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SUMMARY:Miranda Popkey\, Topics of Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop welcomes Santa Cruz native Miranda Popkey for a reading and signing of her searing new novel\, Topics of Conversation. \nFor readers of Rachel Cusk\, Lydia Davis\, and Jenny Offill—a compact tour de force about sex\, violence\, and self-loathing from a ferociously talented new voice in fiction. \nTopics of Conversation follows an unnamed female narrator from her first summer post-college to her years as a single mother in California’s Central Valley\, always hungry for experience and hell bent on upending her life. The narrative unfolds in a series of conversations between women—the stories they tell one another; the stories they tell themselves—circling questions of desire\, disgust\, anger\, envy\, guilt\, and despair. Topics of Conversation is a searing look at what it means to come of age\, to grow up\, and to love as a woman in this world. “There’s always someone\, or so I’d been led to believe: on business or in the dog house or out on the proverbial prowl\,” pronounces Miranda’s narrator. “That was the danger of being a woman.” At the center of her striking debut is this: what kinds of bad behavior are we still willing to permit?   \n“An intimate evisceration of our narrow imaginings of female sexuality\, a brilliantly structured character study\, and a book that repeatedly asks how women can fully trust their own desires when they’ve grown up steeped in the wrong stories. Its narrator is as skeptical of her own self-delusive fictions as she is of the stifling clichés and shallow fantasies about women’s interior lives perpetuated by the wider culture.” —Karen Russell \n“Penetrating\, brutal\, a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction” —Ben Marcus \nMIRANDA POPKEY was born in Santa Cruz\, California in 1987. She graduated with a BA in Humanities from Yale in 2009 and with an MFA in Creative Writing from Washington University in St. Louis in 2018. She has written for\, among other outlets\, The New Republic\, The New Yorker‘s Page-Turner blog\, the Paris Review Daily\, The Hairpin\, The Awl\, GQ\, and New York magazine’s The Cut. \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about hour before the event begins. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by January 15th.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/miranda-popkey-topics-of-conversation-2/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Christopher Bernard
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Bernard joins us to discuss his novel\, Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars’ Cafe. \nAbout Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars’ Cafe \nA challenging and innovative exploration of narrative\, emotion\, and the possibilities of language\, part dream vision\, part prose poem\, part series of dialogues about love\, nature\, politics\, the nature of good and evil\, and the meaning of human life. \nAbout the Author \nChristopher Bernard is a writer living in San Francisco. He is the founder\, a principal and co-editor (with Ho Lin) of the literary and arts webzine Caveat Lector and contributes regularly to the monthly online magazine Synchronized Chaos. His books include the novels A Spy in the Ruins and Voyage to a Phantom City; two books of stories\, In the American Night and Dangerous Stories for Boys; The Rose Shipwreck: Poems and Photographs; Chien Lunatique (poems); and numerous plays\, including most recently The Beast and Mr. James. His work has appeared in several anthologies and many periodicals\, including cultural and arts journalism in the New York Times\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Chicago Tribune\, San Francisco Bay Guardian\, Philadelphia Inquirer and elsewhere\, and poetry and fiction in literary reviews in the U.S. and U.K. He has also written plays that have been produced and radio broadcast\, in part or complete\, in the San Francisco Bay Area. His poetry films have been screened in San Francisco and his poetry and fiction have been nominated for the Puschcart Prize and Best of the Web. His diaries and journals are being compiled under the title “Voyage Around My Life.” His autobiographical essay appeared in Contemporary Authors\, Volume 180 (Gale Group). In 2019\, he received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also a photographer and composer; an excerpt from his opera “Nachtstück: An Opera on the Death of Anton Webern\,” has been radio broadcast (KPFA).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/christopher-bernard/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Confessions of a Psychedelic Journalist
DESCRIPTION:For more than four decades\, Don Lattin has written about the social\, spiritual\, and political aspects of the psychedelic drug movement as a newspaper reporter\, freelance journalist\, and the author of four books of narrative non-fiction. \nIn the 1970s\, as a young reporter working in the East Bay\, Don broke one of the first investigative stories about the US Army’s past efforts to use LSD as a hostile interrogation tool. He also covered the first local campaign to legalize marijuana in the United States—a political movement that continues today in ongoing efforts to decriminalize the use of magic mushrooms\, peyote\, and ayahuasca in cities and states across the nation. \nIn the 1980s and 1990s\, as a staff writer and columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle\, Don wrote extensively about various cults\, sects\, and new religious movements including a generation of spiritual seekers inspired by psychedelic drug experiences in the 1960s and 1970s. \nJoin KQED Science senior editor Kat Snow for a conversation with Don as they look back on the long\, strange trip of his career as an award-winning reporter and best-selling author. \nThis is conversation does not promote\, facilitate\, or require the use of entheogens. This event and the views expressed by the presenter(s) are not a reflection of the views of California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)\, its Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research\, or the individuals employed by CIIS.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/confessions-of-a-psychedelic-journalist/
LOCATION:CIIS Public Programs\, 1453 Mission St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The War That Used Up Words? Literature in Paris 1910-1940
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, works like Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris have captivated our imaginations with their images of lively cafés that were a refuge from cold and poverty\, of smoky clubs full of gin and jazz\, and above all\, of a city surging with creative energy. And rightly so—the decade after World War I was a time of radical experimentation in novels\, poetry\, painting\, dance and more.\nBut it is only part of the story. Writers on both sides of the Atlantic were tapping into forces that had long made Paris a beacon of innovation. In this talk we’ll explore the wider panoply of prewar and postwar writers and discuss how the war intensi ed the already-present quest for new modes of expression. Immerse yourself in this unforgettable period and leave with a deeper understanding of literature in Paris\, 1910–1940. \nJoin Melanie Blake of Classical Pursuits\nfor an evening of stories\, history and discussion. \nThursday\, January 16 at 7:00 PM \nAlliance Française San Francisco\n1345 Bush Street | San Francisco\, CA \nAlliance members $10\, non-members $15
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-war-that-used-up-words-literature-in-paris-1910-1940/
LOCATION:Alliance Française de San Francisco\, 1345 Bush St.\, San Francisco\, California\, 94109\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Red Light Lit & The Los Angeles Press
DESCRIPTION:Red Light Lit and The Los Angeles Press doubleheader with a live musical score by AJ Bahnken🎈The performers explore love relationships\, sexuality\, and gender. Featured readers include Miah Jeffra\, Thea Matthews\, Bernadette McComish\, Mackenzie Studebaker\, and Linda Ravenswood. With a SURPRISE MUSICAL GUEST🔥 \nTickets $10. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please email Jennifer@redlightlit.com for volunteer opportunities✨
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-the-los-angeles-press/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Nocturnists: Transitions
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of medical storytelling on the theme of “Transitions\,” featuring stories by David Elkin\, Tobin Greensweig\, Catherine Humikowski\, Shaili Jain\, Christina Lee\, Ashley McMullen\, and Natasha Spottiswoode.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-nocturnists-transitions/
LOCATION:Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA San Francisco\, CA\, 700 Howard St\, San Francisco\, 94103
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:This is Now: Kelly McGonigal
DESCRIPTION:What if the key to feeling vividly alive and energetic in your body is closer than you think? No matter what your past experience with exercise has been— from finding it a chore to falling in love with a favorite activity— it is possible to find happiness and meaning through movement. \nAcclaimed Stanford research psychologist Kelly McGonigal\, who once offered readers a transformative new approach to stress\, now looks beyond the gym and around the world to find the secrets of joy in movement. To Tanzania\, where one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in the world live; to a Julliard dance class for Parkinson’s sufferers; to London\, where volunteers combine fitness with community service. \nHer new book The Joy of Movement draws on neuroscience\, evolutionary biology\, psychology\, and anthropology to illustrate the link between well-being and movement. Join Dr. McGonigal for an evening with our journalist in residence Angie Coiro— a revolutionary look at physicality and joy.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/this-is-now-kelly-mcgonigal/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Wile & Wing Poetry Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:A poetry reading hosted by author and songwriter Kimi Sugioka.\n\nAuthor and songwriter Kimi Sugioka is a mesmerizing—and folkloric—figure in the Bay Area literary community. She is described as maternal\, witchy\, and passionate by Anne Waldman\, author of Trickster Feminism. For decades\, Sugioka has been involved in the Bay Area’s literary community\, and was a former curator of the legendary Café Babar poetry series of the 1990s. Now\, Sugioka says\, poetry readings are more significant than ever in a shifting San Francisco: “the [literary] community subsists on artistic freedom—and it is still free. There are multiple poetry readings every night and they don’t cost anything. They cut across class\, race and culture\, and engender the expression of diverse voices that share the paradoxical wit\, wisdom\, terror and joy of our times.” \nOn December 17\, the Tenderloin Museum will have the privilege of hosting the book launch for Wile & Wing\, Sugioka’s latest series of poems which explore themes of Invisible borders\, personal boundaries\, and social justice. In classic “Babarian” fashion\, Sugioka will also be joined by authors Natasha Dennerstein and Susan Dambroff\, where they will each read book excerpts and original poems. \nAbout the poets: \nKimi Sugioka \nBorn in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina and raised in Berkeley\, California\, Kimi Sugioka is a poet\, songwriter\, and educator. She performs her work frequently throughout the Bay Area. She has worked in public education for decades\, and earned her BA from San Francisco State University and MFA from the Naropa Institute in Boulder\, Colorado. \nNatasha Dennerstein \nNatasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne\, Australia. She has an MFA from San Francisco State University. Natasha has had poetry published in many journals internationally. Her collections Anatomize (2015)\, Triptych Caliform (2016) and her novella-in-verse About a Girl (2017) were published by Norfolk Press in San Francisco. Her trans chapbook Seahorse (2017) was published by Nomadic Press in Oakland. She lives in Oakland\, California\, where she is an editor at Nomadic Press and works at St James Infirmary\, a clinic for sex-workers in San Francisco. She was a 2018 Fellow of the Lambda Literary Writers’ Retreat. \nSusan Dambroff \nSusan Dambroff is a poet\, performer\, and teacher drawn to the detailed placement of words and the alchemy of timing and sequence. She has published the chapbook\,“Conversations with Trees.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wile-wing-poetry-book-launch/
