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SUMMARY:An evening of poetry
DESCRIPTION:an evening of poetry with Matt Potter\, Carly Moore\, and Dia Felix \nHosted by Kevin Killian
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-evening-of-poetry/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday Monday\, July 16th – 7-9 pm Kathleen McClung & Dawn McGuire\,  followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:Kathleen McClung is the author of two collections of poetry\, The Typists Play Monopoly (2018) and Almost the Rowboat (2013). Her poetry\, memoir\, and fiction appear widely in journals and anthologies. Recipient of the Rita Dove Poetry Award from Salem College 2012 International Literary Awards\, Kathleen was selected by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the 2012 National Poetry Competition sponsored by the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Nye also honored Kathleen’s work in The MacGuffin’s 2017 National Poet Hunt. Kathleen has taught writing and literature classes at Skyline College in San Bruno\, California for over twenty years. Dawn McGuire is a neurologist and author of two poetry collections\, Sleeping in Africa and Hands On. She grew up in Eastern Kentucky and was educated at Princeton University\, Union Theological Seminary\, and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Her scientific work is focused in two areas: developing biological and gene therapies for diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis; and in reducing disparities in stroke and other neurologic conditions. Her poems have appeared in various literary magazine and anthologies\, and she has won several poetry awards\, including the Troubadour Prize (UK)\, the National League of American Pen Women\, and the 2011 Sarah Lawrence/Campbell Corner Academy of Language Exchange Poetry Prize for “poems that treat larger themes with lyric intensity.” She is Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the Neurosciences Institute of Morehouse School of Medicine\, and divides her time between Atlanta and Northern California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-every-1st-3rd-monday-monday-july-16th-7-9-pm-kathleen-mcclung-dawn-mcguire-followed-by-an-open-mic/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-followed-by-an-open-mic-16/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Pride Poetry Palooza
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts The Perfectly Queer reading series for their annual celebration of queerness at Pride Poetry Palooza! Eight amazing LGBTQ poets will read from new work and discuss queer poetic inspiration. Book signings follow. Free admission\, free and delicious refreshments. Queer (and poetic) door prizes awarded at 7pm. More about Perfectly Queer here. \n  \nMore info to come. Save the date and join us!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pride-poetry-palooza-2/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetry!
DESCRIPTION:featuring Kyle Schlesinger  and Tim Shaner \nHosted by Kevin Killian
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-2/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180715T180000
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SUMMARY:Human\, a film by Mojo Adam
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery presents a screening of the short film Human byMoJo Adam\, created to the poem of the same name by Arielle Estoria. The film is a collaborative human observation on #blacklivesmatter\, and will screen in conjunction with the Director’s Guild of American Student Film Award Winner Be the Man and Choices\, recipient of the Caucus Foundation Grant and shot courtesy of the Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Award. \n  \nTickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance here. If available\, tickets will also be available at the door. \n  \n\n  \nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nThis is an all ages event with mature themes. The Bindery’s bar will be open. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \n  \nCheck out the film’s trailer below: \n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/human-a-film-by-mojo-adam/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180715T150000
DTSTAMP:20260426T042133
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SUMMARY:Poets Julie Rogers & Gene Berson read their work
DESCRIPTION:Poets Julie Rogers & Gene Berson read their work
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-julie-rogers-gene-berson-read-their-work/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180714T193000
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SUMMARY:Writers with Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Adam Smyer (Knucklehead)\nTina LeCount Myers (The Song of All) \nCost: $5 to $20\, no-one turned away\nAll proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.\nAt The Make Out Room 3225 22nd St.\, San Francisco CA\, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM\, doors open at 6:30 PM.\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-with-drinks-13/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180714T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180714T220000
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SUMMARY:JOURNAL RELEASE: NOMADIC JOURNAL 2017: WONDER (RETRO!)
