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SUMMARY:Online Intensive Literary Seminar Series - Anna Karenina
DESCRIPTION:Anna Karenina\, by Leo Tolstoy\nWhat if the best way to end 2020 is to read “the greatest work of literature of all time”*??\nAnna Karenina may clock in at 817 pages but—Kimberly swears to you—these are 817 delightful\, engaging\, thought provoking\, historically rich pages. Tolstoy’s masterpiece is full of insanely great characters\, forbidden love\, military intrigue\, vodka\, agrarian reform and lovable wise dogs—all told with much humor and super-accessible intelligence. \nHonestly\, who among us does not want to escape for a couple of months to snowy\, romantic Imperial Russia of the 1870s? \nIf you’re worried you might get bogged down\, never fear! Tom Stoppard’s film adaptation is a thing of beauty. Read some then dig in to the movie and come to Kimberly’s two lectures knowing exactly what’s up. \nPlease join the gang in tackling this literary challenge—the longest novel in the seminars yet. You will be so glad you did. \n*Debatable. But according to a poll of eminent writers by The Guardian. \nJoin Kimberly Ford\, for this two-part seminar series on Tolstoy’s classic Anna Karenina. We will be hosting this two-part series on the following dates: \nMonday\, January 11 – 5:00-6:30 pm \nMonday\, February 1 – 5:00-6:30 pm \nA copy of Anna Karenina is included in the price of this seminar series and will be shipped to you or can be picked up at Kepler’s. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor all shipping costs will be waived for this series. The book should be read prior to the meeting date.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/online-intensive-literary-seminar-series-anna-karenina/
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Now What?
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with the Editor and Contributors of Now What? The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump. \nWhere Do We Go From Chaos? \nAs Jon Meacham writes in a back-cover blurb\, “many of America’s most thoughtful voices offer their views of the next chapter of our national life\,” in Now What? The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump\, published this month by Santa-Cruz-based Wellstone Books. Join Stephen Mack Jones\, Mark Ulriksen\, Angela Wright Shannon\, and Steve Kettmann to hear brief excerpts from the essays and wide-ranging discussion. \nRegister here for this free event on Crowdcast! \nHammett Award and Nero Prize-winning novelist STEPHEN MACK JONES is the author of the critically acclaimed thrillers August Snow and Lives Laid Away\, which was short-listed for the CWA-UK “Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award.” \nArtist and illustrator MARK ULRIKSEN has been a regular New Yorker magazine cover artist for over 25 years. He’s covered The Masters and British Open for Golf Digest\, painted murals for the Chicago Bears and written and illustrated the book Dogs Rule Nonchalantly. His past work for Wellstone Books includes the covers of Kiss the Sky by Dusty Baker\, Shop Around by Bruce Jenkins and Holy Toledo by Ken Korach. \nANGELA WRIGHT SHANNON is a freelance writer\, editor and actor. She was formerly a reporter and editor at The Charlotte Observer\, managing editor for The Winston-Salem Chronicle weekly newspaper\, and a regular panelist on “North Carolina This Week” on North Carolina Public Television. \nSTEVE KETTMANN is the co-founder\, with Sarah Ringler\, of the Wellstone Center in the Redwoods (www.wellstoneredwoods.org)\, a Soquel writers retreat center\, and publisher of Wellstone Books. A former staff reporter for New York Newsday and the San Francisco Chronicle\, he conceived and edited Game Time\, a collection of New Yorker baseball writing by Roger Angell; authored One Day at Fenway and Baseball Maverick; and has co-authored more than 12 books\, including six New York Times bestsellers.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Now What?
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with the Editor and Contributors of Now What? The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump. \nWhere Do We Go From Chaos? \nAs Jon Meacham writes in a back-cover blurb\, “many of America’s most thoughtful voices offer their views of the next chapter of our national life\,” in Now What? The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump\, published this month by Santa-Cruz-based Wellstone Books. Join Stephen Mack Jones\, Mark Ulriksen\, Angela Wright Shannon\, and Steve Kettmann to hear brief excerpts from the essays and wide-ranging discussion. \nRegister here for this free event on Crowdcast! \n\nThis is a free event. The book may be preordered below. \nYou can make a donation to help support Bookshop Santa Cruz here. Thank you! \nHammett Award and Nero Prize-winning novelist STEPHEN MACK JONES is the author of the critically acclaimed thrillers August Snow and Lives Laid Away\, which was short-listed for the CWA-UK “Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award.” \nArtist and illustrator MARK ULRIKSEN has been a regular New Yorker magazine cover artist for over 25 years. He’s covered The Masters and British Open for Golf Digest\, painted murals for the Chicago Bears and written and illustrated the book Dogs Rule Nonchalantly. His past work for Wellstone Books includes the covers of Kiss the Sky by Dusty Baker\, Shop Around by Bruce Jenkins and Holy Toledo by Ken Korach. \nANGELA WRIGHT SHANNON is a freelance writer\, editor and actor. She was formerly a reporter and editor at The Charlotte Observer\, managing editor for The Winston-Salem Chronicle weekly newspaper\, and a regular panelist on “North Carolina This Week” on North Carolina Public Television. \nSTEVE KETTMANN is the co-founder\, with Sarah Ringler\, of the Wellstone Center in the Redwoods (www.wellstoneredwoods.org)\, a Soquel writers retreat center\, and publisher of Wellstone Books. A former staff reporter for New York Newsday and the San Francisco Chronicle\, he conceived and edited Game Time\, a collection of New Yorker baseball writing by Roger Angell; authored One Day at Fenway and Baseball Maverick; and has co-authored more than 12 books\, including six New York Times bestsellers.
