August 2005
Readings and Bookstore Events
HIGHLIGHTS
Novelist John Irving ’s latest, Laura Joplin’s memoir of her sister, Janis, a thriller from Christopher Reich, Poet Phillip Levine, Wes Nisker, a Rumi fest at Freight and Salvage, James Dallesandro’s new documentary about the SF Earthquake based on his book, 1906.
BOOK PASSAGE
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera. (415) 927-0960 www.bookpassage.com
Events are free and begin at 7pm
• Wed. Aug. 10. Rose Guilbault reads from Farmworker’s Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America.
• Tues., Aug. 23. Edith Mirante reads from Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on the Burma Frontier. (Also reading at Black Oak on Wed. Aug. 24 at 7:30pm)
• Wed., Aug. 24. Laura Joplin (younger sister of Janis) reads from Love, Janis.
• Thurs., Aug. 25. John Wranovics reads from Chaplin and Agee: The Untold Story of the Tramp, the Writer, and the Lost Screenplay.
• Sat., Aug. 27. John Francis reads from Planetwalker: How to Change Your World One Step at a Time.
• Tues., Aug. 30. Peggy Drexler reads from Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men.
BLACK OAK BOOKS
1491 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 486-0698
Author bios and event descriptions can be found at www.blackoakbooks.com
Events are free and begin at 7:30pm, unless otherwise noted.
• Tues., Aug. 2. Fred Siegel discusses The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York, and the Genius of American Life.
• Wed., Aug. 3. David Francis reads from his novel The Great Inland Sea.
• Thursday, Aug. 4. Poet Philip Levine, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, reads from his work.
• Sat., Aug. 6, 8pm. Black Oak co-sponsors the annual “Great Night of Rumi,” a celebration of the 13th-century Sufi poet, at Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison Street in Berkeley. Advance tickets are $18.50/$19.50 at the door. Call (510) 548-1761.
• Thurs., Aug. 11. Peace activist Medea Benjamin discusses Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism.
• Tues., Aug. 16. Author Judith Goldhaber and illustrator Gerson Goldhaber discuss Sonnets from Aesop. Posters of the book’s illustrations and poems will be for sale.
• Thurs., Aug. 18. James Dallesandro, author of the novel 1906, will screen and discuss his documentary film about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
• Tues., Aug. 23. Sara Halprin discusses Seema’s Show: A Life on the Left, her biography of political activist and photographer Seema Aissen Weatherwax.
• Mon., Aug. 29. Wes Nisker, Susan Moon, and Nina Wise host a discussion on Buddhism and humor.
• Wed., Aug. 31. Berkeley astrophysicist Norman K. Glendenning discusses his book about the Big Bang and its aftermath, After the Beginning: A Cosmic Journey through Space and Time.
STACEY’S BOOKSTORE
581 Market St., SF. (415) 421-4687 www.staceys.com
• Tues., Aug. 2, 12:30pm. Christopher Reich reads from The Patriot’s Club as part of the store’s Mystery Circle event.
CODY’S
2454 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. (800) 995-1180 www.codysbooks.com
These readings all begin at 7:30pm.
• Fri., Aug. 5. Kia Afcari and Mary Osborne read from Sister Surfer: A Woman’s Guide to Surfing with Bliss and Courage.
• Wed., Aug. 10. John Irving reads from Until I Find You
• Wed., Aug. 24. Chuck Klosterman reads from Killing Yourself to Live
• Tues., Aug. 30. Karen Fisher reads from A Sudden Country
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