May 2005 | Books Northwest
Books Northwest May Listings
Authors, Readings, Events
Compiled by Miryam Gordon
Mon 2-Tue 3: Author Wendy McClure
From the creator of the immensely popular websites Pound and Candyboots, "I’m Not the New Me" is the memoir of Wendy McClure’s family heritage of fat, drastic surgeries and self-esteem issues. Mon 2: 6pm, free. University Bookstore Bellevue, 990 102nd Ave. NE, 425-462-4500 or www.bookstore.washington.edu. Tue 3: 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Tue 3: Author Arthur I. Miller
"Empire of the Stars : Obsession, Friendship, and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes" is Miller’s latest book about the universe. He lectures at Pacific Science Center Imax Theater, Seattle Center. Free. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Wed 4: Author Barbara Bash
Writer-illustrator Barbara Bash brings a spiritual awareness to her surroundings as she describes encounters with animals and plants during solitary walks around the countryside of upstate New York in "True Nature." 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Wed 4: Author Julie Otsuka
The author will present her novel "When the Emperor Was Divine," a tale of the disintegration of a Japanese-American family in World War II. The title was chosen as a Bellevue Reads book. 1:30pm, free. Carlson Theatre, Bellevue Community College, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE. 425-462-9600.
Thu 5: Author David Barash
Barash’s "Madame Bovary’s Ovaries: A Darwinian Look At Literature" shows us how the heroes and heroines of our favorite stories have been molded as much by evolution as by the genius of their creators. 7pm, free. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Thu 5: Author JoDee Seneker
Jodee Seneker’s "Making Time for Each Other" is an engaging workbook for couples who wish to discover what matters in life and achieve it together. 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Fri 6: Author Luis Rodriguez
"Music of the Mill" contains stories of Mexican immigrants and working-class families. 7:30pm, free (donations support Voices of Youth). Rainier Valley Cultural Center,
3515 S Alaska St. 206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com.
Sat 7: Anthologists Faith Conlon, Gail Hudson
"I Wanna Be Sedated: 30 Writers on Parenting Teenagers" brings a sense of humor and perspective to some of the deepest worries of parents. 2pm, free. Elliot Bay Book Co., 101 South Main St. 206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com.
Mon 9-Tue 10: Local Author Jack Hamann
With information gained from secret documents and extensive interviews, journalist Jack Hamann tells the whole story behind World War II’s largest army court-martial in "On American Soil." Mon 9: UW Campus, William H. Gates School of Law, Room 133, 7pm, free. 206-634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu. Tue 10: 7pm, free ($3 donation). Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Tue 10: Author Rachel DeWoskin
"Foreign Babes in Beijing" details Rachel DeWoskin’s five years in Beijing as a PR consultant—and as the star of a wildly popular Chinese nighttime television drama. 7:30pm, free. Elliot Bay Book Co., 101 South Main St. 206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com.
Wed 11: Author Pat Choate
Pat Choate examines the roots of conflicts over intellectual property and how the establishment of patent and copyright protections helped propel the American economy in "Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization." 7pm, free. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Wed 11: Author Miriam Peskowitz
Miriam Peskowitz discusses her new book "The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother?" 7:30pm, free. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. NE. 206-525-2347 or www.ravennathirdplace.com.
Wed 11: Local Authors Grant Hildebrand & T. William Booth
Architecture in our region is the focus of the UW professor and the architect in "A Thriving Modernism: The Houses of Wendell Lovett and Arne Bystrom." Kane Hall, UW, 7pm, free. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Wed 11: Author Barbara De Angelis
"How Did I Get Here?" is an inspirational handbook for people going through change, challenge or reevaluation in their lives. Barbara De Angelis guides you through an understanding of your own life lessons, and teaches you how to successfully use whatever you’re going through as a springboard for regeneration and rebirth. 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Thu 12: Author Jim Caple
In "The Devil Wears Pinstripes," Jim Caple of ESPN.com, takes on the rabid baseball fans and the evil empire of the New York Yankees and lays waste. 7pm, free. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Thu 12: Author Toby Thompkins
The life coach aims to help other Strong Black Women find the sort of peace his mother learned to find in "The Lives of Strong Black Women: Transcending Myths, Reclaiming Joy". 5:30pm, free. Elliot Bay Book Co., 101 South Main St., Seattle. (206) 624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com.
Fri 13: Author Steven Johnson
"Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter" tells parents why they shouldn’t worry about how much time their children spend playing video games. For venue: (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Fri 13: Author Rigoberto Gonzalez & Illustrator Cecelia Alvarez
Meet the author and illustrator of this new bilingual children’s book about a boy with two mamas, "Antonio’s Card." 10am, Elliott Bay Books, 101 S. Main St., Seattle. (206) 624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com. Sat 14, 2pm, Capitol Hill Branch, Seattle Public Library, 425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle
Fri 13: Author Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong
In his latest book, "How to Solve Our Human Problems", best-selling author
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso reveals the solution to humankind’s current predicament does not lie in controlling the external world, but starts with our own mind. 7:30-9pm, free. Seattle Holistic Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. Rm. 302, (206) 525-9035 or www.seattleholisticcenter.com.
