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SUMMARY:JENNA WORTHAM & KIMBERLY DREW
DESCRIPTION:JENNA WORTHAM & KIMBERLY DREW\nin conversation with Ashley C. Ford\nWednesday\, December 9\, 2020\n6:00pm Pacific Time\n\nTICKETS \n\n\nWhat does it mean to be Black and alive right now? Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together a new collection of work\, entitled Black Futures—images\, photos\, essays\, memes\, dialogues\, recipes\, tweets\, poetry\, and more—to tell the story of the radical\, imaginative\, provocative\, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today. \nJenna Wortham is the co-host of The New York Times arts and culture podcast Still Processing\, and a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. Wortham was previously a tech writer for The New York Times\, and now writes on a multitude of subjects ranging between arts and culture\, technology\, and social media\, with a focus on the contributions of Black\, queer women. Wortham is also a sound healer\, reiki practitioner\, herbalist\, and community care worker oriented toward healing justice and liberation\, and is working on a book about the body and dissociation for Penguin Press. \nKimberly Drew is a writer\, curator\, and activist. Drew received her B.A. from Smith College in Art History and African-American Studies. She first experienced the art world as an intern in the Director’s Office of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Her time there inspired her to start the Tumblr blog Black Contemporary Art\, sparking her interest in social media. Drew’s writing has appeared in Vogue\, Glamour\, W\, Teen Vogue\, and Lenny Letter\, and she has executed Instagram takeovers for Prada\, The White House\, and Instagram. Drew recently left her role as the Social Media Manager at The Met. \nAshley C. Ford is a writer\, editor\, and critic in Brooklyn by way of Indiana. Ford hosts The Chronicles of Now podcast\, co-hosts The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio\, and is the former host of seasons one & three of Mastercard’s Fortune Favors The Bold\, as well as the video interview series PROFILE by BuzzFeed News\, and Brooklyn-based news & culture TV show\, 112BK. Her memoir\, Somebody’s Daughter\, will be published in June 2021. \nPre-order Black Futures today from Marcus Books\, the nation’s oldest Black-owned independent bookstore\, celebrating its 60th year. All Bookshop orders ship directly to you. If you are interested in arranging in-person pickup please call Marcus Books at (510) 652-2344 or visit in Oakland\, CA at 3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
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SUMMARY:Author Scott James Discussing TRIAL BY FIRE
DESCRIPTION:Author Scott James Discussing TRIAL BY FIRE | Wed. 12/9 @ 7 PM PST | Virtual Author Chat on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us on Wednesday\, December 9\, 2020 at 7 PM PST for an online discussion with author Scott James in conversation with journalist and author Frances Dinkelspiel discussing his Scott’s new book\, TRIAL BY FIRE: A DEVASTATING TRAGEDY\, 100 LIVES LOST\, AND A 15-YEAR SEARCH FOR TRUTH. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85496974190. \n(Order your copy of TRIAL BY FIRE at https://bit.ly/GGPTrialByFire.) \nTRIAL BY FIRE reopens the case of The Station nightclub fire that killed 100 when the rock band Great White ignited fireworks inside a small roadside club in tiny Rhode Island. It’s one of the deadliest fires in American history\, and it became of the nation’s deadliest criminal cases. But there were never any trials. \nAuthor Scott James spent ten years investigating what happened\, and discovered there was much more to the disaster than what the public had been led to believe. \nHere’s what’s been said about TRIAL BY FIRE so far… \nIn a starred review\, Publishers Weekly called it “Gripping… essential reading for true crime fans.” \nAnd New York Times bestselling author Raj Patel said\, quote\, “This is journalism as it is meant to be. Scott James does for Rhode Island what Truman Capote did for Kansas.” \nScott James is a veteran journalist and the author of Trial by Fire. Since 2009 Scott’s reporting has appeared in The New York Times\, and he is the recipient of three Emmy Awards for his work in television news. He’s also the author of two bestselling novels\, SoMa and The Sower. \nFrances Dinkelspiel is an award-winning veteran journalist\, co-founder of the news organization Berkeleyside and author of two books\, Towers of Gold and the New York Times bestseller Tangled Vines.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/author-scott-james-discussing-trial-by-fire/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #5: Gifts for the Hard-To-Shop-For
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, December 10\, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on gifts for the hard-to-shop-for on your list in this last episode of our Great Good Gifts for the Holidays series. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82851929183. \nThis is our fifth and lat recommendations night of the season. Mark your calendar for these events too: \n\n11/5: Cook books and Gift Books;\n11/12: Kids’ books and graphic novels\n1219: Adult nonfiction\n12/3: Adult Fiction\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nZoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82851929183\n\nUnited States
URL:https://litseen.com/event/great-good-gifts-for-the-holidays-5-gifts-for-the-hard-to-shop-for-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201210T180000
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SUMMARY:SF Poet Laureate: Poem Jam - California Fire & Water
DESCRIPTION:This monthly poetry reading features poet and editor Molly Fisk and other writers in her acclaimed new book\, California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology. To help Californians face uncertainty and express their personal responses to the climate crisis\, Molly Fisk sent poet-teachers from California Poets in schools throughout the state to teach five-session workshops on the climate crisis. California Fire & Water gathers work from these students\, as well as adult poets. The authors hope to prompt discussion and action on behalf of the planet and provide solace for those suffering losses. Kim Shuck\, the current Poet Laureate of San Francisco\, will introduce the program. \nZoom Registration
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sf-poet-laureate-poem-jam-california-fire-water/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library – Virtual Library
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:SF Poet Laureate: Poem Jam - California Fire & Water
DESCRIPTION:This monthly poetry reading features poet and editor Molly Fisk and writers in her acclaimed new book\, California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology. To help Californians face uncertainty and express their personal responses to the climate crisis\, Molly Fisk sent poet-teachers from California Poets in the Schools throughout the state to teach five-session workshops on the climate crisis. California Fire & Water gathers work from these students\, as well as from adult poets. The authors hope to prompt discussion and action on behalf of the planet and to provide solace for those suffering losses. Kim Shuck\, the current Poet Laureate of San Francisco\, will introduce the program. \nZoom Registration
