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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260422T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Talks Prague: Photosynthesis
DESCRIPTION:Select a poem that deals with the topic of PHOTOSYNTHESIS. You may use any interpretation of the word.\nThe poem must be a published work.\nYou must not be the author.\nThe poem should be no longer than one side of A4. \nEmail: contact@pragueliterarycalendar.com\nFacebook: Post to this event page.\nSubmissions will be shared on the Prague Literary Calendar for our group to read and discuss. \nAbout Poetry Talks Prague\nPoetry Talks Prague brings people from all backgrounds together. We use poetry to find tools for the hardships of life. The discussion guides us to different directions; you do not need to be proficient in poetry\, just be curious and open. We welcome all people who respect others\, if you have any questions\, you can write to contact@pragueliterarycalendar.com \nAll feedback is welcome! \n__________________ \n\n\n\nSex and Taxes By Kevin Cantwell \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlum black & the blush white of an apple\nshoulder\, melon & cream\, in tones to list\nthe flesh; in light\, washed colors off at last\n& textures sheer with damp I slowly pull\nfrom you with your quick help. Weekend’s ample\nprocrastinations to forget the least\nof what we want to do. April\, half a blast\nof cold\, half new light\, green & simple.\nNow dusk. Now fear. We pencil what we owe\non this short form\, our numbers good enough.\nThe goose-neck glare undoes how we spent the day.\nEach bite each bee-sting kiss each bitten O\nall aftertaste. Later\, at the drop-off\,\n\npostmark queue\, we joke: “Now we can die!” \n________________________________ \nWild geese by Mary Oliver\n\nYou do not have to be good.\nYou do not have to walk on your knees\nFor a hundred miles through the desert\, repenting.\nYou only have to let the soft animal of your body\nlove what it loves.\nTell me about despair\, yours\, and I will tell you mine.\nMeanwhile the world goes on.\nMeanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain\nare moving across the landscapes\,\nover the prairies and the deep trees\,\nthe mountains and the rivers.\nMeanwhile the wild geese\, high in the clean blue air\,\nare heading home again.\nWhoever you are\, no matter how lonely\,\nthe world offers itself to your imagination\,\ncalls to you like the wild geese\, harsh and exciting —\nover and over announcing your place\nin the family of things.________________________________ \n\n\nLeaf Lesson by Judith Moffett \nEven in pain you listen. Watch they say\,\nLike this. You nearly can\, the new ones grow\nSo huge so quickly. On the patio\nEach noon a patchier sunshine fights its way\nThrough webs of leaves held blade by famished blade\nTaut to the light\, repeating raptly: Green.\nThe wind is subtler; treetops shift between\nThrust and attainment\, leaving you in shade. \nHurry they shout: these crowns of shadow dense\nWith us\, our lives\, will starve you; shade means die!\n-Foreshortened late\, a season’s almost over\nWhose close will see that massy eloquence\nOf foliage overspread and close the sky\,\nShunting the sunlight somewhere else forever. \n____________________________- \n\n\n\n\n\nHolding the Light by Stuart Kestenbaum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfor Kait Rhoads \nGather up whatever is \nglittering in the gutter\,\nwhatever has tumbled \nin the waves or fallen \nin flames out of the sky\, \nfor it’s not only our\nhearts that are broken\, \nbut the heart\nof the world as well.\nStitch it back together.  \nMake a place where\nthe day speaks to the night\nand the earth speaks to the sky.\nWhether we created God\nor God created us \nit all comes down to this:\nIn our imperfect world\nwe are meant to repair\nand stitch together \nwhat beauty there is\, stitch it  \nwith compassion and wire. \nSee how everything \nwe have made gathers \nthe light inside itself\nand overflows? A blessing.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/poetry-talks-prague-theme-tbd/
LOCATION:Ouky Douky Coffee\, Ouky Douky Coffee
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion,Poetry
ORGANIZER;CN="Lydia Titterington":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260421T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260421T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260330T144309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130120Z
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SUMMARY:: Who are We and Who Are We Not?  Polish\, Slovak\, and Czech National Narratives