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2017 (Retro!): Wonder! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA and pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($15 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/journal-release-nomadic-journal-2017-wonder-retro-2/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Jessica Friedmann
DESCRIPTION:Australian author Jessica Friedmann discusses her new essay collection Things that helped: on Postpartum Depression. Jessica will be joined by local poet and writer Lauren Levin in a conversation moderated by Lydia Kiesling (editor of the Millions)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jessica-friedmann/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:POETRY READING & LIVE MUSIC with Swimming in Bengal / Invasive Species
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a wonderful evening of poetry and music! \n5:30 Poetry Reading features \nMichelle Bonilla Garcia \nSummer Bei \nAakash Tyagi \n7:30 Live Music \nSwimming in Bengal (Sacto) \nhttps://www.facebook.com/swimminginbengal/ \n  \nINVASIVE SPECIES\nhttps://invasivespeciesduo.bandcamp.com/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-reading-live-music-with-swimming-in-bengal-invasive-species/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180714T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180704T024512Z
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SUMMARY:Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Fiestas Fridas open mic \nAll topics/ All skill levels welcome
URL:https://litseen.com/event/open-mic/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180714T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180714T163000
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SUMMARY:When You Die… Workshop and Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Oakland-based conceptual artist Lindsay Tunkl\, is pleased to present Parting Practice: Rituals for Endings and Failure. This multifaceted event coincides with the release of the artist’s latest book\, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die\, a work of conceptual art that reframes death as something to look forward to instead of fight against. To celebrate the release of the new book\, a group workshop and book signing will take place at E.M. Wolfman General Interest Bookstore on July 14th from 2-4:30pm. The artist will also be conducting 50-minute one-on-one performance sessions at other locations in the bay area over the course of three days (July 15\, July 21 and July 22) where volunteer participants can connect around their fears of death and dying. \nLindsay Tunkl’s artistic practice has been described as absurd\, over-emotional\, healing\, and tragic. In an attempt to understand the particular experience of the human life cycle during the Anthropocene (the societal moment that our species began contributing to its own demise) Tunkl uses her art practice as a way to connect and share in the heartbreaking realities we all inhabit in this contemporary moment. Drawing from her own irrational fears of the apocalypse\, death and intimacy\, the artist has found that these topics – the things that scare us the most – are a platform for profound human connection and closeness.\n.\nParting Practice sprung from Pre Apocalypse Counseling\, a series of interactive\, one-on-one performances that took place in an SUV and lead participants through conversations\, psychological and physical exercises\, and visualizations in order to examine their emotional connection to the probable or improbable apocalypse (more than 100 sessions have taken place). Out of that project came two recently published works: Origins and Endings: A Divination Book and Inkblot Card Deck and the small book of meditations\, When You Die You Will Not Be Scared To Die. With a tender and humorous hand\, each of these works is an encounter that offers the viewer an opportunity to have a reflexive experience with their emotions within a world that is more often than not\, heartbreaking.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/when-you-die-workshop-and-book-signing/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180713T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180713T213000
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SUMMARY:YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY\, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES...
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 13\, 2018\n7:30 PM  10:30 PM\nThe Lost Church (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHIS IS A FRIDAY SHOW!!!!\nDoors at 7:30pm\nShow at 8pm\n$10 online & at the door…\nTICKETSSSSSS: https://ticketf.ly/2lfDzI \nYOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes…\nis an open mic event\,\na communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\,\nto embrace our losses & mortality\,\nto grieve\, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love…\nwhile all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. \nSign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly\, so if you want to perform\, you’d better get there early… \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)]. \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want. \nYou don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nPlease don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly\, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument\, figure it out before you’re called to the stage. \nIMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday\, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously\, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged. \nYou’re Going to Die. No. Really. You are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-15/
LOCATION:The Lost Church\, 65 Capp Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Ages 8-12! Ann Killion
DESCRIPTION:Ann Killion\n\n\n\n\npresents Champions of Men’s Soccer and Champions of Women’s Soccer\, the ultimate guides for young sports fans from an award-winning sports journalist. \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of either book by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, July 13\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing Top Ten Lists and stunning photos of history-making moments\, these comprehensive pro soccer collections catalog the greatest international players and the greatest Americans. These are the perfect books for young sports fans eager to kick off their soccer schooling. \nAnn Killion has covered American sports for more than a quarter century. An award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle\, she has covered several World Cups and pivotal moments in the rise of both American men’s and women’s soccer. She was named the 2014 California Sportswriter of the Year. She is co-author of Solo: A Memoir of Hope with soccer star Hope Solo\, and Throw Like a Girl with softball great Jennie Finch. She lives in Mill Valley. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ages-8-12-ann-killion/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180713T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180713T210000
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SUMMARY:HAIGHT-ASHBURY LITERARY JOURNAL
DESCRIPTION:The Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal celebrates its 2018 edition. \nFeaturing readers: \n\nANDRENA ZAWINSKI\nEILEEN MALONE\nKIM SHUCK\nALICE ROGOFF\nCESAR LOVE\nK.R. MORRISON\nSTEPHEN KOPEL\nROCIO RAMIREZ
URL:https://litseen.com/event/haight-ashbury-literary-journal/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180713T070000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180713T210000
DTSTAMP:20260426T042133
CREATED:20180704T202942Z
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SUMMARY:Picture Book Surgery!