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sf-poet-laureate-poem-jam-california-fire-water-2/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library – Virtual Library
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201210T190000
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SUMMARY:Ken Layne Creator of Desert Oracle on the hidden histories of the Mojave
DESCRIPTION:Ken Layne joins us from Joshua Tree to celebrate the publication of Desert Oracle Volume 1 (MCD/FSG)\, a collection of writing from his self-published periodical. \nThis event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. \nREGISTER HERE \nAbout Desert Oracle\nFor the past five years\, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical\, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique\, its canary-yellow-covered\, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next\, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show\, a podcast\, a live performance. Now\, for the first time—and including both classic and new\, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. \nStraight out of Joshua Tree\, California\, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales\, singing sand dunes\, sagebrush trails\, artists and aliens\, authors and oddballs\, ghost towns and modern legends\, musicians and mystics\, scorpions and saguaros\, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner\, around a campfire\, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. \nFrom journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy\, and musings on everything from desert flora\, rumored cryptid sightings\, and other paranormal phenomena\, Ken Layne’s Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single\, essential volume. \nAbout Ken Layne\nKen Layne is a professional high-speed typist\, a broadcaster\, and the editor/publisher of Desert Oracle\, the pocket-size quarterly field guide to the strange and intriguing American deserts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ken-layne-creator-of-desert-oracle-on-the-hidden-histories-of-the-mojave/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201210T190000
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SUMMARY:Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #5: Gifts for the Hard-To-Shop-For
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, December 10\, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on gifts for the hard-to-shop-for on your list in this last episode of our Great Good Gifts for the Holidays series. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82851929183. \nThis is our fifth and lat recommendations night of the season. Mark your calendar for these events too: \n\n11/5: Cook books and Gift Books;\n11/12: Kids’ books and graphic novels\n1219: Adult nonfiction\n12/3: Adult Fiction\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nZoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82851929183\n\nUnited States
URL:https://litseen.com/event/great-good-gifts-for-the-holidays-5-gifts-for-the-hard-to-shop-for/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201211T120000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Don George - Fine-Tune Your Travel Tale: Advanced Writing Workshop (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed for writers who have an already finished travel story of up to 3\,000 words that they would like to workshop and refine. Participants will be asked to send their story to Don George and all the workshop participants before the first class. In each workshop\, we will closely discuss and critique three pieces. In addition to individual critiques\, we will also discuss the art of great travel writing — how to lead into a piece\, how to structure a story arc\, how to bring a place and scene to life\, and how to create a compelling close. \nDon George is the author of The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George and of Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing and the editor of ten anthologies\, including A Moveable Feast\, The Kindness of Strangers\, Better Than Fiction\, and An Innocent Abroad. George is Editor at Large for National Geographic Traveler\, where he writes feature articles and the monthly Trip Lit column. He is also Editor of BBC Travel‘s literary travel column\, Chance Encounters.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-class-don-george-fine-tune-your-travel-tale-advanced-writing-workshop-via-zoom/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Zoom Forward! Andrew Fague\, Dan Phillips & Pat Zylius
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for an online reading with Andrew Fague\, Dan Phillips\, and Pat Zylius\, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series hosted by poet\, fiction writer\, and essayist Jory Post. This series is presented by phren-Z\, The Hive Poetry Collective\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz to showcase writers\, keep our cultural spirits high\, and support Bookshop Santa Cruz. \nThe Zoom room will be open by 4:30\, so come early in case you have technical difficulties. If you need assistance\, send an email to jory@cruzio.com or hannah@santacruzwrites.org. Join the Santa Cruz Writes/phren-Z email list by subscribing here. Weekly Zoom links\, including for this event\, will be emailed to you.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zoom-forward-andrew-fague-dan-phillips-pat-zylius/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201211T180000
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SUMMARY:How to Get Published in Recommended Reading
DESCRIPTION:  \nAbout a third of the stories published in Recommended Reading are unsolicited submissions\, which share space in the magazine with work by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners. Unlike some legacy lit mags\, we really are reading all the work you send in\, and we really do publish it. So how can you make your stories stand out among the thousands of submissions we receive every year? Recommended Reading’s editorial team—Halimah Marcus\, Brandon Taylor\, Erin Bartnett\, and Alyssa Songsiridej—pull back the curtain on their decision-making process and offer invaluable advice to short story writers. A must-watch for anyone who is planning to submit. Q&A to follow. Presented by Reedsy. \n  \nhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/how-to-get-published-in-rr/register
URL:https://litseen.com/event/how-to-get-published-in-recommended-reading/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201211T190000
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SUMMARY:Andrea & Edmund Read You Art Out Loud
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Passwater’s “We Sing” (The Rumpus) and Edmund Zagorin’s “Year Are Sentences” (Rabid Oak Review) are out soon in the anthology Best Small Fictions 2020. \n\n\nTo celebrate\, we’re hosting a short live audio-only show to read aloud from our Best Small stories. No video\, no faces. Put in your headphones\, tune in and fold your laundry\, knit yourself a tea cozy or finish polka-dotting your holiday face mask while you quiver your auricles to a chill literary delight. \nAttendees will receive a link on December 11th\, the day of the show. Fees for tickets to this reading will be donated to support Quiet Lightning\, a Bay Area literary nonprofit that organizes inclusive community readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andrea-edmund-read-you-art-out-loud/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T130000
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SUMMARY:Arthur A. Levine on Instagram IGTV!
