12:00 PM – Poetry Appreciation Group
SPL Central Library
Join fellow poetry lovers to read and discuss poems.
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6:30 PM – Andrea Helman: Caribou Crossing: Animals of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Fremont Place Books
This charming picture book takes young readers on a trip to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place like no other: cold, remote, dark, and frigid. But there’s another side to the refuge, one that is bright, colorful, and teeming with wildlife. It’s an undisturbed land where the plants and animals depend on the environment and each other for survival. There are no trails into this pristine place. Caribou Crossing is an excellent way to teach children about flora and fauna, featuring beautiful photographs and fun facts about 23 animals from the refuge, from bearded seals to beluga whales. [Source: Sasquatch Books]
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7:00 PM – Daniel James Brown: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
UW Bookstore, U-District
The story of the Donner party is one of those American stories that people think they know, but often understand only a little about. Local author Daniel James Brown studied the history exhaustively, and produced this book, an account from the perspective of a young bride who survived the tragic journey of a group of settlers bound for California. [Source: UW Bookstore]
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7:30 PM – Carol Levin: Red Rooms and Others
Open Books
Levin’s work has been published in numerous journals and other venues, including The Massachusetts Review, Third Coast, The Seattle Review, The Pedestal Magazine, and The Centrifugal Eye. Her poetry has been set as a choral work by composer Carol Sams, and she has collaborated in the translation of Chekhov plays. Ms. Levin teaches the Alexander Technique in Seattle. [Source: Open Books]
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7:30 PM – Christine Hale: Basil’s Dream
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Inspired in part by the author’s years living as an ex-pat in Bermuda, Basil’s Dream also conveys some complicated truths about contemporary life on the island colony. Christine Hale currently teaches in Murray State University’s MFA program. “Christine Hale is an extraordinarily gifted writer, as Basil’s Dream so eloquently testifies. Her moral vision is as clear and unblinking as the fine eye she trains on Bermuda, in all its paradoxical beauty and poverty, its landscape of privilege and thwarted dreams.” – Richard Russo. [Source: Elliott Bay Books]
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7:30 PM – Mattias Klum: Borneo: Paradise Under Siege
Benaroya Hall
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium
One of the most highly regarded natural history photographers, whose advocacy on behalf of biodiversity earned him a medal from the King of Sweden and designation as a 2008 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Mattias Klum has a special passion for Borneo. He has spent 20 years exploring its unique flora and fauna and producing magazine articles, books, and documentary films. [Source: ???]
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7:30 PM – Peter Ward: The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?
Pacific Science Center, $5
This book is a compelling argument against James Lovelock and the Gaia hypothesis. In it, UW professor Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life’s relationship with the Earth’s biosphere, one that has frightening implications for our future yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record, he argues that life might be its own worst enemy, a view that stands in stark contrast to Gaia. Ward instead invokes Medea, the mythical mother who killed her own children. Could life by its very nature threaten its own existence? Part of the Seattle Science Lectures. Sponsored by Town Hall, Pacific Science Center, and University Book Store. [Source: UW Bookstore]
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