DESCRIPTION:What makes a great picture book? Let’s find out together! We’ll dissect our favorite picture books\, focusing each month on a different angle. We’ll go on a book hunt through the bookstore\, and then finish up with some time to write down or sketch about what we’ve discovered. \n  \nIllustrators Charlotte Cheng and Diana Toledano lead this workshop/book club where all participants come to learn from each other. \n  \nThis is the perfect event for author/illustrators looking forward to meet some colleagues\, discover new books\, and learn more about the craft. Authors interested in illustration\, and illustrators interested in writing are also welcome. \n  \nThis Month’s Topic is: The Role of Grown-Ups in Picture Book Stories. \n  \n\n  \nThings to Note: \n\nFeel free to bring a book from your personal collection\, but remember\, a good surgeon doesn’t have a relationship with the patient. In other words\, please do not bring your own work to discuss.\nThe people at the Booksmith are super kind letting us host our meetings there\, but they won’t be giving us any special treatment… You can politely ask them to carry your books or host your author event\, just be aware that the answer might be “no”.\n\n\nSpace is limited\, so sign up soon!\n\n  \n\n  \nThis is a monthly SCBWI Member-Hosted Event. \nTo get in touch or to join our mailing list please write us at: picturebooksurgery@gmail.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/picture-book-surgery/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180712T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180712T213000
DTSTAMP:20260426T042133
CREATED:20180605T222749Z
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SUMMARY:Otessa Moshfegh: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION \nFrom one of our boldest\, most celebrated new literary voices\, a novel about a young woman’s efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes \nOur narrator should be happy\, shouldn’t she? She’s young\, thin\, pretty\, a recent Columbia graduate\, works an easy job at a hip art gallery\, lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for\, like the rest of her needs\, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart\, and it isn’t just the loss of her parents\, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her\, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend\, Reva. It’s the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? \nMy Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world\, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable\, even necessary\, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny\, merciless and compassionate\, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nOttessa Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England. Eileen\, her first novel\, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize\, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. She is also the author of the short story collection Homesick for Another World. Her stories have been published in The Paris Review\, The New Yorker\, Granta\, and have earned her a Pushcart Prize\, an O. Henry Award\, the Plimpton Discovery Prize\, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her first book\, McGlue\, a novella\, won the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and the Believer Book Award.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/otessa-moshfegh-my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180712T210000
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SUMMARY:WHY THERE ARE WORDS PRESENTS 7 ACCLAIMED AUTHORS
DESCRIPTION:Join Why There Are Words on July 12\, 2018\, at Studio 333 in Sausalito when seven acclaimed authors take the stage to present their works. Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:15. $10 entry fee at the door (cash or check made payable to Studio 333). Cash bar. Studio 333 is located at 333 Caledonia Street. \nMari Coates holds an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers and has published her stories in small literary journals. She is grateful for residencies at I-Park\, Ragdale\, and Hypatia-in-the-Woods\, where she developed and completed her first novel\, now titled The Pelton Papers. She very much loved being part of the inaugural Why There Are Words and is happy to be back. She lives in San Francisco\, where\, before embarking on fiction writing\, she was an arts writer and theater critic. \nHelen Fremont’s memoir After Long Silence (Delta\, 2000) was a national bestseller\, and a Featured Alternate of the Book-of-the-Month Club.  