9th Ave: LIT STARTS: Writing Humor
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Join us to celebrate the release of The San Francisco Writers Grotto's new series LIT STARTS with a writing night on humor.
About Writing Humor
A fill-in book from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, authors of the best-selling 642 Things series.
Focus on a single aspect of the craft of writing with help from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Writing Humor starts with a foreword by author Chris Colin, who offers pointers for developing your own comedic style.
9th Ave: Leland Cheuk and Vanessa Hua
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Leland Cheuk discusses his new novel, No Good Very Bad Asian with Vanessa Hua.
Praise for No Good Very Bad Asian
Meet Sirius Lee, a fictive famous Chinese American comedian. He's a no good, very bad Asian. He's not good at math (or any other subject, really). He has no interest in finding a "good Chinese girlfriend." And he refuses to put any effort into becoming the CEO/Lawyer/Doctor his parents so desperately want him to be. All he wants to do is making people laugh.
9th Ave: Bathsheba Demuth
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Bathsheba Demuth discusses her new book, Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait.
Praise for Floating Coast
Whales and walruses, caribou and fox, gold and oil: through the stories of these animals and resources, Bathsheba Demuth reveals how people have turned ecological wealth in a remote region into economic growth and state power for more than 150 years.
9th Ave:Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement
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Editor Shelly Oria discusses the new collection Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement with Rita Bullwinkel, Thea Matthews and Yalitza Ferreras.
"Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter," said Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford when she testified to congress in September 2018 about the men who victimized her. A year earlier, in October 2017, the hashtag #MeToo shone a light on the internalized, normalized sexual harassment and abuse that'd been ubiquitous for women for generations.
Enter the world of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, where the characters are as intelligent and charming as they are lonely. A couple discovers the ability to stop time together; another couple lives with a constant loud beeping in their apartment, though only one of them can hear it.
Belly Up is a story collection that contains ghosts, mediums, a lover obsessed with the sound of harps tuning, teenage girls who believe they are actually plants, gulag prisoners who outsmart a terrible warden, and carnivorous churches. Throughout these grotesque and tender stories, characters question the bodies they've been given and what their bodies require to be sustained.
9th Ave: Caitlin Doughty (TICKETED)
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Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral?
Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world's funerary customs and expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with dignity.
Armed with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, Caitlin Doughty took a job at a crematory and turned morbid curiosity into her life's work. She cared for bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, and became an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead.
9th Ave: Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry
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Photographer B.A. Van Sise discusses his new book, Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry. Also featuring readings by poets Jane Hirshfield and Dorianne Laux.
Praise for Children of Grass
With this fascinating synthesis of word and image, internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography.
Sharon Marcus and David Henkin
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Sharon Marcus discusses her new book, The Drama of Celebrity, with David Henkin.
About The Drama of Celebrity
A bold new account of how celebrity works
A bold new account of how celebrity works
Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive?
9th Ave: Matt Maiocco & Brad Mangin
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Matt Maiocco, Brad Mangin, & Michael Zagaris discuss their new book, Letters to 87: Fans Remember the Legacy of Dwight Clark.
Scott Hylbert: Task Lyst
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Scott Hylbert joins us to discuss his new novel, Task Lyst.
About Task Lyst
Do you need to have someone walk your dog? How about to deliver your groceries? Or your drugs? How about carry out a hit? Are you looking for a side hustle to pay the rent, but want to hide your influx of cash in bitcoin? Then the new on-demand services app, Task Lyst is all you need.
9th Ave: Rick Moody
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Rick Moody discusses his new memoir, The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Hope and Struggle in Matrimony.
Praise for The Long Accomplishment
Rick Moody, the award-winning author of The Ice Storm, shares the harrowing true story of the first year of his second marriage—an eventful month-by-month account—in The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Struggle and Hope in Matrimony
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