Posts tagged “Authors”
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Ralph Nader at Barnes and Noble in Union Square
September 23, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 7:00pm, Barnes and Noble, Union Square, 33 E. 17th St., New York, NY 10003.
Introduced by Len Riggio.Tags: Authors, barnes and noble, len riggio, new york, new york city, only the superrich can save us, ralph nader, readings, signings, superrich tour, union square
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Ralph Nader at Bookends in Ridgewood
September 22, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 7:00pm, Bookends Bookstore, 232 E. Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07540.
Tags: Authors, bookends, new jersey, only the superrich can save us, ralph nader, readings, ridgewood, signings, superrich tour
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Ralph Nader at Joseph Fox Bookshop
September 22, 2009
Tuesday, September 22nd, 12:00 noon, Joseph Fox Bookshop at the Philadelphia Free Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Tags: Authors, joseph fox bookshop, only the superrich can save us, philadelphia, ralph nader, readings, signings, superrich tour
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David Swanson at Full Circle Books in Oklahoma City
September 18, 2009
September 18, 6:30-8:30pm, Church of the Open Arms, 3131 N. Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, OK. Books for signing provided by Full Circle Bookstore (50 Penn Place in Oklahoma City.) For more information, see David Swanson’s site.
Tags: Authors, david swanson, daybreak, full circle books, oklahoma city, q&a, readings
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David Swanson at Mac’s Backs in Cleveland
September 8, 2009
September 8, 7:00pm, Mac’s Backs: Books on Coventry, 1820 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.
Tags: Authors, cleveland, david swanson, daybreak, ohio, q&a, readings
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David Swanson at Barnes and Noble in Charlottesville
September 3, 2009
September 3, 6:30pm, 1035 Emmet St Suite A, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
Tags: Authors, barnes and noble, charlottesville, david swanson, daybreak, q&a, readings, virginia
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David Swanson at Park Road Books
September 1, 2009
September 1, 7pm, Park Road Books, 4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209.
Tags: Authors, charlotte, david swanson, daybreak, north carolina, park road books, q&a, readings
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An Art Shay eulogy in verse for Robert McNamara
August 25, 2009
“He was shaving when the president called,” Margaret McNamara said, letting me and
my Times photo gear into their Birmingham, Michigan, livingroom.
“We were drinking Martinis. Do you want one while you’re setting up?
I know you met him at Ford in 1953. He loves the book you did and your
picture of him in Fortune. That’s why he took your call. You said the magic
word — Ford.” Sitting next to the warm fluttering lady whose life was about
to transfer to Washington forever (to do much for needy children, as it turned out) I
sweated cold for no discernible reason. I mindlessly thought the arcane word: doom.I would be right, eventually, because this precise moment in this precise man’s precise
life, far from anything I’d precisely learned going to war instead of college
would be the infant step leading to McNamara’s ultimate march of 56,000 kids like yours and
mine to death. So much for taking violent evasive action based on prescient knowledge. . .
— from Art Shay’s Snapshot of a Strange (Love?) Before His Time, at swans.com
Tags: art shay, art/photography, Authors, chicago's nelson algren, poetry, swans.com
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Derrick Jensen with Richard Metzger of Dangerous Minds
July 28, 2009
On July 20, Derrick Jensen sat down for a Skype conversation with Richard Metzger from Dangerous Minds to talk about the environment and the ideas in Endgame and What We Leave Behind. According to Metzger’s site: “Dangerous Minds is a compendium of the new and strange—new ideas, new art forms, new approaches to social issues and new finds from the outer reaches of pop culture.”
Tags: Authors, blogs, derrick jensen, endgame, environment, interviews, what we leave behind
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Alan Clements at World Dharma Forum
July 25, 2009
July 25, 12 to 3pm, Byron Community and Cultural Center, 69 Jonson St, Byron Bay NSW 2481, Australia. For more information, see here.
Tags: alan clements, aung san suu kyi, australia, Authors, byron community center, voice of hope, world dharma forum
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Who caused the economic crisis? Simon Johnson and John Talbott at Salon.com, Part I
July 22, 2009
From June to July, John R. Talbott, author of The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street and Obamanomics, sat down at his keyboard with Simon Johnson, the Ronald A. Kurtz professor of entrepreneurship at MIT, former chief economist of the IMF and current BaselineScenario.com blogger and cofounder, for an exchange of emails and ideas. The topic of conversation:
The economic crisis: Who caused it? Was it preventable? Was criminal activity involved in bringing it about? And is it over?
Tags: 86 biggest lies on wall street, articles, Authors, blogs, john talbott, salon.com, simon johnson
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Jerome Gold interviewed in Reading Local Seattle
July 22, 2009
. . . you have talked about how poverty and abuse is portrayed in mass culture. I remember you once saying that naturalistic books about the working class poor tend not to do very well and tend to be misunderstood. . . Why do you think that is?
I think novels about the working poor, or the poor generally, whether or not they’re working-class, don’t sell well because, by and large, the people who read novels aren’t from that class and don’t want to encounter the unpleasantness they associate with that class. It’s much easier to look at the poor as a people apart. That way, too, when they commit crimes, it’s easy to look at them as inherently bad, even evil. —Seattle Reading Local interviews Jerome Gold
Tags: Authors, interviews, jerome gold, paranoia & heartbreak, reading local, seattle, washington state
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Jerome Gold at Village Books
July 18, 2009
July 18, 7pm, Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham, WA 98225. For information about Village Books and for directions, take a look at http://villagebooks.com.
