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Gene
Hackman & Daniel Lenihan |
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 Friday
6.04 11:30am Marshall Fields
Barbara's
Bookstore and Marshall Fields are happy to announce a special,
unique event, a Q & A with author Daniel Lenihan, and
his partner-in-writing Gene Hackman. They will be discussing
their latest work JUSTICE FOR NONE. Mr. Hackman will not
be signing any memorabilia. Please call 312.781.3033 for
further details. |
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The
Writer's Bus / Don Moss |
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 Saturday
6.05 2:00pm UIC
In
the spirit of the open road, popularized by Kerouac, Kesey
and Hunter S.Thompson, the Great
American Writing Road Trip Adventure undergoes a challenging task: encouraging
aspiring writers and helping them to get published, and
to promote writing workshops. On hand will be Don Moss,
author of WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL, to offer expert advice
and encouragement. |
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 Saturday
6.05 7:00pm Oak Park
Everybody
loves David Sedaris, and the only thing better than reading
one of his hilarious books - such as his newest, DRESS
YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM - is hearing him live.
Tasha Robinson, associate editor of the Onion AV Club,
will be on hand to give Mr. Sedaris the introduction he
deserves. Call 708.848.9140 for more information. |
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 Tuesday
6.08 7:30pm Oak Park
Just
in time for Father's Day comes FALLING BACKWARDS : Stories
of Fathers and Daughters, nineteen vivid and compelling
short stories that explore this often charged but tender
relationship. Contributing writer Steve (Candyfreak, My
Life in Heavy Metal) Almond will be reading from his story "The
Human Problem of Consumption." |
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 Wednesday
6.09 7:30pm Oak Park
Slow
is the new fast. We live in the age of speed. The world
around us moves faster than ever before. We strain to be
more efficient, to cram more into each minute, hour, day.
In his new book, IN PRAISE OF SLOWNESS, Carl Honore, a
leading light in the slow food movement, investigates our
increasingly breathless relationship with time and the
consequences of living in our accelerated culture. |
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 Thursday
6.10 7:30pm Oak Park
"About
New York" columnist for the New York Times, Dan Barry
has produced a beautiful work about a place that is normally
dismissed as anything but. A generational memoir of the
American suburbs, PULL ME UP transforms the tract home
into a castle of lyricism, and a son's memories into a
transcendent tale of family love. |
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 Thursday
6.10 7:30pm UIC
Imagine
a world where the normal lifespan is 150 years, where vital
organs are replaced by spares, and after death your consciousness
will live on forever in cyberspace. As we grow closer to
this world the image of Frankenstein cannot be far from
our thoughts. In GOLEMS AMONG US, Byron Sherwin traces
the Jewish legend of the golem and examines how it can
help us come to terms with the biotech century. |
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 Tuesday
6.15 7:30pm UIC
A
jock and a nerd fall in love senior year, only to be parted
after a summer of discovery by college and life. Both end
up with great lives, careers, and loves- but something
is missing. Bestselling author Steve (Last Days of Summer)
Kluger brings us a touching, funny novel about a guy putting
it all on the line to find the man he lost , in ALMOST
LIKE BEING IN LOVE. |
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 Wednesday
6.16 7:30pm Oak Park
Approximately
25 million people have died of AIDS. No longer the problem
of a single nation, or even continent, this pandemic is
refashioning societies and politics. Spreading rapidly
in 'next wave' countries the disease is poised to have
an even greater impact in the next few years. In his groundbreaking
history, THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE, Greg Behrman unearths and
explores the key players and events that have led us to
this place. |
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 Thursday
6.17 7:30pm UIC
Welcome
to Grosse Point, MI, where social rank is determined by
the age of your money and the dryness of your martini.
New girl Emma must prove herself by negotiating the innate
but inescapable rules of life in the burbs. Sarah Grace
McCandless's GROSSE POINTE GIRL takes a walk down memory
lane so universally resonant that the pages might as well
be cribbed from your very own yearbook. |
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 Thursday
6.17 7:30pm Oak Park
Christopher
(Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff) Moore is one of the
funniest novelists of our time, and probably any other.
And, apparently, he also knows a thing or two about whales.
Weirdness only gets weirder in his tale of marine biologists
in love, and nonhuman intelligence - FLUKE : Or, I Know
Why the Winged Whale Sings. |
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 Wednesday
6.23 7:30pm Oak Park
"Wine
is not to fear or revere, but to enjoy" says Leslie
Sbrocco, wine expert. In WINE FOR WOMEN, Sbrocco scraps
the stuffy wine-speak and deals with what we really want
to know. Confused between Chardonney and Champagne? Think
little black dress versus sequins. And Pinot Gris? Think
your wine wardrobe's basic jeans. It can be that easy. |
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The
George Bush Coloring Book |
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 Wednesday
6.23 7:30pm UIC
Drawing
from the imaginative quotes of our own President, THE GEORGE
BUSH COLORING BOOK visualizes his words in the form of
a coloring book by illustrator Karen Ocker. Select artists
will have work on hand showing their personal interpretations
of these great moments of presidential history. |
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 Thursday
6.24 7:30pm Oak Park
2003
National Book Award finalist EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN
author Marianne (John Dollar) Wiggins has penned an epic
of love and dangerous scientific endeavors. The Miami Herald
called this grand novel "Rare and startling, shimmering
with luminous language and a confident understanding of
the capacity of faith and love." |
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 Tuesday
6.29 7:30pm Oak Park
With
her eagerly awaited second novel, COAL RUN, Tawni (Back
Roads) O'Dell takes us back to the coal mines of western
Pennsylvania, a territory she renders with striking authenticity.
This is the story of a beloved native son's fall from grace,
return home, and bumbling but noble effort to make things
right, written with O'Dell's characteristic insight and
humor. |
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 Wednesday
6.30 7:30pm UIC
Barbara's
Bookstore and RDR publishing Troubled Travel writing contest
is back, offering some writer with talent and a really,
really bad travel story to tell, a chance to see their
misfortune in print in the next edition of the popular
I Should Have Just Stayed Home series. Call Barbara's UIC
at 312.413.2665 for the rules and regulations. |
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 Wednesday
6.30 7:30pm Oak Park
Hilarious
and moving, a masterful debut novel about a Milwaukee immigrant
family's secret history. Warm, intelligent and beautifully
written, THE TURK AND MY MOTHER immerses the reader in
the sheer, indulgent pleasure of storytelling. A symphony
of forbidden love and inevitable death that is sure to
win the hearts of a large audience. |
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STORIES
ON STAGE
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It's
Just Your Imagination |
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Tuesday,
June 8 @ 7:30 pm
All performances take place at the
Museum of Contemporary Art.
Tickets can be purchased by calling
the MCA box office at 312.397.4010
Tuesday through Sunday.
Abigail
Deser directs stories about people who are living
in a world of their own creation including the James
Thurber classic "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "Notes
to My Biographer" by Adam Haslett from You Are
Not a Stranger Here, finalist for both the Pulitzer
Prize and the National Book Award. Deser joined the
Stories on Stage artistic team in 2000. She is a
three-time finalist for the Joseph Jefferson Award
for Best Director, and has directed for Steppenwolf,
Roadworks, and The Ojai Playwright's Conference. |
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June
2004 Book Recommendations & Events Calendar