Monday, January 5, 2009
Books Reading Tonight
Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:19 AM
It's the first real reading of 2009 tonight!
Mo Yan ("The wild man of Chinese fiction") appears at the Seattle Public Library's Central Branch tonight, on his first tour of the US, with his new novel, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. It's a novel that satirizes Chairman Mao's policy and legacy. Mo Yan has written other novels, including the great Big Breasts & Wide Hips, which is readily available in paperback if you want to give him a shot. This will be a bilingual reading. How is a Chinese novelist able to satirize China and stay a Chinese novelist? "Mo Yan" is a pseudonym, roughly translated to "Don't Speak." Which gets this stuck in my head:
Also, Melissa Rossi reads at Town Hall from What Every American Should Know About the Middle East. Rossi is a former Seattle Weekly writer, but she wrote for the Weekly back in the early 90s, so this book might be all right.
There are also two open mics.
The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.
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