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SUMMARY:Poetry Night: Mary Gilliland & Peter Fortunato
DESCRIPTION:Join Autumn Leaves Books for a night of poetry with celebrated local poets Mary Gilliland and Peter Fortunato. Both writers will read from their latest books. Mary Gilliland’s collection Within the Shop of the Divine (Arc Publication\, 2025) includes poems about grief and recovery\, poems “abundant in flora and fauna\, rich in life and matter and earthed in the spaces and histories they emerge from.” Her chapbook Red Tide at Sandy Bend (Bodily Press\, 2025) considers algal blooms\, which reveal a world of toxins and creaturely interdependence both visceral and intimate. \nPeter Fortunato’s books World Headquarters (Fomite\, 2024) and Desert Wind: My Life in Qatar (Cayuga Lake Books\, 2023) are inspired by life in Doha\, nature\, and the interconnectedness among the local and universal\, as well as his years of teaching. \nThe free event will be followed by a book signing. It will be held downstairs on the groundfloor. \nAbout the authors:\nPeter Fortunato has published several poetry collections\, as well as the novel Carnevale (Fomite Press\, 2019) and a memoir Desert Wind: My Life in Qatar (Cayuga Lake Books\, 2023). He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, where he was awarded the Randall Jarrell Fellowship\, and from Cornell University a BA in English. Fortunato has taught writing and literature at Cornell and Ithaca College\, as well as at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar. Among his honors are the Emily Dickinson Prize of the Poetry Society of America\, a Pablo Neruda Prize from the Oklahoma Arts Council\, and a Yeats Poetry Prize from the WB Yeats Society of NY. Peter Fortunato has been a student of Zen and Tibetan Buddhism for more than 50 years\, as well as an artist and practitioner of complementary alternative medicine. He lives in Ithaca\, New York.   \nMary Gilliland is the author of several acclaimed books of poetry including The Devil’s Fools (Codhill Press\, 2022)\, winner of the Codhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Award. Her poems have been published widely and collected in anthologies including Rumors Secrets & Lies: Poems about Pregnancy\, Abortion\, & Choice (Anhinga Press\, 2022). \nAmong her awards are the Stanley Kunitz Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and a Council for the Arts Faculty Grant from Cornell University. She has taught and performed at the Al Jazeera International Film Festival\, the Chautauqua Institution\, and the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies. \nGilliland apprenticed to Gary Snyder in the Sierra foothills\, where she studied Buddhism and helped to build a wood-framed public school. She retired early from teaching at Cornell in order to devote herself to poetry.
URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/poetry-night-mary-gilliland-peter-fortunato/
LOCATION:Autumn Leaves Books\, 115 East State Street\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14850\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ellen David Friedman: Keep Going
DESCRIPTION:Autumn Leaves Books on the Ithaca Commons is excited to welcome local author and union organizer Ellen David Friedman for the launch of her new book Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard. The book\, illustrated by artist Fernando Martí and published by PM Press\, features true stories from workplace activists and lessons from the frontlines. Keep Going will help workers\, unionizers\, and labor leaders get started and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected. \n“Against the seemingly limitless power of corporations and billionaires\, and the cruelty of a government turning against its own people\, there are workers everywhere standing up and fighting back. I’ve known Ellen David Friedman for many years. She knows what it takes to organize and give people real hope. This book contains that experience and helps anyone who is building power in the workplace—step by step\, facing endless challenges—to keep going.” —‎Senator Bernie Sanders \nThis event is free and open to the public. There will be a discussion\, Q&A\, and book signing. Join us upstairs on the bookstore’s mezzanine. Keep in mind\, seating is limited. \nAbout the author:\nEllen David Friedman is a retired organizer with the Vermont affiliate of the National Education Association. She has trained and advised thousands of union members\, staffers\, and officers\, and is the architect of the popular Labor Notes workshop “What to Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart.” She is a regular contributor to Labor Notes magazine and chair of the Labor Notes board. She lives in Ithaca\, New York.
URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/ellen-david-friedman-keep-going/
LOCATION:Autumn Leaves Books\, 115 East State Street\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14850\, United States
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SUMMARY:Marion Nestle: What To Eat Now
DESCRIPTION:Autumn Leaves is excited to welcome Marion Nestle\, nutrition expert and author of the new book What To Eat Now. \nPublished in 2006\, Marion Nestle’s What To Eat has become the definitive guide to making healthy and informed choices about food. Twenty years later\, What To Eat Now revises the classic. It is a practical supermarket guide and a call to action—urging readers to understand the forces that shape their diets and to make choices that promote health\, equity\, and sustainability. \n“A deeply researched look into the food that we eat—and why we need to do better … Essential reading for anyone who cares about how we fuel ourselves.” —Kirkus Reviews \nThis event is free. Join us upstairs on the mezzanine. Keep in mind\, seating is limited. \nAbout the author:\nMarion Nestle is a Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell and the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition\, Food Studies\, and Public Health\, Emerita\, at New York University. She is the author of several prize-winning books\, including Food Politics\, Safe Food\, and What To Eat. From 2008 to 2013\, she wrote a monthly Food Matters column for the San Francisco Chronicle food section. She has received the Edinburgh Medal and the James Beard Leadership Award\, among other honors. She blogs regularly at foodpolitics.com.
URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/marion-nestle-what-to-eat-now/
LOCATION:Autumn Leaves Books\, 115 East State Street\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14850\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ithaca is Books Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Ithaca is Books Festival exists to celebrate the authors\, performers\, and storytellers who illuminate our world and introduce us to new ones. \nEvents will be hosted all over town including readings and conversations with Jonathan Letham\, Steven Salvatore\, and Debbie Urbanski. As part of the festival\, the book fair will take place on The Commons on September 14th and 15th. Stay tuned for a finalized schedule. We’ll see you there!
URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/ithaca-is-books-festival-2/
LOCATION:Ithaca Commons\, E. State Street\, Ithaca\, NY\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Buffalo Street Books":MAILTO:lisa@buffalostreetbooks.com
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SUMMARY:China in Global Capitalism: Building international solidarity against imperial rivalry\, a conversation with Eli Friedman and Kelvin Lin
DESCRIPTION:From trade wars and pandemic politics to rioting workers\, intercontinental balloons\, and battles over TikTok\, the US-China relationship has become increasingly hostile in recent years. Whether in the form of overtly racist rhetoric and aggressive trade actions\, or the more buttoned down but equally antagonistic efforts to oppose Chinese interests abroad\, the US has made clear that it has no interest in giving up its position as global hegemon. This seemingly endless cycle of nationalism\, jingoism\, and reactionary politics on both sides of the Pacific suggests a downward spiral that could plausibly result in catastrophic military confrontation. \nEli Friedman teaches in the Department of Global Labor and Work at Cornell University. His most recent book is *The Urbanization of People: Development\, Labor Markets\, and Schooling in the Chinese City*. \nKevin Lin writes about labor and capitalism in China. \n*China in Global Capitalism*forcefully makes the case that workers and socially marginalized people in *both* the US and China must oppose our rulers’ claims that they have our best interests in mind as they ratchet up their rivalry. Rather\, if we’re to avert nuclear calamity\, we must oppose imperialism in all its forms\, and regardless of its source and rhetoric.
URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/china-in-global-capitalism-building-international-solidarity-against-imperial-rivalry-a-conversation-with-eli-friedman-and-kelvin-lin/
LOCATION:Autumn Leaves Books\, 115 East State Street\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14850\, United States
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