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In This Newsletter:
Barbara Leff - Tuesday, October 4 at 7 PM
Charles Mann - Wednesday, October 5 at 7 PM
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BARBARA LEFF
And God Said...A Brief History of Creation
Tuesday, October 4 at 7 PM
Meet San Francisco poet Barbara Leff, who will read from her debut collection. In And God Said... Leff retells the familiar sagas of Adam and Eve, Abraham, Noah, Lot's Wife, and more. She melds traditional Judaic sources with personal insights and a vivid imagination in verse that is both witty and provocative.
Barbara Leff's And God Said… is a brilliant retelling of The Book of Genesis, one of the foundational texts of Western culture. — Alan Shapiro
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CHARLES MANN
1493
Wednesday, October 5 at 7 PM
Join us for a reading with the author of the bestselling 1491 – which won the National Academies Communication Award - and in which Mann has argued that recent findings show that in the Western Hemisphere, pre-Columbian society was more sophisticated and diverse than we've been led to believe.
In his new book, 1493, Mann discusses what happened after Columbus hit land, which began the greatest exchange of flora and fauna ever witnessed and created a whole new world - the one we know today.
Focusing on ecology and economics, Mann provides a spellbinding account of how an unplanned collision of unfamiliar animals, vegetables, minerals and diseases produced unforeseen wealth, misery, social upheaval and the modern world. — Kirkus Reviews
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More upcoming events:
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MARY ROACH and JON MOOALLEM
The Best American Science and Nature Writing
Tuesday, October 11 at 7 PM
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LAURIE BARKIN
The Comfort Garden
Tuesday, October 18 at 7 PM
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JENNIFER ARNOLD
In a Dog's Heart
Wednesday, October 19 at 7 PM
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RACHAEL HERRON
A Life in Stitches and Wishes & Stitches
Thursday, October 20 at 7 PM
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EMILY LEIDER
Myrna Loy
Thursday, October 27 at 7 PM
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ANNIE BARROWS
Ivy & Bean: No News is Good News
Sunday, November 13 at 11 AM
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ALAN KAUFMAN
Drunken Angel
Tuesday, November 15 at 7 PM
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