One City One Book: Chanel Miller with Robynn Takayama
TONIGHT! 6-7 pm PST
Zoom
Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library
Litquake is honored to partner with San Francisco Public Library to celebrate its 16th annual One City One Book selection, Know My Name by Chanel Miller. A citywide literary event, One City One Book encourages members of the San Francisco community to read the same book at the same time and then discuss it in a variety of public programs. Chanel Miller joins Robynn Takayama for a candid conversation about her book, art, and her personal experience with sexual trauma and the California court system. Registration required. FREE |
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| Seismic Salon with Tom Perrotta
Thurs. April 1st, 5-6:30 pm PST
Zoom
Seismic Salons are a series of fundraisers offering conversation time with A-list authors for 10 lucky participants. Thank you to these authors for donating their time!
This Salon features Tom Perrotta, the bestselling author of nine works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His other books include Bad Haircut, The Wishbones, Joe College, The Abstinence Teacher, Nine Inches, and his newest, Mrs. Fletcher. $100 |
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| Upcoming Seismic Salon fundraisers: Tom Perrotta (Mrs. Fletcher, The Leftovers), T.J. Stiles (Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America), Juan Felipe Herrera (Every Day We Get More Illegal), Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar) |
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Rachel Kushner: The Hard Crowd with Dana Spiotta
Wed. April 7th, 6-7 pm PST
Zoom
Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & Publishers
In nineteen razor-sharp essays, The Hard Crowd spans literary journalism, memoir, cultural criticism, and writing about art and literature, including pieces on Jeff Koons, Denis Johnson, and Marguerite Duras. Kushner takes us on a journey through a Palestinian refugee camp, an illegal motorcycle race down the Baja Peninsula, 1970s wildcat strikes in Fiat factories, her love of classic cars, and her young life in the music scene of her hometown, San Francisco. The closing, eponymous essay is her manifesto on nostalgia, doom, and writing. Registration required. FREE |
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Pandemic Pick of the Month: City Lights
Brontez Purnell's 100 Boyfriends
"A horny valentine. It's like an angel (in a bathhouse) sighing. A good lover is hard to find, but less preposterous with the written word of wisdom that is Brontez Purnell's luscious defiance."—City Lights Booksellers and Publishers |
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Lit Cast #135: Good Things in Small Packages is out now!
The best short stories evoke a whole world in a small space. But how do they get written? Join Litquake as we hear five writers (and readers) of short stories discuss their different approaches to writing the form. They'll discuss their own methods, philosophies, and techniques behind telling stories with economy and heart. With Yalitza Ferreras, Rachel Khong, Mimi Lok, Shruti Swamy, and C Pam Zhang. Remember to subscribe to Lit Cast to be notified the minute we release our episodes -- and subscribe to our Youtube channel to watch all of our archived readings and discussions from our 2020 Litquake festival. |
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