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Black History Month 2021, Literature

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Angie Thomas talks ‘The Hate U Give’ prequel, Black Lives Matter on Washington Post Live

Photo of Angie Thomas book talk
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In her half-hour discussion with Capehart, Thomas explained her mission to humanize and normalize Black masculinity with “Concrete Rose.”
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Literature

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

‘The Listening Path’ is celebrated at Bay Area Book Festival booktalk with Julia Cameron, Judy Collins

Along with paying acute attention to sound, Cameron continued to emphasize the significance of a method popularized in her early work — morning and evening pages.
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Literature

Monday, December 21, 2020
Cover of Halsey's Book

Halsey’s ‘I Would Leave Me if I Could’ is scrappy, beautiful playback

Composed of just over 80 poems, “I Would Leave Me if I Could” is a literary mosaic congruent with the intention, content and style of her music.
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Literature

Thursday, December 10, 2020
Photo of the book, "Quiet Riot"

Demography as poetry: Nathalie Khankan’s ‘Quiet Orient Riot’ astounds with shattering, shimmering lyricality 

The poems of this collection talk to each other, like neighbors carrying on a conversation through open, opposite-facing windows across the street.
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Literature

Thursday, November 5, 2020
Illustration of Berkeley professor and author Vikram Chandra standing before a bridge.

UC Berkeley professor Vikram Chandra talks how his novel ‘Sacred Games’ turned into a Netflix series

Chandra not only teaches English, but also is a critically acclaimed author whose novel “Sacred Games” was adapted into a Netflix series. 
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Literature

Friday, October 30, 2020
Photo of Steven Paul Leiva's book, "Creature Feature"

Steven Paul Leiva delivers delightful nostalgia for Halloween with ‘Creature Feature: A Horrid Comedy’

Heavy-handed and direct, Leiva isn’t in the business of reinventing the wheel; rather, he’s oiling the wheel to make sure it can still spin.
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Literature

Thursday, October 29, 2020
Photo of Sorrow by Tiffanie Debartolo

Tiffanie DeBartolo’s ‘Sorrow’ gifts pain a quiet beauty

“Sorrow,” with soft and bright precision, paints how Joe begins to grasp the sentiment that he himself contrived.
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Literature, Local Event

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Chinatown Talk

Storytelling project ‘Chinatown Pretty’ is featured at Eastwind Books panel

Eastwind Books of Berkeley hosted a virtual book talk to feature “Chinatown Pretty,” a book that is part of a larger project to share the style and stories of Chinatown’s senior residents.
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Literature

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Litquake

An intervention in monument-making: A Litquake book talk with Natasha Trethewey

Trethewey writes about loss and monuments with a masterful hand, but what made the talk exceptionally poignant were Foster’s considerate but challenging questions.
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30 Years of ADA 2020, Literature

Thursday, October 22, 2020

‘Burnt Bones and Beautiful Butterflies’ is detailed self-portrait wrapped in love, loss

Her poetry is honest in this sense, accessing a vulnerability that clearly defines Mather as a writer who isn’t afraid to express the real, the raw and the ugly.
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