Sunday, October 14, 2007

Book Fest Day 5: In Which We Collectively Realize That There's Only One Day Left!


Above: Author Michael Cunningham Will Read Tonight at The Orpheum Theatre and Will Be Preceded by Author Joshua Henkin.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Brewed Awakenings: An Illustrated Journey to Coffeehouses in Wisconsin (and Beyond)
History / Wisconsin Ties
Mount Horeb Public Library

12:00 - 1:45 PM Jean Feraca & Patricia Hampl: Memory and Voice
Memoir/Biography / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Studio/Overture

12:00 - 1:30 PM Low Blows / Golpes bajos: Alicia Borinsky History / Memoir/Biography / Politics
Red Gym

12:00 - 1:45 PM Luis Alberto Urrea and Ana Castillo: Border Crossings
A More Perfect Union / Fiction / History / Nonfiction / Politics
Promenade Hall/Overture

12:00 - 1:45 PM Seeking Tranquil Voices in Young Adult Literature: The Evolution of Self-Image
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties / Youth/Kids
Madison Public Library-Main Branch

12:00 - 1:45 PM Finding Freedom: The Untold Story of Joshua Glover, Runaway Slave
History / Wisconsin Ties
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore

2:00 - 3:30 PM Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin's Past
History / Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square

2:00 - 3:45 PM Home on the Range: Stories of Domestic Tranquility
Spoken Word / Wisconsin Ties
Madison Public Library-Main Branch

2:00 - 3:00 PM The Search for Tranquility: Kirin Narayan
Memoir/Biography / Wisconsin Ties
Red Gym

2:00 - 3:45 PM Meet the Author of American Girl's Addy Books: Connie Porter
Wisconsin Ties / Youth/Kids
Harambee - South Madison Health & Family Center

2:00 - 3:45 PM Crossing Boundaries in Young Adult Fiction: Kashmira Sheth and e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Fiction / Wisconsin Ties / Youth/Kids
A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore

2:00 - 3:30 PM The Pain, Politics, and Promise of Sports: Dave Zirin
Nonfiction / Politics
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative

2:00 - 3:30 PM David Obey, Raising Hell for Justice: The Washington Battles of a Heartland Progressive
History / Politics / Wisconsin Ties
Promenade Hall/Overture

2:00 - 3:45 PM Across the Divide: Poetry Panel
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square

2:30 - 3:45 PM Small Arms -- Children of Conflict: Michael Kienitz Gallery Talk
Art/Visual / Politics / Wisconsin Ties
Chazen Museum of Art

4:00 - 5:45 PM The Power and Healing of Personal Memoirs in African American Life
Memoir/Biography / Wisconsin Ties
MATC-Downtown Education Center

4:00 - 4:55 PM Anne-Marie Cusac and Sara Greenslit -- Adventures in Form: Poetic Fiction and a Novel in Poems
Fiction / Poetry / Wisconsin Ties
Avol's Bookstore

4:00 - 5:00 PM Exploring the Quilts of the Underground Railroad: A Hands-On Workshop for Kids
Art/Visual / History / Youth/Kids
Harambee - South Madison Health & Family Center

4:00 - 5:30 PM The Trouble With Diversity: Walter Benn Michaels
History / Politics
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative

4:00 - 5:45 PM Rabbi Harold Kushner: Overcoming Life's Disappointments
Nonfiction
Orpheum Theatre: Main

4:00 - 5:45 PM Danielle Trussoni and Benjamin Percy: The Intersection of Memory and Imagination
Fiction / History / Memoir/Biography / Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Studio/Overture


4:00 - 5:45 PM Wisconsin German Land and Life: Presented by the Max Kade Institute
History / Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Historical Museum-Capitol Square

5:00 - 5:50 PM Domestic Interiors: Political Poetry Turned Inside Out
Poetry / Wisconsin Ties
Avol's Bookstore

6:00 - 7:45 PM A Year of Living Differently: A.J. Jacobs and Logan Ward
Memoir/Biography
Wisconsin Studio/Overture

6:00 - 7:45 PM Chris Farley Biography: Book Launch Event
Memoir/Biography / Wisconsin Ties
Cafe Montmartre

6:00 - 7:00 PM The Book and the Cook: Writing about Food: Our Love Affair with Anything Edible
Culinary / Nonfiction / Wisconsin Ties
Whole Foods

6:00 - 7:30 PM Michael Cunningham: Welcomed by Joshua Henkin
Fiction
Orpheum Theatre: Main


7:00 - 8:30 PM The Book and the Cook: Soup to Nuts: A Food and Wine Reception for Lovers of Cookbooks
Culinary / Nonfiction / Wisconsin Ties
Whole Foods

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