BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Litseen - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Litseen
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://litseen.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Litseen
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20150101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160417T161500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160417T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T012507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T012507Z
UID:21463-1460909700-1460926800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Poetry in Motion Festival
DESCRIPTION:APRIL 17 at 4:15 pm: “Baddddd Sonia Sanchez.” For 80-year-old Sonia Sanchez\, writing is both a personal and political act. She emerged as a seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement\, raising her voice in the name of black culture\, civil rights\, women’s liberation and peace. Maya Angelou called her “a lion in literature’s forest\,” and in this spirited film we understand why. \nAPRIL 17 at 7 pm: “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth.” This exquisite and intimate documentary tells the compelling story of an extraordinary woman’s journey from her birth in a paper-thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of 20th century America. \n\nThis is what SF/Arts curator Sura Wood had to say about Poetry in Motion Festival: Apr 17 : \n “Pratibha Parmar’s doc follows “The Color Purple” author from her birth in a shack in the cotton fields of rural Georgia to her experiences as a civil rights activist in the South to her work as a contributing editor at Ms. Magazine. The film\, which explores Walker’s identities as an African-American\, Southerner and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize\, includes interviews with Danny Glover\, Steven Spielberg and Gloria Steinem. “ \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-in-motion-festival/
LOCATION:Rafael Film Center\, 1118 4th St\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160417T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T010946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T010946Z
UID:21452-1460905200-1460912400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Poetry Flash: Drew Dillhunt and Angela Hume
DESCRIPTION:As part of Poetry Month\, Pegasus Books and Poetry Flash present Drew Dillhunt and Angela Hume \nDrew Dillhunt’s debut book of poems is Leaf is All\, which won the 2015 Bear Star Press Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. Craig Santos Perez says\, “Through avant-garde\, documentary\, and eco-poetic modes\, Drew Dilhunt weaves the intimate themes of birth\, parenthood\, and family into the global contexts of plastic production and ecological collapse…Read these poems carefully because they are tenderly inscribed with fragmented origins and precarious futures.” Widely published in literary journals\, his writing has appeared in VOLT\, Mudlark\, Tarpaulin Sky\, and Jacket2. An earlier version of Leaf is All was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. He’s released two albums of songs\, one with the band Fighting Shy\, and is currently a member of the Seattle-based band Answering Machines. He is Associate Editor of Hummingbird Press. \nAngela Hume’s debut book of poems is Middle Time. Joan Retallack asks\, “What happens when in a time of extreme crisis the action (poiesis) of a discerning mind creates not arguments or proposals\, but poetry?…Hume’s active generosity of material and imaginative space makes it possible to conjure myriad forms of life thriving in improbably unconsummated ruin.” She is the author of three poetry chapbooks; she’s also a critic whose essays have appeared or are forthcoming in such journals as Contemporary Literature\, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment\, and Jacket2. She co-coordinated the first ever Conference on Ecopoetics in Berkeley in 2013 and co-curates Heart’s Desire\, the reading series of the Bay Area Public School.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-drew-dillhunt-and-angela-hume/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160417T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160417T160000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T011239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T011239Z
UID:21455-1460905200-1460908800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Alana Apfel
DESCRIPTION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Alana Apfel to the store to discuss and sign Birth Work as Care Work: Stories from Activist Birth Communities\, on Sunday\, April 17th at 3:00pm. Joining her in conversation will be Bay Area doula\, Jewel Buchanan-Boone and local birth activist\, Ariel Gore. \nBirth Work as Care Work presents a vibrant collection of stories and insights from the front lines of birth activist communities. The personal has once more becomes political\, and birth workers\, supporters\, and doulas now find themselves at the fore of collective struggles for freedom and dignity. Articulating a politics of care work in and through the reproductive process\, the book brings diverse voices into conversation to explore multiple possibilities and avenues for change. At a moment when agency over our childbirth experiences is increasingly centralized in the hands of professional elites\, Birth Work as Care Work presents creative new ways to reimagine the trajectory of our reproductive processes. Most importantly\, the contributors present new ways of thinking about the entire life cycle\, providing a unique and creative entry point into the essence of all human struggle the struggle over the reproduction of life itself. \nAlana Apfel is a birth worker\, writer\, and community gardener. She is a graduate of the Anthropology and Social Change program of the California Institute of Integral Studies. As a birth justice activist\, she has been involved with the San Francisco General Hospital Doula Program\, BirthWays community education center in Berkeley\, and the growing international BirthKeepers coalition. She now lives and works in Bristol\, UK\, where she is part of the Positive Birth Movement and is training to be a midwife in the National Health Service. Birth Work as Care Work is her first book. \nJewel Buchanan-Boone is a doula within the San Francisco Bay Area. Her philosophy and approach to birth work are rooted in her passion for social and reproductive justice. Jewel shares her experience of doula work from a public health perspective\, specifically addressing the need to break cycles of oppression within communities of color in relation to generational trauma and stigmas that surround Black motherhood. \nAriel Gore is a journalist\, memoirist\, novelist\, nonfiction author\, and teacher. She is the founding editor/publisher of Hip Mama\, an Alternative Press Award-winning publication covering the culture and politics of motherhood. Through her work on Hip Mama\, Gore is widely credited with launching maternal feminism and the contemporary mothers’ movement. Gore’s fiction and nonfiction work also explores creativity\, spirituality\, queer culture\, and positive psychology.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alana-apfel/
LOCATION:DIESEL\, A Bookstore\, 5433 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160417T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T010725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T010725Z
UID:21448-1460894400-1460912400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Spring Open House
DESCRIPTION:Come roam the various buildings of our campus\, engage with artists in their studios\, experience new work and works in progress\, see performances\, hear readings\, and stay for a housemade lunch in the Mess Hall. \nParking is limited! If you can\, we encourage you to carpool\, bike\, or take the bus. More info on transportation and directions here. \nFull schedule of events coming soon!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/spring-open-house/
LOCATION:Mess Hall\, Headlands Center for the Arts\, 944 Simmonds Road\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160416T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160416T213000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T005633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T005633Z
UID:21438-1460835000-1460842200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Youth Speaks: Grand Slam Finals
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the twentieth edition of the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam! Two decades ago\, we hosted the country’s first-ever teen poetry slam. Forty-three young poets participated\, with hundreds turned away at the door. Now\, the annual event features close to 200 youth writers\, emcees\, and performers from throughout the Bay Area and Northern California\, and attracts nearly 10\,000 audience members. Our first slam became the seed that sowed a global youth poetry movement. \nThe Olympic-style poetry competition kicked off on February 18\, 2016 the first preliminary bout at EastSide Arts Alliance in Oakland. Young writers and poets ages 13-19 have registered for preliminary bouts in San Francisco\, Oakland and Berkeley. All preliminary and semi-final bouts are free and open to the public. Grand Slam Finals will take place at the historic Davies Symphony Hall on Saturday\, April 16 at 7:30pm. This culminating event will serve as the catalyst to our milestone 20th Anniversary Celebration.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youth-speaks-grand-slam-finals/
LOCATION:Davies Symphony Hall\, 201 Van Ness Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160416T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160416T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T010121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T010121Z
UID:21440-1460833200-1460840400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Macaroni Necklace #5.2: Woltag\, Hume\, Wilson + Muhammad
DESCRIPTION:Come to San Francisco release and reading for Macaroni Necklace #5\, featuring new writing by Laura Woltag\, Angela Hume\, Mary Wilson\, and Ismail Muhammad! \nMacaroni Necklace is a Bay Area DIY literary zine dedicated to publishing (mostly) poets\, fiction writers\, and text-based artists who have yet to published a full-length collection. Reading and zines are free. \nMacaroni Necklace #5 was self-curated\, with writers picking and introducing other writers to bring into the Macaroni fold. \nLAURA WOLTAG lives in South Berkeley. Her most recent chapbook is Hush Hyletics (Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs). Her poems have been installed along the Deer Creek Trail in Nevada City by Unmanned Minerals\, and appear in print in Where Eagles Dare\, Try\, OMG!\, and the\nanthology It’s Night in San Francisco but it’s Sunny In Oakland. \nANGELA HUME lives in Oakland. She is the author of the poetry chapbooks Melos (Projective Industries\, 2015)\, The Middle (Omnidawn\, 2013) and Second Story of Your Body (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs\, 2011). Her first full-length book of poetry is Middle Time (Omnidawn\, 2016). You can learn more about Angela at angelamhume.tumblr.com. \nMARY WILSON lives holds an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University\, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in English at the University of California\, Berkeley. Her poems have appeared in Gobbet\, Sun’s Skeleton\, Everyday Genius\, Anomalous\, and Coconut. \nISMAIL MUHAMMAD is a writer and Ph.D. candidate living in Oakland. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Avidly\, and Public Books. Sometimes he tweets @trapmotives.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/macaroni-necklace-5-2-woltag-hume-wilson-muhammad/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160416T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T004955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T004955Z
UID:21434-1460831400-1460838600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Rolling Writers: Doubles
DESCRIPTION:A Freaky Saturday criss–cross: writers pair up to read\neach other’s work\, songwriters cover each other’s songs.\nMichael Crabtree/Nancy Hall\nAndrew Demcak/Rick May\nFred Dodsworth/John Panzer\nJacqueline Doyle/Stephen D. Gutierrez\nPeg Alford Pursell/Olga Zilberbourg \nNo charge
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rolling-writers-doubles/
