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Angelo Cannavacciuolo, Gregory Pell, Jay Parini
Carmine Abate, Michelangelo La Luna, Francesco Altimari
Porpora Marcasciano, Francesco Pascuzzi, Sandra Waters, Sara Galli, Mohammad Javad Jamali
Giuseppe Berto, Gregory Conti, Matteo Gilebbi
Luigi Pirandello, Bradford A. Masoni, Daniela Bini
Shirin Ramzanali Fazel, Simone Brioni, Charles Burdett
Dacia Maraini, Rudolph Bell, Jane Tylus
My Language Is a Jealous Lover
Adrián N. Bravi, Victoria Offredi Poletto, Giovanna Bellesia Contuzzi, Shirin Ramzanali Fazel
Geneviève Makaping, Giovanna Bellesia Contuzzi, Victoria Offredi Poletto, Caterina Romeo, Simone Brioni
Christina N. Baker
Carmelo Esterrich
Stephen Prince
Dahlia Schweitzer
Desirée J. Garcia
Carl Plantinga
Julie Grossman
Lester D. Friedman
Jonna Eagle
Rebecca Bell-Metereau
Dahlia Schweitzer
Stephen Prince
Events
- October 18, 2023
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A Conversation with Barbara Smith on Writing and the Politics of Black Feminism
October 18, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology Barbara Smith, Tamika Middleton, Haley Pessin, and Jaimee A. Swift will discuss the historical impact of Home Girls and contemporary issues that Black feminist activists face today.
***Register through Eventbrite to receive a link to the video conference on the day of the event. This event will also be recorded and live captioning will be provided.***
Speakers:
Tamika Middleton is Managing Director of Women's March. She is an organizer, doula, writer, and unschooling mama who is passionate about and active in struggles that affect Black women’s lives. Tamika has organized for abolition, reproductive justice, and for domestic workers’ rights. She is a consultant with Winds of Change Consulting, and a founding member of the Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid (MAMA) Fund and JustGeorgia. She serves as a Community Advisory Board member of Critical Resistance, a Leadership Team member of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective and an advisory board member of Cypress Fund x The Grove.
Haley Pessin is a socialist activist living in Queens, New York and is a member of the Tempest Collective. They co-edited the book Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century: Documents of Hope published by Seven Stories Press.
Jaimee A. Swift (she/her) is the executive director and founder of Black Women Radicals, a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting and centering Black women and gender expansive people's radical activism in Africa and in the African Diaspora. She is also the creator and founder of The School for Black Feminist Politics (SBFP), the Black feminist political education arm of Black Women Radicals. The mission of the SBFP is to empower Black feminisms in Black Politics by expanding the field from transnational, intersectional, and multidisciplinary perspectives. She is the co-author, with Joseph R. Fitzgerald, of the forthcoming biography of Black feminist icon, Barbara Smith.
Barbara Smith is an independent scholar and was co-founder and publisher of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. She has been writer in residence and taught at numerous colleges and universities for over twenty-five years. The author of many books, articles, and essays, including The Truth That Never Hurts
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IN PERSON: Angelo Cannavacciuolo at Libreria Pino, in collaboration with IIC and Leonardo da Vinci Society
October 18, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA6.30pm - Libreria Pino, in collaboration with IIC and Leonardo da Vinci Society
Speakers: Sara Marinelli. (usfca.edu.)
Reading of some excerpts: Alessia Patregnani
Vocalist: Esther Rayo who will perform two Italian arias
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- October 24, 2023
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IN PERSON: Angelo Cannavacciuolo at the William Turner Gallery in partnership with IIC and Word Theater
October 24, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Tuesday, 24 Oct. at 6pm. William Turner Gallery in partnership with IIC and Word Theater.
Speakers: Thomas Harrison (UCLA).
Reading excerpts: Tim Dekay and Alessia Patregnani
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- October 27, 2023
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IN PERSON: IAM Books Event for Mary Climbs In with Authors Lorraine Mangione and Donna Luff
October 27, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
124 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113, USALorraine Mangione and Donna Luff: Mary Climbs In – The Journeys of Bruce Springsteen’s Women Fans
When: Friday, October 27 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (Register Here)
Where: I AM Books – 124 Salem Street, Boston MA 02113
Bruce Springsteen has been cherished by his fans for decades, from his early days playing high school gymnasiums through globally successful albums and huge stadium shows to solo performances in intimate theaters. As his long and illustrious career has evolved, the legendary devotion of his fans has remained a constant. Springsteen fans have become worthy of study in their own right, with books, memoirs, and even a movie documenting their passion and perspectives. But his fans are not monolithic, and surprisingly little attention has been paid to why so many women from across the world adore The Boss.
Mary Climbs In illuminates this once overlooked but increasingly important and multi-faceted conversation about female audiences for Springsteen’s music. Drawing on unique surveys of fans themselves, the study offers insight into women’s experiences in their own voices. Authors Lorraine Mangione and Donna Luff explore the depth of women fans’ connection to Springsteen and the profound ways this connection has shaped their lives. Reflections from fans enliven each page as readers journey through the camaraderie and joy of concerts, the sorrow and confusion of personal loss and suffering, the love and closeness of community, and the search for meaning and for the self. Viewed through a psychological lens, women fans’ relationship with Springsteen is revealed in all its complexity as never before.
Mary Climbs In is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the growing field of Springsteen studies and a must-read for any fan.
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