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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 Changing Role of American Farmers |
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Wednesday, September 30 2009, 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
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Lisa M. Hamilton, author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness (Counterpoint)
Verlyn Klinkenborg, author of The Rural Life (Little, Brown & Co.)
Fred Kirschenmann, farmer and leader in the sustainable agriculture movement
Mary-Howell Martens, New York organic family farmer
    Over the past decade, our relationship to food and how it’s grown has transformed. But what about our relationship to the people who grow it? There is hope in the legions of new, young, and urban farmers cropping up around the United States, and yet overall, our country’s agricultural community is shrinking by the day. How is the role of farmers in our society and in our lives shifting? And what still needs to change? Moderator Lisa M. Hamilton, author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, will be joined by three panelists: organic pioneer Fred Kisrchenmann, a Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University; the New York Times’ Verlyn Klinkenborg, author of The Rural Life; and New York farmer Mary-Howell Martens.
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