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Gretchen Rubin (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Gretchen Rubin‘s most recent release\, Outer Order\, Inner Calm is a lovely\, easy-to-use illustrated guide to decluttering that shows us how to take control of our stuff—and\, by extension\, our lives. \nGretchen Rubin knows firsthand that creating order can make our lives happier\, healthier\, more productive\, and more creative. But for most of us\, a rigid\, one-size-fits-all solution doesn’t work. When we tailor our approach to suit our own particular challenges and habits\, we can find inner calm. \nWith a sense of fun\, and a clear idea of what’s realistic for most people\, Rubin suggests dozens of manageable tips and tricks for creating a more serene\, orderly environment\, including: \n\nNever label anything “miscellaneous”\nAsk yourself\, “Do I need more than one?”\nDon’t aim for minimalism\nRemember: If you can’t retrieve it\, you won’t use it\nStay current with a child’s interests\nBeware the urge to “procrasticlear”\n\nBy getting rid of things we don’t use\, don’t need\, or don’t love\, we free our minds (and our shelves) for what we truly value. \nGretchen is also the author of the bestselling books The Happiness Project\, Happier at Home\, Better than Before\, and The Four Tendencies. She’s also written a bestselling biography of Winston Churchill\, Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill\, and one of John Kennedy\, Forty Ways to Look at JFK. She also hosts a popular\, award-winning podcast\, “Happier with Gretchen Rubin” and a blog\, where she writes about her daily adventures in happiness and habit-formation. She is also a regular columnist for O\, The Oprah Magazine and makes regular appearances on CBS This Morning. Before turning to writing\, Gretchen had a career in law. A graduate of Yale and Yale Law School\, she clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-gretchen-rubin-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Gina Apostol
DESCRIPTION:Join Gina Apostol and friends for the launch party of the first ever US publication of Gina Apostol’s Philippine National Book Award–winning novel \nRevolution According to Raymundo Mata \npublished by Soho Press \n———- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \nRaymundo Mata is a nightblind bookworm and a revolutionary in the Philippine war against Spain in 1896. Told in the form of a memoir\, the novel traces Mata’s childhood\, his education in Manila\, his love affairs\, and his discovery of the books of the man who becomes the nation’s great hero José Rizal (Rizal\, in real life\, is executed by the Spaniards for writing two great novels that spark revolution—the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. At the time Rizal died\, he was working on a third novel\, Makamisa). \nRaymundo Mata’s autobiography\, however\, is de-centered by another story: that of the development of the book. In the foreword(s)\, afterword(s)\, and footnotes\, we see the translator Mimi C. Magsalin (a pseudonym)\, the rabid nationalist editor Estrella Espejo\, and the neo-Freudian psychoanalyst critic Dr. Diwata Drake make multiple readings of the Mata manuscript. Inevitably\, clashes between these readings occur throughout the novel\, and in the end the reader is on a wild chase to answer enduring questions: Does the manuscript contain Makamisa or is it Makamisa? Are the journals an elaborate hoax? And who is the perpetrator of the textual crime? \nIn this story about the love of books\, the story of a nation emerges. But what is a nation? What The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata imagines is that through acts of reading\, a nation is born. \nGina Apostol’s third book\, Gun Dealers’ Daughter\, won the 2013 PEN/Open Book Award and was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize. Her first two novels\, Bibliolepsy and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata\, both won the Juan Laya Prize for the Novel (Philippine National Book Award). She was writer-in-residence at Phillips Exeter Academy and a fellow at Civitella Ranieri in Umbria\, Italy\, among other fellowships. Her essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Foreign Policy\, Gettysburg Review\, Massachusetts Review\, and others. She lives in New York City and western Massachusetts and grew up in Tacloban\, Philippines. She teaches at the Fieldston School in New York City.
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CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Community Roundtable: Miss Chinatown
DESCRIPTION:Join the CHSA Community for a roundtable discussion on topics that impact our community on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month! Our goal is to keep the community united during the time apart through our online\, roundtable discussions. We will be hosting online roundtables every-other-week with different topics to engage with the CHSA community. \n\n\nHere is our upcoming schedule! Feel free to join all topics* of interest to you: \n\nJanuary 13th-Miss Chinatown. A discussion about memories of the Miss Chinatown pageant in preparation for the Chinese New Year celebration.\n\nInterested in joining? Click here to register! \nPlease note: this is an interactive event. We encourage everyone to check that their microphones and cameras are working so that they can engage in the discussion. Space is limited to encourage participation among attendees. \n*Topics and discussion dates are subject to change depending on current events and interest.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/community-roundtable-miss-chinatown/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Story Time with Joanna Ho
DESCRIPTION:This is an online event \nJoin us to celebrate the launch of Joanna Ho’s beautiful new picture book\, Eyes That Kiss in the Corners\, a love letter to Asian eyes that features three generations of women who all have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea. \nThis is your chance to take a break from the day to day at home and the bustle of being virtually back at school. Grab your kids\, their friends who they miss playing with\, and their cousins who you couldn’t visit over the holidays and get together – virtually – for a story time all about self acceptance\, loving oneself\, having confidence\, and respecting one’s roots. \n A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers’. They have big\, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother’s\, her grandmother’s\, and her little sister’s. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea\, crinkle into crescent moons\, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life\, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment. \nJoanna Ho is passionate about equity in books and education. She has been an English teacher\, a dean\, and a teacher/professional development mastermind. She is currently the vice principal of a high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. \n Join us and discover the pleasure of an inspiring and affirming new story that is a celebration of identity
URL:https://litseen.com/event/story-time-with-joanna-ho/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Robert Jones Jr. - The Prophets (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning\, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals\, but also to each other\, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge\, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man—a fellow slave—seeks to gain favor by preaching the master’s gospel on the plantation\, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel’s love\, which was once so simple\, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation’s harmony. \nWith a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison\, Robert Jones\, Jr. fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike\, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them\, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries—of ancestors and future generations to come—culminates in a climactic reckoning\, The Prophets masterfully reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance\, but is also shot through with hope\, beauty\, and truth\, portraying the enormous\, heroic power of love. \nRobert Jones\, Jr. was born and raised in New York City. He received his BFA in creative writing with honors and MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. He has written for numerous publications\, including The New York Times\, Essence\, OkayAfrica\, The Feminist Wire\, and The Grio. He is the creator of the social justice social media community Son of Baldwin. Jones was recently featured in T Magazine‘s cover story\, “Black Male Writers of Our Time.” The Prophets is his debut novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/robert-jones-jr-the-prophets-virtual-event/
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Berkeley Arts & Letters presents David P. Barash with David Livingstone Smith / Threats: Intimidation and Its Discontents