Her works of fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies\, including The O. Henry Awards\, Ploughshares\, and The Harvard Review. A graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers\, she was a teaching Fellow at Bread Loaf in 1999\, and a teaching Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute in 2001. From 1999 to 2008 she was a Scholar in the Women’s Studies Research Center Scholars Program at Brandeis University. She lives in Boston with her wife and works as a public defender. \nMarjorie Hudson is the author of Accidental Birds of the Carolinas (Press 53\, 2011)\, a short story collection that received a PEN/Hemingway Honorable Mention for Distinguished First Fiction. She is also author of Searching for Virginia Dare (Press 53\, 2007)\, a Blue Highways exploration of the fate of the first English child born in America. Her essay “Dear Joni” will be published in June 2018 in the anthology Idol Talk: Women Writers on the Teenage Infatuations That Changed Their Lives\, from McFarland & Co. She has received fellowships from the Hemingway Foundation\, the Ucross Foundation\, Headlands Center for the Arts\, and Hedgebrook Retreat for Women Writers. She teaches creative writing through her own Kitchen Table Workshops\, and she has just completed an epic novel about a mythical field in the rural South. \nNancy Koerbel’s poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Redactions\, One\, and The Pittsburgh Poetry Review. A former recipient of a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts\, she lives in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, where she teaches legal and business writing\, works as a copyeditor for a large tech company\, and coordinates the Pittsburgh branch of Why There are Words. \nKaren Llagas’s first collection of poetry\, Archipelago Dust\, was published by Meritage Press in 2010. A recipient of a Hedgebrook Residency and a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize\, she lives in San Francisco and works as a freelance translator & lecturer at UC Berkeley. \nAlison Moore is the author of four books\, Riders on the Orphan Train (Roadworthy Press\, 2012) completed through a fellowship from The National Endowment for the Arts\, a collection of short stories entitled The Middle of Elsewhere (University of Arkansas Press\, 2006)\, a novel\, Synonym for Love (Penguin/Plume\, 1996)\, and a collection of short stories\, Small Spaces between Emergencies (Mercury House\, 1993)\, one of the Notable Books of 1993 chosen by The American Library Association. She is the Coordinator for Why There Are Words-Austin\, and lives in Austin\, Texas\, when she’s not on the road. A graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and a former Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing in the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of Arizona\, she has developed educational outreach programs for the National Orphan Train Museum\, and for ArtsReach\, a Native American literacy project in Southern Arizona. Since 1999\, after leaving a tenure-track job\, she has been an itinerant performer with singer/songwriter Phil Lancaster. Together\, they perform a multi-media program called Riders on the Orphan Train in museums and libraries in the West. \nAmelie Prusik is the author of the novel Light Sister\, Dark Sister(Random House\, 1994) and has published short fiction in The North American Review\, America West\, Bosque\, Lantern Journal\, and The Copenhagen Review. Her chapbook\, Octavia Street was published in 2017 by WTAW Press. Her poetry has appeared in Antaeus and Intro 8. A graduate of the Warren Wilson Program For Writers\, she and teaches at DePaul University in Chicago. \nWhy There Are Words (WTAW) is an award-winning national reading series founded in Sausalito in 2010 by Peg Alford Pursell\,now expanded to six additional major cities in the U.S.\, with more planned in the future. The series draws a full house of Bay Area residents every second Thursday to Studio 333\, located at 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito\, CA 94965. The series is a program of the 501(c)3 non-profit WTAW Press\, publisher of award-winning exceptional literary books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/why-there-are-words-presents-7-acclaimed-authors/
LOCATION:Studio 333\, 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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SUMMARY:Get Lit! Celebrates FIVE Years!
