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BROADWAY BOOKS
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Portland, OR 97232
503-284-1726
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October 2009 Events
Monday, October 5, at 7 pm: Tonight we are pleased to welcome Emily Doskow to Broadway Books to discuss ways we can live more sustainably by sharing resources of all kinds -- sharing a car with a neighbor, sharing yard space for food cultivation, starting a tool lending library, forming cohousing or childcare co-ops, and more. Doskow, with co-author Janelle Orsi, is the author of The Sharing Solution: How to Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Build Community, recently published by Nolo. Many people would like to share resources but don't know how -- or where -- to start. The Sharing Solution is a timely, practical, and legal guide that explains how to create and maintain successful sharing arrangments while addressing common concerns about liability, communication, and more. You can read more about the authors and their ideas at their website. Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and The End of Nature, had this to say about the book: "It's possible that someone has published a more timely book, but I've never seen it. For a planet dealing with economic crisis and ecological limit, sharing is not only the right and moral solution, it's the necessary (and charming) one as well." Please join us for this important and informative discussion.
Tuesday, October 13, at 7 pm: Sarah Baker Munro, author of the recently published book Timberline Lodge: The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon, joins us tonight to talk about the beauty and history of our own historical treasure -- a National Landmark since 1977 --Timberline Lodge. The book, published by local Timber Press, is illustrated with historical photos and stunning new color photos by Aaron Johnson. In compiling this gorgeous book, historian Munro drew on oral histories, personal correspondence, and rare documents from public and private archives. The book also presents biographical sketches of nearly 60 artists and describes more than 250 works of art in the Timberline collection.
Monday, October 19, at 7 pm: Tonight we are joined by two Northwest poets, Laurie Lamon and Michele Glazer, who will read from their works. Glazer, who lives in Portland, received her MFA from the University of Iowa and is currently a professor of creative writing at Portland State University. She is the author of two collections of poetry: Aggregate of Disturbances and It Is Hard to Look at What We Came to Think We'd Come to See. Lamon, who received her doctorate from the University of Utah, is currently a professor of English at Whitworth University in Spokane. Her second collection of poetry, Without Wings, has just been released by CavanKerry Press. Her first collection was The Fork Without Hunger.
We hope to see you on Monday, October 26, at the 23rd Annual Oregon Book Awards Ceremony, to be held this year at the Gerding Theatre at the Armory at 7:30 pm and hosted by Tom Bissell. Tickets are $17.50 and are available from brownpapertickets. Help us celebrate great writing by Oregon authors!
Tuesday, October 27, at 7 pm: George Wright will be here tonight to read from his newest novel, Driving to Vernonia. The story is told by Edmund Kirby-Smith, who is approaching his fiftieth birthday. Just when his life should be at its peak, he loses everything. With compassion and daring, Wright explores one man's loss of self and chronicles his journey to reconnect with his past and reclaim what is there. Driving to Vernonia is a penetrating story of deprivation, laced with love and anger, violence and self-discovery. Wright is also the author of the Oregon Trio: Baker City 1948, Tillamook 1952, and Roseburg 1959 -- three novels set in small-town Oregon in the forties and fifties.
Sunday, October 18
Come on down to the Irvington Farmer's Market today to join us for a book signing by Martha Holmberg, Oregonian Foodday and MIX editor. Martha will be signing copies of her newest book, Puff, from 1 to 3 pm. The book features flaky, crunchy delicious appetizers, entrees and desserts made with puff pastry. Yummy!!
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