal. patricevecchione.com. \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. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by April 9th\, 2019.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patrice-vecchione-ink-knows-no-borders/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Alta Magazine & Books Inc. Present DAVID KUSHNER in conversation with Gary Kremen\, founder of Match.com
DESCRIPTION:Alta Magazine and Books Inc. present Rolling Stone contributing editor David Kushner for a discussion of his brillant new work\, The Players Ball: A Genius\, a Con Man\, and the Secret History of the Internet’s Rise. David will be in conversation with Gary Kremen\, founder of Match.com. \nA Wild West look at the early days of the internet–the incredible battle between the founder of Match.com and the con man who swindled him out of the online domain name Sex.com in an all-out war for control over the fuel that still powers the online world to this day: love and lust. \nIn 1994\, visionary entrepreneur Gary Kremen used a $2\,500 loan to create the first online dating service\, Match.com. Despite only 5 percent of Americans using the internet at the time\, Kremen insisted his invention would transform our lives. That wasn’t all he was accurately predicted. He also anticipated that internet addresses\, or domain names\, would be the bedrock of the dawning digital frontier\, eventually gathering the same kind of value as real estate properties. So\, while his friends thought he was crazy\, he bought dozens up\, including the domain Sex.com. Love and lust\, he believed\, would fuel this new world to new heights. But in 1995\, as Kremen prepared to launch his next venture\, he was shocked to learn that someone named Stephen Michael Cohen had stolen the rights to the Sex.com name and was making millions that Kremen had never seen. \nIn The Players Ball\, award-winning journalist David Kushner draws from years of research and interviews to vividly recreate the Wild West years online\, when innovators and outlaws battled for power and money. He explores the risks\, rewards\, challenges\, and back alleys of how the world online came to be and provides essential insights about where it’s heading. The Players Ball is the rollicking true story of a decade-long cat-and-mouse game between a genius and a con man that changed the way people connect\, and defined the digital age.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alta-magazine-books-inc-present-david-kushner-in-conversation-with-gary-kremen-founder-of-match-com/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Mountain View\, 301 Castro St\, Mountain View \, CA\, 94041\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Why There Are Words Presents: Familiar
DESCRIPTION:Join Why There Are Words on April 11\, 2019\, at Studio 333 in Sausalito for a familiarly spectacular night of readings as six acclaimed authors read on the theme of “Familiar.” \n  \nDoors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:15. $10 entry fee at the door. Cash bar. For more details\, including the authors’ full bios\, see the website\, www.whytherearewords.com. For more details about WTAW Press\, of which the reading series is a program\, visit www.wtawpress.org. \n  \nJasmin Darznik is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life. Her debut novel Song of a Captive Bird (Ballantine Books\, 2018) is a fictional account of Iran’s trailblazing woman poet\, Forugh Farrokhzad. jasmine-darznik.com \n  \nYalitza Ferreras is a recent Steinbeck Fellow in Creative Writing at San Jose State University. Her writing appears in Best American Short Stories 2016\, various journals\, and the anthologies: Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education (University of Nebraska Press\, 2014) and Daring to Write: Contemporary Narratives by Dominican Women (University of Georgia Press\, 2016). www.yalitza.com \n  \nChristina Hoag was a foreign correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade\, writing for Time\, Business Week\, New York Times\, among many others. She is the author of the noir crime novel Skin of Tattoos (Martin Brown Publishing\, 2016) and Girl on the Brink (Fire and Ice YA\, 2016). She also writes nonfiction\, co-authoring Peace in the Hood: Working with Gang Members to End the Violence (Turner Publishing\, 2014). \n  \nMiah Jeffra is author of the collections The First Church of What’s Happening (Nomadic Press 2017) and The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic! (forthcoming Sibling Rivalry Press 2019). Recent publications include The North American Review\, Fourteen Hills Review\, and The Nervous Breakdown. He is founding editor of queer literary collaborative\, Foglifter Press. miahjeffra.com \n  \nKimberly Kruge is a poet and translator based in central Mexico. She is the author of Ordinary Chaos (Carnegie Mellon University Press\, 2019) and High-Land Sub-Tropic (Center for Book Arts\, 2017; translation: Impronta Press\, 2019). Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares\, The Iowa Review\, The Missouri Review\, and many other publications. She works to bring poetry in English and Spanish to new readers through translation and the organization of collaborative projects between writers from different countries. kimberlykruge.com \n  \nRolf Yngve’s first collection Dog Watches was recently published in December 2018 by Saddle Road Press. He first published short stories in the 1970’s when his work appeared in journals and anthologies including Best American Short Stories. After retiring from thirty-five years in the US Navy\, he returned to the arts with publication in a number of journals including prize stories published in Indiana Review\, Glimmer Train\, Bosque Journal\, and others. www.rolfyngve.com \n  \nWhy There Are Words (WTAW) is an award-winning national reading series founded in Sausalito in 2010 by Peg Alford Pursell\, now expanded to seven additional major cities in the U.S. 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. For more information see the website www.whytherearewords.com or email whytherearewords@gmail.com. Phone: Studio 333 at (415) 331-8272.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/why-there-are-words-presents-familiar/
LOCATION:Studio 333\, 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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SUMMARY:Dave Barry
DESCRIPTION:After Pulitzer Prize-winner Dave Barry turned 70\, did he look to his friends for support? Did he find solace in the family around him? \nNot a chance. \nIn his new book\, Lessons from Lucy\, the laugh-out-loud columnist that the New York Times once called “the funniest man in America\,” looked to his dog Lucy for companionship and a model for how to grow old with grace. \nFrom his beloved dog\, Dave learns to live in the present\, let go of daily grievances\, and feel good in his own skin. Told with Dave’s signature humor and profound ability to find deep meaning in the everyday\, Lessons from Lucy illuminates the great joys of passing 40 and still feeling great. \nShare an evening with the writer who never fails to leave us looking at the world differently while making us laugh.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dave-barry/
LOCATION:Aragon High School Theater\, 900 Alameda de las Pulgas\, San Mataeo\, CA\, 94402
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Translating Contemporary Russian Literature: Marian Schwartz on Olga Slavnikova and Leonid Yuzefovich
DESCRIPTION:Translating Contemporary Russian Literature: Marian Schwartz on Olga Slavnikova and Leonid Yuzefovich\n\nGreen Apple Books on the Park | 1231 9th Avenue | San Francisco\, CA \n\n\nRSVP\n\nMarian Schwartz joins Sabrina Jaszi to talk about translating contemporary Russian literature and her latest translations of Leonid Yuzefovich’s Horsemen of the Sands and Olga Slavnikova’s The Man Who Couldn’t Die. \nHorsemen of the Sands (Archipelago Books) contains two novellas by Leonid Yuzefovich: The Storm\, which takes place in a Soviet elementary school\, and Horsemen of the Sands\, a mystical tale about the real-life warlord R.F. Ungern-Shternberg\, who fought both the Chinese and the Bolsheviks for control of Mongolia during the Russian Civil War\, which lasted six years after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. \nIn The Storm\, a bombastic teacher lectures his young students on traffic accidents and family separation\, unwittingly stirring an emotional crisis. A lost wallet\, an office fling\, an upset stomach—the minutiae of life unveil the private tragedies at the heart of a school community. \nHorsemen of the Sands takes place a world away. An old herdsman entrances a young tank commander with the legend of Baron Ungern\, the real-life White Russian officer who conquered Mongolia. A foggy epic unfolds\, a tale of faith and revenge centering on a mysterious amulet\, said to make the wearer invincible. From the dim of the classroom to the vast Mongolian steppe\, Leonid Yuzefovich’s masterful novellas The Storm and Horsemen of the Sands drill straight to the core of human emotion. These Russian parables illuminate the fears\, passions\, and ambitions beneath the grandest acts and the tiniest gestures. \nOlga Slavnikova’s The Man Who Couldn’t Die (Columbia University Press) tells the story of how two women try to prolong a life—and the means and meaning of their own lives—by creating a world that doesn’t change\, a Soviet Union that never crumbled.In the chaos of early-1990s Russia\, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union’s collapse from him in order to keep him—and his pension—alive until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. \nAfter her stepfather’s stroke\, Marina hangs Brezhnev’s portrait on the wall\, edits the Pravda articles read to him\, and uses her media connections to cobble together entire newscasts of events that never happened. Meanwhile\, her mother\, Nina Alexandrovna\, can barely navigate the bewildering new world outside\, especially in comparison to the blunt reality of her uncommunicative husband. As Marina is caught up in a local election campaign that gets out of hand\, Nina discovers that her husband is conspiring as well—to kill himself and put an end to the charade. Masterfully translated by Marian Schwartz\, The Man Who Couldn’t Die is a darkly playful vision of the lost Soviet past and the madness of the post-Soviet world that uses Russia’s modern history as a backdrop for an inquiry into larger metaphysical questions. \n\n\nCONTACT:\n\nLeslie-Ann Woofter\nlwoofter@catranslation.org\n415.512.8812
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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:Translator Marian Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:  \nMarian Schwartz discusses her latest translations from Russian\, The Man Who Couldn’t Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being and Horsemen of the Sands. \n\nAbout The Man Who Couldn’t Die \nIn the chaos of early-1990s Russia\, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union’s collapse from him in order to keep him–and his pension–alive until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. Olga Slavnikova’s The Man Who Couldn’t Die tells the story of how two women try to prolong a life–and the means and meaning of their own lives–by creating a world that doesn’t change\, a Soviet Union that never crumbled.After her stepfather’s stroke\, Marina hangs Brezhnev’s portrait on the wall\, edits the Pravda articles read to him\, and uses her media