DESCRIPTION:Who are We and Who Are We Not? Complications and Contradictions of Polish\, Slovak\, and Czech National Narratives \nAre dominant Polish narratives still stuck in a noble imaginary that represses the memory of a wartime and post-WWII revolution that created the Polish middle class? Are Slovak national narratives still immersed in a bucolic ideal that has never fully come to terms with modern reality? Are Czech myth-makers perpetually beset by the contradictory sense of belonging to a Slavic East and belonging to a West that denies Eastern-ness?Join philosopher Andrzej Leder\, anthropologist Juraj Buzalka\, and historian Johana Kłusek in discussing how national narratives navigate between ideas of East and West\, past and modernity\, place and world. Moderated by Joe Grim Feinberg \nJuraj Buzalka is a social anthropologist at Comenius University and author of the 2023 book Postsedliaci: Slovenský ľudový protest (Post-Peasants: Slovak Folk Protest)\, described as “a merciless look at Slovaks” that “critically comments on our illusions about ourselves.” \nJohana Kłusek is a social and cultural historian Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University\, specializing in discursive encounters between East and West in modern history. She is currently completing her first book\, which explores Czechoslovak Anglophilia during the turbulent 1940s. \nAndrzej Leder is a psychotherapist and philosopher of culture at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences\, and author of the 2014 influential book Prześniona rewolucja. Ćwiczenie z logiki (Sleepwalking through the Revolution: An Exercise in Historical Logic). His most recent book Ekonomia to stan umysłu (Economics is a State of Mind\, 2023) critically analyzes the semantics of economic language.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/who-are-we-and-who-are-we-not-polish-slovak-and-czech-national-narratives/
LOCATION:Šternberkova 11\, Praha 7\, Šternberkova 11\, Praha 7
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260419T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260419T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260412T113303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T113417Z
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SUMMARY:European Book Tour : Forty Letters -  to Women in War at Globe Bookstore & Cafe\, Prague
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Globe Bookstore and Cafe in Prague for the European Book Tour: Forty Letters to Women in War! \nPRAGUE – During the European Book Tour 2026 of Van Loon’s Forty Letters – to Women in War the doors to Globe Bookstore & Cafe\, Prague will open for an intimate reading with the author Erik van Loon. The bookstore Prague’s first and best English language bookstore with an iconic\, lively and trendy café. The reading on April 19 starts at 19:00. \nForty Letters – to Women in WarIn forty short\, meticulously crafted personal letters addressed to forty different women\, Van Loon transforms the horrors of the Second World War into intimate\, largely biographical accounts of resilience\, courage\, and total vulnerability. His ultimate goal is to inspire women and men in Kyiv with the letters on April 17th. \nFrom World-Famous to Hyper-LocalForty Letters is the result of a hundred-day search through newspaper clippings\, theses\, books\, archives\, and museums both at home and abroad\, supplemented by numerous interviews. The book is not merely a list of famous names\, but a conscious blend of icons and unsung heroines. Van Loon writes to the world-famous American dancer Josephine Baker\, but also to the living English farmer Peggy Banham. \nUncomfortable TruthsIn these forty letters\, Erik van Loon takes the reader on journey through the atrocities of the Second World War and by addressing the letters to women\, the author gives a voice to women whose stories have often been overshadowed in historical narratives. He also does not shy away from the uncomfortable truth. He highlights the zeal with which the Dutch police rounded up Roma and Sinti people on May 14\, 1944\, only to be forced to release most of them in Camp Westerbork due to unlawful arrest. He also reveals which six “essential” professions were spared while entire villages of innocent civilians were burned to the ground. The book names not only the victims but also the convicted perpetrators who\, in some cases\, went on to enjoy illustrious careers after the war. \nStop The BombAfter each reading\, visitors will have the opportunity to sign Van Loon’s Anti‑Aerial Bomb Treaty\, designed in 2025. The first signatures came from Berlin\, Warsaw\, Hengelo\, and Rotterdam. Now it is Zürich’s turn. Van Loon’s long‑term goal is to formally draft the treaty in Warsaw on September 25\, 2039\, and ratify it in Rotterdam on May 14\, 2040. Inspired by Princess Diana’s Anti‑Landmine Treaty\, the initiative calls on nations to cease producing\, stockpiling\, deploying\, or transferring aerial bombs.More information: http://www.14mei.nl/treaty/ \nEuropean Book TourBefore Shakespeare & Company in Vienna on April 15\, he will read at Photobastei 2.0 in Zurich on April 11\, at Altroquando in Rome on April 13\, and after at Sense in Kyiv on April 17. After he will visit Warsaw on April 18\, Prague on April 19\, Berlin on April 21. Between May 9 till 14 he will present his book in Paris\, London\, Brussel and Amsterdam.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/european-book-tour-forty-letters-to-women-in-war-at-globe-bookstore-cafe-prague/