LOCATION:Tenderloin Museum\, 398 Eddy St\, San Francisco \, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Gary Snyder and Jane Hirshfield
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by Poetry Society of America \nGary Snyder began his career in the 1950s as a noted member of the “Beat Generation\,” though he has since explored a wide range of social and spiritual matters in both poetry and prose. Snyder’s work blends physical reality and precise observations of nature with inner insight received primarily through the practice of Zen Buddhism. He has been described as the “poet laureate of Deep Ecology”. Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Book Award. His awards also include the Bollingen Prize\, an American Academy of Arts and Letters award\, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship\, the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Prize\, the Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award\, the Shelley Memorial Award\, and the Ruth Lilly Award. \n\nJane Hirshfield’s ninth\, forthcoming poetry collection\, Ledger (Knopf\, 2020)\, centers on the crises of climate and biosphere\, and on our interconnection with one another and all beings.  She is the founder of #PoetsForScience\, a project originating with the first March For Science in D.C. in 2017\, and the author of two now-classic books of essays\, Nine Gates and Ten Windows. Her honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts\, as well as the Poetry Center and California Book Awards. The Washington Post has named her “among the modern masters” and the New York Times called her last book\, The Beauty\, “a deep well of wisdom.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gary-snyder-and-jane-hirshfield/
LOCATION:Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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SUMMARY:Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal Vo. 35
DESCRIPTION:featuring \nK.R. MORRISON \nMore details and readers to be announced…
URL:https://litseen.com/event/haight-ashbury-literary-journal-vo-35/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:"SoMa Lurk" Book Release
DESCRIPTION:a reading in support of “SoMa Lurk” a collection of poems and photos by José Vadi\, published by Project Kalahati. Readings by Sarah O’Neal\, Tongo Eisen-Martin and José Vadi
URL:https://litseen.com/event/soma-lurk-book-release/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:New Sutras official release party! W/Camille Roy & drought spa
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the official release of Suzanne Stein’s 21st century technicolor epic NEW SUTRAS at The Lede in Old Oakland\, a new bar/restaurant with collaborative relationships in local media production. \nWe’re excited to present Suzanne and her incredible work alongside Bay Area luminaries Camille Roy and DROUGHT SPA (Alex Cruse and Kevin Lo). \nThe space is accessible\, a few blocks from 12th St. Oakland BART station\, with food and drink. There will be books for sale\, and copies of our chapbooks for free. \nMore information/bios of featured readers/performers to come!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/new-sutras-official-release-party-w-camille-roy-drought-spa/
LOCATION:The Lede\, 906 Washington St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Viet Thanh Nguyen\, Thi Bui\, and Their Sons\, Ellison and Hien
DESCRIPTION:Do your children doodle and write stories? \nJoin us in a celebration of artistic family collaboration\, and a tale of chickens and pirates with Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer) and Caldecott Prize winner Thi Bui (The Best We Could Do\, A Different Pond) and their sons\, Ellison and Hien. \n\n\n\n\nChicken of the Sea is an adorable picture book in which a band of intrepid chickens leave behind the boredom of farm life\, joining the crew of the pirate ship Pitiless to seek fortune and glory on the high seas. Led by a grizzled captain into the territory of the Dog Knights\, they soon learn what it means to be courageous\, merciful\, and not seasick quite so much of the time. \nA whimsical and unexpected adventure tale\, Chicken of the Sea originated in the five-year-old mind of Ellison Nguyen. With his novelist father Viet Thanh Nguyen\, they committed the story to the page then enlisted the artistic talents of Thi Bui and her thirteen-year-old son\, Hien Bui-Stafford\, to illustrate it. This unique collaboration between two generations of artists and storytellers invites you aboard for adventure\, even if you’re chicken. Maybe especially if you’re chicken. \nEllison Tai Duong Nguyen likes watching videos and drawing comics and playing with Legos. He also likes reading superhero books and playing superhero games. \nViet Thanh Nguyen is a butler\, the Alfred to Ellison’s Batman. When he is not butlering\, Viet teaches\, writes books\, gives lectures around the country\, and dreams that he might one day draw as well as Ellison. He is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer\, The Refugees\, Nothing Ever Dies\, and Race and Resistance. \nHien Bui-Stafford is now a teenager who enjoys sleeping. When he is awake\, he reads\, draws\, plays games\, and entertains his younger cousins. \nThi Bui plays a cartoonist on the interwebs and spends her days wheeling a suitcase around the world\, talking to people. When she is home\, she takes her son out to ramen and they draw together. She is the author of the Caldecott-winning A Different Pond and the American Book Award-winning The Best We Could Do. \nCo-sponsored by Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/viet-thanh-nguyen-thi-bui-and-their-sons-ellison-and-hien/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200118T220000
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SUMMARY:SFJAZZ Presents The Just and the Blind with Marc Bamuthi Joseph & More
