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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Books Reading Today

Posted by Paul Constant on Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:13 AM

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There are a lot of different things doing on today.

Elliott Bay is hosting what appears to be a mini-food conference. In the early afternoon, Shannon Borg, Lora Lea Misterly, Kären Jurgensen & Harley Soltes, who are the authors of Chefs on the Farm: Recipes and Inspiration from the Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts sign their book and discuss operating the aforementioned tongue-twister of an institution. And then in the later afternoon, William Emery & Scott Squire discuss their journeys with "guerilla farmers, butchers, beekeepers" and other such Che Guevaras of food in Edges of Bounty: Adventures in the Edible Valley.

Up at Third Place Books, Jean Haner reads and signs Wisdom of Your Face, a book whose title appeals to the narcissist in you. I'd like to take this opportunity to request a five-year moratorium on the word "wisdom" appearing in book titles. Between this book and The Wisdom of Teenagers, I think we've lost track of what the word means.

And at Seattle Public LIbrary, Linda Medley, who is the writer and artist behind the excellent fantasy comic Castle Waiting (and this is coming from somebody who hates fantasy), will be reading and talking to aspiring cartoonists as part of Seattle Public LIbrary's Comixtravaganza celebration. Medley is a rare gem and you should go get informed by her. This is the reading of the day.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.

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I thought people were only supposed to acquire wisdom once they had grandchildren.

Posted by E on January 31, 2009 at 11:21 AM

I don't think this was what you were going for, but the phrase "and this is coming from somebody who hates fantasy" makes me significantly less likely to take your word for something fantasy-related. Why would someone who hates the genre be remotely qualified to pass judgement on it?

(this is balanced off by the fact that Castle Waiting actually is good, but as far as I can tell, that's just a coincidence)

Posted by Monty on January 31, 2009 at 11:42 AM

Most fantasy is underbaked and blurry. Medley's books are clear and wonderful.
Stick around after her talk for the Slide Rule show, won't you? It'll be fun -- dramatic and horrifying and funny and you'll learn a new song to sing.

Posted by --MC on January 31, 2009 at 11:44 AM

Paul,

Please allow me to copy-edit you:

"There are a lot of gifferent thinds going on togay."

Posted by Cookie W. Monster on January 31, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Oh man, I wish I knew Medley would be in town. I would have made the effort to pull my CW comics out of storage and ride the ferry over to Seattle just to see her and get her signature. (This is coming from someone who owns an embarrassing number of comics and has never once had one signed.) *wistful sigh*

Posted by Kristi in Kitsap on February 1, 2009 at 1:24 AM