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are very pleased to host a virtual event with David P. Barash for his new book Threats: Intimidation and Its Dicontents. He’ll be in conversation with David Livingstone Smith (On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It). \nFree and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order Threats here. We’re offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \nFrom hurricanes and avalanches to diseases and car crashes\, threats are everywhere. Beyond objective threats like these\, there are also subjective ones: situations in which individuals threaten each other or feel threatened by society. Animals\, too\, make substantial use of threats. Evolution manipulates threats like these in surprising ways\, leading us to question the ethics of honest versus dishonest communication. Rarely acknowledged–and yet crucially important–is the fact that humans\, animals\, and even plants don’t only employ threats\, they often respond with counter-threats that ultimately make things worse. By exploring the dynamic of threat and counter-threat\, this book expands on many fraught human situations\, including the fear of death\, of strangers\, and of “the other.” Each of these leads to unique challenges\, such as the specter of eternal damnation\, the murderous culture of guns and capital punishment\, and the emergence of right-wing nationalist populism. Most worrisome is the illusory security of deterrence\, the idea that we can use the threat of nuclear war to prevent nuclear war! \nThreats are so widespread that we often don’t realize how deeply they are ingrained in our minds or how profoundly and counter-productively they operate. Animals\, humans\, societies\, and even countries internalize threats\, behind which lie a myriad of intriguing questions: How do we know when to take a threat seriously? When do threats make things worse? Can they make things better? What can we do to use them wisely rather than destructively? In a comprehensive exploration into questions like these\, noted scientist David P. Barash explains some of the most important characteristics of life as we know it. \nDavid P. Barash is an evolutionary biologist and professor of psychology emeritus at the University of Washington. He’s written more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific articles on human and animal behavior\, and has written\, co-authored and edited 39 books\, most recently Threats: intimidation and its discontents\, which was just published on Oct. 1 by Oxford University Press. \nDavid Livingstone Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New England in Biddeford\, Maine. He has written or edited nine books\, including Less Than Human: Why We Demean\, Enslave and Exterminate Others (St. Martin’s Press\, 2011)\, which won the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf award for nonfiction. His work has been translated into seven languages. David is an interdisciplinary scholar\, whose publications are cited not only by other philosophers\, but also by historians\, legal scholars\, psychologists\, and anthropologists. He has been featured in several prime-time television documentaries\, is often interviewed and cited in the national and international media\, and was a guest at the 2012 G20 economic summit\, where he spoke about dehumanization and mass violence. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-berkeley-arts-letters-presents-david-p-barash-with-david-livingstone-smith-threats-intimidation-and-its-discontents/
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SUMMARY:Women Lit presents Ann Patchett
DESCRIPTION:We are partnering with the Bay Area Book Festival to present a virtual event with bestselling author (and bookstore owner) Ann Patchett. \nVisit the Book Festival’s site for ticket information. \nAbout Ann Patchett and The Dutch House\nAnn Patchett’s sweeping\, emotionally piercing novels hit that sweet spot where literary prestige meets blockbuster mainstream success (millions of copies sold).  With The Dutch House\, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\, Patchett is at her peak. This “engrossing\, warmhearted book” (NPR)\, a family saga spanning five decades\, tells the story of a brother and sister whose deep bond and secret-filled past is haunted by the legacy of an ornate mansion\, the “Dutch house\,” that was the site of childhood\, and later\, of their exile. Patchett\, who also runs Parnassus Books\, an iconic indie bookstore in her native Nashville\, is known as a literary citizen who speaks her mind with refreshing and down-to-earth brilliance. \nJoin Ann Patchett and Women Lit in a live event where you’ll have the chance to engage with her in real time. Please submit your questions for Ann when you purchase your ticket\, and she will answer as many as she can. As The New York Times Book Review said\, “Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.” We expect no less from our special experience with this author who will make your day with her warmth and wisdom! \nWomen Lit members may reserve a free ticket and will have the option to order a signed copy of The Dutch House after signing in to their account. If you would like to join Women Lit\, please sign up here. \nEach ticket includes private access to the event recording for 10 days following the live event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/women-lit-presents-ann-patchett/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Madeleine Watts
DESCRIPTION:Madeleine Watts discusses her highly anticipated debut novel\, The Inland Sea (Catapult). \n“Full of heart and disquiet\, astute and precise\, almost savage in its eloquence\, illuminated about what it feels like to love\, to be left\, to want more.” —Leslie Jamison\, author of The Empathy Exams \nThis event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. REGISTER HERE. \nAbout The Inland Sea\nDrifting after her final year in college\, a young writer begins working part-time as an emergency dispatch operator in Sydney. Over the course of an eight-hour shift\, she is dropped into hundreds of crises\, hearing only pieces of each. Callers report car accidents and violent spouses and homes caught up in flame. \nThe work becomes monotonous: answer\, transfer\, repeat. And yet the stress of listening to far-off disasters seeps into her personal life\, and she begins walking home with keys in hand\, ready to fight off men disappointed by what they find in neighboring bars. During her free time\, she gets black-out drunk\, hooks up with strangers\, and navigates an affair with an ex-lover whose girlfriend is in their circle of friends. \nTwo centuries earlier\, her great-great-great-great-grandfather–the British explorer John Oxley–traversed the wilderness of Australia in search of water. Oxley never found the inland sea\, but the myth was taken up by other men\, and over the years\, search parties walked out into the desert\, dying as they tried to find it. \nInterweaving a woman’s self-destructive unraveling with the gradual worsening of the climate crisis\, The Inland Sea is charged with unflinching insight into our age of anxiety. At a time when wildfires have swept an entire continent\, this novel asks what refuge and comfort looks like in a constant state of emergency. \nAbout Madeleine Watts\nMadeleine Watts grew up in Sydney\, Australia and currently lives in New York. She has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University\, and her fiction has been published in The White Review and The Lifted Brow. Her novella\, Afraid of Waking It was awarded the Griffith Review Novella Prize. Her non-fiction has appeared in The Believer\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, and Literary Hub. The Inland Sea is her first novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/madeleine-watts/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES\, Sofia Samatar
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 “Shelter and Place\,” a theme about world building when the world seems to be falling apart\, about writing about place\, about seeking and finding and not finding shelter in stormy times\, and of course\, what it means to be a writer and a person writing while sheltering in place. \nJANUARY 14TH FEATURED WRITER: SOFIA SAMATAR\nSofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories\, the short story collection\, Tender\, and Monster Portraits\, a collaboration with her brother\, the artist Del Samatar. Her work has received several honors\, including the World Fantasy Award. She teaches Arabic literature\, African literature\, and speculative fiction at James Madison University in Virginia. \nRegister for this FREE event series here. \nThe Living Writers Series runs on select Thursdays from 5:20-6:55p.m. Authors’ books available for pick up or delivery via Bookshop Santa Cruz. Find them here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-living-writers-series-sofia-samatar-2/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T190000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVING WRITERS SERIES\, Sofia Samatar