LOCATION:Rolling Out Cafe\, 1722 Taraval St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94116\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160416T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160416T130000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160407T004620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160407T004620Z
UID:21428-1460804400-1460811600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Terrence Brewer + Youth Speaks
DESCRIPTION:SFJAZZ Matinees- Terrence Brewer & Youth Speaks. \n\nThis is what SF/Arts curator Margo Crabtree had to say about Terrence Brewer & Youth Speaks : \n “April is National Poetry Month and SFJAZZ and Youth Speaks come together to present a family matinee of Jazz and Poetry. San Francisco’s own Terrence Brewer and his Quartet join Tammy Vaitai\, Youth Speaks Poet Mentor Fellow\, for an interactive program of music and verse. A family workshop with Doug Goodkin follows. “ \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/terrence-brewer-youth-speaks/
LOCATION:SFJAZZ Center\, 201 Franklin St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160415T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160415T220000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T131139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T131139Z
UID:21423-1460750400-1460757600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:TMI Storytelling Variety Show: Relation Shipwrecked
DESCRIPTION:Oakland’s premier monthly storytelling variety show hosted by Gina Gold features talented performers telling true stories with a hard-core\, unadulterated look at life. With everything from burlesque performers and musicians to raw\, honest storytellers\, TMI is a unique live show you won’t find the likes of anywhere else. \nThis month’s theme is “Relation Shipwrecked\,” stories about love gone awry. The show starts at 7:30 but let’s meet up at seven so we can all have a drink before the show with Gina. \nSnap up your early bird ticket for $6.27 before they sell out\, and before April 1. \nOrder tickets via Eventbrite:\nhttp://www.eventbrite.com/e/tmistorytelling-variety-show-relation-shipwrecked-tickets-21141661278?aff=efbevent
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tmi-storytelling-variety-show-relation-shipwrecked/
LOCATION:Geoffrey’s Inner Circle\, 410 14th St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160415T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160415T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T131355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T131355Z
UID:21427-1460746800-1460754000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Kim Dower: Last Train to the Missing Planet
DESCRIPTION:Critically-acclaimed poet Kim Dower reads from her extraordinary new poetry collection\, Last Train to the Missing Planet. Acclaimed for combining the accessible and profound\, Kim Dower’s poetry has been described by The Los Angeles Times as “Sensual and evocative . . . seamlessly combining humor and heartache.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kim-dower-last-train-to-the-missing-planet/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Berkeley\, 1491 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160415T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160415T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T130535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T130535Z
UID:21419-1460746800-1460754000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:After Hours: Your Story Was This
DESCRIPTION:Main Reading Room – 7pm\nWine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests. \nFor adults and high school students only. No one younger will be admitted. This event is free and open to the public. \nRegistration highly recommended. Click here to register.\nAfter Hours – Liss Fain Dance: Your Story Was This\nAn immersive performance installation integrates Fain’s choreography with three poems by Jane Hirshfield\, embedded in an original score by Dan Wool. Fain’s work fuses modern dance’s forceful energy with the kinetic precision of ballet. Q&A with Fain and Hirshfield follows performance. Fain\, Hirshfield\, and costume designer Mary Domenico are all Mill Valley residents. \nWhat is After Hours?\nDebuting in January 2011 in celebration of the Library’s centennial year\, the ongoing “First Fridays” and “After Hours” series presents different narratives\, ideas and presentations that an audience might otherwise not consider or experience. After Hours is for adults and high school students. \nThe Venue:\nThe Library’s Main Reading Room is transformed into a beautiful venue for After Hours events. Built in 1966\, the Library is nestled among the redwoods in an award-winning building and reflects the diverse intellectual interests of the community. \nThe Experience:\nPrograms typically last 90 minutes (includes Q&A). After Hours features a wine reception before and after our program. Patrons enjoy the intimate atmosphere and ability to meet our presenters. Attendance ranges between 115 and 260 people per event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/after-hours-your-story-was-this/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room\, Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160415T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160415T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T125931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T125931Z
UID:21415-1460743200-1460750400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Anne Waldman
DESCRIPTION:Anne Waldman is a celebrated poet\, performer\, professor\, editor\, and cultural activist. She is the former director and founder of The Poetry Project at St Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery and cofounder with Allen Ginsberg of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder\, where she is a Distinguished Professor of poetics and artistic director of the Summer Writing Program. \nWaldman is the author of over 40 books of poetry including the hybrid narrative poemManatee/Humanity (2009) and the feminist 1\,000-page epic The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment (2011)\, which won the 2012 PEN Center USA Award for Poetry. \nShe is known for her magnetizing public performances and frequently collaborates with musicians and dancers including Meredith Monk\, Thurston Moore\, and her son\, Ambrose Bye. \nWaldman will sign copies of her books following the lecture. \nThis event is cosponsored by the MFA in Writing Program.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anne-waldman/
