Presented by COPPER CANYON PRESS. A special evening this should be\, marking the return of esteemed\, award-winning poet and translator W.S. Merwin—\;his first Seattle appearance since receiving the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his most recent collection\, The Shadow of Sirius (Copper Canyon Press). To highlight and accentuate the occasion\, and to give some idea of the degree of W.S. Merwin's influence and importance to the current literary landscape\, four younger poets published by Copper Canyon will also read work\, and speak to that influence. These include Erin Belieu (most recently author of Black Box)\, Ben Lerner (Angle of Yaw)\, Valzhyna Mort (Factory of Tears)\, and Matthew Zapruder (The Pajamaist). Following their portion of the evening\, W.S. Merwin\, now author of over twenty-five collections of poetry and as many books of prose and translation\, will read from new and recent work. Copper Canyon's publication of his work include the poetry collections Present Company\, the National Book Award-winning Migration\, New &\; Selected Poems\, The First Four Books of Poems\, The Second Four Books of Poems\, The Book of Fables\; and translations\: East Window\: The Asian Translations\, Transparence of the World (Jean Follain)\, Voices (Antonio Porchia)\, and Spanish Ballads. \\"A collection of luminous\, often tender poems that focus on the profound power of memory.\\" – Pulitzer Prize committee on The Shadow of Sirius. Tickets ($15/$10 students are available through www.brownpapertickets.com (or 1-800-838-3006). For more information\, please see Copper Canyon Press at www.coppercanyonpress.org or call (360) 385-4925.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100205T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100205T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/peterson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/peterson SUMMARY:BRENDA PETERSON DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100206T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100206T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/madueno URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/madueno SUMMARY:AMALIO MADUENO & PAUL E. NELSON DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100206T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100206T220000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/swan URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/swan SUMMARY:JAMES B. SWAN DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100206T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100206T220000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/singh URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/singh SUMMARY:NIKHIL PAL SINGH & JACK O'DELL at the Northwest African American Museum DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100207T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100207T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/marcom URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/marcom SUMMARY:MICHELINE AHARONIAN MARCOM DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100209T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100209T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/irish URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/irish SUMMARY:ANN B. IRISH DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100210T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100210T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/cibookclub URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/cibookclub SUMMARY:ELLIOTT BAY GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100211T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100211T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/berry URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/berry SUMMARY:JEDEDIAH BERRY DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100212T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/finn URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/finn SUMMARY:MARIA FINN DESCRIPTION:The end of Bay Area writer Maria Finn's marriage was also the starting point of new adventures in the world of Argentinean tango\, a story told in her autobiographical book\, Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home (Algonquin). After making friends at New York City tango milongas\, or social dances\, she studied the history and culture of tango\, visiting Buenos Aires\, and finding ... new love. \\"A lively debut memoir\, brimming with tango history and lore.\\" – Booklist. Tonight's program includes a tango demonstration by instructors from the Century Ballroom (soon to be our next-door neighbors on Capitol Hill). The Century Ballroom hosts a monthly Milonga—\;held this month on February 12—\;and an ongoing series of tango classes. For more information about both\, please see www.centuryballroom.com. Maria Finn is also the author of the newly arriving A Little Piece of Earth\: How to Grow Your Own Food in Small Spaces (Rizzoli).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/sampsell URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/sampsell SUMMARY:KEVIN SAMPSELL DESCRIPTION:He is a publisher—\;his own independent press\, Future Tense Books. He is a bookseller—\;Small Press Champion (yes) at Powell's in Portland. And he is a fiction writer (Beautiful Blemish and Creamy Bullets). Kennewick native son Kevin Sampsell is now author of a rollicking\, coming-of-age memoir\, A Common Pornography. \\"Memory and truth are jagged things\, and Kevin Sampsell's memoir-in-vignettes expresses this forcefully. With grit and candor\, he marches us through the heartbreak\, horniness\, and confusion of a west coast boy becoming a man.\\" – Robin Romm. \\"Embarrassing and honest\, heartbreaking and hilarious\, A Common Pornography is a great memoir from one of the Northwest's best writers.\\" – Willy Valutin.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T010000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/search URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/search SUMMARY:A SEARCH FOR MEANING\: Pacific Northwest Spirituality Book Festival at Seattle University DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100213T220000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/nokes URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/nokes SUMMARY:R. GREGORY NOKES DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100214T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/skoog URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/skoog SUMMARY:ED SKOOG DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T013000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/zardetto URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/zardetto SUMMARY:E B C welcomes FABIO ZARDETTO at Elliott Bay Cafe DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/sfbookclub URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/sfbookclub SUMMARY:SPECULATIONS - ELLIOTT BAY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T033000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T033000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/kotkin URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/kotkin SUMMARY:JOEL KOTKIN at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T203000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100217T203000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mullen URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mullen SUMMARY:THOMAS MULLEN DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mckee URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mckee SUMMARY:LAURA McKEE DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mcconaghy URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mcconaghy SUMMARY:LORRAINE McCONAGHY at Horizon House DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100219T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/durrow URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/durrow SUMMARY:HEIDI W. DURROW DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mcglynn URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/mcglynn SUMMARY:KARYNA McGLYNN & BRANDON SHIMODA DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T033000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T033000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/hugo URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/hugo SUMMARY:THE HUGO LITERARY SERIES presents \\"GODS AND MONSTERS\\" at Richard Hugo House DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100220T220000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/penz URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/penz SUMMARY:ERIC PENZ DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100221T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100221T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/eslami URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/eslami SUMMARY:ELIZABETH ESLAMI DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100223T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/blum URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/blum SUMMARY:DEBORAH BLUM DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Deborah Blum makes this welcome Elliott Bay return visit this evening. Once a working newspaper journalist\, now teaching science journalism at the University of Wisconsin\, she is here with The Poisoner's Handbook\: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Penguin Press). The intrigue hinted at in the title is borne out in this fascinating work of historic sleuthing. \\"Blum makes chemistry come alive in her enthralling account of two forensic pioneers in early 20th-century New York. Blum follows the often unglamorous but monumentally important careers of Dr. Charles Norris\, Manhattan's first trained chief medical examiner\, and Alexander Gettler\, its first toxicologist ... Blum cleverly divides her narrative by poison\, providing not only a puzzling case for each noxious substance but the ingenious methods devised by the medical examiner's office to detect them ... With the pacing and rich characterization of a first-rate suspense novelist\, Blum makes science accessible and fascinating.\\" – Publishers Weekly.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/drama URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/drama SUMMARY:STAGES - ELLIOTT BAY DRAMA BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/bussel URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/bussel SUMMARY:RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL & Friends DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/wallis URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/wallis SUMMARY:JIM WALLIS at Seattle First Baptist Church DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100224T200000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/rakha URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/rakha SUMMARY:NASEEM RAKHA DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100225T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100225T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/hessler URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/hessler SUMMARY:PETER HESSLER DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100226T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100226T013000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/storm URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/storm SUMMARY:SHARI STORM & KAREN BURNS DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/haslett URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/haslett SUMMARY:ADAM HASLETT with CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE at the Sorrento Hotel DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T033000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T033000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/opera URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/opera SUMMARY:SEATTLE OPERA presents ASPECTS OF \\"FALSTAFF\\" DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100227T220000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/ochsner URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/ochsner SUMMARY:GINA OCHSNER DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/african URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/african SUMMARY:AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITERS ALLIANCE Group Reading DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100228T220000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/react URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/feb10/react SUMMARY:REACT THEATRE presents EASTERN STANDARD DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100303T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100303T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/mar10/fbookclub URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/mar10/fbookclub SUMMARY:ELLIOTT BAY BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:Each month\, the Elliott Bay Book Club reads and discusses the best in contemporary fiction with the occasional classic thrown in for good measure. Our March selection is The Journey of Little Gandhi by Elias Khoury. A many-layered story of Little Gandhi\, or Abd al-Karim\, a shoe shine in a city fractured by war. Shot down in the street\, Gandhi's story is recounted by an aging and garrulous prostitute named Alice. Ingeniously embedding stories within stories\, Little Gandhi becomes the story of a city\, Beirut\, in the grip of civil war. Laila Lalami in the Los Angeles Times says\, "\;Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler\, and Istanbul\, Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury."\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T114057Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100303T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100303T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/mar10/chalkerscott URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/mar10/chalkerscott SUMMARY:LINDA CHALKER-SCOTT DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR