ARLIE HOCHSCHILD Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Tuesday, January 10 at 7 PM
Meet National Book Award Finalist and sociologist Arlie Hochschild, who will share her exploration of our national political and cultural divides by immersing herself in the anti-government tea party culture so foreign to her own beliefs. She traveled from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country--a stronghold of the conservative right.
"Satisfying. [Hochschild’s] analysis is overdue at a time when questions of policy and legislation and even fact have all but vanished from the public discourse."- The New York Review of Books
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JON BOILARD Settright Road (in conversation with Ethel Rohan)
Thursday, January 19 at 7 PM
Jon Boilard, Northern California Book Award Finalist, will discuss his new short story collection with Ethel Rohan, author of The Weight of Him. Boilard’s stories, set in and around a string of busted Massachusetts mill towns during the cocaine-fueled 1980s, "…have the brevity, sharp focus, and corrosive anger of good punk rock." - Kirkus Reviews
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WILL SCHWALBE Books for Living
Wednesday, January 25 at 7 PM
Join us for an evening with Will Schwalbe, author of the New York Times bestselling book, The End of Your Life Book Club. He will share his new book, a delightful celebration of reading, and his quest for books that speak to the specific challenges of living in our modern world. He focuses on the way certain books can help us honor those we ve loved and lost, and also figure out how to live each day more fully.
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More Upcoming Events:
MATT RICHTEL Runaway Booger (at the West Portal Library)
Saturday, February 4th at 11:00 AM * *Please note special time & location
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ALAN BURDICK Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation (Co-sponsored by Wonderfest)
Thursday, February 9th at 7 PM
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DEBORAH CROMBIE Garden of Lamentations
Tuesday, February 21st at 7 PM
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ETHEL ROHAN The Weight of Him
Monday, November 21 at 7 PM
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