LOCATION:Globe Bookstore and Cafe\, Globe Bookstore and Cafe
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Discussion,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260419T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260419T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260416T170147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T170147Z
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SUMMARY:Silent Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Reading together in silence\, in a cozy library.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/silent-book-club/
LOCATION:Rod Prague\, Mecislavova 164/7\, Praha 4\, 14000\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260416T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260416T221500
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260407T122447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T123121Z
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SUMMARY:The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
DESCRIPTION:Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M.\, this brief\, strange\, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa\, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and eking out a poor living as a typist\, Macabéa loves movies\, Coca-Cola\, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe\, but she is ugly\, underfed\, sickly\, and unloved. Rodrigo recoils from her wretchedness\, and yet he cannot avoid realization that for all her outward misery\, Macabéa is inwardly free. She doesn’t seem to know how unhappy she should be. Lispector employs her pathetic heroine against her urbane\, empty narrator–edge of despair to edge of despair–and\, working them like a pair of scissors\, she cuts away the reader’s preconceived notions about poverty\, identity\, love\, and the art of fiction.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/the-hour-of-the-star-by-clarice-lispector/
LOCATION:Globe Bookstore and Cafe\, Globe Bookstore and Cafe
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion
ORGANIZER;CN="Marie Lecocq":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260415T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260415T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260413T103716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T104202Z
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SUMMARY:The rise of the far right in Latin America - (Discussion Group)
DESCRIPTION:Open political discussion group in Prague – come and participate! \nTheme: The rise of the far right in Latin America; Why does it keep gaining consensus and captivating public opinion? Why do popular sectors\, which have historically identified with the left\, now see these leaders as an option? \nIn Czechia\, the far right (SPD and Motoristé) already influences the government – “Trumpism” has already arrived in the heart of Europe. But perhaps there is a key difference: While in Czechia politics is framed as “democracy vs authoritarianism\,” in Latin America the phenomenon is much cruder: people perceive that voting does very little – it doesn’t solve hunger\, insecurity\, or precarity. Politics is experienced as a circus\, and the far right capitalizes on that rage by promising to “blow up the system” – as a response to the disillusionment with liberal democracy. \nSome of the hypotheses from the left to explain this phenomenon are as follows: \n1. Crisis of representation and failure of “progressivism” – One of the most solid theses points out that the advance of the far right is\, paradoxically\, the child of the crisis of neoliberalism and the inability of the governments that followed it. \n2. Asymmetric polarization”: rebellion dresses up as the right – It’s a common mistake to believe that rebellion and social rage can only translate into left-wing votes. Faced with popular exhaustion\, figures like Milei\, Kast\, or Bolsonaro channel discontent not against capitalism\, but against “political elites\,” “progressivism\,” or the poor (whom they blame for the crisis)\, constructing an authoritarian and liberal common sense. \n3. The return of the Monroe Doctrine by the United States – Trumpism has launched an offensive to retake undisputed control of the region\, challenge geopolitical powers like China\, and stop any attempt at autonomous integration. The far-right governments are\, in this sense\, the executing arms of this new recolonization. \n4. Neofascism and the culture of “order” – More than populism\, what we see is neofascism. These projects share a common core: authoritarianism\, reactionary nationalism\, the cult of the leader\, and the targeting of “scapegoats” (immigrants\, feminists\, dissidents).  \n5. The Bukele factor: exception or model? – The analysis here is more complex: he is not a classic neoliberal like Milei\, but his government has mutated toward “bourgeois Bonapartism.” His success lies in having broken with the old corrupt political caste and offering tangible results (security) that the Salvadoran left (FMLN) failed to provide\, thus winning the loyalty of broad popular sectors. \n📅 Date: April 15th⏰ Time: 7 PM📍 Location: AC254 / Argentinská 783/18\, Prague. \nAbout us:Asamblea Abierta de Praga is a leftist collective established by migrants and locals in Prague. With our work\, we seek to build broad and plural alliances with other similar groups and people in the city.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/the-rise-of-the-far-right-in-latin-america-discussion-group/
LOCATION:Argentinská 783/18\, 170 00 Praha\, Česko\, Argentinská 783/18\, 170 00 Praha\, Česko
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Make Connections,Public Speaking
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260415T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260415T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260413T103539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T104103Z
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SUMMARY:Kafka and Havel: Leadership\, Economics\, and Power
DESCRIPTION:At Hebrew University in 1990\, Havel made the bold claim that\, “I sometimes feel I’m the only one who really understands Kafka.” Where do these two minds meet and where do they diverge? Professor Leah Tomkins\, author of the ground-breaking book\, Franz Kafka and the Truths of Leadership (2024) will join literary scholar doc. Mgr. Zuzana Říhová on stage for a discussion about absurdity\, the economics of attention\, and the role of power in leadership.  \nTomkins argues that Kafka’s extraordinary foresight in understanding that power – including the power over life or death – often hinges on the ‘attention grab’ that distorts our personal\, social\, political and organisational relations. Havel too found himself in the seat of political power\, struggling with its ambiguous and delusive temptations. As leaders struggle with their own shrinking attention spans\, as well as with how to direct their supporters’ attention in an increasingly polarised world\, there are surprisingly practical ideas and tactics one can take from Kafka’s work\, which Havel claimed to understand so well.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/kafka-and-havel-leadership-economics-and-power/
LOCATION:Knihovna Václava Havla\, Ostrovní 13\, Praha\, Knihovna Václava Havla\, Ostrovní 13\, Praha
CATEGORIES:Author Talks,Book Launch,Discussion,lecture
ORGANIZER;CN="Knihovna V%C3%A1clava Havla":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260414T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260414T223000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260407T122241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T091137Z
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SUMMARY:The Art Talks Prague Meet-up #9 | Ugly Art
DESCRIPTION:What is The Art Talks? \nA fresh\, informal series of gatherings for anyone interested in art and art history—from curious beginners to passionate artists\, students\, and cultural explorers. \nEach session opens up a big question or theme and invites everyone to join the conversation. No prior knowledge needed—just bring your curiosity. \n⸻ \n✨ Why come?\n•You love art but want to understand it deeper\n•You miss talking about ideas\n•You’re looking to meet thoughtful people in a chill space\n•You like cafes with a bit of meaning on the side \n🗣 Language: English.\n💸 Free entry – just grab a drink and join us.\n📱 Scan the QR code on the poster or click “Going” to stay updated! \nSee you there!
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/the-art-talks-prague-meet-up-9-ugly-art/
LOCATION:Locál Café & Bar\, Locál Café & Bar
CATEGORIES:Art,Discussion,lecture,Make Connections
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260412T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260412T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260329T171348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T122301Z
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SUMMARY:A Novel Bunch - April Meeting
DESCRIPTION:To discuss Safekeep!
