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Kathleen Norris reading Acedia &\; Me at Outwrite Bookstore &\; CoffeehouseFriday\, March 12\, 20107\:30 PM
About the Author\:
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Kathleen Norris is the author of eleven books\, including The Cloister Walk and The Virgin of Bennington\, and has
received awards from the Guggenheim and Bush foundations. Norris published seven books of poetry. Her first book of poems was entitled Falling Off and was the 1971 winner of the Big Table Younger Poets Award. Soon after\, she settled down in her grandparents' home in Lemmon\, South Dakota\, where she lived with her husband\, the poet David Dwyer\, for over twenty-five years. She now divides her time between Hawaii and South Dakota
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Synopsis\:
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In ACEDIA &\; ME\, the acclaimed author KATHLEEN NORRIS explicates and demystifies the
forgotten but utterly relevant concept of acedia\, a term that has often been
understood as spiritual sloth\, but really signifies the serious malady of being
unable to care. With great insight and candor\, Norris explores acedia through
the geography of her life as a writer\; her marriage and the challenges of
commitment in the midst of grave illness\; and her keen interest in the monastic
tradition.
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writes of her and her husband David’s battles with acedia and its clinical
cousin\, depression\, and traces acedia’s path through literary and religious
history\, exposing the damage it does not only to individual lives but also to
our culture as a whole\, as we are desensitized by ever more intrusive
distractions and lose the ability to care about what is truly important. Thus\,
she finds that we struggle with “restless boredom\, frantic escapism\, commitment
phobia\, and enervating despair.”
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We invite you to a special evening with Peter Hedges\, the Academy
Award-nominated author/director of the films What Eating Gilbert
Grape?\, Pieces of April\, Dan in Real Life and About a Boy. He
has written a wonderful new novel\, The Heights\,
the story of a private school history teacher and his relationships\, a
book about love and challenge\, at once light of touch and yet packed
with emotion and depth of character. Hedges wrote both the novel and
the screenplay for What's
Eating Gilbert Grape.
When Gay People Get Married by Lee Badgettat Georgia State UniversityRoom 201 Urban Life Building12\:00 PM About the Author\: M. V. Lee Badgett is the research director of the Williams Institute for
Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA School of Law. She
also directs the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Synopsis\: While the summer of 2008 may have been the summer of love for American
same-sex couples\, as thousands flocked to California for marriage
licenses\, the summer of 2009 may go down in history as a time of
profound contention and confusion over Proposition 8\, which revoked
those couples' right to marry. Still\, as Badgett\, the research director
of the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy
at UCLA\, argues\, the transformation of the policy landscape for gays and
lesbians was nothing short of remarkable\, considering the very real
possibility of a constitutional amendment to ban it just a few years
earlier. Despite her optimism about gay unions\, however\, Badgett sets
out to examine their potential impact in the U.S.\, using European Union
countries\, specifically the Netherlands—where same-sex couples have had
the right to marry since 2001—as her rainbow-hued road map. Badgett's
cogent and comprehensive study of the societal implications of same-sex
marriage is learned and persuasive\; gays and lesbians who once again
pick up their protest signs and banners might do well to bring along
Badgett's book as well.
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Pynk reads Sexaholics
at Outwrite Bookstore &\; Coffeehouse
Thursday\, March 25\, 2010
7\:30 PM
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About the Author\:
Marissa Monteilh\, writing as Pynk\, is a former model\, television news reporter\, and commercial actress.
Born and raised in Los Angeles\, she now resides just outside of Atlanta\, Georgia.
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Synopsis\:
Miki\, Valencia\, Teela Raye\, and Brandi share one thing...they are all addicted to sex. United through Sexaholics Anonymous\, these women try to recover from their dependence on wild\, spontaneous\, and even sometimes\, dangerous sex. From whips and chains\, to sex in public\, they have done it all! Led by Dr. Rachel Cummings\, each woman takes the first step to recovery by sharing her biggest sexual act with the group. SEXAHOLICS takes readers through the outrageous experiences of four women on their long path to success.
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*This Is a Line
Ticketed Event. Tickets are free with purchase of the book and are
numbered in order of purchase. Buy your book early &\; get a great
place in line!
SOLD OUT
Photo Courtesy\: Parker Smith Photography The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullenat Outwrite Bookstore &\; CoffeehouseMon\, Mar. 29\, 7\:30 PM
Synopsis\:
The largely unknown story of female Renaissance painter Sofonisba
Anguissola (c. 1532–1625) is beautifully imagined here in YA novelist
Cullen's sparkling adult debut. In a page-turning tale that brings to
life the undercurrent of political\, romantic\, and interfamily rivalries
in the court of Spanish King Felipe II\, the author shines a light on
Sofonisba\, who is brought under the tutelage of Michelangelo and later
appointed as a lady-in-waiting for the king's 14-year-old wife\,
Elisabeth\, to whom she becomes a close confidante. The author offers an
intriguing vision of what life was like for women of different economic
and political stations at that time\, and she also takes care to not
short-shrift the specifics of Sofonisba's art and methods. Cullen has
found a winning subject in Sofonisba\, whose broken heart as a young
woman colors her perceptions and judgment about the queen and her
imperious husband\, as well as the young Elizabeth's attraction to the
king's brother\, and Elizabeth's odd relationship with the king's son
from his first marriage. Ongoing references to the Spanish Inquisition
and the life of the controversial Michelangelo add depth to this rich
story.
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The Armorette'sEaster Drag Races Sun. April 4\, 2010
Party Begins\: 12\:30 PMRaces Begin\: 4\:00 PM In the parking lot between Outwrite Bookstore and Coffeehouse and Blake's on the Park this Easter Sunday April 4\, 2010. Come out and see the Queens A Racin' this weekend!