DESCRIPTION:Longtime collaborators composer-violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain and spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph are joined by street dance pioneer Drew Dollaz and electrifying vocalist Lalin St. Juste in The Just and the Blind\, commissioned by Carnegie Hall. \nFramed by visually striking photography and animation projections\, the multimedia work explores racial profiling and the prison-industrial complex in a series of short vignettes that include music\, dance\, and spoken word. \nConceived and written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph\nOriginal musical score by Daniel Bernard Roumain\nDirected by Michael John Garcés \nArtists:\nMarc Bamuthi Joseph\, Spoken Word\nDaniel Bernard Roumain\, Violin/Piano/Electronics\nDrew Dollaz\, Choreographer/Dancer\nLalin St. Juste\, Vocalist \nDavid Szlasa\, Projection Designer\nXia Gordon\, Animator\nBrittsense\, Photographer\nLisa Armstrong\, Journalist \nRika Iino\, Producer\nMelissa Higgins\, Producer \nThe Just and the Blind was commissioned by Carnegie Hall and presented as part of the 2019 Create Justice Forum.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sfjazz-presents-the-just-and-the-blind-with-marc-bamuthi-joseph-more/
LOCATION:SFJAZZ Center\, 201 Franklin St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200118T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T203000
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SUMMARY:You're Going to Die presents: A 10 Year Anniversary Event
DESCRIPTION:Sat\, Jan 18\, 20208:30 PM  Sun\, Jan 19\, 20201:00 AM\nThe Indepedent (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’re Going to Die Presents:\na YG2D 10th ANNIVERSARY EVENT!!!!\nfeaturing\nWhiskerman\n& more TBA soooooon…. \nDoors at 8:30pm\nShow at 9pm\nEnds after midnight\n@\nThe Independent\n628 Divisadero St.\nSan Francisco\, CA 94117\n21 & over\n$18 ADV – $20 DOOR\nTICKETS ONSALE 10/11 @ 10am: http://bit.ly/2LJflnF \nFor its 10 Year Anniversary Celebration\, You’re Going to Die offers a mortally conscious & enliveningly entertaining experience\, proudly presenting great artists as they deserve to be presented: in the concert context of acknowledging their musical mortal magic… & in one of our favorite venues in San Francisco! \nWhiskerman is preparing to release their fourth studio album\, Kingdom Illusion–a rock & roll vision quest that ushers the band’s elegiac psychedelia towards a louder\, pushier\, more colorful sound. Their past albums have been described as “ecstatic psychedelia\, sturdily constructed pop-rock\, pick-and-grin folk all together as a single picture.”\n“High-energy roots rock set with notes of soul\, psychedelic and folk.” – KQED\n“Ecstatic psychedelia\, sturdily constructed pop-rock\, pick-and-grin folk. ” – FLOOD Magazine\nCheck out more @ https://www.whiskerman.com/ \n& MORE TBA soooooon!!!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-presents-a-10-year-anniversary-event/
LOCATION:The Independent\, 628 Divisadero St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="You're Going to Die":MAILTO:ned@yg2d.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T160000
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SUMMARY:Poets @ Play
DESCRIPTION:topic: tba\nEdwin Markham House in History Park\n635 Phelan Avenue\, San José\, CA 95112\nAdmission FREE\nFree parking in the Staff/Volunteer lot on Phelan Avenue.\nPlease enter History Park from the Phelan Avenue side \nQuestions? Call 408-368-0353\nRSVP recommended but not required: poetsatplay@pcsj.org \nThe Markham House / map:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-play-3/
LOCATION:Edwin Markham House in History Park\, 1650 Senter Road\, San Jose\, 95112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191124T213327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T213327Z
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SUMMARY:Daniel Levitin\, Successful Aging
DESCRIPTION:Neuroscientist and bestselling author Daniel Levitin (This Is Your Brain on Music) will join us to discuss his important new book\, Successful Aging. \nAuthor of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind\, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age\, why we should think about health span\, not life span\, and\, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence\, what you can do to make the most of your seventies\, eighties\, and nineties today no matter how old you are now. \nSuccessful Aging uses research from developmental neuroscience and the psychology of individual differences to show that sixty-plus years is a unique developmental stage that\, like infancy or adolescence\, has its own demands and distinct advantages. Levitin looks at the science behind what we all can learn from those who age joyously\, as well as how to adapt our culture to take full advantage of older people’s wisdom and experience. Throughout his exploration of what aging really means\, Levitin reveals resilience strategies and practical\, cognitive enhancing tricks everyone should do as they age. \nSuccessful Aging inspires a powerful new approach to how readers think about our final decades\, and it will revolutionize the way we plan for old age as individuals\, family members\, and citizens within a society where the average life expectancy continues to rise. \nDaniel J. Levitin\, PhD\, is a neuroscientist\, cognitive psychologist\, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco\, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music\, The World in Six Songs\, The Organized Mind\, and A Field Guide to Lies. He divides his time between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. \n“This is the book I need now. This is probably the book YOU need now. Levitin beautifully weaves hard science with more subtle\, subjective agents of change—compassion\, friendship\, the redemptive power of work—into a refreshing guide for those of us navigating the penultimate stage of life.” —Rosanne Cash\, Four-time Grammy winning singer and songwriter\, author of Composed \n“Predictions are perilous\, but here’s one I can make with certainty: Tomorrow you and I will be older than we are today. That’s why you\, I\, and everyone we know needs this remarkable book. With a scientist’s rigor and a storyteller’s flair\, Daniel Levitin offers a fresh approach to growing older. He debunks the idea that aging inevitably brings infirmity and unhappiness and instead offers a trove of practical\, evidence-based guidance for living longer and better. SUCCESSFUL AGING is an essential book for the rest of your life.” —Daniel H. Pink\, author of WHEN and DRIVE \n\nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. \nIf you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by January 18th.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daniel-levitin-successful-aging/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191124T214714Z
