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Wednesday, January 6th, 7 PM
Andrew Porter
Author of A Theory of Light and Matter
Andrew Porter is one of the best young American writers today. If you've not heard of him, that may have more to do with his chosen form, the short story, than with his skill as an author. Porter walks the most dangerous of territories – suburban longing and doubt – with some grace, some vulgarity. His stories have earned him a passel of awards and acclaim. He's a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and winner of a Pushcart Prize, a James Michener/Copernicus Fellowship, a nomination for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and, most significantly, the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. About his work Marilynne Robinson writes “Andrew Porter has the kind of voice one can accept as universal—honest and grave, with transparency as its adornment." |
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Ongoing Events |
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•THE SPANISH LANGUAGE DISCUSSION GROUP• Led by Javier Molea, this group meets Saturdays at noon in the Spanish literature section downstairs. It's open to all who wish to practice their Spanish while discussing literature.
•OUR FICTION BOOK CLUB• Led by Sarah McNally and Chris Jackson, this discussion group meets the first Monday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. They'll be discussing Bonnie Jo Cambell's National Book Award-nominated American Salvage on January 4th.
•OUR ART & BEAUTY BOOK CLUB• Led by Adjua Greaves, this discussion group meets the second Wednesday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. For the next meeting on January 13th, the book club will be discussing Boredom by Alberto Moravia.
•OUR GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB• Led by Angela Williams and Evan Narcisse, this discussion group meets the first Thursday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. At our next meeting on January 7th, the book club will be discussing Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis.
•KIDS STORYTIME• Resident storyteller Yvonne Brooks leads a storytime with with arts and crafts for kids ages 3 - 7, every Saturday at noon in the children’s section. Baby Storytime with storyteller Stewart Dawes takes place on Friday at 4:00 PM for ages 0 - 2.
NOTE All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. For more information about store events, email events coordinator Dustin Kurtz. |
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| Benjamin Rosenbaum and Jedediah Berry |
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Wednesday, May 27 2009, 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
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Benjamin Rosenbaum, author of The Ant King and Other Stories (Small Beer Press)
Jedediah Berry, author of The Manual of Detection (Penguin)
  A postmodern assemblage of pulp and surreal fictions, Rosenbaum's debut features zeppelin pirates, an orange that rules the world, emancipated children's collectives, and other mind-bending ideas. Berry's debut novel, The Manual of Detection, is a darkly comedic mystery that has garnered comparisons to the work of Paul Auster and Franz Kafka.
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