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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Reading Tonight

posted by on March 4 at 10:00 AM

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Oh, boy. Let’s get down to it:

At Town Hall, we have a sort of Pakistan 101 lecture, headed by Ethan Casey, and someone who follows the events in Pakistan “very closely.”

At the Nordic Heritage Center, Barbara Sjoholm is reading from her new book The Palace of the Snow Queen: Winter Travels in Lapland. There will also be slides. I have never found slides to be that entertaining, but if you like travel slides, this will be the event for you. Since reading Vendela Vida’s last book, which I can’t seem to stop talking about, I’ve been obsessed with Lapland though, and so should you: It seems like a magical place, if a little on the cold side.

Up at Third Place, Jonathan Javitt, the former Chair of President Bush’s Health Subcommittee of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (say that five times fast) and a vocal hater of genetically modified foods, reads from his new GMO thriller, Capitol Reflections.

At Elliott Bay Book Company, Terese Svoboda reads from Black Glasses Like Clark Kent: A GI’s Secret from Postwar Japan.

And at the University Heights Center, wherever that is, Ed Pavlic reads from Winners Have Yet to be Announced: A Song for Donny Hathaway, a collection of poems about a 70s soul singer. Any book of poetry about a soul singer automatically has to be my pick for the best reading of the night. Somebody find out where the University Heights Center is, stat!

Full listing of readings, including the next week or so, here.

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University Heights is the old grammar school turned community center in the middle of the U Dist. --- about 50th and U. Ave. - Big bldg, circa 1910 - giant parking lot

Posted by John | March 4, 2008 10:12 AM
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By the farmer's market.

Posted by Katelyn | March 4, 2008 10:33 AM
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GMO thriller, really? Or am I too sleepy to register sarcasm?

Posted by Aislinn | March 4, 2008 10:39 AM
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I love that books & readings are getting more coverage on the blog, but wish you'd try to focus on letting us know which ones you recommend.

Posted by josh | March 4, 2008 11:29 AM
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Hey josh @4. Thanks for the kind words, but what part of best reading of the night doesn't sound like a recommendation? Unless you thought I was being sarcastic, in which case: Sorry. I wasn't being sarcastic. Also, we've got stars on the recommended readings on the calendar page, which is always linked to at the end of the post. Some nights, as with Saturday last weekend, there's nothing I'd send my worst enemy to: I'll try to be clearer about those days. Thanks for reading.

Posted by Paul Constant | March 4, 2008 1:34 PM

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