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Friday, October 11
 

6:00pm PDT

The Literature of War and Peace: A Symposium, Part One
Friday October 11, 2024 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Feldman's Books
Co-presented with Feldman's Books

Feldman’s Books hosts veteran and author Joe Lamb along with members of "Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace," a community led by writer Maxine Hong Kingston. This event, the first part of Feldman’s symposium on the Literature of War and Peace, will feature readings from volume II of their collection of creative works by veterans. Readers include Maddie Aliah, Bonnie Bonner, Sean McLain Brown, Bob Golling, Geneffa Jahan, Martin Lesinski, and Zoe Sameth.This event will feature readings from their collection of creative works by veterans, which reflect on war’s impact and explore literature's role in the healing process. Their readings will be accompanied by a series of musical performances from artists of Redtone Records. Join us to engage with powerful narratives, support our veterans, and witness the transformative power of creative expression! FREE, $20 suggested donation
Book sales for this event coordinated by Feldman's Books
Authors and Participants
avatar for Martin Lesinski

Martin Lesinski

Returning from Vietnam permanently disabled, I began using poetry and photography to explore my identity as a disabled veteran. However, believing I needed to choose between photography and writing, photography became my livelihood for most of my adult life. Several years ago, I returned... Read More →
avatar for Joe Lamb

Joe Lamb

Joe Lamb, founder of the Borneo Project, is a writer, activist, and arborist living in Berkeley, California. His poetry and essays have appeared in Earth Island Journal, The Sun, Caliban, Wind, Orion, Nostos, and other magazines. His work is also included in the anthologies The Rag... Read More →
avatar for Bonnie Bonner

Bonnie Bonner

Eighteen years ago, for our first anthology, Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, I wrote the afterword.It’s time to start at the beginning. A cautionary tale, this is not a record of the past, simply a recollection of incidents and events during a challenging era. Like war stories... Read More →
avatar for Madeline Aliah

Madeline Aliah

Madeline Aliah is an 18-year-old trans-fem. She is a writer and an orator, who seeks to bring minoritized people together and educate people on our daily struggles. Her debut chapbook, “This is My Body: Poems by a Teen Transfem” was published when she was seventeen. She has since... Read More →
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Geneffa Jahan

Geneffa Jahan is a woman of South Asian Muslim descent whose diasporic journey has taken her family from North India to East Africa, London (where she was born), Canada (where she was raised), and California (where she has resided since 1998). She has taught English at Cabrillo College... Read More →
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Bob Golling

Born in Oakland, Bob Golling is a third generation Californian. His grandfather served in the U.S. Navy during WW1, his father served in the U.S. Navy during WW2, and he is a U.S. Navy veteran of the American War in Vietnam.A retired telephone engineer, he resides with hisdear wife... Read More →
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Zoe Sameth

Zoe Sheli Sameth, writer, poet, playwright and songwriter discovered at an early age her love of writing, winning awards for her fiction short stories starting in junior high. Her one-woman play, “Taste of Enlightenment”, about her experiences living in Sri Lanka during the start... Read More →
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Sean Mclain Brown

Sean Mclain Brown is a disabled Marine Corps veteran. He taught writing at De Anza College and Western Connecticut State University. His poetry and fiction has appeared in more than 50 journals, including San Francisco Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, EM, First Intensity, Fourteen... Read More →
Friday October 11, 2024 6:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
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