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THE GIFT OF RAIN

May 2008 Readings & Events at Elliott Bay Book Co.

An average of ten times a week we are proud to present contemporary authors in the intimate yet casual setting of our reading room, a book-lined room that accommodates a pleasantly sized audience, next to the Elliott Bay Café. These are generally free or with nominal charge. Tickets for designated events are available two weeks in advance of the event on a first come, first served basis. Questions and signings often follow these readings.
In addition to here online, a printed monthly schedule of events is available free in the store. You may also sign up to receive our Monthly Events e-blast or arrange have our printed schedule mailed to you for a $5 annual fee—just contact the store to start your subscription today.


MARGOT CASE
Horses That Buck
Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m.
at Richard Hugo House

FRANCES RICHEY
The Warrior
Thursday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.

JARED BERNSTEIN
Crunch
Thursday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION CHARGE

SEATTLE OPERA presents
ASPECTS OF PAGLIACCI

Friday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
      ADMISSION CHARGE

CRISTINA GARCÍA
A Handbook to Luck
Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.

ALEXANDER "SANDY" TAYLOR and
CURBSTONE PRESS:
A Celebration

Sunday, May 4 at 2 p.m.

WILLY VLAUTIN
Northline
Monday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m.

DANIEL BROOK
The Trap
Monday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION CHARGE

MARC ACITO
Attack of the Theatre People
Tuesday, May 6 at 6 p.m.

ELLIOTT BAY BOOK GROUP
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
by Gaétan Soucy
Tuesday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m.

ALEKSANDAR HEMON
The Lazarus Project
Tuesday, May 6 at 8 p.m.

LISA GARRIGUES
Writing Motherhood
Wednesday, May 7 at 12 noon

DINAW MENGESTU
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Wednesday, May 7 at 12 noon
at Green Lake Library
Wednesday, May 7 at 7 p.m.
at Douglass-Truth Library
      FREE TICKETS REQUIRED

DOMENIC STANSBERRY
The Ancient Rain
Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.

DINAW MENGESTU
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Thursday, May 8 at 12 noon
at Broadway Performance Hall
Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle University

SIRI HUSTVEDT
The Sorrows of an American
Thursday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m.

DINAW MENGESTU
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

ANDREW FOSTER ALTSCHUL
Lady Lazarus
Friday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m.

DINAW MENGESTU
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Saturday, May 10 at 11 a.m.
at Queen Anne Library
      FREE TICKETS REQUIRED

EMILY R. TRANSUE
Patient by Patient
Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m.

DINAW MENGESTU
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Saturday, May 10 at 4 p.m.
at Columbia Library
      FREE TICKETS REQUIRED

RAJ PATEL
Stuffed and Starved
Saturday, May 10 at 4:30 p.m.

SARAH KATHERINE LEWIS
Sex and Bacon
Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m.

KERRY REICHS
The Best Day of Someone Else's Life
Sunday, May 11 at 2 p.m.

TARAS GRESCOE
Bottomfeeder
Monday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m.

RICK PERLSTEIN
Nixonland
Monday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION CHARGE

ELLIOTT BAY GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP
Poor People
by William T. Vollmann
Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30 p.m.

TAN TWAN ENG
The Gift of Rain
Tuesday, May 13 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

KENNY MAYNE
An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport
Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m.

ALEXANDRA FULLER
The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
Wednesday, May 14 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

JOHN GIERACH
Fool's Paradise
Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m.

WILL DURST
The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing
Thursday, May 15 at 8 p.m.

RABIH ALAMEDDINE
The Hakawati
Friday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m.

PHILIP TERMAN
Rabbis of the Air
Saturday, May 17 at 2 p.m.
      POETRY

EMIRA MEARS &
LAUREN BACON

The Boss of You
Saturday, May 17 at 4:30 p.m.

CORY DOCTOROW
Little Brother
Sunday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m.

REACT THEATRE presents
RABBIT HOLE

Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m.
      PERFORMANCE
      ADMISSION CHARGE
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION--

CONVERSATIONS WITH
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET
presents
The Sailors of Fancy Free

Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m.

BOB EKBLAD
A New Christian Manifesto
Sunday, May 18 at 4:30 p.m.

PREETA SAMARASAN
Evening is the Whole Day
Monday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m.

 

JAMES FREY &
JOSH KILMER-PURCELL

Bright Shiny Morning
Candy Everybody Wants
Monday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION CHARGE

SPECULATIONS - ELLIOTT BAY
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
BOOK GROUP

The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
Tuesday, May 20 at 6:30 p.m.

SUSAN HUBBARD
The Year of Disappearances
Tuesday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m.

FIROOZEH DUMAS
Laughing Without an Accent
Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m.
at Seattle Public Central Library

ANDREW SEAN GREER
The Story of a Marriage
Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m.

RICK BRAGG
The Prince of Frogtown
Thursday, May 22 at 6 p.m.

JERRY WHITE
I Will Not Be Broken
Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION CHARGE

BILL CARTER
Red Summer
Thursday, May 22 at 8 p.m.

DAVID GILMOUR with JESSIE GILMOUR
The Film Club
Friday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m.

JOSEPH GOLDBERG with
REGINA HACKETT

Jeweled Earth
Saturday, May 24 at 2 p.m.

ADAM LEITH GOLLNER
The Fruit Hunters
Tuesday, May 27 at 5:30 p.m.

STAGES - ELLIOTT BAY
DRAMA BOOK GROUP

The Overwhelming
by J.T. Rogers
Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m.

MARY TILLMAN
Boots on the Ground By Dusk
Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.

STEVEN GALLOWAY
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Wednesday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m.

FORUM: Death with Dignity or Assisted Suicide
Moderated by John Mitchell

Wednesday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m.
at Town Hall Seattle
      ADMISSION CHARGE
--LATE BREAKING ADDITION!--

NAN MOONEY
(Not) Keeping Up With Out Parents
Thursday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m.

ALLAN J. HAMILTON
Scalpel and the Soul
Friday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m.

LOU URENECK
Backcast
Saturday, May 31 at 2 p.m.

ALSO TO NOTE

SOON FOR JUNE

THE GIFT OF RAIN is the title of Malaysian novelist TAN TWAN ENG's wonderful debut novel (see May 13).




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