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/a-novel-bunch-april-meeting/
LOCATION:Palo Verde Bistro\, Palo Verde Bistro
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion
ORGANIZER;CN="Shenali Amaratunga":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260411T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260411T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260327T094733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130120Z
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SUMMARY:The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
DESCRIPTION:Hi readers 😃 📖 The next book club meeting and another new book 😃 And we will keep the new meeting place! \nThe Book:  \nThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller \nMeeting time and place:  \n☕ Saturday 11th of Apr 2026 – 3:00 PM at La Boheme Cafe ** The new one near the park ** \nNa Švihance 1\, 120 00 Praha 2-Vinohrady \nhttps://share.google/wo6wLGQPjR7KOziqf \n🪡🧶🐶 Bring your pets\, your crafting projects or anything else you’d like and let’s have a fun chat 😁
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/the-song-of-achilles-by-madeline-miller/
LOCATION:La Bohéme Café\, La Bohéme Café
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion
ORGANIZER;CN="Fatema Aseeri":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260408T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260408T223000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260330T074055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T143138Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Talks Prague - A poem for redundancy
DESCRIPTION:The theme for our next meeting is Redundancy. \nWe will meet and discuss the poems below together: \nEmail: contact@pragueliterarycalendar.com\nFacebook: Post to this event page. \nSubmissions will be shared on the Prague Literary Calendar for our group to read and discuss. \nAbout Poetry Talks Prague\nPoetry Talks Prague brings people from all backgrounds together. We use poetry to find tools for the hardships of life. The discussion guides us to different directions; you do not need to be proficient in poetry\, just be curious and open. We welcome all people who respect others\, if you have any questions\, you can write to contact@pragueliterarycalendar.com \nAll feedback is welcome! \n\n\n\nGrief Lessons By Emily Skaja\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo one stole your money.\nNo one stole your whole heart\nthen climbed into a stolen plane\nand stole away into the night\nto disappear entirely\, stealing\ndarkness itself\, then dawn.\nWhat name would you even call\ninto the shadows between\nhere and gone\, yours and no one’s\,\nwhat color could you give it\,\nthis shade of something\nslightly less than life?\nBetter to leave it whole.\nPure death—like an unmined diamond.\nKeep the light of the fire\naway from it—clean\, untempered\nby the tedious heat of language—\nsafe from your magpie\, morbid way\nof turning and turning\nyour pain in your hands\nuntil you’ve crushed it to dust.\nAnd anyway\, who are you to say\nI lost the world? No one. To admit\nthat you held the world at all?\n\n\n\n\nMock Orange By Louise Glück\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is not the moon\, I tell you.\nIt is these flowers\nlighting the yard.\n\nI hate them.\nI hate them as I hate sex\,\nthe man’s mouth\nsealing my mouth\, the man’s\nparalyzing body—\n\nand the cry that always escapes\,\nthe low\, humiliating\npremise of union—\n\nIn my mind tonight\nI hear the question and pursuing answer\nfused in one sound\nthat mounts and mounts and then\nis split into the old selves\,\nthe tired antagonisms. Do you see?\nWe were made fools of.\nAnd the scent of mock orange\ndrifts through the window.\n\nHow can I rest?\nHow can I be content\nwhen there is still\nthat odor in the world?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCascando by Samuel Beckett\n1 \n\nwhy not merely the despaired of\noccasion of\nwordshedis it not better abort than be barrenthe hours after you are gone are so leaden\nthey will always start dragging too soon\nthe grapples clawing blindly the bed of want\nbringing up the bones the old loves\nsockets filled once with eyes like yours\nall always is it better too soon than never\nthe black want splashing their faces\nsaying again nine days never floated the loved\nnor nine months\nnor nine lives \n2 \nsaying again\nif you do not teach me I shall not learn\nsaying again there is a last\neven of last times\nlast times of begging\nlast times of loving\nof knowing not knowing pretending\na last even of last times of saying\nif you do not love me I shall not be loved\nif I do not love you I shall not love \nthe churn of stale words in the heart again\nlove love love thud of the old plunger\npestling the unalterable\nwhey of words \nterrified again\nof not loving\nof loving and not you\nof being loved and not by you\nof knowing not knowing pretending\npretending \nI and all the others that will love you\nif they love you \n3 \nunless they love you \n\n\n\n\nMarina Tsvetaeva\nYou walk\, somewhat like myself…\nYou walk\, somewhat like myself\,\nHunched\, and not looking up.\nI used to lower my eyes as well!\nStop here\, passerby\, stop!Having gathered your flowers in a\nBouquet\, read the stone by the gate —\nIt will say I was named Marina\,\nAnd I lived to the following date.It’s a grave\, but don’t treat it as such\,\nMy spirit won’t rise to haunt you…\nI\, myself\, loved laughing too much\nWhenever I wasn’t supposed to!My hair was once curled and twisted\nAnd blood used to rush to my face.\nHey\, passerby\, I also existed!