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SUMMARY:Together on the 9th: A Virtual Candlelight Vigil with Jack Kornfield
DESCRIPTION:Join us to honor the dead\, those who are sick\, and all of us on the planet. Please bring a candle and invite any friends or loved ones who would like to participate. During the vigil\, we will hear reflections from visionary meditation leader\, Jack Kornfield. \n\n\n\nTonight’s vigil will be co-created by all those joining with candles on Zoom and will be led by Jack Kornfield. \nIf you can\, please show up with a candle to honor those we’ve lost and those that are suffering during this difficult time. Our hope is for this invitation to become a monthly occurrence\, helping spark other rituals and fostering a deeper sense of togetherness in the face of what is both separating and connecting us all. \nFull Vigil Program to be Announced \nJack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand\, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967 he joined the Peace Corps and worked on tropical medicine teams in the Mekong River valley. He met and studied as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah\, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. Returning to the United States\, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre\, Massachusetts\, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre\, California. Over the years\, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide\, led International Buddhist Teacher meetings\, and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a father\, husband and activist. \nHis books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies. They include\, A Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology\, A Path with Heart; After the Ecstasy\, the Laundry; Teachings of the Buddha; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom; Living Dharma; A Still Forest Pool; Stories of the Spirit\, Stories of the Heart; Buddha’s Little Instruction Book; The Art of Forgiveness\, Lovingkindness and Peace\, Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are\, and his most recent book\, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom\, Love\, and Joy Right Where You Are.
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SUMMARY:Marcus Books fundraiser: Daveed Diggs\, Robin Coste Lewis and Danez Smith!
DESCRIPTION:A fundraiser for Marcus Books\, oldest Black bookstore in the US. With Daveed Diggs\, Robin Coste Lewis\, Danez Smith\, Chinaka Hodge and more!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. This time\, we’re doing a poetry reading\, featuring Daveed Diggs\, Robin Coste Lewis\, Danez Smith\, Chinaka Hodge\, Tongo Eisen-Martin and more poets TBA. It’s a fundraiser for Marcus Books! \nThe performers \nDaveed Diggs is an actor\, singer\, producer\, writer\, and rapper. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping. Diggs originated the role of Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the 2015 musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda which he won a Grammy and Tony for. He also cowrote\, produced\, and stars in the film Blindspotting. And he is starring in Snowpiercer\, the upcoming TNT series based on the movie of the same name. \nRobin Coste Lewis is the author of Voyage of the Sable Venus (2015)\, the winner of National Book Award for Poetry. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies\, including The Massachusetts Review\, Callaloo\, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review\, Transition\, and VIDA. Lewis earned her MFA from NYU’s Creative Writing Program where she was a Goldwater fellow in poetry. She also earned a MTS degree in Sanskrit and comparative religious literature from Harvard Divinity School. She is a Cave Canem fellow and was awarded a Provost’s fellowship in the Creative Writing & Literature PhD Program at USC. Other fellowships and awards include the Caldera Foundation\, the Ragdale Foundation\, the Headlands Center for the Arts\, the Can Serrat International Art Centre in Barcelona\, and the Summer Literary Seminars in Kenya. She was a finalist for the International War Poetry Prize\, the National Rita Dove Prize\, and semi-finalist for the “Discovery”/Boston Review Prize and the Crab Orchard Series Open Poetry Prize. \nDanez Smith is a Black\, Queer\, Poz writer & performer from St. Paul\, MN. Danez is the author of “Homie” (Graywolf Press\, 2020)\, “Don’t Call Us Dead” (Graywolf Press\, 2017)\, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection\, the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award\, and a finalist for the National Book Award\, and “[insert] boy” (YesYes Books\, 2014)\, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. They are the recipient of fellowships from the Poetry Foundation\, the McKnight Foundation\, the Montalvo Arts Center\, Cave Canem\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Danez’s work has been featured widely including on Buzzfeed\, The New York Times\, PBS NewsHour\, Best American Poetry\, Poetry Magazine\, and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Danez has been featured as part of Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list and is the winner of a Pushcart Prize. They are a member of the Dark Noise Collective and is the co-host of VS with Franny Choi\, a podcast sponsored by the Poetry Foundation and Postloudness. \nChinaka Hodge is a poet\, educator\, playwright\, and screenwriter from Oakland. She received her BA from NYU’s Gallatin School\, and studied Writing for Film and Television at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Chinaka has served as Educator\, Program Director and Associate Artistic Director at Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project\, she is a Senior Fellow at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, and serves on the Advisory Board at Marin Headlands Center for the Arts. Chinaka has been recognized as a Glide Legacy Gala Honoree\, an Oakland Indie Award winner in the category of Oakland Soul\, one of Diablo Magazine’s 40 under 40\, and one of KQED’s Women to Watch. Her 2016 book of poems\, Dated Emcees\, won Northern California Independent Booksellers Association’s Book of the Year\, and was nominated for the Northern California Book Award. Chinaka is currently working as a screenwriter in Los Angeles. Her credits include Jason Katims’ RISE\, TNT’s highly anticipated SNOWPIERCER and Steven Spielberg’s Apple+ project\, AMAZING STORIES. \nOriginally from San Francisco\, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a poet\, movement worker\, and educator. His latest curriculum on extrajudicial killing of Black people\, We Charge Genocide Again\, has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. His book titled\, “Someone’s Dead Already” was nominated for a California Book Award. His latest book “Heaven Is All Goodbyes” was published by the City Lights Pocket Poets series\, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and won a California Book Award and an American Book Award. \nThe beneficiary \nMarcus Books is the oldest independent Black bookstore in the country. The bookstore’s founders\, Drs. Raye and Julian Richardson met at Tuskegee University which they both attended. In 1946 Julian started Success Printing Co. in the Fillmore District of San Francisco and in 1960\, the two founded Marcus Books (named after political activist and author Marcus Garvey). Together — and through both the publishing press and bookstore — they fiercely advocated for Black history\, exchange\, and knowledge of self. They published now canonical books (that had before their resurrection gone out of print) and work by independent authors\, poets\, and artists. Marcus Books is an institution where those who have written books\, produced visual work and more can see themselves on a shelf\, wall or counter surrounded by other Black makers. \nAlongside Marcus Books’ legacy of Black publishing is an investment in nourishing Black readership\, no matter what age. Generations of families have grown up in the store: the student coming to find course material\, our incarcerated brothers and sisters writing to put in book orders\, the parents who bring their children to the store much like their parents did for/with them. World renowned author or prophetic local poet\, elder or toddler\, Marcus Books has provided something for you. \nAt Marcus Books “Black” is not a subject\, a single month\, or a niche; it is the universe. “Black” is not just history; it is the present and the future. \nEvery penny you spend on this event will directly to Marcus Books. \nHow does it work? \nWe use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code—it’ll be described as “links for this event are available.” (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video\, but it’s nice to see faces.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marcus-books-fundraiser-daveed-diggs-robin-coste-lewis-and-danez-smith/
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SUMMARY:Zoom Forward! #7 with Clifford Henderson\, Thad Nodine\, Richard Lange
DESCRIPTION:Phren-Z\, The Hive Poetry Collective\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #7 with Clifford Henderson\, Thad Nodine\, Richard Lange part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series—an ongoing reading series to showcase writers\, keep our cultural spritits high\, and support Bookshop Santa Cruz.  \nJoin the Santa Cruz Writes/phren-Z email list by subscribing here. Weekly Zoom links will be emailed to you. Contact Jory Post with any questions at jory@cruzio.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zoom-forward-7-with-clifford-henderson-thad-nodine-richard-lange/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #8
