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Joshua Berman will speak about and sign his book, Moon Belize.

T.A. Barron will talk about and sign his book MERLIN'S DRAGON: DOOMRAGA'S REVENGE.

Ballerinas from Boulder Ballet's production of THE NUTCRACKER will be reading the popular children's book.

Bron Taylor will talk about and sign his book DARK GREEN RELIGION.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is very excited to welcome Mark Weiss to the shop to discuss and sign the anthology of poetry he edited, The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry.
Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally ... (more)large for so small a country. This landmark volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written over the past sixty years. Presented in a beautiful Spanish-English en face edition, The Whole Island makes available the astonishing achievement of a wide range of Cuban poets, including such well-known figures as Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, and Nancy Morejón, but also poets widely read in Spanish who remain almost unknown to the English-speaking world - among them Fina García Marruz, José Kozer, Raúl Hernández Novás, and Ángel Escobar-and poets born since the Revolution, like Rogelio Saunders, Omar Pérez, Alessandra Molina, and Javier Marimón. The translations, almost all of them new, convey the intensity and beauty of the accompanying Spanish originals. With their work deeply rooted in Cuban culture, many of these poets - both on and off the island - have been at the center of the political and social changes of this tempestuous period. The poems offered here constitute an essential source for understanding the literature and culture of Cuba, its diaspora, and the Caribbean at large, and provide an unparalleled perspective on what it means to be Cuban.

Ruth Carol Cushman & Stephen Jones will speak about and sign their new book, Wild Boulder County.

Please arrive at 7:00pm; event starts at 7:30pm. Tickets are free with photo ID (required for security). This event will include a reading from Risus Sardonicus, a slideshow, Q&A, and a book signing. Refreshments will be served.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present David Swanson as he discusses and signs his new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.
Swanson holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and ... (more)as a communications director, with jobs including press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

Helen Thorpe will speak about and sign her book, Just Like Us.

Miriam Murcutt and Richard Starks will talk about and sign their book ALONG THE RIVER THAT FLOWS UPHILL.

Silvia Pettem will speak about and sign her book SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER.

Barbara Mahler will speak about and sign her book, The Hole in the Sky.

Kathy Pike will speak about and sign her new book, Hope...From the Heart of Horses.

Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month with a night of poetry readings by ERIN LEWENAUER and MATTHEW NIENOW, followed by a brief discussion about publishing a first book.

James Dziezyski will speak & sign BEST SUMMIT HIKES IN COLORADO. This distinctive guide makes it easy to select exactly the right hike for the right day, the right mood, and the right companions.

NICK HEIL will speak & sign DARK SUMMIT: THE TRUE STORY OF EVEREST'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL SEASON.

Peter Calhoun will speak and sign SOUL ON FIRE.

Kim Lipker will speak and sign DAY AND OVERNIGHT HIKES: ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.

HOWARD GOLDBLATT will speak and sign his translation of the book WOLF TOTEM. Howard Goldblatt is the foremost translator of modern and contemporary Chinese literature in the West.

Maggie Sefton will speak and sign DYER CONSEQUENCES.

Alan Apt will speak and sign AFOOT AND AFIELD: DENVER/BOULDER & COLORADO'S FRONT RANGE.

The Malibu Book Group will be reading and discussing Liars' Club by Mary Karr. This event is free and all are welcome to attend.

As reports funnel in from around the globe documenting the deterioration of the environment as well as widespread poverty, and more, a lack of urgency in public policy can be disheartening. "The Tactics of Hope" addresses these frustrations, by profiling the heroic deeds of 30 socially-conscious players ... (more)on the world-stage. Contributor Mark Gerzon is the author of numerous books, and President of Mediators Foundation, a non-profit incubator of conflict resolution projects.

David Wroblewski will speak & sign THE STORY OF EDGAR SANTELLE.

Carol Grever will speak and sign WHEN YOUR SPOUSE COMES OUT.

Horst Rechelbacher will speak and sign MINDING YOUR BUSINESS: PROFITS THAT RESTORE THE PLANET.

JAMIE KORNGOLD will speak & sign GOD IN THE WILDERNESS: REDISCOVERING THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS WITH THE ADVENTURE RABBI.

Thomas Wolf will speak and sign ARTHUR CARHART: WILDERNESS PROPHET.

De Gramont's chilling novel, "Gossip of the Starlings." is a portrait of an adolescent girl so thoroughly seduced by a peer that she willingly follows her to ruin. Caught in a world that is both appealing and astonishing, these young women are sexual beings with the minds of teenagers: willful, selfish, ... (more)daring, and cruel—all the while believing they're utterly indestructible.

We will be discussing "Emma" by Jane Austen.

Jill Tietjen & Charlotte Waisman will speak and sign HER STORY: A TIMELINE OF THE WOMEN WHO CHANGED AMERICA.

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche will speak and sign LIGHT COMES THROUGH.

Book Group #1 meets to discuss James Kelman's Booker Prize winning novel, How Late It Was, How Late.
For more on James Kelman, click here

William McKeen will speak and sign OUTLAW JOURNALIST.

Robert Thurman will speak and sign WHY THE DALAI LAMA MATTERS.

Noelle Oxenhandler will speak and sign THE WISHING YEAR.

Lucinda Franks will speak and sign MY FATHER'S SECRET WAR.

PHILLIP MOFFIT will speak & sign DANCING WITH LIFE: BUDDHIST INSIGHTS FOR FINDING MEANING AND JOY IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING.

Stefan Fatsis will speak and sign A FEW SECONDS OF PANIC.

Diana DeGette will speak and sign SEX, SCIENCE, AND STEM CELLS.

Linda Hogan will speak and sign PEOPLE OF THE WHALE.

Sheryl Kayne will speak and sign IMMERSION TRAVEL USA.

Phyllis Perry will speak and sign her new book, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.

Alison Wright will speak and sign LEARNING TO BREATHE.