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Literature Department and Creative Writing Program Present: LIVING WRITERS SERIES WINTER 2021 “Shelter and Place\,” a theme about world building when the world seems to be falling apart\, about writing about place\, about seeking and finding and not finding shelter in stormy times\, and of course\, what it means to be a writer and a person writing while sheltering in place. \nJANUARY 14TH FEATURED WRITER: SOFIA SAMATAR\nSofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories\, the short story collection\, Tender\, and Monster Portraits\, a collaboration with her brother\, the artist Del Samatar. Her work has received several honors\, including the World Fantasy Award. She teaches Arabic literature\, African literature\, and speculative fiction at James Madison University in Virginia. \nRegister for this FREE event series here. \nThe Living Writers Series runs on select Thursdays from 5:20-6:55p.m. Authors’ books available for pick up or delivery via Bookshop Santa Cruz. Find them here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-living-writers-series-sofia-samatar/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
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LAST-MODIFIED:20201205T000814Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Mary Ziegler with Becca Andrews / Abortion and the Law in America: Roe V. Wade to the Present
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Mother Jones are very pleased to host a virtual event with Mary Ziegler for her new book Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present. She’ll be in conversation with Mother Jones reproductive rights reporter Becca Andrews. \nFree and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order a copy of Abortion and the Law in America here. We’re currently offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \nWith the Supreme Court likely to reverse Roe v. Wade\, the landmark abortion decision\, American debate appears fixated on clashing rights. The first comprehensive legal history of a vital period\, Abortion and the Law in America illuminates an entirely different and unexpected shift in the terms of debate. Rather than simply championing rights\, those on opposing sides battled about the policy costs and benefits of abortion and laws restricting it. This mostly unknown turn deepened polarization in ways many have missed. Never abandoning their constitutional demands\, pro-choice and pro-life advocates increasingly disagreed about the basic facts. Drawing on unexplored records and interviews with key participants\, Ziegler complicates the view that the Supreme Court is responsible for the escalation of the conflict. A gripping account of social-movement divides and crucial legal strategies\, this book delivers a definitive recent history of an issue that transforms American law and politics to this day. \nMary Ziegler is the Stearns Weaver Miller Professor at Florida State University College of Law. Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Garrow has called her “the premier historian of abortion in the post-Roe era.” She teaches and writes on the legal history of reproduction and constitutional law\, family law\, and sexuality. Her latest book is Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present (Cambridge University Press 2020). Her first book\, After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate (Harvard\, 2015)\, was the winner of the 2014 Harvard University Press Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize for best first manuscript in any discipline. She often serves as commentator in leading mass media outlets across the world\, including The Atlantic\, The BBC\, the Boston Globe\, CNN\, the Guardian\, MSNBC\, NBC\, The New York Times\, NPR\, PBS News Hour\, Politico\, the Wall Street Journal\, and The Washington Post. \nBecca Andrews is a reporter at Mother Jones. A Southerner\, she most often writes about the Southeast\, gender\, and culture. Before joining Mother Jones as an editorial fellow\, she wrote for newspapers in Tennessee. Her work has also appeared in Slate\, Marie Claire UK\, and USA Today. Her first book\, No Choice\, on the dwindling access to abortion in the United States\, is forthcoming from Hachette’s Public Affairs imprint. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-mary-ziegler-with-becca-andrews-abortion-and-the-law-in-america-roe-v-wade-to-the-present/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Rameshwar Das (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Born Richard Alpert\, Ram Dass was a prominent Harvard psychology professor who partnered with Timothy Leary in psychedelic research\, and later traveled to India and met his guru\, Neem Karoli Baba. Upon returning to the US with his new name\, which means “servant of God\,” Ram Dass became a pivotal influence on the culture with his groundbreaking book Be Here Now—a backpacker’s bible for a generation of spiritual seekers. In this new definitive memoir\, Being Ram Dass\, America’s best-known and beloved spiritual teacher\, Ram Dass\, shares his life story set against the backdrop of eight decades of cultural transformation. \nRameshwar Das\, coauthor of Being Ram Dass\, will join Marin local Dr. Larry Brilliant\, in conversation about the life and new memoir from spiritual teacher and cultural icon\, Ram Dass. Both Rameshwar Das and Dr. Brilliant were longtime friends of Ram Dass\, having known him for over 50 years. Just as Neem Karoli Baba foretold Ram Dass he would write a book (Be Here Now)\, he also foretold Brilliant would work for the World Health Organization’s India smallpox program\, to help eradicate this ancient plague (which he did). \nRameshwar Das is an writer\, photographer\, and coauthor of several Ram Dass books including Be Love Now\, Polishing the Mirror\, and Being Ram Dass. He lives in East Hampton\, Long Island. \nDr. Larry Brilliant is a physician and epidemiologist\, CEO of Pandefense Advisory\, and a CNN Medical Analyst. He also serves on the board of the Skoll Foundation\, as well as co-founded the Seva Foundation\, an NGO whose programs have given back sight to more than 5 million blind people in two dozen countries. Dr. Brilliant is the author of Sometimes Brilliant\, a memoir about working to eradicate smallpox. He lives in Marin County\, CA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-rameshwar-das-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
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SUMMARY:Kevin Begos in Conversation with Dan Polsby\, Vintage Berkeley--virtually
DESCRIPTION:discussing Tasting the Past: One Man’s Quest to Discover (and Drink!) the World’s Original Wines. \n“Takes readers along on a journey to find the historical origins of wine. [Begos’s] story unfolds in a manner similar to the growth of ancient grapevines; rooted in a strong central narrative\, side stories grow like tendrils\, wrapping around and supporting each other\, while clusters of vividly described wines emerge like ripe grapes.”–Science \nTo register and buy the book\, please write dan@vintageberkeley.com. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, January 14\, 2021 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n“A vintner’s blend of science\, history\, travel\, and tantalizing drink recommendations.”–Amy Stewart\, author of The Drunken Bo1tanist  \nPull up a chair and pour yourself a glass of whatever Dan recommends\, and enjoy a lively conversation between these wine experts! \nIn search of a mysterious wine he once tasted in a hotel room minibar\, journalist Begos travels along the original wine routes–from the  Caucasus Mountains\, where wine grapes were first domesticated eight thousand years ago\, crossing the Mediterranean to Europe\, and then America–and unearths a whole world of forgotten grapes\, each with distinctive tastes and aromas. We meet the scientists who are decoding the DNA of wine grapes\, and the historians who are searching for ancient vineyards and the flavors cultivated there. Begos discovers wines that go far beyond the bottles of Chardonnay and Merlot found in most stores and restaurants\, and he offers suggestions for wines that are at once ancient and new. \nKevin Begos is a former MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and a former AP correspondent whose stories and research have appeared in major newspapers and other publications\, including Scientific American\, Harper’s\, Salon\, the Christian Science Monitor\, the Guild of Sommeliers\, USA Today\, and the New York Times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kevin-begos-in-conversation-with-dan-polsby-vintage-berkeley-virtually/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T210000
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SUMMARY:Nora Harlow and Saxon Holt in Conversation--virtually