DESCRIPTION:FREE AND ALL WELCOME! \nAll forms of support matter. One of those forms is financial. Money = energy to us\, and donating sends one signal (of many) that you would like our work to continue. If you can swing it in these tough times\, please consider supporting us via: \n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress; \n2) donating via the “ticket” option here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-2-tickets-100581457848; \nOR 3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate \n90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom! \nIt feels really important to gather in these times\, and we need to prioritize the health of most vulnerable community members (our elders\, those who work with elders\, and those with suppressed immune systems). So we are hosting another virtual open mic! Feel free to join just to listen\, too! We can hold up to 100 people. \nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with J. K. on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us! \nSIGN-UP SHEET:\nhttps://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 \nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess. \nZoom Joining information \nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #8\nTime: May 8\, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81969682054 \nMeeting ID: 819 6968 2054\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,81969682054# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,81969682054# US (Tacoma) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 819 6968 2054\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kCvvm6Chi
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-8/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:*Virtual* Reading feat. Garrett Caples and Ava Koohbor
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, May 8th from 6:30-7:10 pm PST \nfor our first ever virtual reading featuring  \nGarrett Caples and Ava Koohbor!  \n  \n***** \n  \nauthor bios & photos below. \nZoom link to be emailed to participants & posted on the day of event. \nPlease RSVP for the reading here to have the link emailed to you.  \nwe hope you and your loved ones are safe & well\,  \nand we look forward to sharing this new experience with you!  \nGarrett Caples is a poet living in San Francisco. His most recent book of poems is the bilingual Noches Apátridas: Poesía escogida\, 1999-2019 (Unstated Nights: Selected Poems\, 1999-2019) (Juan Malasuerte\, 2019). He’s an editor at City Lights Books\, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. \nAva Koohbor is a native Farsi speaker\, poet and visual artist. Her poems have appeared in various publications. Her chapbooks include Triangle Squared (Bootstrap Press) and Sinusoidal Forms (Lew Gallery). Death Under Construction is her first full collection of poetry in English by Ugly Duckling Presse. She believes that each artist is a medium to transfer the world of possibilities to what is. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-reading-feat-garrett-caples-and-ava-koohbor/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:BERKELEY ARTS & LETTERS: Shaun King / Make Change: How to Fight Injustice\, Dismantle Systemic Oppression\, and Own Our Future
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts activist and journalist Shaun King for his new book Make Change: How to Fight Injustice\, Dismantle Systemic Oppression\, and Own Our Future. Please join us! \nPlease note: This event is ticketed\, and will take place at First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley. Tickets\, including discounted book bundles\, are available in advance here. \n \nAdvance tickets are highly recommended — night-of tickets are not guaranteed. Unless otherwise noted here\, general admission tickets will be available at the door. \n\nAs a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement\, Shaun King has become one of the most recognizable and powerful voices on the front lines of civil rights in our time. In Make Change\, King offers an inspiring look at the moments that have shaped his life and considers the ways social movements can grow and evolve in this hyper-connected era. He shares stories from his efforts leading the Raise the Age campaign and his work fighting police brutality\, while providing a roadmap for how to stay sane\, safe\, and motivated even in the worst of political climates. By turns infuriating\, inspiring\, and educational\, Make Change will resonate with those who believe that America can — and must — do better. \n\nShaun King was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most important people in the world online. He covers civil rights issues for the Intercept and is writer-in-residence at the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School. Previously\, King served as a pastor\, teacher\, and full time motivational speaker in Atlanta’s juvenile justice system. In 2019\, King launched the media platform The North Star\, which has hundreds of thousands of members and subscribers. His podcast The Breakdown has remained one of the most popular news and politics category on Apple with over 100k subscribers. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. \n\nPlease note: \n–  Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \n–  Signing and additional details coming soon. \n–  This event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you. \n– If you can’t attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Make Change\, order below and be sure to enter your request in the special field. \n–  To reserve a seat and a discounted book bundle\, get your tickets in advance. \n–  Facebook RSVP not required\, but always appreciated.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-shaun-king-make-change-how-to-fight-injustice-dismantle-systemic-oppression-and-own-our-future/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:In Common Writers Series: John Yau and Claudia La Rocco\, reading and in conversation
DESCRIPTION:Wrapping up Spring 2020 with another double-program in The Poetry Center’s In Common Writers Series\, we are delighted to host renowned poet and art critic John Yau\, on a rare visit from New York City. Following his reading and conversation with poet\, translator\, and SF State faculty member Andrew Joron\, at The Poetry Center on Thursday May 7\, we move across the Bay on Friday May 8\, for John Yau together with poet/performer and editor of SFMOMA’s online magazine Open Space\, Claudia La Rocco\, reading and in conversation at Pro Arts Gallery & Commons\, right downtown (12th Street BART) in Frank Ogawa Plaza. Supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund\, these events are free and open to the public. \nDetails soon \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated event: \nIn Common Writers Series\nJohn Yau and Andrew Joron \nreading and in conversation\nThursday May 7\n7:00 pm @ The Poetry Center\nHumanities 512\, SF State University\nfree and open to the public\nsupported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund \n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center and Pro Arts Gallery & Commons
URL:https://litseen.com/event/in-common-writers-series-john-yau-and-claudia-la-rocco-reading-and-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Pro Arts Gallery\, 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Alia Volz in conversation with Julia Flynn Siler
DESCRIPTION:During the ’70s in San Francisco\, Alia’s mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies\, delivering upwards of 10\,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia’s future father\, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. \nDecades before cannabusiness went mainstream\, when marijuana was as illicit as heroin\, they ingeniously hid themselves in plain sight\, parading through town—and through the scenes and upheavals of the day\, from Gay Liberation to the tragedy of the Peoples Temple—in bright and elaborate outfits\, the goods wrapped in hand-designed packaging and tucked into Alia’s stroller. But the stars were not aligned forever and\, after leaving the city and a shoulda-seen-it-coming divorce\, Alia and her mom returned to San Francisco in the mid-80s\, this time using Sticky Fingers’ distribution channels to provide medical marijuana to friends and former customers now suffering the depredations of AIDS. \nExhilarating\, laugh-out-loud funny\, and heartbreaking\, Home Baked celebrates an eccentric and remarkable extended family\, taking us through love\, loss\, and finding home. \nAlia Volz is a homegrown San Franciscan. Her writing appears in The Best American Essays 2017\, the New York Times\, Tin House\, Threepenny Review\, River Teeth\, Nowhere magazine\, Utne Reader\, New England Review and the recent anthologies Dig If You Will the Picture: Writers Reflect on Prince and Golden State 2017: Best New Writing from California. A 2018 MacDowell Colony fellow\, Volz has also been an Artist in Residence with Writing Between the Vines and the Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat. The Squaw Valley Community of Writers awarded her the Oakley Hall Memorial Scholarship twice. She was runner-up of The Moth’s GrandSLAM Championship in 2014 and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. \nJulia Flynn Siler is a New York Times best-selling author and journalist. Her most recent book\,  The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown (Knopf\, May 2019)\, was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her other books are Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen\, the Sugar Kings\, and America’s First Imperial Adventure. Her first book\, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty\, was a finalist for a James Beard Award and a Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished reporting. A veteran journalist\, Siler is a longtime contributor and former staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and has been a guest commentator on the BBC\, CNBC\, and CNN. She lives in Northern California with her husband and their two sons.
