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Friday, January 29, 2010

Books Reading Tonight: Christians, Iranians, Violence, and Love

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:21 AM

There's a bunch of readings tonight.

Elliott Bay Book Company hosts Mike O'Connor. Unnecessary Talking is a collection of autobiographical sketches by the poet and translator of Chinese literature. If you're into autobiography and you're Christian, the editor of Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical reads with a few other authors at Seattle Pacific University.

There are two issue-based readings tonight. At Town Hall, there's a lecture titled "Working with Violent Youth," in which Dr. Stuart Twemlow talks about the "psychological and physical impact of violence." At New Freeway Hall, Kamran Sharifi, an "Iranian social justice activist," and Monica Hill, who is a "feminist journalist," will discuss current Iranian events with Hill,

But the reading of the night is at Miro Tea in Ballard. John Bowe has edited a Studs Terkel-like book of interviews about love. It's titled Us: Americans Talk about Love. I've read this book, and it's really charming. The interviews are arranged by how long the couples have been together, so if you want to read an interview with a cute older couple, for instance, you flip to the back. If you've had a bad week, this reading could make it better.

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.