Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. Demos co-founder David Callahan explores the rise of progressive political influence on Wall Street\, Hollywood\, Silicon Valley\, and elsewhere in his new book\, Fortunes of Change\: The Rise of the Liberal Rich and the Remaking of America (Wiley). \\"Reading Fortunes of Change is like finding the missing piece to a jigsaw puzzle. Sweeping economic changes are profoundly reshaping our politics—\;and not in ways we usually think. These shifts are reshaping the beliefs of the upper class and creating a new and very potent political force—\;the liberal wealthy elite. Callahan's must-read book provides a whole new perspective on our economy and political culture.\\" - Richard Florida. $5 tickets are available at the door starting at 6\:30 p.m. or in advance via www.brownpapertickets.com (1-800-838-3006). Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. For more information on this evening\, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600\, Town Hall Seattle at (206) 652-4255\, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100909T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100909T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/brandon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/brandon SUMMARY:JOHN BRANDON - Cancelled DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100910T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100910T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/cassella URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/cassella SUMMARY:CAROL CASSELLA DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/thernstrom URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/thernstrom SUMMARY:MELANIE THERNSTROM DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T183000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime2 SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S STORYTIME DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T200000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/tattersall URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/tattersall SUMMARY:AMANDA TATTERSALL DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100911T230000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/boughn URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/boughn SUMMARY:ELLEN BOUGHN DESCRIPTION:The booming microstock industry has made it possible for amateur photographers—\;previously shut out of exclusive stock photography—\;to show and sell their images. This afternoon microstock guru Ellen Boughn presents information for the serious amateur photographer interested in selling photos on microstock\, with examples of travel photos\, photos of family and friends\, and advice about working with models. Much more of her expert advice appears in her new book\, Microstock Money Shots (Crown). Ellen Boughn is a thirty-year veteran of the stock photography industry. She founded AfterImage (now part of Getty Images) and her affiliations include Dreamstime\, Corbis\, UpperCut Images\, Artville\, Punchstock.com\, and Superstock. Those purchasing a copy of Microstock Money Shots at this program today will be entered into a drawing for a free\, 30-minute consultation.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100912T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100912T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mattson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mattson SUMMARY:JOSEPH MATTSON DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100912T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100912T210000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/kabakov URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/kabakov SUMMARY:MIRYAM KABAKOV & Friends DESCRIPTION:The reconciliation of sexuality with religion is always challenging\, especially for lesbian\, bi\, transgendered\, or queer women whose roots are in Orthodox Judaism. Editor/contributor Miryam Kabakov is joined by other contributors to the groundbreaking anthology\, Keep Your Wives Away from Them\: Orthodox Women\, Unorthodox Desires (North Atlantic Books)\, a collection that shares perspectives of LGBT women struggling to build integrated lives. \\"Each powerful essay challenges my preconceptions about the nature of religious lives and communities\, about gendered selves\, and about the delights and constraints of Orthodox Judaism. Keep Your Wives Away from Them is a complex spirit journey that speaks of the longing for love and the search for comforting and comfortable identities.\\" - Vanessa L. Ochs. Miryam Kabakov\, MSW\, is a founder of Yeshivadykes\, has facilitated a supports group for ex-Orthodox and Hassidic young adults\, and is the former director of GLBT programming at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100913T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100913T000000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/murray URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/murray SUMMARY:STEVEN T. MURRAY (\\"REG KEELAND\\") & TIINA NUNNALLY DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/olevin URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/olevin SUMMARY:BEVERLY OLEVIN DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100914T183000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime3 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime3 SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S STORYTIME DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T010000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/jordan URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/jordan SUMMARY:JENNIFER JORDAN DESCRIPTION:--RESCHEDULED FROM AUGUST 16TH--