LOCATION:Timken Lecture Hall\, CCA San Francisco Campus\, 1111 Eighth Street \, San Francisco \, CA\, 94107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T191500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T211500
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T123618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T123618Z
UID:21403-1460661300-1460668500@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Why There Are Words: “Rhyme or Reason”
DESCRIPTION:“Rhyme or Reason.” The third track from Eminem’s eighth studio album in which the rapper sings along with the chorus of “Time of the Season.” Attributed to poet Edmund Spenser in a letter with Queen Victoria as the first to utter the words. This in response to his having composed the poem “The Faire Queen” in honor of Queen Elizabeth and expecting his promised L100\, to which the High Treasurer of the time felt the sum was too much for a poem. The Queen\, however\, granted the money immediately after Spenser’s plea. Definitely found in Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors and in As You Like It. Join us April 14\, 2016\, at Studio 333 on 333 Caledonia Street in Sausalitoto hear the following acclaimed authors give you their take on these words. Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:15. $10 \nA.E. Conran is a freelance editor\, bookseller\, book talker\, and children’s book club facilitator at Book Passage\, Corte Madera\, CA. Originally from England\, she holds a BA (Hons) and MPhil in English from Leeds University. She is a member of the Tuesday Night Writers group\, which hosts the bi-monthly Pints and Prose Reading series in Fairfax\, and co-organizer of Better Books Marin\, a craft-based children’s book conference now in its fourth year. Her first middle grade novel\, The Lost Celt\, was just launched on March 15. Katherine Applegate\, Author of The One and Only Ivan and winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal said\, “The Lost Celt is the best kind of children’s adventure story\, full of …humor and heart. Not to be missed.” \nBorn on the German coast of the Baltic Sea\, Stefan Kiesbye moved to Berlin in the early 1980s. He studied drama and worked in radio before a scholarship brought him to Buffalo\, New York. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. His stories\, essays\, and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal\, Publishers Weekly\, and in the Coachella Review\, among others. His first book\,Next Door Lived a Girl\, won the Low Fidelity Press Novella Award\, and has been translated into German\, Dutch\, and Spanish. Your House Is on Fire\, Your Children All Gone made EW’s Must List and was named one of the best books of 2012 by Slate editor Dan Kois\, and was optioned for television by Warner Bros. The German edition of Your House Is on Fire\, Your Children All Gone was published by Tropen Verlag\, the Spanish edition by Editorial Almadia. The gothic novel Messer\, Gabel\, Schere\, Licht (Knives\, Forks\, Scissors\, Flames) was published by Tropen Verlag in 2014. Ars Vivendi Verlag released the The LA Noir Fluchtpunkt Los Angeles (Vanishing Point) in February 2015. The Staked Plains\, a novella\, was recently published by Saddle Road Press. Kiesbye teaches creative writing at Sonoma State University. \nAllie Marini holds degrees from Antioch University of Los Angeles and New College of Florida\, meaning she can explain deconstructionism but cannot perform simple math. Her work has been a finalist for Best of the Net & nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is managing editor for theNonBinary Review\, Unbound Octavo\, & Zoetic Press\, and co-edits forLucky Bastard Press with her man\, performance poet B Deep. She has previously served on the masthead for Lunch Ticket\, Spry Literary Journal\, The Weekenders Magazine\, Mojave River Review & Press\, & The Bookshelf Bombshells. Allie is the author of Unmade & Other Poems\, (Beautysleep Press)\, You Might Curse Before You Bless (ELJ Publications)wingless\, scorched & beautiful\, (Imaginary Friend Press)\, Before Fire\, (ELJ Publications)\, This Is How We End (Bitterzoet)\, Pictures From The Center Of The Universe (Paper Nautilus\, winner of the Vella Prize)\,Cliffdiving (Nomadic Press)\, And When She Tasted of Knowledge(Nomadic Press)\, Southern Cryptozoology: A Field Guide To Beasts Of The Southern Wild (Hyacinth Girl Press)\,Here Comes Hell {dancing girl press}\, and Heart Radicals\, a collaborative collection with Les Kay\, Janeen Pergrin Rastall\, and Sandra Marchetti (ELJ Publications). Allie rarely sleeps\, and her mother has hypothesized that she is actually a robot fueled by Diet Coke & Sri Racha. Find her on the web: @kiddeternity. \nNayomi Munaweera’s debut novel Island of a Thousand Mirrors was long-listed for the Man Asia Literary Prize and the Dublin IMPAC Prize. It won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia and was short-listed for the Northern California Book Award. Publisher’s Weekly wrote\, “Munaweera’s… lyrical debut novel [is] worthy of shelving alongside her countryman Michael Ondaatje or her fellow writer of the multigenerational immigrant experience\, Jhumpa Lahiri.” The New York Times Book review called the novel\, “incandescent.” Nayomi’s second novel What Lies Between Us was released in February 2016 and has already been reviewed to great acclaim in venues from the SF Chronicle to Buzzfeed. \nBarbara Roether is a writer and teacher based in San Francisco. She grew up in Ohio and left rather quickly\, and rather young. Her debut novel This Earth You’ll Come Back Toexplains why. She has lived and worked in Morocco and Indonesia. Before teaching\, she worked in book publishing as an editor and freelance writer\, and has contributed to many books on travel and religion. As an editor at HarperCollins\, she created Signs of the Sacred\, a series of visual books on religious ritual. She is the author of a poetry collection The Middle Atlas\, while essays and short fiction have appeared in Tricycle\, Yoga Journal\, and various literary magazines. She holds an MFA from Bard College where she was the recipient of the Milton Avery Fellowship in the Arts. \nKathleen Winter is the author of Nostalgia for the Criminal Past (Elixir Press)\, winner of the Antivenom Poetry Prize and the Texas Institute of Letters 2013 Bob Bush Memorial Award.  