Tags: Authors, bellingham, black heron press, jerome gold, paranoia and heartbreak, village books, washington
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David Swanson at Busboys and Poets
July 16, 2009
September 13, 6:00 - 7:30pm, Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC. For more information, visit http://www.busboysandpoets.com.
Tags: Authors, busboys and poets, david swanson, daybreak, q&a, readings, washington dc
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Forget Shorter Showers by Derrick Jensen
July 16, 2009
This piece by Derrick Jensen originally appeared in the July/August issue of Orion Magazine on July 7, and immediately sparked a debate among Orion readers about the nature and goals of the environmental movement—and about the “magical thinking” that leads to a reduced ability to meet those goals. To add your opinion, visit the discussion page here.
Would any sane person think dumpster diving would have stopped Hitler, or that composting would have ended slavery or brought about the eight-hour workday, or that chopping wood and carrying water would have gotten people out of Tsarist prisons, or that dancing naked around a fire would have helped put in place the Voting Rights Act of 1957 or the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Then why now, with all the world at stake, do so many people retreat into these entirely personal “solutions”? —Derrick Jensen, from Forget Shorter Showers
Tags: articles, Authors, derrick jensen, endgame, orion magazine, what we leave behind
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Joel Magnuson at BIBA Forum on Sustainable Community
July 11, 2009
Saturday July 11th, 10am to 6pm, 1300 Pearl Street and Courthouse Plaza. An open forum for ideas on community sustainability, celebrating Boulder’s local, independent businesses and wealth of resources that they provide to our community. For more information and for…
Tags: Authors, biba, boulder, colorado, independent business, joel magnuson, mindful economics
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Joel Magnuson at United Methodist Church in Boulder
July 10, 2009
July 10, 5:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302.
Joel Magnuson and Dave Wann (author of Simple Prosperity) will be reading from their work as well as signing books. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the…
Tags: Authors, boulder, colorado, dave wann, first united methodist church, joel magnuson, mindful economics, readings, simple prosperity
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WORD Interviews Douglas A. Martin
July 8, 2009
Originally posted on the WORD website, here’s a brief interview with the author of Once You Go Back, Douglas A. Martin.
Tags: Authors, brooklyn rail, douglas a martin, interviews, new york city, once you go back, word brooklyn
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U2 asks 360 Tour attendees to wear Aung San Suu Kyi masks
July 1, 2009
The band U2—who wrote the Grammy-winning 2001 song “Walk On” about imprisoned Nobel Prize laureate and rightfully-elected Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi—have asked attendees of their Fall 2009 360 Tour to wear masks with the face of Daw Suu…
Tags: aung san suu kyi, Authors, burma, the voice of hope, u2
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Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay, and Lierre Keith at Deep Green Resistance
June 26, 2009
June 26-28th, Cummington, MA. More information can be found on Derrick’s website. Registration deadline is June 12; cost ranges from $150-450.
Tags: aric mcbay, Authors, deep green resistance, derrick jensen, endgame, lierre keith, massachussets, q&a, what we leave behind
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John Talbott to Obama: 10 financial reforms we really need
June 23, 2009
From CNBC’s “Bullish on Books” blog, here’s John Talbott’s response to Obama’s financial reform plan: the ten reforms that we really need to end this financial crisis—and to prevent the criminal activity that caused the crisis in the first place.
Tags: 86 biggest lies on wall street, articles, Authors, blogs, cnbc, financial crisis, john r talbott
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Barry Gifford profiled in the Contra Costa Times
June 19, 2009
Barry Gifford, an author who needs no introduction, recently sat down with Dave Newhouse to discuss writing, strange career paths, and the perks of being “an author who’s like his characters.”
[Gifford] knows famous writers who “hate to write, but I’ve never thought of writing as a job. I still kind of sneak up on it, and it’s always kind of amazing to me to think I was able to do this.”
Tags: Authors, barry gifford, contra costa times, imagination of the heart, interviews, memories from a sinking ship
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John Talbott on the Charlie Brennan Show
June 18, 2009
On June 11, 2009, John R. Talbott, author of The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street, sat down with Charlie Brennan of KMOX in St. Louis to talk about the economic crisis, where it came from, and the very probably criminal actions that caused it. Listen below.
Tags: 86 biggest lies on wall street, Authors, charlie brennan show, interviews, john r talbott, missouri, radio, st louis
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Camelia Entekhabifard: young Iranians will “fight for their rights or die trying”
June 16, 2009
Camelia Entekhabifard, author of Camelia: Save Yourself by Telling the Truth, has just written an op-ed piece for the New York Times on the next generation of Iranians—and what they’ll be willing to do to secure their inalienable rights. Take a look.
Tags: articles, Authors, camelia, camelia entekhabifard, iran, iranian election, new york times, op-ed
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Noam Chomsky at Riverside Church
June 12, 2009
June 12, 7pm, Riverside Church south of Washington Square in Manhattan. For more information, take a look at the Riverside Church website here.
Tags: 9-11, Authors, discussion, government in the future, manhattan, media control, new york city, noam chomsky, riverside church