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SUMMARY:Coming Back with guest Cheryl Strayed
DESCRIPTION:Join a live recording of Shelby Forsythia’s podcast Coming Back – with special guest Cheryl Strayed.\n\n\nJoin a live recording of Shelby Forsythia’s podcast Coming Back – with special guest Cheryl Strayed. \nIn this hour-long live Coming Back podcast segment Shelby will host Cheryl through 40 minutes of conversation and 20 minutes of Q&A/advice. \nCheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild\, the New York Times bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things and Brave Enough\, and the novel Torch. Wild was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her first selection for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. Strayed’s books have been translated into nearly forty languages around the world and have been adapted for both the screen and the stage. \nStrayed is the host of the New York Times podcast\, Sugar Calling. Her former podcast was Dear Sugars\, which she co-hosted with Steve Almond. Her essays have been published in The Best American Essays\, the New York Times\, the Washington Post Magazine\, Vogue\, Salon\, The Sun\, Tin House\, The New York Times Book Review\, and elsewhere. Strayed holds an MFA in fiction writing from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. She lives in Portland\, Oregon. \nAbout the host: Shelby Forsythia is the author of Permission to Grieve and podcast host of Coming Back: Conversations on Life After Loss. After the unexpected death of her mother in 2013\, she became a “student of grief” and set out on a lifetime mission to explore the oft-misunderstood human experience of loss. Through her book\, weekly podcasts\, and one-on-one grief guidance\, she helps grieving people find direction\, get support\, and cultivate radical self-compassion after devastating loss. \nShelby is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®\, Reiki Level II Practitioner\, and Intuitive Grief Guide. Her work has been featured on Huffington Post\, Bustle\, and The Oprah Magazine. She currently lives in Chicago. \nAll Motherless Mother’s Day events are by donation and ALL funds generated will go directly to each individual event’s host (no cut from Reimagine or Alica Forneret). You will receive a link to donate in a follow up email!
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SUMMARY:Sacred and Profane: Debut Novelist Chelsea Bieker on Godshot
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Brooke Warner\nProgram will air Sunday May 10th\, 7:00 PM PST \n\n\nRegister (for free) to watch this program’s debut\n\n\n\nWe’re thrilled to welcome debut novelist Chelsea Bieker in conversation with Brooke Warner\, publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress. Bieker’s explosive literary debut Godshot (Catapult/March 2020)\, praised by bestseller Kristen Arnett as “a beautiful blow to the heart\,” is a hymn to the salvation found in hard-won personal rebirth. Stricken with drought\, the once-verdant community of Peaches\, California clings to a cult leader for salvation\, and 14-year-old Lacey\, abandoned by her mother\, is left to reap a revelatory\, fraught harvest of her own. Godshot has won Bieker rapturous comparisons to Margaret Atwood\, Emma Cline\, and Janet Fitch; but the beauty of her “absolute masterpiece” (T. Kira Madden) lies in Lacey’s incomparable voice: the voice of a brokenhearted believer\, by turns darkly funny and achingly tender\, who you’ll miss after turning the last page. Go deep with Bieker and Brooke Warner\, as they plumb the depths of one unforgettable girl’s miraculous journey to fertile ground. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecommended Reading\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChelsea Bieker\, Godshot\nBrooke Warner\, Write on Sisters! \nOrder your copies from one of our independent bookstore partners
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sacred-and-profane-debut-novelist-chelsea-bieker-on-godshot/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200511T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200511T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Solnit and Brit Marling
DESCRIPTION:TICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 \nThis event appears in the series\nSocial Studies \n\n\nRebecca Solnit is an incisive voice on topics ranging from feminism to the environment\, western and indigenous history to literary criticism\, and from hope and disaster to popular power and social change. She has published more than twenty books\, including three collections of essays – Hope in the Dark\, Men Explain Things to Me\, and The Mother of All Questions – as well as a trilogy of atlases of American cities and a work of literary criticism on Eadweard Muybridge. Her memoir\, Recollections of My Nonexistence looks back on the formative people\, places\, and experiences that provided Solnit with her empowering and ever-vital notion of self\, and the voicelessness that was and still is the ordinary condition of women. \nIn 2011\, Brit Marling made an indelible mark at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival as the first female multi-hyphenate to have two films premiere side by side: “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice\,” both of  which she co-wrote and starred in. Since then\, she has appeared in many other films\, and Marling currently stars in “The OA\,” a critically acclaimed Netflix series that she co-created. After earning a degree in economics (and a leave of absence from college to live in Havana\, Cuba and direct a documentary there)\, Marling worked in finance before pursuing work she found more meaningful: acting and writing. Quickly attuned to the power imbalances in Hollywood\, Marling focused on creating projects that would offer counter-narratives to the more common ones diminishing women’s worth. “It’s a powerful moment when courageous people begin speaking about how they have been harmed\, which is a deeply difficult thing to do because it means wading through a swamp of shame you’ve been made to feel. I am inspired by them all. We should let their strength guide our way forward\, which means beginning a much larger conversation about the role economic inequality often plays in rape culture.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rebecca-solnit-and-brit-marling/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T170000
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SUMMARY:On Lighthouses: Jazmina Barrera in conversation with Eula Biss