Her poems have appeared in Tin House\, AGNI\, The New Republic\, Gulf Coast\, Poetry London\, and other journals. She was awarded fellowships at the Dora Maar House\, James Merrill House\, Cill Rialaig Retreat\, and Vermont Studio Center. During fall semester 2015\, she was the Ralph Johnston Fellow at the Dobie Paisano Ranch\, selected by the University of Texas and Texas Institute of Letters. She teaches at Napa Valley College and lives in Glen Ellen. \nKatie M Zeigler is a writer and teacher living in Walnut Creek\, CA. She holds a BA and MA in Literature from Stanford University and has had short fiction and non-fiction published in a variety of outlets\, including A Clean\, Well-Lighted Place\, the Fish Anthology\, andStanford Magazine. She won the Stanford Magazine Fiction Contest and was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s short fiction contest. She is currently working on a young adult novel and teaches writing at Diablo Valley College. \nWhy There Are Words takes place every second Thursday of the month\, and is the brainchild of curator and host Peg Alford Pursell. This literary goodness has been going strong for six years and is expanding its mission in 2016 to publish those voices that must be heard. See WTAW Press for more information and to support this crucial activity!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/why-there-are-words-rhyme-or-reason/
LOCATION:Studio 333\, 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T124716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T124716Z
UID:21407-1460660400-1460667600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Kemper Donovan: The Decent Proposal
DESCRIPTION:An addictively readable romantic comedy\, drama\, and mystery rolled into one\, about two very different strangers whose lives become intertwined when they receive an unusual proposition. This is a funny\, tender\, and enchanting story about love\, attraction\, and friendship: Jane Austen in Los Angeles. \nA struggling Hollywood producer\, Richard Baumbach is twenty-nine\, hung-over\, and broke. Ridiculously handsome with an innate charm and an air of invincibility\, he still believes good things will come his way. For now he contents himself with days at the Coffee Bean and nights with his best friend Mike (that s a woman\, by the way). \nAt thirty-three\, Elizabeth Santiago is on track to make partner at her law firm. Known as La Maquina The Machine to her colleagues\, she s grown used to avoiding anything that might derail her quiet\, orderly life. And yet recently she befriended a homeless man in her Venice neighborhood\, surprised to find how much she enjoys their early-morning chats. \nRichard and Elizabeth’s paths collide when they receive a proposal from a mysterious\, anonymous benefactor. They’ll split a million dollars if they agree to spend at least two hours together just talking every week for a year. Astonished and more than a little suspicious\, they each nevertheless say yes. Richard needs the money and likes the adventure of it. Elizabeth embraces the challenge of shaking up her life a little more. Both agree the idea is ridiculous\, but why not? \nWhat ensues is a delightful journey full of twists\, revelations\, hamburgers\, classic literature\, poppy music\, and above all love\, in its multitude of forms. The Decent Proposal is a heartfelt and often hilarious look at the ties that bind not just a guy and a girl but an entire\, diverse cast of characters situated within a modern-day Los Angeles brought to full and irrepressible life.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kemper-donovan-the-decent-proposal/
LOCATION:Books Inc. in The Marina\, 2251 Chestnut St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T122634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T122634Z
UID:21399-1460660400-1460667600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:MY FAULT is OUR FAULT: a book celebration
DESCRIPTION:Leora Fridman’s first book is happening\, and in celebration let’s gather to share things like: \nmusic from Josh Finn\, Bryan Alvarez & others ! !\na communal fault ritual !\nopportunities to predict the activities of the San Andreas & Hayward Faults !\nceremonies for your faults & the faults of others !\nsome reading from me from my newborn book & readings from others !\nother surprises that hopefully will not harm you in any way ! \nyay. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/239375343080379/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/my-fault-is-our-fault-a-book-celebration/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T203000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T122126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160408T010309Z
UID:21398-1460658600-1460665800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Bob Booker + Maria Medina Serafin
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series! \nBrowse books and enjoy a glass of wine while listening to internationally acclaimed poets and artists such as Jonathan Richman\, David Meltzer\, Diane di Prima and California Poet Laureate Al Young. The series is curated by Friends’ Resident Poet Jack Hirschman. \nProceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library. \nFeatured poet(s): Bob Booker & Maria Medina Serafin
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bob-booker-maria-medina-serafin/
LOCATION:Readers Bookstore\, Fort Mason Center\, Building C\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T195000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T121827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T121827Z
