12:00 PM – Jon Talton: The Pain Nurse
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
[Economics journalist Talton now lives in Seattle; you can read his columns and analysis in the Seattle Times.] Cincinnati critical care nurse Cheryl Beth Williams becomes a suspect when the doctor is found dead in her secluded office – Cheryl Beth had been having an affair with the doctor’s husband. Retired homicide det. Will Borders is recovering from surgery and, from what he’s noticed about the crime, it appears a serial killer case that he thought he’d closed years before has reopened itself.
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1:30 PM – George Pelecanos: The Way Home
SPL University Branch
Called “the most literary of America’s crime writers,” George Pelecanos digs deeper into the psyche’s and motivations of his characters than most would even consider doing. It’s that ambition that has made him as acclaimed as he is. His new book is about a father and his grown son, and the consequences of that son’s hard-won familiarity with trouble of all kinds. It’s the kind of book one would expect from one of the writers and producers of HBO’s ground-breaking series, The Wire.
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2:00 PM – Contemporary African American Writing: Panel Discussion
Northwest African American Museum
A panel discussion with Christopher Jackson (Spiegel & Grau senior editor), Dawn Davis (Amistad editorial director), Ta-Nehisi Coates, Attica Locke, Rick Simonson (Elliott Bay Book Co.), and Paul Yamazaki (CityLights Bookstore). This event is part of the Seattle Public Library’s “2009 Seattle Reads Series,” this year featuring Nancy Rawles’ My Jim.
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2:30 PM – Karol Brown: A Visit with Harriet Tubman
SPL High Point Branch
“[A]n engaging, spellbinding portrayal that includes songs and stories containing messages of hope, unity and brotherly love.”
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4:00 PM – Poets West: Open Mic
SPL Green Lake Branch
Poets West has programs with open mike sessions on the first three Saturdays of May.
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7:30 PM – Eugene Peterson: “Intently Haphazard”
University Presbyterian Church
Image Journal has awarded the 2009 Denise Levertov award to Eugene Paterson, Image contributor and author of The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language. Peterson will give read and give a presentation, with a reception to follow.
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