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Event \n\n\n\nJoin Pilsen Community Books and Two Lines Press for an event with Jazmina Barrera and Eula Biss in celebration of Barrera’s new book On Lighthouses\, out this May from Two Lines Press! \n***Register on Eventbrite for a link to the livestream sent to you the day of the event.*** \n“After spending sufficient time inside a lighthouse\, who wouldn’t begin to hear a song in the sound of the machinery\, a voice in the wind or the waves?” \nFar from home\, in the confines of a dim New York apartment where the oppressive skyscrapers further isolate her\, Jazmina Barrera offers a tour of her lighthouses—those structures whose message is “first and foremost\, that human beings are here.” \nStarting with Robert Louis Stevenson’s grandfather\, an engineer charged with illuminating the Scottish coastline\, On Lighthouses artfully examines lighthouses from the Spanish to the Oregon coasts and those in the works of Virginia Woolf\, Edgar Allan Poe\, Ingmar Bergman\, and many others. \nIn trying to “collect” lighthouses by obsessively describing them\, Barrera begins to question the nature of writing\, collecting\, and how\, by staring so intently at one thing we are only trying to avoid others. Equal parts personal memoir and literary history\, On Lighthouses takes the reader on a desperate flight from raging sea to cold stone—from a hopeless isolation to a meaningful one—concluding at last in a place of peace: the home of a selfless\, guiding light. \n\n\n\n\n\nAUTHOR\nJazmina Barrera\n\n\nJazmina Barrera was born in Mexico City in 1988. She was a fellow at the Foundation for Mexican Letters. Her book of essays Cuerpo extraño (Foreign Body) was awarded the Latin American Voices prize from Literal Publishing in 2013. She has published her work in various print and digital media\, such as Nexos\, Este País\, Dossier\, Vice\, El Malpensante\, Letras Libres and Tierra Adentro. She has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University\, which she completed with the support of a Fulbright grant. She was a grantee of the Young Creators program at FONCA. She is editor and co-founder of Ediciones Antílope. She lives in Mexico City.\n\n\n\n\n\nAUTHOR\nEula Biss\n\n\nEula Biss is the author of three books: On Immunity: An Inoculation\, a finalist for the National Book Critic Circle Award for nonfiction; Notes from No Man’s Land: American Essays\, winner of the National Book Critic Circle Award for criticism\, and a collection of poetry\, The Balloonists. Her work has been supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Howard Foundation Fellowship\, an NEA Literature Fellowship\, and a Jaffe Writers’ Award. She holds a B.A. in nonfiction writing from Hampshire College and a M.F.A. in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. Her essays have recently appeared in The Best American Nonrequired Reading and the Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Nonfiction as well as in The Believer\, Gulf Coast\, Denver Quarterly\, Third Coast\, and Harper’s. Eula Biss and John Bresland are the Chicago-based band STET Everything.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/on-lighthouses-jazmina-barrera-in-conversation-with-eula-biss/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T180000
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SUMMARY:Anne Raeff and Oscar Villalon
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom on Tuesday May 12th at 5:00pm PDT for Anne Raeff discussing her new novel Only the River with ZYZZYVA managing editor Oscar Villalon. \nZoom Login \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86713675612 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,86713675612#  or +12532158782\,\,86713675612#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799\nWebinar ID: 867 1367 5612\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbB2mGR0oN \nPraise for Only the River \n“In this novel\, Anne Raeff weaves a multigenerational tale of love and war while at the same time casting a magic spell. Her authorial voice is incantatory. Characters and events caught in recent tragedies take on aspects of myth. The novel feels unique\, timely\, and yet timeless. I couldn’t put it down.” ––Elizabeth Farnsworth\, author of A Train Through Time  \nAbout Only the River \nFrom California Book Award silver medalist and Simpson Literary Prize finalist author Anne Raeff\, comes a novel of two families set in New York and Nicaragua over several generations as their lives collide in mysterious ways. \nFleeing the ravages of wartime Vienna\, Pepa and her family find safe harbor in the small town of El Castillo\, on the banks of the San Juan River in Nicaragua. There her parents seek to eradicate yellow fever while Pepa falls under the spell of the jungle and the town’s eccentric inhabitants. But Pepa’s life–including her relationship with local boy Guillermo–comes to a halt when her family abruptly moves to New York\, leaving the young girl disoriented and heartbroken. \nAs the years pass\, Pepa’s and Guillermo’s lives diverge\, and Guillermo’s homeland slips into chaos. Nicaragua soon becomes engulfed in revolutionary fervor as the Sandinista movement vies for the nation’s soul. Guillermo’s daughter transforms into an accidental revolutionary. Pepa’s son defies his parents’ wishes and joins the revolution in Nicaragua\, only to disappear into the jungle. It will take decades before the fates of these two families converge again\, revealing how love\, grief\, and passion are intertwined with a nation’s destiny. \nSpanning generations and several wars\, Only the River explores the way displacement both destroys two families and creates new ones\, sparking a revolution that changes their lives in the most unexpected ways.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anne-raeff-and-oscar-villalon/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
CREATED:20200501T212004Z
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SUMMARY:Daniel Denvir in conversation with John Washington
DESCRIPTION:discussing the subject of their new titles from Verso Books \nAll-American Nativism: How the Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Politics as We Know It \nand \nThe Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexican Border and Beyond \nboth published by Verso Books \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Crowdcast platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Crowdcast before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Crowdcast. \n———- \n(Click Here) to make reservations \nEvent is free\, but reservations are required \n———- \n>Click here to purchase The Dispossessed< \nClick here to purchase All American Nativism< \n  \nWhat has been said about the work of Dan Denvir and John Washington: \nPraise for All-American Nativism \n\n“As Daniel Denvir’s exceptional book shows\, the history of US immigration politics is central to understanding how our many crises have converged in this moment. It’s precisely the kind of analysis our movements need to pry open the fissures of the current order\, and join in common struggle for a better world.” \n– Naomi Klein\, author of No Is Not Enough \n\n\n\n“This is the book we need\, a searing work of scholarship that explains how we entered the current hellscape of American politics and what we have to do to get out. The roots of white nativism are deep\, as Denvir’s book makes clear\, but like all roots can be pulled up and killed. All-American Nativism will help us do so.” \n– Greg Grandin\, author of The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America \n\n\n“In this timely book\, Daniel Denvir tackles an important question: what is old and what is new in Trump’s nativism? Denvir helps us understand both the historical roots and the more recent routes by which ‘build the wall’ came to be the central rallying cry of racial-nationalism. A must-read for anyone who wants to know how we got here.” \n– Mae Ngai\, author of Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America \n\n\n“All American Nativism excavates the history of anti-immigrant politics in the United States and reveals a difficult truth: Donald Trump is the symptom\, and not the cause\, of a bipartisan consensus underlying the current war on immigrants. In this sense\, Denvir’s book is an invaluable tool for organizers and activists who subscribe to what Paulo Freire meant by praxis\, where reflection and action are required to bring about transformative change.” \n– Pablo Alvarado\, National Day Laborer Organizing Network \n\n\n“All-American Nativism powerfully explores the deep roots of nativism in national life as well as how Trump’s agenda is itself the culmination of the policies and the logic pursued for decades by both major parties. In the