UID:21396-1460658600-1460663400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Poetry Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly poetry program at the Claremont Branch of the Berkeley Public Library features you and what you like on the second Thursday of each month from 6:30 pm-7:50 pm.   Come\, participate in the friendly atmosphere\, share a ready ear\, read aloud (or recite)\, and let the words do their weave and swing and work.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-circle/
LOCATION:Claremont Branch\, Berkeley Public Library\, 2940 Benvenue Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T125239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T125239Z
UID:21411-1460656800-1460664000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Write from the Gut #11
DESCRIPTION:Come to our final reading for Spring term at SF Creative Writing Institute. Event will take place at Wework Golden Gate: 25 Taylor Street. San Francisco\, CA 94102 in the 7th floor lounge. Beer and snacks will be provided. Amazing writers serving up their best works-in-progress for you to enjoy. Featured readers will be students and workshop participants of the Winter 2016 term from SF Creative Writing Institute. There will also be an open-mic for friends\, alumni and everyone else.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/write-from-the-gut-11/
LOCATION:Wework Golden Gate\, 25 Taylor St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T121458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T121458Z
UID:21395-1460656800-1460664000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Jessica Knoll: Luckiest Girl Alive
DESCRIPTION:As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School\, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking\, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now\, with a glamorous job\, expensive wardrobe\, and handsome blue blood fiance\, she’s “this close” to living the perfect life she’s worked so hard to achieve. But Ani has a secret. There’s something else buried in her past that still haunts her\, something private and painful that threatens to bubble to the surface and destroy everything. \nWith a singular voice and twists you won t see coming\, Luckiest Girl Alive explores the unbearable pressure that so many women feel to have it all and introduces a heroine whose sharp edges and cutthroat ambition have been protecting a scandalous truth\, and a heart that’s bigger than it first appears. The question remains: will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for or\, will it at long last\, set Ani free? \nJessica Knoll has been a senior editor at Cosmopolitan and the articles editor at SELF. She grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and graduated from The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr\, Pennsylvania\, and from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva\, New York. This is her first book.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jessica-knoll-luckiest-girl-alive/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160414T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160414T180000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T121203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T121203Z
UID:21392-1460653200-1460656800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Zoë Ferraris
DESCRIPTION:Zoë Ferraris moved to Jeddah\, Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the first Gulf War. She lived in a conservative Muslim community with her then-husband and his family\, a group of Saudi-Palestinians. In 2006\, she completed her MFA at Columbia University. Her debut novel\, Finding Nouf\, and a follow-up novel\, City of Veils\, have been published in over thirty countries. Her third novel\, Kingdom of Strangers\, came out in 2012. \nAll readings take place in Morrison Library unless otherwise indicated.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/story-hour-zoe-ferraris/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T220000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T022517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T022517Z
UID:21387-1460577600-1460584800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Fireside Storytelling: ACHILLES HEEL
DESCRIPTION:Samson and his hair. Superman and kryptonite. Achilles and his … well … heel. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes it’s that chink in the armor that makes all the difference. Join us at the next Fireside as six storytellers share their tales of that one … fateful … thing … that spelled their downfall. \nSTORYTELLERS: \nDoug Cordell\nJoe Klocek\nCaveat Magister\nMariko Tamaki\nEva D Struction\nAnne Ricketts \nFireside is a monthly storytelling series\, taking place the second Wednesday of the month in San Francisco. Come watch six storytellers tell 10-minute true stories on a particular theme\, without the aid of notes or a script\, keeping the art of storytelling alive.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fireside-storytelling-achilles-heel/
LOCATION:The Institute of Possibility\, 3359 Cesar Chavez St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T213000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T021859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T021859Z
UID:21385-1460575800-1460583000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Emerging Writers Festival Day 2
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the English department and MFA program\, the Emerging Writers Festival features two days of readings by five up-and-coming writers of fiction\, poetry\, and nonfiction. On the second day of the festival\, the authors hold a panel discussion on their experiences navigating life as a writer and the complexities of the publishing industry. \nThe Festival’s second day\, April 13\, will include readings from Naomi J. Williams and Jill Talbot\, followed by the panel discussion. \nNaomi J. Williams was born in Japan and spoke no English until she was six years old. Her debut novel\, Landfalls\, was long-listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and Best American Honorable Mention for her short fiction. Her work has appeared in Zoetrope\, A Public Space\, One Story\, The Southern Review and elsewhere. Williams has an MA in creative writing from UC Davis and lives with her family in northern California. \nJill Talbot is the author of a memoir\, The Way We Weren’t\, and Loaded: Women and Addiction. She is the co-editor of The Art of Friction: Where (Non) Fictions Come Together and the editor of Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Brevity\,DIAGRAM\, Ecotone\, Fourth Genre\, The Normal School\, The Paris Review Daily\,Passages North\, and The Pinch. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/emerging-writers-festival-day-2/
