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Controlled Decay
Gabriela Jauregui with Lost City Radio author Daniel Alarcón
- Monday, June 9
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Animated by a rich sense of language's permeability, Jauregui’s debut poetry collection from Chris Abani's acclaimed Black Goat series explores the interpenetration of manifold cultural spaces, from the sublime to the grotesque. Multiple award-winning local author Daniel Alarcón joins Jauregui.
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The Hidden Classics Reading Series
Cutting Ball Theater
- Tuesday, June 10
- 7:00 PM
Now in its third year, The Hidden Classics Reading Series is a great way to get to know fascinating classic plays just on the edge of regional theater offerings. It is a rare opportunity to hear them read and to have a chance to discuss these plays with directors, dramaturgs and actors from The Cutting Ball company. For more information, check out http://www.cuttingball.com/curProds.php.
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Which Way is Left? Theory, Politics, Organization and 21st Century Socialism
A panel discussion
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Wednesday, June 11
- 7:00 PM
In the three year period between 2003 and 2006, the US Left faced chaotic and quickly changing political conditions including the US war on Iraq, the US-backed invasion of Lebanon by Israel, and the devastation and displacement caused by Hurricane Katrina. What will it take to build a strong and vibrant Left in the U.S.?
Join speakers from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO); a member of the Bay Area Activist Study Circle, Chris Crass; and author of Revolution in the Air, Max Elbaum for a discussion based on questions and recommendations raised in Freedom Road Socialist Organization's--Which Way is Left.
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Jeremy Scahill
- Thursday, June 12
- 7:00 PM
With a recently renewed contract to operate in Iraq, Blackwater USA is the fastest-growing private army on the planet, with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the world and accountable to no one. Join Polk award-winning author Scahill for a discussion on the fully updated paperback edition of his bestseller.
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The Last American Icon
emael
- Tuesday, June 17 7:00
- 7:00 PM
Since 1995, emael's primary occupation has involved reconciling professional ambitions with the discrimination he experiences as a politicized first generation queer Chicano artist. Recently, his work has revolved around performance as a spiritual journey, where the body serves as a site for ritual exploration and identity becomes the means for cultural transformation. Incorporating Diego Pacheco's lunar calendar framework as the vessel for ritualized urban poetry, his new book addresses the specific needs of people in the face of vague and changing times.
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New Blue Media: How Michael Moore, Moveon.Org, Jon Stewart and Company Are Transforming Progressive Politics
Theodore Hamm
- Wednesday, June 18
- 7:00 PM
With a combination of technological savvy, irreverent humor, and acerbic critique, a handful of media personalities, blogs, outlets, and politically based organizations are transforming American politics and culture. Hamm brilliantly illuminates how this ‘New Blue Media’ both drew upon the traditional strategies of the left and also developed new ones in order to create a wholly innovative media movement.
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Free Comrades: Anarchism and Homosexuality in the United States
Terence Kissack
- Thursday, June 19
- 7:00 PM
By defending the right to enter into same sex partnerships free from social and governmental restraints, anarchists at the turn of the 20th century posed a challenge to society still not met today. Former Executive Director of San Francisco's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society investigates public records, journals, and books published between 1895 and 1917, expanding the scope of the history of LGBT politics in the United States.
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Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español
- Tuesday, June 24
- 7:00 PM
Join us for our Spanish language book group on the fourth Tuesday of each month. A mix of native speakers and advanced level hablantes, the group has been meeting in the Mission District on a monthly basis for eight years. We will be discussing El jinete polaco by Antonio Muñoz Molina in June. Books are available for 10% off at the store.
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A Communion of Saints
Meg Withers
- Thursday, June 26
- 7:00 PM
Withers’ new book of prose poems takes us on a harrowing trek through denial, descent, and resurrection in the Honolulu gay community in the wake of the AIDS epidemic. Of her new book, author and professor Truong Tran writes “There are rare times when poetics and politics collide to create a lasting mark. Like Ginsberg's Howl, [A Communion] documents time and place, only this time informed by the anguish of loss in the wake of the AIDS epidemic.” Withers will be joined by a host of local writers, including Toni Mirosevich, Truong Tran, Dustin Heron, Megan Rea Freudenberger, Barbara Jane Reyes, Ali Lawrence, Craig Perez, Brian Thorstensen, and Zaid Shlah.
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