process\, Daniel Denvir masterfully demonstrates the relationship between today’s debates over immigration and ongoing struggles against neoliberal austerity\, mass incarceration\, and the violence of the security state. In this way\, the book not only offers a diagnosis of the present\, but also a stirring vision of solidarity and change. This is an essential and profound work\, providing critical insights about the American experience and where to go from here.” \n– Aziz Rana\, author of The Two Faces of American Freedom \n\n\n“Traces the development of anti-immigrant sentiment.” \n– Cora Currier\, The Intercept \nWhat has been said about The Dispossessed \n\n“In an era of massive and unprecedented human migration\, John Washington documents in his poignant book how the poverty and violence powerful nations inflict on poor countries is a major reason so many flee their lives and families. Offering expansive historical analysis of how ancient religions\, cultures\, and societies understood the imperative of welcoming the outsider\, particularly those seeking safety from harm or death\, and contrasting it with our current world order\, Washington has written one of the most important books of our time on one of the most dire systematic injustices on our planet. I read this book in one sitting because I simply couldn’t put it down.” \n– Jeremy Scahill\, author of Dirty Wars \n\n\n\n“The Dispossessed is one of the most beautiful and wrenching books I’ve read in a long time. We are becoming a stateless world\, as the combined effects of climate change\, war\, and struggles of resources push people from their land and their homes. John Washington’s book offers no easy answers\, but in its empathy\, it is a guide for how we confront the crisis with decency.” \n– Greg Grandin\, author of The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America \n\n\n“John Washington delivers an absorbing\, harrowing\, and deeply moving reportage that renders the most thorough and critical assessment of the US asylum system that I have ever read.” \n– Todd Miller\, author of Empire of Borders \n\n\n“John Washington is a rarity in the world of Central American migration. He doesn’t parachute into tragedy. He travels with humility and seeks to understand\, not to reaffirm his hypotheses. This is a book from someone who has been understanding for a long time. I’ve been covering migration in Central America\, Mexico\, and the United States for thirteen years\, and I can say with complete conviction: Read this book.” \n– Óscar Martinez\, author of The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daniel-denvir-in-conversation-with-john-washington/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T183000
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SUMMARY:ODD SALON SF: VIRTUOSO
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Odd Salon VIRTUOSO on Tues\, May 12 at Public Works\, San Francisco\n\n\nVIRTUOSO\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEarly bird tickets go on sale on April 7 through Friday April 17 only. \n~ Salon details and speakers to be announced ~ \nTuesday\, May 12 at Public Works\, San Francisco \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. \nOdd Salon Members always enjoy discounted Join our growing membership for ticket discounts and Members-only opportunities. Find out more>
URL:https://litseen.com/event/odd-salon-sf-virtuoso/
LOCATION:Public Works\, 161 Erie Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
CREATED:20200430T202735Z
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SUMMARY:Parenting in a Time of Crisis: Christine Carter\, Sarah Jaquette Ray and Madeline Levine
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Dacher Keltner\nProgram will air Tuesday May 12th\, 7:00 PM PST \n\n\nRegister (for free) to watch this program’s debut\n\n\n\nParents all over the world are facing a dilemma: what do we tell children about threatening truths\, from COVID-19 to climate change? How do we balance their need to be informed and prepared with their equally important right to experience the carefree joy of youth and dream of the future? These questions are more urgent than ever at a time when our kids’ routines\, schedules\, and ideas of normalcy have been completely upended—and when parents are struggling to answer their children’s questions in a way that doesn’t undermine kids’ baseline of stability and structure. \nAuthor\, speaker\, and coach Christine Carter\, Ph.D. draws on her own parenting experiences\, as well as the latest scientific research in psychology\, sociology\, and neuroscience\, to give advice for living\, working\, and parenting with greater joy and meaning. In her recent book\, Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World\, New York Times bestselling author and psychologist Madeline Levine seems to have anticipated the needs and struggles of families during this crisis. Environmental pioneer Sarah Jaquette Ray’s A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety is an essential toolkit for the climate generation—and the rest of us—as we confront the greatest environmental threat of our time: one that\, as we’re learning\, worsens pandemics. We couldn’t ask for a better trio of guides to empower us with the knowledge and insight to parent well in these trying times. Moderated by Dacher Keltner\, a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecommended Reading\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristine Carter\, The New Adolescence \nMadeline Levine\, Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World\nSarah Jaquette Ray\, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet\nDacher Keltner\, The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence \nOrder your copies from one of our independent bookstore partners
URL:https://litseen.com/event/parenting-in-a-time-of-crisis-christine-carter-sarah-jaquette-ray-and-madeline-levine/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T203000
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Noir with Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill
DESCRIPTION:celebrating the release of the the new crime fiction anthology \nBerkeley Noir \nEdited by Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill \npublished by Akashic Books \nBerkeley brings its own unique blend of Bay Area noir\, complementing the grit and grime that preceded it in San Francisco Noir and Oakland Noir. \nAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies\, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories\, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. \nBrand-new stories by: Barry Gifford\, Jim Nisbet\, Lexi Pandell\, Lucy Jane Bledsoe\, Mara Faye Lethem\, Thomas Burchfield\, Shanthi Sekaran\, Nick Mamatas\, Kimn Neilson\, Jason S. Ridler\, Susan Dunlap\, J.M. Curet\, Summer Brenner\, Michael David Lukas\, Aya de León\, and Owen Hill. \nJerry Thompson is a bookseller\, poet\, playwright\, and musician. His work has appeared in ZYZZYVA and the James White Review. He is the coauthor of Images of America: Black Artists in Oakland. His fiction and prose have appeared in various anthologies including Voices Rising\, edited by G. Winston James\, and Freedom in this Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men’s Writing\, edited by E. Lynn Harris. He is the coeditor of both Oakland Noir \nOwen Hill is the author of two crime novels\, The Chandler Apartments and The Incredible Double\, and he coedited The Annotated Big Sleep with Pamela Jackson and Anthony Dean Rizzuto. Until recently he lived in the Chandler Building on the corner of Telegraph and Dwight in Berkeley.