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Reading Railroad: It pays to have friends
The following events are all from 192 Books, a small, out of the way bookstore way over on 10th Avenue, whose owner must know a lot of people because they always seem to have brand name readings.
192 Books is at 192 10th Ave. (at 21st), New York City
Phone: 212.255.4022
Tom Bissell reads from GOD LIVES IN ST. PETERSBURG AND OTHER STORIES
(Pantheon, January 2005)
Thursday, January 27th, 7 PM
Maya Gottried and Robert Zakanitch read from GOOD DOG
(Knopf Books for Young Readers, January 2005)
Saturday, January 29, 4 PM
New York City authors Maya Gottfried (writer) and Robert Rahway Zakanitch (artist) join us for a reading for children 4-8 (or older) celebrating the publication of their heart-stealing new picture book, GOOD DOG, which includes 16 expressive dog portraits and accompanying poems.
A Special Appearance by Alice Munro
With a reading by Joan Allen from RUNAWAY
(KNOPF, 2004)
Wednesday, February 2, 7 PM
at
The Paula Cooper Gallery
521 West 21st St. (between 10th & 11th Avenues)
*Reservations required. Call 212.255.4022
192 Books is pleased to host a rare appearance by award-winning writer Alice Munro, to be held at the Paula Cooper Gallery. Oscar-nominated actress Joan Allen ( Nixon, The Contender, The Bourne Supremacy and the forthcoming The Upside of Anger ) reads from the latest collection of stories, Runaway, which was awarded the prestigious Giller Prize in Canada this past fall for the best novel or short story collection in English. Ms. Munro is the author of numerous collections of stories including Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage; The Love of a Good Woman; and Open Secrets . Her work has been published in numerous magazines such as The New Yorker and The Paris Review , and translated into thirteen languages.
David Plante reads from AMERICAN GHOSTS: A MEMOIR
(Beacon Press, February 2005)
Thursday, February 10th, 7 PM
A National Book Award nominee, Plante is the author of thirteen novels, including the acclaimed Francouer trilogy.
Philip Short reads from POL POT: ANATOMY OF A NIGHTMARE
(Henry Holt: A John Macrae Book, January 2005)
Thursday, February 24th, 7 PM
Philip Short, author of the definitive biography of Mao Tse-tung, reveals the enigmatic head of a regime that left more than a million Cambodians dead in a mere three and a half years. Short’s gripping biography sheds light on the disastrous results of the Khmer Rouge movement whose horrors echo loudly in the troubling events of our world today.
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: January 24, 2005
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