DESCRIPTION:reading The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol\, a new larger-than-life holiday hero who brings Hanukkah wonder and generosity to anyone in need! “A new\, entertaining\, and thoughtful addition to the Hanukkah canon.”–Kirkus Reviews \nJoin us on Instagram IGTV. Follow along @MRSDALLOWAYS. Videos disappear after 24 hours so be sure to watch! \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 12\, 2020 – 11:00am\n\n\n\n\n\nNate Gadol is a great big spirit with eyes as shiny as golden coins and a smile that is lantern bright. He can make anything last as long as it is needed\, like a tiny bit of oil that must stretch for eight nights\, a flower that needs to stay fresh to cheer up someone ailing\, or a small lump of chocolate that grows to allow the Glasers to treat their children over the holiday and\, during a harsh winter when medicine is needed more than sweets\, spurs them to share what little they have with the O’Malleys. In this charming holiday hybrid story\, well-known children’s author and editor Arthur A. Levine pairs with award-winning illustrator Kevin Hawkes to offer a mythical\, magical take on the way Jewish families came to give and receive gifts over Hanukkah\, just as their Christian neighbors do at Christmas\, thanks to a loving spirit named Nate Gadol working behind the scenes–together with a certain jolly old soul. \nArthur A. Levine has been a children’s book editor for more than thirty years. He is also the author of many acclaimed picture books for children\, including What a Beautiful Morning\, illustrated by Katie Kath\, and The Very Beary Tooth Fairy\, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen. He had his own eponymous imprint at Scholastic Press and has published many of the most exceptional children’s titles of all time\, including J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series\, Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass\, Shaun Tan’s The Arrival\, and Peggy Rathmann’s Officer Buckle and Gloria.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/arthur-a-levine-on-instagram-igtv/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T160000
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SUMMARY:Eastwind Book Club | She Weeps Each Time You're Born
DESCRIPTION:Eastwind Book Club is a community of readers connected by Asian and Asian American literature. Members gather once a month through a virtual meeting to discuss the month’s book selection. November/December’s book club pick is She Weeps Each Time You’re Born by Quan Barry. \nThe book club meeting will take place via Zoom on Saturday\, December 12 at 2pm PST. Register to receive the meeting link. \nJoin our Book Club Facebook group to engage in conversation throughout the month: www.tinyurl.com/ewclub \nBook Club members can use coupon code BOOKCLUB2020 for a 10% discount. Click here to purchase or visit www.asiabookcenter.com \nAbout the book:\nVietnam\, 1972: under a full moon\, on the banks of the Song Ma River\, a baby girl is pulled out of her dead mother’s grave. This is Rabbit\, who is born with the ability to speak with the dead. She will flee from her destroyed village with a makeshift family thrown together by war. As Rabbit channels the voices of the dead\, their chorus reconstructs the turbulent history of a nation\, from the days of French Indochina and the World War II rubber plantations to the chaos of postwar reunification. Radiant\, lyrical\, and deeply moving\, this is the unforgettable story of one woman’s struggle to unearth the true history of Vietnam while also carving out a place for herself within it. \nAbout the author:\nBorn in Saigon and raised on Boston’s north shore\, Quan Barry is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the author of four poetry books; her third book\, Water Puppets\, won the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and was a PEN/Open Book finalist. She has received NEA Fellowships in both fiction and poetry\, and her work has appeared in such publications as Ms. and The New Yorker. Barry lives in Wisconsin.\n~\nEastwind Book Club is co-sponsored by OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates Bay Area Chapters\, Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) and AsAmNews (www.asamnews.com).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastwind-book-club-she-weeps-each-time-youre-born/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T150000
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SUMMARY:Patrick Earl Ryan in conversation with Jewelle Gomez
DESCRIPTION:New Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer\, icon\, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ discuss writing\, queerness\, and If We Were Electric\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special virtual event – New Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer\, icon\, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ discuss writing\, queerness\, and Ryan’s award-winning debut short story collection\, IF WE WERE ELECTRIC\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction\, the first selected by Roxane Gay as the new editor of the prestigious series. \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division \nAll are welcome to join\, with or without a donation \n\nPraise for IF WE WERE ELECTRIC: \n“IF WE WERE ELECTRIC\, the debut short story collection from New Orleans’s native Patrick Earl Ryan is\, indeed\, fiercely electric. These twelve startling fictions have been crafted by a writer with an assured and absolutely original voice and a remarkable understanding of how place is as much a compelling character in a good story as the people who populate it. There are stories here about unrequited love and youthful yearning\, the complexities of desire between men\, the beginnings and ends of relationships\, deaths both inevitable and untimely\, the bitter ache of loneliness\, the quiet horrors that unexpectedly befall us\, and the magic of the ordinary world. With this outstanding collection\, Patrick Earl Ryan makes his mark on Southern literature and wow!” – Roxane Gay \n“Infused with all the mystique and mystery that New Orleans is known for comes this enchanting\, hypnotic debut story collection from Patrick Earl Ryan… The stories feature outliers and miscreants trapped in situations that often feel claustrophobic but are impossible to ignore. Ryan is a true natural at weaving textured language and complex characterization into plots that are serpentine and saturated with emotional complexity. This quality is exceptional for a debut author and a definite determinant for a gilded literary career ahead. Addictively gorgeous and mesmerizing\, Ryan’s collection of twelve literary gems are meant to be savored\, re-read\, and reflected upon as readers await his next creation.” – Jim Piechota\, the Bay Area Reporter \nPATRICK EARL RYAN was born and raised in New Orleans\, Louisiana. He is the author of If