Salutations!
Tonight we have a
special book club meeting with the author, Sarah Willis. Then our annual
fiction sale slides into the Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, September 5th,
when ALL BOOKS will be 20% off. It only happens twice a year, so get
ready for the big day. We’ve been shelving and rearranging like crazy --
even created a new biography section! – and we’re ready for you.
Recent Acquisitions
·
tons of Architecture
books, including colonial American, early European modern, etc.
·
a huge collection of bird
books
·
new and improved biography
section with some interesting famous and not-so-famous people
·
Little Golden Book: 5 Pennies to Spend
·
a nice vintage copy of Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague
·
new fall releases including books by Dan Chaon, Pat Conroy, Stieg Larsson, Thomas Pynchon,
Carlos Ruiz Zafon…
Praise
the Unsung Book Club
Sarah Willis: Some
Things That Stay
Thursday, August 27, 7pm
~ fourth Thursdays ~
Sarah Willis' first novel
features Tamara Anderson, 15 years old in 1954, who comes of age within an
unconventional family struggling in an era of social conformity. Her father is
a landscape painter, so the family (including Tamara's younger siblings,
Robert, 11, and Megan, 7) moves every year, living in furnished houses from
Georgia to Idaho to Maine, owning only what can fit in a trailer. Stuart and
Liz, Tamara's parents, met when Liz modeled nude for art classes, with Stuart
defying his family to marry the woman who had flirted with the Communist Party.
Now they are determined to bring up their children as atheists, teaching them
evolution and carefully explaining sexuality and reproduction.
Sarah Willis is a Cleveland native and employee of Loganberry Books, and she'll
be present to discuss her work with us. Join us, and the author!, as we
discuss Some Things That Stay.
Do you have favorites to recommend for future meetings? Come suggest
them, and join us for future book club meetings, too.
Special
Concert
Kathleen Calby
Re-Sounding Joy:
Gem Crystal & Tibetan Singing Bowls
Wednesday, September 2, 7pm
Kathleen Calby plays Tibetan
bowls in a kind of musical massage for your senses. She’ll begin with a
brief intro about the bowls, their history and use, and then give a 40-minute
performance. Q&A will follow. $10 admission.
Annex Gallery
Susan Vincent: Plants in My House
Thursday, September 3, 6-8pm
~ first Thursdays ~
Susan will be displaying new work, both drawings and
watercolor paintings. These paintings are detailed, representational
still-lives that document her stand-in family. Mostly small-scale, these
intimate portraits celebrate the imperfections and minute detail of the
houseplants occupying Susan’s home. Come meet Susan, and her green
friends. Annex
Gallery show continues through September 28.
Gene's Jazz Hot
Thursday, September 10,
7-9pm
~ second Thursdays ~
A couple who have not been talking to each other for
more than a year go to a marriage counselor for help. The husband tells
the counselor that they have been married for 15 years and lately the
relationship has deteriorated to the point that they never speak a word to each
other. The counselor asks them to wait a minute while she goes to fetch
something. She returns with a double bass and begins to play. In no
time at all the husband starts talking to the wife. “Darling, do you
remember that night in Hawaii?” The counselor continues playing. “Yes,”
replies the wife dreamily. “Under a full moon. It was wonderful.” After
five more minutes the couple are reminiscing, happily and cuddling like a pair
of love birds. “This is marvellous!” says the husband, “It's a miracle!
How did you get us to talk to each other?” “During the bass solo, everybody
talks,” came the reply. da-da-bing! Yes, there is little good music
cannot cure. Come tap your toes with Gene’s Jazz Hot.
Donations, as
always, gratefully accepted for the band.
Stump the Bookseller Selection of the
month
G528: Garden, girl, pond, school, grandfather
1920-1945, childrens. I once owned this book but
can't remember the name or author. It was green hardcover and about and inch or
two thick 6 x 8 book. I remember the young girl felt alone and would stop at
pond in the woods on her way home from school.
N.O.B.S. Forums
Suzanne DeGaetano: Small Press in the Bookstore
Thursday, September 17, 7pm
~ third Thursdays ~
Suzanne DeGaetano from Mac's Backs-Books on Coventry
will talk about small press publications in the bookstore. Most of us
have heard of City Lights Publishers or Coffee House Press, but what about Chin
Music Press or Two Dollar Radio? Chin Music has developed a reputation
for gorgeous book design and Two Dollar Radio is an Ohio small press that
publishes contemporary literary fiction. There are also local literary
presses that have made a national impact, such as Bottom Dog Press,
deepcleveland and Green Panda Press. Green Panda's one of a kind designs
have become very collectible. There are dozens of important small press
imprints to look for when you shop for books----come and hear more about them.
$3 suggested
donation.
Book Clubs
Praise the Unsung Book Club
A.S. Byatt: Possession
Thursday, September 24, 7pm
~ fourth Thursdays ~
Part historical as well as contemporary fiction, the
title Possession refers to issues
of ownership and independence between lovers, the practice of collecting
historically significant cultural artifacts, and to the possession that a biographer
feels of their subject. The novel incorporates many different styles and
devices: diaries, letters and poetry, in addition to third-person narration. Possession is as concerned with the
present day as it is with the Victorian era, pointing out the differences
between the two time periods satirizing such things as modern academia and
mating rituals. It is a romance, a mystery, a historical novel, a nerdy
academic bluestocking satire, and downright page-turning fun. Kid you
not; read it and join us for the book club meeting.
Austeniana Book Club
Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
Thursday, September 24, 7pm
~ fourth Thursdays ~
The Austiana Club resumes this month with the most
famous Jane Austen novel of all: Pride and Prejudice. After a year
reading biographies, spin-offs and sequels, it's time to return to the source
of the inspiration. Following this kick-off, we'll proceed through the
other five novels in chronological published order. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single
man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife…”
peace,
Harriett
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