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MAGGIE Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan "Green Island is written from the point of view of young girl, born the day of her father's arrest and disappearance in late-40s Taiwan. Her father was taken to prison for ten years and survives only because he can work as a doctor. She, her mother, and her siblings move … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
In The Required Reading Revisited Book Club we focus on books considered “Required Reading” by most educational institutions, i.e. books you read (or were supposed to read) in school – either high school or university. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke Our October Required Reading title was the 1973 science-fiction classic Rendezvous With Rama. In the later … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited Book Club – November
The human mind can't always be trusted. The objective world - light, sound, touch - is filtered through our perceptions to form our version of reality and, if the filter isn't quite screwed on tight enough, or the holes in the mesh are a little too big, they might just allow in gigantic, soul crushing … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory Flies Over The Cuckoo’s Nest With THE DEVIL IN SILVER!
This month's featured fiction from Covered w/ Fur is Two Stories by Kiik A.K. The first story, All Your Sweet Babes, is about a farm of stray dogs. The second, The Season of Hair, is about very long hair. But really, they are both about Asian American relocation and internment during the second world war. The … Continue reading weekend reading
We're inching closer and closer to the arrival of Elvis Costello--now only 4 days away! Costello will be here at BookPeople to speak about his new memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, in conversation with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune. We’re counting down the days to the October 20th event by looking back at Costello’s life … Continue reading #CountdowntoCostello: 4 DAYS LEFT!
Throughout his massive debut novel, City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg quotes some killer songs from the '70s as he unleashes a kaleidoscopic, multi-character plot that includes two suburban teenagers tempted by New York City's 1976 punk scene. We've gathered these songs together and turned them into our Friday playlist! Here they are for your musical (and literary) pleasure: "Marquee Moon" … Continue reading CITY ON FIRE Playlist
Only 5 days away! Elvis Costello will be here at BookPeople to speak about his new memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, in conversation with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune. We’re counting down the days to the October 20th event by looking back at Costello’s life in music. Throughout his career, Costello has teamed up with tons … Continue reading #CountdowntoCostello: 5 Days Left!
MOLLY The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander "I'm only a chapter in, but I can already tell this book is IMPORTANT. Alexander lucidly traces the history of slavery and Jim Crow down to the mass incarceration of young black men today, and describes a civil and human rights crisis that has been shockingly ignored in … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
I was present last year for this epic event, which included Marlon James (who just won the Man Booker prize!) and Marie-Helene Bertino as contestants, and David Yow of The Jesus Lizard as a judge. This year is going to be even more epic! Contestants Gwendolyn Zepeda, Helen Philipps, David Crabb, & Kirk Lynn will have their literary merits, performance … Continue reading Literary Death Match – October 17th @ The North Door!
New in Hardcover City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg “...a big, stunning first novel and an amazing virtual reality machine, whisking us back to New York City in the 1970s, that gritty, graffitied era when the city tottered on the brink of bankruptcy, when the Bronx was burning and Central Park was a shabby … Continue reading New Books! 10/13/15
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