Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/reading_tonight_193 There are three readings tonight. The first two are for very specialized tastes. At Elliott Bay Book Company, Arkadi Kuhlmann, who is the founding CEO of a "Canadian Internet-based direct bank," will be talking about being the founding CEO of a Canadian Internet-based direct bank. Maybe he'll have some insight on President-Elect Obama's* press conference on financial issues, which is coming up this afternoon. And at 1:30, on the UW campus, Eric Hershberg, who is a "specialist on the comparative politics of Latin America and on the politics of development," reads from his new book, The International Context and... Copyright 2008 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:22:15 -0800 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:48:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by j.lee I am a fan of Merwyn, but $25? Really? I guess gone are the days when events like this were "free" at "bookstores," unless the admission price includes a signed copy of his latest work.

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Just a heads up that another event is taking place at the U-bookstore... I've been asked (along with a few other booksellers) to show up for an impromptu panel after/before...

Friday • November 7 • 6:30pm
Film Screening of Paperback Dreams with Alex Beckstead

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