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate FIVE YEARS of literary fun at our July Get Lit with Melissa Eleftherion\, Manjula Martin & Hilary Zaid on Thursday\, July 12; 7pm at Aqus Café in Petaluma \nSomething different for this event: we won’t have our traditional open mic this time around. Instead\, we’ve invited some alumni readers to share a few short readings in lieu of the regular open mic.\nWe also have a ukulele band performing a few songs for us! \nPlease come out\, support our readers\, Aqus Café\, our musicians and our fun community at this FREE event. \n~~~~~\n+ Melissa Eleftherion is a writer\, librarian\, and a visual artist. She grew up in Brooklyn\, dropped out of high school\, and went on to earn an MFA in Poetry from Mills College and an MLIS from San Jose State University. She is the author of field guide to autobiography (The Operating System\, 2018)\, & six chapbooks: huminsect (dancing girl press\, 2013)\, prism maps (Dusie\, 2014)\, Pigtail Duty (dancing girl press\, 2015)\, the leaves the leaves (poems-for-all\, 2017)\, green glass asterisms (poems-for-all\, 2017) & little ditch (above/ground press\, 2018). Founder of the Poetry Center Chapbook Exchange for San Francisco State University\, Melissa now lives in Mendocino County where she manages the Ukiah Library\, teaches creative writing\, & curates the LOBA Reading Series. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com. \n+ Manjula Martin is editor of the anthology Scratch: Writers\, Money\, and the Art of Making a Living (Simon & Schuster\, 2017). She is managing editor of Zoetrope: All-Story and her writing has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review\, Pacific Standard\, Aeon Magazine\, Hazlitt Magazine\, and The Awl. She lives in San Francisco and Camp Meeker. \n+ A 2017 Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, Hilary Zaid is also an alumna of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and the Tin House Writers’ Workshop. Her short fiction has appeared in print and online venues including Lilith Magazine\, The Southwest Review\, The Utne Reader\, CALYX\, The Santa Monica Review\, and The Tahoma Literary Review. She is the author of a novel\, PAPER IS WHITE. Alexander Chee\, author of Queen of the Night and How to Write an Autobiographical Novel\, says: “Written across histories as seemingly varied as Lithuania’s Jewish Kovno Ghetto and Queer Nation San Francisco\, Paper Is White connects them in a very different sort of adventure novel\, where remembering someone you love becomes one of the most radical things you can do. Zaid is fierce\, a rebel with a cause\, and her breathtaking leaps of imagination make new worlds possible.” \n~~~~~ \nGet Lit is a FREE quarterly literary event hosted by Dani Burlison and Kara Vernor at Aqus Café in Petaluma. All ages are welcome but DISCLAIMER: our readers may share adult content and we don’t provide ear muffs.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-celebrates-five-years/
LOCATION:Aqus Petaluma\, 101 H St\, Petaluma\, CA\, 94952\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Launch for Katrina McHugh / Pop Charts (with live music by Laura Weinbach)
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts an evening of art\, design and music as we celebrate the launch of Pop Charts: 100 Iconic Song Lyrics Visualized a collection of art prints by local artist and authorKatrina McHugh\, paired with a live music performance byLaura Weinbach of Foxtails Brigade. Please join us! \n  \nPlease note: this is a ticketed event — advance tickets are available at a discount. \n  \n  \nTest your musical knowledge with this fun compilation\, filled with 100 beautifully designed infographics\, that pays homage to the songs we can’t get out of our heads — inspired by lyrics from artists such as Madonna\, Fleetwood Mac\, Paul Simon\, Prince\, TLC\, Bob Dylan\, Weezer\, and more. \n  \nThroughout our lives\, a vast catalog of random popular song lyrics swirls around in our collective subconscious\, a hodgepodge language of inconsistent metaphors and cultural references tying us together. In Pop Charts: 100 Iconic Song Lyrics Visualized\, artist Katrina McHugh presents a visual exploration of 100 songs we can’t get out of our heads — from David Bowie’s Space Oddity to the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage and Beyoncé’s Run the World. Playful and poetic\, the lyrics are dissected and diagrammed in a way that allows us to see old favorites in a new light. This book is for those who enjoy testing their obscure lyric knowledge. Song name and artist can be found on the back of each page. \n  \n\n  \nKatrina McHugh is a local artist\, creative director and co-founder of the female-led branding and strategy studio\, Flight Design Co. She graduated from University of California\, Santa Barbara where she majored in Creative Studies with an emphasis in Book Arts. She lives and works in San Francisco where she consistently tries to push herself out of her comfort zone (most recently with very humble attempts at salsa dancing). She wore an eye-patch as a child and enjoys moderate length walks on Ocean Beach with her tiny terrier\, Francine. \n  \nThe Hollywood Hills-born daughter of a horror filmmaker and sister of a cult comedian\, Laura Weinbach grew up in a household that embraced eccentricity. Her next-door neighbors were circus contortionists with emus and fang-toothed monkeys as pets and her childhood activities included snail hunting and spying on celebrity neighbors like Slash\, Ice-T\, and Larry from Perfect Strangers. Front-girl for Foxtails Brigade\, a local Bay Area band\, she is known for her trademark voice\, classical guitar intricacies\, and lyrical imagery. Laura will be performing solo at this event. \n  \n\n  \nRSVP appreciated by not required. \n  \nBar opens at 6:30\, event begins at 7pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/launch-for-katrina-mchugh-pop-charts-with-live-music-by-laura-weinbach/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Shipwreck Presents: A Streetcar Named Desire
DESCRIPTION:Sexual tension\, heavy drinking\, sensitive characters\, intolerable heat\, and it all ends in madness? Yep\, sounds like Shipwreck. Join us for the GOAT: Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. \nNOTE: Second Thursday because of your inevitable July 4th vacation plans. Featured writers TBA. Tickets on sale now! \n$12 advance\, $15 door\, ticket includes *open bar* for 21+\, and admission to the afterparty at The Bindery (1727 Haight). Seats tend to sell out fast; we encourage you to buy early. \nPlease remember: Shipwreck tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.\n— \nWelcome\, Shipsters\, to San Francisco’s premier literary erotic fanfiction event. \nSix Great Writers destroy six notable characters from one Great Book on the first Thursday of every month at our home base\, the Booksmith in San Francisco. \nFics are blind-read by our Thespian-in-Residence\, Baruch Porras-Hernandez\, and you choose the best ship before the writers are unmasked. The winner is cast off from polite society\, and invited back the next month to defend their title. \nCritics are saying:\n“… the most despicable literary event possible.”\n“… an affront to literature.”\n“It used to be we had to sit in dark\, sticky booths to get these kinds of sleazy thrills.”\n“Come if you are high on marijuana cigarettes and have done sex before.”\n“… a vile\, disgusting event.””Shipwreck will bring you to madness\, and you may never return.”\n“…wonderfully\, masterfully\, hilariously disgusting.”\n“…punny sodomy and gross indecency.” \n— \nPLEASE NOTE: No children are ever harmed at Shipwreck\, and consent and inclusion are paramount. We’re not dicks\, we just like dick jokes.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/shipwreck-presents-a-streetcar-named-desire/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta: Our monthly bilingual poetry series and open mic.
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Alejandro Murguia\, curated by Marguerite Munoz and Rene Vaz. \nThis month’s readers TBD.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta-our-monthly-bilingual-poetry-series-and-open-mic-16/
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SUMMARY:Voz Sin Tinta!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly bilingual poetry night created by Marguerite Munoz and Renee Voz
URL:https://litseen.com/event/voz-sin-tinta-2/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poem Jam
DESCRIPTION:Join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck and others for a poetry jam. The Main Library’s monthly Poem Jam poetry reading series\, moderated by Kim Shuck\, takes place on Thursdays at 6 p.m. in the Main Library. Join us!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poem-jam-2/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, Main Branch\, 100 Larkin St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 15\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series \nLyrics and Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. \nHosted and Curated by Mk Chavez\, Sharon Coleman\, and Lark Omura. \nEvery third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-6/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)
DESCRIPTION:Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped in a bottle and dying to perform! A colorful splash of sketch scenes\, story-telling\, circus talent and wacked-out adult comedy. And there’s nothing wrong with an eating contest here and there. Mark your calendars and come let us out of the bottle! \n  \nTickets can be purchased in advance for $12. If available\, tickets at the door will be $15. \n  \n\n  \nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nThis is an all ages event. Doors open at 7:30pm. Show starts at 8pm. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/edna-in-a-bottle-tastes-funny-2/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Pandemonium Press Presents Poetry of Witness
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: MK Chavez\, Susan Gubernat\, Lucille Lang Day\, James Cagney. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest (see below). Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pandemonium-press-presents-poetry-of-witness/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Chloe Benjamin and Aja Gabel