Award-winning author\, filmmaker\, and screenwriter\, most known for her book\, Savage Summits\, Jennifer Jordan visits this evening with her new tale of Himalayan adventures in days of yore (1939)\, The Last Man on the Mountain\: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 (W.W. Norton). \\"The Last Man on the Mountain is a page-turning account of one of mountaineering's most intriguing mysteries\: what happened to Dudley Wolfe and the three Sherpas sent to rescue him on K2 in 1939? Jennifer Jordan has great respect for the legend and the lives she examines\; she also has a novelist's eye for character and for the telling detail. What emerges in this wonderful book is a story of ego\, hubris\, and the price of passion in the world's highest arena.\\" - Greg Mortenson. \\"The Last Man on the Mountain will finds its place in the adventure canon of man versus the mountains\, when wool\, hemp\, and hobnails ruled\, and class and national differences roiled beneath the surface ... Jordan has done a great job.\\" - Peter Porterfield.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T013000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/cibookclub URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/cibookclub SUMMARY:GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100915T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/puchner URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/puchner SUMMARY:ERIC PUCHNER DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100916T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100916T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/lewis URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/lewis SUMMARY:PETER LEWIS DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100916T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100916T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/plouffe URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/plouffe SUMMARY:DAVID PLOUFFE at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. One of the key\, central players in the successful\, historic campaign by Barack Obama for the presidency in 2008\, David Plouffe continues to be very involved in political matters around the U.S. Since 2008\, he helped set up and run Organizing for America\, an ongoing organization\, thirteen-million-strong\, carrying on with support for President Obama. He has also written a highly popular book\, The Audacity to Win (Penguin\, new in paper). First published a year ago\, its new paperback edition carries a 2010 subtitle (\\"How Obama Won and How We Can Beat the Party of Limbaugh\, Beck\, and Palin\\") and a chapter on this year's elections. A timely visit this surely will be. $5 tickets are available at the door starting at 6\:30 p.m. or in advance via www.brownpapertickets.com (1-800-838-3006). Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. For more information on this evening\, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600\, Town Hall Seattle at (206) 652-4255\, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100917T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100917T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/oldman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/oldman SUMMARY:MARK OLDMAN DESCRIPTION:One evening after wine is part of a mystery (Peter Lewis' Dead in the Dregs)\, wine is made less of a mystery with this appearance by Mark Oldman. Whether as lead judge on the PBS series\, The Winemakers\, or as a regular contributor to Martha Stewart's Living Today\, Mark Oldman has been helping wine enthusiasts navigate the world of wine without breaking the bank. His writing and wine picks appear in Food and Wine\, and in Everyday with Rachel Ray. Oldman's Brave New World of Wine\: Pleasure\, Value and Adventure Beyond Wine's Usual Suspects (W.W. Norton) contains information about taste\, source\, price\, food pairings and more\, all delivered with his signature mix of wit and authority. \\"Wine speak without the geek.\\" - Bon Appé\;tit. \\"Mark Oldman is the ideal mix of wine connoisseur\, showman\, and everyday dude.\\" - Publishers Weekly.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T010000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/smith URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/smith SUMMARY:MARK HASKELL SMITH DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/macdonaldlewis URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/macdonaldlewis SUMMARY:LINDA MacDONALD-LEWIS at Lake City Presbyterian Church DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T030000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/bass URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/bass SUMMARY:RICK BASS DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T183000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime4 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime4 SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S STORYTIME DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T210000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/berg URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/berg SUMMARY:SETH BERG - Cancelled DESCRIPTION:--THIS EVENT CANCELLED!--
Minneapolis poet Seth Berg visits with a debut collection\, Muted Lines from Someone Else's Memory\, newly published by Dark Sky Books\, itself newly transplanted to the Seattle area from South Carolina. \\"Muted Lines from Someone Else's Memory is a heartfelt and gutsy investigation into the human brain's infinite possibilities\, possibilities that remain potential in most of us\, but geyser forward from Berg's consciousness in every poem.\\" - Larissa Szporluk. \\"The memorable poems in Seth Berg's Muted Lines from Someone Else's Memory embed themselves first in our minds and finally anchor in our hearts\, reminding us to be still\, to celebrate rare moments of communion\, to savor bread rising in the kitchen\, to listen to a yellow finch even in a world that threatens to drown out song.\\" - Vivian Shipley. Seth Berg WILL be reading this evening at 7 pm at Pilot Books\, 219 Broadway E. (www.pilotbooksseattle.com).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100918T230000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/glass URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/glass SUMMARY:JULIA GLASS DESCRIPTION:Julia Glass\, National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes\, and other reader (book group) favorites I See You Everywhere and The Whole World Over\, is back with a nuanced\, insightful new novel\, The Widower's Tale (Pantheon). \\"Percy Darling\, 70\, the narrator of Glass's fourth novel\, takes comfort in certitudes\: he will never leave his historic suburban Boston house\, he is done with love (still guilty about his wife's death 30 years ago)\, and his beloved grandson will do credit to the family name. But Glass spins a beautifully paced\, keenly observed story in which certainties give way to surprising reversals of fortune ... Glass handles the coalescing plot elements with astute insights into the complexity of family relationships\, the gulf between social classes\, and our modern culture of excess to create a dramatic\, thought-provoking\, and immensely satisfying novel.