LOCATION:Fromm Hall – FR 120 – Xavier Auditorium\, USF\, 2130 Fulton St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T213000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T021444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T021444Z
UID:21384-1460575800-1460583000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Molly Prentiss + Tom Barbash
DESCRIPTION:Molly Prentiss reads from and discusses her debut novel\, Tuesday Nights in 1980\, with Tom Barbash. \nPraise for Tuesday Nights in 1980: \n“It isn’t easy to write a novel about art\, and even harder to write a novel about art this good\, with this much energy and verve and sense of adventure — and Molly Prentiss has done it. ‘Tuesday Nights in 1980’ is much more than an accomplished first novel; it is a beautifully written story of creation and transformation\, set against a backdrop of urban decay and political violence. I loved this book.” – Daniel Alarcón\, author of At Night We Walk in Circles & Lost City Radio \n\n“For those of us who like our novels soulful and brainy\, ambitious and deeply felt\, Molly Prentiss has given us a first work of fiction to marvel at and then savor. This is a serious young writer in full command of her craft.” – Tom Barbash\, author of Stay Up With Me \n\n“Whether her canvas is as broad as the New York City art world in the good old days of glitz and excess\, or as small as the quiet\, deeply moving connection between brother and sister\, Molly Prentiss seems able to render any expression of humanity expertly onto the page. TUESDAY NIGHTS IN 1980 has worlds in it\, all wildly appealing\, and Molly Prentiss has chops to spare. I can’t imagine the soul who won’t love this book.” – Marie-Helene Bertino\, author of 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas\n \nAbout Tuesday Nights in 1980: \nAn intoxicating and transcendent debut novel that follows a critic\, an artist\, and their shared muse as they find their way and ultimately collide amid the ever-evolving New York City art scene of the 1980s.\nWelcome to SoHo at the onset of the eighties: a gritty\, quickly gentrifying playground for artists and writers looking to make it in the big city. Among them: James Bennett\, a synesthetic art critic for the “New York Times “whose unlikely condition enables him to describe art in profound\, magical ways\, and Raul Engales\, an exiled Argentinian painter running from his past and the Dirty War that has enveloped his country. As the two men ascend in the downtown arts scene\, dual tragedies strike\, and each is faced with a loss that acutely affects his relationship to life and to art.\nIt is not until they are inadvertently brought together by Lucy Olliason a small town beauty and Raul’s muse and a young orphan boy sent mysteriously from Buenos Aires that James and Raul are able to rediscover some semblance of what they ve lost.\nAs inventive as Jennifer Egan’s “A Visit from the Goon Squad “and as sweeping as Meg Wolitzer’s “The Interestings\, Tuesday Nights in 1980 “boldly renders a complex moment when the meaning and nature of art is being all but upended\, and New York City as a whole is reinventing itself. In risk-taking prose that is as powerful as it is playful\, Molly Prentiss deftly explores the need for beauty\, community\, creation\, and love in an ever-changing urban landscape.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/molly-prentiss-tom-barbash/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T213000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T020327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T020327Z
UID:21375-1460575800-1460583000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Sarah Manguso
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Manguso is the author\, most recently\, of the memoirs Ongoingness\, The Guardians\, and The Two Kinds of Decay. Her other books include the poetry collections Siste Viator and The Captain Lands in Paradise and the story collection Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape. Her prose has appeared in Harper’s\, McSweeney’s\, and the f\, and her poems have won a Pushcart Prize and appeared in four editions of the Best American Poetry series. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sarah-manguso/
LOCATION:Soda Center\, Claeys Lounge SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga\, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T021114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T021114Z
UID:21383-1460574000-1460581200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Aaron Shurin: The Skin of Meaning
DESCRIPTION:In The Skin of Meaning\, Aaron Shurin has collected thirty years’ worth of his provocative essays. Fueled by gender and queer studies and combined with radical traditions in poetry\, Shurin’s essays combine a highly personal and lyrical vision with a trenchant social analysis of poetry’s possibilities. \n“Reading these essays I’m struck by how fully Aaron Shurin combines a personal history with a prophetic\, conceptual\, strongly non-personal vision….His writing about AIDS\, brilliantly gathered here—rich\, fantastic\, and steely-eyed—encompasses the functions of a great novel: total immersion into a mysterious eco-political world.” –Kevin Killian \nAaron Shurin is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the MFA program at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of more than a dozen books\, including Citizen\,King of Shadows\, and Involuntary Lyrics. His honors and awards include the Gertrude Stein Award\, the Bay Area Art Award\, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aaron-shurin-the-skin-of-meaning/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T020831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T020831Z
UID:21379-1460574000-1460581200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:2016 One Book One Marin Culminating Event - The Martian