DESCRIPTION:Friends and talented literary voices\, Chloe Benjamin and Aja Gabel will be in conversation to discuss their fantastic new novels. Benjamin’s national bestseller and Bookshop staff favorite The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice\, reality and illusion. Gabel’s The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition\, friendship\, and the tenderness of youth. \nThe Immortalists \nIt’s 1969 in New York City’s Lower East Side\, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman\, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children–four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness–sneak out to hear their fortunes. \nThe prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast\, searching for love in ’80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician\, obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research\, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. \nA sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth\, The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice\, reality and illusion\, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story\, the nature of belief\, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds. \nThe Ensemble \nJana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn’t needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music\, for each other. \nBrit is the second violinist\, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry\, a prodigy who’s always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel\, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana\, their flinty\, resilient leader. Together\, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group’s youthful\, rocky start\, they experience devastating failure and wild success\, heartbreak and marriage\, triumph and loss\, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other – by career\, by the intensity of their art\, by the secrets they carry\, by choosing each other over and over again. \nFollowing these four unforgettable characters\, Aja Gabel’s debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes\, cutthroat world of musicians\, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana\, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition\, friendship\, and the tenderness of youth. \nChloe Benjamin is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Immortalists. Her first novel\, The Anatomy of Dreams\, received the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award and was long listed for the 2014 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is a graduate of Vassar College and the M.F.A. in fiction at the University of Wisconsin. She lives with her husband in Madison\, WI. \nAja Gabel’s writing has appeared in BOMB\, The Kenyon Review\, Glimmer Train\, and elsewhere. A former cellist\, she earned her B.A. at Wesleyan University\, her MFA at the University of Virginia and has a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. Aja has been the recipient of fellowships from the Sewanee Writers” Conference\, Literary Arts Oregon\, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, where she was a fellow in fiction. She currently lives in Los Angeles. \nThis free event will take place in Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chloe-benjamin-and-aja-gabel/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Nell Painter presents her memoir OLD IN ART SCHOOL
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is very excited to welcome one of the preeminent historians in the United States\, Nell Painter\, to discuss her memoir Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over\, on Wednesday\, July 11th at 7pm. \n“Nell Painter has courage and intelligence. She reminds us that the only option as we grow older is to grow younger. Never forgetting our curiosity and passion\, we are well armed for the challenge.” —Maira Kalman\, author of The Principles of Uncertainty and Beloved Dog \nHow are women\, and artists\, “seen” and judged by their age\, race\, and looks? And how does this seeing change\, depending upon what is asked of the viewer? What does it mean when someone states (as one teacher does) that “you will never be an Artist”—who defines “an Artist\,” and all that goes with such an identity\, and how are these ideas tied to our shared conceptions of beauty\, value\, and difference? \nOld in Art School represents an ongoing exploration of such questions\, one that ultimately honors curiosity\, openness\, and joy—the joy of embracing creativity\, dreams\, the importance of hard work\, and the stubborn determination of your own value. Nell Painter’s journey is filled with surprises\, even as she brings to bear the incisiveness of her insights from two careers\, which combine in new ways even as they take very different approaches—one searching for facts and cohesion\, the other seeking the opposite. She travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves\, such as Alice Neel\, Faith Ringgold\, or Maira Kalman\, even as she comes to understand how they are undervalued; and struggles with the ever-changing balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable\, sometimes painful demands of a life fully lived. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nNELL PAINTER is the Edwards Professor of American History\, Emerita\, at Princeton University. Her acclaimed works of history include Standing at Armageddon\, Sojourner Truth\, and the New York Times bestseller The History of White People\, which have received widespread attention for their insights into how we have historically viewed and translated ideas of gender\, value\, hierarchy\, and race. She holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts. Her visual artwork has been shown at numerous galleries and in many collections\, including the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art\, the Brooklyn Historical Society\, and Gallery Aferro. She lives in Newark\, New Jersey and the Adirondacks. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, July 11\, 2018 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nell-painter-presents-her-memoir-old-in-art-school/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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