Reader's Lounge:
CALENDAR OF BOOK SIGNINGS
New Books from Chet Cunningham
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FEBRUARY
February 21 (Tuesday, 6:30 pm) — The San Diego County Library is partnering with the San Diego chapter of the Romance Writers of America to bring romance authors to local libraries. Lee, Noel, Blain, Kessler, Cassi Carver and Teresa Carpenter will be at the Santee Library, 9225 Carlton Hills Blvd., No. 17.
February 21 (Tuesday, 7:00 pm) — An evening featuring local Jewish Poets Reading followed by a half hour of open mike readings. This month we welcome local poets Ida Deichaite, Joan Kurland and Bonnie Baron reading the poetry of her late mother, Gertrude Rubin.
Bring your poetry, read it, sing it or just listen. At the Samuel & Rebecca Astor Judaica Library. Admission Free. Please RSVP to 858-362-1150 or susanh@lfjcc.com.
February 23 (Thursday, 7:00 pm) — Stan Levenson and Sid Shapira, Memoirs and Memories. In his book When Brooklyn Was Heaven, World-renowned fundraising guru Stan Levenson takes readers on a loving and carefree thirty-year journey -- propelled solely by his own determination and sheer chutzpah – starting in Depression era Brooklyn and continuing a lifestyle that crisscrossed the continent and the globe helping students, parents, and teachers. Levenson provides a fascinating account of those Brooklyn neighborhoods so rich in culture and history and of his own rise from being a poor, fatherless kid during the Great Depression to becoming a world renowned fundraiser helping schools and school districts around the world reap millions of dollars in grants and gifts.
Sid Shapira, the creator of Stories Be Told, will discuss his process of creating family histories. Stories to Be Told is geared toward people who want to share a gift – their life story – with their children, grandchildren and future generations. There’s nothing quite like giving people a glimpse into the past than through the eyes of the person who experienced it firsthand. It’s a wonderful way to preserve family history and traditions.
At the Samuel & Rebecca Astor Judaica Library. $8/JCC Member; $10/Non-Member.
February 2 (Friday, noon) — Adventure with Jennifer Niven at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Mysterious Galaxy is proud to be partnering with Adventures by the Book for an exciting off-site event at the San Diego Air & Space Museum with author Jennifer Niven. For reservations and information, please visit their website. If you cannot make the event, but would like a signed copy, contact the San Diego store, at (858) 268-4747.
February 25 (Saturday, noon) — Young Readers Group. The Mysterious Galaxy Young Readers Book Group is aimed at readers ages 7 to 13 who want to explore new books and meet new friends in a casual and fun setting. Join us to enjoy readings, discussions and art projects as we decide as a group what will be the most fun for all.
Our spotlight book on February 25 will be Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes. Our goal is to create a home for young readers who are dedicated to books and loyal to independent booksellers. They are, after all, our future. Using our store as a hub for this new endeavor, we hope to promote literacy and community to our younger customers and their families.
Please contact Elizabeth in store at (858) 268-4747, by email at elizabeth@mystgalaxy.com or drop by the store if you have any questions.
February 25 (Saturday, 1:00 pm) — The San Diego County Library is partnering with the San Diego chapter of the Romance Writers of America to bring romance authors to local libraries. Authors Jill Limber, Lee, Noel and Blain will be at the La Mesa City Council Chambers, located next door to the La Mesa Library, at 8130 Allison Ave.
February 25 (Saturday, 10 am to 3 pm) — La Mesa Readers and Writers Festival. Do you have the “write stuff to be a novelist or nonfiction writer?” Want to learn about the literary world or meet local authors? From romance writing to knights and chivalry, from political figures to an e-book publishing expert, you’ll find it all at the first annual La Mesa Readers and Writers Festival.
This informative event will be held at the La Mesa Library, 8074 Allison Avenue, La Mesa to usher in the city's Centennial celebration.
February 27 (Monday, 4:30-6:00 pm) —
UCSD's New Writing Series is excited to announce an upcoming reading by
Jaap Blonk. This reading will take place at the Visual Arts Facility: Performance Space.
Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Holland) is a self-taught composer, performer, and poet. He was the founder and leader of the long-standing
bands Splinks (modern jazz, 1983-1999) and BRAAXTAAL (avant-rock,
1987-2005). He also has his own record label, Kontrans, featuring a total
of 15 releases so far. Other Blonk recordings appeared on Staalplaat,
Basta and VICTO.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information and directions:
http://literature.ucsd.edu/news-info/events/new-writing series/index.html or contact: Franciszka Voeltz: lvoeltz@ucsd.edu or Rachel Taylor:rlt001@ucsd.edu.
MARCH
March 2 — (Friday, 4:30 pm) UCSD's New Writing Series is excited to
announce an upcoming reading from CHARLES BERNSTEIN.
The reading will take place in theSuess Room on the 2nd floor of the
Geisel Library.
Charles Bernstein is author of Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays& Inventions (University of Chicago Press, 2011), All the Whiskey in Heaven:
Selected Poems (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2010), Blind Witness: Three
American Operas (Factory School, 2008); Girly Man (Chicago Press, 2006),
and My Way: Speeches and Poems (Chicago, 1999). From 1978-1981 he
co-edited, with Bruce Andrews. L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine. In the 1990s, he
co-founded and directed the Poetics Program at the State University of New
York – Buffalo. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is
co-director of PennSound.
This event is FREE and open to the public! For more information and
directions: http://literature.ucsd.edu/news-info/events/new-writing-series or
contact: Franciszka Voeltz: lvoeltz@ucsd.edu or Rachel Taylor: rtl001@ucsd.edu
March 3 (Saturday, 7:00 pm) Renowned theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss will discuss his new book A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something from Nothing at D.G.Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue , La Jolla , 858-456-1800, www.dgwillsbooks.com. Professor Krauss will be introduced by Roger Bingham of The Science Network.
Lawrence M. Krauss is a renowned cosmologist and science popularizer, and is Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University . Hailed by Scientific American as a rare public intellectual, he is also the author of more than three hundred scientific publications and nine books, including the international bestseller The Physics of Star Trek, and his recent Quantum Man: Richard Feynman’s Life in Science. He received his PhD from MIT in 1982, then joined the Society of Fellows at Harvard University , was a professor at Yale University and Chair of the Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University before taking his present position. Internationally known for his work in theoretical physics, he is the winner of numerous international awards, and is the only physicist to have received major awards from all three US physics societies, the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics, and the American Association of Physics Teachers. Krauss is also a commentator and essayist for newspapers such as the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, has written regular columns for New Scientist and Scientific American and appears regularly on radio and television. He is one of the few scientists to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, and is also active in issues of science and society. He serves as co-chair of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and on the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Scientists.
March 7 (Wednesday, 7:00 pm) — Book Group Meeting at the Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Book to be discussed is The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
Mysterious Galaxy's San Diego Book Discussion Group meets on Wednesday nights at the store. (Tuesdays during the summer.) Participation is open to all readers; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend.
March 10 (Saturday 2:30pm) Kafka’s Last Love Adventures by the Book, in partnership with The Westgate Hotel, presents the inaugural Ladies Literary Tea Adventure , with acclaimed local author and SDSU Kafka Project Director Kathi Diamant, at The Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Avenue, San Diego 92101. This is a ticketed event ($40 per person) that includes an elegant afternoon tea at the Westgate, together with a book discussion and signing, Q&A, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate setting. Books will be available for sale at the event.
About the Book: A gripping literary detective story, Kafka’s Last Love is the remarkable story of a woman who was by the side of literary giant Franz Kafka at the end of his life. Kathi Diamant draws upon original interviews, never-before-seen material from Gestapo archives, and Dora’s recently discovered notebooks, diary, and letters to bring to light the amazing woman who captured Kafka’s heart and kept his literary flame alive for decades.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com.
