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Start: 6:30 pm
Our Global Issues & Ethics Book Group is devoted to discussing books that cover the most relevant topics of our everyday lives. Our April selection is Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen by Susan Griffin. In this provocative work, Griffin charts the rise and fall of our society's highest values—equality, truth, and freedom—from the Declaration of Independence to the Iraq War. Combining contemplative memoir with social and political history, she explores both the inward and outward dimensions of our democracy. She argues compellingly that the dawning of American democracy represented nothing less than a revolution of consciousness, one that is still unfolding today. Booklist in a starred review said, "With a light, yet devastating touch, Griffin charts our continued 'wrestling' with democratic ideals—her incisive search for the soul of democracy stirs up pride, despair, and hope."
Start: 7:30 pm
Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. It's the second week of baseball season, the second day of the home season for the nearby Mariners. University of San Francisco professor Robert Elias is here pitching The Empire Strikes Out: How Baseball Sold U.S. Foreign Policy and Promoted the American Way Abroad (The New Press), his eye-opening new book. "The Empire Strikes Out is a rare and wonderful combination of splendid scholarship and lively writing. Robert Elias's affection for baseball illuminates its pages even when he is unearthing episodes of organized baseball's racism, jingoism, unbridled militarism, and insensitivities to other cultures. Simultaneously, and gracefully, the book describes the development of baseball and its impact overseas as a sort of quasi instrument of American foreign policy. The recent internationalization of major-league rosters make the books particularly timely. A truly fine work. Highly recommended." – Rogert Kahn. $5 tickets are available at the door starting at 6:30 p.m., or in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com (or 1-800-838-3006). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening, please call (206) 652-4255, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
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