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SUMMARY:Caroline Goodwin\, open mic
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Express presents Caroline Goodwin in a featured poetry reading\, open mic before and after featured reading\, hosted by Bruce Bagnell\, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant\, back room\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, free but donations appreciated\, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/caroline-goodwin-open-mic/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94703
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191124T193242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T193242Z
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SUMMARY:Gibby Haynes / Me and Mr. Cigar
DESCRIPTION:reading from his new novel \nMe and Mr. Cigar \npublished by Soho Press \nFrom the wild and wonderful mind of Gibby Haynes—world famous Butthole Surfers front man/lyricist and self-proclaimed eternal Texan adolescent—comes the surreal tale of seventeen-year-old Oscar Lester and his trusted dog\, Mr. Cigar. \nOscar and his dog have made a pretty good life for themselves\, despite the fact that Oscar’s family has all but vanished—his father is dead; his mother has a new boyfriend. His older sister\, Rachel\, fled five years ago…right after Mr. Cigar bit off her hand. \nDespite the freak accident\, Oscar knows his dog is no menace. Mr. Cigar is a loyal protector: a supernatural creature that can exact revenge\, communicate telepathically\, and manipulate car doors and windows with ease. So\, when Rachel—now twenty-two and an artist living in New York—calls out of the blue and claims she’s being held hostage\, Oscar sees an opportunity to make things right between them. \nHe races north\, intent on both saving Rachel and fleeing the mysterious evil forces targeting his dog. And it’s only by embarking on this dual quest that Oscar starts to untangle his own life and understand the bizarre reality of Mr. Cigar. \n*Features original artwork by Gibby Haynes as full color endpapers and illustrations throughout the book. \nGibby Haynes is a musician\, visual artist\, writer\, and filmmaker best known as a founding member of the Butthole Surfers\, whose outrageous concerts spawned a global cult following and whose albums have sold millions worldwide. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. Me & Mr. Cigar is his first novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gibby-haynes-me-and-mr-cigar/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191120T015428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T015428Z
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Roz Chast & Patricia Marx / You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples
DESCRIPTION:The perfect Valentine’s Day or anniversary gift: An illustrated collection of love and relationship advice from New Yorker writer Patricia Marx\, with illustrations from New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. \nEveryone’s heard the old advice for a healthy relationship: Never go to bed angry. Play hard to get. Sexual favors in exchange for cleaning up the cat vomit is a good and fair trade. \nOkay\, not that last one. It’s one of the tips in You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples by the authors of Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It: A Mother’s Suggestions. This guide will make you laugh\, remind you why your relationship is better than everyone else’s\, and solve all your problems. \nNuggets of advice include: \nIf you must breathe\, don’t breathe so loudly. \nIt is easier to stay inside and wait for the snow to melt than to fight about who should shovel. \nQueen-sized beds\, king-sized blankets. \nWhy not give this book to your significant or insignificant other\, your anti-Valentine’s Day crusader pal\, or anyone who can’t live with or without love? \n—– \nRoz Chast has loved to draw cartoons since she was a child growing up in Brooklyn. She attended Rhode Island School of Design\, majoring in Painting because it seemed more artistic. However\, soon after graduating\, she reverted to type and began drawing cartoons once again. \nPatricia Marx has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1989. She is a former writer for Saturday Night Live and Rugrats\, and is the author of several books. Marx was the first woman elected to the Harvard Lampoon. She has taught screenwriting and humor writing at Princeton\, New York University\, and Stonybrook University. She was the recipient of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship. \n—– \n*** Please note *** \nDoors at 6pm. Program at 7pm. Duration of event is subject to authors’ preference. \nSigning details TBA soon. \nTickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. All ticket sales are final. \nThis event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-roz-chast-patricia-marx-you-can-only-yell-at-me-for-one-thing-at-a-time-rules-for-couples/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20200123T071448Z
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SUMMARY:Black Love Night of Poetry and Poetry Workshop!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Black Love of 2020! Join us for a chill night of poetry from Queer Black Artists part of QTPOC at Strut!\nAnd a free poetry workshop lead by Tanea Lunsford Lynx! \nThis show is free. Free drinks and non alcoholic beverages will be provided! \nPOETRY WORKSHOP from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM\nBLACK LOVE POETRY SHOW from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM! \nPoetry show Hosted by SevanKelee Boult!\nWith Literary Performances from\nLauren Wheeler!\nLisa Evans!\nand Tanea Lunsford Lynx! \nPLUS A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY Freddie!! \nmore info coming soon! \nQTPOC at Strut is every Thursday at Strut on the third floor we focus our programming\, testing\, and services to the queer and trans people of color communities.\nSexual Health Services and PrEP Enrollments from 5pm-6:30pm.