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23 NOVEMBER 2020 — monday

• City Lights Books presents a reading and discussion of the poet Paul Celan (1920-1970), considered one of the greatest European post-World War II poets, featuring special guests, activist and theorist Judith Butler, poet Fady Joudah, poet D.S. Marriott, and poet and historian Roberto Tejada, hosted by educator and essayist Robert Kaufman, free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3723)
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• The Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo presents An Evening of Jewish Poetry, featuring readings by celebrated Jewish poets Yehoshua November, Two Worlds Exist, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, The Volcano and After, Philip Terman, This Crazy Devotion, and Eleanor Wilner, em>Before Our Eyes: New and Selected Poems, 1975-2017, free, online via YouTube Live, 7:00 pm EST/4:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.jccbuffalo.org/event/an-evening-of-jewish-poetry)
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24 NOVEMBER 2020 — tuesday

• Vroman's Bookstore presents a discussion of The Sacrifice of Darkness, a graphic novel written by Roxanne Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver, illustrated by Rebecca Kirby, an adaptation of Gay's best-selling short story, "We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness," free, online, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.vromansbookstore.com/event/roxane-gay-tracy-lynne-oliver-and-rebecca-kirby)
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• Bay Area Festival of Books presents memoirist and essayist Helen Macdonald, discussing her latest collection of essays, Vesper Flights, in conversation with poet Camille T. Dungy, free, online, 7:00-8:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.baybookfest.org/session/wl_vesper)
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25 NOVEMBER 2020 — wednesday

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26 NOVEMBER 2020 — thursday

• The Mechanics' Institute Library of San Francisco hosts "Write If You Dare," a drop-in writing workshop for all genres and levels with directed free writing and sharing, member-led, free for MI members, 11:00 am–1:00 pm PST (For questions: tedwards@milibrary.org, online sign up: www.milibrary.org/events)
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27 NOVEMBER 2020 — friday

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28 NOVEMBER 2020 — saturday

• San Diego Writers, Ink presents "Outlining," led by playwright and novelist Jenny Lane, a one-time workshop with tips and tricks for outlining as you work on your project, whether it's a novel, screenplay, or essay collection, $45 members, $54 nonmembers, online via Zoom, 10:00 am–1:00 pm (Enroll here: www.sandiegowriters.org/november-outlining-jenny-lane/)
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• Creative Conserve presents the Eco-Writing Workshop, led by fiction writer Miranda Mellis, using creative and empathetic writing exercises to illuminate ecological damage, particularly to the orca and salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest, and to connect to animal habitats through stories and poems, participants are also encouraged to submit work, $55, online via Zoom, Noon-4:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.creatureconserve.com/register-for-a-workshop?link_id=6&can_id=3afee72f0fb5de59cdd5bcef91c4e641&source=email-youre-invited-orca-salmon-writing-workshop-november-28th&email_referrer=email_993252&email_subject=youre-invited-orca-salmon-writing-workshop-november-28th)
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29 NOVEMBER 2020 — sunday

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30 NOVEMBER 2020 — monday

• The Fifth Monday Charitable Reading, in support of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), features poetry readings by Octavio Quintanilla, Poet Laureate of San Antonio, and activist poets Francisco Aragón, Adella Najarro, Paco Marquez, MK Chavez, Arturo Mantecón, Betty Sánchez, Tristan Beach, JoAnn Anglin, and Paul Aponte, hosted by poet Frank Dixon Graham, free, online via Facebook Live, 7:00-9:00 pm PST (RSVP on Facebook to attend: www.facebook.com/events/369637234316004)
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• Kepler's Literary Foundation presents a reading from the late short story writer Lucía Berlin's A Manual for Cleaning Women, a collection of short stories demonstrating Berlin's mastery of the form, often drawing on her own life experiences, which brought on a resurgence of interest in her work eleven years after her death, $30, online, 5:00-6:30 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/https/wwweventbritecom/e/fall-2020-online-evening-literary-seminar-series-tickets-103964195708affwomen)
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• Colossus Press presents a reading in their book release series, celebrating the anthology Colossus:Home, featuring readings from Sheryl Bize-Boutte, Keith M. Gaboury, Jan Steckel, Susan Dambroff, Paul Corman-Roberts, and Elizabeth Costello, with special guest Tureeda Mikell, free, online, 6:30 pm PST (RSVP on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/141175124021432; to buy the book: www.colossuspress.org/buy)
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• Book Passage presents a reading of works from Writing the Virus, edited by Andrea Scrima and David Dario Winner, an anthology of writings tracing the evolution of the coronavirus and the communities it has most deeply affected, featuring Caille Millner, Jon Roemer, and David Dario Winner, moderated by Oscar Villalon, Managing Editor of ZYZZYVA, free, online, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookpassage.com/event/writing-virus-caille-millner-jon-roemer-david-dario-winner-and-oscar-villalon-virtual-event)
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