We Were Electric\, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. His work has appeared in the Ontario Review\, Pleiades\, Best New American Voices\, Men on Men: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium\, and the James White Review. He was the founder and editor in chief of the LGBTQ literary journal Lodestar Quarterly. \nJEWELLE GOMEZ\, playwright\, novelist\, poet\, and cultural worker\, is the author of eight books\, including the first Black Lesbian vampire novel\, The Gilda Stories. In print more than 25 years\, the novel will soon be a television mini-series. Jewelle’s fiction\, poetry\, and essays have appeared in over 100 anthologies. She is playwright-in-residence at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/patrick-earl-ryan-in-conversation-with-jewelle-gomez/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Jane Smiley (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Jane Smiley’s latest novel\, Perestroika in Paris\, is a captivating\, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris. \nJane is the author of numerous novels\, including A Thousand Acres\, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize\, and more recently\, the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years trilogy: Some Luck\, Early Warning\, and Golden Age. She is also the author of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. Jane lives in Northern California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-jane-smiley-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201212T181500
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CREATED:20201207T063054Z
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SUMMARY:Safety & The First Amendment – Holiday Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) will host its annual holiday fundraiser online this year and it is dedicated to the intriguing theme of Equal Protection Under the First Amendment. Funds raised from the event will be used for the organization’s Spring 2021 program and (if needs be) the continued cost of legal action against the City & County of San Francisco. \nThe Festival invites the public to join via Zoom for a packed and interactive program of poetry and spoken word presentations hosted by performance artist\, Nkechi Emeruwa-Neuberg. Featured artists (curated by Kimi Sugioka\, the Poet Laureate of the City of Alameda)\, will address different aspects of the First Amendment. Featured performers include: Kim Shuck\, Jack Hirschman\, Josiah Luis Alderete\, James Cagney\, Kimi Sugioka\, Devorah Major\, and Rosewater Vigilante. Total\, there will FOUR poet laureates (three from San Francisco\, one from Alameda) on the program. \nIn addition to outstanding performances\, the evening will include “surprise” cameo appearances by several Bay Area luminaries\, a sneak-preview of the Festival’s spring 2021 outdoor season and an in-person chat with the Festival’s legal team (Mark Rennie\, Matt Kumin\, and Bill Martinez) as they review the Festival’s First Amendment case against the city.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/safety-the-first-amendment-holiday-fundraiser/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="San Francisco International Arts Festival":MAILTO:info@sfiaf.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T130000
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SUMMARY:MandoMeet
DESCRIPTION:Join CHSA for a chance to learn Mandarin with specialist Kathy Yang! Kathy is an expert Mandarin teacher. For our MandoMeet sessions\, all levels of adult learners are welcomed. New learners are always welcomed\, check out our MandoMeet page for past lessons and learning materials. \nTo join\, make sure to RSVP. As there is limited space is available for the class\, only sign-up for MandoMeet if you are able to attend the session live. Recordings of the lesson are not available. Please contact CHSA if you have any questions about registration. \nChoose between a free ticket or provide a donation to support free programming by the Chinese Historical Society of America. There is a suggested donation of $5. \nFeel free to join the program at 12:50pm for a check-in with Kathy prior to the lesson beginning. Online access information will be sent out 2 hours and 10 minutes before the lesson begins. \nWhile no materials are required for the lesson\, colorful sticky notes and markers are highly encouraged. Similar writing material is also beneficial to participant learning. We also recommend learners check their microphones and cameras before coming to class.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mandomeet/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183926
CREATED:20201126T013639Z
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Claire Marie Stancek with Dan Beachy-Quick & Jennifer Firestone / wyrd] bird
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Claire Marie Stancek for her new book of poems\, wyrd] bird. She’s joined by Dan Beachy-Quick and Jennifer Firestone. \nFree and all ages\, but RSVP is required. Event link will be sent to everyone who registers. \nYou can order a copy of wyrd] bird here. We’re currently offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \nIn times fraught with ecological and individual loss\, Claire Marie Stancek’s wyrd] bird grapples with both the necessity and apparent impossibility of affirming mystical experience. It is at once a book-length lyric essay on the 12th-century German mystic Hildegard of Bingen\, a dream journal\, a fragmentary notebook\, a collection of poems\, and a scrapbook of photographic ephemera. Stancek follows Hildegard as she guides the poet through an underworld of climate catastrophe and political violence populated by literary\, mythical\, and historical figures from Milton’s Eve to the biblical Satan to Keats’s hand. The book deconstructs a Western tradition of good and evil by rereading\, cross-questioning\, and upsetting some of that tradition’s central poetic texts. By refusing and confusing dualistic logic\, wyrd] bird searches for an expression of visionary experience that remains rooted in the body\, a mode of questioning that echoes out into further questioning\, and a cry of elegiac loss that grips\, stubbornly\, onto love. \nIn addition to wyrd] bird (Omnidawn Publishing)\, Claire Marie Stancek is the author of two previous poetry books\, Oil Spell (Omnidawn Publishing) and MOUTHS (Noemi Press). She earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from University of California\, Berkeley\, where she currently works as a staff writer. With Jane Gregory and Lyn Hejinian\, she co-edits Nion Editions\, a chapbook press. Originally from outside Toronto\, Ontario\, she now lives in Oakland\, California. \nDan Beachy-Quick is a poet\, essayist\, and translator. His most recent books include Arrows (Tupelo Press) and Stone-Garland (Milkweed Editions)\, a collection of translations from the ancient Greek. Recently long-listed for the National Book Award in Poetry\, his work has been supported by the Monfort\, Lannan\, and Guggenheim Foundations. He teaches at Colorado State University\, where he is an University Distinguished Teaching Scholar. \nJennifer Firestone is the author of five books of poetry: Story (Ugly Duckling Presse)\, Ten\, (BlazeVOX [books])\, Gates & Fields (Belladonna* Collaborative)\, Flashes (Shearsman Books) and Holiday (Shearsman Books). She is currently collaborating with Marcella Durand on a book about Feminist Avant-garde Poetics. Firestone is an Associate Professor of Literary Studies at the New School’s Eugene Lang College and is also the Director of their Academic Fellows pedagogy program. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-claire-marie-stancek-with-dan-beachy-quick-jennifer-firestone-wyrd-bird/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T180000
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CREATED:20201125T220431Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - David Harris (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:David Harris’s newest release\, My Country ‘Tis of Thee: Reporting\, Sallies\, and Other Confessions is a wide-ranging and incisive anthology conveying the spirit of the 1960s and ’70s. \nDavid Harris is a reporter\, a clear-eyed idealist\, an American dissident\, and\, as these selected pieces reveal\, a writer of great character and empathy. Harris gained national recognition as an undergraduate for his opposition to the Vietnam War and was imprisoned for two years when he refused to comply with the draft. His writings trace a bright throughline of care for and attention to outsiders\, the downtrodden\, and those who demand change\, and these eighteen pieces of long-form journalism\, essays\, and opinion writings remain startlingly relevant to the world we face today. This career-spanning collection of writings by an always-independent journalist follow Harris from his early days as a prominent leader of the resistance to the Vietnam War\, through regular contributions to many publications\, including Rolling Stone and the New York Times\, and on into the twenty-first century. \nPeter Coyote is the author of the 1960’s counter-culture memoir Sleeping Where I Fall\, which received universally excellent reviews and has been in continuous print since 1999. His second book\, The Rainman’s Third Cure: An Irregular Education\, about mentors and the search for wisdom\, was nominated as one of the top five nonfiction books published in California in 2015. His third book is forthcoming\, Unmasking Your True Self (the Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet the Buddha)\, which combines 50 years of Buddhist practice and acting and uses masks and improv exercises to foster liberation experiences and teach people “how to get out of their own way.” Peter has performed as an actor in over 160 films for theaters and TV. He is a double Emmy-Award winning narrator of over 150 documentary films. An ordained Zen Buddhist priest and transmitted teacher\, Peter is currently giving live weekly dharma talks on Facebook and preparing for a fourth book called Vernacular Buddhism.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-david-harris-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201214T190000
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SUMMARY:How to Pitch Electric Lit
DESCRIPTION:For freelancers\, writing an essay\, feature\, or opinion piece doesn’t start when you type the first line. It starts with the pitch. Having a topic and a talent isn’t enough; you also have to be able to package your idea in a way that catches an editor’s eye. But how do you get started writing a pitch? How long is too long—and how short is too short? What does a good pitch look like—and a bad one? And why does Electric Lit ask people to write a pitch\, anyway? Electric Literature editor-in-chief Jess Zimmerman and contributing editor Jennifer Baker fill you in on everything you need to know when proposing nonfiction work to Electric Lit and other publications. Q&A to follow. Presented by Reedsy.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/how-to-pitch-electric-lit/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183926
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LAST-MODIFIED:20201205T004426Z
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SUMMARY:Eliot Weinberger and Forrest Gander: A celebration of Angels & Saints
DESCRIPTION:Eliot Weinberger\, called “one of the world’s greatest essayists” by the New York Times\, is joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize winner Forrest Gander to celebrate the publication of Angels and Saints (New Directions). \nThis is a free event\, though we encourage you to pay what you can or to order the book from us to support the bookstore during these challenging times. \nREGISTER HERE \nAbout Angels and Saints\nAngels have soared through Western culture and consciousness from Biblical to contemporary times. But what do we really know about these celestial beings? Where do they come from\, what are they made of\, how do they communicate and perceive? The celebrated essayist Eliot Weinberger has mined and deconstructed\, resurrected and distilled centuries of theology into an awe-inspiring exploration of the heavenly host. \nFrom a litany of angelic voices\, Weinberger’s lyrical meditation then turns to the earthly counterparts\, the saints\, their lives retold in a series of vibrant and playful capsule biographies\, followed by a glimpse of the afterlife. \nAbout the participants\nELIOT WEINBERGER “one of the world’s greatest essayists” (The New York Times)\, has been publishing books with New Directions since 1975\, most recently The Ghosts of Birds. \nFORREST GANDER\, born in the Mojave Desert\, lives in California. A translator and writer with degrees in geology and literature\, he’s the recipient of numerous awards\, among them the Pulitzer Prize\, the Best Translated Book Award\, and fellowships from the Library of Congress\, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, and United States Artists.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eliot-weinberger-and-forrest-gander-a-celebration-of-angels-saints/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T130000
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SUMMARY:Alta Asks Live: Lynell George
DESCRIPTION:Alta Asks Live: Lynell George\n\n\nWednesday\, December 16 at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time \n\n\n\nOctavia E. Butler’s work is as relevant as ever\, and her journey to success is a surprising and mostly private one—until now. Author and award-winning Alta contributor Lynell George’s extraordinary new book\, A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler​\, examines Butler’s most intimate processes and inspirations. George sits down with Alta books editor David L. Ulin to explore the work\, legacy\, and world of Octavia E. Butler in this free digital discussion. \nREGISTER \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nLynell George​ is a journalist and essayist. ​After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame​ was her first book of essays and photography\, exploring the city where she grew up. As a staff writer for both the ​Los Angeles Times​ and ​L.A. Weekly​\, she focused on social issues\, human behavior\, visual arts\, music\, and literature. She’s taught journalism at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles\, was named a USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellow in 2013\, and received the Huntington Library’s Alan Jutzi Fellowship in 2017 for her studies of Butler. She’s a contributing arts and culture columnist for KCET | Artbound\, and her commentary has also been featured in numerous news and feature outlets\, including ​Alta\, Boom: A Journal of California\, Smithsonian\, K​PCC’s​ the Frame\, the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Vibe\, the Chicago Tribune\, the Washington Post\, Essence\, Black Clock\, and ​Ms.​ Her liner notes for ​Otis Redding Live at the Whisky a Go Go​ earned a Grammy Award in 2017. \nABOUT THE BOOK\n​More than a biography\, ​A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​: The World of Octavia E. Butler is a collection of ideas about how a writer looks\, listens\, and breathes—how to ​be​ in the world. This book is about the creative process\, but not on the page; its canvas is much larger. Lynell George not only engages the world that shaped Octavia E. Butler\, but explores the very specific processes through which Butler\, a MacArthur “genius\,” shaped herself—her unique process of self-making. It’s about creating a life with what little you have—hand-me-down books\, repurposed diaries\, journals\, stealing time to write in the middle of the night\, making a small check stretch—bit by bit by bit. ​A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​ draws the reader into Butler’s world\, creating a sense of unmatched intimacy with the deeply private science-fiction writer. \nThere has been a great resurgence of interest in Butler’s work. Readers have been turning to her writing to make sense of contemporary chaos\, to find a plot point that might bring clarity or calm. Her books have become the centerpiece of book group discussions\, while universities and entire cities have chosen her titles to anchor Big Read\, Freshman Read\, and One Book/One City programs. ​A Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​ brings Butler’s prescient wisdom and careful thinking out of the novel and into the world. \nA Handful of Earth\, A Handful of Sky​ will be beloved by both scholars and fans of Butler\, as well as aspiring writers and creatives who are looking for a model or a spark of inspiration. It offers an album of a creative life—a map that others can follow. Butler once wrote that science fiction was simply “a handful of earth\, a handful of sky\, and everything in between.” This book offers a slice of the ​in between.​
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alta-asks-live-lynell-george/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T180000
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Ruby Bridges (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:From civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges comes a powerful new book\, This Is Your Time—the first book from Bridges in over twenty years\, released to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her becoming the first Black student to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14\, 1960\, as a six-year-old. Inspired by the recent wave of activism for racial justice led by young people\, Ruby Bridges has penned a powerful letter of encouragement to readers\, recounting her\nexperience integrating the New Orleans public school system and culminating in a call to action for a new generation of young activists and adults to unite. Ruby’s honest and impassioned words\, imbued with love and grace\, serve as a moving reminder that “what can inspire tomorrow often lies in our past.” This Is Your Time will electrify people of all ages as the struggle for liberty and justice for all continues and the powerful legacy of Ruby Bridges endures. \nRuby Bridges is a civil rights activist who at the age of six was the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. She was born in Mississippi in 1954\, the same year the United States Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision ordering the integration of public schools. Her family later moved to New Orleans\, where on November 14\, 1960\, Bridges began attending William Frantz Elementary School\, single-handedly initiating the desegregation of public education in New Orleans. Her walk to the front door of the school was immortalized in Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Live With\, in Robert Coles’s book The Story of Ruby Bridges\, and in the Disney movie Ruby Bridges. This Is Your Time is her first book in over twenty years\, following the publication of her award-winning autobiography\, Through My Eyes. She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to provide leadership training programs that inspire youth and community leaders to embrace and value the richness of diversity. Bridges is the recipient of numerous awards\, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Award\, the Presidential Citizens Medal\, and honorary doctorate degrees from Connecticut College\, College of New Rochelle\, Columbia University Teachers College\, and Tulane University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-ruby-bridges-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T190000
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SUMMARY:How to Get Published in The Commuter
DESCRIPTION:Unlike most literary magazines\, The Commuter chooses its weekly piece of poetry\, flash\, graphic\, or experimental narrative almost exclusively from unsolicited submissions—9 out of 10 issues are drawn from the so-called “slush.” (We don’t think it’s slush!) Work published in The Commuter has been recognized by Best American Poetry and Comics\, the Wigleaf Top 50\, and Best Small Fictions. But we get thousands of submissions every year\, and only publish 52 issues. So how can you help your work get recognized? Commuter editors Halimah Marcus\, Kelly Luce\, and Ed Skoog invite you behind the scenes for a frank editorial discussion that is a must-watch for anyone planning to submit. Q&A to follow. Presented by Reedsy.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/how-to-get-published-in-the-commuter/
LOCATION:Crowdcast
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201218T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201218T190000
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SUMMARY:WALTER MOSLEY IN CONVERSATION WITH CBC HOST JOHN FREEMAN
