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February 21 - February 21, 2012

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934 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck - At War Feast of Words' "At War" literary guest, Maxine Hong Kingston.
(**Please be aware that reserving your tickets in advance is highly recommended for there will be limited seating. To RSVP, please visit: http://feastofwords.eventbrite.com/) Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck is a monthly dinner party where writers and foodies come together to eat, write, and share. Award winning Chinese author Maxine Hong Kingston will read a section on war and peace from her free verse memoir “I Love A Broad Margin to My Life.” Yasmin Golan, an interdisciplinary culinary artist whose previous projects explore the American occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq through food, returns to Feast of Words as our esteemed culinary guest. After the reading, Maxine will lead a writing exercise, and participants can share their on-the-spot writing for a chance to win great prizes! ABOUT MAXINE HONG KINGSTON Kingston (pictured above; photo by Michael Lionstar) is the author of “The Woman Warrior,” “China Men,” “Tripmaster Monkey,” and “The Fifth Book of Peace,” among other works. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. For many years a Senior Lecturer for Creative Writing at UC Berkeley, she lives in California. ABOUT YASMIN GOLAN Golan (pictured below; photo by Eli Africa) is an interdisciplinary culinary artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2007, she has been making work that combines food and storytelling, historical research, illustration, and poetry. She teaches cooking classes and organizes community dinners and events in the Bay area at http://www.calicopie.us. For more information on this upcoming event as well was information on our literary and culinary guests please visit, http://www.somarts.org/fowkingston/