Readings, signings, and other events vaguely literary for Sunday, March 1, 2009
2:00 PM – Gary White: Hall Brothers Shipbuilders
Abraxus Books
The author will discuss what it’s like to research a book for 35 years. 35 years! Can you believe that?
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4:00 PM – Yu Hua: Brothers
Elliott Bay Book Co.
“Yu’s unflinching narrative, by turns tragic and hilarious, shows ordinary lives being broken down and built up again. Whether Baldy Li is peddling scraps or using Sun Tzu’s war tactics to court the village beauty, Hua weaves the common thread of humanity through all his actions and desires. By the last page, the novel has imparted a whole world of histories and personalities that are difficult to forget.” Publisher’s Weekly 01/09
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6:00 PM – Holly M. Barker: Consequential Damages of Nuclear War: The Rongelap Report
Mockingbird Books
Barker is the former senior advisor to the Republic of the Marshall Islands Ambassador to the United States, and now teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. She’s also written Bravo for the Marshallese: Regaining Control in a Post-Nuclear, Post-Colonial World. In other words, she’s not only a wonk, she’s an activist. Woo!
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7:00 PM – Red Sky Poetry Reunion
Richard Hugo House, Cabaret, $5.00
A tribute to the late Irene Drennan, with Esther Helfgott, Priscilla Long, Denise Calvetti-Michaels, Anne Sweet and Diane Westergaard.
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