\nHey\, passerby\, slow your pace!Stop here and pluck a wild stem\nAnd after that — pick this berry:\nNo berries are sweeter than\nThe ones from a cemetery.Only don’t stand there sighing\,\nAnd please do not hang your head.\nBut rather think of me lightly\nAnd afterward\, likewise\, forget.How the sun shines down upon you!\nIts rays set the dust aglow.\nAnd don’t let my voice disturb you\nAnd vex you from down below. \n\n\nto lean back into it by Charles Bukowski\n  \n\n\nlike in a chair the color of the sun\nas you listen to lazy piano music\nand the aircraft overhead are not\nat war.\nwhere the last drink is as good as\nthe first\nand you realize that the promises\nyou made yourself were\nkept.\nthat’s plenty.\nthat last: about the promises:\nwhat’s not so good is that the few\nfriends you had are\ndead and they seem\nirreplacable.\nas for women\, you didn’t know enough\nearly enough\nand you knew enough\ntoo late.\nand if more self-analysis is allowed: it’s\nnice that you turned out well-\nhoned\,\nthat you arrived late\nand remained generally\ncapable.\noutside of that\, not much to say\nexcept you can leave without\nregret.\nuntil then\, a bit more amusement\,\na bit more endurance\,\nleaning back\ninto it.\nlike the dog who got across\nthe busy street:\nnot all of it was good\nluck.\n\n 
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/poetry-talks-prague-a-poem-for-redundancy/
LOCATION:Šternberkova 1253/11\, 170 00 Praha\, Česko\, Šternberkova 1253/11\, 170 00 Praha\, Česko
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion,Poetry
ORGANIZER;CN="Lydia Titterington":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260407T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260407T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260407T122349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T122918Z
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SUMMARY:Eyal Poleg – The Great Bible as a Useless Book
DESCRIPTION:V dubnu vystoupí se svým příspěvkem v rámci cyklu Staročeský dýchánek Eyal Poleg (Queen Mary University of London). Přednášku v angličtině můžete vyslechnout 7. 4. 2026 od 17 hodin v dolním sále pražské budovy Ústavu pro českou literaturu AV ČR (Na Florenci 3\, Praha 1)\, vstup je zdarma a bez registrace. \nAnotace:The Great Bible (1538/9) is often seen as a monument of reform and authority in Tudor England. A detailed study of dozens of surviving books and manuscripts\, at times using scientific technologies\, will reveal hesitations and tensions in its creation and reception. Despite being mandated for each parish church in the realm\, the Great Bible was incompatible with Church liturgy\, making it a contested book which was required to be displayed but illegal to be read by most parishioners.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/eyal-poleg-the-great-bible-as-a-useless-book/
LOCATION:Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR\, Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR
CATEGORIES:Discussion,lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260404T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260404T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260318T105217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130120Z
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SUMMARY:Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
DESCRIPTION:We usually discuss and arrange details in whatsapp – if you would like to join please message Lydia Titterington or email Pragie Literary Calendar contact@pragueliterarycalendar.com\, and we can send you the link to join. \nA simple story of a “strong man” whose life is dominated by fear and anger\, Things Fall Apart is written with remarkable economy and subtle irony. Uniquely and richly African\, at the same time it reveals Achebe’s keen awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/things-fall-apart-by-chinua-achebe/
LOCATION:Prague\, Capital City of the Czech Republic\, Prague\, Capital City of the Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion
ORGANIZER;CN="Lydia Titterington":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260330T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260330T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260312T195333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130120Z
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SUMMARY:SciFi Book Club Meeting!
DESCRIPTION:Our new SciFi Book Club will have their next meeting on Monday\, March 30th starting at 7pm. \nThe club is free and open to anyone who has interest. \nThis month’s book is “Roadside Picnic” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and the meeting will be hosted by Alejandra Steele and Richard Yonck. \nRicahrd Yonck is a bestselling nonfiction author and futurist who spent years studying disinformation\, AI and the attention economy along with their impact on society and is also a published sci fi author\, so lots to be learned from his insights!  \nPlease call or email us at reservations@globebookstore.cz to secure you place today! \nThank you-
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/scifi-book-club-meeting/
LOCATION:Globe Bookstore and Cafe\, Globe Bookstore and Cafe
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion
ORGANIZER;CN="Globe Bookstore and Cafe":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260329T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260329T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260327T093150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130120Z
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SUMMARY:Feminist BOOK CLUB in Safe space bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Come to join our book club!
