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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Books Reading Tonight: Bang!

Posted by on Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:18 AM

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We have a reading about warships in Bellevue, a novel about a young woman who "discovers her latent ability with a butterfly net and her attraction to a handsome young ranger" at Third Place Books, and three other readings tonight.

Jeffrey Siger is reading from his book Assassins in Athens at Seattle Mystery Bookshop today at noon. Siger is a former lawyer, and is a thriller written by a former lawyer has never been done before in the history of literature, so you'll want to show up and show your support for this brave pioneer.

Castalia rolls around again at the Richard Hugo House. This is the UW creative writing program reading series. Students will read, and so will UW alumna Rebecca Hoogs, who is a very fine poet. We ran one of her poems in the Poetry Chain a while back.

And Elliott Bay Book Company hosts Mary Jo Bang tonight. The Bride of E is a collection of poetry by an author who made the New York Times Notable Book list a couple years back with her previous book. If you would like to read something by Ms. Bang, I suggest starting with this poem from The New Yorker; it's a lovely, slightly challenging but ultimately very rewarding poem.

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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What happened to the poetry chain? Will it ever come back?
Posted by Barker on February 2, 2010 at 10:55 AM

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