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Under My Roof
Nick Mamatas
with Daphne Gottleib
- Tuesday, January 9
- 7:00 PM
Join Nick Mamatas as he reads from his hilarious new novel Under My Roof. Based on Archanians by Aristophanes, Under My Roof is the story of telepathic tween Herbert Weinberg, whose father Daniel decides to strike a blow for freedom by building a nuclear device, planting it in the lawn jockey in his front yard, and declaring independence from the United States. Local firecracker and Audre Lorde Award-winning performance poet Daphne Gottlieb will join Mamatas.
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Coming World Gone World
Paul Corman-Roberts
Ecstatic Monkey Reading Series
- Thursday, January 11
- 7:30 PM
Ecstatic Monkey Literary Promotions is a San Francisco-based organization that helps writers and small presses publicize their work by hosting readings and other literary events, facilitating publishing relationships between writers and presses and creating a community among new literary voices. This month Ecstatic Monkey is having a release party in celebration of Paul Corman-Roberts’ book Coming World Gone World.
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Storytelling in Cambodia
Willa Schneberg
with Kathleen Boyle and D.R. Goodman
- Monday, January 15
- 7:30 PM
In Storytelling in Cambodia, Willa Schneberg bears witness to the plight of Cambodian people, and to all who have endured holocausts. This moving and image-rich cycle of linked poems journeys from Cambodia's mythic times, to the killing fields, to the U.N. presence during Cambodia's first 'free and fair' elections since the time of the French colonial period. Schneberg will read with fellow CALYX authors Kathleen Boyle and D.R. Goodman.
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The Oracles
Pati Poblete
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Tuesday, January 16
- 7:30 PM
The Oracles is the vivid memoir of a gifted young writer who, like so many others, has struggled with the traditional values of a culture she has never known. Poblete presents an altogether honest and engaging portrait of generational strife and the clash of values in a Filipino American household that seeks to maintain its ties to family and homeland.
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Perpetual Motion Roadshow #40
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Wednesday, January 17
- 7:30 PM
The Perpetual Motion Roadshow is an indie press touring circuit, an unholy combination of vaudevillian variety show and punk rock tour. Each month, three new lively indie performers pile in a car and do seven cities in eight days. This month PMR features seductive mesmerizer Jane Ormerod from New York City and ethereal-floaty-pop singer Lisa Dewey from San Jose!
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No-cost Plotshop
facilitated by Elizabeth Stark
- Thursday,
January 18
- 6:30 PM
This FREE 2.5 hour writing workshop will teach you how to create dynamic stories your readers--and publishers--can't put down. Bring pen and paper, and be prepared to create the best work of your life. Teacher Elizabeth Stark is a novelist and filmmaker who currently teaches creative writing at U.C. Santa Cruz. This workshop requires pre-registration. Please email office@moderntimesbookstore.com no later than Friday January 12 to lock-in your spot!
This workshop is being offered in memory of the late, great Stephanie Moore, writer, writing teacher and human being extraordinaire.
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Intergenerational Writing Group
- Friday, January 19
- 7:00 PM
Bruised Fruit is a group of experienced writers – gay and straight – each with a unique voice and point of view. The members are of all ages and backgrounds who meet once a week to read their work, get creative feedback and inspiration to keep writing. For this Modern Times event, the Group has selected short pieces that they hope will entertain and engross the audience – they’ll make you laugh, and make you think more deeply about your life.
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Spanish Book Group/Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español
- Tuesday, January 23
- 7:00
This Spanish language book group has been meeting in the Mission District on a monthly basis for seven years. Modern Times is proud to be their new host. This month the group will be reading El tren pasa primero by Elena Poniatowska. The book for February will be Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte by Horacio Quiroga.
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Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity
Mattilda (aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore)
- Wednesday, January 24
- 7:30 PM
Nobody Passes is a cutting-edge collection of first-person narratives, critical essays, conversations, and polemics that confronts and challenges the very notion of belonging. From activism to academia, immigration to appropriation to cruising for sex, hip-hop to disability culture to trans communities, this anthology questions both societal mores and countercultural norms, asking, “If we eliminate the pressure to pass, what delicious and devastating opportunities for transformation might we create?”
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Negativity
Jocelyn Saidenberg
Ultravioleta
Laura Moriarty
- Thursday,
January 25
- 7:30 PM
Jocelyn Saidenberg, creative writing teacher in the California prison system and a curator for New Langton Arts, reads from her third book of poetry Negativity. Author Brent Cunningham writes, “Saidenberg’s third book of poetry begins, very much like Dante’s, in a ‘dusky’ wood, but instead of descending to hell she takes the reader on a...journey through the negativity of earthly relations.” Special guest Laura Moriarty will also read from her new book Ultravioleta.
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Single Mom Seeking: Play Dates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World
Rachel Sarah
- Tuesday, January 30
- 7:30 PM
In her heartfelt, sexy, and laugh-out-loud memoir, Sarah chronicles the humor, pitfalls, and rewards of navigating the complexities of parenting and dating. Join us as Sarah recounts how she transitioned from domestic overdrive to life as a young single woman.
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