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The New York Times has covered Ishmael Reed’s play “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda.” The play, directed by Rome Neal, will take aim at what Mr. Reed believes are inaccuracies with “Hamilton.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/theater/the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda-ishmael-reed.html?fbclid=IwAR0p2471csTzDvgyXDWgRNXu8WkT6jNiLkQFPTrd3aRulZ2dBLKImGuwYQs

From the New York Times. Giroux’s book on the subject, The Violence of Organized Forgetting: Thinking Beyond America’s Disinformation Machine is available from City Lights Press.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/opinion/the-violence-of-forgetting.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur

Footage courtesy of C-Span.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4569420%2Fcraig-santos-perez

Young poets from Youth Speaks will join a number of major Bay Area authors, poets, spoken word artists and MCs in Joe Henderson Lab for the 4th Annual SFJAZZ Poetry Festival curated by Ishmael Reed, April 14-17!

https://www.sfjazz.org/events/2015-16/0415/poetry-festival

WHEN: Monday, April 11th, 2016 @ 4pm
WHERE: San Francisco Public Library Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
The Before Columbus Foundation in association with the Oakland Book Festival and the African-American Center of the San Francisco Public Library present:

Anne Waldman, Will Alexander, David Boyce & Kevin Carnes

“Does the Secret Mind Whisper? Celebrating Bob Kaufman, Poet”

The life and legacy of Bob Kaufman, one of the most innovative and exciting voices in American poetry of the late 20th century, is celebrated by a gathering of formidable talents. Anne Waldman, a towering presence in international arts and letters, one of the pre-eminent poets of our times, will be joined by African-American surrealist poet, playwright, and essayist Will Alexander, presenting original work as well as classics from Kaufman himself. Collaborating with both Waldman and Alexander will be multi-instrumentalists David Boyce on saxophones and Kevin Carnes on drums and various percussion. Boyce and Carnes have been among the most fertile and imaginative improvisers in the world of free jazz for over 25 years as members of the legendary Broun Fellinis.
This event is free and open to the public.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1558430791150989/

Via Media Matters:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/03/23/this-muslim-american-writer-breaks-down-how-pre/209499

http://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trumps-campaign-has-turned-into-one-long-hate-in/

The ceremony took place October 25, 2015 at the SFJazz center. Ceremonies for the American Book Awards will be broadcast on C-Span2 / BookTV this Saturday afternoon, Dec. 19, at 4:15 Eastern.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?402169-2/2015-american-book-awards

Astra Taylor received the 2015 American Book Award for “The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age.” On behalf of the New Yorker, she speaks with activist and former Black Panther Elaine Brown about nonprofit job training organization, Oakland and the World Enterprises.

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/jail-farm-table

Naomi Klein, recipient of the 2015 American Book Award for This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, discusses the Paris Climate summate. From The Nation:

http://www.thenation.com/article/naomi-klein-climate-change-will-destroy-these-countries/