\nPoetry Workshop at 6:30 PM\nBlack Love poetry performances at 7:30 PM \nPOETRY WORKSHOP\nHave you ever wanted to write poetry? Want to take a shot at it\, join us for this beginners poetry workshop lead by Tanea Lunsford Lynx! \nQuestions please email our Community Events Manager Baruch Porras Hernandez\, baruch@sfaf.org or Text QTPOC to 474747 \nACCESSIBILITY\nThere are no stairs to enter the lobby level at Strut from the street level. The building has three floors\, and there is a stairwell with handrails and a wheelchair accessible elevator. There are 26 steps from the lobby to the 2nd floor and 48 steps from the lobby to the 3rd floor. \nPlease note\, this event will be photographed and possibly filmed.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/black-love-night-of-poetry-and-poetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Strut\, 470 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Strut":MAILTO:info@sfaf.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20200115T180709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T180709Z
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SUMMARY:Bikes to Books Winter Beer Social
DESCRIPTION:Join Nicole Gluckstern and Burrito Justice\, the creators of literary bicycle tour “Bikes to Books\,” for an evening of socializing\, beer drinking\, and map chat—the first of a series of “Bikes to Books” events and meetups planned for 2020. Bicyclists\, book-ists\, beer-ists\, urbanists\, history buffs\, transit nerds\, and (honestly) anyone else are welcome! \nBegun as an homage to the 1988 naming of 12 streets for artists and authors who’d once called San Francisco their home\, this collaboration between arts journalist and event organizer\, Nicole Gluckstern\, and amateur historian and professional map-maker\, Burrito Justice\, has grown into a beloved community organization with a whole season of free events. Help us kick off our seventh season with this lo-key beer social at one of our fave neighborhood bars. No bikes required! \n21+ only (sorry kiddos).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bikes-to-books-winter-beer-social/
LOCATION:Bender’s Bar and Grill\, 806 So. Van Ness Avenue\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bikes to Books":MAILTO:bikes2books@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191124T193133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T193133Z
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SUMMARY:David Talbot / Between Heaven and Hell
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed writer\, bestselling author\, and founder of Salon magazine\, David Talbot has brought us masterful and explosive headline-breaking stories for over 25 years with books like the New York Times bestsellers Brothers\, The Devil’s Chessboard\, and nationally recognized Season of the Witch. Now for the first time\, journalist and historian David Talbot turns inward in this intimate journey through the life-changing year following his stroke\, a year that turned his life upside down\, and ultimately\, saved him. \nIn his signature voice and with powerful storytelling\, Talbot examines the physical\, emotional\, and psychological impact his stroke has had on his identity. Along the way Talbot offers readers insider stories on the wild early days of Internet journalism\, insights into the new tech culture\, the down and dirty of Hollywood\, and much more. This is an illuminating\, often humorous\, portrait of how a health crisis can truly shift one’s perspective on life and purpose.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-talbot-between-heaven-and-hell/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191227T175743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191227T175743Z
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SUMMARY:Ian Haney López
DESCRIPTION:presens Merge Left:Fusing Race and Class\, Winning Elections\, and Saving America. \n“The book for anyone interested in cross-racial solidarity on behalf of racial and economic justice for all!”–Jane Fonda \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, January 22\, 2020 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2014\, Ian Haney López in Dog Whistle Politics named and explained the coded racial appeals exploited by right-wing politicians over the last half century–and thereby anticipated the 2016 presidential election. Now the country is heading into what will surely be one of the most consequential elections ever\, with the Right gearing up to exploit racial fear-mongering to divide and distract\, and the Left splintered over the next step forward. Some want to focus on racial justice head-on; others insist that a race-silent focus on class avoids alienating white voters. \nCan either approach–race-forward or colorblind–build the progressive supermajorities necessary to break political gridlock and fundamentally change the country’s direction? \nFor the past two years\, Haney López has been collaborating with a research team of union activists\, racial justice leaders\, communications specialists\, and pollsters. Based on conversations\, interviews\, and surveys with thousands of people all over the country\, the team found a way forward. \nBy merging the fights for racial justice and for shared economic prosperity\, they were able to build greater enthusiasm for both goals–and for the cross-racial solidarity needed to win elections. What does this mean? It means that neutralizing the Right’s political strategy of racial division is possible\, today. And that’s the key to everything progressives want to achieve. \nA work of deep research\, nuanced argument\, and urgent insight\, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class\, Winning Elections\, and Saving America is an indispensable tool for the upcoming political season and in the larger fight to build racial justice and shared economic prosperity for all of us. \nIan Haney López is a law professor at the UC Berkeley\, where he teaches in the areas of race and constitutional law. Haney López is the author of Dog Whistle Politics plus two other books and two anthologies. He co-founded the Race-Class Narrative Project\, and also co-chaired the AFL-CIO’s Advisory Council on Racial and Economic Justice. He holds an endowed chair as the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at UC Berkeley and lives in Richmond. \nIn collaboration with KPFA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ian-haney-lopez/