connections to cobble together entire newscasts of events that never happened. Meanwhile\, her mother\, Nina Alexandrovna\, can barely navigate the bewildering new world outside\, especially in comparison to the blunt reality of her uncommunicative husband. As Marina is caught up in a local election campaign that gets out of hand\, Nina discovers that her husband is conspiring as well–to kill himself and put an end to the charade. Masterfully translated by Marian Schwartz\, The Man Who Couldn’t Die is a darkly playful vision of the lost Soviet past and the madness of the post-Soviet world that uses Russia’s modern history as a backdrop for an inquiry into larger metaphysical questions. \nAbout Horsemen of the Sands \nHorsemen of the Sands gathers two novellas by Leonid Yuzefovich: “Horsemen of the Sands” and “The Storm.” The former tells the true story of R.F. Ungern-Shternberg\, also known as the “Mad Baltic Baron\,” a military adventurer whose intense fascination with the East drove him to seize control of Mongolia during the chaos of the Russian Civil War. “The Storm” centers on an unexpected emotional crisis that grips a Russian elementary school on an otherwise regular day\, unveiling the vexed emotional bonds and shared history that knit together its community of students\, teachers\, parents\, and staff. \nAbout Marian Schwartz \nMarian Schwartz has translated over sixty volumes of Russian classic and contemporary fiction\, history\, biography\, criticism\, and fine art. She is the principal English translator of the works of Nina Berberova and translated the New York Times’ bestseller The Last Tsar\, by Edvard Radzinsky\, as well as classics by Mikhail Bulgakov\, Ivan Goncharov\, Yuri Olesha\, and Mikhail Lermontov\, and Leo Tolstoy. She is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts translation fellowships and the 2014 Read Russia Prize for Best Translation of Contemporary Russian Literature and is a past president of the American Literary Translators Association. \n 
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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:MICHAEL LEWIS
DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL LEWIS\nAgainst The Rules\nIn Conversation with Jacob Weisberg\nThursday\, April 11\, 2019\, 7:30 pm\nVenue: Sydney Goldstein Theater\nSeries: Special Events \n Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 \n\n\nJournalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis (Moneyball\, The Big Short\, Flashboys) talks to Jacob Weisberg about his new podcast\, AGAINST THE RULES\, where he explores the corrosion of fairness in courts of law\, Wall Street\, sports\, and the art world—to understand what it has done to our society\, mostly without our noticing. The seven-episode season takes listeners from student-loan call centers to the courts of Uzbekistan to the new trading hubs of Wall Street (they’re in New Jersey). He speaks with a US Senator and the coach of the Golden State Warriors; the architect of the 9/11 settlement fund and a man who got rich off the 2008 financial crisis.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-lewis/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Center presents Feliz Lucia Molina and Alli Warren at The Green Arcade
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Center’s In Common Writers Series continues in April with a double program featuring Feliz Lucia Molina\, here from Chicago\, along with the Bay Area’s Alli Warren. Friday April 12\, they will each read their own work at The Green Arcade in San Francisco. (The prior night\, Thursday April 11\, Feliz is reading then joining Alli and the audience in conversation\, at The Poetry Center.) Supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund\, both events are free and open to the public.\n\nFeliz’ latest chapbook is Crystal Marys. Written from the impassive surface of the Internet and the high desert of Southern California\, Crystal Marys is a field study of social-media fatigue\, suburban youth\, Filipino immigrancy\, a denim day job in LA’s garment district\, and other sites of crystallized dis/enchantment. Molina traces life’s “beautiful unreliable narrative logic” by the devotional images of our times-the Virgin Mary\, emoji\, family photos\, profile pics\, etc. \n\nAlli Warren is the author of I Love It Though (Nightboat)\, which was nominated for the California Book Award. Other recent publications include Little Hill (The Elephants)\, Moveable C (Push Press)\, Don’t Go Home With Your Heart On (Faux Press)\, and Here Come the Warm Jets (City Lights)\, which was nominated for the California Book Award and won the Poetry Center Book Award. Her writing has been published in many venues\, including Harpers\, Poetry\, Jacket\, The Brooklyn Rail\, and Feminist Formations. Alli has lived and worked in the Bay Area since 2005
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-poetry-center-presents-feliz-lucia-molina-and-alli-warren-at-the-green-arcade/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Center at SF State Presents:  Feliz Lucia Molina
DESCRIPTION:Feliz’ latest chapbook is Crystal Marys. Written from the impassive surface of the Internet and the high desert of Southern California\, Crystal Marys is a field study of social-media fatigue\, suburban youth\, Filipino immigrancy\, a denim day job in LA’s garment district\, and other sites of crystallized dis/enchantment. Molina traces life’s “beautiful unreliable narrative logic” by the devotional images of our times-the Virgin Mary\, emoji\, family photos\, profile pics\, etc.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-poetry-center-at-sf-state-presents-feliz-lucia-molina/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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