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Friday, April 10 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Litquake on Lockdown: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

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Hear from the writers of Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times
as they read briefly from their contribution and engage in conversation about what's changed, what hasn't, how we weather what we're facing not only politically but also culturally, personally, artistically, and as communities who affirm our connections to each other.

All authors' books available from your favorite indie bookstores, order from bookshop.org!

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avatar for Aya de Leon

Aya de Leon

Aya de Leon directs the Poetry for the People program, teaching creative writing at UC Berkeley. Kensington Books publishes her award-winning feminist heist/romance series, Justice Hustlers: UPTOWN THIEF (2016), THE BOSS (2017), THE ACCIDENTAL MISTRESS (2018), and SIDE CHICK NATION... Read More →
avatar for Chip Livingston

Chip Livingston

Chip Livingston is the author of the novel, OWLS DON’T HAVE TO MEAN DEATH; a collection of essays and stories, NAMING CEREMONY; and two poetry collections, CROW-BLUE, CROW-BLACK and MUSEUM OF FALSE STARTS. His writing has appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, New American... Read More →
avatar for Achy Obejas

Achy Obejas

Achy Obejas is the author of The Tower of the Antilles, which was nominated for a PEN/Faulkner award, among other honors. Her novels include Ruins and Days of Awe, which was a Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year. Her poetry chapbook, This is What Happened in Our Other Life... Read More →
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Carolina De Robertis

A writer of Uruguayan origins, Carolina De Robertis is the author of the novels Cantoras, winner of a Stonewall Book Award and a Reading Women Award, a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and a Lambda Literary Award, and a New York Times Editors’ Choice; The Gods of Tango, winner of... Read More →

Friday April 10, 2020 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Virtual! litquake.org
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  • about A writer of Uruguayan origins, Carolina De Robertis is the author of the novels <em>Cantoras,&nbsp;</em>winner of a Stonewall Book Award and a Reading Women Award, a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and a Lambda Literary Award, and a New York Times Editors’ Choice;&nbsp;<em>The Gods of Tango</em>, winner of a Stonewall Book Award;&nbsp;<em>Perla</em>;&nbsp;and the international bestseller&nbsp;<em>The Invisible Mountain</em>, which received Italy’s Rhegium Julii Prize. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages and have received numerous other honors, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.&nbsp;She is also an award-winning translator of Latin American and Spanish literature, and editor of the anthology&nbsp;<em>Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times</em>. In 2017, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts named De Robertis on its 100 List of “people, organizations, and movements that are shaping the future of culture.” She teaches at San Francisco State University, and lives in Oakland, California, with her wife and two children.<em><br></em><br>

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