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-noir-with-jerry-thompson-and-owen-hill/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Santa Cruz: Francesca Bell and Len Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Join Poetry Santa Cruz at Bookshop Santa Cruz for a poetry reading featuring local poets and authors. This month’s event will feature Francesca Bell and Len Anderson. \nPoetry Santa Cruz is dedicated to nurturing the poetry community and bringing poetry to the larger community in Santa Cruz County. They present poetry readings at Bookshop Santa Cruz and other locations in Santa Cruz County\, and the Poet/Speak open reading. They also provide free information on other poetry-related events in the area. Poetry Santa Cruz is grateful for the support of its members and donors\, especially a most generous bequest from co-founder and former board member Tillie Washburn Shaw.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-santa-cruz-francesca-bell-and-len-anderson-2/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Santa Cruz: Francesca Bell and Len Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Join Poetry Santa Cruz at Bookshop Santa Cruz for a poetry reading featuring local poets and authors. This month’s event will feature Francesca Bell and Len Anderson. \nPoetry Santa Cruz is dedicated to nurturing the poetry community and bringing poetry to the larger community in Santa Cruz County. They present poetry readings at Bookshop Santa Cruz and other locations in Santa Cruz County\, and the Poet/Speak open reading. They also provide free information on other poetry-related events in the area. Poetry Santa Cruz is grateful for the support of its members and donors\, especially a most generous bequest from co-founder and former board member Tillie Washburn Shaw.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-santa-cruz-francesca-bell-and-len-anderson/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200512T210000
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SUMMARY:Katie Burke: Urban Playground
DESCRIPTION:Katie Burke discusses her new book Urban Playground: What Kids Say about Living in San Francisco. \nPraise for Urban Playground \n“In this charming\, warm-hearted\, often very funny book\, Katie Burke takes us into the minds of children—a place we should all spend more time! Not only a wonderfully insightful kid’s eye guide to San Francisco\, Urban Playground is also an interactive manual for getting into the minds of your own—and your friends’—children. Reading its sweet—and sometimes quirky—interviews\, is to see San Francisco with the freshest eyes possible.”—JANIS COOKE NEWMAN\, author of A Master Plan for Rescue \n“If you’re seeking the honest truth from kids\, you will find few better resources than Urban Playground\, by San Francisco writer Katie Burke. Burke’s StoryCorps-like interviews\, quoting kids on everything from pupusas to Pride Week\, reveal that the Bay Area remains a fertile ground for smart\, confident\, and fun-loving kids. Says a seven-year-old girl who’s on the road to becoming an archaeologist\, ‘It usually takes about maybe a month or a year to dig up one dinosaur.’ After reading this book\, I wouldn’t be surprised if she or another San Francisco kid figured out how to dig one up sooner!.”—SALLY SMITH\, Editor and Co-Publisher\, The Noe Valley Voice \n“Children make the best tour guides. In Katie Burke’s lively Urban Playground series\, young city-dwellers share how they experience all aspects of city life\, from restaurants\, holidays\, people\, and parks to pets\, schools\, sports\, shops\, and activities. Their observations are moving and thought-provoking\, and reveal what makes a city interesting and unique. This book will appeal to adults and kids who wish to see (and re-see) San Francisco.”—CHRISTINA CLANCY\, author of The Second Home \nAbout Urban Playground \nRural areas cover 97 percent of the United States–yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the millions of children who populate our nation’s cities?\nIn Urban Playground\, Katie Burke interviews fifty children\, ages five to nine\, who live in San Francisco. In each conversation\, she explores one of ten different themes–family\, school\, pets\, vacation\, work\, heroes\, holidays\, favorite foods\, talents\, and sports–followed by insights on the topic. She rounds out each segment with five questions for adults and kids to discuss after they’ve read it together\, encouraging open\, honest dialogue about young readers’ thoughts on the subject matter at hand. Future books in the series will expand into other major U.S. cities. Fun\, accessible\, and interactive\, Urban Playground is an important window into the ways children in cities think about and describe the most important aspects of their lives–which is every aspect of their lives. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katie-burke-urban-playground/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T120000
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Solnit\, Lidia Yuknavitch\, & Jaime Cortez For Green Arcade Books
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising Goal: $2000 \nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. Writer\, historian\, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism\, western and indigenous history\, popular power\, social change and insurrection\, wandering and walking\, hope and disaster. Lidia Yuknavitch is the National Bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan and The Small Backs of Children\, winner of the 2016 Oregon Book Award’s Ken Kesey Award for Fiction as well as the Reader’s Choice Award\, the novel Dora: A Headcase\, and a critical book on war and narrative\, Allegories Of Violence (Routledge). Jaime Cortez is a Northern California writer and visual artist. His book of short stories\, entitled “Gordo\,” will be published by Grove Atlantic Press in 2021. \nThis event is hosted by Charlie Jane Anders\, organizer of Writers With Drinks. \nAll proceeds benefit Green Arcade Books. Shop online now! \n\nMay 22 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite\n\n\nWe use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code. (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video\, but it’s nice to see faces.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rebecca-solnit-lidia-yuknavitch-jaime-cortez-for-green-arcade-books/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T120000
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SUMMARY:Mary Roach And Emily Anthes For Moe’s Books
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising goal: $2000 \nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. On May 13\, we’re thrilled to feature Mary Roach and Emily Anthes in conversation to support Moe’s Books. \nMary Roach is the author of six New York Times bestsellers\, including GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War; STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; and PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. \nEmily Anthes is a science journalist and author. Her new book\, The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior\, Health\, and Happiness\, will be published in June. She is also the author of Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts \nAll proceeds benefit Moe’s Books. Shop Moe’s right now! \nMay 13 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite \nNote: You will receive information for the video conference upon registering for the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-roach-and-emily-anthes-for-moes-books/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
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SUMMARY:Virtual Fundraiser: Mary Roach and Emily Anthes!