DESCRIPTION:discussing their new book Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates: Plants for a Lush\, Water-Conscious Landscape. \nEvery Bay Area gardener needs this book written and photographed by the same team that produced Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates (published by EBMUD in 2004 and an instant bestseller at Mrs. Dalloway’s when we first opened). \nWatch this space for registration details as they become available. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, January 14\, 2021 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nGardening in an area defined by arid summers and soggy winters can be challenging. But gardens can thrive in such conditions\, and this definitive handbook shares the plants and practices that will help you succeed. Landscape architect Nora Harlow and award-winning photographer Saxon Holt explain how plants adapt to the climate and how topography and climate relate. A comprehensive plant directory provides details on each plant’s needs\, and stunning photography shows how smart design can help address seasonal issues. It’s everything you need to create a flourishing summer-dry garden. \nNora Harlow is a landscape architect and gardener with wide-ranging experience in the summer-dry climates of California. She was assistant editor of Pacific Horticulture magazine for many years and supervisor of water conservation for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland\, where she designed low-water landscapes for District facilities. \nSaxon Holt is a photojournalist who has spent more than 40 years exploring Kingdom Plantae and the fundamental importance of plants to the health of the planet. A lifelong gardener\, he abandoned commercial photography when he discovered garden publishers and could no longer stay in a studio. His work has been featured in diverse publications\, from Architectural Digest and Pacific Horticulture to Smithsonian and Money magazines.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nora-harlow-and-saxon-holt-in-conversation-virtually/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T210000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: George Saunders and Tobias Wolff
DESCRIPTION:bout the Event \nPart hilarious prophet\, part tender interpreter of the human condition\, Booker Prize winner George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo) has been called “the only writer who predicted 2020.” His tales\, which generally are “not like anything anyone has written before” (The Atlantic)\, mix razor-sharp absurdism with a huge heart. They’re routinely celebrated with headlines like “George Saunders has written the best book you’ll read this year” (that was the New York Times on Tenth of December in 2013) or “a luminous feat of generosity and humanism” (Colson Whitehead on Lincoln in the Bardo in 2016). Or\, as Khaled Hosseini put it\, “Saunders makes you feel like you’re reading fiction for the first time.” \nHow does he do it? In our once-in-a-lifetime live\, virtual event\, Saunders teams up with his dear friend and mentor\, Tobias Wolff (This Boy’s Life) — one of Barack Obama’s National Medal of the Arts honorees — to celebrate Saunders’ first book in four years\, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing\, Reading\, and Life. They’ll discuss how to channel the craft of four Russian greats (Chekhov\, Turgenev\, Tolstoy\, and Gogol) to create lives — both on and off the page — imbued with the profound humanity these masters awaken in readers: a recognition of our fragile\, surreal\, frequently funny\, sometimes tragic\, always beautiful existence. Join these two literary legends (and their favorite literary ancestors) for an unforgettable Friday night as together we kick off a new year with warmth\, wit\, and wisdom. \nTickets include an exclusive signed copy of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain! Note\, this event will be a one-time-only\, live\, interactive virtual experience\, not to be re-aired\, and both space and signed books are limited. Get your tickets now!  \nTickets are available here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-george-saunders-and-tobias-wolff/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T120000
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SUMMARY:Kate Messner on Instagram Live IGTV
DESCRIPTION:reading her timely book The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents\, an inspiring and informative book for kids about the past and future of America’s presidents. \n“Ingeniously structured around inaugural years\, [this book]’s softly textured digital vignettes are montaged to give a sense of events unfolding in many places and lives at once. readers may be convinced that the future is wide open-presidentially speaking.”–Publishers Weekly\, starred review \nJoin us on Instagram IGTV. Follow along @MRSDALLOWAYS. Videos disappear after 24 hours so be sure to watch! \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, January 16\, 2021 – 11:00am\n\n\n\n\n\nWho will be the NEXT president? Could it be you? When George Washington became the first president of the United States\, there were nine future presidents already alive in America\, doing things like practicing law or studying medicine. \nWhen JFK became the thirty-fifth president\, there were 10 future presidents already alive in America\, doing things like hosting TV shows and learning the saxophone. \nAnd right now–today!–there are at least 10 future presidents alive in America. They could be playing basketball\, like Barack Obama\, or helping in the garden\, like Dwight D. Eisenhower. They could be solving math problems or reading books. They could be making art–or already making change. \nKate Messner is an award-winning author whose many books for kids have been selected as Best Books by the New York Times\, Junior Library Guild\, IndieBound\, and Bank Street College of Education. She lives on Lake Champlain with her family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kate-messner-on-instagram-live-igtv/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210116T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20201207T064039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201207T064039Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON SATURDAY\, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL\,\nBIG GIRL\, SMALL TOWN\, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info  \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81976016190 \nPraise for Big Girl\, Small Town \n“[A] sensational debut . . . Gallen’s effortless immersion into a gritty\, endlessly bittersweet world packs a dizzying punch.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“I loved Majella from the first page. Our relatable heroine jumps off the page like an old friend. Utterly brilliant and deliciously hilarious! With humor\, wit and beauty\, Gallen subtly unveils a violence and conflict that lies beneath\, exploring the legacy of the Troubles and the deeply felt effects through generations.”\n—Christy Lefteri\, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo \n“A winning evocation of a small Irish community whose people burst from its pages. Engaging and satisfying.”\n—Daily Mail \nAbout Big Girl\, Small Town \nMeet Majella O’Neill\, a heroine like no other\, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls \nMajella is happiest out of the spotlight\, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother\, working in the local chip shop\, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls\, too small)\, has the same dinner each night (fish and chips\, microwaved at home after her shift ends)\, and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas\, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed. \nBut underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny\, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey\, the pub\, and the chip shop. In fact\, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town. \nTold in a highly original voice\, with a captivating heroine readers will love and root for\, Big Girl\, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, and accessible literary fiction with an edge. \nAbout Michelle Gallen \nMichelle Gallen was born in County Tyrone in the mid 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles from the border between what she was told was the”‘Free” State and the “United” Kingdom. She studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and won several prestigious prizes as a young writer. Following a devastating brain injury in her midtwenties\, she co-founded three award-winning companies and won international recognition for digital innovation. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and kids. \nAbout Crissy Van Meter \nCrissy Van Meter grew up in Southern California. Her writing has appeared in Vice\, Bustle\, Guernica\, and Catapult. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-michelle-gallen-and-crissy-van-meter-2/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Michelle Gallen and Crissy Van Meter
