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Elliott Bay Bookstore: Steven Nightingale

Saturday, September 6 (2:00 pm)

Steven Nightingale lukee teosta Cinnamon Theologies.

The weekend's readings continue with another fine poet (and novelist), Steven Nightingale, who returns to Elliott Bay to read from his third collection of sonnets, Cinnamon Theologies (Black Rock Press, the Book Arts Press at the University of Nevada, Reno).

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Sandra Tsing Loh

Monday, September 8 (7:30 pm)

Sandra Tsing Loh lukee teosta Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting!.

"No matter what you do, at age forty ... The Wheels Come Off!" writes humorist Sandra Tsing Loh, who is here and making a welcome return for her newest, Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting! (Crown), originally a hit, one-woman comedy performance. A familiar voice from National Public Radio (once fired for accidentally using the F word while on the air) and from her articles in Atlantic Monthly and The Washington Post, Sandra Loh's take on finding a school for her kindergartner and transforming herself into a community activist is both smart and hilarious.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Stuart Archer Cohen

Tuesday, September 9 (7:30 pm)

Stuart Archer Cohen lukee teosta The Army of the Republic.

Seattle is a good part of the setting and action for Juneau author Stuart Archer Cohen's intense, politically-charged new novel, The Army of the Republic (St. Martin's). Said Army of the Republic is a guerilla-based coalition working to save the U.S. from a corporate oligarchy manifesting itself as a police state. It's not unlike what's happened in countries to the south. Now, it's here ...

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Vincent Bugliosi

Wednesday, September 10 (7:30 pm)

Vincent Bugliosi keskustelee teoksesta The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.

One of this country's most celebrated attorneys and authors, Vincent Bugliosi makes this welcome visit for his compelling and timely new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (Vanguard). This venerable prosecutor, first and most widely known for bringing the case against Charles Manson to court—written of in his acclaimed Helter Skelter—here holds George W. Bush to criminal account for the murder of 4,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq, to say nothing of the innocent Iraqi women, men, and children murdered, estimated to be at least 100,000. This is a riveting, non-partisan, no-election-axe-to-grind case, put forth plainly and in depth. It should make for a most engaging evening. Vincent Bugliosi's other books include And the Sea Will Tell, Outrage, and Reclaiming History (recently released as a shorter version paperback as Four Days in November).

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Michael Meade

Thursday, September 11 (7:30 pm)

Michael Meade keskustelee teoksesta The World Behind the World.

We are delighted to present this evening with renowned storyteller, teacher, and scholar of mythology Michael Meade. From his Vashon Island home, and from Seattle-based non-profit organization Mosaic, he has long worked a rarely-worked line, that of working with the intimate and immediate (as simple as a room with a few people and a story), and, at the same time, with mythological or cosmological material that would seem to transcend time and place, at least in measure we are used to reckoning in the day-to-day. With his evenings of stories and workshops—often with particular groups such as at-risk youth, veterans, the incarcerated—he has long done this orally. (Mosaic has a great assortment of cd recordings.) Earlier this year saw the publication of a long-awaited second book, The World Behind the World: Living at the Ends of Time (GreenFire). Coming fifteen years after The Water of Life (recently revised, re-titled, reissued), this is original work in the truest sense—new and harkening to origins at the same time. Stories and myths: language, imagination, presence, attention. Kernels of awakening are in this remarkable book. "Michael Meade is a master-storyteller and story-teacher of the soul's unfolding. He addresses the mess we're in and helps us each discover the unique threads, the poetic DNA we must live out.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Brian Welch

Friday, September 12 (7:30 pm)

Brian Welch keskustelee teoksesta Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Kicked Drugs, Quit Korn, and Lived to Tell My Story.

Guitarist Brian Welch, a founding member of the rock band Korn, struggled for years with meth addiction until, with the help of his embrace of a higher power, he was able to start living a clean and sober life. He's here today to talk about his story, told in the bestselling memoir, Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Kicked Drugs, Quit Korn, and Lived to Tell My Story (newly in paper, HarperOne), and to meet his fans. He'll also be celebrating the release of a new CD.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Lily Koppel

Saturday, September 13 (2:00 pm)

Lily Koppel keskustelee teoksesta The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life through the Pages of a Lost Journal.

A New York Times reporter discovers a diary hidden away in an old steamer trunk in a dumpster and, with the help of a private investigator, finds its owner, ninety-year-old Florence Wolfson, in Lily Koppel's captivating book, The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal (HarperCollins). Based on interviews and on diary entries, which span the years 1929 - 1934, The Red Leather Diary brings to light a delightful, nearly forgotten world.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Barbara Lee

Saturday, September 13 (4:30 pm)

Barbara Lee keskustelee teoksesta Renegade for Peace & Justice.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, one of Congress' most vocal opponents to the Iraq War and a longstanding proponent for social justice, makes several appearances in Seattle this weekend, including this free public talk and booksigning to celebrate the publication of her book, Renegade for Peace & Justice: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Speaks for Me (Rowman & Littlefield). First elected to represent California's ninth congressional district in 1998, Rep. Lee was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, along with women from 150 countries as part of the international project, 1000 Women for Peace.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: John Witte

Saturday, September 13 (7:30 pm)

John Witte lukee teosta Second Nature.

Up from Eugene where he teaches at the University of Oregon and edits Northwest Review is poet John Witte. He'll be reading from Second Nature (University of Washington Press), the newest (eighth) volume in the Pacific Northwest Poetry Series (selected by Linda Bierds). John Witte's third book, Second Nature is a book of lyric richness, much of it meditations, narratives, or monologues based on such people as Janis Joplin, and Ovid. Flora and fauna also have a central place. Our lives do, too. John Witte's poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Paris Review, The New Yorker, other major publications, and numerous anthologies.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Katie Hafner

Sunday, September 14 (2:00 pm)

Katie Hafner keskustelee teoksesta A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano.

A New York Times journalist and author of several major books on the internet and emergent computer issues (Cyberpunk, The Well), Katie Hafner is also an abiding music lover. In Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano (Bloomsbury), she tells the story of a particular, rare unique piano, the nearly blind man who tuned it (for twenty years), and the particular, rare, unique man who played it, the one and only Glenn Gould.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Helene Cooper

Wednesday, September 17 (7:30 pm)

Helene Cooper keskustelee teoksesta The House at Sugar Beach: A Memoir.

Helene Cooper and her family, descendents of two Liberian dynasties originating with freed slaves who left New York in 1820 to found Monrovia), fled Liberia during the violence that came in the wake of the 1980 coup d'État Her marvelous book, The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood (Simon & Schuster), is her family story, as well as her country's. Both stories intersect particularly as the author tries to find out what has happened to her foster sister, left behind during the conflict.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Marc Lecard

Thursday, September 18 (5:00 pm)

Marc Lecard lukee teosta Tiny Little Troubles.

A scientist mesmerized by his erotic dancer mistress learns that she can lead him to the discoverer of a nanotechnology breakthrough in Marc Lecard's comic mystery, Tiny Little Troubles (St. Martin's/Minotaur).

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Sarah Bird

Thursday, September 18 (7:30 pm)

Sarah Bird lukee teosta How Perfect Is That.

From Austin, Texas, Sarah Bird pays a visit with her sharp-witted, wry new novel, How Perfect Is That (Knopf).

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Somaly Mam

Friday, September 19 (7:30 pm)

Somaly Mam keskustelee teoksesta The Road of Lost Innocence.

One of the remarkable women in the world, Somaly Mam, makes this special Seattle visit. A native of Cambodia who now divides her time between there and France, she writes of the horrific years of her early life, story which leaves one wondering at how it was survived, much less transcended and turned around for the vital, life-saving work she does today. In The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine (Spiegel & Grau), a book that's been a critically-acclaimed bestseller wherever in the world it's been published, she tells of an early life of sexual slavery—a life countless girls and young women in southeast Asia have been forced into. The book tells riveting stories—and itself is part of the work that Somaly Mam has put herself to, as cofounder and president of AFESIP (Acting for Women in Distressing Circumstances) in Cambodia, and the Somaly Mam Foundation here in the U.S.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Harry Rutstein

Saturday, September 20 (2:00 pm)

Harry Rutstein keskustelee teoksesta In the Footsteps of Marco Polo.

For over twenty-five years, Seattle resident and merchant (of high technology) Harry Rutstein, has studied and written about, and literally followed in the footsteps of the 13th-century traveler Marco Polo. He is here today with his sumptuous new book, The Marco Polo Odyssey: In the Footsteps of a Merchant Who Changed the World (Marco Polo Foundation/Bennett & Hastings). Rich with maps, illustrations, and DVD, this book is perhaps the fullest yet in retracing the amazing journey undertaken by Marco Polo almost 800 years ago—and making it pertinent, vivid, and relevant for people today.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Larry Beinhart

Saturday, September 20 (7:30 pm)

Larry Beinhart lukee teosta Salvation Boulevard.

A missing manuscript holds the key to the mysterious murder of an atheist professor but it's going to take a Jewish defense attorney and a born-again Christian detective to find it and exonerate the falsely-accused Muslim scholarship student in Larry Beinhart's politically-enlivened thriller, Salvation Boulevard (Nation Books). A regular Huffington Post contributor and novelist, Larry Beinhart reads from his latest foray into fiction, which has been praised by everyone from Vincent Bugliosi to Michael Lerner.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Chuck Klosterman

Monday, September 22 (7:30 pm)

Chuck Klosterman lukee teosta Downtown Owl: A Novel.

A popular author of books on pop culture whose books and regular appearances in recent years have been lively ones, Chuck Klosterman makes this welcome return with his first novel, Downtown Owl (Scribner).

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Daphne Beal

Tuesday, September 23 (7:30 pm)

Daphne Beal lukee teosta In the Land of No Right Angles.

New York City-based writer and former New Yorker staffer Daphne Beal reads in her debut novel, In the Land of No Right Angles (Anchor), of a young American woman making her way through Nepal.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Mark Richardson

Wednesday, September 24 (6:00 pm)

Mark Richardson keskustelee teoksesta Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Here from Toronto, making his way about the U.S., literally, by motorcycle is Toronto Star journalist Mark Richardson with a book about a book that countless readers have read and felt their lives changed for the reading. Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Knopf) celebrates Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance—published forty years ago and going strongly in readers' hands all the years—and offers its own seeking and questing. This includes some biographical tracking of Pirsig himself and then, memorably, a retracing of the same 2,700-mile journey undertaken that helped give shape and form to Pirsig's book. This includes the northern plains, the Pacific Northwest, on down to California. Along the way—years later as it is—are many of the same people encountered by Pirsig ... and the same questions he pondered, here in Mark Richardson's own evocative words.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Irvine Welsh

Wednesday, September 24 (8:00 pm)

Irvine Welsh lukee teosta Crime.

Keeping this evening lively—wherever we are—and entirely with authors from out of the U.S., is Irvine Welsh. A terrific reader of his work—and even more, a terrific novelist, whatever he delves into—he makes this welcome return from over the Atlantic (Ireland, Scotland) to read from his newest novel, Crime (W.W. Norton).

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Thomas Cathcart

Thursday, September 25 (6:00 pm)

Thomas Cathcart lukee teosta Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes.

Please join us for the early evening visit by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, aka The Philosophy Guys. Friends for over fifty years, their 'crash course' in the basic concepts of western philosophy as told through jokes, has been bestseller and national phenomenon. That book, Plato and Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes (newly in an expanded paperback, Penguin), is one part of the occasion for this appearance, with a subsequently published follow-up, Aristotle and Aardvark Go to Washington (Abrams), being the other.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Rinku Sen

Thursday, September 25 (8:00 pm)

Rinku Sen keskustelee teoksesta The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization.

Rinku Sen, founder and director of the Applied Research Center, publisher of ColorLines magazine, and a writer/activist, among other vital things, gives shape and context to the story of Morocco-born restaurant worker and activist Fekkak Mamdouh in their timely book, The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization (Berrett-Koehler). Fekkak Mamdouh was a waiter at the Windows of the World Restaurant at the World Trade Center—he went from a victim of the 9/11 attack (losing friends and loved ones) to becoming generally suspect in the charged political climate that followed.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Steve Reifenberg

Saturday, September 27 (6:30 pm)

Steve Reifenberg keskustelee teoksesta Santiago's Children: What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile.

Steve Reifenberg, director of the regional office of Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, speaks this evening about his work in international education, and his book, Santiago's Children: What I Learned About Life at an Orphanage in Chile (University of Texas). Santiago's Children is based on his experience volunteering at Hogar Domingo Savio, a small Chilean orphanage. Seattle writer Lora-Ellen McKinney will facilitate the discussion.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Emily Warn

Saturday, September 27 (7:30 pm)

Emily Warn lukee teosta Shadow Architect.

Seattle poet Emily Warn makes this welcome return appearance to read from her beautiful, third collection of poetry, Shadow Architect (Copper Canyon). Shadow Architect is a moving, searching meditation on and through the twenty-two characters of the Hebrew alphabet, an alphabet 'mystics have long considered a key to divine intent, believing that God brought the world into being through speech.' Emily Warn works lucidly and allusively in her approach.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Curt Colbert, Arthur Nersesian

Sunday, September 28 (2:00 pm)

Curt Colbert lukee teosta Seattle Noir.; Arthur Nersesian lukee teosta The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx.

This afternoon brings another in a series of touring groups of authors published by Brooklyn-based independent publisher, Akashic Press—this time in conjunction Seven Stories Press. Seattle mystery writer Curt Colbert is currently editing a much-anticipated anthology, Seattle Noir, a forthcoming selection for Akashic's popular series of noir fictions set in various cities. He will read, to then be followed by Arthur Nersesian, last seen here in a popular, joint reading with Lydia Lunch. He'll read from his new book, The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx (Akashic), second in his Five Books of Moses series. Edgy, dark, and perfect this all should be for what's likely to be a rainy, weekend afternoon. The darkness is coming ...

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Kathleen Flinn

Monday, September 29 (7:30 pm)

Kathleen Flinn esittelee teosta The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School.

One of our very favorite books of this past year—Seattle (part of the year) writer and journalist Kathleen Flinn's The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School—has its paperback edition (Penguin) celebrated with this evening of talk, signing, and certain delectables.

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Robert Kull

Tuesday, September 30 (6:00 pm)

Robert Kull keskustelee teoksesta Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes: A Year Alone in the Patagonia Wilderness.

Robert Kull, a veteran of 45 years of exploring the wild edges of North and South America, lived alone in the Patagonia wilderness for an entire year. Now ... he has written and is talking about it. He is here with his examination of the effects of deep solitude on mind and body, his thoughtfully ruminative book, Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes (New World Library).

Elliott Bay Bookstore: Stephen Baker

Tuesday, September 30 (8:00 pm)

Stephen Baker keskustelee teoksesta The Numerati.

This lively month comes to an eventful close with longtime BusinessWeek writer and much-read blogger (Blogspotting.net) Stephen Baker here to talk about his provocative, vital new book, The Numerati (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).