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SUMMARY:Anders Carlson-Wee and Douglas Manuel
DESCRIPTION:Join Anders Carlson-Wee and Douglas Manuel as they read from 
 their new collections\, Disease of Kings and Trouble Funk. The reading will 
 be followed by an in-depth conversation moderated by Marin County Poet 
 Laureate Francesca Bell centering on disparities of income and 
 opportunity\, living with deprivation\, and how artists can survive 
 late-stage capitalism in America. .Book sales and signing at the event. 
 Sausalito Books by the Bay will be the bookseller for this event. \n\n 
 \n\nDuring his 20’s\, knowing he wanted to be a writer\, Anders 
 Carlson-Wee lived a life of extreme frugality\, scavenging dumpsters for 
 food and other necessities and hopping freight trains\, in order to give 
 himself time to read and write and develop his poetry. His book Disease of 
 Kings (Norton\, 2023) tells stories from his years of living on society’s 
 margins\, a time touched by deprivations and struggle but also by beauty 
 and plenty and joy.\n\n\n \n\n \n\nDouglas Manuel was raised by his aunt 
 after his mother died of MS when he was eight\, and after his father\, 
 having fallen victim to the crack epidemic of the 80’s\, was handed a 
 long prison sentence. Despite these early losses and other hardships\, 
 Manuel went on to earn his PhD from USC and to engage his family’s 
 history and what it means to be a Black man in America in his poems. 
 Trouble Funk (Red Hen Press\, 2023) tells the story of his parents’ love 
 set against a backdrop of drugs and violence and the music his father\, a 
 DJ\, joyfully spun.\n\n \n\n \n\nFrancesca Bell \n\nFrancesca Bell is the 
 author of Bright Stain\, a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and 
 the Julie Suk Award\, and What Small Sound\, and the translator of Max 
 Sessner’s Whoever Drowned Here\, all from Red Hen Press. Her work appears 
 in B O D Y\, ELLE\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, New England Review\, 
 North American Review\, Mid-American Review\, and Rattle. She is the former 
 poetry editor of River Styx\, the translation editor of Los Angeles 
 Review\, and the poet laureate of Marin County. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
 \n\nRegistration highly recommended.\nAdults and high school students only! 
 Free wine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests. Waitlist line 
 opens up at 6:45 on a first come\, first served basis.. \n\n
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Anji Brenner":MAILTO:abrenner@cityofmillvalley.gov
CATEGORIES:After Hours, Poetry
CONTACT;CN="Anji Brenner":MAILTO:abrenner@cityofmillvalley.gov
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