LOCATION:Kehilla Synagogue\, 1300 Grand Ave.\, Piedmont\, CA\, 94610\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20200123T071810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200123T071810Z
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SUMMARY:Fifteen Year Anniversary at Books Inc. Alameda
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Books Inc. Alameda to celebrate 15 years of serving our community! Come for snacks\, activities for the kids\, music\, and fun with neighbors and friends to celebrate the New Year and 15 years of Books Inc. in Alameda! The party will run from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. *Free and open to the public*
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fifteen-year-anniversary-at-books-inc-alameda/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191124T215628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T215628Z
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SUMMARY:On Ecology and Spirituality
DESCRIPTION:Throughout history\, seekers\, shamans\, and mystics have found spiritual inspiration in the natural world – in wild places at the margins of human culture. Indigenous\, Native\, and Aboriginal groups that have long identified immanent\, animate power in plants\, animals\, and abiotic features of the landscape such as rivers\, rocks\, and cliffs. \nIn the 21st century\, it is essential to reweave and reinvigorate spiritual connections with the landscape. Spiritual ecology encompasses the internal\, subjective\, emotional\, mystical or religious connections between humans and the rest of planetary life. Through experiences in nature\, people reconnect with that which is most essential\, most alive\, and most sustaining in their intimate connections with other beings\, Earth\, and the cosmos. This reconnection is as essential for sustaining life on an increasingly degraded planet\, as it is for full human flourishing. \nJoin CIIS Associate Professor of Ecology and Religion\, Elizabeth Allison for an exploration into spiritual ecology. Discover how deepening our relationship with the natural world helps us thrive.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/on-ecology-and-spirituality/
LOCATION:CIIS Public Programs\, 1453 Mission St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191124T200709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T200709Z
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SUMMARY:Roz Chast & Patricia Marx on Love
DESCRIPTION:After last April’s sold-out show\, Roz Chast and Patricia Marx return to Kepler’s for You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples. \nMuch beloved\, utterly genius contributors to The New Yorker for decades\, the inimitable cartoonist Roz Chast and wry humorist Patricia Marx have joined forces again! This time\, to solve every love and relationship problem that has ever existed. You’re welcome! \nEveryone’s heard the old\, standard advice for a healthy relationship… we wouldn’t dare bore you with those. Instead\, Chast and Marx will make you laugh\, remind you why your relationship is better than everyone else’s\, and solve all your problems with advice like the following: “If you must breathe\, don’t breathe so loudly” or “It is easier to stay inside and wait for the snow to melt than to fight about who should shovel.” \nJoin these two remarkable women for a laugh out loud evening and get your copy of You Can Only Yell At Me for One Thing at a Time personalized for a Valentine’s or Anniversary gift\, or for your own personal collection (“hands off\, Harry!”). \nROZ CHAST has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1978\, and is the only cartoonist we’ve heard of with multiple honorary doctorates\, in addition to several books and a boatload of awards under her belt. In 2012\, she was awarded the NYC Literary Honor in Humor. She has a knack for revealing the entire feeling of a situation in just one sentence\, as evidenced by her critically acclaimed 2014 memoir\, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? \nPATRICIA MARX was the first woman humorist ever elected to The Harvard Lampoon\, a writer for Saturday Night Live and Rugrats\, and a contributor of creative\, unusual ephemera to The New Yorker since 1989. She has authored multiple books\, taught at university\, given a TEDxTalk\, won some awards\, and only occasionally feared for her own wits. She was the recipient of the 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roz-chast-patricia-marx-on-love/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T094421
CREATED:20191205T154420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191205T154420Z
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SUMMARY:Tom Lutz: Born Slippy
DESCRIPTION:Tom Lutz discusses his new novel\, Born Slippy. \nPraise for Born Slippy \n“A highly literary and always engaging 21st century noir… Born Slippy confronts contemporary questions about the relativity of evil that no one can dodge.”— Chris Kraus\, author of I Love Dick and After Kathy Acker. \n“Lutz has the seven deadly sins nailed and rethought for our 2020 world. You’ve got to dig this book!” — James Ellroy \n“What a pleasure\, to sink under the comedic spell of Tom Lutz’s debut novel! The perfect book for a dreary day– a gleeful\, twisty tale of an unlikely friendship. Its antagonist young bloviating Dmitry Heald\, with his wild schemes and hair-raising tales\, is the guy you can’t trust to go to the market\, while the older Frank\, his boss\, is a man who should know better\, and yet can’t resist. Infinitely entertaining. I’d put it on the shelf between Tom Robbins and Martin Amis\, if a place can be cleared there.” — Janet Fitch\, author of The Revolution of Marina M. and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral \nAbout Born Slippy \nA globetrotting novel about the seductions of and resistance to toxic masculinity. \n“Frank knew as well as anyone how stories start and how they end. This fiery mess\, or something like it\, was bound to happen. He had been expecting it for years.” \nFrank Baltimore is a bit of a loser\, struggling by as a carpenter and handyman in rural New England when he gets his big break\, building a mansion in the executive suburbs of Hartford. One of his workers is a charismatic eighteen-year-old kid from Liverpool\, Dmitry\, in the US in the summer before university. Dmitry is a charming sociopath\, who develops a fascination with his autodidactic philosopher boss\, perhaps thinking that\, if he could figure out what made Frank tick\, he could be less of a pig. Dmitry heads to Asia and makes a neo-imperialist fortune\, with a trail of corpses in his wake. When Dmitry’s office building in Taipei explodes in an enormous fireball\, Frank heads to Asia\, falls in love with Dmitry’s wife\, and things go from bad to worse. \nCombining the best elements of literary thriller\, noir and political satire\, Born Slippy is a darkly comic and honest meditation on modern life under global capitalism. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tom-lutz-born-slippy/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Our Voices Our Stories SF presents Ingrid Rojas Contreras