\\" - Publishers Weekly.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/cooper URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/cooper SUMMARY:THEA COOPER DESCRIPTION:Few expected that Elizabeth Hughes\, diagnosed with juvenile diabetes in 1919\, would live to adulthood\, much less to welcome children and grandchildren into the world. Her story\, and that of the Canadian researchers who first identified and purified the animal insulin that saved not only her life but also the lives of many millions of other diabetics\, is told by Seattle writer Thea Cooper in the new book\, Breakthrough\: Elizabeth Hughes\, the Discovery of Insulin\, and the Making of a Medical Miracle (St. Martin's Press\, co-authored with Arthur Ainsberg). \\"A work that sometimes reads like a novel\, with the characters brought to life through their ... thoughts\, remarks and physical gestures ... A readable tale of medical achievement.\\" - Kirkus Reviews.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T210000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/ballet URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/ballet SUMMARY:Conversations with PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET presents DIRECTOR'S CHOICE DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100919T230000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/fay URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/fay SUMMARY:KIM FAY DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100920T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100920T010000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/macdonaldlewis1 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/macdonaldlewis1 SUMMARY:LINDA MacDONALD-LEWIS at the Sorrento Hotel DESCRIPTION:Following her Friday\, September 17 appearance at Lake City Presbyterian Church (see listing above)\, Linda McDonald-Lewis goes for a change in ambience with this whiskey tasting and fireside history lesson about the Scottish influence on the US's founding principles as she discusses her book\, The Warriors and Wordsmiths of Freedom\: The Birth and Growth of Democracy (Luath Press). $30 tickets include an autographed book and whiskey tasting (age 21+ for the latter)\, and are available via www.brownpapertickets.com. The Sorrento Hotel is located at 900 Madison Street. For more information\, please see www.bookitnorthwest.com or call (425) 820-6829.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T000000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/kahn URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/kahn SUMMARY:TAMAM KAHN DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/casey URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/casey SUMMARY:SUSAN CASEY at Seattle Public Central Library DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/ngai URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/ngai SUMMARY:MAE NGAI DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/prager URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/prager SUMMARY:JUDITH SIMON PRAGER at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T183000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime5 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime5 SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S STORYTIME DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T230000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/yabookclub URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/yabookclub SUMMARY:ELLIOTT BAY YOUNG ADULT BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:Our selection for September is Godless by Pete Hautman. Fifteen year old\, Jason Bock\, rebels against his parents religion by creating one of his own centered around the town's ten-legged water tower. Initially meant as a joke\, the worship of the \\"Ten-legged God\\" spins dangerously out of his control when his followers begin taking things a little too seriously. A funny\, scary\, provocative mix of \\"faith-crisis\\" and the chaos of adolescence. Please join su for what is sure to be a lively discussion!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T013000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/sfbookclub URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/sfbookclub SUMMARY:SPECULATIONS - ELLIOTT BAY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mccarthy URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mccarthy SUMMARY:TOM McCARTHY DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/foxpenner URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/foxpenner SUMMARY:PETER FOX-PENNER at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the Town Hall Center for Civic Life and Soundings from Island Press. Energy issue consulting executive Peter Fox-Penner is here with his timely\, recent book\, Smart Power\: Climate Change\, the Smart Grid\, and the Future of Electric Utilities (Island Press). \\"Few economist/engineers understand the electricity system as well as Peter Fox-Penner\, and far fewer can explain it as lucidly. Whether or not you agree with every detail\, his vision of the opportunities\, risks\, uncertainties\, and tipping-points of this vast and crucial industry is powerful and provocative.\\" - Amory B. Lovins. \\"A valuable and insightful analysis of where the U.S. electric power industry is headed and what it must do to successfully transition to a low-carbon environment.\\" - Mark Crisson. $5 tickets are available at the door starting at 6\:30 p.m.\, or in advance via www.brownpapertickets.com (1-800-838-3006). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. evening\, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600\, Town Hall at (206) 652-4255\, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100922T230000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/yu URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/yu SUMMARY:CHARLES YU DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100923T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100923T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/vaillant URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/vaillant SUMMARY:JOHN VAILLANT DESCRIPTION:British Columbia writer John Vaillant wrote what has been an enduring favorite of Northwest coast nature writing with his earlier book\, The Golden Spruce. He works his way all the way around the northern Pacific Rim to Siberia for his absolutely riveting new book\, The Tiger\: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Knopf). \\"What spirits this adventure narrative from compelling to brilliant is Vaillant's use of the tiger hunt as an allegorical lens through which to understand the cultural\, economic\, and environmental devastation of post-Communist Russia ... This energetic hybrid of classic adventure and impassioned sociocultural critique will appeal to Jon Krakauer fans\, tiger lovers\, and readers interested in contemporary Russian history.\\" - Library Journal. \\"This elegant work of narrative non-fiction has it all—\;beauty\, intrigue\, a primeval locale\, fully realized characters\, and a conflict that speaks to the state of our world. Obsessively well-researched and artfully written\, The Tiger takes us on a journey to the raw edge of civilization\, to a world of vengeful cats and venal men\, a world that\, in Vaillant's brilliant telling\, is simultaneously haunting and enchanting.\\" - Hampton Sides\, joined by Annie Proulx\, Temple Grandin\, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas\, and others in early praise.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100924T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100924T010000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/alinder URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/alinder SUMMARY:JASMINE ALINDER DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100924T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100924T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mcmillan URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mcmillan SUMMARY:TERRY McMILLAN at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:Presented by the CENTRAL DISTRICT FORUM FOR ARTS &\; IDEAS\, with support from ELLIOTT BAY BOOK COMPANY and KUOW 94.9 FM. We are delighted to help present this evening\, the much-awaited Seattle return by Terry McMillan\, and the keenly anticipated return of the four-women cast of Waiting to Exhale. Fifteen years later\, we get brought up to date—\;and then some—\;on the doings of Savannah\, Gloria\, Bernadine\, and Robin in Terry McMillan's newest\, Getting to Happy (Viking). Midlife time it is—\;crossroads—\;which way to go. Everyone's been shaped by the life lived—\;but there is shaping yet to do. This is spirited fun—\;and should again be fodder for much ongoing talk. Terry McMillan is the author of six previous novels—\;from Mama to The Interruption of Everything—\;with her edited\, groundbreaking anthology of contemporary African American fiction\, Breaking Ice—\;along the way. She has received the NAACP Image Award and the Essence Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Literature. Tickets are $5\, available via www.brownpapertickets.com. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening and on the CD Forum's 2010-11 season\, please see www.cdforum.org. Elliott Bay can also be called at (206) 624-6600 for more information.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/rosner URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/rosner SUMMARY:ELIZABETH ROSNER DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/wilkerson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/wilkerson SUMMARY:ISABEL WILKERSON at the Northwest African American Museum DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T163000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/saam URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/saam SUMMARY:VIKRAM PRAKASH at Seattle Asian Art Museum DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100927T000000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/bungalow URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/bungalow SUMMARY:HISTORIC SEATTLE BUNGALOW FAIR at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T183000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime6 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime6 SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S STORYTIME DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T210000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mockingbird URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/mockingbird SUMMARY:50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Seattle Public Central Library DESCRIPTION:--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!---
Presented by THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Join the Seattle Public Library in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The program will include remarks from Seattle author and actress Stephanie Kallos\, and will also feature an excerpt from Scout\, Atticus and Boo\, a documentary by Mary McDonaugh Murphy\, who is also the author of the book\, Scout\, Atticus and Boo\: A Celebration of Fifty Years of 'To Kill a Mockingbird (HarperCollins). A complete screening of the classic 1962 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird\, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch\, will also be shown. The Microsoft Auditorium of the Seattle Public Central Library is located at 1000 Fourth Avenue.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100926T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100926T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/roby URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/roby SUMMARY:STEVEN ROBY & BRAD SCHREIBER DESCRIPTION:That Jimi Hendrix's story is one that starts in Seattle is well-known to music listeners and readers here and elsewhere. In their new book\, Becoming Jimi Hendrix\: From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London\, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius (Da Capo)\, music journalist/archivists Steven Roby and Brad Schreiber focus on his formative musical experiences between 1962 and 1966\, years that saw him out of Seattle\, eventually in Europe. Both authors\, who live in the Bay Area\, have done work on Hendrix before\, with Steven Roby having written Black Gold\: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100927T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100927T000000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/tao URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/tao SUMMARY:TAO