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Thursday,
September 9
Robert Camuto
author of Palmento
Robert Camuto is a wickedly charming citizen of New York and France, but for his latest venture into the wilds of oephilia, Camuto introduces us to the vinyards of Sicily. It's a detailed tour of the wine culture of the region, as well as the best vintages. To accompany the discussion we will, naturally, be hosting a tasting of Sicilian wines provided by the excellent Chamber Street Wines. This is a rare free guided wine tasting by an expert on the region.
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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, this discussion group meets the first Monday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. They'll be discussing The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya. Please note that due to Labor Day, the book club will be meeting on the second Monday of September, 9/13.
•OUR ART & BEAUTY BOOK CLUB• Led by Adjua Greaves, this discussion group meets the second Wednesday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. On September 8th the book club will be discussing A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World by Marcia Tucker.
•OUR GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB• Led by Evan Narcisse, this discussion group meets the first Thursday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. At our next meeting on September 10th, the book club will be discussing Batwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka and J. H. Williams III. Please note that the book club will be meeting on Friday, September 10.
•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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| Geoffrey Becker |
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Monday, February 08 2010, 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
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Geoffrey Becker
Author of Hot Springs (Tin House, $14.95)
 Geoffrey Becker is our second Flannery O'Connor Prize winner this year (we collect 'em like baseball cards). He'll be reading from Hot Springs, his second novel, but is also the author of the collections Black Elvis and Dangerous Men, as well as the earlier novel Bluestown. He's an NEA fellowship recipient, and his work has been collected in Best American Short Stories. In fact, this novel also began as a short story but grew from there. He teaches writing at Towson University in Maryland.
Hot Springs is first a road novel, hot and tired and sometimes a little nauseated. Its pages should be printed on faux-wood panelling or sweaty pleather. Becker tells the tale of the doubt-harried Bernice, her equally uncertain boyfriend Landis, and their kidnapping of Bernice's own daughter, given up for adoption five years ago. The characters in this book are almost uniformly distasteful, but their story is irresistable. It's a marvel of craftmanship and I'm excited to welcome Becker in to read and discuss his book. You can get your own taste of his work here, or peek into his musical tastes here. |
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