Julia Alvarez will speak and sign ONCE UPON A QUINCEANERA.

Margaret Coel will speak and sign her new book, BLOOD MEMORY.

Daniel Levitin will speak and sign THE WORLD IN SIX SONGS.

Stacey O'Brien will speak and sign WESLEY THE OWL.

Steven Wingate will speak and sign WIFESHOPPING.

Mark Richardson will speak and sign his new book, ZEN & NOW.

Steven Pinker will speak and sign STUFF OF THOUGHT.

Watch author Ben Taylor interview Philip Roth in a live web broadcast interview. Boulder Book Store is excited to be one of the few bookstores in the country that was chosen to stream this webcast.

Tickets are $34.95 and include a signed, first edition copy of Indignation. Tickets are limited, so ... (more)purchase yours now at the Boulder Book Store or by calling 303-447-2074.

This month Farley's Book Club will be reading Jose Saramago's Blindness. As usual, please meet in the back room of Farley's for stimulating discussion and light refreshments!

DIESEL, A Bookstore is proud to say that former M*A*S*H star, Alan Alda, will be kicking off our event series at the new Brentwood store!! He'll be joining us to share more from his bestselling memoir, THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF, a book that is candid, wise, and as questioning as it ... (more)is inclusive. In it, Alda amuses and moves readers with his unique and hilarious meditations on questions great and small. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself is another superb Alan Alda performance, as inspiring and entertaining as the man himself.

2006 honors include his 32nd Emmy nomination and winning his sixth Emmy (!) for his appearance on West Wing (Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series) as well as the National Science Board’s Public Service Award, and his induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He has earned international recognition as an actor, writer and director. In addition to The Aviator, films include Crimes and Misdemeanors, Everyone Says I Love You, Flirting With Disaster, Manhattan Murder Mystery, And The Band Played On, Same Time, Next Year and California Suite, as well as The Seduction of Joe Tynan, which he wrote, and also The Four Seasons, Sweet Liberty, A New Life, and Betsy’s Wedding, all of which he wrote and directed.

** Please note that this event will take place in the outdoor courtyard of the new DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood, located at 225 W. 26th St.

For more information, please email events@dieselbookstore.com, or call (310) 456-9961.

James Forleo will speak and sign his book, HEALTH IS SIMPLE, DISEASE IS COMPLICATED.

John Elder Robinson will speak and sign LOOK ME IN THE EYE.

Brunonia Barry will speak and sign her new book, THE LACE READER.

John Shors will speak and sign his book, BESIDE A BURNING SEA.

David Roberts will speak and sign DEVIL'S GATE.

Out of the Book™ films generate conversation. They capture attention and engage imaginations by presenting authors as charismatic, compelling personalities through an artful combination of interviews, expert commentary, intriguing excerpts, original music, and striking cinematography.

Out of the Book, ... (more)Volume 3: State by State promises to be the most timely and topical installment to date. The 35-minute feature stars many of the book's most prominent contributors and will be screened in upwards of 100 cities and towns around America as the 2008 election approaches, serving as a catalyst for powerful conversation and personal connection in communities large and small.

As part of our 35th Anniversary Celebration, Neal Stephenson will speak and sign his new book, ANATHEM.

Tickets are free with the purchase of Anathem, or $8. Please note that Neal Stephenson will sign only one non-Anathem item for each copy of Anathem purchased at the store and signed at the event.
Tickets ... (more)may be purchased at the Boulder Book Store or by calling 303-447-2074.

Tom Kostigen will speak and sign his new book, YOU ARE HERE.

As part of our 35th Anniversary Celebration, Jon Scieszka, the 1st National Ambassador for Children’s Literature, will speak and sign his book, KNUCKLEHEAD.

As part of our 35th Anniversary Celebration, Neil Gaiman will speak and sign his new book, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK.

Tickets are $6 and may be purchased at the Boulder Book Store or by calling 303-447-2074. Neil Gaiman will be presigning copies of The Graveyard Book and, due to his travel schedule, will ... (more)be unable to sign books at the event.

As part of our 35th Anniversary Celebration, T.A. Barron will speak and sign his new book, MERLIN'S DRAGON.

Phillipa Gregory will speak and sign her new book, THE OTHER QUEEN.

Ron McLarty will speak and sign his book, ART IN AMERICA.

Join Diesel Bookstore for a green event with Van Jones, author of Green Collar Economy!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Van Jones is the founder and president of Green For All, based in Oakland. The mission is to help build an inclusive, green economy - strong enough to lift millions of people out of poverty. Van ... (more)is a tireless advocate, championing "green-collar jobs and opportunities" for disadvantaged people. He is committed to creating "green pathways out of poverty," while greatly expanding the coalition fighting global warming.

He's worked to combine solutions to America's two biggest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. Under the slogan "green-collar jobs, not jails," he is calling for green economic development in urban America.

As an advocate for the toughest urban constituencies and causes, he has won many honors, which include the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the international Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum "Young Global Leader," and the Rockefeller Foundation "Next Generation Leadership" Fellowship.

He's also served on the boards of numerous national environmental organizations. Presently, he is a board member of the National Apollo Alliance, which advocates for clean energy jobs. He is also a founding board member of 1Sky, a national coalition working to avert catastrophic climate change.

In 2007, Van helped the City of Oakland pass a "Green Jobs Corps" proposal; the City allocated funds to train Oakland residents in eco-friendly "green-collar jobs."

At the national level, Van worked successfully in 2007 with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-MASS) to pass the Green Jobs Act of 2007. That path-breaking, historic legislation authorized $125 million in funding to train 35,000 people a year in "green-collar jobs." Van is also a co-founder of a new national coalition that promotes the idea of a national "Clean Energy Jobs Corps." This multi-billion-dollar federal initiative would put hundreds of thousands of people to work rewiring and retrofitting the energy infrastructure of the United States.

In 2005, Van produced the "Social Equity Track" for the United Nations' World Environment Day celebration. UNWED 2005 drew dozens of mayors from around the world to San Francisco, where they developed policies promoting the concept of "Green Cities."

In 1996, Van co-founded (with Diana Frappier) the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, now located in Oakland, California. Named for an unsung civil rights heroine, the award-winning Center promotes alternatives to violence and incarceration. The Center, for which Van serves as board president, incubated Green For All in 2007 and spun it off in 2008.

His many media appearances includes the popular Peabody award-winning show, The Colbert Report.PURCHASE OF THE BOOK RESERVES YOU A SEAT AT THE EVENT!

Stephen McGhee wil speak and sign his book, LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE UNBELIEVABLE.

Join Clare Langley-Hawthorne at Diesel Bookstore as she presents the second book in her fantastic new historical mystery series! Featuring the strong, outspoken, intelligent and sassy Ursula Marlow, THE SERPENT AND THE SCORPION is a thrilling story of scandal and betrayal that's richly detailed and ... (more)action-packed.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Clare Langley-Hawthorne was raised in England and Australia. She practiced law in Melbourne until 1995 when she emigrated moved to the United States and began work as a health economist. Clare has since put her pursuit of a PhD on hold to focus on her career as a writer. She lives in the San Francisco bay area with her husband and twin sons. This is her second novel.

For more information, visit her web site at www.clarelangleyhawthorne.comPURCHASE OF THE BOOK RESERVES YOU A SEAT AT THE EVENT!

Greg Melville will speak and sign GREASY RIDER.

Phil Plait will speak and sign DEATH FROM THE SKIES.

Jonathan Goldman will speak and sign his book, THE 7 SECRETS OF SOUND HEALING.

Terry Tempest Williams will speak and sign FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD.

Event will be held at Boulder Theater. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at 303-786-7030 or www.bouldertheater.com.

Dave Isay will speak and sign his book, LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE.

Lucinda Franks will speak and sign MY FATHER'S SECRET WAR.

In these uncertain financial times, knowing what to do with your savings is imperative. Nashua, NH financial planner Mike Bonacorsi will be here to lead us through the minefield of investment as he presents his new book, "Retirement Readiness: Creating Your Vision, Knowing Your Position, & Preparing ... (more)for Your Future".

Kathy Nuzum will speak and sign THE LEANIN' DOG.

Ruth Wright will speak and sign her book, MACHU PICCHU REVEALED.

Join us for a Special Storytime Reading of The Nutcracker by Clara from the Boulder Ballet!
Sunday, November 16, 2:30pm

Come hear the Boulder Ballet ballerina who will be playing Clara read The Nutcracker, and participate in a raffle for tickets to the Boulder Ballet’s performances at Macky Auditorium ... (more)November 28-30.

Katherine Neville will speak and sign her book, THE FIRE.

Len Barron will speak about and show clips from his DVD, PORTRAITS OF EINSTEIN.

Wally Lamb will speak and sign THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED.

Harmon Leon will speak and sign THE AMERICAN DREAM.

John Henderson will speak and sign his book, AN AMERICAN GLADIATOR IN ROME.

Join us for an Inspiring Mother Voices Discussion Panel
featuring Shari MacDonald Strong, editor of The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the intersection of Motherhood & Social Change, Beth Osnes, co-founder of Mothers Acting Up and creator of The Mother Tour, and Amie Nelson, currently writing ... (more)Celebrating Mothers.

Marc Bekoff will speak and sign ANIMALS AT PLAY.

Join us for a special storytime with Lisa Marks, author of Appreciation Party.

Ingrid Law will speak and sign her book, SAVVY.

Critically-acclaimed debut children’s book illustrator Marc Jones will join us for storytime at Little Bookworms to sign copies of his critically-acclaimed picture book, Snow Party. Jones is in Sarasota on vacation; you do not want to miss this amazing Christmas opportunity.

Steve Knopper will speak and sign APPETITE FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION.

Barb Maiberger will speak and sign EMDR ESSENTIALS.

The Oakland Book Group #1 meets and discusses Call Me By Your Name. This event is open to the public and free to attend. Books will be available for purchase at the store.

Barbara Euser and Connie Burke will speak and sign VENTURING IN ITALY.

The Malibu Book Group meets and discusses Out Stealing Horses by Per Peterson. This event is open to the public and free to attend. Books will be available for purchase at the store.

Susann Taylor Shier will speak and sign SOUL RADIANCE.

Robert Zubrin will speak and sign HOW TO LIVE ON MARS.

Shining Mountain Waldorf School hosts author Rahima Baldwin at the Boulder Book Store.

Shining Mountain Waldorf School hosts author Rahima Baldwin, author of YOU ARE YOUR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER, at the Boulder Book Store. Rahima will present key ideas from her book and lead a discussion about the Waldorf approach to early childhood development. This event will launch a free eight-week study ... (more)group for parents curious about Waldorf education. For more information, please contact Laurie at 303-652-0130 x15 or Ellyn at 303-951-8579. Waldorf Schools would like to thank the many kindergartens and preschools who are sponsoring this event.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes back Susie Bright as she discusses and signs her newest collection of erotic literature, X: The Erotic Treasury. ABOUT THE BOOK:
If there's only room for one book on your bedside table, this should be it. The reigning mistress of erotica, Susie Bright, has expertly ... (more)chosen 40 of the hottest stories ever written: breathtaking new stories as well as the most sought-after stories from The Best American Erotica series. Designed in a "gotta-touch-it" slipcase with a cloth-covered book, the package cultivates the quality and taboo satisfaction of the ­stories themselves. Luminaries like Carol Queen and Robert Olen Butler contribute to the stories about all kinds of lovers: heartbreakers, foxes, maniacs, romanticists, hell-raisers, and utter bandits. This delicious collection is certain to satisfy.

Joseph Marshall will speak and sign THE POWER OF FOUR.

This month Farley's Book Club will be reading John Fowles's The Magus.
We will be meeting one week later than usual. As usual, please meet in the back room of Farley's for stimulating discussion and light refreshments!

Lalania Simone will speak and sign URBAN SOUL WARRIOR.

Jeffrey Robinson will speak and sign POEMS FOR THE MILLENNIUM, VOLUME 3.

Christian Lander will speak and sign STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE.

Mary Capone will speak and sign THE GLUTEN-FREE ITALIAN COOKBOOK.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome the award-winning author, Yiyun Li, as she discusses and signs her beautiful new novel, The Vagrants. The San Francisco Chronicle named Yiyun's previous book, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers the "Best Book of 2005", and her newest novel is set to ... (more)be just as intriguing. Don't miss your chance to meet this highly-acclaimed author as she presents her fantastic new novel!

Daniel Pinchbeck will speak and sign TOWARD 2012.

Mary Capone will speak and sign THE GLUTEN-FREE ITALIAN COOKBOOK.

Bring your knitting project and join hostess Patty Poisson for an informal evening of chatting, knitting and tea. Exquisite tea is generously provided by Danielle Beaudette of The Cozy Tea Cart in Brookline. (www.thecozyteacart.com). Please note that the group is open to all experienced knitters. They ... (more)meet on the 2nd Monday each month.

Alison Weir will speak and sign MISTRESS OF THE MONARCHY.

Joe Herzanek will speak and sign WHY DON'T THEY JUST QUIT?

Presented by the 15th Annual Robinson Jeffers Association Conference, Co-Sponsored by the Department of English, University of CO at Boulder.
Join us for a poetry reading with Reg Saner, author of The Dawn Collector.

Peterborough author and illustrators Becky Ances and Ryan Wilson will stop in to sign, discuss and perhaps draw in support of their new chapter book for early readers, "Sword of the Ramurai".

Join young adult author Sasha Watson for a workshop in writing wild and unusual love stories that go beyond your run of the mill romance. Registration fee is $35.00, and includes a copy of Watson's book, Vidalia In Paris. Sign-up forms are available at the Children's Desk, or you may email mandys@boulderbookstore.com. ... (more)The workshop will take place at Boulder Book Store and is open to ages 12 and up.

Temple Grandin will speak and sign ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN.

Master Zhi Gang Sha will speak and sign THE POWER OF THE SOUL.

Sasha Watson will speak and sign VIDALIA IN PARIS.

David Wolman will speak and sign RIGHTING THE MOTHER TONGUE.

Christopher Moore will speak and sign FOOL.

Won't you come for a spot of tea and snacks with VT author Chris Bohjalian; celebrating the release in paperback of his novel "Skeletons at the Feast". We expect quite a crowd, please call ahead to let us know you (and your book group?) are attending. Everyone is welcome to meet the NYT bestselling ... (more)author and take part in the chat!

DIESEL, A Bookstore is pleased to welcome San Francisco author & resident, Debra Gwartney as she joins us to discuss her remarkable story of love lost and regained. With four young daughters and a miserably failed marriage, Debra Gwartney made the decision to move halfway across the country to Oregon ... (more)for a new job and what she hoped will be a new life for herself and her daughters. The two oldest, Amanda, 15, and Stephanie, 13, are intensely linked, and come to blame their mother for the divorce, their absent father’s misery, and their family’s isolation. The two run off together — first to the streets of their own city, then jumping freight trains to Portland, then San Francisco, then utterly gone. LIVE THROUGH THIS: A Mother’s Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love is the story of Gwartney’s frantic effort to recover the beautiful, intelligent daughters she cherishes. She paints a vivid picture of the American runaway subculture, with its random violence, dangerous street drugs, and its patchwork of hidden shelters —none of them interested in a parent’s grief. Gwartney resorts to an ex-LA cop to find her daughters, then to foster families and a tough-love wilderness program to keep them from running again. This memoir takes place in the late 1990s and is a pitch-perfect rendering of the scene: from the hole-in-the-wall clubs happy to let in underage girls, to the cutting and the music, the Manic Panic hair color and black hoodies.

Dom Testa will speak and sign THE COMET'S CURSE.

Please join DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland for acclaimed author Daniyal Mueenuddin, as he reads and discusses his wonderful new collection of stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. Please note that this event starts earlier than normal, at 1 pm.

Local author Christina Sunley will host a book launch party for her new book, The Tricking of Freya. A beautifully-written debut novel that deftly weaves together Iceland’s distinctive history, ancient mythology, reverence for language, and passion for genealogy, The Tricking of Freya is a powerful ... (more)exploration of kinship, loss and redemption.About the Author:
Christina Sunley was born in New York City, raised on Long Island, and has lived for the past twenty years in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended Wesleyan University, got a BFA in Film from New York University, and received her Masters in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She currently works fulltime in the nonprofit sector.Christina grew up hearing stories about her Icelandic relatives and their journey to North America, following the 1875 volcanic eruption that decimated much of Iceland's farmland. To write The Tricking of Freya, she spent several years researching Icelandic history, mythology, and genealogy, including three trips to Iceland and a stint as writer-in-residence at Klaustriđ (The Monastery), a stone farmhouse in a remote area, near where her grandfather had lived.

Dan Baum will speak and sign NINE LIVES.

Stephen Mitchell will speak and sign THE SECOND BOOK OF THE TAO.

Tsultrim Allione will speak and sign Feeding Your Demons.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome Clive Matson to discuss and sign Mainline to the Heart. This event is free and all are welcome!
About the Book:
This new edition of Clive Matson’s early poems includes all of Diane di Prima’s “Poets Press” version -- 1,000 copies were sold ... (more)out in 1966-67 -- and adds significant uncollected pieces from the same period. At once obstreperous and innocent, these poems celebrate a place where emotion, sex, and religion come together with overwhelming intensity. In the 50s and 60s, Beat Generation writers were revisiting this edgy, full-blooded romantic tradition and Matson joined the exploration with youthful energy. But the quest was fraught with tension. Mainline to the Heart and Other Poems expresses a confluence of personal and historical forces. Clive Matson was coming of age at the same time the culture was at the height of its 1960s explosion. While the poems cast a sobering light on Beat exuberance, Matson’s vibrant imagery makes the personal, visionary, and sexual excitement impossible to deny.
About the Author:
Clive Matson arrived on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1960, a fresh-faced adolescent with a blank notebook under his arm. He quickly fell in with the Beat Generation – his first event was a reading at the Tenth Street Coffeehouse, where he met Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Diane di Prima. Matson and his first wife Erin Black immersed themselves in sex, hard drugs, and psychedelics of 1960s Bohemian life. Eventually Matson became overwhelmed and returned to the West Coast. He worked for Taxi Unlimited, a producers’ cooperative in Berkeley; briefly for the Free Clinic and for MOVE (men overcoming violence); and learned the craft of printing from Clifford Burke at Cranium Press. Psychotherapy, Vipassana meditation, and twelve-step programs became fixtures in his life. That Matson ultimately emerged drug-free and healthy gave him full appreciation for 1960s passion and honesty. These qualities are crucially important, he thinks, for the current era. “Coming to terms with my youthful, energetic voice has been a challenge,” he admits. “It helps that I hear, in these poems, both an urgent need to connect and full cognizance of the difficulties.” Mostly Matson writes from the itch in his body, and says he always has. He likes playing basketball, table tennis, and collecting minerals in the field. He lives in Oakland, California, where he helps bring up his eleven-year-old son, Ezra.

Marilyn Krysl and Mark Irwin will speak and sign Swear the Burning Vow and Tall If.

Joyce Lebra will speak and sign THE SCENT OF SAKE.

Judith Orloff will speak and sign EMOTIONAL FREEDOM.

Gordon Hempton will speak and sign ONE SQUARE INCH OF SILENCE.

Diane Mott Davidson will speak and sign Fatally Flaky.

We are pleased to welcome Michael Wertz, the illustrator of A Curious Collection of Cats. This event is free and all are welcome!About the Illustrator:
Wertz' images start with the pencil, always, and finish as digital collage, monoprints, and screen prints. His work has been recognized by Communication ... (more)Arts, American Illustration, and the Society of Illustrators. Michael lives and works in Oakland, California with his husband, musician and programmer Andrew Cowitt and their dog Olive.About the Book:The quirky ways of cats are exquisitely captured in more than thirty original visual poems. From acrobat-flipping to toilet-bowl-sipping, couch-scratching to dog-catching, this insightful collection celebrates the fickle feline in ways that any cat lover will appreciate.

Gaylon Ferguson will speak and sign his book, NATURAL WAKEFULNESS.

At the height of their career, just off their successful tour with Green Day, Pansy Division dropped by Lambda Rising’s DC bookstore, set up their instruments in our front window, and honored us and our customers with a raucous, rocking free concert. Now founding Pansy Jon Ginoli returns to Lambda ... (more)Rising to meet his fans, sign his new book, and maybe even play a song or two. Join us for this exciting event! The Inside Story of the First Openly Gay Pop-Punk Band Just a few short years ago, the stereotype for gay men involved loving disco and show tunes. Jon Ginoli decided to do something about it. Deflowered is Jon Ginoli’s journey of self-discovery, musical passion, and drive to become the founding member of Pansy Division, the first out and proud queer core punk rock band to hit the semi-big time. Set against the changing decades of music, we follow the band from their inception in San Francisco, to their search for a music label and a permanent drummer to their current status as indie rock icons. We see the highs--touring with Green Day--and the lows--homophobic fans--of striving for acceptance and success in the world of rock. Featuring behind-the-scenes photographs and replete with the requisite tales of sex, drugs, groupies, band fights and label battles, this rollicking memoir is also an impassioned account of staying true to the artistic vision of queer rock'n'roll. Jon Ginoli is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of Pansy Division, a punk rock band whose cd's include Undressed, Deflowered, Wish I'd Taken Pictures, and more. An Illinois native, he's played both dive bars and arenas, and his favorite color is purple. When not on tour with the band he lives and works in San Francisco.

This pocket-size guide profiles dozens of the most common fish and shellfish one might encounter at a sushi bar, details where and how they are caught, whether or not they are safe, and how they figure in the current fishery crisis. Written by a fishery and sustainability expert who was himself netted ... (more)long ago by the allure of Japanese cuisine, Sustainable Sushi offers simple, clear explanations of such topics as mercury and PCB levels, overfishing, and species extinction.

Robert Moss will speak and sign SECRET HISTORY OF DREAMING.

QUINCY WHITNEY discussing and signing THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE an intriguing compilation of 60 stories about unique New Hampshire history, many of which are “firsts in the nation”.

Michael Lux will speak and sign Progressive Revolution.

Michael Lux will speak and sign Progressive Revolution.

Robert McBrearty will speak and sign EPISODE.

Robert McBrearty will speak and sign EPISODE.

WENDELL SMITH introducing, reciting, and reading from MAXIMUM SECURITY WARD AND OTHER POEMS by RAMON GUTHRIE (1896-1973) one of the most truly original American poets of our century.

