Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_181 There's a hell of a lot going on tonight, including a story about ice-bound explorers, sustainable housing, and a cocktail party for a cookbook up at Third Place Books the Women’s University Club, and many others that I'm about to tell you all about right now. At Seattle Public Library, it's time for the Washington State Book Awards, which I rather cruelly described in the reading calendar as "the Oscars of the Washington state literary community—without all the glamor, good looks, or excitement." But really, how many chances to get to an awards ceremony do you have in any... Copyright 2008 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:18:14 -0800 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:12:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Uncle Vinny I wish Bailey-Coy had more readings, and there was a way I could be notified about them. Instead, I have to look for the phrase "Bailey Coy" in every Paul Constant post, to make sure I don't miss 'em.

]]> Uncle Vinny http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_181#c1180613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_181#c1180613 Books Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:16:57 -0800 Comment by ohbalto Jonathan Carroll is one of my top five authors. I've given out no less than thirty copies of his first book, The Land of Laughs, as gifts.

Reading Carroll is a transformative experience. You see the world through his eyes and it is an optimistic, magical world.

Highly recommended.

]]> ohbalto http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_181#c1180783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/reading_tonight_181#c1180783 Books Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:12:21 -0800