Join us this week for Peter Orner & Afrofuturism—Meet Bestselling Authors!

Join us this week for our FINAL Litquake on Lockdowns! Since April, we've put on nearly 30 virtual events. Thanks to all who participated and all who supported the program with donations.

Afrofuturism—Risen from a Poet's Sun
Tuesday, July 28 • 6:00pm
Co-presented by Museum of the African Diaspora

Afrofuturism: Risen From a Poet’s Sun explores the intersection of technology, science, and the arts, as well as culture, of the African Diaspora. Featuring Bay Area poets James Cagney, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Thea Matthews, and Tureeda Mikell.

Zoom registration is SOLD OUT. Watch live at Facebook!

Peter Orner and Maggie Brown & Others
Thursday, July 30 • 6:00pm

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of 44 interlocking stories, each one “a marvel of concision and compassion” (Washington Post), Peter Orner chronicles people whose lives are at inflection points, gripping us with a series of defining moments. Whether it's a first date that turns into a late-night road trip to a séance in an abandoned airplane hangar, or a family’s memories of the painful mystery surrounding a neglected uncle’s demise, Orner reveals how our fleeting decisions between kindness and abandonment chase us across time. These stories are anchored by a poignant novella that delivers not only the joys and travails of a 40-year marriage, but an entire era in a working-class New England city. Peter Orner reads from and discusses his work, with bestselling illustrator Paul Madonna. FREE, $5 suggested donation

Seismic Salons—Bestselling Authors and You

Sheltering in place doesn’t have to mean skipping A-list social events. In keeping with these times, Litquake presents its summer fundraiser: a series of online author salons for very intimate audiences of ten. Grab your adult beverage of choice, kick back in your comfy chair and ask the questions you’ve always wanted to ask of some of the Bay Area’s most acclaimed authors, who between them have written a staggering 50+ New York Times bestsellers.

Dave Eggers • Laurie R. King • Mary Roach
Christopher Moore • Ingrid Rojas Contreras • Amy Tan

Cost: $100 per salon (audience limited to ten people) or $500 for all six. Proceeds benefit Litquake!

Lit Cast Ep. 125—You, Me, and Everyone in Quarantine

Cutting-edge poetry and visuals from both coasts, on the theme of "You, Me, and Everyone In Quarantine." From the depths of their shelter-in-place, these writers will perform their literary hearts out for you! With SevanKele Boult, Wo Chan, Katie Fricas, Irene McCalphin aka Magnoliah Black, and Preeti Vangani. Curated and hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez.

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About Litquake
Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing. We believe in literature as a public good, so we work to produce events that are accessible to all. www.litquake.org

Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Adobe Employee Community Fund, Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, California Arts Council, California College of the Arts, California Institute of Integral Studies, Center for the Art of Translation, California Humanities, Chronicle Books, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Fleishhacker Family Foundation, Grants for the Arts, HarperOne, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Mary A. Crocker Trust, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, Mystery Writers of America, Northern California Chapter, National Endowment for the Arts, The Bernard Osher Foundation, The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, Stanford Continuing Studies, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Zellerbach Foundation. Individual Giving: Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Margaret and Will Hearst, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy, Craig Newmark, and Nicole Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson. Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7 X 7, KQED, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap, and KALW 91.7

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