| 399 N. Euclid | Saint Louis, MO 63108 | (314) 367-6731 | 321 N. 10th | Saint Louis, MO 63101 |
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Support the Soulard School by purchasing your books from LBB this weekend! | 16
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
The critically acclaimed, first-ever collection of original stories devoted to the topic of growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends, Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence features works by Marion Dane Bauer, Lois Lowry, Francesca Lia Block, Bruce Coville, James Cross Giblin, M.E. Kerr, William Sleaton, Jane Yolen, and others. Each of these stories is original and is by a noted author for young adults. Am I Blue? Won the 1995 ALA Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Task Force book award for literature. Start: 7:30 pm
Peter Hessler, a native of Columbia, Missouri, began his interest in China as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 1990s. He has since lived in Beijing for most of a decade. His first book, River Town, is concerned with geography or sense of place; Oracle Bones is about history or sense of time. His lecture will center on Lishui, a small city in southeastern China that produces goods for export to the United States and Europe. Hessler is a keen observer of local entrepreneurs, factory workers, and migrants--their culture, attitudes, and daily challenges in one of the most economically vibrant countries in the world. This event, sponsored by Lee Institute, is free and open to the public; books for signing may be purchased from Left Bank Books and at the event. | 17
Start: 7:00 pm
This event is back on! Everything Matters. Indie bookstores matter. Author events matter. Ron Currie, Jr. and his new book, Everything Matters!, matter. Indie booksellers unite for one giant event to support Ron Currie, Jr. and his triumpant novel, Everything Matters! In infancy, Junior Thibodeaux is encoded with a prophesy: a comet will obliterate life on Earth in thirty-six years. Alone in this knowledge, he comes of age in rural Maine grappling with the question: "Does anything I do matter?" Ron Currie, Jr., whose fiction has won several prizes, gets to the heart of character, and the voices who narrate this uniquely American tour de force leave an indelible, exhilerating impression. Join Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books, Main Street Books, and Left Bank Books at this exciting collaborative event.
Start: 7:00 pm
Left Bank Books and City Church present Timothy Keller for a discussion and book signing. The New York Times best-selling author of The Reason for God and The Prodigal Son and a nationally renowned minister, Timothy Keller exposes the error of making good things "ultimate" in his latest book, and shows readers a new path toward a hope that lasts. Success, true love, and the live you've always wanted. Many of us placed our faith in these things, believing they held the key to happiness, but with a sneaking suspicion they might not deliver. The recent economic meltdown has cast a harsh new light on these pursuits. In a matter of months, fortunes, marriages, careers, and a secure retirement have disappeared for milllions of people. No wonder so many of us feel lost, alone, disenchanted, and resentful. We made lesser gods of these good things--gods that can't give us what we really need. Keller's powerful message will cement his reputation as a critical thinker and pastor, and comes at a crucial time--for both the faithful and the skeptical. Start: 7:00 pm
Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman, is a thirty-something ranch wife, mother of four, moderately-agoraphobic middle child who grew up on a golf course in the city before falling in love with a rugged cattle rancher. Her popular website, thepioneerwoman.com, includes blog posts, pictures of ranch life, and recipes… full of Ree Drummond's hilarious (and tasty) insights. The recipes feature step-by-step photos of her cowboy-friendly dishes, and now for the first time, she's sharing her treats in a cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Due to the popularity of Ree's events around the country, we've moved the event down the street to Christ Church Cathedral so everyone can get a seat, get a book, and enjoy the discussion and signing. The event is free and open to the public, but we encourage you to buy your books from us so we can continue to bring sensational authors like Ree Drummond to St. Louis. | 18
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
For many people, the election of Barack Obama seems to signify the end of racism as a pervasive social force in the United States, but is this true? Is black success making it harder for whites to see the problem of racism or will it challenge stereotypes to such an extent that racism will diminish? Start: 6:00 pm
In Marcus's world, battles are fought everyday--on the street, at home, and in school. Angered by his sister's death and his father's absence, and pushed to the brink by a bullying classmat, Marcus fights back with his fists. One punch away from being kicked out of school and his home, Marcus encounters CM, an unlikely chess master who challenges him to fight battles on the chess board. Inspired by inner-city school chess enrichment programs, Chess Rumble explores the ways this strategic game empowers young people with the skills they need to anticipate and calculate their moves through life. Award-winning filmmaker and author G. Neri and artist and illustrator Jesse Joshua Watson will discuss this poetic and empowering book for young adults. Chess Rumble is especially popular among reluctant readers and young males. | 19
Start: 7:00 pm
Poet and post-punk hero Eileen Myles has always operated in the art, writing, and queer performance scenes as a kind of observant "flaneur." Myles travels the city--wandering on garbage-strewn New York streets in the heat of summer, drifting though the antiseptic malls of La Jolla, and riding in the van with Sister Spit--seeing it with a poet's eye for detail and with the consciousness that writing about art and culture has always been a social gesture. Culled by the poet from twenty years of art writing, the essays in "The Importance of Being Iceland" make a lush document of her--and our--lives in these contemporary crowds. Start: 7:30 pm
Chicana. Goth. Dykling. Desiree Garcia knows she's weird and a weirdo magnet. To extinguish her strangeness, her parents ship her to Saint Michael's Catholic High School, then to Mexico, but neurology can't be snuffed out so easily: screwy brain chemistry holds the key to Desiree's madness. Combining the spark of Michelle Tea, the comic angst of Augusten Burroughs, and the warmth of Sandra Cisneros, Mexican American author Myriam Gurba has created a territory all her own. Dahlia Season not only contains the title novella, but also several of Gurba's acclaimed stories. | 20
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