LIN DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/kehlmann URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/kehlmann SUMMARY:DANIEL KEHLMANN DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/gruen URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/gruen SUMMARY:SARA GRUEN at Seattle Public Central Library DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100928T183000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime7 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/storytime7 SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S STORYTIME DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T013000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/drama URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/drama SUMMARY:STAGES - ELLIOTT BAY DRAMA BOOK GROUP DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/lyon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/lyon SUMMARY:ANNABEL LYON DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/donoghue URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/donoghue SUMMARY:EMMA DONOGHUE DESCRIPTION:Irish novelist and scholar Emma Donoghue\, now based in Canada\, has made several appearances at Elliott Bay\, none more eagerly anticipated than this for her new novel\, Room (Little\, Brown). A longlist nominee for this year's MAN Booker Prize\, Room is a story told form the point of view of a five-year-old who has never left the room in which he—\;and his mother—\;are imprisoned. It's a tale of resilience and the mother/child bond. Room has been read with enthusiasm and early readers around the country. This is one not to miss. \\"Talented\, versatile Donoghue relates a searing tale of survival and recovery\, in the voice of a five-year-old boy ... Donoghue brilliantly shows mother and son grappling with very different issues as they adjust to freedom ... In the story's most heartbreaking moments\, it seems that Ma may be unable to live with the choices she made to protect Jack. But his narration reveals that she's nurtured a smart\, perceptive\, and willful boy—\;odd\, for sure\, but resilient\, and surely Ma can find that resilience in herself ... Wrenching\, as befits the grim subject matter\, but also tender\, touching\, and at times unexpectedly funny.\\" - Kirkus Reviews. Emma Donoghue's novels include Hood\, Landings\, Life Mask\, and the Lambda Award-winning The Sealed Letter\, which was also longlisted for Canada's Giller Prize. She is also the author\, earlier this year\, of Inseparable\: Desire Between Women in Literature (Knopf).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/bateson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/bateson SUMMARY:MARY CATHERINE BATESON at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. Twenty years after eminent scholar and author Mary Catherine Bateson's Composing a Life appeared—\;a book which has had readership and relevance ever since—\;she is here with Composing a Further Life\: The Age of Active Wisdom (Knopf). More than taking up where its predecessor left off\, Composing a Further Life is a serious\, informed\, lively exploration of what can be made of later stages of adult life\, what Dr. Bateson calls 'Adulthood II.' She draws from an array of conversations/portrayals of others who have lived more deeply and fully as they've aged\, as well as developing research. Mary Catherine Bateson's numerous other books include With a Daughter's Eye\: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson\, Peripheral Visions\, and Willing to Learn. She is presently a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Aging &\; Work/Workplace Flexibility at Boston College\, and until recently was president of the Institute of Intercultural Studies. $5 tickets are available at the door starting at 6\:30 p.m.\, or in advance via www.brownpapertickets.com (1-800-838-3006). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. evening\, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600\, Town Hall at (206) 652-4255\, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T200000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100930T200000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/numeroff URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/numeroff SUMMARY:LAURA NUMEROFF DESCRIPTION:One of the most popular children's book authors of all\, Laura Numeroff makes this special mid-day appearance for her newest book\, Otis &\; Sydney and the Best Birthday Ever (Abrams Books for Young Readers). This enchanting tale of what happens when Otis plans a surprise for his friend Sydney's birthday should join the list of other enduring favorites Laura Numeroff has created over the years—\;The Jellybeans and the Big Dance\, When Sheep Sleep\, If You Give a Moose a Muffin\, If You Give a Pig a Pancake\, and many\, many more. At her publisher's request\, Laura Numeroff will sign her books purchased for this visit\, along with one book brought from home. Please join us for what should be a very fun event.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T000000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/stowell URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/stowell SUMMARY:ETHAN STOWELL with JILL LIGHTNER DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T003000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/huffington URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/huffington SUMMARY:ARIANNA HUFFINGTON at the Century Ballroom DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/simpson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/sep10/simpson SUMMARY:MONA SIMPSON DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/reighley URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/reighley SUMMARY:KURT B. REIGHLEY DESCRIPTION:A very active October is set into motion with Seattle writer and DJ Kurt B. Reigley holding forth here for his look-at-what-we-have-here rumination on the new place of the old\, United States of Americana\: Backyard Chickens\, Burlesque Beauties\, &\; Handmade Bitters\: A Field Guide to the New American Roots Movement (Harper). \\"Encompassing\, engaging\, and definitive\, United States of America finds the through-line that connects such seemingly disparate fashions ... to reveal the yearning for simpler times at their heart. Reighley shows us the Americana movement from the inside\, not just as a conservative reaction to modern times\, but as a progressive response to a popular culture that's increasingly unsustainable.\\" - John Roderick\, from the Long Winters. \\"Reighley's book is your magical wardrobe into the Narnia of Americana ... Always fun\, fully informed\, astutely researched and extremely generous in scope\, United States of Americana is the lexicon of a laudable way of life.\\" - Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T163000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/saam3 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/saam3 SUMMARY:FIROOZEH PAPAN-MATIN at Seattle Asian Art Museum DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T183000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/storytime URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/storytime SUMMARY:CHILDREN'S STORYTIME DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T210000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/battaglia URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/battaglia SUMMARY:BEVERLY BATTAGLIA\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Vashon Island author and (retired) social psychologist Dr. Beverly Battaglia's book\, Changing Lanes\: Couples Redefining Retirement (BookSurge)\, is one of the very few books written for couples retiring together. Based on over one hundred interviews\, Changing Lanes offers advice about planning for financial\, health\, and relationship issues that develop as couples plan for retirement. This guidebook addresses issues faced by seniors of all ages\, and helps retirees weigh options and plan for the future. Questions\, concerns\, and experiences are welcome.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T230000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/cheney URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/cheney SUMMARY:COLIN CHENEY DESCRIPTION:Next this afternoon is Colin Cheney reading from his much-admired debut poetry collection\, Here Be Monsters (University of Georgia Press)\, a 2009 National Poetry Series selection. \\"Nature is a serious character in Here Be Monsters\, and these highly textured poems show us that disparate elements live side by side. Colin Cheney's surprising\, graceful leaps are never misleading or arbitrary. From poem to poem\, line by line\, classical and modern conceits converge throughout Here Be Monsters\; extraordinary touches the ordinary\, and something changes in us.\\" - Yusef Komunyakaa. Colin Cheney was a Ruth Lily Poetry Foundation Fellow and his poems have appeared in Ploughshares\, The Kenyon Review\, and Gulf Coast.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T020000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/strauss URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/strauss SUMMARY:DARIN STRAUSS DESCRIPTION:\\"Half my life ago\, I killed a girl\,\\" writes noted novelist Darin Strauss in his new memoir\, Half a Life (McSweeney's). First told on NPR's This American Life\, Half a Life is the story of the author's having accidentally hit\, and killed\, his high school classmate in a car/bicycle collision\, and his slow coming to terms with what followed. \\"At the center of this elegant\, painful\, stunningly honest memoir thrums a question fundamental to what it means to be human\: What do we do with what we've been given? What is truly exceptional here is watching a writer of fine fiction probe\, directly\, carefully and with great humility\, the source from which his fiction springs.\\" - Dani Shapiro\, The New York Times Book Review. Darin Strauss' books include the novels Chang and Eng and More Than It Hurts You.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/bhutto URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/bhutto SUMMARY:FATIMA BHUTTO at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T210000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/simon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/simon SUMMARY:SCOTT SIMON DESCRIPTION:National Public Radio's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon is a morning mainstay in many homes around the U.S.\, including Seattle. Today\, program host Scott Simon returns\, sharing a bit of his own life with readers\, as he tells the story of him and his wife adopting two girls from China. Baby We Were Meant for Each Other\: In Praise of Adoption (Random House) is a joyful\, exuberant account\, both of his family's experiences and those of authors. The author doesn't shy away from some of the challenges\, terrible circumstances\, and sadness that are also sometimes part of adoption. \\"Simon's unvarnished portrait is an ode to adoption and the joy it can bring to both parent and child. It's clear that each family Simon highlights\, including his own\, is bound by a strong sense of generosity\, empathy\, and love.\\" - The Washington Post.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101004T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101004T000000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/peterson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/peterson SUMMARY:SCOTT PETERSON DESCRIPTION:Scott Peterson\, an award-winning journalist with The Christian Science Monitor and the author of an acclaimed book on turmoil in parts of Africa\, Me Against My Brother\, makes this Seattle stop to discuss his timely new book\, Let the Swords Encircle Me\: Iran—\;A Journey Behind the Headlines (Simon &\; Schuster). This is drawn from over thirty trips to Iran made over the past fifteen years—\;no quick glance\, this. \\"This insightful and thoughtful exploration of Iran's revolution comes at a critical juncture ... Peterson provides an insider's tour of the people and issues that have made Iran one of the most fascinating and frustrating countries in the world for three decades.\\" - Robin Wright. \\"Incisive\, humane\, and full of vivid reportage ... Perhaps the best account we have of Iran's complex\, embattled reality.\\" - Publishers Weekly.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T195322Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101004T023000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101004T023000Z UID:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/moulitsas URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.elliottbaybook.com/node/events/oct10/moulitsas SUMMARY:MARKOS MOULITSAS at Town Hall Seattle DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR