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Featured Event |
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Tuesday, March 23rd 7pm
Paolo Giordano
Author of The Solitude of Prime Numbers
In conversation withe editor Pamela Dorman
Paolo Gioradano's debut novel has sold over a million copies around the world and earned him Italy's premier literary prize, the Premio Strega. Now, finally, we've earned our taste of his celebrated book here in the states. The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a book of striking beauty and disturbing content, including anorexia, cutting, loneliness and guilt. It's a coming-of-age story in the most awkward and lovely tradition, and its two protagonists are destined to win hearts here just as easily as they have abroad.
Giordano is a young author - only 27 - and his acclaim is all the more impressive given that he's a physicist by trade. He'll be here in conversation with his editor and now head of her own eponymous imprint, Pamela Dorman.
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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 A Death in the Family by James Agee on April 3rd.
•OUR ART & BEAUTY BOOK CLUB• Led by Adjua Greaves, this discussion group meets the second Wednesday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. On April 14th the book club will be discussing The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution by Denis Dutton.
•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 April 6th, the book club will be discussing The Fixer by Joe Sacco.
•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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| The Shrinks Are Away (4th Annual) |
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Tuesday, August 04 2009, 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
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Fourth Annual “The Shrinks Are Away” Reading and Reception
Susan Shapiro, author of Speed Shrinking (Thomas Dunne Books)
Ian Frazier, author of Gone to New York (Picador)
Patricia Marx, author of Him, Her, Him Again, The End of Him (Scribner)
Jonathan Fast, author of Ceremonial Violence (Overlook)
  Local author and teacher Susan Shapiro hosts this yearly event, gathering fellow writers for a joint reading of work to soothe crazy psyches – because when the therapists go on vacation in August, we turn to literature to cure our neuroses. Participants include humorist and author Ian Frazier, author of eight books including Coyote Vs. Acme and Gone to New York; New Yorker writer Patricia Marx, author of the novel Him, Her, Him, Again The End of Him; Yeshiva sociology professor Jonathan Fast, author of eight novels and the nonfiction debut Ceremonial Violence; and Susan Shapiro, award-winning journalism professor and nonfiction author, debuting her first novel Speed Shrinking. The reading will be followed by a wine and cupcake reception.
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