Fri 13: Author Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
In "Eating Korean: From Barbecue to Kimchi, Recipes from My Home," Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee invites us into her family kitchen to reveal the secrets—and the surprising simplicity—of the "other" Asian cuisine. 7:30pm, free. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle. (206) 525-2347 or www.ravennathirdplace.com.
Sat 14: Author Jon Turk
Jon Turk recounting his two-year, 3,000-mile kayak voyage from Japan to Siberia and Alaska in "In the Wake of the Jomon." 7:30pm, free. Elliot Bay Book Co., 101 South Main St., Seattle. (206) 624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com.
Sat 14: Author Yvonne Prinz
In "Still There, Claire," Yvonne Prinz depicts a quirky 13 year old adolescent girl’s world with sophistication, charm, and brilliantly offbeat humor. 1pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Sat 14: Author Goldie Hawn
In "A Lotus Grows in the Mud," Goldie invites us to join in her spiritual journey of a heart in search of enlightenment. 6pm, free. This event is a signing only. You must buy the book, then will get 2 tickets. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Sun 15-Mon 16: Author John Vaillant
Vaillant profiles an ex-logger turned messianic environmentalist who toppled a famous tree—the only one of its kind—in “The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed." Sun 15: 7:30pm, free. Elliot Bay Book Co., 101 South Main St. 206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com. Mon 16: 7pm, free. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE. 206-634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Mon 16: Author Kim Heacox
Kim Heacox’s story "The Only Kayak : A Journey into the Heart of Alaska" delivers a deeply moving account of the 25 years he has spent living in Glacier Bay, Alaska. 6pm, free. University Bookstore Bellevue, 990 102nd Ave. NE, (425) 462-4500 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Mon 16: Author Naomi Wolf
Celebrated feminist writer and activist Naomi Wolf returns to Seattle to read from her new book, "The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love and See," which celebrates the wisdom of her father, poet Leonard Wolf. Town Hall, 7:30pm, $5. 206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com.
Tue 17: Author Dr. Peter Kramer
The author of "Listening to Prozac" returns with a new and original look at the condition such medications treat, in the new book "Against Depression." 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Tue 17: Author John Markoff
John Markoff’s book tells one of the oddest of California tales in "What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry." 7pm, free. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE. 206-634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Fri 20: Local Author Julie Scandorra
Julie Scandora creates a winning formula for success for parents who desire to have a mutually respectful relationship with their children in "One in a Million: Bringing Out What Is Wondrous in Your Child Through Trust, Understanding, and Respect." 6:30pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Fri 20: Author Tom Condon
Tom Condon shares from his new book, "The Dynamic Enneagram: How to Work with Your Personality Style to Truly Grow and Change." 7:30pm, $5. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE. 206-523-3726 or www.eastwestbookshop.com.
Mon 23: Author Kathy Santo
The secret of her ebullient and innovative guide to training, "Kathy Santo’s Dogsense," shines a light into the bedlam of life with an unruly dog. Tailor a regimen optimally suited to your dog’s learning needs. 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Mon 23: Author G. Wayne Miller
Miller discusses his new book, "The Xeno Chronicles: Two Years on the Frontier of Medicine Inside Harvard’s Transplant Research Lab." 7:30pm, Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Mon 23/Tue 24: Author Trevor Corson
In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats in " Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen & Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean." Mon 23: 7pm, free. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or bookstore.washington.edu. Tue 24: 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Wed 25: Author Thomas Frank
Frank, a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: Why do so many of us vote against our economic interests? "What’s the Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America" shows how our culture is far more concerned with leaders’ "values" than with their policies. 7:30pm, $5. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. 206-624-6600 or www.elliottbaybook.com.
Thu 26: Author Les Standiford
"Meet You In Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Fink, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America" brings alive the familiar story of Carnegie and Frick with clarity and verve and a fresh eye. 7pm, free. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle. (206) 634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu.
Thu 26: Local Author Jane Powell Thomas
Author Jane Powell Thomas invites the reader to experience true stories from one of Seattle’s oldest neighborhoods, Madison Park, in "Madison Park Remembered." 7pm, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Sat 28: Local Author Dawn Prince-Hughes
In "Songs of the Gorilla Nation," Dawn Prince-Hughes traces her personal growth from undiagnosed autism to the moment she entered the Woodland Park Zoo and became fascinated with gorillas. 2pm, free, at the Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, Literary Stage. 206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
Mon 30: Author Kathleen Schmidt
The tender duty of fathers everywhere is covered in "Papa, Do You Love Me?" This follow-up to the best-selling "Mama, Do You Love Me?" is set in Africa and features the Maasai culture, beautiful watercolor illustrations, and lyrical text. 10am, free. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, (206) 366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com.
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