DESCRIPTION:Devil in a Blue Dress \nBY WALTER MOSLEY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMosley’s celebrated 1990 novel introduces readers to Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins\, a World War II veteran who turns to detective work to make a living. Rooted in Watts\, a historically African American neighborhood of Los Angeles\, the story reinvigorated the hard-boiled mystery genre\, populating it with rarely seen nonwhite characters. The book’s success led to a bestselling series of Easy Rawlins mysteries that follow the character into the 1960s (and to a 1995 film adaptation of Devil in a Blue Dress\, directed by Carl Franklin and starring Denzel Washington).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/walter-mosley-in-conversation-with-cbc-host-john-freeman/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201218T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183926
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SUMMARY:HIGH DAWN: Noah Ross\, S*an D. Henry-Smith\, Jamie Townsend\, Topazu\, Subset
DESCRIPTION:Small Press Traffic and UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium present HIGH DAWN 4 \nReadings by Noah Ross and S*an D. Henry-Smith \nIntroduced by Jamie Townsend \nMusic by Topazu & Visuals by Subset \nFriday\, December 10\, 6pm \nRSVP for Zoom link: spt-dec.eventbrite.com \nNoah Ross is a bookseller\, editor\, and poet based in Berkeley\, CA. Noah is the author of Swell (Otis Books / Seismicity Editions\, 2019)\, Active Reception (Nightboat Books\, 2021)\, and an editor of Baest: a journal of queer forms & affects\, and\, with Lindsay Choi\, Mo0on/IO. \nS*an D. Henry-Smith is an artist and writer working primarily in poetry\, photography\, and performance\, engaging Black experimentalisms and collaborative practices. S*an is also the author of two chapbooks\, Body Text and Flotsam Suite: A Strange & Precarious Life\, or How We Chronicled the Little Disasters & I Won’t Leave the Dance Floor Til It’s Out of My System. Wild Peach\, released fall 2020\, is their first full length collection. \nJamie Townsend is a genderqueer poet and editor living in Oakland. They are the author of 6 chapbooks as well as the full collections Shade (Elis Press\, 2015) and Sex Machines (speCt!\, 2020). They are also the editor of Beautiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Reader (Nightboat\, 2019) and Libertines in the Ante-Room of Love: Poets on Punk (Jet Tone\, 2019). With Nick DeBoer they curate Elderly. \nTopazu is a San Francisco-based selector whom hosts the local Infinite Beat Ambient showcase and radio show Infinite Beat on SutroFM. Since 2015\, the show features producers\, artists and DJs that are shaping the Bay Area sound in experimental synthesis as well as celebrates romanticism\, nostalgia and cinematic themes with modern day electronics.Besides curating Infinite Beat\, she has been featured DJing many local shows including Sure Thing\, Surface Tension\, Honey Soundsystem and Recombinant Media Labs. With her interests in abstract textures\, carnal rhythms and her exuberance in darker\, chaotic noise\, Topazu has also supported many international artists such as Wolfgang Voigt\, Evigt Morker\, Silent Servant\, Takaaki Itoh and Marie Davidson. She was a featured performer for the first San Francisco edition of Mutek in 2018.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/high-dawn-noah-ross-san-d-henry-smith-jamie-townsend-topazu-subset/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201219T140000
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SUMMARY:Elif Shafak
DESCRIPTION:reading and discussing her new novel \n10 minutes 38 seconds in This Strange World \npublished by Bloomsbury Books \n—- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book. \n———– \nShortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize\nNamed a Best Book of the Year by Bookpage\, NPR\, Washington Post\, and The Economist \nA moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times\, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak. \nIn the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul\, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active-for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby\, she remembers her life-and the lives of others\, outcasts like her. \nTequila Leila’s memories bring us back to her childhood in the provinces\, a highly oppressive milieu with religion and traditions\, shaped by a polygamous family with two mothers and an increasingly authoritarian father. Escaping to Istanbul\, Leila makes her way into the sordid industry of sex trafficking\, finding a home in the city’s historic Street of Brothels. This is a dark\, violent world\, but Leila is tough and open to beauty\, light\, and the essential bonds of friendship. \nIn Tequila Leila’s death\, the secrets and wonders of modern Istanbul come to life\, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how Leila came to know and be loved by her friends. As her epic journey to the afterlife comes to an end\, it is her chosen family who brings her story to a buoyant and breathtaking conclusion. \nElif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She writes in both Turkish and English\, and has published 18 books\, 11 of which are novels. Her work has been translated into 54 languages. Her latest novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; and chosen Blackwell’s Book of the Year. Her previous novel\, The Forty Rules of Love was chosen by BBC among 100 Novels that Shaped Our World. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey\, the US and the UK\, including St Anne’s College\, Oxford University\, where she is an honorary fellow. \nShe is a member of Weforum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations). An advocate for women’s rights\, LGBT rights and freedom of speech\, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice TED Global speaker. Shafak contributes to major publications around the world and she was awarded the medal of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people “who will give you a much needed lift of the heart”. Shafak has judged numerous literary prizes\, and chaired the Wellcome Prize and is presently judging the Orwell Prize.\nvisit: www.elifshafak.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elif-shafak/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201219T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T183926
CREATED:20201210T073910Z
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SUMMARY:James Sullivan - Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Tom Barbash\nThursday\, December 19\, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET • Virtual Event \nIn the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a thrilling and vividly told account of the USS Plunkett—a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II\, that gave as good as it got\, and that was later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk. \nMore than the story of a single\, savage engagement\, Unsinkable traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa\, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to Plunkett’s defining moment at Anzio\, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage\, so prolonged\, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what Plunkett had. After a three-month overhaul and with a reputation rising as the “fightin’est ship” in the Navy\, Plunkett (DD-431) plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day\, and once again into battle during the invasion of Southern France—perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theatre. \nFeaturing five incredibly brave men—the indomitable skipper\, who will receive the Navy Cross; the gunnery officer\, who bucks the captain every step of the way to Anzio; a first lieutenant\, who’s desperate to get off the ship and into the Pacific; a seventeen-year-old water tender\, who’s trying to hold onto his hometown girl against all odds\, and another water tender\, who mans a 20mm gun when under aerial assault—the dramatic story of each plays out on the decks of the Plunkett as the ship’s story escalates on the stage of the Mediterranean. Based on Navy logs\, war diaries\, action reports\, letters\, journals\, memoirs\, and dozens of interviews with the men who were on the ship and their families\, Unsinkable transcends historical appreciation of a single military ship to become a timeless evocation of young men stepping up to the defining experience of their lives. \nJames Sullivan was born and raised in Quincy\, Massachusetts\, and has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has written for The New York Times and National Geographic Traveler\, the magazine. He lives with his family outside Portland\, Maine\, 3.4 miles from the birthplace of film director John Ford\, who steamed into Omaha Beach on Plunkett. \nTom Barbash is the author of the novels The Dakota Winters and The Last Good Chance and the non-fiction books On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald\, Howard Lutnick\, and 9/11; A Story of Loss and Renewal\, which was a New York Times bestseller. His stories and articles have been published in Tin House\, McSweeney’s\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, and other publications\, and have been performed on National Public Radio’s Selected Shorts series. He currently teaches in the MFA program at California College of the Arts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/james-sullivan-unsinkable-five-men-and-the-indomitable-run-of-the-uss-plunkett-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201220T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201220T170000
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SUMMARY:"A Christmas Memory" read by Thomas Lynch--virtually
DESCRIPTION:BYOF (Bring Your Own Fruitcake) and settle in for this traditional Mrs. Dalloway’s event. This year it will be a bit different\, like everything else: We will host our dear friend Thomas Lynch virtually on Crowdcast. \nBased on Capote’s own boyhood in rural Alabama in the 1930s\, A Christmas Memory was originally published in Mademoiselle in 1956 and later was included in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. \nThis is a free event\, though we encourage you to make a contribution to support Mrs. Dalloway’s or to purchase a copy of the book through our website. \nRegistration is required to attend. Be sure to add your contribution before you “Save your Spot” on Crowdcast. Click here to register. Thank you! \nOrder a copy of A Christmas Memory  from Mrs. Dalloway’s. A perfect gift for anyone on your list! \nThomas Lynch\, a longtime resident of the Elmwood\, is an actor and man-about-town. \n\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, December 13\, 2020 – 3:00pm
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-christmas-memory-read-by-thomas-lynch-virtually/
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210102T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210102T153000
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SUMMARY:Intro to Flash Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Surprise the Line presents a special one-time guest workshop led by experienced writers on a topic of their choosing every first Saturday of the month. This month\, you are invited to try your hand at flash fiction! \nFlash fiction and poetry share a few things in common: a short condensed form\, high intensity\, and a focus on brevity and language. Whether you are a poet\, fiction writer\, or anyone simply interested in giving it a go\, please join us for a fun and productive writing session. \nWhat You’ll Get From This Workshop:\n• An orientation and definition: What is flash fiction? \n• The four basic building blocks of all fiction (both short and long fiction) \n• How to think critically about flash fiction \n• 1-3 first drafts of your own flash pieces! \n• Tools to generate further writing ideas of your own \nWhat We’ll Do Together:\nBefore the start of the workshop\, you will receive 4 sample flash fiction pieces chosen by the instructor\, written in 4 different styles. The goal is to read them to find out what we like in our own writing and to discover our own voices. In addition\, thinking objectively about these stories will help us fine-tune our ability to think critically about our own stories and to revise and edit our own stories. \nIn the workshop\, you will receive options for 3 writing prompts to generate your own flash fiction pieces\, including time to write. At the end\, we will have time for students to share what they have written. What is read out loud will not get critiqued\, but students and instructor can give brief positive feedback\, and highlights to encourage each other. \nNOTE from the instructor: If we do not have time in the class to read all of the student’s first drafts\, and the students wish to have their work read\, I will make myself available via email to respond to work they created in the class. \n  \nAbout the Teacher:\nJosé Enrique Medina (aka Henry) writes poems\, flash fiction and short stories. He started writing in this genre 33 years ago even before it was called flash fiction. He loves flash pieces because they are mini-journeys that can take readers on a full gondola ride in the space of just a page or less. His flash fiction has appeared in Best Microfiction 2019 Anthology\, The Los Angeles Review\, Tahoma Literary Review\, The Burnside Review\, and many other publications. He earned his BA in English from Cornell University\, has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations\, is a Voices of Our Nation fellow\, and enjoys raising chickens.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/intro-to-flash-fiction/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Surprise the Line":MAILTO:nancywoowriter@gmail.com
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