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/feminist-book-club-in-safe-space-bookstore/
LOCATION:U božích bojovníků 606/3\, 13000 Prague\, Czech Republic\, U božích bojovníků 606/3\, 13000 Prague\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion
ORGANIZER;CN="Safe space bookstore":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260329T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260329T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260327T094212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130120Z
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SUMMARY:A Novel Bunch - March Meeting
DESCRIPTION:to discuss our March read: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/a-novel-bunch-march-meeting/
LOCATION:Palo Verde Bistro\, Palo Verde Bistro
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Discussion
ORGANIZER;CN="Shenali Amaratunga":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260328T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260328T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260320T112339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130755Z
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SUMMARY:BookFest Praha 2026
DESCRIPTION:📚✨ **BOOKFEST PRAHA** ✨📚 \n🗓️ **Sobota 28. března 2026 | 10:00 – 19:00**\n📍 **Kampus Hybernská\, Hybernská 5\, Praha 1** \nDen plný literatury\, hudby a setkání s výjimečnými autory v osvědčených prostorách Kampusu Hybernská – místě\, kde se potkává kultura\, občanská společnost i svět literatury. 🏛️\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🕐 **12:40** | 📖 NAUTILUS – Nové knihy Josefa Štogra\n➤ *Já Josef Egyptský* a *Samuel\, Sokrates a já*\nSpolu s autorem vystoupí Jan Urban a Jiří Bárta.\n„Není ve světě místo\, ze kterého bychom se nemohli dívat.”\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🕑 **13:30** | 🌴 Milan Jakobec – beseda & autorské čtení\n➤ *Z Kostariky na Kubu\, chceš-li dostat přes hubu*\nVzpomínky na diplomatické působení v Kostarice a na Kubě + živá hudba inspirovaná střední Amerikou. 🎵\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🕒 **14:30** | 🎙️ Magda Vášáryová v diskuzi s Petrem Šabatou\n➤ *Než zmizím* (bestseller!)\nHerečka\, socioložka a diplomatka promluví bez obalu o stavu dnešní střední Evropy. 🇨🇿🇸🇰\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🕓 **15:45** | 🎶 KONCERT – Jiří Dědeček\nPísničkář\, básník\, spisovatel a překladatel představí své nejnovější CD. 🎸\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🕔 **16:45** | 🗺️ Sylva Fischerová – autorské čtení\n➤ *Pupek světa a slinivka břišní – Pražské povídky*\nPraha plná drápů\, trhlin a příběhů – od Žižkova po Zbraslav. „Tahle matička má drápy.” 🐾\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🕔 **17:45** | 🔥 Jakub Stanjura & Sára Zeithammerová\n➤ Jakub Stanjura: *Medúzy* – psychologická próza\, body horror\, záhada\n➤ Sára Zeithammerová: *Svatá* – napětí\, víra a zjevení na Broumovsku v 19. století\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🖨️ **PO CELÝ DEN** na dvoře:\n**Tiskařská dílna** – přijďte si vyzkoušet! \n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ \n🎟️ **Vstup volný**\n🚇 Metro B – Náměstí Republiky | Tram – Masarykovo nádraží
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/bookfest-praha-2026/
LOCATION:Kampus Hybernská\, Kampus Hybernská
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Festival
ORGANIZER;CN="Cech nakladatel%C5%AF":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260327T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260327T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T140656
CREATED:20260327T094349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T130725Z
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SUMMARY:FEMINIST PUB QUIZ - Czech feminist history
DESCRIPTION:Come to play a pub quiz with us! This time we will learn about Czech feminism!
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/feminist-pub-quiz-czech-feminist-history/
LOCATION:U božích bojovníků 606/3\, 13000 Prague\, Czech Republic\, U božích bojovníků 606/3\, 13000 Prague\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Activism,Book Club,Make Connections
ORGANIZER;CN="Safe space bookstore":MAILTO:noreply@facebookmail.com
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