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 13\, 2020 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM \nLocation: \nAnywhere! \nWebsite \n\n\n\n\nCharlie Jane Anders\, hugo award-winning author and friend of Moe’s\, is organizing a series of virtual readings to benefit local bookstores\, and this one will benefit Moe’s!\nTo attend\, go to this link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mary-roach-and-emily-anthes-in-conversation-tickets-103527950888 and buy a ticket.\nTickets are pay-what-you want and all proceeds will go to Moe’s!\nThis event is part of a series\, and you can see the rest here: https://welovebookstores.org/upcoming-events/\nFrom the event listing:\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. Fridays will feature readings for kids\, and we’re incredibly lucky and thrilled to feature Alex Gino and Mike Jung\, raising funds for the Multicultural Children’s Bookstore in Richmond\, CA. \nThe authors\nMary Roach is the author of six New York Times bestsellers\, including GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War; STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; and PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. STIFF has been published in 29 languages\, and her second book\, SPOOK\, was a New York Times Notable Book. Mary has written for National Geographic\, Wired\, Discover\, New Scientist\, and the Journal of Clinical Anatomy\, among others. She has served on the Usage Panel of American Heritage Dictionary\, and her 2009 TED talk made the organization’s Twenty Most-Watched List. She was guest editor of the 2011 Best American Science and Nature Writing\, a finalist for the Royal Society’s Winton Prize for Science Books\, and a winner of American Engineering Societies’ Engineering Journalism Award\, in a category for which\, let’s be honest\, she was the sole entrant. \nEmily Anthes is a science journalist and author. Her new book\, The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior\, Health\, and Happiness\, will be published in June. She is also the author of Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts\, which was longlisted for the PEN/E.O Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Emily’s work has also appeared in The New York Times\, The New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, Wired\, Nature\, Slate\, Businessweek\, and elsewhere. Her magazine features have won several awards\, including the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award and the NASW Science in Society Journalism Award. \nThe beneficiary\nSince its inception back in the heyday of the Beatnik era\, Moe’s Books has managed to become more than just a great bookstore–it has achieved the rarified status of a beloved landmark institution as well. Situated just four blocks from the University of California campus\, Moe’s has managed to mirror the often turbulent and triumphant times that have come to epitomize all that is exciting and unique about Berkeley. \nFounded in 1959 by Moe Moskowitz and his wife\, Barbara\, the original site of the store was a small shop on Shattuck just north of University Avenue. He moved the store up to Telegraph Avenue in the 1960s\, right in the middle of the Free Speech Movement and the famous anti-war demonstrations that put Berkeley on the political map. Moe’s has hundreds of thousands of titles in its ever-changing stock. \nHow does it work?\nWe use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code. (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video\, but it’s nice to see faces.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-fundraiser-mary-roach-and-emily-anthes/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
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SUMMARY:Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano / Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts a virtual event with journalists Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano for their new book Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy. \nPlease join us: we’ll be streaming on our Facebook page! \nFriends\, neighbors: We are pleased to be able to bring you some of our events virtually while our doors are otherwise closed in the interest of public health. You can still support us in the usual ways: you can make donations; you can buy the book and we’ll deliver it directly to your door; and did you know we keep our gift certificates on file and they never expire? Thank you very much for your support – we’re proud to be a legacy business and a mainstay of the Haight-Ashbury since 1976! \n\nThere is no precedent in postwar American history for the destruction of the town of Paradise\, California. On November 8\, 2018\, the community of 27\,000 people was swallowed by the ferocious Camp Fire\, which razed virtually every home and killed at least 85 people. The catastrophe seared the American imagination\, taking the front page of every major national newspaper and top billing on the news networks. It displaced tens of thousands of people\, yielding a refugee crisis that continues to unfold. \nFire in Paradise is a dramatic and moving narrative of the disaster based on hundreds of in-depth interviews with residents\, firefighters and police\, and scientific experts. Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano are California-based journalists who have reported on Paradise since the day the fire began. Together they reveal the heroics of the first responders\, the miraculous escapes of those who got out of Paradise\, and the horrors experienced by those who were trapped. Their accounts are intimate and unforgettable\, including the local who left her home on foot as fire approached while her 82-year-old father stayed to battle it; the firefighter who drove into the heart of the inferno in his bulldozer; the police officer who switched on his body camera to record what he thought would be his final moments as the flames closed in; and the mother who\, less than 12 hours after giving birth in the local hospital\, thought she would die in the chaotic evacuation with her baby in her lap. Gee and Anguiano also explain the science of wildfires\, write powerfully about the role of the power company PG&E in the blaze\, and describe the poignant efforts to raise Paradise from the ruins. \nThis is the story of a town at the forefront of a devastating global shift—of a remarkable landscape sucked ever drier of moisture and becoming inhospitable even to trees\, now dying in their tens of millions and turning to kindling. It is also the story of a lost community\, one that epitomized a provincial\, affordable kind of Californian existence that is increasingly unattainable. It is\, finally\, a story of a new kind of fire behavior that firefighters have never witnessed before and barely know how to handle. What happened in Paradise was unprecedented in America. Yet according to climate scientists and fire experts\, it will surely happen again. \n\nAlastair Gee is an award-winning editor and reporter at the Guardian who has also written for The New Yorker online\, the New York Times\, and the Economist. Gee lives in New York City. \nDani Anguiano writes for the Guardian and was a reporter for the Chico Enterprise-Record. Anguiano lives in the San Francisco Bay area. \n\nThis event is free and all ages. \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alastair-gee-and-dani-anguiano-fire-in-paradise-an-american-tragedy/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
CREATED:20191120T051659Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\nWednesday\, May 13\, 2020 – 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nDe La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\n\n\nJoin us as the final group of our 2nd year graduate students read their work. Curated and hosted by a committee of graduate students\, the Graduate Student Reading Series showcases the dynamic and welcoming arts community here at Saint Mary’s College. \n\nLis Arevalo Hidalgo (Creative Nonfiction)\nLia Castro (Fiction)\nSage Giordano (Poetry)\nFlorencia Orlandoni (Creative Nonfiction)\n\n\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR\n\n\nCONTACT:\n\n\nKrista Varela Posell ext. 4762 \nwriters@stmarys-ca.edu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/graduate-student-reading-series-4/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200513T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
CREATED:20200219T014919Z
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SUMMARY:Micheline Aharonian Marcom: The New American
DESCRIPTION:Micheline Aharonian Marcom discusses her new novel The New American with Sara Campos. \nSelect praise for Micheline Aharonian Marcom \n“The fierce beauty of her prose both confronts readers with many breathtaking cruelties and carries us past them.”The New York Times \n“Powerful…Marcom’s writing is intensely poetic.”Washington Post \n“Lyrical…Marcom is so talented.”Chicago Tribune \n“Dazzling and disquieting.”Los Angeles Times \n“Marcom’s seamless\, ethereal prose is suffused with raw emotion; there is heart-break on every page\, but also hope.”San Francisco Chronicle \nAbout The New American \nIn this timely and emotionally powerful novel\, award-winning author Micheline A. Marcom recounts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan-American college student\, a “dreamer\,” who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. \nEmilio believes he is living the American Dream: his parents\, who emigrated from Guatemala to California\, sacrifice daily to ensure it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers\, Emilio is determined to get his driver’s license—however\, his mother discourages it. When Emilio asks why\, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is undocumented. \nEmilio adjusts to his new normal. He attends UC Berkeley. He falls in love. All is going well…until Emilio gets into a car accident and—without a driver’s license or any documentation—the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE]. \nEmilio is deported to Guatemala. But he is determined to get back to California\, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles through remote towns\, lush jungles\, and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the US-Mexico border\, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. \nInspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees\, and told in lyrical prose\, Micheline A. Marcom weaves a heart-pounding and heartbreaking tale of adventure. The New American is an important and well-timed novel that asks us what we have in common—across cultures\, experiences\, and borders—and what makes us not only American\, but altogether human.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/micheline-aharonian-marcom-the-new-american/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
CREATED:20200501T212259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T212259Z
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SUMMARY:Katherine Silver in conversation with Mauro Javier Cárdenas
DESCRIPTION:Katherine Silver in conversation with Mauro Javier Cárdenas \nCarlos Onetti meets Julio Ramón Ribeyro in an evening of discussion between a master translator and an award winning novelist \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———— \n(Click Here) to make reservations \nEvent is free\, but reservations are required \n——– \nBooks for this event may be purchased on : \n>Purchase A Dream Come True here< \n>Purchase The Word of the Speechless : Selected Stories here< \n>Purchase The Revelutionaries Try Again here< \n——– \ncelebrating the release of \nA Dream Come True: the Complete Stories of Juan Carlos Onetti \nTranslated by Katharine Silver \npublished by Archipelago Press \n& \nThe Word of the Speechless : Selected Stories \nby Julio Ramón Ribeyro\, edited and translated from the Spanish by Katharine Silver\, with an introduction by Alejandro Zambra \npublished by New York Review Books \n \nAbout Juan Carlos Onetti: \nJuan Carlos Onetti was born in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, but began writing in Buenos Aires in the late 1930s. Nobel Prize-winner Mario Vargas Llosa described Onetti as “one of the great modern writers\, not only in Latin America.” He published short stories in La Nación and in the magazine Sur\, founded by Victoria Ocampo and Jorge Luis Borges. He then proceeded to write novels centered around the imaginary town of Santa María\, which he described through a complex\, poetic\, and existentialist prose in “Los Astilleros\,” “Juntacadáveres\,” and “La vida breve”. He was exiled to Spain in 1976\, where he worked as a writer for El País and several Latin American newspapers. His lyrical stories and compact novels awarded him the Cervantes Prize in 1980 and the Rodó Prize in 1991. \n \nAbout Julio Ramón Ribeyro: \n\n\n\n\nThe Peruvian writer Julio Ramón Ribeyro is one of the masters of the short story and a major contributor to the great flourishing of Latin American literature that followed the Second World War. In a letter to an editor\, Ribeyro said about his stories\, “in most of [them] those who are deprived of words in life find expression— the marginalized\, the forgotten\, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath they’ve been denied\, and I’ve allowed them to modulate their own longings\, outbursts\, and distress.” This is work of deep humanity\, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyro’s alone. The Word of the Speechless\, edited and translated by Katherine Silver\, introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction. \n\n\n\n\nKatherine Silver has translated more than thirty books\, mostly of literature from the Americas. Her most recent and forthcoming translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff\, Julio Ramón Ribeyro\, Julio Cortázar\, Daniel Sada\, Horacio Castellanos Moya\, César Aira\, and Pedro Lemebel. She has received numerous awards and prizes\, including three National Endowment for the Arts translation fellowships.\nShe was recently translator-in-residence at the University of Iowa\, and is the former director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. \nYou can read an interview with Katherine Silver in The Believer \nMauro Javier Cardenas grew up in Guayaquil\, Ecuador\, and graduated with a degree in Economics from Stanford University. He’s the author of  The Revolutionaries Try Again (Coffee House Press). In 2016 he received a Joseph Henry Jackson Award and in 2017 the Hay Festival included him in Bogota 39\, a selection of the best young Latin American novelists. His interviews and essays on/with László Krasznahorkai\, Antonio Lobo Antunes\, Javier Marias\, Horacio Castellanos Moya\, Juan Villoro\, and Tatiana Huezo have appeared in Music & Literature\, San Francisco Chronicle\, BOMB\, ZYZZYVA\, and The Quarterly Conversation. \nVisit: www.maurojaviercardenas.com \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katherine-silver-in-conversation-with-mauro-javier-cardenas/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
CREATED:20200514T015444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200514T015444Z
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta Zoom Reading
DESCRIPTION:Folks! Join us Thursday evening for a Zoom open mic! Find the link below! \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOivqDsuGN3874bFQ-7kFD56Uvs4cPG4?fbclid=IwAR0ccdL5H4kZSVW4zZZOpl8-4Qah1LVvcxqQ_NSQkiZ6jp68i4ITR16nEsQ
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta-zoom-reading/
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T095531
CREATED:20200430T201925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200430T201925Z
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SUMMARY:Courts\, COVID-19 & Voter Suppression
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Lala Wu\nProgram will air Thursday May 14th\, 7:00 PM PST \n\n\nRegister (for free) to watch this program’s debut\n\n\n\nWe’ve all seen the images from the recent in-person election in Wisconsin: people lined up wearing masks\, some holding signs saying “THIS IS RIDICULOUS\,” as they risked deadly COVID-19 illness and violated a shelter-in-place order simply to exercise the right to vote. Perhaps the most disturbing part of this scenario was the fact that it wouldn’t have happened without a last-minute ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that rolled back an absentee ballot extension period that had been put in place expressly to mitigate contagion potential from in-person voting. With less than six months to go until the 2020 Presidential election\, and with the COVID-19 pandemic expected to remain in full force\, can we expect a repeat of the debacle in Wisconsin—this time\, on a national scale? In the aftermath of 2013’s Shelby County v. Holder verdict that shattered the Voting Rights Act\, how much can we rely on our courts as the last line of defense in our right to vote? \nThree nationally recognized experts will lead us through the role of the courts in ensuring voters’ access to vital options like absentee ballots and early voting\, and show us how everyday citizens can act now to shape the judiciary in the short and long term. Featuring legal scholar Richard Hasen\, whose Election Meltdown was deemed “required reading for legislators and voters” by Kirkus in a starred review; Constitutional scholar Alan Hirsch\, whose A Short History of Presidential Election Crises was praised as “lucid\, balanced\, and deeply informed” by Elizabeth Kolbert; and renowned civil rights leader Abdi Soltani\, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California. Moderated by Lala Wu\, whose Sister District Project enlists 40\,000 women nationwide in the fight to win crucial state legislative elections. \nOur series on Voting Rights has been generously supported by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria\, the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation\, Mal Warwick Donor Digital\, and Guy and Jeanine Saperstein. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecommended Reading\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Hasen\, Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks\, Distrust\, and the Threat to American Democracy\nAlan Hirsch\, A Short History of Presidential Election Crises: (And How to Prevent the Next One) \nOrder your copies from one of our independent bookstore partners
URL:https://litseen.com/event/courts-covid-19-voter-suppression/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200514T203000
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SUMMARY:Mary Ruefle
DESCRIPTION:Mary Ruefle is the author of many books\, including Dunce (Wave Books\, 2019)\, My Private Property (Wave Books\, 2016)\, Trances of the Blast (Wave Books\, 2013)\, Madness\, Rack\, and Honey: Collected Lectures (Wave Books\, 2012)\, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism\, and Selected Poems (Wave Books\, 2010)\, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. She has also published a comic book\, Go Home and Go to Bed! (Pilot Books/Orange Table Comics\, 2007)\, and is an erasure artist\, whose treatments of nineteenth century texts have been exhibited in museums and galleries and published in A Little White Shadow (Wave Books\, 2006). Ruefle is the recipient of numerous honors\, including the Robert Creeley Award\, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, a Guggenheim fellowship\, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship\, and a Whiting Award. She lives in Bennington\, Vermont.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-ruefle/
LOCATION:Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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