March 11 (Sunday, 1:00 - 2:30 pm)
Type: Free Workshop
Date: Sunday, March 11, 2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:30pm
Title: Exploring the One-Breath Poem: Discovering Your Haiku-Mind
Info: Overview of the Haiku genre concentrating on the elements of contemporary English Language
Leader: Billie Dee, Co-founder of Haiku San Diego
(http://haikusandiego.com)
Place: Open Door Books
4761 Cass Street, San Diego, CA 92109
858.270.8642
www.opendoorbks.com
March 19 (Monday) Adventures by the Book, in partnership with Ladies, Lunch & Literacy, and the International Rescue Committee, presents a Book of Jonas Dinner Adventure with critically-acclaimed debut author Stephen Dau, at 5:00pm, at the International Rescue Committee, 5348 University Avenue, San Diego 92105. This is a ticketed event ($60 per person or $95 per couple to share one book) that includes a signed first edition hardcover book, an informal authentic ethnic dinner, presentation by the IRC, author discussion, Q&A, and signing, a donation to the IRC, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate and authentic setting. Books provided courtesy of Mysterious Galaxy.
About the Book: Jonas is 15 when his family is killed during an errant U.S. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. With the help of an international rescue organization, he is sent to the U.S., where he struggles to assimilate. Told in spare, evocative prose, The Book of Jonas is about memory, the terrible choices made during war, and what happens when foreign disaster spears at our own doorstep. It is a rate and virtuosic novel from an exciting new writer to watch.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com. For review copies or to interview the author, please contact Brian Ulicky at (212) 366-2937 or at brian.ulicky@us.penguingroup.com.
APRIL
April 20 (Friday, 7:00 pm) Noted Port Townsend, Washington poet Norman Schaefer will read from his new book The Sunny Top of California: Sierra Nevada Poems and a Story; and noted New Mexico poet John Brandi will read from his new book Seeding the Cosmos: New and Selected Haiku on Friday at 7 P.M., 20 April 2012 at D.G.Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 858-456-1800 www.dgwillsbooks.com.
Norman Schaefer has been a laborer and gardener, climber, and expert Sierra Nevada backpacker for over twenty years. But more than that he is a unique poet. He sat in on one of my early poetry workshops when I was teaching at UC Davis in the early 90s, and after the first year I told him, “You’re good enough now to keep going on your own and leave other influences behind.” He has stayed in touch with me though and kept me up on his long mountain trips and also his writing. We did a poetry reading together one time in Davis where we each read West Coast mountain poems. I have seen his work become more compressed, refined, and intense over time. Many of his poems show the influence of Chinese classical poetry and a bit of Han-shan, the “ColdMountain” poet. Even so they all have Schaefer’s own stamp. Part of his uniqueness is the modesty and underlying humor woven through the poems. He is a mountain lover without showy piety or bravado.
John Brandi, a native of Southern California, grew up traveling the Big Sur coast, the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the Mojave Desert. Then he joined the Peace Corps, worked with Andean farmers in their struggle for civil liberties and land rights, and began publishing his poetry in hand-sewn mimeograph editions as part of the “do-it-yourself” phenomenon that preceded the alternative-press movement. Returning to North America, he met Beat Generation poets Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, and Allen Ginsberg while living in California, and in 1971 moved to New Mexico. He still resides there, living in the northern mountains with his wife, poet Renée Gregorio. During Brandi’s early years in the Southwest, he traveled with Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki, and compiled That Back Road In, the first of his many memorable poetry collections. He stayed alive by teaching as an itinerant poet and in 1979 received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.
April 29 (Sunday) Adventures by the Book, in partnership with the Junior League of San Diego, presents a Fancy Nancy Tea Adventure with beloved New York Times bestselling children’s illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser, at 12:30pm, at The Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Avenue, San Diego 92101. This is a ticketed event ($39 per adult, $49 per child to include a signed book) that includes an elegant afternoon tea created especially for the young attendees, a signed book for all children, a reading, Q&A, and signing by the author, a donation to the Junior League of San Diego, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in an intimate setting. Books will be available for sale at the event courtesy of Yellow Book Road.
About the Book: Fancy Nancy is known to millions of little girls for her dazzling wardrobe, her impressive vocab and her fondness for anything French. In Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet, Fancy Nancy and her best friend are thrilled to perform in their first ballet recital but, alas, they do not win the coveted starring role. Is there a way to bring fancy flair to their un-stupendous roles? Tiny tutu-wearing fans will delight in this sweet theatrical story, complete with more fancy words and creative fun from everyone’s favorite fancy girl.
For more information regarding the event, please contact Susan McBeth at (619) 300-2532 or at susan@adventuresbythebook.com.
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