Literature Search
Jack Skillingstead, Ted Kosmatka
Tues May 28 at 7 pm.Reading
Skillingstead's Seattle-based sci-fi novel is titled Life on the Preservation. Kosmatka's Prophet of Bones is a sci-fi novel about an archaeologist who discovers the world is more than six thousand years old. Free.
Matthew Simmons
Tues May 28 at 7 pm.Reading
If you’ve attended his readings, you know Matthew Simmons is one of Seattle’s best short-story writers. Problem is, his published output has been slim—just one excellent novella and a tiny chapbook of stories about one-man death metal bands—but today that all changes with the publication of a collection titled Happy Rock. Any chance to hear Simmons read his own funny, intelligent stories about awkward lonely people and the roadside attractions they love is cause for celebration, so this launch party for Happy Rock ought to be a goddamned citywide holiday. Free.
Ryan McIlvain
Tues May 28 at 7 pm.Reading
Elders is a novel about Mormons by an author who resigned the Mormon church. Free.
Heather Christo
Tues May 28 at 7 pm.Reading
Heather Christo's Generous Table is a book about cooking for lots of people. Free.
Qais Akbar Omar
Tues May 28 at 7 pm.Reading
Omar's new memoir is titled A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story. Free.
Liner Notes 9 Marvin Gaye-What's Going On with featured poet Paulie Lipman
Wed May 29 at 8 pm.Reading
Nine poets were each assigned a song poets from Marvin Gaye's album What's Going On. Tonight, they'll perform new work in response to those songs. This is a neat idea for a reading. $5.
Sherri Brooks Vinton
Wed May 29 at 6 pm.Reading
Put 'em Up! Fruit: A Preserving Guide and Cookbook has 80 recipes in it. Free.
Jussi Adler-Olson
Wed May 29 at 7 pm.Reading
A message in a bottle figures into the mystery titled A Conspiracy of Faith. Free.
John Medina, William Bell: Fostering Young Brains
Wed May 29 at 7:30 pm.Reading
The authors of Brain Rules for Baby will discuss how to make your surroundings into an environment that is conducive for the growth of a child's brains. The oncoming zombie apocalypse would like you to raise your children using the rules in this books, because bigger brains are more delicious brains. $5.
UW Science Now: Makrand Sinha: P vs. NP: The Limits of Computers AND Jingda Wu: NCQD: Print Your Own Solar Cells
Thurs May 30 at 6 pm.Reading
This is a discussion about complex problems and whether computers will ever be able to solve them, paired with a discussion about solar cells. $5.
Anchee Min
Thurs May 30 at 7 pm.Reading
Red Azalea was Min's breakout memoir. It's a book that is loved by many. Her followup memoir, The Cooked Seed, has a steep hill to climb. It's about her arrival in America and what happened after. Free.
Rebecca Hoogs
Thurs May 30 at 7 pm.Reading
Self-Storage is the first full-length collection of poetry from Hoogs, which seems kind of crazy, because she's been reading her very good poetry all around town forever. She's joined by fellow poets Kevin Craft, Rachel Kessler, Sierra Nelson, and Jason Whitmarsh to celebrate her publication. Free.
Jaron Lanier
Thurs May 30 at 7:30 pm.Reading
If you missed Jaron Lanier’s manifesto You Are Not a Gadget, you really have some catching up to do. The book, which imagines a more humane internet, was praised by people as diverse as engineers, software designers, Zadie Smith, and me. Now Lanier has returned with a new book titled Who Owns the Future?, and he’s giving a talk about how digital technology can save our economy. This one is not to be missed. $5.
Katherine Pryor
Thurs May 30 at 4 pm.Reading
A picky kid is the star of Sylvia’s Spinach. She doesn't want to eat her goddamned vegetables, no matter how hard her goddamned parents work to put goddamned food on the goddamned table. Free.
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Sherri Brooks Vinton: Put ‘Em Up Fruit
Thurs May 30 at 6:30 pm.Reading
Put 'em Up! Fruit: A Preserving Guide and Cookbook has 80 recipes in it. Free.
Terry Brooks
Thurs May 30 at 7 pm.Reading
Here's a title for you: Bloodfire Quest: The Dark Legacy of Shannara. Free.
BOOST: Poetry to Uplift Your Spirits (A Benefit for Tara Hardy)
Fri May 31 at 7 pm.Reading
Beloved local author Tara Hardy is suffering from a medical condition that requires "a rigorous two-year treatment, the cost of which, not covered by health insurance is $18,000 per year." So this fundraiser features local authors Cedar Adison Smith, Sara Brickman, Karen Finneyfrock, Dorothy Kent, Lisa Slater, and Casey Tonnelly, among others. If we had a single payer health plan in this country, we wouldn't need to throw events like this. But we don't, and so we do. $15 advance, $20 door, $100 reserved seat.
Interrupture Presents: Trope Opera
Fri May 31 at 7:30 pm.Reading
The fabulous experimental poetry group presents Trope Opera, which they describe as "the days of our lives as the world turns, as rendered by interpretations of Freud, pop psychology, and the republic of dreams." Sounds mimetic! Free.
Woody Tasch, Carol Peppe Hewitt
Fri May 31 at 5 pm.Reading
This is a reading with the authors of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money and Financing Our Foodshed. $5.
Gerard LaSalle
Fri May 31 at 6 pm.Reading
Widow Walk is a novel about the Pacific Northwest in the 19th century. Free.
Abigail Tarttelin
Fri May 31 at 7 pm.Reading
Tarttelin's Golden Boy is a novel about a beloved, seemingly perfect son who is secretly intersex. Free.
Emma Brockes
Fri May 31 at 7 pm.Reading
John Berendt calls She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me a "harrowing tale of murder and incest." Free.
Gianna Angelopoulos
Fri May 31 at 7 pm.Reading
My Greek Drama: Life, Love and One Woman's Olympic Effort to Bring Glory to Her Country is a book by the person in charge of the Olympic games in Athens. $5.
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