3/4/08

Greetings, Readers!

I have an important correction to make: I mistakenly listed the price of the Bach to the Kitchen cookbook as $12; in actuality, it costs $20. I maintain, however, that it is still more than worth the price!

Afelene Rosemond, a one-woman cultural exchange on a visit to Moscow from Haiti, will perform in a play about women and body image. The Good Body, by Eve Ensler (acclaimed author of the Vagina Monologues), opens Wednesday March 5th at the Lewis and Clark State College Administration Auditorium in Lewiston. The play begins at 7:30pm every night, and will run from March 5th through 8th.

 Tony D'Souza will be reading from his new book, The Konkans, on Thurdsay, March 6th at 7:00pm, at the Museum of Art at Washington State University. D'Souza is here as part of the visiting writer series presented by Washington State University's English Department Visiting Writer Series. If you like, there will also be a conversation with the writer at 1:30pm on March 6th, which will be in the Bundy Reading Room.

Join PCEI for a day at Rose Creek Preserve! The day will consist of aspen-restoration, trail maintenance, and weed control. Everyone will meet at the entrance of the Preserve at 10:00am, on Saturday March 8th. Please be sure to wear work clothes and sturdy shoes, and be ready for both sun and cold weather. We'd love it if you went and helped them out, Readers! BookPeople is very fond of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute and all of their good works.

Finding the Center, the action-oriented human rights conference, is coming soon! This year's topic is Resolving Differences: The Seed of Unity. The event will take place April 4th and 5th on the University of Idaho campus. But more importantly, registration is open! They prefer you register online at www.uidaho.edu/ftc. The website also provides many details about the event and what to expect.

The Mirror Theater presents Shakespeare Sundays! You, the audience, will do the acting for these performances. Come sign in at 1:15 for the part you're dying to play. No preference is given for race, gender, or age, and scripts are provided! If you're musically inclined, then come accompany the acts on your instrument of choice! The schedule: Hamlet: March 16th The Tempest: May 4th and 18th. A two-dollar contribution is required to participate. The plays will be based on the Oxford Shakespeare, second edition, but as noted above, scripts will be provided! For more information, visit www.MirrorTheater.org !

St. Paddy's in Palouse is coming! Monday, March 17th, come to the Palouse Grange Hall at 210 East Bluff St, Palouse, ID. There will be dinner, starting at 6:00pm, and dancing, starting at 7 and going as late as everyone can go! Cost of admission is $15, including dinner, or youth 6-12 for a mere $7. Also available - a no host bar with good beer and wine! Come check it out, and hear Potatohead and guests, as well as traditional Irish music from Rose Among the Heather. Tickets are available at BookPeople in Moscow, Atom Heart Music in Pullman, and Thurman's Market in Palouse, as well as at the door. For more information, call 509-878-1701.

Attention members of bookclubs, past, present, or future, and all bibliophiles in general: BookPeople of Moscow, in partnership with Friends of the Library, is proud to announce the Readers and Writers Roundtable - come get fresh ideas for your bookclub, or just for yourself! This event will feature several local writers with broad national appeal. Refreshments provided, as are Advance Reader Copies of promising new titles. Sponsored by BookPeople of Moscow and the Friends of the Library. Friday, March 21st 6:00-8:00pm at the 1912 Center, come see Kim Barnes, Pete Chilson, Joan Opyr, and Daniel Orozco.

The Family Series is returning to Beasley Coliseum at WSU for a 6th year! These family-oriented productions are perfect for fun-loving parents and kids, and are a steal at only $6 for adult tickets and $4 for kids under 13. The events this year are: Fred Garbo's Inflatable Theater

Monday, April 7th (2008) - 7:00pm A Thousand Miles of Dreams sounds like a long way, but you won't have to go far to come to the booksigning! A Thousand Miles of Dreams, by Sasha Su-Ling Welland, tells the story of two Chinese sisters, and has been wildly well-received. Come see what it's all about, at the 1912 Center in Moscow, on Sunday April 13th at 2:30pm. Sponsored by the Palouse Asian-American Association.

April 17th is Poem In Your Pocket Day. Have a favorite poem? Carry it around with you on April 25th of this year, and share it with others you may meet. Poetry is a vital part of any culture, and to be perfectly honest, Americans need to appreciate it more! Help them out by helping them to appreciate a favorite verse of yours. Share the love - spread Poetry!

There's an excellent article in the new Argonaut about Mary Clearman Blew's new book! Check it out, you'll be glad you did; you'll learn a lot about Blew, her writing style, the origins of her interest in writing, and Jackalope Dreams. The full article is available at http://www.uiargonaut.com/content/view/5589/47/

We are proud to announce that Alexander Dickow's first book, Caramboles is coming out soon! It will be available in October 2008, in a bilingual (French and English, in this case) edition. Here's a short sample of what it's about: "The most unpredictable, the most lopsided stagger eventually stumbles onto a preposterous species of dance. The French language, my second, craves its l'on-lit and qu'on-con, moans in secret for its forbidden blunders; my other second language, English, craves solecism, lusts after moist malaprops. Why not mis-tune the instrument, like a gnome in a museum gleefully tilting picture-frames ever so slightly, for a good laugh? Fingers itch; the patrons seem perplexed, an art critic makes a fuss. But how I'd love to see museums all askew!" We will, of course, be carrying it when it arrives, so be on the lookout!

Also in stock: Bandon Schrand's The Enders Hotel: a Memoir. A stunningly good book, Kim Barnes described it as "gorgeously written and generous in its telling", and Mary Clearman Blew praises it for "its fresh new depiction of a small town's pain and its dignity as it endures through change, setbacks, and the perplexities of love." We're very pleased to welcome Brandon Schrand to the pantheon of literary giants from Moscow, whose books we proudly carry. Come check it out!

Dan Maher observes that A Farewell to Arms is the closest Hemmingway ever came to writing chick-lit, but it still has strong masculine overtones. An interesting way of thinking about it!

From the Chicago Manual of Style Online: Q. Do I need the "the" before "hoi polloi"? I know that "hoi" means "the" in Greek, so a second "the" would seem redundant. A. One of the great privileges of being American is that we get to mangle other languages in adopting them. If we can order "a side of au jus" with a sandwich, I guess we can refer to "the hoi polloi," no? In any case, it's standard English to use the article.

That's all for now, Readers! Thank you for reading, and take care!

-BookPeople of Moscow

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