Laura Pritchett, editor of GOING GREEN, will speak about and sign the book along with contributors Jack Collum and Michelle Nijhuis.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome novelist John Wray to the store in celebration of his third novel, Lowboy. It has been garnering some generally excellent praise, and we are very excited for him to read, discuss and sign copies of his latest work!About the Author:
John Wray grew up ... (more)in Buffalo, New York, and in Friesach, a small town in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia. When he was a boy, his mother began reading Penguin Classics at a rate of exactly one per week, as a way to improve her English. One of his fondest memories of childhood is of having the entirety of The Pickwick Papers read to him at far too young an age, and understanding next to nothing, but loving the sound and mood of it regardless.
Wray’s first novel, The Right Hand of Sleep, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and won a Whiting Award in Fiction. For his second novel, Canaan’s Tongue, he traveled down the Mississippi from Memphis to New Orleans on a raft made out of Home Depot surplus, giving readings in towns along the way. This past year, Granta magazine selected him as one of the best American novelists under the age of thirty-five. For the last seven years, Wray has lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn, across the street from the Prospect Park Bandshell. He has no intention of moving.About the Book:
“Lowboy sucks you into the tunnels under New York City and doesn’t let you go until its perfect ending. Wray effortlessly portrays the cracked and distorted mind of his teenage hero. What a beguiling novel.” —Tim Pears, author of In the Place of Fallen Leaves “America’s most original young writer has given us a book for the ages. Compelling, compassionate, and deeply unsettling, Lowboy introduces us to the brilliant sixteen-year-old Will Heller, a hero as three-dimensional as any in recent fiction, a Holden Caulfield for our troubled times.” —Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook and Absurdistan

Gay Hendricks will speak and sign his book, THE BIG LEAP.

Woody Tasch will speak and sign Slow Money.

Jordan LaRousse and Samantha Sade will speak and sign OYSTERS AND CHOCOLATE.

David Whyte will speak and sign his new book, THE THREE MARRIAGES.

David Whyte will speak and sign his new book, THE THREE MARRIAGES.

Michael Perry will speak and sign Coop.

Lisa Jones will speak and sign BROKEN: A LOVE STORY.

Mark Obmascik will speak and sign Halfway to Heaven.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is delighted to present Columbia University Press author and local resident Siddharth Kara to discuss and sign his new book, Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. This event is free and all are welcome!About the Book:
Every year, millions of women and ... (more)children are abducted, deceived, seduced, or sold into forced prostitution, made to service hundreds if not thousands of men before being discarded. Generating huge profits for their exploiters, sex slaves form the backbone of one of the world's most profitable illicit enterprises, for unlike narcotics, which must be grown, harvested, refined, and packaged, the female body requires no such "processing" and can be repeatedly consumed. In this first-of-its-kind journey, Siddharth Kara investigates the mechanics of the global sex trafficking business across four continents and takes stock of its devastating human toll. Drawing on his background in finance and economics, Kara provides a rare business analysis of sex trafficking, focusing on the local drivers and global macroeconomic trends that gave rise to the industry after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kara supplements his analysis with a riveting account of this unconscionable industry, sharing the moving stories of victims and revealing the shocking conditions of their exploitation. The author will donate a portion of the proceeds from this book to the organization Free the Slaves.About the Author:Siddharth Kara is a former investment banker and business executive with an MBA from Columbia University. He set aside his corporate career to pursue anti-slavery research, advocacy, and writing, and, more recently, a law degree. He currently serves on the board of directors of Free the Slaves, an organization dedicated to abolishing slavery worldwide. In 2005 he was invited to testify on contemporary slavery to the United States Congressional Human Rights Committee.

Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce will speak and sign Wild Justice.

Daniel Goleman will speak and sign Ecological Intelligence.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is please to welcome store-favorite Barry Gifford to the shop to discuss and sign, The Imagination of the Heart: Book Seven of the Story of Sailor and Lula. This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend!About the Book:
The Imagination of the Heart is ... (more)the final chapter in the saga of Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune, the "Romeo and Juliet of the Deep South." Their story began in Barry Gifford's novel Wild at Heart, which in 1990 was made into a Palme d’Or–winning feature film by David Lynch. Following Sailor’s death at the age of sixty-five in New Orleans, Lula moved back to her home state of North Carolina. This novel begins fifteen years later when Lula, at age eighty, decides to write a memoir in diary form, reflecting on her life with Sailor while also keeping a journal describing her last road trip: a journey with Beany Thorn, her best friend since childhood, back to New Orleans.
Like a contemporary book of Revelations, dutifully recorded by Lula as a dialogue between self and soul, it becomes a bittersweet, often dangerous journey into the imagination of the heart, and what may lie beyond.About the Author:
The author of more than forty published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, Barry Gifford is an American writer in the European tradition, and one of the few contemporary American writers whose characters are familiar to audiences around the world. He has also received awards from the ALA, PEN, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Gifford lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

David Korten will speak and sign his book, AGENDA FOR A NEW ECONOMY.

Michael Pollan will speak and sign In Defense of Food.

Art & Allison Daily will speak and sign OUT OF THE CANYON.

Susan Albers will speak and sign her new book, Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful.

Lisa Jones will speak and sign BROKEN: A LOVE STORY.

Simon Van Booy presents his new book, Love Begins In Winter.

Victor Stenger presents his book, Quantum Gods.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is excited to present award-winning author Elana Dykewomon as she discusses and signs her new novel, Risk, a beautifully told story that spans the years from the mid-eighties to
the post-9/11 world and explores changing times and values in America.
This event is free and ... (more)all are welcome and encouraged to attend!For more on Elana, visit her website.

Darren Littlejohn will speak and sign his book, The 12-Step Buddhist.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to present local resident and UCLA professor Susan Compo to the store in celebration of her new book, Warren Oates: A Wild Life, the first biography of a man who, though never reaching lead actor status, became known as one of the most memorable supporting ... (more)actors of the 1970s, beloved for both his rebelliousness and his humanity. Come on out and show your support!

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is excited to present NPR's This American Life contributor Cheryl Wagner to the store to discuss and sign her new memoir about returning home to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around.The cliché "New Orleans gets into people's blood" happens ... (more)to be very true - just not always convenient. For Cheryl Wagner (along with her indie-band boyfriend, a few eccentric pals, some ne'er-do-wells, and two aging basset hounds) abandoning the city she loved wasn't an option.Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around is the story of Cheryl's disturbing surprise view from her front porch after she moved back home to find everything she treasured in shambles...and her determined, absurd, and darkly funny three-year journey of trying to piece it all back together again.
In the same heartfelt and hilarious voice that has drawn thousands of listeners to her broadcasts on public radio's This American Life, Wagner shares her unique yet universal story of rebuilding a life after it's flooded, dried, and died...and then the copper thieves moved in...
Listen to Cheryl Wagner on the radio.
And check out this piece from Large Hearted Boy, including songs hand-picked by the author to listen to while you read the book. Awesome!

Michael Zimmerman presents his new book, Integral Ecology.

Zack Hara is dead inside, devoid of passion, hate, love, any sustained emotion. The twenty-something technical writer trudges through each day in LA like a zombie, until he leaves his job, part-time lover, and antique Chevy pick-up truck to travel to Japan. There, searching for an emotional life, Zack ... (more)becomes entwined with a tragic poet, a sensual but disillusioned woman, and young people who form suicide clubs -- all propelling him down a dangerous path. TODD SHIMODA is the author of two novels: 365 Views of Mt. Fuji (Stone Bridge Press, 1998) and The Fourth Treasure (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2002), which was listed as a 2002 Notable Book by the Kiriyama Prize. It also won first place in the fiction category of the 2003 New York Book Show.

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yepez will speak and sign their book, A HEART AFIRE.

Garth Stein presents his book, The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Susann Shier presents her book, Soul Radiance.

Christine Page will speak and sign her book, 2012 AND THE GALACTIC CENTER.

John Wilcockson presents his book, Lance.

Garrison Keillor will speak and sign his new book, Liberty. Tickets are $12 and may be purchased at the Boulder Book Store.

Tuesday, July 7
& Thursday, July 9,
10:30am-12:00pm Join us for a poetry writing workshop with Stephanie Walker, published poet and leader of the Boulder Book Store Poetry Bookclub. We will read poems, do writing exercises, and then workshop each other’s poetry. Registration fee is $25.00, and includes ... (more)a copy of Undercover by Beth Kephart. Sign-up forms are available at the Children’s Desk, or call 303-447-2074. The workshop will take place in the Upper North Room of Boulder Book Store. Space is limited, so sign up now!

Larry Dossey will speak about and sign his book, The Power of Premonitions.

Carol Wilson will speak and sign her book, The Still Point of the Turning World. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Featured presenters Anne Waldman, Laura Wright,
and Coffee House publisher Allan Kornblum will speak about and sign the new book, Beats at Naropa. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Elisabeth Hyde will speak and sign her book, In the Heart of the Canyon.

Claude Wiatrowski will speak and sign Historic Colorado.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local attorneys Janelle Orsi & Emily Doskow to the store to discuss and sign their new book, The Sharing Solution: Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Build Community.
Sharing, that good ole virtue we learned as kids can help us live more sustainably, ... (more)save money, time and, ultimately, sharing helps build stronger communities. But in order for sharing to do all of that, we must know how to share and how not to share. In The Sharing Solution, Janelle and Emily put their legal skills and their infectious visionary spirit to work and the result is a lively and practical guide, full of tips and resources to help anyone and everyone create a sharing arrangement. The book is replete with tools, step-by-step instructions and sample written agreements to allow anyone - young or old, rich or poor - to share a car with a neighbor, form a childcare co-op, join a co-housing community, start a tool-sharing group, and integrate sharing into a host of other realms of life.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche will speak and sign Joyful Wisdom.

Jaimal Yogis will speak and sign Saltwater Buddha.

On Sunday, August 9th at 2:00 p.m., Rich Letarte will sign and talk about his new book, That One Glorious Season: Baseball Players with One Spectacular Year. In this book are the stories of twenty-one baseball players who enjoyed the seasons of their lives back in the 1950s. Stop by and reminisce, ask ... (more)questions, and buy an autographed copy of the book!

Anne Waldman will speak and sign her book, Manatee/Humanity. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Christopher Ransom will speak and sign his book The Birthing House.

Carrie Host will speak and sign Between Me & the River.

Kevin Anderson will speak about and sign his new book, WINDS OF DUNE.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Malibu is totally stoked to host an afternoon with award-winning journalist and surfer Jaimal Yogis as he discusses and signs his memoir, Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea.Fed up with suburban teenage life, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more ... (more)than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries and the icy New York shore. Equal parts spiritual memoir and surfer's tale, this is a chronicle of finding meditative focus in the barrel of a wave and eternal truth in the great salty blue.Join us!

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is proud to present store favorite Frank Portman in celebration of his sophomore young adult novel, Andromeda Klein.

Judy Converse will speak and sign her book, Special Needs Kids Eat Right. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Party begins at 5:30pm, and the author will join us at 6:00pm. Richelle Mead will speak and sign Blood Promise. Vampire Art Contest!
All submissions due by 5 pm on Monday, August 24th. Submit two-dimensional artwork
no larger than 30" by 30" to Mandy King. Artwork will be returned at the Richelle
Mead ... (more)event. Artists must be present to win. For more information, please contact Mandy King:
mandys@boulderbookstore.com

Richelle Mead will speak and sign Blood Promise. Vampire Art Contest!
All submissions due by 5 pm on Monday, August 24th. Submit two-dimensional artwork
no larger than 30" by 30" to Mandy King. Artwork will be returned at the Richelle
Mead event. Artists must be present to win. For more information, ... (more)please contact Mandy King:
mandys@boulderbookstore.com

Mason Tvert will speak about and sign his book, MARIJUANA IS SAFER.

John Shors will speak about and sign his book, DRAGON HOUSE.

Steve House will speak about ans sign his book, BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN.

Karyl McBride will speak and sign her book Will I Ever Be Good Enough. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Margaret Coel will speak and sign her book The Silent Spirit. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is excited to present local therapists Heather Belle, MFC, and Michelle Fiordaliso, MSW, to discuss and sign their new book, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Ex, an eye-opening new guide for dealing with Exes of all kinds.

Claire Walter will speak about and sign her new book NORDIC WALKING.

