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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Books Reading Tonight

Posted by on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:22 AM

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We have a local author, an advocate for women in Tibet, and a woman who rowed the Atlantic reading today. And then we have other readings, too.

At Pilot Books, Joey Comeau reads. He is reportedly a "transgressive fiction writer" and he is factually the co-creator of A Softer World.

Monte Schulz, the son of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, reads from This Side of Jordan, a novel that is the "first of a planned trilogy on America’s Jazz Age" at Third Place Books tonight.

And at University Book Store, Sarah Vowell, who is the cutest human being on earth, reads from her new-in-paperback book The Wordy Shipmates. Pardon me whilst I swoon. Ashley Wearly reviewed this book for us last year:

I've always loved the absurdity of history—if for nothing else, than for my own self- preservation. Dwelling on the absurd aspects of the past keeps us from being overwhelmed by the depressing aspects, and it seems reasonable that stomaching the morally questionable rise of modern civilization requires some perspective. Fortunately, nobody understands this necessity better than Sarah Vowell. She approaches the brutal stories of America with equal parts morbidity and joie de vivre.

Any of these three readings would be a fine reading of the night.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here. And if you're planning on staying in and you're looking for personalized book recommendations, feel free to tell me the books you like and ask me what to read next over at Questionland.

 

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I can't get past her massive underbite. She is quite funny though, and that counts for something.
Posted by j.lee on October 13, 2009 at 11:42 AM
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Is Vowel austistic? She was painfully awkward on the Daily Show...
Posted by just askin, is all on October 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM

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