Arts Shelley Jackson reading tonight
If you’re not camping out at the Block Party all evening, swing by Elliott Bay Book Company at 7:30 PM tonight for the reading by former Seattle resident Shelley Jackson. Jackson hasn’t been through town since I profiled her last year for Bumbershoot, and this time, she’s promoting her debut novel (finally!), Half-Life, about conjoined twins Nora and Blanche, who are not happy with each other, and seek out a mysterious service called “the Divorce.” Jackson is a delightful reader—she reviewed her 2002 reading at Elliott Bay for our Books section
There's no better way to show the the islamo-terrorists we will not change our American way of life than to go out and have fun. Go to the book reading, a silly movie, your favorite bar, or a baseball game. The high-low culture blend of The Stranger reminds me that no matter what happens in the world, there's also Lindsay Lohan gossip and The Simpsons to distract me.