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US ON SATURDAY\, JANUARY 16 AT 12PM PT WHEN MICHELLE GALLEN DISCUSSES HER NOVEL\,\nBIG GIRL\, SMALL TOWN\, WITH CRISSY VAN METER ON ZOOM!\nZoom Login Info  \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81976016190\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,81976016190#  or +12532158782\,\,81976016190#\nWebinar ID: 819 7601 6190\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGpjfKace \nPraise for Big Girl\, Small Town \n“[A] sensational debut . . . Gallen’s effortless immersion into a gritty\, endlessly bittersweet world packs a dizzying punch.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred review) \n“I loved Majella from the first page. Our relatable heroine jumps off the page like an old friend. Utterly brilliant and deliciously hilarious! With humor\, wit and beauty\, Gallen subtly unveils a violence and conflict that lies beneath\, exploring the legacy of the Troubles and the deeply felt effects through generations.”\n—Christy Lefteri\, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo \n“A winning evocation of a small Irish community whose people burst from its pages. Engaging and satisfying.”\n—Daily Mail \nAbout Big Girl\, Small Town \nMeet Majella O’Neill\, a heroine like no other\, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls \nMajella is happiest out of the spotlight\, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother\, working in the local chip shop\, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls\, too small)\, has the same dinner each night (fish and chips\, microwaved at home after her shift ends)\, and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas\, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed. \nBut underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny\, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey\, the pub\, and the chip shop. In fact\, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town. \nTold in a highly original voice\, with a captivating heroine readers will love and root for\, Big Girl\, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, and accessible literary fiction with an edge. \nAbout Michelle Gallen \nMichelle Gallen was born in County Tyrone in the mid 1970s and grew up during the Troubles a few miles from the border between what she was told was the”‘Free” State and the “United” Kingdom. She studied English literature at Trinity College Dublin and won several prestigious prizes as a young writer. Following a devastating brain injury in her midtwenties\, she co-founded three award-winning companies and won international recognition for digital innovation. She now lives in Dublin with her husband and kids. \nAbout Crissy Van Meter \nCrissy Van Meter grew up in Southern California. Her writing has appeared in Vice\, Bustle\, Guernica\, and Catapult. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-michelle-gallen-and-crissy-van-meter/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T140000
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SUMMARY:Mahmood Mamdani in conversation with Gil Anidjar
DESCRIPTION:discussing \nNeither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities \nby Mahmood Mamdani \npublished by Belknap Press (an imprint of Harvard University Press) \n———- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. (link to be posted soon) \n———– \n\nMaking the radical argument that the nation-state was born of colonialism\, this book calls us to rethink political violence and reimagine political community beyond majorities and minorities. \nIn this genealogy of political modernity\, Mahmood Mamdani argues that the nation-state and the colonial state created each other. In case after case around the globe—from the New World to South Africa\, Israel to Germany to Sudan—the colonial state and the nation-state have been mutually constructed through the politicization of a religious or ethnic majority at the expense of an equally manufactured minority. \nThe model emerged in North America\, where genocide and internment on reservations created both a permanent native underclass and the physical and ideological spaces in which new immigrant identities crystallized as a settler nation. In Europe\, this template would be used by the Nazis to address the Jewish Question\, and after the fall of the Third Reich\, by the Allies to redraw the boundaries of Eastern Europe’s nation-states\, cleansing them of their minorities. After Nuremberg the template was used to preserve the idea of the Jews as a separate nation. By establishing Israel through the minoritization of Palestinian Arabs\, Zionist settlers followed the North American example. The result has been another cycle of violence. \nNeither Settler nor Native offers a vision for arresting this historical process. Mamdani rejects the “criminal” solution attempted at Nuremberg\, which held individual perpetrators responsible without questioning Nazism as a political project and thus the violence of the nation-state itself. Instead\, political violence demands political solutions: not criminal justice for perpetrators but a rethinking of the political community for all survivors—victims\, perpetrators\, bystanders\, beneficiaries—based on common residence and the commitment to build a common future without the permanent political identities of settler and native. Mamdani points to the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa as an unfinished project\, seeking a state without a nation. \nGil Anidjar teaches in the Department of Religion and the Department of Middle Eastern\, South Asian\, and African Studies at Columbia University. He is the author\, among other books\, of The Jew\, the Arab: A History of the Enemy (Stanford UP\, 2003) and Blood: A Critique of Christianity (Columbia UP\, 2014). \nMahmood Mamdani is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern\, South Asian\, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University and Director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research in Kampala. He is the author of Citizen and Subject\, When Victims Become Killers\, and Good Muslim\, Bad Muslim.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mahmood-mamdani-in-conversation-with-gil-anidjar/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20210113T171848Z
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SUMMARY:Learn Deep Revision Techniques
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Laurel Yourke will speak on the heart of revision-it’s not just polishing or substituting one word for another. Instead\, look at revision as viewing at your own words in a completely new way: re-envisioning them. One might divide this approach into five steps: \nWhat is the essence of your story\, poem\, or book? \nWhat is deep structure\, and how can you use it to diagnose? \nWhat issues do you want to tackle\, and how will you approach this process? \nWhat’s the relationship between author\, narrator\, characters\, and reader? \nWhat’s needed for that final polish? \nView revision through the lens of exploration\, and it becomes an exciting challenge to transform your project into everything you hoped it would be. \nDr. Laurel Yourke\, who has received two teaching awards\, recently published Beyond the First Draft: Deep Novel Revision. Earlier publications include Take Your Characters to Dinner (on the craft of fiction) and Waiting for Beethoven (a poetry collection). During her career at UW-Madison Continuing Studies\, she taught students from eight to eighty\, presenting at Writer’s Institute\, Write by the Lake\, School of the Arts\, among others. Her speaking engagements across Wisconsin ranged from writing and revising fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry. \nBuy your ticket now! \nhttps://www.ticketsource.us/california-writers-club-berkeley-branch/cwc-speaker-series-dr-laurel-yourke-deep-revision-techniques/2021-01-17/13:00/t-lggxgp \n  \nUpcoming Speaker Series Events \nFebruary 21st: Sage Cohen \nApril 18th: Emily Cotler \nMarch 21st: TBA \nMay 16th: Author Panel \nJune 20th: Member Book Launch (Authors Published in 2020 – 2021) \n  \nThe California Writers Club (CWC) formed in 1909. Today the nonprofit CWC has a statewide membership of nearly 1\,800 members and 22 branches. CWC member-volunteers serve aspiring writers\, published writers\, and supporters by providing  writing conferences\, contests\, critique and support groups\, workshops\, and publishing opportunities. \n$10 For Non-Members; $5 For Members. \nhttps://cwc-berkeley.org berkeley.cwc@gmail.com 510-629-1909
URL:https://litseen.com/event/learn-deep-revision-techniques/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="California Writers Club - Berkeley":MAILTO:berkeley.cwc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20210105T185041Z
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond with Whitney Leigh Morris - What's Your Story? (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Transformational questions for personal and collective change. \nIn this time of global reckoning\, revolution\, and reinvention\, authors Rebecca Walker and Lily Diamond invite you to excavate the narratives that have shaped your life and write a new\, fulfilling story for the future. Consisting of 150+ questions—designed to be answered in as little as five minutes or as long as a lifetime—What’s Your Story?: A Journal for Everyday Evolution is essential for anyone ready to begin living their most authentic\, creative\, and meaningful life. \n\nExplore by area of life: Each chapter invites you to explore a different part of life as you move through your day—from waking up and encountering your mind\, to being in relationship with your body\, other people\, nature\, and technology\, to reflecting on community\, identity\, and mortality.\nExplore by theme: Five themes\, color-coded throughout each chapter\, allow you to explore a particular focus from beginning to end: creativity and self-expression; self-care; activism; spirituality; and grief\, loss\, and the work of healing.\n\n“Finding the voice to know\, write\, and speak your story can mean the difference between an existence of repressed silence and a life of joyful fulfillment\,” write the authors. “Our stories have the power to limit or liberate us.” \nRebecca Walker is a best-selling author\, editor\, and cultural critic who has contributed to the global conversation about race\, gender\, culture\, and power for over two decades. She has spoken at over four hundred universities\, conferences\, literary festivals\, and corporate campuses around the world\, and is a co-founder of the Third Wave Fund\, an organization that supports women and transgender youth working for social justice. Rebecca has won many awards\, and was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential leaders of her generation. She lives in Los Angeles. Learn more at rebeccawalker.com. \nLily Diamond is a writer\, educator\, and advocate working to democratize wellness through storytelling\, accessible practices for inner and outer nourishment\, and revolutionary acts of self-care in relationship to our earth and human communities. Lily is author of bestselling memoir-cookbook Kale & Caramel: Recipes for Body\, Heart\, and Table\, and her work has been featured in the New York Times\, VICE\, Healthyish\, Women’s Review of Books\, Refinery29\, and more. She lives in Maui\, Hawai‘i\, where she grew up\, on occupied native Hawaiian land. Learn more at lilydiamond.com. \n \nWhitney Leigh Morris is a Small Space Lifestyle Consultant based in Venice\, California. A firm believer that you don’t need to “live large” to live beautifully\, Morris uses her blog and Instagram account to share tips and ideas geared towards helping individuals\, couples\, and families live comfortably\, contentedly\, and less wastefully in compact quarters. Morris also shares her experiences and advice via a diverse array of editorial outlets and speaking engagements\, and via her mini video series\, Tiny Takeaways. She is the author of the book\, Small Space Style: Because You Don’t Need to Live Large to Live Beautifully. Morris is an engaged member of the Venice community\, is on the Board of The Rightway Foundation\, and was named a Wall Street Journal Woman of Note. She lives at the Cottage with her husband\, their child\, and two rescue beagles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rebecca-walker-and-lily-diamond-with-whitney-leigh-morris-whats-your-story-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210309T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20210113T172842Z
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SUMMARY:Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes
DESCRIPTION:Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line\, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020\, Rise & Shine began as a daily writing group in response to the pandemic and NaPoWriMo. Now\, the morning meetings rotate throughout the year with different series. \nAbout This Group:\nThe purpose of this space is to generate new words on the page together. We welcome anyone who would like to start their day with an invigorating poetry writing prompt in a communal setting. Rise & Shine will stay free and donation-based to allow anyone access to this generative writing group. \nThe first hour is spent writing\, and whoever would like to stay and share is welcome to read their draft (not a critique space). Invite surprise onto the page! Discover what wants to be written on that particular day without judgment. Lean into the process. \nOdes:\nThe Winter 2021 series will meet Tuesday mornings at 9 am PST\, starting January 19 and ending March 9 (8 weeks). Our focus will be writing odes! \nAn ode is traditionally a lyric poem written in reverence to a particular object or thing. Modern odes allow a lot of room for exploration. For the purposes of this workshop\, writing an ode simply means “paying particular attention to.” We will practice writing close details of a specific object or thing\, with plenty of room to discover what else there is to see underneath. \n“Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.” Anne Enright \nEach week\, the prompt will include an example ode for inspiration and some starting points\, including a broad topic for focus\, if you choose to take it. Like all Surprise the Line workshops\, you do not need to write to the prompt. Follow your own inspiration wherever it leads. \nFor the comfort of participants\, these sessions will not be recorded.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rise-shine-winter-2021-series-of-odes/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Surprise the Line":MAILTO:nancywoowriter@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
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SUMMARY:Paraic O'Donnell with Helen MacDonald - The House on Vesper Sands (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:London\, 1893: high up in a house on a dark\, snowy night\, a lone seamstress stands by a window. So begins the swirling\, serpentine world of Paraic O’Donnell’s Victorian-inspired mystery\, the story of a city cloaked in shadow\, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window? Why is a cryptic message stitched into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls\, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar circumstances? \nOn the case is Inspector Cutter\, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. Gideon Bliss\, a Cambridge dropout in love with one of the missing girls\, stumbles into a role as Cutter’s sidekick. And clever young journalist Octavia Hillingdon sees the case as a chance to tell a story that matters—despite her employer’s preference that she stick to a women’s society column. As Inspector Cutter peels back the mystery layer by layer\, he leads them all\, at last\, to the secrets that lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands. \nBy turns smart\, surprising\, and impossible to put down\, The House on Vesper Sands offers a glimpse into the strange undertow of late nineteenth-century London and the secrets we all hold inside us. \nParaic O’Donnell is a writer of fiction\, poetry and criticism. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Guardian\, the Irish Times\, Winter Papers\, and elsewhere.  His US debut novel\, The House on Vesper Sands (Tin House)\, is an IndieNext pick and was a Guardian and Observer book of the year for 2018 when it was published in the UK. \nHelen Macdonald is a writer\, poet\, illustrator\, and naturalist\, and an affiliated research scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. She is the bestselling author of Vesper Flights and H Is for Hawk\, as well as a cultural history of falcons\, titled Falcon\, and three collections of poetry\, including Shaler’s Fish. Macdonald was a Research Fellow at Jesus College\, Cambridge\, has worked as a professional falconer\, and has assisted with the management of raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia. She now writes for the New York Times Magazine.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paraic-odonnell-with-helen-macdonald-the-house-on-vesper-sands-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20201218T185248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T185248Z
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SUMMARY:Steven Kotler - The Art of Impossible (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Learn about The Art of Impossible from bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler as he decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes\, artists\, scientists\, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible\, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities\, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. \nWhat does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations\, exceed our expectations\, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements? We are capable of so much more than we know—that’s the message at the core of The Art of Impossible. Building upon cutting-edge neuroscience and over twenty years of research\, Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective Steven Kotler lays out a blueprint for extreme performance improvement. If you want to aim high\, here is the playbook to make it happen! \nInspirational and aspirational\, pragmatic and accessible\, The Art of Impossible is a life-changing experience disguised as a how-to manual for peak performance that anyone can use to shoot for the stars (space-suit\, not included.) \nSteven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author\, an award-winning journalist\, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He is the author of nine bestsellers (out of thirteen books total)\, including The Art of Impossible\, The Future is Faster Than You Think\, Stealing Fire\, The Rise of Superman\, and Bold and Abundance. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes\, translated into over 40 languages\, and appeared in over 100 publications\, including the New York Times Magazine\, Wired\, Atlantic Monthly\, TIME\, and the Harvard Business Review. Steven is also the cohost of Flow Research Collective Radio\, a top ten iTunes science podcast. Along with his wife\, author Joy Nicholson\, he is the cofounder of the Rancho de Chihuahua\, a hospice and special needs dog sanctuary.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/steven-kotler-the-art-of-impossible-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20201218T232852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T232852Z
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SUMMARY:This is Now: Simon Winchester
DESCRIPTION:This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. \n—– \nThe story of the world is the story of land: stories of taming\, acquiring\, and exploiting this basic building block of human culture. But can the ground beneath us truly be owned? \nWith his trademark keen intellect\, insatiable curiosity\, and narrative verve\, Winchester tackles the tale of the billions of acres under our care: how we acquire it\, steward it\, fight over it\, share it. Who actually owns the world’s land—and why does it matter? \nPerhaps no author could take on this massive topic better than Simon Winchester—not only one of the most entertaining speakers we’ve had the pleasure of hosting\, but also one of the most impressive historians. His 1990’s bestseller\, The Professor and the Madman\, has sold millions of copies and is a modern classic. Since then\, he has racked up one literary hit after another\, all due to a knack for finding and shaping fascinating stories within a subject. Pacific\, The Perfectionists\, The Map That Changed the World—history alive with Winchester’s gifts of language and detail. \nKepler’s Literary Foundation is proud to launch Simon Winchester’s Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. \nIn conversation with Angie Coiro\, Winchester explores how the very ground beneath us has shaped human history. Invite your book club\, and don’t miss it! \n\n**Get your tickets early\, as webinar space is limited! Bring up to one additional friend on a second screen with our “Bring a Friend” option\, and turn it into a book club event.**
URL:https://litseen.com/event/this-is-now-simon-winchester/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20210117T021703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210117T021703Z
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SUMMARY:This is Now: Simon Winchester
DESCRIPTION:This event is online. Webinar access comes with one copy of Land. \n—– \nThe story of the world is the story of land: stories of taming\, acquiring\, and exploiting this basic building block of human culture. But can the ground beneath us truly be owned? \nWith his trademark keen intellect\, insatiable curiosity\, and narrative verve\, Winchester tackles the tale of the billions of acres under our care: how we acquire it\, steward it\, fight over it\, share it. Who actually owns the world’s land—and why does it matter? \nPerhaps no author could take on this massive topic better than Simon Winchester—not only one of the most entertaining speakers we’ve had the pleasure of hosting\, but also one of the most impressive historians. His 1990’s bestseller\, The Professor and the Madman\, has sold millions of copies and is a modern classic. Since then\, he has racked up one literary hit after another\, all due to a knack for finding and shaping fascinating stories within a subject. Pacific\, The Perfectionists\, The Map That Changed the World—history alive with Winchester’s gifts of language and detail. \nKepler’s Literary Foundation is proud to launch Simon Winchester’s Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. \nIn conversation with Angie Coiro\, Winchester explores how the very ground beneath us has shaped human history. Invite your book club\, and don’t miss it! \n\n**Get your tickets early\, as webinar space is limited! Bring up to one additional friend on a second screen with our “Bring a Friend” option\, and turn it into a book club event.*
URL:https://litseen.com/event/this-is-now-simon-winchester-2/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T191500
DTSTAMP:20260403T130540
CREATED:20210114T065446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T065446Z
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SUMMARY:Panel: Black Crime Writers – Celebrating the Past\, Looking Toward the Future
DESCRIPTION:Authors\, S.A. Cosby\, Kellye Garrett\, Gar Anthony Haywood and Cheryl A. Head discuss the history of Black writers of crime fiction and the future of Black writers in the genre. \nREGISTER \nYouTube Live \n  \nS.A. Cosby is an Anthony award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines His story Slant-Six was selected as a Distinguished Story in Best American MysteryStories for 2016. His short story The Grass Beneath My Feet won the Anthony award for best short story in 2019. His writing has been called “gritty and heartbreaking” and “dark\, thrilling and tragic.” His style and tone is influenced by his varied life experiences which includes but are not limited to being a bouncer\, construction worker\, retail manager and for six hours a mascot for a major fast food chain inside the world’s hottest costume. Twitter | Facebook \nKellye Garrett is the acclaimed author of the Detective by Day mysteries about a semi-famous\, mega-broke Black actress who takes on the deadliest role of her life: Private Detective. The first\, Hollywood Homicide\, won the Agatha\, Anthony\, Lefty and Independent Publisher “IPPY” awards for best first novel. The second\, Hollywood Ending\, was nominated for both Anthony and Lefty awards. Prior to writing novels\, Garrett spent eight years working in Hollywood\, including a stint writing for Cold Case. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sisters in Crime and is a co-founder of Crime Writers of Color. Her next project is an #ownvoices domestic suspense novel about a woman looking into the overdose death of a one-time reality star found within blocks of her house—her own estranged younger sister. Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook \nGar Anthony Haywood is the Shamus and Anthony award-winning author of twelve crime novels\, including the Aaron Gunner private eye series and Joe and Dottie Loudermilk mysteries. His short fiction has been included in the BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES anthologies and Booklist has called him “a writer who has always belonged in the upper echelon of American crime fiction.” He has written for network television and both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. He and his wife Donna currently make their home in Denver\, Colorado. Website | Facebook \nCheryl A. Head is originally from Detroit\, and now lives on Capitol Hill in Washington\, D.C.\, where she has navigated a successful career as a writer\, television producer\, filmmaker\, broadcast executive and media funder. Her self-published debut novel\, Long Way Home: A World War II Novel\, was a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist in both the African American Literature and Historical Fiction categories. Her award-winning\, Charlie Mack Motown Mystery series (Bywater Books) is set in Detroit featuring a Black\, lesbian private investigator. When not writing fiction\, Head consults on a wide range of diversity issues. She is a Senior Associate at Livingston Associates\, a member of the Bouchercon Board of Directors and former Director of Inclusion for the board of the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS). Website | Twitter | Facebook \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/panel-black-crime-writers-celebrating-the-past-looking-toward-the-future/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library – Virtual Library
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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