Book Group #3 meets to discuss Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee. This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Elana Amsterdam will speak and sign her book The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

On Sunday, Sept. 20, starting at 2:00 p.m., Katrina Kenison will sign and talk about her new book, The Gift of an Ordinary Day, an intimate memoir of a family in transition - boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, an attempt to find a deeper sense of place, and a slower pace ... (more)- in a small New England town. If you've experienced the bittersweet intensity of life with teenagers or the desire to hold on while needing to let go, you'll certainly appreciate this.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local writers Kathy Briccetti, Meilan Carter, and Jasmine Dawson as they discuss their contributions to the national anthology, Who's Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers.
Kathy Briccetti has published essays, poetry, and criticism ... (more)in literary and commercial magazines. She received a Pushcart Prize nomination for an essay excerpted from her forthcoming memoir, Blood Strangers, which will be published by Heyday Books in spring 2010. She lives in El Cerrito and works in Oakland.
Meilan Carter is interested in crossing literary genres, documenting family history, and challenging language. The beauty in death, magic, and the complexities of relationships, are some of the themes that appear in her work. A writer of both fiction and creative non-fiction, Meilan recently completed her MFA in Fiction at Mills College. She is currently working on a creative non-fiction novel about the loss of her father titled The Etiquette of Death. She lives in Oakland with her husband David and son Kamau.
Jasmine Dawson is an Oakland native and received her BA from San Francisco State University and MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. She has written and published book reviews, essays, and research. She finished her novel and is currently working for the City of Oakland.

John Grogan will speak about and sign his book, Marley Goes to School.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to have local author Dylan Landis as she discusses and signs Normal People Don't Live Like This. This event is free and all are welcome! Normal People Don't Live Like This will be published Sept. 8 by Persea Books. It is a debut collection of ten linked stories—praised ... (more)by Janet Fitch, Elizabeth Strout and Lisa Glatt— about the hidden lives of a teenager and her mother, and how they struggle to negotiate emotional damage and open themselves to love. The girl, Leah, yearns for belonging and worships the most delinquent girls at school, while her mother, Helen, secretly rents a welfare hotel room that she obsessively decorates. The stories – quirky and darkly humorous -- mostly center on Leah, but they're also about the disturbing, sometimes transformative lives of the girls and women she knows. These stories have appeared in anthologies such as Do Me: Tales of Sex & Love from Tin House; Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003; Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Angeles; and Bestial Noise: The Tin House Fiction Reader, among others, and in literary magazines such as Tin House, Bomb, the Santa Monica Review and others. All were written while she lived in LA, from 2000 to 2008.

Dick Kreck will speak and sign his book SMALDONE. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Judy Shepard will speak and sign The Meaning of Matthew.

Jay Cowan will speak about and sign his book, HUNTER S. THOMPSON.

Book Group #1 meets to discuss Ivan Klima's No Saints or Angels. This event is free and all are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Join us to explore the works of Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of No Country for Old Men and The Road. Featured readers include CSU professor and Denver Post critic David Milofsky, CU professors Jay Ellis and Jim Symons, and area actor Samuel Sandoe. The event also includes a sneak ... (more)preview of McCarthy’s play The Sunset Limited, which BETC will stage October 8-24 at the Dairy Center (tickets available at http://thedairy.org). This great evening for fans of McCarthy, theatre, and fiction is just in time for the release of the film version of The Road.

Joan Borysenko will speak and sign her book IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. Remember that Readers Guild members can call ahead to reserve seats at this event.

Judy Schachner will speak about and sign her new book SKIPPYJON JONES: LOST IN SPICE.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is pleased to host an afternoon with Anna Thomas as she discusses and signs her new vegetarian cookbook, Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes.

Michael Huttner and Jason Salzman will talk about and sign their book 50 WAYS YOU CAN HELP OBAMA CHANGE AMERICA.

Julia Usher will speak about and sign her book COOKIE SWAP.

Jillian LaVigne and Kalpana Muetz will speak about and sign their book COLORADO SPAS.

Sherman Alexie will speak about and sign his book WAR DANCES.

Audrey Nelson will speak about and sign her book CODE SWITCHING.

Matt Young and Paul Strode will speak about and sign their book WHY EVOLUTION WORKS.

Anyen Rinpoche will speak about and sign his book MOMENTARY BUDDHAHOOD.

Anyen Rinpoche will speak about and sign his book MOMENTARY BUDDHAHOOD.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local author Taije Silverman to the store to celebrate the publication of her first book of poetry, Houses Are Fields.
Taije Silverman’s poems have appeared in Poetry, Shenandoah, Ploughshares, Five Points, Massachusetts Review, Prairie Schooner, ... (more)and other journals. The recipient of the 2005–2007 Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship, as well as residencies from the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, she is now Assistant Visiting Professor at Ursinus College, outside of Philadelphia. Her first collection of poems, Houses Are Fields, was published by LSU Press in 2009, and selected as the debut book in their Sea Cliff Series. Thrice nominated for the Puschart Prize, she has received the Anais Nin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and her book has just been translated into Italian. Her own translations of Italian poetry are forthcoming in Pleiades.

Irene Vilar will speak about and sign her book IMPOSSIBLE MOTHERHOOD.

John Major Jenkins will speak about and sign his book THE 2012 STORY.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pumped to present former Diesel employee and local high school English teacher Nina LaCour in celebration of her first novel, Hold Still!!
Nina LaCour grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her first job was at fourteen in an independent bookstore, and she has since ... (more)worked in two others. She has tutored and taught in various places, from a juvenile hall to a private college. She now teaches English at an independent high school, and lives in Oakland, California.

Silvia Pettem will speak about and sign her book SOMEONE'S DAUGHTER.

Francis Kaklauskas will speak about and sign his book EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY EAST-WEST.

Ed and Deb Shapiro will talk about and sign their book BE THE CHANGE.

Karen Kissel Wegela will talk about and sign her book THE COURAGE TO BE PRESENT.

Ballerinas from Boulder Ballet's production of THE NUTCRACKER will be reading the popular children's book.