DESCRIPTION:Andy Weir’s acclaimed science fiction novel\, The Martian\, has been selected as the 2016 honoree for One Book One Marin. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary\, One Book One Marin seeks to build a stronger\, enriched community through community dialogue\, and the exploration of literature and culture. The One Book One Marin program will conclude with a special event on Wednesday\, April 13\, 2016\, at Dominican University’s Angelico Hall\, featuring Andy Weir and KQED host Michael Krasny in conversation. \nWinner of the 2015 Audie Award for Best Science Fiction\, The Martian follows an American astronaut\, Mark Watney\, who through a series of tragic events\, is left behind on the red planet\, stranded and facing certain death. He must improvise in order to survive. The story is told mostly through Watney’s log entries\, chronicling his efforts to finding a way to grow food\, make water\, and get himself off the planet. Interspersed among the log entries are sections told from the point of view of the NASA specialists\, back on Earth\, who discover that Watney is not dead (as everyone assumed) and scramble together a rescue plan. A film adaptation of the book was released in early October 2015. \nPopular across the United States and throughout the world\, One Book programs take the idea of a localized book discussion club and expand it to cover a whole city or county. The city\, county and college libraries of Marin\, and community partners Book Passage and the Institute for Leadership Studies at Dominican University of California collaborate to bring Marin County readers stimulating programming and events related to the book throughout a three-month period\, February – April\, each year. All events are free and open to the public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/2016-one-book-one-marin-culminating-event-the-martian/
LOCATION:Angelico Hall\, Dominican University\, 20 Olive Ave\, San Rafael\, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T015341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T015341Z
UID:21371-1460574000-1460581200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Jewelle Gomez: The Gilda Stories
DESCRIPTION:Release Party and Celebration for The Gilda Stories: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition.  \nCo-sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jewelle-gomez-the-gilda-stories/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T015033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T015033Z
UID:21367-1460574000-1460581200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:The 2015-2016 Steinbeck Fellows
DESCRIPTION:Join the CLA and the Steinbeck Center for readings by this year’s Steinbeck Fellows Candace Eros Diaz\, Jennie Lin\, and Gabriel Thompson. \nApril 13\, 7pm – Reading and Discussion\, MLK Steinbeck Center 590 \nCo-sponsored by the Center for Steinbeck Studies \nAll events are free\, open to the public\, and wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-2015-2016-steinbeck-fellows/
LOCATION:Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies\, SJSU\, 1 Washington Square \, San Jose \, CA\, 95192\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160413T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160413T200000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T014202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T014202Z
UID:21366-1460572200-1460577600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Holloway Reading Series: Frank B. Wilderson\, III
DESCRIPTION:Readings are free & open to the public \nLocation: Maude Fife Room (Wheeler Hall #315)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/holloway-reading-series-frank-b-wilderson-iii/
LOCATION:Maude Fife Room\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160412T194500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160412T213000
DTSTAMP:20260625T130007
CREATED:20160406T013114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160406T013114Z
UID:21356-1460490300-1460496600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Emerging Writers Festival Day 1
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the English department and MFA program\, the Emerging Writers Festival features two days of readings by five up-and-coming writers of fiction\, poetry\, and nonfiction. On the second day of the festival\, the authors hold a panel discussion on their experiences navigating life as a writer and the complexities of the publishing industry. \nThe Festival’s first day\, April 12\, will include readings from Abeer Hoque\, Lucas Mann\, and Sara Michas-Martin. \nAbeer Hoque is a Nigerian-born Bangladeshi American writer and photographer. She is the author of three books: Olive Witch\, a memoir; The Lovers and the Leavers\, a collection of linked stories\, photographs\, and poems; and The Long Way Home\, a coffee table book of travel photographs and poems. Her photographs have been featured in two solo exhibitions. Hoque has a degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is an alumna of the University of San Francisco’s MFA Program in writing. \nLucas Mann is the author of Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere\, a 2013 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection\, and Lord Fear: A Memoir\, named one of the best books of 2015 by Kirkus Reviews. His essays and stories have appeared in Gawker\, BuzzFeed\, TriQuarterly\,New South\, Wigleaf\, The Kenyon Review\, and elsewhere. He has an MFA from the University of Iowa and is currently an assistant professor of English at The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. \nSara Michas-Martin is the author of Gray Matter\, which received the 2014 Poets Out Loud Prize. Other awards include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship and scholarships to the Bread Loaf and Squaw Valley Writers Conferences. Her poems and essays have appeared in The American Poetry Review\, The Believer\, Best New Poets\, Denver Quarterly\, Harvard Review\, Threepenny Review\, and elsewhere. She has taught at the University of Michigan\, Goddard College\, Stanford\, and the Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/emerging-writers-festival-day-1/
LOCATION:FR 125 – Maraschi Room\, USF\, 2130 Fulton St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR