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SUMMARY:Katy Rose Pool and Laura Sebastian
DESCRIPTION:Calling all fantasy readers. \n \nWe are absolutely thrilled to be launching As the Shadow Rises\, Katy Rose Pool’s sequel to the critically-acclaimed\, action packed epic fantasy There Will Come a Darkness\, that explores everything from ancient history to apocalyptic prophecies to fraught sibling relationships. \nThe Last Prophet has been found\, yet he sees destruction ahead. In this sequel\, kingdoms have begun to fall to a doomsday cult\, the magical Graced are being persecuted\, and an ancient power threatens to break free. But with the world hurtling toward its prophesized end\, Anton’s haunting vision reveals the dangerous beginnings of a plan to stop the Age of Darkness. \nThere Will Come a Darkness is a Morris Award Finalist for best debut young adult novel\, it garnered four starred reviews\, and was a 2019 Kirkus Best Book of the Year \n \n\n\n\n\n* “Adventurous relic-hunting\, mind-blowing twists\, budding love\, and terrible betrayals feature in this multiple-narrator\, character-driven study of power\, agency\, and identity and the ways these are affected by the interwoven threads of both history and legend.” ―Kirkus Reviews\, starred review \nKaty will be chatting with Laura Sebastian\, author of Ash Princess series\, and we couldn’t be more excited. Join these two incredible writers as they celebrate As the Shadow Rises and epic fantasy in general We can’t wait.
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Eula Biss
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tueday\, September 1 at 6pm for the launch of bestselling author Eula Biss’ new book\, Having and Being Had on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84064965260 \nWebinar ID: 840 6496 5260 \nPraise for Having and Being Had \n“A major achievement. Having and Being Had\, rather than leading through narrative\, turns individual words and phrases\, like capitalism\, consumers\, great America\, husbandry\, art\, and work\, into fields of inquiry in order to frame a life. With astute consideration\, this expansive and intimate accumulation asks the questions that touch all our lives.” —Claudia Rankine \n“Eula Biss’s prescient new book gave me new language for things I didn’t know I felt about money\, capitalism\, and my place inside of an economy that always requires so much of me and gives back so little. A brilliant\, lacerating re-examination of our relationship to what we own and why\, and who in turn might own us in ways we didn’t know we consented to—what could be more necessary now?” —Alexander Chee \nAbout Having and Being Had \nA timely and arresting new look at affluence by the New York Times bestselling author of On Immunity and Notes from No Man’s Land \n“My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts\,” Eula Biss writes\, “the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.” Having just purchased her first home\, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration of the value system she has bought into. Through a series of engaging exchanges—in libraries and laundromats\, over barstools and backyard fences—Having and Being Had examines our assumptions about class and property and the ways we internalize the demands of capitalism. Described by The New York Times as a writer who “advances from all sides\, like a chess player\,” Biss offers an uncommonly immersive and deeply revealing new portrait of work and luxury\, of accumulation and consumption\, of the value of time and how we spend it. Ranging from IKEA to Beyoncé to Pokemon\, Biss asks\, of both herself and her class\, “In what have we invested?”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-eula-biss-2/
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CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Eula Biss
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tueday\, September 1 at 6pm for the launch of bestselling author Eula Biss’ new book\, Having and Being Had on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84064965260\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,84064965260#  or +12532158782\,\,84064965260#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592\nWebinar ID: 840 6496 5260\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kiHZt5N7n \nPraise for Having and Being Had \n“A major achievement. Having and Being Had\, rather than leading through narrative\, turns individual words and phrases\, like capitalism\, consumers\, great America\, husbandry\, art\, and work\, into fields of inquiry in order to frame a life. With astute consideration\, this expansive and intimate accumulation asks the questions that touch all our lives.” —Claudia Rankine \n“Eula Biss’s prescient new book gave me new language for things I didn’t know I felt about money\, capitalism\, and my place inside of an economy that always requires so much of me and gives back so little. A brilliant\, lacerating re-examination of our relationship to what we own and why\, and who in turn might own us in ways we didn’t know we consented to—what could be more necessary now?” —Alexander Chee \n“Eula Biss is known for stepping off the plank into turbulent waters that others might fear or avoid\, armed with wry wit and a radical lucidity. Having and Being Had continues this journey\, offering us a probing tour of capitalism and class that sidesteps posturing and jargon in favor of clarity\, humility\, and incitement.” —Maggie Nelson\n \nAbout Having and Being Had \nA timely and arresting new look at affluence by the New York Times bestselling author of On Immunity and Notes from No Man’s Land \n“My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts\,” Eula Biss writes\, “the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after.” Having just purchased her first home\, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration of the value system she has bought into. Through a series of engaging exchanges—in libraries and laundromats\, over barstools and backyard fences—Having and Being Had examines our assumptions about class and property and the ways we internalize the demands of capitalism. Described by The New York Times as a writer who “advances from all sides\, like a chess player\,” Biss offers an uncommonly immersive and deeply revealing new portrait of work and luxury\, of accumulation and consumption\, of the value of time and how we spend it. Ranging from IKEA to Beyoncé to Pokemon\, Biss asks\, of both herself and her class\, “In what have we invested?”
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LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Peninsula Virtual Bookfest
DESCRIPTION:PENINSULA VIRTUAL BOOKFEST\n2020 SCHEDULE\n\n\nWelcome Message from San Mateo County Supervisor Carole Groom and local librarians\nhttps://youtu.be/D__YAzFYfV0\n\n\nSeptember 2\, 1pm PT\nBurlingame Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring NPR’s Malaka Gharib\, Sari-Sari Storybooks’ founder Christina Newhard & NYT bestselling YA author Erin Entrada Kelly. Webinar/FB Live. (Fiction\, Middle School/YA)\nhttps://youtu.be/k4U_bDFfrmo\n\n\nSeptember 3\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents “Poetry & Home in Diaspora” featuring Kai Coggin\, Lee Herrick\, Antonio Lopez & Persis Karim. SMCL YouTube (Poetry)\nhttps://youtu.be/rH_thzyluCc\n\n\nSeptember 7\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Irenosen Okojie\, London-based author & winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing\, Murzban Shroff\, Mumbai-based author & recipient of the John Gilgun Fiction Award\, and Ricco Siasoco\, San Francisco-based author & National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Facebook Watch Party. (Fiction)\nhttps://youtu.be/8eI1E8NySAg\n\n\nSeptember 10\, 6pm PT\nBurlingame Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Thea Matthews with MK Chavez\, Natasha Dennerstein & Tongo Eisen-Martin. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/480Primrose/videos/1475338219322119\n\n\nSeptember 16\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Veronica Montes with Alan Chazaro\, Elsa Valmidiano & Ricco Siasoco. Webinar/FB Live. (Fiction)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DalyCityLibrary/videos/2661021164214044\n\n\nSeptember 17\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Barbara Jane Reyes with Arlene Biala\, Marianne Chan\, Janice Lobo Sapigao & Jean Vengua. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DalyCityLibrary/videos/754302115300958\n\n\nSeptember 20\n“The Makers’ Call to Action” featuring Kai Coggin\, Samuel Getachew\, Tureeda Mikell\, Dena Rod and Michael Simms.\nhttps://www.instagram.com/tv/CFVnf_YhmoM/\n\n\nSeptember 21\, 2:30pm PT\nBurlingame Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Ellen Bass\, Hugh Behm-Steinberg\, Danusha Lameris\, hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita Lisa Rosenberg. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\nhttps://youtu.be/TLLuK6Jp-_Y\n\n\nSeptember 21\, 6pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Johanna Ely\, Joel Katz\, Phyllis Klein\, Ron Riekki\, Jacki Rigoni\, Kim Shuck\, Tanuja Wakefield & July Westhale. Hosted by San Mateo County Inaugural Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin. SMCL YouTube Channel. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/311565253246052/\n\n\n\nSeptember 22\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Janet Stickmon with Michelle Bautista\, Herna Cruz-Louie & Melinda Luisa de Jesus. Webinar/FB Live. (Nonfiction)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DalyCityLibrary/videos/681790089360727\n\n\nSeptember 24\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Maw Shein Win with Jennifer Hasegawa\, Jenny Qi & Audrey T. Williams. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/2312434539051532/\n\n\n\nSeptember 30\, 6pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Carole Bumpus\, Joan Gelfand\, Audrey Kalman & Geri Spieler\, with California Writers Club Immediate Past President Lisa Meltzer Penn. SMCL Youtube Channel. (Fiction/Nonfiction)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/3266256730087640/\n\n\n\nOctober 3\, 1pm PT\nSouth San Francisco Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring children’s book authors Christina Newhard\, Gayle Romasanta & Justine Villanueva\, and illustrator Lynnor Bontigao. Webinar/FB Live. (Fiction/Nonfiction)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/3407003262725443/\n\n\n\nOctober 5\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Cody Tolmasoff. SMCL YouTube Channel. (Middle School/YA Fiction)\nhttps://youtu.be/A5dmcSeWnPE\n\n\nOctober 13\, 3pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest with devorah major\, Jason Bayani & James Cagney. SMCL Youtube Channel. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/719854585237673/\n\n\n\nOctober 23 (time TBA)\nSouth San Francisco Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring July Westhale\, author of “Occasionally Accurate Science” and Nomadic Press’ J.K. Fowler.\n\n\nOctober 26\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Francesca Bell\, Barbara Berman\, Joe Cottonwood\, Peter N. Carroll\, Ken Haas\, Kathleen McClung\, Connie Post\, & Lee Rossi. Hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita Lisa Rosenberg. Facebook Watch Party/SMCL Youtube Channel. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/4134399856630670/\n\n\n\nOctober 29 (details TBA)\n\n\n#virtualbookfest #bookfest #PeninsulaBookfest
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SUMMARY:Héctor Tobar in conversation with Oscar Villalon
DESCRIPTION:discussing Héctor Tobar’s new book \nThe Last Great Road Bum \npublished by Farrar Straus and Giroux \nIn The Last Great Road Bum\, Héctor Tobar turns the peripatetic true story of a naive son of Urbana\, Illinois\, who died fighting with guerrillas in El Salvador into the great American novel for our times. \n—- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. Link to be posted soon. Check back with us. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book (link to be posted soon!) \n———– \nJoe Sanderson died in pursuit of a life worth writing about. He was\, in his words\, a “road bum\,” an adventurer and a storyteller\, belonging to no place\, people\, or set of ideas. He was born into a childhood of middle-class contentment in Urbana\, Illinois and died fighting with guerillas in Central America. With these facts\, acclaimed novelist and journalist Héctor Tobar set out to write what would become The Last Great Road Bum. \nA decade ago\, Tobar came into possession of the personal writings of the late Joe Sanderson\, which chart Sanderson’s freewheeling course across the known world\, from Illinois to Jamaica\, to Vietnam\, to Nigeria\, to El Salvador—a life determinedly an adventure\, ending in unlikely\, anonymous heroism. \nThe Last Great Road Bum is the great American novel Joe Sanderson never could have written\, but did truly live—a fascinating\, timely hybrid of fiction and nonfiction that only a master of both like Héctor Tobar could pull off. \nHéctor Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and novelist. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Deep Down Dark\, as well as The Barbarian Nurseries\, Translation Nation\, and The Tattooed Soldier. Tobar is also a contributing writer for the New York Times opinion pages and an associate professor at the University of California\, Irvine. He has written for The New Yorker\, the Los Angeles Times\, and other publications. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories\, L.A. Noir\, ZYZZYVA\, and Slate. The son of Guatemalan immigrants\, he is a native of Los Angeles\, where he lives with his family. \nOscar Villalon is the Managing Editor of Zyzzyva Magazine. He is is the former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. His reviews have appeared on NPR.org and KQED’s “The California Report.” \n\n\n\n\nPraise for The Last Great Road Bum\n“Héctor Tobar uses every method at his disposal to encircle the facts of the ‘conspicuous gringo’ whose archive landed in his lap. I’m in awe of the results\, an alchemical amalgam of tender portraiture and illuminating context\, with a voice full of riffs and references\, and charming as hell. Tobar can seemingly do anything as a writer; here he bridges fiction and nonfiction effortlessly.” —Jonathan Lethem \n“Tobar’s stunning follow-up to Deep Down Dark draws from the unbelievable true story of Joe Sanderson\, a peripatetic would-be-writer who left a comfortable existence in Urbana\, Ill.\, in order to travel the world in search of material for a great American novel. Instead\, he found romance\, danger\, and the dark heart of the mid-20th century…Tobar brilliantly succeeds in capturing Joe’s guileless yearning for adventure through high-velocity prose that is both relentless and wry.” —Publishers Weekly\, starred review \n“The vividly realized particulars of [Joe Sanderson’s] restless journeys are offered in Tobar’s remarkable novelization of Sanderson’s real life\, his adventures and misadventures…. His life itself has inspired what is inarguably a great novel\, a tribute to him that is beautifully written and spectacularly imagined. Tobar writes that it took him 11 years to complete this wonderful book. Readers will rejoice that he persisted.”\n—Booklist\, starred review \n“The speed and respect and sensitivity with which Tobar can encapsulate a life is dazzling…The novel muses on who gets to tell stories as it probes the lines between myth and reality. This is first rate storytelling from a writer who deepens the sky with every book he writes.” —John Freeman\, Lit Hub Summer Preview \nPraise for Héctor Tobar\n“A riveting story…[but] why it’s an extraordinary book is because of Héctor Tobar’s writing\, which is so beautiful and so thoughtful that he’s taking on all of the big issues of life: what is life worth\, what is the value of one human life\, what is faith\, who do we become in our darkest hour? He really brings this story to a level that I don’t feel anyone else could have done . . . It’s the best book of the year.” —Ann Patchett\, NPR’s Morning Edition on Deep Down Dark \n“Hector Tobar’s The Tattooed Soldier brings the enmities of the Guatemalan civil war to the L.A. riots.” —Jeffrey Fleishman\, Los Angeles Times on The Tattooed Soldier \n“[Tobar] succeeds in bringing into focus both the civil turmoil that racks Guatemala and the inner turmoil that can consume people anywhere.” —People\, on The Tattooed Soldier \n“A triumph . . . Crosswires de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America with Che Guevara’s Motorcycle Diaries.” —Steve Erickson\, New York Times Book Review\, on Translation Nation \n“A book of extraordinary scope and extraordinary power.” –Richard Rayner\, Los Angeles Times\, on Barbarian Nurseries \n“[Tobar] exhibits a seismographic sensitivity to the tensions along the fault lines of his cultural terrain . . . His illuminations become our recognitions.” –Rebecca Donner\, The New York Times Book Review\, on Barbarian Nurseries \n“Both timely and timeless . . . Tobar continually creates moments of uncommon magic.” –-Elle\, on Barbarian Nurseries
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hector-tobar-in-conversation-with-oscar-villalon/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Carole Stivers and John Markoff
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, September 3 at 6:00pm PST when Carole Stivers discusses her debut novel\, The Mother Code\, with John Markoff on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81537772295 \nWebinar ID: 815 3777 2295 \nPraise for The Mother Code \n“Carole Stivers is far from the first to wonder if motherhood can be scientifically replicated\, but this is a thoughtful and thought-provoking addition to that meditation. An end-of-times tale that focuses less on what has been lost and more on what and who might be saved (and how). Stivers’ wonderful story settles right on the line between human and machine\, as blame and threat and rescue and love shift from character to character in surprising and powerful ways.”—Karen Joy Fowler\, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves \nAbout The Mother Code \nIn this mind-bending debut novel\, Carole Stivers explores what it means to be a mother in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever. \nIt is 2049. When a U.S. attempt at stealth biowarfare goes awry\, a team of scientists is engaged to ensure human survival on earth. Their best efforts fail\, and they must turn to their last resort: a plan to place genetically engineered children inside the cocoons of large-scale robots—to be incubated\, birthed\, and raised by these machines\, which have been programmed with the latest advances in artificial intelligence: the Mother Code. \nKai is born in America’s desert Southwest\, his only companion his robotic Mother\, Rho-Z. Equipped with the knowledge and intuition of a human mother\, Rho-Z raises Kai and teaches him how to survive. As children like him come of age\, their Mothers transform too—in ways that were never predicted. When government survivors decide that the machines who raised the children must be destroyed\, Kai must fight to save the only parent he has ever known.
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SUMMARY:Hari Kunzru
DESCRIPTION:reading from his new book \nRed Pill: a novel \npublished by Alfred Knopf \nFrom the widely acclaimed author of White Tears\, a bold new novel about searching for order in a world that frames madness as truth. \n—- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. Link to be posted soon. Check back with us. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book (link to be posted soon!) \n———– \nAfter receiving a prestigious writing fellowship in Germany\, the narrator of Red Pill arrives in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee and struggles to accomplish anything at all. Instead of working on the book he has proposed to write\, he takes long walks and binge-watches Blue Lives–a violent cop show that becomes weirdly compelling in its bleak\, Darwinian view of life–and soon begins to wonder if his writing has any value at all. \nWannsee is a place full of ghosts: Across the lake\, the narrator can see the villa where the Nazis planned the Final Solution\, and in his walks he passes the grave of the Romantic writer Heinrich von Kleist\, who killed himself after deciding that “no happiness was possible here on earth.” When some friends drag him to a party where he meets Anton\, the creator of Blue Lives\, the narrator begins to believe that the two of them are involved in a cosmic battle\, and that Anton is “red-pilling” his viewers–turning them toward an ugly\, alt-rightish worldview–ultimately forcing the narrator to wonder if he is losing his mind. \n\nHari Kunzru is the author of five previous novels: White Tears\, The Impressionist\, Transmission\, My Revolutions\, and Gods Without Men. His work has been translated into twenty-one languages\, and his short stories and journalism have appeared in many publications\, including The New York Times\, The Guardian\, and The New Yorker. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the New York Public Library\, and the American Academy in Berlin. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \nWhat has been said about Red Pill \n\n“Razor-sharp . . . as an allegory about how well-meaning liberals have been blindsided by pseudo-intellectual bigots with substantial platforms\, it’s bleak but compelling . . . ‘Kafkaesque’ is an overused term\, but it’s an apt one for this dark tale of fear and injustice.”—Kirkus (starred) \n“Dazzling . . . Kunzru has created a complex\, challenging\, and bold story about a world gone amok. . .” —Booklist (starred)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hari-kunzru-3/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Carole Stivers and John Markoff
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, September 3 at 6:00pm PST when Carole Stivers discusses her debut novel\, The Mother Code\, with John Markoff on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81537772295 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,81537772295#  or +13462487799\,\,81537772295#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592\nWebinar ID: 815 3777 2295\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbL6VB5OXO\n \nPraise for The Mother Code \n“Carole Stivers is far from the first to wonder if motherhood can be scientifically replicated\, but this is a thoughtful and thought-provoking addition to that meditation. An end-of-times tale that focuses less on what has been lost and more on what and who might be saved (and how). Stivers’ wonderful story settles right on the line between human and machine\, as blame and threat and rescue and love shift from character to character in surprising and powerful ways.”—Karen Joy Fowler\, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves \n“Some stories are so unique\, yet so universal\, that it is wonder they aren’t a part of the human fable already. Carole Stivers’s The Mother Code\, is such a novel. Simply written but powerful\, chock full of ideas and extrapolations about what it means to be a mother and all that such a word implies. Both apocalyptic\, yet hopeful\, treat yourself to this story. You’ll be well rewarded.”—James Rollins\, New York Times bestselling author of Crucible \n“I could not put down The Mother Code ! Part action adventure\, part sci-fi\, the novel is suspenseful and cinematic and such a pleasure to read. Carole Stivers is a masterful storyteller and she has combined science\, technology and history to tell a beautiful story of humanity and love.”—Devi S. Laskar\, author of The Atlas of Reds and Blues \nAbout The Mother Code \nIn this mind-bending debut novel\, Carole Stivers explores what it means to be a mother in a world that is more chilling and precarious than ever. \nIt is 2049. When a U.S. attempt at stealth biowarfare goes awry\, a team of scientists is engaged to ensure human survival on earth. Their best efforts fail\, and they must turn to their last resort: a plan to place genetically engineered children inside the cocoons of large-scale robots—to be incubated\, birthed\, and raised by these machines\, which have been programmed with the latest advances in artificial intelligence: the Mother Code. \nKai is born in America’s desert Southwest\, his only companion his robotic Mother\, Rho-Z. Equipped with the knowledge and intuition of a human mother\, Rho-Z raises Kai and teaches him how to survive. As children like him come of age\, their Mothers transform too—in ways that were never predicted. When government survivors decide that the machines who raised the children must be destroyed\, Kai must fight to save the only parent he has ever known.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-carole-stivers-and-john-markoff/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Author Francesca Serritella Discussing The Ghosts of Harvard | Virtual Author Chat on Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, September 3\, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for an online discussion with author Francesca Serritella discussing her new novel\, THE GHOSTS OF HARVARD. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84003372643. \n(Order your copy of THE GHOSTS OF HARVARD at https://bit.ly/ggpGhostsHarvard.) \nDescription\n\nTEEN VOGUE BOOK CLUB PICK • A Harvard freshman becomes obsessed with her schizophrenic brother’s suicide. Then she starts hearing voices. \n“A rich\, intricately plotted thriller . . . Serritella\, who is a Harvard grad herself\, writes about the campus with an insider’s savvy.”—Maureen Corrigan\, The Washington Post \n“Every time I thought I knew where Ghosts of Harvard was heading\, I turned out to be wrong. Part mystery\, part ghost story\, part psychological thriller\, this novel is all entertainment.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult \nCadence Archer arrives on Harvard’s campus desperate to understand why her brother\, Eric\, a genius who developed paranoid schizophrenia took his own life there the year before. Losing Eric has left a black hole in Cady’s life\, and while her decision to follow in her brother’s footsteps threatens to break her family apart\, she is haunted by questions of what she might have missed. And there’s only one place to find answers. \nAs Cady struggles under the enormous pressure at Harvard\, she investigates her brother’s final year\, armed only with a blue notebook of Eric’s cryptic scribblings. She knew he had been struggling with paranoia\, delusions\, and illusory enemies—but what tipped him over the edge? Voices fill her head\, seemingly belonging to three ghosts who passed through the university in life\, or death\, and whose voices\, dreams\, and terrors still echo the halls. Among them is a person whose name has been buried for centuries\, and another whose name mankind will never forget. \nDoes she share Eric’s illness\, or is she tapping into something else? Cady doesn’t know how or why these ghosts are contacting her\, but as she is drawn deeper into their worlds\, she believes they’re moving her closer to the truth about Eric\, even as keeping them secret isolates her further. Will listening to these voices lead her to the one voice she craves—her brother’s—or will she follow them down a path to her own destruction? \nAbout the Author\n\nFrancesca Serritella is the New York Times bestselling author of a nine-book series of essay collections co-written with her mother\, bestselling author Lisa Scottoline\, and based on “Chick Wit\,” their Sunday column in The Philadelphia Inquirer. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University\, where she won multiple awards for her fiction\, including the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize. Ghosts of Harvard is her first novel. \nPraise For…\n\n“Ghosts of Harvard is written with a masterly\, focused hand\, belying the fact that this is Serritella’s debut novel. The pages burn with frenetic energy and are peopled by memorable\, compelling characters. The tension is palpable\, the twists and surprises perfectly timed and the stakes as high as humans should be asked to endure. The end result\, a novel you will long remember and characters you will want to see again. A triumph in every respect.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci
URL:https://litseen.com/event/author-francesca-serritella-discussing-the-ghosts-of-harvard-virtual-author-chat-on-zoom/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Henri Cole and Forrest Gander
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, September 4th at 6pm PST when Henri Cole is joined by Forrest Gander to read from and discuss his latest collection of poetry\, Blizzard\, on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82199696731 \nWebinar ID: 821 9969 6731 \nAbout Blizzard \nA powerful new collection by an award-winning poet. \nDaring\, tender\, truthful\, the poems in Blizzard\, Henri Cole’s tenth book\, build on a reputation for quiet mastery. Whether he is wrestling with the mundane\, history and its disasters\, or sexual love\, he can sound both classical and contemporary\, with the modern austerity of Constantine Cavafy and Elizabeth Bishop. Often exploring the darker places of the heart\, his sonnets do not lie down obediently but spark with an honest self-awareness. \nCole’s lucid\, empathetic poems—with lyrical beauty and ethical depth—seem to transmute the anxious perplexities of our time. \nAbout Henri Cole \nHenri Cole was born in Fukuoka\, Japan\, in 1956. He has published nine previous collections of poetry and received many awards for his work\, including the Jackson Poetry Prize\, the Kingsley Tufts Award\, the Rome Prize\, the Berlin Prize\, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize\, and the Award of Merit Medal in Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent book is Orphic Paris\, a memoir. He teaches at Claremont McKenna College \nAbout Forrest Gander \nForrest Gander was born in the Mojave Desert and grew up in Virginia. In addition to writing poetry\, he has translated works by Coral Bracho\, Alfonso D’Aquino\, Pura Lopez-Colome\, Pablo Neruda\, and Jaime Saenz. The recipient of grants from the Library of Congress\, the Guggenheim\, Howard\, Whiting\, and United States Artists Foundations\, he taught for many years as the AK Seaver Professor of Literary Arts & Comparative Literature at Brown University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-henri-cole-and-forrest-gander-2/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Henri Cole and Forrest Gander
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, September 4 at 6pm PST when Henri Cole is joined by Forrest Gander to read from and discuss his latest collection of poetry\, Blizzard\, on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82199696731\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,82199696731#  or +13462487799\,\,82199696731#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799\nWebinar ID: 821 9969 6731\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbrQWBX74e\n \nAbout Blizzard \nA powerful new collection by the award-winning poet. \nDaring\, tender\, truthful\, the poems in Blizzard\, Henri Cole’s tenth book\, build on a reputation for quiet mastery. Whether he is wrestling with the mundane\, history and its disasters\, or sexual love\, he can sound both classical and contemporary\, with the modern austerity of Constantine Cavafy and Elizabeth Bishop. Often exploring the darker places of the heart\, his sonnets do not lie down obediently but spark with an honest self-awareness. \nCole’s lucid\, empathetic poems—with lyrical beauty and ethical depth—seem to transmute the anxious perplexities of our time. \nAbout Henri Cole \nHenri Cole was born in Fukuoka\, Japan\, in 1956. He has published nine previous collections of poetry and received many awards for his work\, including the Jackson Poetry Prize\, the Kingsley Tufts Award\, the Rome Prize\, the Berlin Prize\, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize\, and the Award of Merit Medal in Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent book is Orphic Paris\, a memoir. He teaches at Claremont McKenna College \nAbout Forrest Gander \nForrest Gander was born in the Mojave Desert and grew up in Virginia. In addition to writing poetry\, he has translated works by Coral Bracho\, Alfonso D’Aquino\, Pura Lopez-Colome\, Pablo Neruda\, and Jaime Saenz. The recipient of grants from the Library of Congress\, the Guggenheim\, Howard\, Whiting\, and United States Artists Foundations\, he taught for many years as the AK Seaver Professor of Literary Arts & Comparative Literature at Brown University.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-henri-cole-and-forrest-gander/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200904T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200904T210000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Launch for Meg Elison / Find Layla\, with Somaiya Daud\, Rory Power\, Adam Sass and Maggie Tokuda-Hall
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts a virtual event with Meg Elison for the launch of her new novel Find Layla. She’s joined by Somaiya Daud\, Rory Power\, Adam Sass and Maggie Tokuda-Hall for a panel discussion. \n** Please note ** \n>  This is a free event\, but RSVP is required. RSVP here.\n>  If you’d like a copy of Find Layla\, you can purchase one here\, below\, or when completing your registration. We are currently offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \n\nUnderprivileged and keenly self-aware\, SoCal fourteen-year-old Layla Bailey isn’t used to being noticed. Except by mean girls who tweet about her ragged appearance. All she wants to do is indulge in her love of science\, protect her vulnerable younger brother\, and steer clear of her unstable mother. \nThen a school competition calls for a biome. Layla chooses her own home\, a hostile ecosystem of indoor fungi and secret shame. With a borrowed video camera\, she captures it all. The mushrooms growing in her brother’s dresser. The black mold blooming up the apartment walls. The unmentionable things living in the dead fridge. All the inevitable exotic toxins that are Layla’s life. Then the video goes viral. \nWhen Child Protective Services comes to call\, Layla loses her family and her home. Defiant\, she must face her bullies and friends alike\, on her own. Unafraid at last of being seen\, Layla accepts the mortifying reality of visibility. Now she must figure out how to stay whole and stand behind the truth she has shown the world. \nA heartbreaking and all-too-real portrait of many children’s lives\, Find Layla tugs at your heartstrings as you root for Layla to stay strong\, seek kindness\, and believe in herself in the midst of crisis and uncertainty. \n\nMeg Elison is a Bay Area author and feminist essayist. Her debut novel\, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife\, won the 2014 Philip K. Dick award. Her second novel\, The Book of Etta\, was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick\, and both were longlisted for the James A. Tiptree award. She has been published in McSweeney’s\, Fantasy & Science Fiction\, Catapult\, and many other places. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. Find her online\, where she writes like she’s running out of time at www.megelison.com\, or follow her on Twitter @MegElison. \nAdam Sass began writing books in Sharpie on the backs of Starbucks pastry bags. (He’s sorry it distracted him from making your latte.) Raised in an Illinois farm town\, his desire for a creative career took him to Chicago\, New York\, Los Angeles\, and currently\, North Carolina\, where he lives with his husband and dachshunds. When he’s not dropping hot takes on Twitter\, Adam is a recurring co-host on the popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcast Slayerfest98. Surrender Your Sons is his first novel. \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-launch-for-meg-elison-find-layla-with-somaiya-daud-rory-power-adam-sass-and-maggie-tokuda-hall/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Joe William Trotter Jr. / Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and UC Press present a 6-part series of virtual events focused on urgent societal issues\, broadcasting every Monday at 11am PST. This final event in the series features Joe William Trotter Jr. discussing his book Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America. \nThis is a free event\, but RSVP is required. RSVP here. \n\n\n“An eloquent and essential correction to contemporary discussions of the American working class.” –The Nation \nFrom the ongoing issues of poverty\, health\, housing and employment to the recent upsurge of lethal police-community relations\, the black working class stands at the center of perceptions of social and racial conflict today. Journalists and public policy analysts often discuss the black poor as “consumers” rather than “producers\,” as “takers” rather than “givers\,” and as “liabilities” instead of “assets.” \nIn his engrossing new history\, Workers on Arrival\, Joe William Trotter\, Jr. refutes these perceptions by charting the black working class’s vast contributions to the making of America. Covering the last four hundred years since Africans were first brought to Virginia in 1619\, Trotter traces black workers’ complicated journey from the transatlantic slave trade through the American Century to the demise of the industrial order in the 21st century. At the center of this compelling\, fast-paced narrative are the actual experiences of these African American men and women. A dynamic and vital history of remarkable contributions despite repeated setbacks\, Workers on Arrival expands our understanding of America’s economic and industrial growth\, its cities\, ideas\, and institutions\, and the real challenges confronting black urban communities today. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nJoe William Trotter\, Jr.\, is Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and Founder and Director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Black Milwaukee and Coal\, Class\, and Color and past President of the Labor and Working Class History Association. \n\n\n\n\nUC Press Now: Urgent Conversations hosted by Booksmith \n\n\n\n\n\n8/3: A. Naomi Paik / Bans\, Walls\, Raids\, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the Twenty-First Century\n8/10: Federico Finchelstein / A Brief History of Fascist Lies\n8/17: Aya Gruber / The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women’s Liberation in Mass Incarceration\n8/24: Erin Hatton / Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment\n8/31: Sarah Jaquette Ray / A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet\n9/7: Joe Trotter / Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America\n\n\nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-joe-william-trotter-jr-workers-on-arrival-black-labor-in-the-making-of-america/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Greg Mania and Sam Lansky
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, September 8 at 6pm PST when Greg Mania discusses his new memoir\, Born to Be Public\, with Sam Lansky on Zoom. \nZoom Login Info \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86579834543 \nWebinar ID: 865 7983 4543 \nAbout Born to Be Public \nPraise for Born to Be Public \n“Comedic gold.” – O\, The Oprah Magazine \n“Greg Mania is the Cheesecake Factory of writers\, and I say that with the utmost reverence: extravagant\, unapologetic\, hilarious\, and fucking good.” – Lindy West\, author of Shrill and The Witches Are Coming \n“This book is a hilarious wonder. Not only does it prove that Greg Mania was\, indeed\, born to be a public (and beloved) icon\, but also that he was born to be a celebrated writer. It’s sheer delight.” – Alissa Nutting\, author of Tampa and Made for Love \nAbout Born to Be Public \nIn this unique and hilarious debut memoir\, writer and comedian Greg Mania chronicles life as a “pariah prodigy.” From inadvertently coming out to his Polish immigrant parents\, to immersing himself in the world of New York City nightlife\, and finding himself and his voice in comedy. Born to Be Public is a vulnerable and poignant exploration of identity (and the rediscovery of it)\, mental health\, sex and relationships\, all while pursuing a passion with victories and tragicomic blunders. At once raw and relatable\, Mania’s one-of-a-kind voice will make you shed tears from laughter and find its way into your heart. \nAbout the Author \nGreg Mania is a writer\, comedian\, and award-winning screenwriter based in New York City. His words have been published in Vanity Fair\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\, PAPER\, Out\, BOMB\, The Millions\, Electric Literature\, The Rumpus\, HuffPost\, among other international online and print platforms. His debut memoir\, Born to Be Public\, will be published by CLASH Books this summer. \nIn film and TV\, he has recently co-wrote and co-produced his first feature-length film\, Deadman’s Barstool\, which is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. His pilot script\, MANIA\, has just won the Grand Prize of the Fourth Annual Stage 32 Comedy Writing Contest. He has also been named the Overall Winner of the Third Annual Filmmatic Screenplay Awards and Second Place Winner at WILLiFEST\, was nominated for Best Script at the Ninth Annual New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Palm Springs International Comedy Festival\, and\, as of writing this\, has also been named an official selection in comedy festivals and competitions in Austin\, Portland\, and Atlanta. \nPlease don’t let all these fancy awards and nominations fool you\, he’s still on a family plan.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-greg-mania-and-sam-lansky-2/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Launch for Julian Guthrie / Good Blood: A Doctor\, a Donor\, and the Incredible Breakthrough that Saved Millions of Babies
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts a special virtual event with Julian Guthrie for the launch of her new book Good Blood: A Doctor\, a Donor\, and the Incredible Breakthrough that Saved Millions of Babies. She’ll be in conversation with Dr. John Gorman and James Harrison\, the main subjects of the book. \n** Please note ** \n>  This is a free event\, but RSVP is required. RSVP here. A connection link will be sent to everyone with an RSVP.\n>  If you’d like a copy of Good Blood\, you can purchase one here\, below\, or when completing your registration. We are currently offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \n\nIn 1951 in Sydney\, Australia\, a fourteen-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a transfusion of blood that saved his life. A few years later\, and half a world away\, a shy young doctor at Columbia University realized he was more comfortable in the lab than in the examination room. Neither could have imagined how their paths would cross\, or how they would change the world. \nIn Good Blood\, bestselling writer Julian Guthrie tells the gripping tale of the race to cure a horrible blood disease known as Rh disease that stalked families and caused a mother’s immune system to attack her own unborn child. The story is anchored by two very different men on two continents: Dr. John Gorman in New York\, who would land on a brilliant yet contrarian idea\, and an unassuming Australian whose almost magical blood—and his unyielding devotion to donating it—would save millions of lives. \nGood Blood takes us from Australia to America\, from research laboratories to hospitals\, and even into Sing Sing prison\, where experimental blood trials were held. It is a tale of discovery and invention\, the progress and pitfalls of medicine\, and the everyday heroics that fundamentally changed the health of women and babies. \n\nJulian Guthrie is a journalist and author based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She spent twenty years at the San Francisco Chronicle\, where she won numerous awards and had her writing nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of four previous books\, including the bestsellers The Billionaire and the Mechanic and How to Make a Spaceship. \n\nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-launch-for-julian-guthrie-good-blood-a-doctor-a-donor-and-the-incredible-breakthrough-that-saved-millions-of-babies/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:The Real American Dirt: Roberto Lovato in conversation with Myriam Gurba
DESCRIPTION:celebrating the release of Roberto Lovato’s new book \nUnforgetting: A Memoir of Family\, Migration\, Gangs\, and Revolution in the Americas \npublished by Harper Collins \nA The Millions Most Anticipated Book of the Year \n—- \nThis is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet. If you have not used Zoom before\, you may consider referencing Getting Started with Zoom. \n———- \nEvent is free\, but registration is required. \n(Click Here) to register. Link to be posted soon. Check back with us. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book (link to be posted soon!) \n———– \nAn urgent\, no-holds-barred tale of gang life\, guerrilla warfare\, intergenerational trauma\, and interconnected violence between the United States and El Salvador\, Roberto Lovato’s memoir excavates family history and reveals the intimate stories beneath headlines about gang violence and mass Central American migration\, one of the most important\, yet least-understood humanitarian crises of our time—and one in which the perspectives of Central Americans in the United States have been silenced and forgotten.  \nThe child of Salvadoran immigrants\, Roberto Lovato grew up in 1970s and 80s San Francisco as MS-13 and other notorious Salvadoran gangs were forming in California. In his teens\, he lost friends to the escalating violence\, and survived acts of brutality himself. He eventually traded the violence of the streets for human rights advocacy in wartime El Salvador where he joined the guerilla movement against the U.S.-backed\, fascist military government responsible for some of the most barbaric massacres and crimes against humanity in recent history. \nRoberto returned from war-torn El Salvador to find the United States on the verge of unprecedented crises of its own. There\, he channeled his own pain into activism and journalism\, focusing his attention on how trauma affects individual lives and societies\, and began the difficult journey of confronting the roots of his own trauma. As a child\, Roberto endured a tumultuous relationship with his father Ramón. Raised in extreme poverty in the countryside of El Salvador during one of the most violent periods of its history\, Ramón learned to survive by straddling intersecting underworlds of family secrets\, traumatic silences\, and dealing in black-market goods and guns. The repression of the violence in his life took its toll\, however. Ramón was plagued with silences and fits of anger that had a profound impact on his youngest son\, and which Roberto attributes as a source of constant reckoning with the violence and rebellion in his own life. \nIn Unforgetting\, Roberto interweaves his father’s complicated history and his own with first-hand reportage on gang life\, state violence\, and the heart of the immigration crisis in both El Salvador and the United States. In doing so he makes the political personal\, revealing the cyclical ways violence operates in our homes and our societies\, as well as the ways hope and tenderness can rise up out of the darkness if we are courageous enough to unforget. \nRoberto Lovato is a journalist and a member of The Writers Grotto. He is one of the country’s leading writers and thinkers on Central American gangs\, refugees\, violence and other issues. Lovato is also a co-founder of #DignidadLiteraria\, the national movement formed to combat the invisibility and silencing of Latinx stories and books in the U.S. publishing industry. He is also recipient of a reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center and a former fellow at U.C. Berkeley’s Latinx Research Center. His essays and reporting have appeared in numerous publications including Guernica\, Boston Globe\, Foreign Policy\, Guardian\, Los Angeles Times\, Der Spiegel\, La Opinion\, and other national and international publications. He lives in San Francisco. \nMyriam Gurba is a writer and artist. She is the author of the true-crime memoir Mean\, a New York Times editors’ choice. O\, the Oprah Magazine\, ranked Mean as one of the best LGBTQ books of all time. Publishers’ Weekly describes Gurba as having a voice like no other. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Paris Review\, TIME.com\, and 4Columns. She has shown art in galleries\, museums\, and community centers. She lives in Long Beach\, California\, with herself. \nWhat has been said of Unforgetting \n\n“Mixing fraught reminiscence with vivid reportage… Lovato delivers an intimate\, gripping portrait of El Salvador’s agony.” \n\n–Publishers Weekly\n\n\n\n“What is Unforgetting—a coming of age story\, a thriller\, a slice of hemispheric history? All I can say for sure is that it’s both gripping and beautiful. With the artistry of a poet and the intensity of a revolutionary\, Lovato untangles the tightly knit skein of love and terror that connects El Salvador and the United States. This book is an eye-opener into a world Anglo-Americans have been taught is enemy territory.” \n\n–—Barbara Ehrenreich\, author of Natural Causes and Nickel and Dimed\n\n\n\n“For generations\, from McKinley to Trump\, the United States has cast a shadow of exploitation and counter-revolution over Central America.  In this stunning tale of love and horror\, the journalist Roberto Lovato recounts how his own family history\, from the indentured Salvadoran countryside to the burning streets of Los Angeles\, has been shaped by resistance to yanqui violence.” \n\n–Mike Davis\, author of City of Quartz and Set the Night on Fire\n\n\n\n“A provocative\, revealing work of journalism that explains gang behavior but does not idealize it.” \n\n–Kirkus\n\n\n\n“Salvadorans are ‘a people in the constant motion of overcoming\,’ Roberto Lovato writes in his pivotal debut Unforgetting. In it\, he runs a machete through himself and his family’s history—the 1932 Matanza\, the 1980s civil war\, and our present-day struggles with gang-violence and migration. With raw honesty\, Lovato partakes in a much-needed excavation of what it means to be ‘Salvadoran’—and ‘American’—in this world. Unforgetting is an opening\, a tear in the cloth\, we Salvadorans must speak through.” \n\n–Javier Zamora\, author of Unaccompanied\n\n\n\n“There has never been a book about the Latinx experience quite like Roberto Lovato’s Unforgetting. Here is a voice that is outraged\, philosophical\, thoughtful\, blunt\, emotional\, and\, above all\, fiercely independent. In this illuminating and insightful memoir\, Lovato journeys into the underworlds of the fraught history of El Salvador\, and his own California upbringing\, and finds injustice\, resistance\, and hope.” \n\n–Héctor Tobar\, author of Deep Down Dark and The Tattooed Soldier\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-real-american-dirt-roberto-lovato-in-conversation-with-myriam-gurba/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Greg Mania and Sam Lansky
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, September 8 at 6pm PST when Greg Mania discusses his new memoir\, Born to Be Public\, with Sam Lansky on Zoom \nZoom Login Info \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86579834543 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,86579834543#  or +13462487799\,\,86579834543#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592\nWebinar ID: 865 7983 4543\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbAD5OvJNw \n\nAbout Born to Be Public \nIn this unique and hilarious debut memoir\, writer and comedian Greg Mania chronicles life as a “pariah prodigy.” From inadvertently coming out to his Polish immigrant parents\, to immersing himself in the world of New York City nightlife\, and finding himself and his voice in comedy. Born to Be Public is a vulnerable and poignant exploration of identity (and the rediscovery of it)\, mental health\, sex and relationships\, all while pursuing a passion with victories and tragicomic blunders. At once raw and relatable\, Mania’s one-of-a-kind voice will make you shed tears from laughter and find its way into your heart.\n \nPraise for Born to Be Public  \n“Comedic gold.” \n– O\, The Oprah Magazine\n \n“Greg Mania is the Cheesecake Factory of writers\, and I say that with the utmost reverence: extravagant\, unapologetic\, hilarious\, and fucking good.” \n– Lindy West\, author of Shrill and The Witches Are Coming\n \n“This book is a hilarious wonder. Not only does it prove that Greg Mania was\, indeed\, born to be a public (and beloved) icon\, but also that he was born to be a celebrated writer. It’s sheer delight.” \n– Alissa Nutting\, author of Tampa and Made for Love \n\nAbout the Author \nGreg Mania is a writer\, comedian\, and award-winning screenwriter based in New York City. His words have been published in Vanity Fair\, O\, The Oprah Magazine\, PAPER\, Out\, BOMB\, The Millions\, Electric Literature\, The Rumpus\, HuffPost\, among other international online and print platforms. His debut memoir\, Born to Be Public\, will be published by CLASH Books this summer. \nIn film and TV\, he has recently co-wrote and co-produced his first feature-length film\, Deadman’s Barstool\, which is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. His pilot script\, MANIA\, has just won the Grand Prize of the Fourth Annual Stage 32 Comedy Writing Contest. He has also been named the Overall Winner of the Third Annual Filmmatic Screenplay Awards and Second Place Winner at WILLiFEST\, was nominated for Best Script at the Ninth Annual New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Palm Springs International Comedy Festival\, and\, as of writing this\, has also been named an official selection in comedy festivals and competitions in Austin\, Portland\, and Atlanta. \nPlease don’t let all these fancy awards and nominations fool you\, he’s still on a family plan.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-greg-mania-and-sam-lansky/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:A Star Is Bored by Byron Lane | GGP Online Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, September 8\, 2020 at 7 PM PDT for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Byron Lane’s new novel\, A STAR IS BORED. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87632016905. \nYou can order a copy in hardcover at https://bit.ly/GGPBored\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at https://bit.ly/BoredAB. \nDescription\n\n“A Star is Bored is an absolute knockout. Riotously funny and wickedly tender.”\n— Taylor Jenkins Reid\, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six \nPeople Magazine Best Book of Summer 2020 – Named a Must-Read Summer book by Town & Country – Named One of the 14 Best Books of Summer 2020 by Harper’s Bazaar – One of Library Journal‘s 2020 “Titles to Watch” – One of the 30 Best Beach Reads According to Parade Magazine \nShe needs an assistant.\nHe needs a hero. \nA hilariously heartfelt novel influenced in part by the author’s time assisting Carrie Fisher. \nCharlie Besson is tense and sweating as he prepares for a wild job interview. His car is idling\, like his life\, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon\, star of stage and screen and People magazine’s Worst Dressed list. She’s an actress in need of assistance\, and he’s adrift and in need of a lifeline. \nKathi is an icon\, bestselling author\, and award-winning movie star\, most known for her role as Priestess Talara in a blockbuster sci-fi film. She’s also known in another role: Outrageous Hollywood royalty. Admittedly so. Famously so. Chaotically so\, as Charlie quickly discovers. \nCharlie gets the job\, and his three-year odyssey is filled with late-night shopping sprees\, last-minute trips to see the aurora borealis\, and an initiation to that most sacred of Hollywood tribes: the personal assistant. But Kathi becomes much more than a boss\, and as their friendship grows Charlie must make a choice. Will he always be on the sidelines of life\, assisting the great forces that be\, or can he step into his own life’s leading role? \nLaugh-out-loud funny\, and searingly poignant\, Byron Lane’s A Star is Bored is a novel that\, like the star at its center\, is enchanting and joyous\, heartbreaking and hopeful. \nAbout the Author\n\nByron Lane is a playwright and screenwriter. He’s also worked as a journalist and personal assistant to celebrities including Carrie Fisher. He’s originally from New Orleans and lives in Los Angeles with his boyfriend and their rescue dog\, Tilda. This is his first novel. \nPraise For…\n\n“Carrie Fisher’s spirit animates this funny\, dishy\, and deeply affectionate roman à clef by her former personal assistant. The force is with him.”\n— People “Must-Reads for Summer” \n“Lane debuts with a fizzy roman à clef about a celebrity assistant\, playfully alluding to his experience working for the late actor Carrie Fisher. Lane begins with Charlie Besson’s job interview…an assistant to Kathi Kannon\, famous for playing the beloved Priestess Talara in the science fiction epic Nova Quest. Lane brings wit and tenderness to Kathi’s mostly acerbic personality\, and her attachment to Charlie is potent and palpable… Lane’s affecting tale would show how the real Charlie found his own superpower—as a novelist.”\n— Publishers Weekly \n“Aside from being laugh out loud funny\, brazen\, charming and exquisitely observed\, ASIB is romantic\, soulful and filled with tender sweetness. For those of us who knew Carrie and Byron it all brings back chokingly funny and necessarily sad memories of a uniquely beautiful and deranged ménage\, but it will make every reader feel at home and a part of it too.”\n— Stephen Fry
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-star-is-bored-by-byron-lane-ggp-online-book-club-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Mary Ladd & Don Asmussen (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Mary Ladd‘s The Wig Diaries is an irreverent cancer book\, delivered with bold gallows humor to intimately address the gravity of cancer. Illustrated by San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist Don Asmussen\, this uniquely fresh and modern black comedy covers and pokes fun at everything from diagnosis to treatment to medical bills. \nMary‘s writing has appeared in Playboy\, Time Magazine\, Health\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, and in five anthologies\, including Lit Starts: Writing Humor and the best-selling 642 Things series. You may have seen her onstage at the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley\, Breast Cancer Action\, Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) and Litquake. She is a Writers Grotto member who collaborated with Anthony Bourdain on his Bay Area episodes of No Reservations. \nDon is the creator of Bad Reporter\, a twice-weekly political comic strip in the San Francisco Chronicle that is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate\, and is the author of Dog vs. Cat: A Nation Divided and The San Francisco Comic Strip Book of Big-Ass Mocha. \nMichael Krasny is the host of the award winning KQED FORUM\, a program discussing news and public affairs\, current events\, culture\, health\, business and technology. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-mary-ladd-don-asmussen-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Sophie Yanow and Suzy Exposito
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, September 10 at 5pm PDT when Sophie Yanow launches her new graphic novel\, The Contradictions\, with Suzy Exposito on Zoom! \nZoom Login Info \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82968999585 \nWebinar ID: 829 6899 9585 \nPraise for The Contradictions \n“Yanow is an author/illustrator to watch.” —Publishers Weekly \n“With deft sketches and minimal text\, [Yanow] shows how the streets of a city can simultaneously foster and crush social change\, and how urban humans cling to personal freedom in an increasingly monitored world.” —The Atlantic \nAbout The Contradictions \nThe Eisner Award–winning story about a student figuring out radical politics in a messy world \nSophie is young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad\, choosing Paris for no firm reason beyond liking French comics. Feeling a bit lonely and out of place\, she’s desperate for community and a sense of belonging. She stumbles into what/who she’s looking for when she meets Zena. An anarchist student-activist committed to veganism and shoplifting\, Zena offers Sophie a whole new political ideology that feels electric. Enamored—of Zena\, of the idea of living more righteously—Sophie finds herself swept up in a whirlwind friendship that blows her even further from her rural California roots as they embark on a disastrous hitchhiking trip to Amsterdam and Berlin\, full of couch surfing\, drug tripping\, and radical book fairs. \nCapturing that time in your life where you’re meeting new people and learning about the world—when everything feels vital and urgent—The Contradictions is Sophie Yanow’s fictionalized coming-of-age story. Sophie’s attempts at ideological purity are challenged time and again\, putting into question the plausibility of a life of dogma in a world filled with contradictions. Keenly observed\, frank\, and very funny\, The Contradictions speaks to a specific reality while also being incredibly relatable\, reminding us that we are all imperfect people in an imperfect world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-sophie-yanow-and-suzy-exposito/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Lev Grossman with Clara Sherley-Appel
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear Lev Grossman\, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular books and TV series The Magicians introduce The Silver Arrow\, his must-read\, wholly original debut book for children that we are obsessed with. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*”Grossman’s gorgeous middle-grade debut is vivid and amusing… it’s a world all its own.”―Booklist \nDescribed as reminiscent of Roald Dahl and The Chronicles of Narnia\, The Silver Arrow follows a pair of siblings who embark on an unbelievable adventure into a wide adult world\, and discover how exhilarating and challenging that can be. \nBlending fantasy with the all-too-real\, Grossman’s world is imaginative and conveys a clear conservation message that will inspire young readers to see the world with new eyes. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLev Grossman is the author of five novels\, including The Magicians trilogy\, which has been published in 30 countries and the critically acclaimed TV adaptation just finished its fifth and final season on Syfy. Grossman is also an award-winning journalist who spent 15 years as the book critic and lead technology writer at Time magazine. \nLev will be chatting with Clara Sherley-Appel of KSQD’s Story Behind the Story\, a monthly author interview radio program for 90.7 FM serving the Central Coast. Clara also produces and co-hosts Physical Kids Weekly\, a Magicians podcast which follows the TV series based on Lev Grossman’s novels.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lev-grossman-with-clara-sherley-appel/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Jenny Bhatt
DESCRIPTION:reading from her new short fiction collection \nEACH OF US KILLERS: stories \npublished by 7.13 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. Link to be posted soon. Check back with us. \n———– \n(Click Here) to purchase book (link to be posted soon!) \n———– \nSet in the American Midwest\, England\, and India (Mumbai\, Ahmedabad\, rural Gujarat) the stories in Each of Us Killers are about people trying to realize their dreams and aspirations through their professions. Whether they are chasing money\, power\, recognition\, love\, or simply trying to make a decent living\, their hunger is as intense as any grand love affair. Straddling the fault lines of class\, caste\, gender\, nationality\, globalization\, and more\, they go against sociocultural norms despite challenges and indignities until singular moments of quiet devastation turn the worlds of these characters—auto-wallah\, housemaid\, street vendor\, journalist\, architect\, baker\, engineer\, saree shop employee\, professor\, yoga instructor\, bartender\, and more—upside down. \nJenny Bhatt is a writer\, literary translator\, and literary critic. She is the host of the Desi Books podcast. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in various venues in the US\, UK\, and India\, including NPR\, The Washington Post\, Electric Literature\, The Atlantic\, BBC Culture\, Literary Hub\, Longreads\, The Millions\, and others. Her fiction has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and the 2017 Best American Short Stories. She was a finalist for the 2017 Best of the Net Anthology. Having lived and worked her way around India\, England\, Germany\, Scotland\, and various parts of the US\, she now lives in a suburb of Dallas\, Texas. Find her at https://jennybhattwriter.com. \nWhat has been said about the work of Jenny Bhatt \nOne of the most anticipated debuts of the second half of 2020 at Electric Literature\, Literary Hub\, and The Millions. \n“. . . rich debut collection . . . memorable . . . a powerful expression of the hunger for success on one’s own terms.” ~Publishers Weekly \n“A slim debut full of nuanced\, clear-eyed tales of unvarnished humanity. […] A formally diverse collection with exquisitely crafted stories about longing\, striving\, and learning what we can control.” ~Kirkus Reviews \n“Jenny Bhatt’s gorgeous stories in Each of Us Killers remind me why I love to read a good book. It is such a pleasure to be immersed in the worlds of her characters\, in their hunger for love or money\, and in their local and global struggles to live. With mouth-watering detail\, Bhatt serves up a rich and varied feast.” ~Devi S. Laskar\, author of The Atlas of Reds and Blues \n“The potent stories in this collection evoke the complexities of a shifting\, multilingual world with great precision. Bhatt moves between countries and realities with tremendous skill and insight.” ~ Idra Novey\, author of Those Who Knew \n“In a series of thrilling\, beautiful stories\, Jenny Bhatt moves through the moods\, thoughts\, subversions involved in the experience of interracial relationships\, East-West communications\, theft\, justice\, migration. The collection works brilliantly both as an evocative amalgam of insightful observations about race\, class\, gender\, aspirations\, as well as on the sentence level. Bhatt writes\, “polish it carefully\, till it glitters with the hope of a false diamond and refracts your stark life into a spectrum of luminous rays\, lighting up the darkness briefly”–referring to a character’s particular memory\, but could just as well be referring to the collection as a whole.” ~Chaya Bhuvaneswar\, author of White Dancing Elephants \n“In Each of Us Killers\, Jenny Bhatt excavates her characters with incisiveness\, nuance\, and complexity. The cast of vibrant characters in this wonderful collection is absolutely unique and memorable.” ~Karen E. Bender\, author of The New Order \n“This is a gorgeous collection. Bhatt weaves together\, with the lightest touch\, profound themes—work\, ambition\, displacement\, class\, and gender\, and so much more. Her plots are beautifully rendered and her scope vast; her characters and her settings come to life on the page. These stories are full of bitter heartbreak with a measure of joy—a wonderful collection from a hugely talented writer.” ~Lydia Kiesling\, author of The Golden State \n“These stories are filled with wisdom and compassion\, bristling with dark occurrences and gleaming with quiet moments of joy: an enriching collection.” ~Mahesh Rao\, author of Polite Society \n“Moving\, haunting stories that explore a wide range of complex social inequities and yet share an undercurrent of a deep and very human kind of longing.” ~Aatif Rashid\, author of Portrait of Sebastian Khan \n“Sex\, death\, redemption\, betrayal—this collection has it all\, from the sordid to the divine. Bhatt’s vivid imagination and well-voiced characters will take you on a ride you won’t soon forget.” ~Mathangi Subramanian\, author of A People’s History of Heaven \n“Each of Us Killers offers up a complex portrait of our times. From caste-based violence to domestic power play\, from yoga to the under-seam of real-estate development\, Bhatt uses a dozen devices to examine the lives of people around us\, the choices that define them and\, ultimately\, our selves.” ~Annie Zaidi\, author of Unbound\, 2000 Years of Indian Women’s Writing \n“Ambitious\, sensitive\, this collection locates some essential Indian truths\, especially its hidden violence.” ~Prayaag Akbar\, author of Leila
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jenny-bhatt/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Tom Philpott in conversation with Maddie Oatman / Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and Mother Jones present a virtual event with Tom Philpott for his new book Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It. He’ll be in conversation with Mother Jones senior editor Maddie Oatman. \n** Please note ** \n>  This is a free event\, but RSVP is required. RSVP here.\n>  If you’d like a copy of Perilous Bounty\, you can purchase one here\, below\, or when completing your registration. We are currently offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \n\nOur two dominant food-producing regions—California’s Central Valley and the Corn Belt of the Midwest—are both in a state of accelerating ecological decline. To make matters worse\, the agribusiness interests that dominate these regions actively consume the ecological foundations that support agriculture itself. California’s farms are mining non-renewable water and Corn Belt operations are exhausting their soil. \nIn this vital book\, veteran journalist and former farmer Tom Philpott explores the corporations\, investment funds\, and magnates who benefit from these hazardous cycles. As massive companies put upward pressure on prices\, mid-sized\, diversified farms wither. The money-making deluge of chemical weedkillers stifles farming innovation and produces toxic runoff. Consumers encounter bountiful but health-ruining calories from cheap meat\, sweetener\, and fat. And our precious stores of water and tenable soil vanish. \nResource scarcity looms on the horizon\, but rather than point us toward doomsday\, Philpott shows how American agriculture could be routed away from its path to disaster. He profiles farmers and activists who are valiantly and inventively pushing back: their resilient\, soil-building\, water-smart farming practices and preparation for climate shocks show the way toward an abundant future. And he explains how consumers can help move these methods from the margins to the mainstream. \nPerilous Bounty is a timely investigation of the United States’ food system as we plunge into an era of climate chaos\, and an essential exploration of possible solutions. \n\n \nTom Philpott has been the food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones since 2011. Previously\, he covered food as a writer and editor for the environmental-news website Grist. Philpott’s work on food politics has appeared in the New York Times\, Newsweek\, and the Guardian\, among other places. From 2004 to 2012\, he farmed at Maverick Farms in Valle Crucis\, NC. He lives in North Carolina and Austin\, Texas. \n \nMaddie Oatman is a senior editor at Mother Jones\, where she writes about the environment\, food and farming\, and culture. Her writing has won awards and been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing. She is the executive producer and co-host\, along with Tim Philpott and Kiera Butler\, of Mother Jones’ podcast Bite\, a show for people who think hard about their food. \n\n  \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-tom-philpott-in-conversation-with-maddie-oatman-perilous-bounty-the-looming-collapse-of-american-farming-and-how-we-can-prevent-it/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Taking Care of History
DESCRIPTION:Taking Care of History: Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz\, Historic Tales of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park\, and Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County\nJoin us for a very special event as the authors of three books on local history will discuss their work. \nTraci Bliss brings to life the tragedies and triumphs of the diverse men and women interred at Evergreen Cemetary\, the final resting place for a multitude of adventurers\, entrepreneurs\, and artists in her book Evergreen Cemetary of Santa Cruz\, coauthored by Randall Brown. \nDeborah Osterberg recounts the stories of the first visitors to Big Trees Grove and the awe-inspiring landscape they preserved for future generations in Historic Tales of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. \nLiz Pollock looks back at favorite places to eat that have come and gone in Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County\, her collection of stories and classic cocktail recipes from bygone eras. \nRegister for this free Crowdcast here!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-taking-care-of-history/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200912T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200912T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T132041
CREATED:20200908T164703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200908T164703Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Bill Petrocelli (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Bill Petrocelli’s newest book\, Electoral Bait & Switch argues that the Electoral College has changed from the institution that the framers of the Constitution intended to a mere rubber-stamp operation with only one function: to distort the result of the popular vote for President. \nBill is an author\, attorney\, and co-owner of Book Passage\, the fiercely independent bookstore in Corte Madera\, California\, and at the San Francisco Ferry Building. In addition to several years in private practice\, Bill has also served as a California Deputy Attorney General\, the head of a poverty law office in Oakland\, a member of the Board of the American Booksellers Association and an attorney for the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. He is a frequent advocate on women’s issues and on the problems of local businesses. He is also the author of Low Profile: How to Avoid the Privacy Invaders and Sexual Harassment on the Job: What It Is and How to Stop It\, the first book published on the subject of stopping workplace harassment and sexual violence. He has also written two novels: The Circle of Thirteen and Through the Bookstore Window\, which Foreword Magazine calls “an unusual\, rewarding take on the nature of memory: how it haunts and heals\, how single moments set the future in motion\, and how it binds survivors together in ways they seldom expect.” \nJoel Paul is a Professor of Constitutional Law at U.C. Hastings Law School in San Francisco. He has lectured and published throughout Europe\, Asia\, and Latin America. He is the author of Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant\, a Playwright\, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution and the biography of Chief Justice John Marshall\, Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-bill-petrocelli-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200912T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200912T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T132041
CREATED:20200827T200904Z
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SUMMARY:Babylon Salon Fall Performance
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, September 12 when Babylon Salon presents a special Zoom-based show celebrating Black authors\, including Faith Adiele (The Nigerian-Nordic Girl’s Guide to Lady Problems and Meeting Faith)\, Sheree Renee Thomas (Nine Bar Blues: Stories and Shotgun Lullabies) and Hope Wabuke (her)\, with music by Charles Peoples III (Chasm Vol. I). Reading at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT. FREE Admission! Co-hosted by our friends at Marcus Books\, now offering curbside pickup. Register for the performance at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqceipqDwoGdF0ac1GRZIiD1R8f21uSFL_
URL:https://litseen.com/event/babylon-salon-fall-performance/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200913T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200913T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T132041
CREATED:20200814T135113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200814T135113Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating RESISTENCIA: Poems of Protest and Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Mark Eisner and Tina Escaja with Carolina De Robertis\, Romina Funes\, Jack Hirschman\, Rebeca Lane\, Jessica Powell\, and more. \nOpening statement by Elaine Katzenberger\, Executive Director of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers \nCo-presented by City Lights and  The Red Poppy Art House \ncelebrating the release of \nResistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution \npublished by Tin House Books \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————– \nJoin us in celebrating the launch of Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution\, out Sept. 15 from Tin House. With a powerful and poignant introduction from Julia Alvarez\, this extraordinary collection is rooted in a strong tradition of protest poetry and voiced by icons of the movement and some of the most exciting writers today. The afternoon will feature an eclectic mix of readings from the likes of Carolina de Robertis\, Jack Hirschman\, Tina Escaja\, and Jessica Powell;  hip-hop from the Guatemalan feminist rapper Rebeca Lane; extraordinary video clips of Lawrence Ferlinghetti talking about resistance poetry; words from City Lights’ Publisher and CEO Elaine Katzenberger; music from the 2019 Chilean protests; and more special guests yet to be announced! Co-presented by City Lights Books and The Red Poppy Art House. \nCarolina De Robertis\, Resistencia translator\,  a writer of Uruguayan origins\, is the author of four novels\, most recently Cantoras\, which received a Stonewall Book Award and a Reading Women Award\, and was a Kirkus Prize finalist and a NewYork Times Editors’ Choice. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have received numerous other honors\, including Italy’s Rhegium Julii Prize and a NEA fellowship. As a literary translator\, De Robertis has rendered award-winning works by Laura Restrepo\, Alejandro Zambra\, Raquel Lubartowski Nogara\, Roberto Ampuero\,  and Pedro Almodóvar\, among others. In 2017\, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts named De Robertis on its 100 List of “people\, organizations\, and movements that are shaping the future of culture.” She teaches at San Francisco State University and lives in Oakland\, with her wife and two children. \nMark Eisner\, co-editor of Resistencia\, host of the launch party: In 2004 Mark was involved in the early stages of the Red Poppy Art House\, just as City Lights published The Essential Neruda\, a book he had conceived and edited. It was the year of Neruda’s centennial and The Red Poppy Art House and City Lights came together for a series of celebrations\, including readings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the premier of Mark’s documentary on Neruda\, narrated by Isabel Allende. In 2017\, City Lights published another project Mark had brought them\, the first ever English translation of Neruda’s surrealistic venture of the infinite man. Mark asked fellow Resistencia contributor Jessica Powell to translate it; he wrote the introduction. In 2018\, Ecco published his Neruda: The Biography of a Poet\, a finalist for the PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography. Mark hopes it’s the last thing he ever does on Neruda. Resistencia\, in fact\, reflects his expansion of the focus into a broader landscape and conversation about the intersections of art\, culture\, and the possibilities for social change\, which The Red Poppy Art House\, City Lights\, and tonight are all about. \nVisit the Resistencia project page.