DESCRIPTION:Ingrid Rojas Contreras will join OVOSSF founder Lisa D. Gray in a conversation about her novel Conteras’ novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree. About OVOSsf Our Voices\, Our Stories SF began in 2014 with 16 amazing writers and four engaging book chats one of which featured Natalie Bazile of Queen Sugar Fame and the legendary Eunetta Boone\, the first black woman showrunner on the Disney Channel. We bring you high-quality authors eager to share and discuss their work. \nThe evening culminates in a book chat between Lisa D. Gray (the Founder and Curator of this landmark series)\, and one or more of the authors. The authors write across genres\, so when you come\, you hear everything from fiction to travel writing and poetry to memoir. These women’s stories paint vivid pictures of what it’s like to live in the world as a woman of color. They explore themes and topics everyone can relate to and understand. \nAbout Ingrid Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá\, Colombia. Her first novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree (Doubleday) is an Indie Next selection\, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection\, and a New York Times editor’s choice. Her essays and short stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine\, Buzzfeed\, Nylon\, and Guernica\, among others. Rojas Contreras has received numerous awards and fellowships from Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference\, VONA\, Hedgebrook\, The Camargo Foundation\, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. She is the book columnist for KQED\, the Bay Area’s NPR affiliate. She teaches writing at the University of San Francisco\, and works with immigrant high school students as part of a San Francisco Arts Commission initiative bringing writers into public schools. She is working on a family memoir about her grandfather\, a curandero from Colombia who it was said had the power to move clouds. \nFruit of the Drunken Tree Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá\, but the threat of kidnappings\, car bombs\, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls\, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. \nInspired by the author’s own life\, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona\, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different\, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose\, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation. \nAbout Lisa Lisa D. Gray is a writer\, curator\, and social justice warrior who loves to cook and sees possibilities waiting to burst free in bubbles blown into air. Her interests range from dancing (her first career goal: Rockette) to star gazing\, and if an animal lived with her\, it’d be a turtle. She writes about the things that intrigue and perplex her and does it with humor and insight. She earned an MFA from Mills College and completed a residency at the Vermont Studio Center and a fellowship at The Fine Arts Works Center. Her work appears in the As Us Literary Journal. Mission at Tenth and the anthology New Haven Noir for which she won an Edgar Award in 2018. She’s a member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto and a Fellow at The Ruby in San Francisco. She is completing her first novel. \nWe encourage you to purchase the book using the PURCHASE BOOKS link on our website. Books sales will also occur on site.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/our-voices-our-stories-sf-presents-ingrid-rojas-contreras/
LOCATION:African American Art & Culture Complex\, 762 Fulton St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Readings from ZYZZYVA's Bay Area Issue
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS celebrates the latest issue of their dear friends at ZYZZYVA on Friday\, January 24! \nZYZZYVA dedicates its most recent issue to the region it has called home since 1985. Join the editors of ZYZZYVA and some of its contributors from the Bay Area Issue for a night of short readings and celebration. Tonight’s feature readers include Lydia Conklin\, Sara Mumolo\, Andrew Roe\, sam sax\, Nina Schuyler\, and Matthew Zapruder. \nABOUT THE READERS \nLYDIA CONKLIN is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Her fiction has appeared in Tin House\, The Southern Review\, The Gettysburg Review\, and other publications. \nSARA MUMOLO is the author of the poetry collection Day Counter (Omnidawn)\, and is the associate director for the MFA Creative Writing Program at St. Mary’s College of California. \nANDREW ROE is the author of the novel The Miracle Girl (Algonquin Books)\, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. \nsam sax is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and the author of Bury It (Wesleyan University Press)\, winner of the James Laughlin Award. \nNINA SCHUYLER is the author of the novels The Translator (Pegasus Books) and The Painting (Algonquin Books)\, a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. \nMATTHEW ZAPRUDER is the author of several poetry collections\, most recently Father’s Day (Copper Canyon Press)\, as well as the nonfiction book Why Poetry (Ecco)\, and is an associate professor at St. Mary’s College of California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/readings-from-zyzzyvas-bay-area-issue/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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