\n\nTina Escaja\, co-editor of Resistencia\, is a Spanish American author\, digital artist\, and Distinguished Professor of Romance Languages and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Vermont. She has published extensively on gender and  Latin American and Spanish poetry and technology\, and is considered a pioneer in electronic literature. Her collection of poems\, Manual Destructivista / Destructivist Manual (2016)\, translated by Kristin Dykstra\, was named a top ten bilingual read by Latino Poetry Review for 2017. Among other recognitions\, she won the 2003 the Dulce María Loynaz Poetry Prize for her collection Caída Libre\, later translated by Mark Eisner and published by Fomite Press. She has served in leadership positions of many organizations\, including the Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualides and Feministas Unidas. \nRomina Funes\, poeta\, was born in General San Martin\, Buenos Aires\, Argentina\, in 1981. For the past decade\, Romina has organized “Letras & Música\,” a series that mixes poetry with live music\, performed across Buenos Aires. She is also a part of Tawa\, a diverse theater company that includes actors with disabilities. Their work premiered at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín in 2017 and continues to be performed in cities and festivals around Argentina\, winning awards. Romina has published three books of poetry\, and her poems have been anthologized\, published in multiple journals\, and translated into English\, French\, Portuguese\, and Romanian. She has participated in poetry festivals in Argentina\, Canada\, France\, Cuba\, and Mexico\, where she sang with Resistencia’s co-editor Mark Eisner. \nJack Hirschman\, Resistencia translator\, is Poet Laureate emeritus of San Francisco.  His powerfully eloquent voice set the tone for political poetry in this country many years ago.  City Lights has published two books of his poetry. and his translations are included in a couple of their volumes\, including The Essential Neruda. He has also translated Dalton (Spanish)\, Depestre (French)\, Pasolini (Italian)\, Pastakas (Greek)\, Gervalla (Albanian)\, Kirsch (German)\, Glik (Yiddish)\, Laraque (Haitian)\, Mayakovsky (Russian)\, and Stalin (Georgian/Groozy). The Arcanes\, Hirschman’s thousand-page masterwork of his own verse\, was published in 2006. \nRebeca Lane\, contributing poet/rapper\, was born Rebeca Eunice Vargas in Guatemala City in the middle of a civil war\, named after an aunt who had been kidnapped and disappeared by the military government in 1981. As a teenager she became involved with social movements and with groups of women using art as a means of political expression. Informed by these experiences\, she began her own career as a poet and rapper\, and\, as a self-defined rap feminist and anarchist\, has taken her message to international audiences. Her lyrics are about her experience in a female body and the struggle of women against sexism. She also speaks out about social problems in Guatemalan society\, like the consequences of war and the lack of justice. She is a founder of Somos Guerreras (We Are Warriors)\, a project that strives to transform the hip-hop culture by empowering women. \nJessica Powell\, Resistencia translator\, has published dozens of translations of literary works by a wide variety of Latin American writers\, three of which have been published by City Lights: Antonio Benítez Rojo’s novel\, Woman in Battle Dress (2015); Pablo Neruda’s book-length poem\, venture of the infinite man (2017); and Silvina Ocampo’s The Promise (2019) (co-translated with Suzanne Jill Levine). Jessica has received an NEA Translation Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2016 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation\, the 2017 Best Translated Book Award and she made the longlist for the 2017 National Translation Award.  Her most recent translation was Gabriela Wiener’s Nine Moons (Restless Books\, 2020). Jessica translated seven different translations for Resistencia\, the most of any contributor\, and provided indispensable help\, editing many of the others. \nThe Red Poppy Art House is a neighborhood center for the intersection of cultural and inter-generational artistic engagement located in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. The Poppy is an artist-driven organization that seeks to empower and transform society by addressing current social issues that impact our community and society at large through creative processes. Operating from a neighborhood storefront in San Francisco’s Mission District\, we demonstrate the unique\, powerful\, and irreplaceable capacity of intimate community spaces through hosting over 150 diverse performances\, exhibitions\, workshops\, and artist residencies annually. \nTo learn more visit: The Red Poppy Art House \nYou may also visit them on Facebook \n  \nPraise for RESISTENCIA \n\n“Resistencia could not be more timely. It is a stunning collection of revelations and witness. . . . Indispensable.”\n—Luis Alberto Urrea\, author of The House of Broken Angels \n\n“Resistencia resists being an easy Latinx experience. While many of these poems are about war and pain\, it would be a disservice to characterize them solely as melancholic. Even surrounded in death and destruction\, there is a vibrancy in the lines. There is joy. There is living. Beauty’s put forward bravely.”\n—David Tomas Martinez\, author of Post Traumatic Hood Disorder \n\n“The poems in Resistencia do not soothe but shake us awake\, and they call on us to do what they have done: to witness\, to listen\, to not only speak but sing.”\n—Maggie Smith\, author of Good Bones \n\n“Reading these poems\, I felt as if this brilliant chorus of writers\, living and departed\, was delivering a call to action: ‘We have been here all along\, fighting. Won’t you join us?’”\n—Frances de Pontes Peebles\, author of The Air You Breathe
URL:https://litseen.com/event/celebrating-resistencia-poems-of-protest-and-revolution/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200913T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200913T180000
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Clarissa Ward (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Clarissa Ward’s remarkable new memoir On All Fronts is the unforgettable story of an extraordinary journalist and a changing world. \nClarissa is CNN’s chief international correspondent. In her fifteen-year career spanning Fox\, CBS\, and ABC\, she has reported from front lines across the world. Clarissa has won five Emmy Awards\, two George Foster Peabody Awards\, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award\, two Edward R. Murrow Awards for distinguished journalism\, honors from the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association\, the 2016 David Kaplan Award from the Overseas Press Club\, and the Excellence in International Reporting Award from the International Center for Journalists. She graduated with distinction from Yale University\, and in 2013 received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Middlebury College in Vermont. She lives in London. \nLisa Ling is the executive producer and host of This is Life with Lisa Ling\, on CNN. For five seasons prior\, Lisa executive produced and hosted Our America on OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network. As the former field correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and contributor to ABC News’ Nightline and National Geographic’s Explorer\, Lisa has reported from dozens of countries\, covering stories about gang rape in the Congo\, bride burning in India\, the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda and the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in Central America\, Lisa is the co-author of Mother\, Daughter\, Sister\, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood and Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home\, which she penned with her sister\, Laura. She is also a co-founder of SecretSocietyofWomen.com\, and a contributor to ivolunteer.org.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-clarissa-ward-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200913T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200913T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T132041
CREATED:20200912T195122Z
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SUMMARY:San José Poetry Slam
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, September 13\, 6:30pm sign-ups\, 7pm slam!\nFeaturing Yesika Salgado\nHosted by Scorpiana Xlent!  \nin the San José Poetry Festival!\nSee the Festival page for full details! \nFollow the Slam on Facebook!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/san-jose-poetry-slam-4/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200915T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T132041
CREATED:20200904T175246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T175246Z
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SUMMARY:David D. Burns\, MD - Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Nearly 40 years ago\, David D. Burns\, MD\, a pioneer in the development of cognitive therapy\, wrote Feeling Good\, a book with an uplifting message: When you change the way you THINK\, you can change the way you FEEL. Since its debut\, Feeling Good has sold more than 5 million copies\, making a positive difference in the lives of countless people\, and cognitive therapy has become the most popular and extensively researched form of psychotherapy in the world. \nNow in Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety\, Dr. Burns brings us a radical new approach that makes ultra-rapid recovery possible\, even in a single two-hour book-therapy session. Feeling Great emerged from 40 years of research on how therapy actually works and is based on this paradoxical idea: Your negative thoughts and feelings are NOT the result of some defect\, like a chemical imbalance in your brain or a “mental disorder\,” but from what’s most beautiful and awesome about you and your core values. And the moment you realize this\, recovery will be just a stone’s throw away. \nIn Feeling Great you will pinpoint and eliminate the powerful forces that keep you stuck; learn that your thoughts—and not the circumstances of your life—create all of your feelings; discover why depression and anxiety are the world’s oldest cons; crush the ten types of distorted thoughts that rob you of happiness and self-esteem; learn why self-acceptance is the greatest change a human being can make; and more. \nDavid D. Burns\, MD\, is an Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. More than 50\,000 mental health professionals have attended his workshops throughout the United States and Canada. His weekly Feeling Good Podcasts (approaching three million downloads) provide therapists and the general public alike with tips to overcome depression\, anxiety\, relationship conflicts\, and habits and addiction. Dr. Burns lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more\, visit FeelingGreattheBook.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-d-burns-md-feeling-great-the-revolutionary-new-treatment-for-depression-and-anxiety-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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